Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-06-26

They carried off five wagon loads of killed
and wounded All wounded negroes found
on the field by the rebels were killed by them.
News Paragraphs.
The OopperheAd Convention in Illinois num-
bered from seven to ten thousand. 1t passed
Fernando Woods Peace Resolutions.
Two new iron-clads are to be built for the
Government at st. Louis, by E. W. McCord
and George @. Bestor.
The various manufacturing establishments
in Pittsburg furnished about 5000 men to
work on the Notifications for the defence of
that city.
In the Pennsylvania Democratic Conven-
| ton, Maj. Gen. Franklin received only four
votes for Governor This is measure Of the
popularity of war men in that party.
The colored regiment ordered to be raised
in Ohio, will be for three years or during the
war; The camp of rendezvous will be at Del
eware. The officers will all be white men.
The earthquake that was lately experienced
in many parts Of Vermont was also felt in
New York. Lake Champlain shook all over,
and the fish jumped out Of the water in great
numbers.
Gen. W. Strong has been assigned to the
command CT the District of St Louis. Gen.
| Davidson, who has thus been relieved, is to
be assigned to a more active field and import
ant command.
| The first sale of cotton by order of the
Government at Cincinnati came off last week.
About seven hundred bales were disposed of
at prices ranging from thirty-two to forty six
cents, according to quality.
Santa Clara county, California, has voted
to subscribe 100000 to the Pacific Rail-
road stock. All the counties along the route
have now subscribed their proportion, max
ing $2,000,000 in all subscribed by the
State.
Gen. Elletts brigade made descent upon a
camp of guerrillas, in Arkansas, last week,
fifteen miles from the river, capturing Is
prisoners, and $4,000 worth of provisions
In barrel of -four he found 200, 900 percus-
sion caps.
| Gen. Santa Anna, ex-Presdent of Mexico,
still resides on the Island of Cuba, few
miles from Havana. He denies in one of the
papers of that city, that he is about to take
the field on the side of the French, and against
his native country. e=-s
The Usage Indians recently killed, scalpe1
and decapitated rebel commission of nineA
teen persons, including nine officers, who
had gone to Colorado and New Mexico to en-
| deavor to muster in the secession elements
of those Territories.
The proprietors of the Dayton (Ohio)
Journal, whose printing Office was lately
| sacked by copperhead mob, are being re-
imbursed for their loss by military assess
ment on the parties by whom the riot was
| instigated and directed.
We see it stated that Hon. Henry D. Payne,
who was the Democratic candidate for Gov
ernor of Ohio, against Gov. Dennison, and
was delegate to the recent CQAperhead Con-
vention, which nominated Val hdeham, has
repudiated the action of the Convention, and
will not support its action. iiri9
The rebel Gen. Forrest is reported dying
from the effect of wounds lately received at
the hands of some aggrieved person in rebel
dom. 1t was all about woman. He failed
to take warning from Van Dorns fate.
verify Tue ScCeSn women are Causing serious
disasters in the ranks of the rebel Generals.
The gunboat De Soto recently returned to
Key West, after cruise of forty five days,
during which she captured seven prizes, val
ued at 81 500, 900, compelled the crew of the
rebel steamer Cuba to burn her, in order to
prevent capture, and the Matagoda only es-
capped her, under cover of darkness, by throw
ring0verboard the greater part of her cargo.
Attorney General Bates has decided that
the law regarding the $500 in lieu of service
when drafted is mandatory, and that this
sum and no less must be the fixed price of
exemption but that such payment only ex.
empts party from that particular draft. A
similar liability is incurred upon each and
every draft ordered by the Government.
European emigration continues on a scale
far. exceeding that of previous seasons. The
New York Castle Garden Commissioners re.
port the whole number Of arrivals for the
week ending June 18th, at 1852, making an
aggregate of 81, 427 from the first day of JAN
uary to date, against 27,417 for the cores
ponding season in 1862. The packet ship
Vanguard, from Liverpool, June 18th, brings
between five and six hundred, not embraced
in the above.