Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-04-17

this pohcy OF punlSnlng treason, ACTUAL anu
implied, have general application. tits just
as much needed in Iowa as in Ohio or Ken
lucky. Let the commander Of this depart
ment take this necessary stop. Let treason
be punished. All honor to Gen. Burnside
the country will sustain him. rs
tCorrespondenee Of tho Daily Journal.1
FROM WASHINGTON.
The Report of the Committee on the Conduc1
ofthe Var The Ioseans here at a Party,
etc., etc. u .s.,a. lr
WASHINGTON. April 8, 1868.
The Report of the Congressional Commit
tee on the conduct Of the war, the first install
ment of which appeared on Monday, created
quite an excitement here among all classes
Every body with as much brains as musQuito
dying of galloping consumption had known,
OF course, that Mcclellan was dead dog, but
not few insisted that he might be again res
directed, to drag the slow length Of war along
after his peculiar mode, to the great satisfac.
ton of Mr.. Jefferson Davis and Vallandigham
These fellows, many Of them, hold Office TN
der the Government. Many belong to the
uppertendom of Washington society. But
the great majority are Of such as delight in
the somewhat questionable charms Of Mile
Julia Mortimer at the Canterbury, and the
lewd attacions Of the Varieties. The Report
squelched 'em all out, without respect Of per.
sons-as well the aged Auditor who moves,
Just little bit mellow, in the same circles
which are graced by the captivating smiles
and florid eloqnence of the Secretary of State,
as the abandoned pimp who encores the
Arabs Lay and is cheek by jowl with CARROT.
ers. They died hard. but dead they are, and
take it, the less that shall be henceforth said
about poor little Mac, the better it will be all
around. He cannot now be considered wor-
thy of hate. would as soon think of hating
a cast-off slipper. When man is altogether
PLAYED out, there is no use in attacking him
So the loyal citizens here think, and have al
ready about forgotten that there ever was
such q man as Mcclellan. Such would have
been the natural result, without any extrlnsic
cause, but the good news from Connecticut
which was received yesterday filled the town
with new and glorious excitement, by which
all minor matters were swallowed up.
The Criminal Court Of this District under
the new law was formally organized yester-
day. 1t is branch of the Supreme Court OF
the District, of which David K Ca,teris CHIEF
Justice. He delivered his first charge to the
Grand Jury on this occasion. His instruc-
tons manly bore upon the law Furnishing
frauds against the Government, the law OF
treason, and misprision of treason. Touching
the subject of laid and comfort" Judge Car
ter said:
cit is important that you should have
clear ideas of what is meant by giving aid
and comfort to the exis ing rebellion This
ofense may be committed in various ways
as by sending arms, ammunition, provisions,
clothing, or merchandise, to those who are in
rebellion by giving them information in re
lation to the military affairs Of the Govern.
ment, the number, position or movements Of
troops; the construction, armament, or desti.
nation Of armed vessels; or by sending news
papers, letters or messages conveying inform.
alton which may be useful to rebels in their
warlike movements; BY ENCOURAGING OR AS
S!sTlNG IN PROCURING DEsERTIoNs FROM THE
ARMY OR NAVY; By OPPOSING OR EFFECTIVELY
DIscouRAGlNG ENLIsTMENTs; BY OPPOSING THE
ENFORCEMENT OF TIE LAWS FOB THE ENROLL
MENT OF SOLDIERS IN THE FORCES OF THE
UNITED STATES; by running or attempting to
run the blockade with goods contraband OIL
war; by breaking through or attempting tt
break through the lines of our army for the
purpose of carrying on illicit trade with the
enemy or with persons III the rebellious dis
tricts.
"In short, whatever transactions tend te
strengthen the rebellion, to give courage OF
,ln~ 20 <ho oho1S 70 1scho
courage the loyal citizens of the country, to
give rebels any assistance whatever, are with.
IN the purview of the statute"
In all which, indeed, there is nothing new,
but it may not be altogether without good
thus to remind certain class of persons that
they may find themselves in the meshes Of
the law or the monotonous exercise of work
in the penitentiary before long. A word tc
the wise is sufficient 1 800
In my last, briefly mentioned the fact that
the Iowans now here had social meeting al
the residence Of Mr.. Halves, Of the Lyons
Mirror, on Wednesday evening of last week
1t was quite grand affair. The following
gentlemen were present, accompanied by
their wives: Hon. John A. Kasson, Messrs.
Ira Cook and n. B. Hoxie, of Des Moines
w. Turner, Keokuk; Deering, Usage; Cook
Dubuque; Burris, Davenport; Smeed, Wa
verley; Wilson, Muscatine; Talbot, Win
terset; Reynolds, and Ingersoll, Iowa City,
Mr.. Cowie, Of Montezuma, accompanied his
daughter, and Mr.. Page, of Mt. Vernon, had
the honor Of escorting the accomplished
daughter of Judge Mason, just in the full
bloom of gorgeous womanhood. Mr.. Curtis,
a nephew Of the General, was present, as was
his wife. They live at Fulton, Illinois. One
or two couples from Minnesota also added to
the number. Those unacconlpanied by ladies
were Messrs. Townsend and Jackson, Of
Wapello; Scott, of Fairfield; Rankin, Bal
linger, Guthrie, Stevens, Bailey, Of Keokuk
Bittman and Geo. L. Cook, Dubuque; Baird
and Stowe, Mt. Pleasant; Smith, Des Moines
Nealley, Sweeney, and Chambers, Burling-
ton; McDill, Alton; Payton, Davenport
Zitchske, formerly of Iowa City; Besack,
Waterloo, and Conwell, Knoxville. may
have omitted the names Of few, but certain
ly not many. There was house full Of
beauty, Of accomplishments, and brains. 1t
was one of the few parties ever heartily en-
joyed, and herein know / express the uni
versal opinion of those present. The supper
was all that could have been wished, and it
was late hour when the company, voting
kind Acknowledgements to Mr.. and Mrs.
Halves for their hospitable reception. sought
their homes.
Leroy Tuttle, who lived for some time at
Council Bluffs, in our State, has been pro-
noted to $4,000 position in the Cashiers
Office, Treasury. The position is one Of great
labor and responsibility, bat Mr.. Tuttle fills
it with complete success. He is tip-top
business man, universally we'll spoken of by
the thousands of officers and civilians who
haye official intercourse with him. $50
A Falmouth correspondent of the Philadel-
phia Enquirer recently gave Capt. Geo. 3.
Corkhill, of Mt Pleasant, now a brigade COM
missary in the Army Of the Potomac. a very
notice, which I intended to
quote At length, but which some villain has
stolen. Suffice It that the CAPTAIN nerforms