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Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-12-25

Gen. Grant On the Corner Stone.
In . private letter of Gen. Grant to Hon.
E. B. Washburne, dated August IS, 1858. he
thus gives his opinion on the smashing Of
the corner stone Of the rebellion. The N. Y.
Hsrosds denial Of the genuineness Of this
letter. when it was quoted by Senator Wilson
has brought out the publication Of its precise
language and date:
The people of the North need not quarrel
over the institution Of Slavery. What Vice
President Stephens acknowledges as the cor
ner stone of the Confederacy, is already
knocked out. Slavery is already dead, and
cannot be resurrected 1t would take a
standing army to maintain Slavery in the
South, if we were to make peace to day,
guaranteeing to the South all their former
constitutional privileges. l never was an
Abolitionist-not even what would be called
anti.Slavery-but try to judge fairly and
honestly, and it became patent to my mind,
early in the rebellion, that the North and
South could never live at peace with each
other, except as one nation, and that without
Slavery. As anxious as am to see peace
established, l would not, therefore, be willing
to see any settlement until this question is
forever settled.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-12-25
News Paragraphs.

James Stanton, the young Irishman, who
in July last murdered negro in negro riot
in Buffalo, has been sentenced to be hung on
the 9th of February. He is only IS years Of
age.
The machine shops of the Chicago Quincy
and Burlington R. R., at Aurora, Ill, was de-
stroyed by fire on the 18th inst. Three loco.
motives were in the building at the time
Loss $150,O00.
A special circular has been issued against
those having correspondence carried outside
of the mails. A fine of 500 is imposed
upon agents carrying letters and $50 upon
those sending them.
The murderous assaults of guerrillas on
steamboats, below Memphis render it almost
impossible to navigate to New Orleans. An
additional force is required to protect trans
ports, as the loss of life lately is too great to
adml: of any further risks. -
There is report at Cincinnati from rebel
sources, that our forces in West Virginia are
moving to cut the railroad behind Longstrest
the great Virginia and East Tennessee road.
This is profitable, and Longstreet's commu-
nications by rail once destroyed, and effect
ually. with Richmond, his capture or retreat
into the barren mountains Of North Carolina
must follow.
The churches of New Orleans are being
taken by the authorities for negro schools
They have thus occupied DR.. Palmer's church,
one Of the finest IN the city. st. Luke's
church, which was thus occupied, was burn
ed down on the night Of the 18th. Rev. Mr..
Hedges was pastor of this church, but he was
exilsd and sent across the lake because he
would not take the oath Of allegiance to the
Rebel Government.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-12-25
Iowa News.

The Marshalltown Times says DR..
Whealan. ofMarietta, while in Chicago, lately,
had 81, 900 taken from his pocket.
The Sidney Union says that it will re-
quire 81, 400 instead of $500 to repair the
Court House in that place which was recently
shattered by an explosion Of powder.
1t was stated not long since that Sheriff
Hamilton, Of Madison county, had been ar
rested on charge Of receiving bride from a
horse thief to effect the thiefs escape. I'm
mediately the Copperhead papers began to
howl about another arbitrary arrest" All
at once the aforesaid papers have backed
down from their defense of the Sheriff, as the
proof against him is so positive they cannot
cover it up.
Rev. I. P. Teter, Chaplain Of the Seventh
regiment, has resigned and returned home.
Deaths of Iowa wounded soldiers in hos
pital at Chattanooga
John N. Hale, G, S1st, Dec. 6; Jas. How
ell, B, 4th, Dec. 4; Jacob Vance, E, 4th,
Nov. 20.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-12-25
Don't Rock the Baby.

If all the ultimate consequences of ones
acts are to be laid to his charge, the man who
invented rocking cradles for children rests
under fearful load of responsibility. The
downright murder of tens of thousand of in
fants, and the weakened brains of hundreds
of thousands of adults, are undoubted results
of this invention. To rock child in cradle
or to swing him in crib, amounts to just
this: the rapid motion disturbs the natural
flow of the blood and produces stupor or
drowsiness. Can anybody suppose for mo-
ment that such an operation is healthful
one? Every one knows the dizzy and often
sickening effect of moving rapidly in swing;
yet wherein does this differ from the motion
a child receives when rocked in a cradle
1t lis equivalent to lying in ship berth dur
ing violent storm, and that sickehs nine
people out Of ten. A very gentle, slow mo-
ton may sometimes be soothing, though al
ways of doubtful expedency, but to move a
cradle as rapidly as the swing of pendulum
three feet long, that is once in second, is
positive cruelty. We always feel like grasp
ing and staying the arm of the mother or
nurse who, to secure quietude, swings the
cradle or crib with rapidity equal to that Of
a pendulum a foot long. If any mother is
disposed to laugh at our suggestions, or con-
slider them whimsical, we beg of her to have
bed or cot hung an cords, then lie down in
it herself and have some one to swing it with
the same rspidity that she allows the cradle
to be rocked. What she will experience in
both head and stomach, is Just what the in
FAINT experiences.
We insist that this rocking of children is
a useless habit. If not accustomed to rock
ing, they will go to sleep quite as well when
lying quietly, as when shaken in cradle. If
they do not, there is trouble from sickness or
hunger, or more likely from an overloaded
stomach and though the rocking may pro-
duce temporary stupor, the trouble is made
worse thereafter, by the unnatural means TAX
en- to produce quiet for the time being-Am.
Agricul.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-12-25

W The r chmond Wing of the 14th has
a severe criticism of JEFF. Davis foreign pol
icy, basing it's remarks on the statements Of
his message. 1t says he proves too strongly
the unfriendliness of the British Adminis,ra
ton, thus discouraging the Southern people
and soothing the antagonism Of the North
toward England. The Whiq thinks that in
terest alone governs the action of foreign ma
tions, and that they have been rendered in
imical to the South by the superior diploma.
cy of the United States. 1t urges that plenary
powers be given future Southern ambassa-
doris, so as to enable them to cope with the
Yankee diplomatists. 1t also says: " 1t
seems that the President did not anticipate
war. 1t is strange that he should not have
done so, at least when he ordered Gen. Beau
regard to open on Fort Sumter. Perhaps the
country at large may be charged with the
same want of foresight"
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-12-25

A Coop MOVE The following circular
will explain ITSELF The movement is most
worthy one and should be encouraged by all
loyal people:
To Ministers cfths Gospel:
The BOARD of CONTROL of the iowa SAM
tary Commission, at its late session, held in
Davenport, Dec. I'd, adopted the following
resolution:
"Resolued, That Ministers of the Gospel, Of
all denominations, throughout the State of
Iowa, be requested to take collections in their
respective congregations the first Sunday of
January next, for the relief of the suffering
families of Iowa Soldiers, and pay the same
to the Treasurer of the Ladies' Aid Society,
or other local organization in their town, 10
be applied as above"
Will you serve the cause Of patriotism and
humanity by compliance with the above, and
report to this Office the amount raised and to
whom paid?
BY order Of the "Board of Control Of Iowa
Sanitary Committee.
JOHN F. DILLON, President.
Rev. O. G. TRUEsDELL, Secretary.
Davenport, Dec. 7th, 1868.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-12-25
Peace,

The commissioners of peace are already in
the field. Grant, Meade, Banks, Gilmore, and
other Federal Generals, are the only plenipo-
tentiaries who at this time can work efficient
ly in negotiating" with the enemy. If the
war is "bloody, destructive and inhuman,"
let the rebels, who commenced it, bring it to
termination. Then we can have the Union
restored upon terms Of equity, fraternity
and equality, under the Constitution" If
the Confederates prefer war which is vast
ing their resources and shrouding their homes
to an honorable peace in the Union, all our
Government has to do is to keep her armies
up, and "never consent to peace which dis
members her own territory" Mr.. Toombs
has told us that the country at war which has
the last dollar in the Treasury is the one
which is apt to succeed. Both sides cannot
win. In this contest we are for the United
States.-St Louis Republican.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-12-25

I know that, tried IS they have been in the
fiery furnace of affection and oppression, they
will prove themselves infinitely above.a whole
race Of such craven spirits as yours. be.
lieve in the superiority Of the white, but
also believe in the superiority of a fighting
negro over all such tories as you. As you
remain at home to fight Abolitionism, am
satisfied that can accomplish full as much
Tor my country by fighting the Buttornut
family at the North, and $50 l am with you
unto the end" w. +. DAVIS.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-12-25

The Losses OF WAR.-It is estimsted that
the Union losses in the two thousand battles
and skirmishes fought since this war began
have been 25.272 killed and 110,111 woun.
ded. Of the latter 81, 527 have died or been
disabled by wounds. In addition to these,
10000 have died of diseases incident to the
army, making a total Of 219, 1899 men lost by
the war. This is fearful record. Still it is
not so large as the increase of able bodied
men during the same period of time, which
statistics show to have been 4S7 500 men,
giving us a gain of 21s,1o1 fighting men
since the war began, Notwithstanding our
heavy loss
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-12-25

CoNs1sTENT, VERY "A short time ago
the Iowa Copperhead papers were calling on
the peopl. to vote against the Administration
because it had destroyed the liberty Of the
press. Now the Des Moines Stotesman calls
on the party to "stand by your party papers"
Tor in other words subscribe for the States
NAM because the liberty of the press is all
that is left them. It says: "a solemn duty,
but one imperfectiy discharged, devolves on
Democrats, to stand by their papers. In the
general wreck of personal and political rights,
about all the liberty that the citizen retains is
the privilege of reading Democratic papers
and paying Abolition taxes"
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-12-25
OUR ARMY CORRESPONDENCE.


From the gath Iowa-Capture Of
am Entire Rebel Regiment.
CAMP PATH Iowa, NEW IBERIA, La,
December 1st, 1858.
EDITOR JouRNAL:-We arrived in this
campsabout two weeks ago, and how long we
will stay here is hard to tell, but from all ap.
pearances it is quite probable that we will
remain here some time.
There are two divisions of our corps, (the
13thD here-the third and fourth-and two
of the 10th corps. Part Of the 1st and I'd
divisions have gone to Brownsville, Texas, on
the Rio Grande- River. I suppose they have
gone there to watch the movements of the
French in that section.
Tho rebs are rather scarce in this region
There were few who followed our army when
we came here, for the purpose of picking up
our stragglers and menacing our pickets,
but we have taken them Gin out of the VET
and we are not troubled by them anymore
About week ago it was ascertained that q
regiment was encamped near Grand Lake,
about four miles from here, so one morning
about o'clock the first brigade of our divis-
ion and squad Of cavalry went out and sur
rouned them and gobbled the whole lot, al
most before they had time to open their eyes,
They acknowledged that we were a little too
early for them. They were very poorly clad,
some of them without shoes and others with.
out coats, hats, etc. A great many of them
were dressed in our uniform. Isuppose they
robbed some of our prisoners or dead men of
them, for they are in the habit of doing such
things.
We had five men belonging to our regiment
captured, the day we came here. They went
about mile from camp to get wood and were
surprised by a squad of rebel cavalry and
compelled to surrender. but not before they
tried their running faculties.
The health Of the regiment is good. there
being only few on the sick list. But
must close More anon. STRAY.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-12-25

TIE PRESIDENT. - The following is the
tribute of q gallant and faithful soldier, to
the President, whom be has mad the utmost
opportunities of knowing, and whom the
Copperhead press unite in reviling:
"There are not few who have quailed BE-.
fore the magnitude of the task. Of these,
thank Heaven, the President is not one. He
whom the burden has most bent, has never
faltered in heart or purpose. He is sustain.
ed, as is just, by the great mass Of the nation,
by the potential force of the press, and by
the armies and fleets of the Union. Crap
ping with administrative questions moro diff
cult and delicate than ever before tried the
sagacity and courage Of our statesmen, he
has so borne himself that every loyal heart
acknowledges the candor, ability, and tact,
which signalize the character Of our First
Magistrate. [Applause.1 That history will
assign him a conspicuous rank among great
rulers is no longer doubtful. "-Gen. &ckles.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-12-25

An UNNECESSARY PRocEss.-The Buffalo
Courier, which is devoted TO Gov. Seymour,
and for many months has been unusually
malignant in its hostility to the Administr a.
ton, affects to deprecate what it calls the 'in-
discretion of the meeting at Cincinnati, in
what it denominates the ''pseudo denomination"
of Gen. McClellan-as "gross political
blunder." With broad humor the Courier
goes on to say 1.-THE men who have thus
prematurely dragged him toto the Presiden-
tial arena could scarcely have taken surer
method Of killing him." This is true enough,
only he was dead before he was kilt
N, ?. Eoening Post.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-12-25

az The rebel revenue for the last fiscal
year has, according to Mr.. Memminger's report,
been four millions from taxation, and four
hundred millions from the printing press
That is doing big business for hard.money
man.
The amount of revenue the rebels have
been able to raise by taxation during the last
year, has been just about equal to the annual
deficiency in the postal revenue in the seeded
States, for some years before they entered
upon their so-caled war of independence.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-12-25

wWe find the following in an exchange
without credit;
A soldier belonging to an Iowa regiment
At the battle of Lookout Mountain. coolly sci
down on rock during the thickest of the
engagement, to wait for his gun to cool off, as
he had fred it very often and effectively
The boys who were fighting around him de.
liberately ceased their firing, and waited until
he sung for them an old and familiar song
''Root, Hog, or DE-" which he is said to have
suog with such humor as to make all merry
and forgetful of the fearful scenes around
them. When the song was finished, they
reloaded their guns and entered the fight
again, doing damage to the rebels.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-12-25
From the 9TH IOwa-SOund DOC
tr1ne.

From the 9TH IOwa-SOund DOC
trlne.
The following extract from a letter writer
by q gentleman, well known in this commu
nifty, contains the right kind Of doctrine. NJ
one-not even the extinguished psalm-singel
will question Captain De Heus' Democracy
Of former days. He has not changed, bu
those who now denounce him - an "Aboli
ton hireling" have gone far astray after theil
master, JEFF. Davis:
PULASKI, TENN., Dec. II, 1868.
Our regiment never was in better trim and
I doubt not but nearly all will re-enlist. -
People in the North are much mistaken, in
deed, if they think that the soldiers now in
the field will give up until the rebellion has
been crushed by the means now being used
With but gerry tew exceptions, all are in favor
Of the course the Government is and has been
pursuing; and how men, whose interest it il
to see this rebellion crushed, can, in any way,
court dishonorab!e peace, is beyond my
comprehension. If they could be here for a
few months and see the contempt
that they are held in, even by pro-
fessional secesh, think that it would cure
them Of this loathsome disease. I always
was and am now Democrat, but God forbid
that should sacrifice country for party. /
am we'll satisfied that many have the name
Of Democrats who are disgrace to the noble
speculation in the true sense of the word.
have also heard it charged, and have seen it
in the papers, that men are influenced and
even threatened by their officers to vote the
Union ticket. This charge is false - false
can be. know, positively, that not . word
has ever been uttered in this regiment by any
officer either for or against politics Of any
kind, and yet this regiment is the banner reg
iment Of Iowa, having cast but three votes
for the bogus Democracy. would that Dem.
ocrats could see how they are led by unprin-
cipled leaders, step by step into the infamous
pit of treason. Oh, for an uprising Of true
Douglas Democracy, whose motto, in his dy-
ing breath was" Two classes: patriots or
traitors"
There is a project on foot in the old 7th to
re-enlist for three years, and our Colenel COM
handing, q. Parrott), is getting up a request
to the War Department to allow the regiment
60 days furlough and then re-organize for
three years, in which think be will be sue
cessful.
We are in the wealthiest county of Ten
nessee, and cattle, hogs and provisions are
abundant. 1t has been great source Of
supplies to Bragg's army, and must be felt
bitterly by the rebs. to have lost this part of
Tennessee. w. W. DEHuEs,
Capt. Co. A, 18th Iowa Infantry.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-12-25

T Fred. Douglas recently made speech
in Rochester, New York, on the state Of the
country, in which this sentence occurs: "If
a negro knows as much when he is sober al
an Irishman does when he is drunk, he
knows enough to vote"
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-12-25

A Boz Run OVER BY Mrs. LINcoLN's CAR
R1Aes.-In Washington, one day last week, a
small boy was knocked down on the Avenue
and run over by Mrs. Lincoln's carriage,
whereby his legs were broken and he sus-
tained other injuries. Mrs. Lincoln immedi-
ately took the lad into the carriage and
conveyed him to his home, where everything
in her power was done to alleviate his suffer
ings.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-12-25
The Democratic War vvheop,

How do tho peace sneaks hereaway like
the change of base recently taken by their
leaders in Congresss They have had = con-
sultation on the forlorn condition Of the party,
and have resolved to try to resuscitate 1t by
painting its face for war, performing the war
dance and screech,ng the war whoop. The
peace policy has failed, and now we are to
have the dodge Of vigorous prosecution ofths
war. The party which has professcd to be.
lieve the war to put down the rebellion use
less, atrocious and unconstitutional, ID now
going to profess to be most jealous for war,
in the hope that the party may win BY it,
Will the Courier tell us how it likes the new
programmed
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-12-25
Soldiers Wives.


What an immense amount of heroism
among this class passes unnoticed, or is taken
as matter of course; not only in this most
righteous war which we are waging, but in
those of all past time For the soldier, he
shoulder; he has praises if he do well he
has honorable mention and plying tears if he
fall nobly striving. But alas for the SOL
dier's wife Even an officers wife who has
sympathizing friends, who has the comforts
and many of the luxuries of life; whose
chlldren's future is provided for if their father
fall; what dreadful suspense and anxiety
must she pass, even in these favorable cir
cumstances. How hard for her But for
the wife of the poor soldier, who in giving
her husband to her country has given every
thing who knows not whether the meal she
and her little ones are eating may not be the
last for many hungry desolate-day; who
has no friend to say ''well done," as the lag
ging weeks Of suspense creep on, and she
stands bravely at her post, keeping want and
star walton at bay imagination busy among
the heaps Of dead and wounded or travers.
ing the wretched prison dens and shuddering
at the thought Of their demoniac keepers !;
keeping down her sobs, as her little daughter
trustfully offers up her nightly prayer for
''dear papa to come home;" or when her lit
tie son, just old enough to read, traces slow
ly with his finger the long list of killed and
wounded, 'to see if fathers name Is there"
shrouding her eyes from the possible future
of her children should her strength give out
under the pressure of want and anxiety no
friend to turn to when her hand is palsled
with labor; Tor waving banners, nor martial
music, nor. one procession to chronicle her
valorous deeds; none but God and her own
brave heart to witness her noble, unaided
struggle when think of these solitary wo-
men scattered throughout the length and
breadth Of the land, my heart warns toward
them, and fain hold them up in their silent
struggle, for all the world to admire.
When the history of this war shall be
written, (and that cannot be now let the his
torian, what else soever he may forget, forget
not to chronicle this sublime valor of the
hearthstone, all over the struggling land
Fanny Fern.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-12-25

ALL Is WELL THAT ENDS WELL.-Thus
exclaimed many thousands after trying the
celebrated Chemical Saleratus of DeLqnd &
Co. They say it works like charm, and
they always have nice light bread, biscuit
cakes, &c. 1t never fails.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-12-25

the Committee on Military Affairs to make an
immediate inquiry into the expediency of
amending the enrolment law SO as to compel
the Provost Marshals to hold their examine
tions for physical debility, &C., at the county
towns. ste. = .-af.a 10 ar.,ose, s,.-,s
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-12-25
~ The official account of our captures
during the year of the war ending at the date
of Gen. Halleck's report is as follows:

The use and abuse of tobacco is still the
subject of much controversy. The London
Itksnesns says that - the habit Of smoking
has increased in England, that Of drinking
has decreased. That il something in favor Of
the smokers.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-12-25

lNEw CoxMAsDsR.-Brig. Gen. Sully ar
rived at Davenport last Saturday and assumed
commaud Of the District Of Iowa.