Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-02-20

the prisoner. He soas discharged.
FoBaERY.-A man named Boyles, living on
the opposite side Of Cedar River, in the neigh
borhood known as the "Carother's Settle
ment," presented an order for $40, purporting
to emanate from D. P. Ames, on Lemp &
Sells, at the Office of the firm, last Tuesday
evening, which order was paid. TWAS soon
after discovered to be forgery and Marshal
James put upon the track Of the forger. I'm
mediately after getting the order cashed
Boyles started for Wilton on foot, intending
to take the train the next morning for the
East. He was brought up with q round turn,
however, by the arrival Of James on the morn
ing train, who arrested the gentleman and
brought him tt this city. He was taken be.
fore Mayor Meason, who bound him over in
the sum of $500, to appear at court. Not
being able to find disinterested friend to
take the case in hand, and "sign for the need
full" he was sent up to Sheriff Hines, who
will exercise fatherly care over him until
his final trial.-Daily, 18Th.
Overwhelmingly morninga lady with
q bright child at her side, arrived in this city
on the train, bound for Washington, Iowa,
where her uncle formerly resided. On her
arrival here she learned that her uncle had
removed to Chicago. Being entirely out of
money she could not return. She sought out
the Methodist minister, Rev. ]. H. Power,
and stated her case to him. She was from
North Carolina, from which State she had
just escaped, her husband who was formerly
from the North, having left at the breaking
out Of hostilities. He came North and joined
a cavalry regiment, and is now with General
Grants army. The lady on arriving at Bal
timore had just enough money left to pur-
chase ticket to Washington, where she ex-
pected to find an asylum with her uncle, as
mentioned above, but on her arrival here she
learned of his removal. 49,.
Mr.. Power stated the case to his congre-
cation in the evening, when collection was
taken up for her, amply sufficient for all her
present purposes. She left on the train East
to meet her uncle, where she will be well pro-
vided for until she can gain definite informa-
ton from her husband. Daily, 14th.
TIE CANAL Opposite VIcKsBURa.-This
canal, which, it was thought, would turn the
course of the Mississippi RIVER and leave
the city of Vicksburg an 'iulandl village"
does not seem to answer the expectations of
its projectors. We are PERMITTED to make
the following extract from letter written by
= young man from this city, belonging to the
18th regiment, giving description Of the ca
nal, and the cause of its failure:
"Our men are now digging canal, intend
ed to turn the course Of the river. If they
succeed it will be good thing. But they
60 to work at it like boys would at play
They have finished ditch six feet deep and
from twenty to thirty wide, in which all the
stumps were left standing. It was expected
that the water, rushing in from the river,
would enlarge it, but in this they were greatly
mistaken. There is only about three feet Of
water in the canal, and this runs as quiet as .
slough. The reason of the failure is attribu-
table, in great measure, to the overseer Of
the work, who, it would seem, did not under
stand the FIRST principles Of hydraulics. He
commenced the work at place where there
was an eddy, instead of selecting . place
where the current bore hard against the bank.
The natural consequence is, that the water
flows through with but little velocity, and
does not wash to do any good. Sst
"This, together with the fact of the ditch
being full Of the standing stumps, the roots
of which hold tenaciously to the surrounding
earth, is the cause Of the failure Of the canal,
disappointing the hopes Of the country IS
well ~ Of the army" 'r'a - 81 vis' ''@a'7'