Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1863-09-22

o6o0nl FO0oY MOSI WAe oss~&O's
IN TIT y oTuesdsy, BY Dephty
sh3s& J sss hort, In pursuance OF he
order d Geo. Scho6eld and the Provost
Nar.hal General II Missouri. Toe or
der ioe The arrest Of this ssan, Strachso,
~ hsbueht here some tbree weeks
aioes, By the Captsin OF the United
Ststes Police at st. Louis. The city
Vas thoroughly searched, asd it vas
found that be had been here within .
fe~ ds,a but had made bic eecape.
The Used 6sstss polios sfllcsr left on
his return y ST. Lons the same even.
,ue. bat Isft With Sheriff Steinsgel writ
ten authority to arrsrt Ssrschso - soon
q bs could Do found. otrscban arrived
10 town 90 Tuesday, BY the 10 o'clock
train from Chicago. and ct IL o'clock,
o. before, was arrested. He vas found
at hUuse on F,ttn street, ~here it was
said he was in the hs,,t ~hen 10 the
city, Of visiting soms lady acqu.iutsnces.
He Was taken 1t once 10 jail, oh 'e,
pursusnt to order, be was locked up H.
close confinement. No person ~as al
loved 10 v cit or communicate With Lin.
Yesterday about mon the Captain OF
the U. 8. Police, having been telegraph
ed to, arrived from 81. l. ui., and at
cncs 10 L charge Of the prisoner. strs-
chao wss escorted to the steamer DE
Vernon, . d was sooo after c.r'ied Of
q the direction Of st. Louis, where, We
suppose, he vii be duly tried and on
v.c,sd OF the charge upon which be vas
urcated. lie stands charged With hav-
ing. while acting ~ Proves, Marshal at
Palmyra, embraced f,om the Govern
,ucnt some $4,000, or more. The
proof, &c arc toid by those who pretend
TO know al about It. is ample and con-
elusive, rendering Ill hope OF honorable
escape absolutely impossible. lie strv.
ed IN the capacity Of Provost Marshal a,
Palmyra for q year or more ON and
.fter the beg,nni. G Of the war. L. that
capacity, We are assured by many wit
nes..s. be- was guilty Of many otter out
RACES and infamous off n-es bes de tina
OF stealing t,on the Government. lie
was in the daily habit, We are told. Of
ar, es lug men without any sers Of prov
&C cation, and then demanding from tel
friends large Gums oi mones to procure
| their release from mp sonment.
Strach.u induced Mcneil 10 issue
he o., der by which te, men, aga,ns'
.ho.n no crime was charged. were SELL
fenced to be snot in cold bl' cd. In this
transaction Strachan got himself into 9
erlous scraps, tor which he was few
dx.s since Indicted by the Grand July
Of Marion county. We give the facts ss
briefly and plainly as possible, just Al
hey have been stated to Us by some 81
the best citizens o. Palmyra. % the
morning appointed tor the shooting q
hose ten men, the wife OF one Ut the
men thus condemned to he shot, came te
Palm, RI with ak little children--called
Il. on Strachan-told him her husband
~. condemned TO be shot that day, arc
| that these we're her children; that i
her husband should BE- murdered sh,
would be unable to suppor. the children
and begged the inhrman wretch, w'tt
big tears in her eyes, to release hin
from the sentence. St,achaD at first re
fused, hut the poor woman's importu"i
ties were 30 petsisteat that he finally
told her il she would RAISE HIM $500
an permit him to use her, he would re
lease her husband.
The hea,t-b,oken woman canvA.set
the town Of Palmyra, and found sb'
could ra'se the sun Ut none, required
Mr. R.vely, OF Lspaaog+, Mo-, ca''vd a
,rr "fiice some days ago, and told al
hat he furnished three HUNDRED d. a
II the amount. and that he had Sua-
chao's receipt in his pocket for 1t. Tn
money was raiseI-Strachsn poke e.
t-compelled the poor. heart-b.ok-i
Affected woman to submit to his helll-l
.ust. and released her husband. Fo
tn crime again.t God, against law
| against Ill t nobler impul es and 10.
stincte OF human nature, be has been in
,l.cted by the Grand Jury Of Marion
county. Az soon rs his loa,hsoms car
csss can be hid from the court mart,~
at st. Louis, he will be taken o Mario,
county, and tried, convicted and pun
shed for the Infamous crime Of rape
and 4 rape under the most heart ending
humil,ating and q grava'ed circums.sn
oes. Such !. the lae Pro. osl Marsha
Il Palmyra, if the testimony ot tie frs
it,zens Of that place, OF all 10 tics
parties, is to be relied upon We coul'
wish that none Of these things w.r
rue OF him, but these are not one i al
Of the crimes he stands charged WITH
Quincy Heruld.
PArRIo,1c FA1HEw.-A son Of
ricn old miser in the Ninth was dra'te'
be other dav. and applied to h's lathe
r the $500 necessary topiy his ~.
to staying at home. But the old man
.aving . deal OF patriotism. IN sec
ond wife, young and pretty, and not owe
frendly to The f 1t w,fe's children, de
med the sppl'ca ION in note VII Oh eta
led, among other things, that 'sTh's is :
gre ep ch, not OILY in the his Dry o
tie county. bat Of the world, and ever,
true nan should BE- ready to pia, hi
part in the great drama. IF r my part.
continued this affect ona'e patri.t, !"
IN 70 des,rous Of having my family
aame honorabIy connected with the
great events which are transporting il
tn,s crisis, tial cuulj tot TOR momen
think Of furn sh,ng you the means =
.vade the honorable destiny 10 which
fortune a. ca led you. My mind i mad
up-un .l'erably made up; and 60 nj
tnan tail 10 my duty TO my conutrv il
,h,s her hour Of need. I would be willing