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Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-08-05

The people are not disposed to treat
our Navy Department with that fair
ness it deserves. Intelligence comes
flashing over the wires that a rebel pri-
vateer has overtaken some of our mer-
chantmen and they have been destroy
ed, and at once the people condemn the
Navy Department for inetficiency.
For the benefit of those who are too
apt to complain without just cause, we
publish the following sensible article
from that renowned ship builder, Don
aid Mckay, published in recent issue
of the Boston Adrertiser. Mr.. McKay's
reputation entities his opinions to the
more consideration:
~ am well aware that the public has been
quite restless in relation to the movements of
dations of the Alabama, Florida and Georgia;
but il the facts were generally known they
sre II
tor Grimes, which YOU published some time
since, boldly asserted that the Alabama was
inferior in speed and fighting qualities to our
stoops of war, the truth of which was clearly
demonstrated in the recent glorious naval COM
sells of the right class to destroy these British ro-
vers, but to obtain sight of them. 1t is my de-
nberate opinion that almost any of our sloops
could easily overhaul the Florida in twelve
hours rum and bring her to action. The
counts of her great speed. from the size of the
vessel and her we'll known motive power, are
entirely incorrect. l do not believe she can be
driven more than twelve knots an hour under
steam alone for more than two three hours at
time. If the public will only exercise a little
patience they will find that the Navy Depart
ment has not neglected its duty in this hour of
our national struggle, and that in the designs of
even the light-draft monitors it has acted with
more skill that many have believed. These ves-
sells were a bold experiment, an innovation up
on all previous notions of iron-clads, and could
not be expected to be wholly perfect at first, but
l am confident that without change from the
first design, they would be most valuable for
home defense. To make them available for
action in Southern waters in all weather, the
proposed improvement is necessary"
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-08-05
DETAILS OF THE BURNING OF CHAM
BERSBURG, PA.
900 Houses DestrOyed...Loss over
.5N $l,OOO,OOO. aG s.
RELIEF FOR THE SUFFERERS

CHAMBERsBURG, July 31.-On the
morning of the 3Oth the rebels, under
command Of McAusland, with force of
about 500 men, entered Chambersburg
and demanded $500, 900 from the citizens
under threat of burning the town.
This requisition was in writing, and
signed by Gen. Jabal EARLY
1t has been established by undisputable
testimony that this demand was a mere
pretext on the part of the marauders to
cover up the plan to burn it to the
ground without giving any time to re-
move private property, and scarcely
time for the citizens to remove their
families.
They fired the houses of our citizens
in perhaps fifty places. Over 200 houses
in the heart of the city were consumed,
including all the public buildings, stores
and hotels, comprising about twO-thirds
of town containing 5000 inhabitants.
from comfort to absolute poverty.
The loss will be largely over ST ,OOO, 900.
Without aid from abroad, there will be
great suffering in our community.
HARRISBURG, July 31.-Gen. McAus-
land was in command Of the rebe! troops
when they burned Chambersburg.-
1AICC1 IC Aldu CuhCu IOA POooCSolOA VI
the town, he made proclamation de-
manding 100000 in gold. 1t was, of
course, impossible to comply with the
demand, made, doubtless, in full conf
dence of it's failure and sure of it's afford
ing preteXt to execute the plan for
the destruction of Chambersburg. The
fact that the most valuable portion of
the merchandise had been removed,
added to the rage and disappointment
of the rebels, and when they were dis
pirited the order was issued to fire the
Court House, Town Hall and Bank
buildings. A strong breeze communi
Gated the flames to surrounding build
ings. Parties of soldiers having sacked
the several drug and chemical stores,
manufactured turpentine balls which
they threw in all directions, creating as
many different flames in different local
tiles, which soon united in one general
confagration. Speedily the scene be-
came heart-rending and appalling.
No intelligence has reached Harris
burg of the direction of Averill's pursuit.
1t is believed, however, that he is pun
ishing McA island very severely.
A train heavily laden with commits
sary stores was despatched from this
city this morning to Chambersburg to
relieve the present wants of the people
of the town who now crowd surrounding
fields and woods.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-08-05

nsA Persons who have friends prison.
ers in rebel hands must possess their
souls in patience. The efforts for the
renewal of an exchange of prisoners has
not thus far been successful, and there
is no immediate prospect Of a general
exchange, the rebels not being disposed
to accede to any equitable arrangement
But it is believed that recent exposures
of their cruelty have induced a change
in the treatment of our men. For the
rest we must look to Providence and
Generals Grant and Sherman to end the
war, and let out our imprisoned heroes
at the same rent whereby the rebellion
parts with its foul life.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-08-05

Aa The Richmond Dispatch is very
angry over the capture of the Alabama.
1t says that Winslow had covered his
ship with chain armor and then nailed
planks over it to give it the appearance
of a wooden ship. This it pronounces
infamous, and says Had such foul
advantage been taken over one knight
by another in the days of chivalry, the
perpetrator would have had his spurs
hacked off by the common hangman,
his arms reversed, his name stricken
from the roll of honor, and his carcase
earth, until the birds of the air had torn
his eyes from their sockets. What must
be the sense of honor of that Govern
ment which can encourage such damn
ing infamy in it's officers "'
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-08-05
IOWA NEWS.

KILLED BY LIGHTNING.-Mr. Beck
man, of Burlington, was killed by light
ming, on the Goth. He was standing at
the gateway to his door yard when the
fatal accident took place. ...5-
The Adjutant General has decided
that chapter SO of the code has not been
repealed, and that firemen who were
active members ola duly authorized and
organized fire company on the 10th day
of June, 1854, are exempt from State
military service. .7 er-t
The Iowa State Teachers Associa-
ton will hold its convention this year
at Dubuque, commencing on the 25th of
August. The teachers of Dubuque are
making preparations to make this con-
vention one of interest and profit to
those who shall attend.
A scaffolding at Dubuque with fif-
teen men fell on the 9th, injuring all of
them more or less. One of them, John
Van Heisling, is not expected to recov-
er. Frank Pawis had his left leg broken
and George Rugatz his cheek bone
fractured. Three or four were injured
in the breast and others suffered bruises.
Two of them them fell 32 feet but We're
less injured than the others, who lodged
on the second floor of the building, six
teen feet below the scaffold. The Times
says it is a miracle that the men escaped
as they did. 81 c.. s .... .E
MOB VIOLENCE AND EXCITEMENT AT
OTTUMWA.-McComb the murderer of
Miss Harvey, was taken from the Jail at
Ottumwa by mob, on the 9th, and
taken to Sugar Creek, the place where
he committed the murder. Here rope
was placed around his neck and he was
given half an hour to live. Some five
thousand persons were present. The
murderer was, however, rescued by the
authorities and taken back to Jail, where
a strong guard is kept to prevent further
lawless proceedings. 1t will be remem-
bered that the 9th was the day on
which McComb was sentenced to be
hung, which sentenced was suspended
to give his case a hearing in the Supreme
Court. ... r.tr.--f. ....-.
Efforts are being made in Iowa
county to remove the county seat from
Marengo to Williamsburg.
&C. J. Beattie, a lawyer of Marengo,
was recently arrested and taken to Chi
cago on charge of forging claims
against the United States.
The State Register is officially adj
vised that no appointments of Commits
sioners to take the army vote will be
made before September next.
A LITTLE GIRL MURDERED BY A Boy
"A boy named Roberts, aged ii, killed
little girl named Peterson, aged 8, at
Lyons, ON the 23d ult., by shooting her
with rifle. He committed the deed
apparently through wanton mischief,
and without any provocation whatever
At last accounts he had not been appre-
hended, but it was presumed he would
he
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-08-05
A Distressing CaIamity....FOur Children
burned tn Death.


A mile north of Evansville, Jefferson
Co., Ind, resided Mr.. Edward Maloney,
with wife and five children, three boys
and two girls, aged from five to twelve
years. On coming home last Thursday
night, one of his children told him that
a strange person had been seen prowl-
ing round the house, and he seemed to
be bad man. No attention was paid
to this, although Mr.. Maloney had
81 500 in greenbacks in the house. At
eleven o'clock they were awakened to
find the house in flames. The children
were up stairs, and the feelings of the
parents can better be imagined than
described when they found themselves
powerless to rescue them. One, the
Oldest daughter, jumped out of the win
dow, but was dangerously mangled.-
Another got out on the burning roof,
but only to fall into the flames to perish
with her three brothers. The affiiction
drove the mother into what is hoped
will be but temporary insanity. It is
not doubted that the fire was the work
of an incendiary. How changed the
scene for that family! .ass .-,4
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-08-05
RP The COpperheads are verv fOn

p@ The Copperheads are very fond
of telling how long this war has lasted,
how many lives and how much money
it has cost. Will they endeavor to fig
ure up how long it would have lasted,
how many lives and how much money
it would have cost, if they had not op-
posed the war? Their accusations
against the war are so many confessions
of their own treason. On their own
heads rest the greater portion of the
waste and bloodshed of the war. They
could hav aided the Government to close
it long ago. The war would never have
begun had not the rebels reposed well
founded confidence upon the aid which
the Copperheads would afford them, by
opposing the efforts of the Government
to put down rebellion.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-08-05

D9 We jump at chance to agree
with the New York Herald. It says {:
"If Ben. Wood had published his News
in Richmond, and had written of jeff.
Davis as he has of President Lincoln,
he would have been hung long ago.
The fact that he still lives, still writes,
still cries for peace, still opposes the war,
still mourns over Union successes, and
still tries to stop volunteering, confutes
and contradicts all his balderdash about
Northern despotism,"
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-08-05

EXEMPTION OF NON-REsIsTANTs.- -
The new enrolment act does not affect
the previous rights of Persons conscien-
tiously opposed to bearing arms, in
respect to commutation or the procure
ment of substitutes. They can still pay
$500, to be applied to hospital uses, or
go into the hospitals as attendants for
the term for which they are drafted
They must, however, show that by pre-
vious religious profession they are, and
have been, genuine non-resistants on
conscientious grounds. Practically,
this exemption is restricted to the Soci-
ETY. of Friends.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-08-05
b6 The following is published for in

B@ The following is published for in
formation of all concerned:
(By telegraph from Washington, p. M, July
28th, 1S64.) IL
To the Governor Of IoW0::
BY circular promulgated this day, 100
days men who may have at the date of
re-enlistment, less than sixty days to
serve, will be permitted to re-enlist for
one two, or three years, as they may
elect. The new term will commence
from date of re-enlistment. Under the
same, men re-enlisting will receive the
800, 5000, or $500 bounty, according to
the period of re-enlistment. The circu-
lar which will be sent you contains full
instructions.
THos. NJ. VINCENT, A. A. G..
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-08-05

STATE RIGHTS. The Governors of
Mississippi, Georgia, Alabama, and
North Carolina, are at loggerheads with
JEFF. Davis as to the rights of their
States to manage their own import and
export trade without interference from
the government. They have presented
a joint protest upon the subject. The
rebel scheme is based on State Sover-
eighty, which Seymour admires afar off.
It will grow to very pretty fight.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-08-05
Incendiiary journalism.

The following is the paragraph in the
Newark IN. j. Journal, for which the
District Attorney commenced prosecu-
ton against the editor under the law to
punish the Indictment of resistance to
the draft:
1t will be seen that Mr. Lincoln has called for
another half million Of men, Those who desire
All others will stay home and defy Old Abe and
his minions to drag them from their families
once put their feet down and insist that not a
man shall be forced out of the State to engage in
the abolition butchery, and swear to die at their
the dictates OF that mad, revolutionary fanati-
cism which has destroyed the best government
the world ever saw, and would now butcher its
remaining inhabitants to carry out a mere ia
natical sentiment. This has gone far enough
and must be stopped. Let the people rise as one
man and demand that this wholesale murder
shall cease. -n'
The above reasonable language is sim
liar to that which appeared in the Mus
catine Courier on the same subject. We
give one or two extracts: a.y.s,l
"The fiat has been proclaimed! King Abra-
ham Africanus demands five hundred thou
blood! Five hundred thousand husbands, fa-
theirs and sons to be dragged from desOlate
homes, to lay down their lives for Lincoln's
Let the Northwest speak out, and say for
itself whether the people court another draft
To do this let township, county and State mass
meetings OF peace men be held all over the
Northwest. Let these meetings pass resolutions
informing the President that he has been i'm
posed upon by such men as Arnold The right
of the people to assemble and to petition the
Government is still constitutional provision.
Now, let the peace men exercise this right, and
soon King Abraham will learn that there are
limits to which even the wickedness of an i'm
beetle despot can go.
I'VE have had war enough. The people be-
lieve this. Now let them talk it out. If they
have not the courage to tell Mr.. Lincoln to his
teeth that they have had enough of war, let
them stay at home and be drafted. For our part
proaches for enforcing the draft. We believe
that the fate of the nation rests upon Mr.. Lin
coins not succeeding in drafting 1900 more
men. Here is the turning point in the country's
disunion a fixed fact No more men and the
Union may be saved through peace" l,l
Yet this licentiousness of the press
this stirring up of the people to revolt
this giving laid and comfort to the
enemy'-is claimed as freedom of the
press which must not be interfered
with. We appeal to sober, thinking
men whether, when riot and murder
has followed this incendiarism, as in
New York last year, it can claim immu-
nifty as freedom of the press.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-08-05
THE LATE BATTLES IN GEORGIA. {
The 18th Iowa Nearly all Prisoners.
PARTIAL LIST OF CASUALTIES IN THI
11TH IOWA.

In the fight before Atlanta, on the 22d
of July, Gen. Giles Smith, command
ing the Iowa brigade, was killed, when
the command devolved on Col. Hall, of
the 18th Iowa. Our brave Iowa regi-
ments suffered severely. We have but
meagre reports as yet. The following
letter, received by Mr.. Harlan, of this
city, from Capt. Anderson, of the 11th,
dated south side of Atlanta, July 23d,
was the first intelligence we received of
the affair:
Mr.. C. M. HARLAN:-Dear .&r:-On
the Goth and 21st, we charged on the en-
emy's works and failed to carry them.-
Our loss was 210 in the brigade. Co.'sA,
H, and 1 lost none, only few slightly
wounded, the 18th and 10Th regiments
losing the most. g..n.. .1. 49,
On the 22d, we were attacked by Har-
dy's corps in the rear. The 18th army
corps suffered the most of any, and the
Iowa Brigade came in for her full share.
Our loss was very heavy, | will give
you the names of only the killed and
wounded as far as have heard. Lieut..
Cassell is reported severely wounded,
and in our hospital. Lieut.. Wiley is
wounded severely in the neck, and is
also in hospital. .t. .. .-.-.
Capts. Neal and Barr and Lieut.. Cald-
we'll killed. Lieut.. Pfoutz, Co. B, woun-
ded. Capt. Rose, same company, miss
ing. 4it -aH --I
Company AS loss is as follows: Hen
ry Benedict, arm shot off; Ellery
Sparks, arm off; VIM. Read, in shoul-
der; ID. Walmsly, in thigh; John B.
Richards, slightly, in thigh; Thomas
Meeker, in head, slight, by being
knocked down with musket-all doing
we'll. Missing-Chas. Bier, A. G. Tyler,
Chas. Eutsler, Joseph Fristler, VIM.
Foley, Gottlieb Meurer, August Metege,
Turner M. Peck. The rest are all right
and present.
Col. Abercrombie was slightly woun-
ded. Major Foster wounded severely in
the side. ...-..... ......
The 18th and 18th regiments suffered
in proportion.
The 10th all taken prisoners but about
sixty. ...
We punished the enemy more than
they did us. ......
.I Yours, in haste,
.s.. ... JOHN w. ANDERSON,
@ Capt. Co. A, 18th Iowa.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-08-05
Whereabouts OF Iowa Regiments.
.4 ADJUTANT GENERALS OFFICE,
Davenport, July q, 1884. !


Davenport, July q, 1884. )
The following list of Iowa regiments
and batteries, with their location, is
published for the information of the
people of the State. It will be corrected
as information is received Of change Of
location: t
Reoi- Obmanding Station. Army.
me',ts Officer. s.-
3D. Col a brown, near Etowan River, Ga, do
4th, Col J A Williamson. New Hope, Ga, do
6th' 1t Col A Miller, Allatoona Pass, Ga, do
7th, Col E w Rice, Rome Ga, do
ba9ia baRas DO
10th, Col P P Henderson, en- route, do
lith, Col William Hall, near Atlanta, Ga, do
18th, Col john Shane, si near Atlanta, % Ca do
l4th, Col William Shaw, La Grange, Tenn,do
18th, ll5th, Col Col Wm B Bselknap, near Atlanta, Ga, do
18th, Col Clark Viewer, Kingston, Ga, do
18th, Col John Edwards, Clarksville, Ark, of fArS.
10Th, It Cel Jno Bruce, Fl Brown, Texas. Of Gulf
2lst, 1t Col s G Van Anda, Terrebonne, La do
2S, 3d, Col Col Harvey Graham, Graham, Baton Rouge, La do
IS $sS sss sRsSs
jss6 ss 5anss tssss Tenn Of Gs $S
18th, Col T H Benton,jr Little Rock, Ark, of Ark
stoh, It Col Col Roberts, near Atlanta, Ga, of Tenn.
Slst, Co Wm Smyth, do do do do
34th, Col Geo w Clark, Baton Rouge, La, Of Gulf
18th, Col Sylvester G Hill La Grange, of Tenn.
36th, Col Chas w Kittredge, Little Rock, of Ark.
37th, Col w Kincaid, Memphis, of Tenn.
ssth, 1t Col Hudnutt, Brownsville, I, Of Gul.
39th, Col II b Cummings, Rome, Ga, OF Tenn.
4Oth, Col John Garrett, Little Rock, of Ark.
ONE HUNDRED DAYS MEN.
44th, Col S H Henderson, La Grange, Tenn.
18th, Co! Bereman Wolf River, do
46th, Col d B Henderson, COlliersville, do
47th, Col Jas p Sanford, Helena Ark.
4Sth, 1t Col o H Scott, Rock Island, Ill.
CAVALRY. -..
1st, Col VIM Thompson, Little Rock, of Ark
I'd, Col Datus q Doom, Lagrange, Tenn. of Tenn
Sd, Col John w Noble, Memphis. do do
4th, Co! Edward Winslow, do do do
5th, Col VIM NJ Low, Nashville, do Cumberld
7th, Col w Summers, Omaha City, IT do
Sth Col Dorr, Ackworth Ga, Cumberland
9th, Col M NJ Trumbull, Duvall's Bluff, of Ark
ARTILLERY.
lst, Capt H H Griffith, near Atlanta, Ga, Tenn
Sd, Capt Nj NJ Hayden, Little Rock, Ark, of Ark
4th, Capt Philip H Goode, New Orleans, of Gulf
The stations above mentioned, with a
few exceptions, are the Department OF
District Headquarters of the armies to
which the regiments or companies are
attached, and letters addressed to those
stations, marked ito be forwarded y
will reach their destination.
N. B. BAKER,
Adjutant General of Iowa.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-08-05

p9- If any evidence were wanted to
prove that John G. Fremont is politi-
cal charlatan, it would be furnished in
the following extracts from his wri-
tings:
The property, real and personal, Of all persons
in the State of Missouri who shall take up arms
rectly proven to have taken active part with
their enemies in the field, is declared to be con-
tlscated to the public use; and their slaves, if
Emancipation Proclamation, August, 1851. n
do not believe that conf1scation, extended to
the property of rebels, is practicable and if it
were so, I do not think it a measure of sound
policy. 1t is question belonging to the people
themselves to DECIDE, and it is a proper occasion
authority.-Leter accepting Cleveland Nomo,ea-
ton.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-08-05

DI A mischievous boy at Portland is
said to have lately tied couple of cats
together by their tails, and hung them
on clothes dryer, in order that he
might have the satisfaction of seeing
them flight it out on that line" One
feline was soon defunct, and the other
nearly so.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-08-05
THos. NJ. VINCENT, A. A. G.

n4. jeff: Davis has quite as much
trouble with the Governors of North
Carolina and Georgia, as Mr.. Lincoln
The Governor of. North Carolina is
charged with northern sympathies, as
His Excellency of New York is with
southern. Would it not be a good idea
to make an exchange?-Prov. Journal.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-08-05

BA The question is now presented for
final decision to every loyal man Shall
the eight millions of the South conquer
the twenty millions of the North and
destroy their Government? The Cop
perheads surrender. What say the loyal
masses? s.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-08-05

One of the favorite methods of the
English press at this time, when they
wish to touch the "raw spot" of Ameri-
can feeling, is to speak of our financial
course in this war as something insane
and unheard of. ..-..
Any American of common sense
knows that no long wars have been car
ried on without paper money; and the
course of this country in preserving it's
national life has sufficiently exact par
allel, financially, in the course of Eng
land, who is seeking to ruin Napoleon.
For eighteen years Great Britain sus-
pended specie payments in her desperate
struggle with France. Bank of Eng
land notes were made, in effect a illegal
tender" by every person being protect
ed from arrest who offered them in pay
ment of debt, and by the bank being
guarded by law from any suit for non
payment of it's notes. For eighteen
years there was thus in Great Britain an
inconvertible paper currency. From
1897 to 1915 the Bank Of England tripled
it's circulation, and the country banks
increased from two hundred in the same
time to nine hundred and forty, or al
most five times.
The financial expedients of America
are no new thing. They have very
nearly their counterpart during the
great struggle of Great Britain with
France, with the immense advantage to
us that our working classes were never
in more prosperous condition. Even
the fall of Government funds of late,
which has so alarmed some timid peo-
pie. had more than it's parallel in Eng
land, where consols fell from 1O7 in 1897
to 574 in 1898, and 544 in 1918, the two
latter estimated in deprecated currency.
Heavy taxation carried the credit of
England through, and still enables
her to bear the debt. What she bore for
the balance of power, we, with far great
er resources, can surely bear for national
existence, and with a much better finan-
cial issue before us.-N. Y. Times. f.