Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-08-12


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TnP 10 Cl1xros.-For the purpose
Of making seos sxssttos 70 ct usrs tsso %.
and o many - possible Of our seett county
companies late The .3oth Resiosot Of lows
ve'aasssrs, ws, IN eoapany With ssns Of the
recruiting o@sefs. paid visit on Sunday 4
the headquarters Of thst ssginsat q Clistos.
The status u affairs - " fessd them there,
saa b very hsisdy sisted. Adjasaat 0sssssl
Baker wss q 6rst Of shs opinion that hs could
take 10 esapaais 'whstsvsr iron Scott soup-
~. into the 2oth Rseiusnt. One Of the recruit.
ias shssss. Ar. Therisgtso. presented the nss-
Ter roll Of his company. and Get forth The impor.
tsnss Of having bic men accepted isss the reg
imsnt 90 strongly that General Baker 6nally.
yielded. ssd passed his word that NJ. r :.
company should Be accepted and located in
the sieve nsnsd segimsns. We had learned
on the dsy prsvious that Mr.. Torrsys company
bad bssd accepted into the regiment, bat The
General denied very fatty and positively that
such was the case. and that after taking in
the one company from this county no more
veald be accepted under any sonsid sration.-
There Il. Of sosrss, nssh hessst rivalry among
the companies. and " confess that after eli
that ws have seen and heard ~ are vet
ss0svhat ss lsss 70 know whether Nr. Tor.
reys or Ne ThoriDgtons company 10 on the
winning eide. Capt Hsndsrshett declares, ws
are told. that Mr.. Terrsys company goes into
the 2oth regiment On the other hand. Gen.
Baker declares to the contrary. The fnal
disposal Of the case will soon. be made, and IL
makes but little difference which company
gets in - both are good ones.
The Goth 10 foil to svsrflevin and will
probably b orgabissd and of within two
weska This is shs last regiment that the
General has any prssent authority to raise in
this district. The General estimates that
there are recruits enough nov raised In the
district to fill nearly two more new regimsnts,
but he has NO authority to accept them for
my position.
P. g. Since the above was written w
learn with pleasure. that the matter relating
to the above named companies has been safis-
factorily adjusted BY admitting both.
THE E1oarEExrH.
On Sunday morning, Mr.. InghAm commsne>
cd paying of the members Of this regiment,
Soos thirty odd thousand dollars we're paid
out. eseh msn receiving in green backs,' mis-
osllaneous currency and postage stamps. sums
varying from twenty up to sixty dollars. The
work was hurried through a. sxpsditiously -
possible 10 order that the regiment might be
ready 70 embark for Hannibal. on Monday
TIE soLDlERs WIrH MONEY.
A. soon - the men were paid off. BY some
loose management on the part Of the officers,
they we're allowed to leave the camp and 60
where they chose. By eight O'Clock there was
not over 200 men Of the regiment in camp
Having the restraint Of camp lite 90 effectusl-
y removed. the men circulated about through
the streets Of Clinton and Lyons. With . loee-
ness not 10 be exceeded. In Clinton they
plugged into the lager saloons and went to
spending money nadly. The facts In the case
coming to the ears Of Gen. Baker, and know
Ing that the men would fool away their money
to large extent before morning. .asd raise par.
tics:sr thunder besides, be promptly ordered
oil saleons and lager shops in the city to be
closed. and Get patrol euards Of picked men At
different points throughout the city to enforce
the order. All struggling soldisrs were order
I'd into camp. This closed up tho trouble in
Clinton. Not 20 At Lyons. To that city some
Eve hundred or more Of the Regiment made
their way. The chief attractions, ws are
sorry to say. we're the liquor dens and another
dsn-a house Of i'll fame With which that city
has been seourged.
Dstatchmsnts of soldiers with arms and
ammunition we're detailed to proceed to Lyons,
70 bring the ramblsrs homo. The news came
that ss the Lyo garden 6ght had taken
place and that soldier had been badly out up.
More soldiers we're detailed and citizens and
strangers started 10 buggies to the scene Of
trouble. We we're 6rst upon the spot. and al.
m"st ths 6rst objsst ssen wss soldier stark
dead. lying In the middle Of the muddy street
near tho house. Upon investigation it was
found that the murdered man had been
engaged in come way In melee, and that.
coming in conflict With one Of the military sent
there to act - . guard around the house, be
vas stabbed BY bic fellow soldier In the house
and pursusd into the street and there thrust
through The heart With bayouet. Of eoar %
hs died In bis tracks. It vas thought by
many that the murder was the result Of pre-.
vious quarrel between the two soldiers. In
dignation at the fearful turn which matters
had assumed vas unbounded. The house was
riddlsd. Shivered doors. cash and furniture
were piled in heap in the principal room.
Ere applied, and soon the house was snvelopsd
IN flames. and Vas soon in ashes. All truant
soldiers we're ordered into camp. It was esti-
mated that not lsss than & 70 hundred soleiers
Of the 18th we're at that house. The scene
vas fearful. but order was soon restered and
people returned to their homes. but not until
ell liquor chops we're closed and gasrds Get.
Two other soldiers were pretty badly
"knifsd" in the various 6ghts that we're im-
previssd in that den Of ill.iams
The inmates Of the hWnss fed. One or two
arrests were made, and in the morning sll The
cyprians-soms half dosen-were captured
sad lodged In jsil.