Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-12-09

Sherman knew well the strength an,
capacity Of his own troops Is well e til
weakness and foolhardiness Of Hood
when he turned his back upon tn
North, and marched to the coast
Sherman gone, Hood thought it but
trifling matter to scatter our outposts t
the winds, meet Thomas under dlssd
vantageous circumstances and wipe hin
out Of military existence, and thel
march to the Ohio, or turn suddenly in
to East Tennessee, toward Lynchburg
and help annihilate somebody else
With $1,000 we'll appointed troops b
undertakes this Hsrculean task. Find
ing . detached portion Of Thomas
troops falling back with long and val
liable train, he thought the golden op
portunity for him had arrived, an,
pressing hard upon one column, re
ceived such . welcome as he will al
ways find our troops ready to give whei
properly led and disposed. His pain
are rewarded with loss of not less thar
5000 killed and wounded, 1000 prison
ers and thirty stands Of colors. An al
most irreparable loss to Hood, Is tn
death of the celebrated Irish Genera
Pat Clebourne, whose corps has beer
called the best fighting o0rps in the re
bel ARMY. Thus, by one movement
foolhardy in its conception, has Hoot
seen more than 5000 Of his veterans
swept away. He waits now ut tn
gates of Nashville. where it is certainl,
to be hoped that he will soon renew hi
attack. Hoods army will never return
South an organized body. Our army ii
sufficient for the work.
Salmon r. Chase, chief Jastiss q sh'
United states Supreme Court.
The President has done honor to him
self in needing the voice Of the people
who, believing end Gontiding in the un
sullied honor and great legal acumen o
Salmon P. Chase, have asked that thu
judicial mantle which once rested upol
3 Jay and Marshal, should now fal
upon him. This appointment will Civ
satisfaction to every loyal man in tn
country As ono evidently fit to be made
Seated in the highest judicial position
known to our laws, Mr.. Chase will b
found no handful Of putty, to be mold
ed and fashioned according to the opin
ions of Others. Pure and incorruptible
with moral courage to do right In spit
Of frowns and curses, he will give ne,
lustre to the ermine he puts on. w
hail tho appointment with pleasure
because one OF the earliest, truest, mos
steadfast friends of Freedom In Anisric
has been rewarded. Republics are nc
ungrateful when truth and righteous
ness prevail among their people.
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The Next Uaitsa Ssstes senate.
The terms Of thirteen members Of I'll
present United States Senate will expir
OH the 4th day OF March next. Sewers
| of them have been reelected, and SUE
cessorS have been chosen in two or thre
instances. The outgoing Senators al
as follows:
VILLAGE salisbury Of Delaware, Oppt
sition, reelected; William y. Richard
son of Illinois, Opposition, to be SUE
ceeded by U Mon man JAS. W. Crime
Of Iowa, Union, reelected; James H
Lane Of Kansas, reelected Lazarus "
Powell Of Kentucky, Opposition, vii
probably be reelected; Nathan A. Eau
rell of Maine, Union, will be succeeds
by Union man; Henry Wilson g
Massachusetts, Union, do; J. NJ. How
ard of Michigan, Union, do; Morton S
Wilkinson of Minnesota, Union, do;
G. Ten Eyck of New Jersey, Union
will be succeeded by an Opposition Sen
ator John P. Hale of New Hampshire
Union, to be succeeded by Aaron Cragil
Union; Benz. F. Harding Of Oregon
Union, to be succeeded by George H
Williams, Union; Henry B. Anthem
of Rhode Island, Union, reelected
Waitman S. Wiley Of West Virginia
Union, to be reelected or succeeded b.
q Union man.
The Union men lose o Senator in Ne,
Jersey, and gain one in Illinois. Their
will also be two Union Senators electe
from Nevada, 30 that the next Senat
will stand az follows: Union, 40; Or
position, IA.
The Senators from Pennsylvania, Vii
ginia and Kentucky, also Messrs. Mes
NTH and McDougal are classed with tn
Opposition.
IOWA NEWS.
Patrick Murphy, All unnaturalixe'
foreigner, voted ut Cedar Falls. He wa
afterwards drafted, and from the fac
that he had voted, he couldn't plea
alienage. So he had to don Uncl
Sans uniform. Good for him.
There are but three Democratic dai
ly newspapers left in Iowa, viz: Du
buque Herald, Davenport Democrat
and Keokuk Constitution. The dali,
papers of the Union stamp are as fol
lows: Dubuque Times, Davenport Ga
zette, Myscatine JOURNAL, Keokul
Gate CITY. Council Bluffs Non1oariel
and Des Moines State Register. Their
are not more than dozen weekly Dem
ocratic papers now in the State. Wha
a falling off!-Des Moiaes Reg.
The Register omits the Burlington
Hawkeye from the list of Union paper
-unintentionally, no doubt.
The West Union Record and tn
Usage Standard, each seven column
weeklies, have advanced their subscrip
ton rates to So per year, Sensible.
We learn from the Desmoines Re
gister that q number Of counties, no
being able to make profitable DISPOSE
ton of their School Fund, have sent t.
the State Treasurer an aggregate amour
of $50, 900, which he has invested in Gov
eminent Bonds, thereby realizing to til
State IL per cent. on the investment.
The Minnesota and Cedar Fall
railroad was completed to Waverly
n..l,