Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-08-14
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ers, sisters and daughters Of the Confederacy,
to use their all powerful influence in aid of
this call, and to add one crownipg sacrifice to
upraise which their patriotism has so freely
and constantly offered up to their country's
altar, and take care that none who owe ser
vice in the fed should be sheltered at home
from the disgrace of having deserted their
duty to their families, their country and their
God. a'l ..5s-. ...- -a'aa .5ta. gaos9 .no:qir
[Signed1 ataat ,gtauoo JErr. DAVIS.
By the President. s.ei ,j9g.e5 ~ 2 p e9ias
Up. BEsJAa1s, sec'y Of State. q aaFna2 9.5,i52
dfst ah gh7". WASHINGTON, Aug.7.I
Robt. c.. Gist, special agent Of the Post
Office Department, in charge Of the Memphis
Post Office, writes to g. w. Mcclellan, I'd As
sistant Post Master General, that steamboats,
are arriving and departing almost d ally with
out molestation from guerril!as. He adds:
/ am now making up mails daily for New
Orleans! / have counseled the Surveyor Of
Transportation and other officials, all of whom
express the decided opinion that Easte; q and
Northern mails for New Orleans can be sent
with more safety and expedition via the Mis-.
sissippi river than by ocean steamers, so long
as rebel piratical vessels continue to infest
our coast and commit depredations. General
Grant has established a mounted patrol be-
tween Vicksburg and New Orleans. under
stand the guerriIlas who infest some portions
along the river at times have no artillery, and
muskets can do no harm to boats. They will
be cleaned cut If they make any further
demonstrations. ...-.
Transports with coal barges are being sent
below every day, destined to New Orleans.
sae Il. p ass.az New YORK, Aug. 8.
! The Times Washington dispatch says: 1t
is believed here that Gilmore will be heavily
reinforced and be enabled to resume offensive
operations with every prospect OF easy sue
cess. .......,a}
| All rebel officers in our hands are being
gathered at Johnston's Island, near Sandusky.
There they will be kept until satisfactory
reply is received from the rebel authorities in
answer to the Presidents order of retaliation
which has been forwarded by. our Govern
ment. E 2.~H-2 saa@-
| .-5. Sd ~ LEAvENwoRTH, Aug. 8.
| The Santa Fe Gazette learns by the south
ern mails that the French have abandoned
the City Of Mexico. aa2 -l.a-.1 fearsaas
| CINCINNATI, Aug. 8.
| One hundred and twenty three of Morgan's
officers have been sent from Johnston's Is
land to Harrisburg, to be confined in the PEN
itentiary there. ...-... .f.az...sl I'D "a .
Four hundred and ffy rebels from Ken.
lucky reached Camp Chase yesterday.
/ The Columbus and Indianapolis railroad
was sold on Thursday, under a decree from
the Franklin county Court, to the Trustees of
stockholders and bondholders of the road for
organization. 40 r.. ..r.
| The returns from 38 counties in Kentucky
show Union majority Of 2o,os5.
lo.1 sF5.r,l o5v .rs NEW YORK, Aug. 9.
| The TYibune's core ~pondent at Potomac
Headquarters, 7th, So y, ne thermometer there
stood IO4.5 o ~-
"A rebel has be- caught and note in favor
of Gen. Pope for sc, 900 found on his person.
The Tri6unes Washington special says
The war-with- England -sensation-news lately
started, has no foundation in truth. ' g"
g The Heyaid's Washington dispatches con-
tain long dispa. ch to the effect that Mr..
Clay, our Minister at st. Petersburg,
has entered into a treaty with Russia,
assuring Russia that in the event of war be-
ing declared against her on the Polish ques-
ton the United States would declare war
against France and England. .....-,.,
| -........ ... WASHINGTON, Aug. 8.
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| Sd, writes to the President with respect to
the draft in New York and Brooklyn. He
condemns the course of the Provost Marshal.
for commencing the draft without consulta-
ton with the city or State officers, at time
when the militia were absent at the seat of
war; and while there were not even soldiers
enough to man the fortifications in the harbor.
The Governor complains of unfairness in the
enrolment, and thinks in this lottery for hu-
man life, as he terms it, there should be strict
impartiality. In the rural districts the draft
has been executed with justice, and conscripts
have accepted their fate without a nlrmur,
and sometimes joyfully. In the districts Of
New York, with populations much less than
the number to be drafted, is in some cases
double that of the former The attack on the
enrolling officers, which subsequently grew
into the most destructive riot known in the
history Of the country, he pronounces unjus-
tiiable. eoje -.
In speaking further of the riots of New
York, he says: .s..-.- .-.. ..-.-.-.. ...-....
Disregard for law and disrespect for the
judicial tribunals produced their natural re-
suits of robbery and arson, accompanied by
murderous outrages on a helpless race, and
for time the very existence of the CONNER
cial metropolis Of our country was threaten
ed. 1t is gratifying that the citizens of New
York were able, without material aid from
the State or Nation, to put down this dan
gerous insurrection. For time the nation
had not means to protect its own arsenals
and navy yards. One thousand men conld
have seized them all and then used the arma-
inents for the destruction of shipping and the
city itself, to say nothing of vessels which
were at that time engaged in burning our
merchant ships almost within sight Of our
coast. u ''52a .-s 5iE -.i
The Governor also complains that no credit
has been given to the city for the number of
volunteers sent and noble exer.ions of the
militia in times of peril. He therefore asks
for suspension, at least, Of the draft till its
constitutionality is tested. Y -o~ ,,-
The President in reply, under date of
August the 7th, says, he cannot suspend the
draft in New York, because time is too i'm
portant. He admits dispari y of the quotas
in different sections, and accounts fer it by
the fact that SO many more persons are in the
city than the country, who have too recently
arrived from Europe to be included in the
census of 1860. Still he would not consider
that reason sufficient. He would direct the
draft to proceed, drawing only an average
quota of all districts. After this drawing, the
city districts shall be cal efully re-enrolled
and the Governors agents might witness
every step of the process. Due credit will
be given for all volunteers. .u
The President would not object to abide
the decision of the Supreme Court. He
would be willing tc facilitate it but could not
consent to lose the time.
o. II. sJI'l Col. Stone. evs7-