Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-05-15
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pointed Provost Marshal for the 81 District
The Paymaster has arrived at Daven-
port, to pay off the 7th Cavalry. or at least
that portion of mustered into service.
The Desmoines Register says there are
$50 Union Leagues in sound working condi-
ton in this State.
Col. Robert Means, the Register of the
Land Office at Sioux City, died a few days
since Of apoplexy.
Without a single mile Of railroad in 1854,
Iowa in 1860 had $50 miles, and has now q
thousand, and they are increasing in extent. +,
Dan S aughter, Copperhead orator Of
Keokuk Co., was recently met inpublic debate
by Mrs. Sall,e Cross. Union lady. Slaugh-
Yer was slaughtered beyond identification by
his nearest friends. He was crossed out.
lie Grand, Byington, while spouting
treason the other day on the cars between
Ottumwa and Eddyville. was scared out Of
his skin by the belligerent attitude Of soldier.
The soldier took out his pistol and ordered
LIE Grand to dry up. Old Tax Titles dried.
Ono John Leverage is now in Jail at
Wintersct, for horse stealing. He is noto-
rious Copperhead, having distinguish him
self previous to his arrest, by hurrahing for
jeff. Davis. Treason and horse stealing are
congenial crimes.
Bishop Smyth, in recent address In the
Catholic Cathedral at Dubuque, exposed
disloyal secret organization in that city
probably the X. q. O's) which many Cath
olics had joined. He warned them to leave it,
on pain of accommodation from the Church.
A REGIMENT OF MOUNTED RlFLExEN.-The
Dubuque Times says Lieut.. j. B. Dorr, Of
that city, has received a ColonePs commission
from the War Department, and with it au'
thority to raise regiment of Mounted Rifle
men. He will set about organizing the regi.
ment Immediately. -r.,
"A notorious burgler and counterfeiter
named Calendine, was arrested at Burlington
on Saturday night last, having in his posses
sion $500 worth of watches, stolen few
months since from the jewelry store of John
Prochsscha, of that city. Many other like
crimes are charged to him, and he doubtless
will be made to suffer this time.
AT Keokuk, on Saturday night last, when
news came of the taking Of Richmond, several
enthusiastic Union men got out cannon tc
celebrate the event. They took the gun te
the house of one Hooper, a notorious sympa'
thizer, who had said there were not enough
abolitionists in the North to take Richmond
and fred it so near his dwelling as to jar most
of the glass out of his windows. The dwell
ings Of Gen. Floyd, Clagget and one or two
other semi secesh were served in like manner
GuBERNAroRrAL-Ac correspondent Of the
Cedar Falls Gazette says: "."
ALREADY several suitable names have been
and are now being discussed in this region
and among the most prominent for Governor
are Lewis A. Thomas, Of Dubuque; Judge
Tabor, of Buchanan; Oran Faville, of Mitch
ell, E. Sells end Fi,z Henry Warren"
The Fort Dodge Republican says that "Mr
Sells is emphatically the candidate of the
Northern part of the State" The Anamo q
Eureka also speaks very favorably of Mr.
Sells in this connection.
| MURDER IN PowEsHIEK CoUNTY.-A hor
rible murder has just come to light in Pow
eshiek county. We get the particulars from
the Davenport Gasette. On the 18th inst.
the headless body of a man was discovered
in thicket about five miles east of Brooklyn
and not very far from it the head Of the man
covered with leaves, SC. It is supposed tina
the deceased was young man who was seer
in company with another about week pre-
vious, travelling in an emigrant wagon, al
they said, to California. They represented
themselves as brothers, from Wisconsin, bu
when they stopped at the house of Mr.. Mo
nath, near the scene of the murder, they ap
peared to be angry with each other, and thu
deceased exhibited to Mr. NJ. several bru;s es
on his throat inflicted during a severe chok
ing received at the hands of the other. Off
c,rs are in pursuit Of the supposed muir
derer. ,-.f-'i