Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-05-22
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The head of Gen. Jackson is to adorn IL
new two cent postage stamps, for drop lie
ters. - A.
Thirty eight New York regiments are [
be mustered OF Of service before the l1th
June. ..,s
Militia companies are being formed all ove
Rhode Islar d, The whole State is put upo
war footing, by order of Gov. Sprague.
Gen. Howard exonerates Gen. Carl Schur
from the charge Of leading the flight" of tn
11th corps. Gen. II. says he did his duty.
A call for National Convention of Youn
Mems Christian As, ociatons, at Chicago, Of
June 4th, has been issued.
| The Massachusetts, eolored regiment is t.
proceed in a few days to active duty. 4
second regiment is to be recruited at once.
Guerrlas who have been infesting the roat
from Rola to Springfield, Missouri, have beel
effectually driven off by the Kansas Cavalry
sent out by Col. Cloud. e.. .-- Aaa er
Founderes at Sheffield, England, have sue
ceeded in rolling armor plates for vessels
twelve inches thick, five ieet wide and nine
teen feet long,
E. P. Owens, of Franklin township, Henr,
county, Indiana, man "a years old, hal
been sentenced to State Prison for life for tn,
murder of Mr. King.
A farmer near Grovelsnd, Tazewel county
illinois, found nine young wolves. OF thu
large gray species, in one den few davs
since. He considered them traitors anC
killed them at once.
In the pockets of each of three Ohio de.
sertcrs who are to be shct in Western Virginia
next week, letters were found from their faith
ers advising them to desert Governor Tod
has advised the President to shoot the fathers
instead of the sons.
The town of Wehber's Falls, Cherokee Ma
ton. was burned by our tIoops under Col
Phillips, on the 25th ult., in retaliation for
the mur;ler of Surgeon Gillpatrick, who was
enticed into the town to see a wounded man.
and then ba<ely murdered n
On the 18th inst, Daniel Stout was con-
victed in the United States Court, now sitting
in Indianapolis, under the 24th section of the
Conscription Act. tor harborng deserter.
This is supposed to be the first conviction
urder the act His sentence has not vet been
announced
A single meal at one of the Richmond res
taurants--a beefsteak, one dozen oysters, and
coffee-costs S.. A partridge, $i,25. The
hotels charge fr m S. to 81 per diem. Ap-
pies % cents each. On TIE 25th ul.., fish
sold for dollar pound, in Chattanooga. A
pair of boots at Tullahomo brought $75.
A gang of guerrillas last week robbed the
outgoing SAME Fc mail stage at Black Jack,
40 miles west Of Kansas City. The got about
S3,OOO and the watches and money of the
passengers, but overlot kel the Express mes
senger's safe and the mail in the front boot
They stole all the mail company's horses
along the route.
The troops comprising COL Straight's dar-
ing expedition, captured afer five days hard
fighting in Georgia, near Rome, on the Sd of
May, were Sd Ohio, 18th Illinois, 5lst Ind-
ana. 73d Indiana and three companies Of
all 1900 men. Gen. Forrest
the rebel force which captured
them.
A movement is in progress at Pittsburg,
Penn, designed to secure the cooperation of
Christians of all denominations in behalf Of
an amendment to'the Constitution of the Uni
ted States which shall arount 70 a distinct
of God in our National Con-
stitution, and clearly show that we are q
Christian people.
The 122d Pennsylvania Volunteers left
their homes nine months ago 100 strong,
and returned on Monday only 3OO The
124th New York, that left Goshen last fall
with 900 men, went into the campaign $50
strong, and only 300 came out An Indiana
regiment at Washington has only 200 left of
the original 1,046.
G. W. Merrill, drummer boy belonging to
the 10th Massachusetts, regiment, was saved
from death by a testament given him by his
mother, during one Of the recent battles on
the Rappahannock. A bullet penetrated the
book but did not pass quite through. He
has been presented with arother and an ele.
CANT one bearing the autograph of tine Pres
dent. - ..,. 1,,i..,,
In two days over three thousand rebel
prisoners from the Rappahannock, arrived at
Washington They presented shabby ap-
pearance The much la ger part were dressed
in gray; the remain er in brown, and gener
ally in slouched bats. Many OF them had
good substantial boots, while others were
nearly barefoot Not few, instead Of hav-
ing blankets, showed that they have made an
t txtensive levy on carpets. The prisoners are
nearly all young men. ......-.,
A little son of Mr.. j. Horsfal, of Newport,
KY, who has returned home on furlough
from the Army of the Cum berland, is real
prodigy Of soldier. He is fourteen years
old, and but four eet six inches in hight. At
the battle Of Stone river this youthful soldier,
who was drummer boy, threw down his
drum and rushed to the very front of the bat
tie, where he was found shooting at the reb
els. He was ordered to the rear by Gen.
Rosecrans in person, who witnessed his con-
duct. nl 20 ,r-.. 81 7}
New REVENUE Decisions Commits
sioner of Internal Revenue has recently deci
ded that the ordinary form of affidavit before
a Justice of the Peace or other officer author
ized to administer oaths, is liable to stamp