Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-08-14

Two of Gen. Meade's sons were drafted in
Philadelphia. ,5 .e
The Third Pennsylvania colored regiment
is now full, and will leave for Florida in few
days. f
A Hippozoonomadom is being advertised
throughout Central Illinois. When it reaches
town it proves to be a-circus.
| w. T. Wiley and P. Y. Van Winkle have
been elected United States Senator's from
the new State of West Virginia.
1t is rumored that President Lincoln will
spend some time in the White Mountains
during the month of August. 'f
McCormick's reaper took the Gold MEDIA
at the exhibition of the industry of all ma
tions, held at Hamburg.
| There are nearly ten thousand paroled pris
oners in the camps at Annapolis.
The prospect for very large tobacco crop
in Kentucky and Indiana is most encour
aging.
Nevada sends handsome contribution to
the New York Christian Commission. in the
form of a bar of silver, valued at $l,8Oo.
The Buffalo Cdmmercial Adcertiser learns
that the proprietor of the Clifton House.
| Canada, recently gave Mr.. Vallsndigham
notice to quit. .lss &
| The destruction of horses incident to the
military service has raised the government
price for horses in Pennsylvania and Mary
land from 1925 to $l45.
Among others drafted in Washington was
John G. Nicolay, the Presidents private Sec
retary, aud large number of other officials.
About eight hundred negroes were drawn.
The Fourteenth Ohio State Fair will be
held in the city of Cleveland, on Tuesday
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday the 10Th,
10th, l7th and 18th days Of September,
1868.
Under the new postage law, the franking
privilege previously enjoyed by Mrs. Harri
son, MIS-. Polk, relics of our ex Presidents as
| well as that of ex-Presidents Fillmore, Pierce
and Buchanan, is abolished. ur
1t is not known, and never will be known,
how many were killed at the recent riot in
New York, but from the best information it
| ~ thought the number cannot be less than
five hundred.
The leading politicians and officials o.
Canada are proposing the consolidation of ali
the provinces into one central government
for the purpose Of securing greater strength
! and q more intimate social and political
| union. .--re,..
1t is estimated that only FIVE thousand, or
one third, of the drafted men of Maine, will be
forthcoming, the remainder being exemptei
either for disability or having seen service, or
! from some other satisfactory cause. The con.
scripts will rendezvous at Portland.
In the case of the two individuals convicted
at Sheffield, England, Of the crime of forging
American "Grsenbacks," the Judge sentenced
one to fifteen months Imprisonment, "in con-
sideration of his good character'YD and the
| other to four years penal servitude.
This is said to be the first year since 1916
| that the potato blight has not appeared in
Ireland The harvest generally is reported
better than it has been for several years past.
This fact, however, is not retardirg emigra-
ton, and the peasantry are crowdng the ships
that sail for America
Adjutant General Thomas is now on his
way to the Southwest, clothed with most
ample powers to organize and equip large
negro army ready for instant placement in
the field. The general operations will be be-
tween Memphis and New Orleans, along the
Mississippi.
The Supreme Court of Wisconsin has de-
cided that aliens cannot be drafted even
though they have voted, but that man who
claims exemption from draft as an alien, and
proves that he voted illegally, establishes his
| right to serve term of years in the State
Prison instead of the U. S. Army.
It is stated that twenty women were killed
during the bombardment of Vicksburg -
Besides these, quite number of children
were also killed. 1t was not an uncommn
| sight for women to be seen, parasol in hand,
promenadiug the streets. The number of
| them killed is attributable to the bravado
spirit with which they thus exposed them
selves.
The United States Armory at Springfield
continues to turn out about one thousand
muskets day, and this number will not be
diminished at present. Few and small orders
for mnskets have been received from Wash
ington of late, and there are fifty thousand Of
the model of '61, and one hundred thousand
of the model of '63, now subject to the demand
of the Government.
The most wanton murder, perhaps, perpe-
trated by Morgan, was that Of McDougal, at
Piketon, Ohio. Ee, with one or two others,
was taken prisoner, and as he was the best
Informed Of the party, Morgan ordered him
to act as scout or pilot for body of the
rebels. McDougal refused and expostulated
with the rufians, but they refused to parley
and pushed him toward a fence, where they
almost ridd!ed his body with bullets.
A special report has been received from
Admiral Porter, respecting the effect Of the
new species of ordnance proectile called
Greek fire He states that many fires in
Vicksburg Immediately followed the first use
of the projectile, which was so destructive as
to dsmay the leople. The Illuminating ma
terial is contained in metellic shell Of ordi-
nary ordnance projectiles, ignites upon the
explosion of the latter, and casts fire in all d.
rections.
Mr.. Archibald Claybourn, the oldest inhab-
liant of Chicago, settled there on the 5th of
August, 1928, and has made it his home ever
since, making forty years on the 9Th of this
month. On his arrival at Fort Dearborn.
which the site of Chicago was then called
there were some twenty white persons located
there, mostly military officials, and of them
four are still living though not at that citv.
Mr.. Clay bourn celebrated his fortieth resi-.
dent anniversary ny reception at his home
on the evening of the 5th
az Several of our exchanges are award
ing to Secretary Chase the credit, which is
due to him, fol the accuracy of his estimates
of the public debt. On the 1st of July, 1851
he estimated that the debt would be on the
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