Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-08-28
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EXCITING NEWS FROM KANSAS.

EXCITING NEWS FROM KANSAS.
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lawrence /. y EN- Sacked and Buried By
% nQuantrelPs Guerrilla Band. r.,
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Citizens Murdered, Stores Robbed
ID &c.---$2,oOo, 900 Loss BY Fire.
10 aoite3zsi-b T5J7U or797 Trso1oze sysdr
$50, Persons Killed and Wounded,
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Anew Issue Of Government Bonds,
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'.a 10" sd' 27oi9drkt66df1X1sa1ifro1 Adg. 90.
The convention of war % tmoc ais was very
large and enthusiastic 9,.AA parts of ths
State were fully rep e,ented. Gen. Nathan
Kimball, Maj Gen. Jonn McPherson, Gen
Dumont and Hon. Henry Secrist' are among
the speakers T. LIE ters were received from
Hon. Lewis Cas-, GehrL. gan q and Daniel s
Dickinson. AL expressed sympathy with
the objects of the convention. Resolutions
fav' ring v'g rous prosecution Of the war
sustaining the. .Adminisr ton in all efforts
to put, !,iown the, rebellion, ,denouncng the
State Ag Mt, Auditor and Treasurer Of
State, for their Wiling less 10 repudiate tbs
p.b ic debt and sac, ifce the homer and credit
Of the State for partisan M purposes was adopted
-doIjh97n.J , edi NEwl YokK, August 20.
The draft in the 18th Ward was completed
to-day, without the Slightest signs of dissat.
isfact on. Among the drafted is VIM. II
Fry, of the Tribune = Jokn Clancey, Of the
Leader Michael A. Bertram, Erpress report
J: Renock, of the Obdeo Zestung; Townsend
Harris, 10 Q Commissioner TO- .J"pan; John
MorIissey, the pugilist, and several police
men, and several colored persons. r,,4ao14
-.o9G15uo sHsra 3 WASHINGTON, Aug. 20. &
Prominent officers now before Charleston
express themselves, in private letters received
here to-day, as hopeful Of the result Of our
naval and military 1opeestions, but they dc
not mention any time for the reduction Of Ft
Sumter, &C., as promised by enthusiastic cor.
respondents. The work beirg heavy and re
gu ring the utmost skill and caution, they
witf1a full appreciation Of al the difficulties
purposed,l refrain from raising the expecta
ii ms Of immediate aud complete victory. A
>pe dy re pt9 Of such a character is not an
tie, a,ed by gentlemen N Washington, who
are best acquainted with the plans of the
com,nsndi g officers 2' 81 'I1HDo9 n9'D-
The act t, p ovide national currency, &C.
author zes the employment of the Nationa
Banking As, ociatl ms created under it, as de
Up s to les Of the Internal Revenue. As such
| EN- loyment involves the duty of requiring
! ad q .a.e g. cu'i ity for the amounts deposited
the Secretary of the Treasury has come to the
co"clus on to ask from the National banks de-
string to receive such deposits to place in the
Ire ,sury Of the United States, six per cent
bonds t. an amount equal to 10 per cent. O
their c'pital stock, and to give the bond o
| the directors and officers to an amount equa
to their capital stock, as security for the
punctual payment of all lawful checks for de-
posits, Inasmuch, however, as number o
banks have been organized and as yet are
without circulation, Secretary Chase proposes
no direct deposits to be made with such, or
receiving from them the consent Of their re-
spectiye Boards of Directors, that the bonds
already deposited as security for circulation
may be held as security for deposits, leaving
the additional bond as we'll as the bond o.
the directo, and others to be given after
wards, at any time before the furnishing Of
circulation. Should the associations prefer
instead of giving a joint bond equal to the
capital stock, they may give separa bond
of the directors and stockholders, each
for not less than one-tenth of theil
CAPITA stock, and eq-al t. it in their aggre
gate amount. There can be no objections te
such sepsrat bond being accepted instead o
joint bond II g cd cause shall appear the
conclusions of the Secretary will b. IN ,dified
w. P. Mill F, Esq, Supervising Specia
Agent Of the T easury- Department, for the
valley of the Mississippi, arrived here thi
evening. After consultation be ween hin
and Secretary Chase, such amended rpgn a.
tions concerning trade in the Southwest will
be published, as the condition of affairs il
that section will admit Of. 41 sarr
| Information from the Headquarters of thu
Army of the Potomac says: !! Tn re is nc
change or indications of q change Of position
Advices concur that tn rebel forces around
Cu'repper have been reduced to Gen. A. P
Hills command, while Gems Longs'reet and
Ewsl have moved southwark, probably tc
fredericksburg. -.-., t.t ss,, so...o.
'5j ,.aj:la hrA LEAvRNwoRTH, Aug 21y
About 5 o'clock last evening, the guerrilla
chief Qnantrell, with force about 800 strong,
crossed from Missouri into Kansas, near the
town Of Gardner, 60 miles below here, and
Immediately started for Lawrence, arriving
before that town at 4 o'clock this morning. -
He posted guards around the city, so that
citiz ms could not escape, and with the re-
mainder of his men commenced pillaging
stores, shooting citizens, and firing houses.
A ger. .tleman who managed to escape secre-
ted himself in q 1cornfield near town, reports
that he SWAN the river at 8 o'clock, and on
reaching the Bluffs this side, had a plain
view Of the city, which was then one sheet of
flames From " hal he saw he thinks the
loss would reach 81, ,000, 900, and by this time
perhaps much more, as they seemed deter
mined to destroy everything that. would
burn. We cannot learn that any resistance
was made, the1di siztns being taken perfectly
b, sup Use. the first alarm beirg the C, ackI
ling o.Aames and the shouts of the Rebels.
James H. Lane was 1.-The city, and it is fear
ed he has fallen into the han,,s of the Reb-
els, a. it was almost impossible to escape
through the Hoes IA large number of Union
-tioops were ,ent in pursuit of the Rebels, but
with what success We have not vt learned -
Mayor Antony, .of this city, has issued proc.
lama in sayiag the people of sLeavenworth
need not apprehenb amy arouble, hut request
ed every able. bodied citizen to provide him
self with the best arms he can, and hold himr
s. If in readiness to aid friends in any part of
the State at moments notice. sEHe censures
the Generalfcommanaihg the District, yhoy
he says, With FIVE Thousand troops under, his
commsnd, has, allowed q few hundred guere
& citv, destroy 81, ,oo0poo worth Of ptopefHa,
and intimates that the citizens must depeid
11non themselves for the defense of the CITY