Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-06-13

Those in the city that do not being IN their
contributi ,ns will be called upon by the COM
nnittee on Friday and Saturday.
Muscatine, June 9th, 1862.
A Poor Po1IcY.-We regret exceedingly
that We are again obliged to expose the do
iags of some Of our State officials in connec-
ton with the 18th Iowa regiment. 1t has
been ordered, we believe, that this command
rendezvous at Clinton, point about 80 miles
above here. Now the reason why this out
of-the- way place has been selected is obvious
when it is known that it is the home of Ad-
iutant General Baker, the hero of the Burtis
House at Davenport. Although we have
furnished more mon and more money to aid
. in crushing this rebellion than any other town
; in Iowa we do not claim any remuneration
: in the way Of patronage, being abundantly
able to take care of ourselves. We do claim,
however, that the interests of the State-tne
Treasury should be looked to in this matter.
= The Government has barracks at Camp
Mcclellan capable of accommodating two or
three regiments, and we cannot conceive
flor what merit Clinton should be thus re-
ywarded at the expense of the taxpayers OF
Iowa, unless (probably the true reason,) be-
cause it has furnished to the people Bonn
bastes Furioso for an Adjutant General.
A Frcur AS IS A FIGHT.-Two noted pu-
rilists of this city. named respectively Bill
Nee and Bill Stone. got into war of words
on Chestnut street, Monday, and mutually
aeresd to adjourn to the Island, where they
could dispose of the mooted question Ia W.
R." Reaching the freight depot on Water
street their pent up wrath boiled over, and
marking out 4 ring in the dust, the two COM
batants stripped, all but pants and boots, and
prepared for the - .-..-..
--sfs FIRST ROUND.
After considerable play Nee made feint
with his tight and striking out with his lett
str,ck Stons on the "left wing Of the noo.''
First " claret" for Nee, saa nv" ''' 'n' i
SECOND ROUND.
Sharp play on both sides, resulting "
Stone planting ''smasher' in Mse's mug "
and " grassing" him. First knock down for
Stone. Nee jumped up and prepared for the
THIRD ROUND.
Officer Sanford appeared upon the scene
and conducted both Nee and Stone to jail
Sanford declared winner.
MIR. CAxpBELL's LEcruRE-This lecture
Tuesday evening at the Methodist Church, wa.
attended by large, intellectual and appre
ciative audience. The address abounded ir
good points, and was well delivered-a desid
sratum, by tho way, of considerable import
alice. Mr.. Campbell, in his closing remarks
paid an elegant and deserved tribute to thu
teachers calling, stating the fact that had tn
system of schools so common in the Nort
been in operation in the Southern States TIL
rebellion would never have occurred. 1t is
truth apparent to the mind of every thinkin
IMAM that ignorance and crime 60 hand
hand together, AID that the best way to i'm
prove public morals is to educate our younl
~We spent very pleasant hour ye
terday afternoon at the Teachers Institu'
now in session in this city. Some ninet
-. chers we're present, and the interest man
e.. in the exercises was marked and gel
eral. ,,.....~r. <.-,
A,tbou, ii the place of meeting (schc
Hons. No y is rather out of the way
these hot ID, =, we noticed quite number
our citizens ~ the assembly. This
aembling togsth, r Of Teachers is . 60 s
thing, aad ! meA Hure which cannot iaA
b.neat the rising g .neration, inasmuch as
;...,c,ssted to behef,t the teacher.-Daa
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