Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-03-18
TELEGR A PHO.
A CALL FOR 100000 MORE MEN.
Order for a Draft on the 18th
1F} of April.
PROCLAMATION OF GOVERNOR
.e.r BRAMLETTE, eaa.
Mexican Affairs.

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Mexican Affairs.
Gen. w. F. Smith Promoted.
Gen. Fremont to have a Command.
%. EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON,
-Ht... March Is.
General Order No. 1oo 81 .... ..t = se
In order to supply the force required 10
be drafted for the navy and provide an ade-
quate reserve force for all contingencies, in
addition to the 900, 900 men called for Febru.
ary LIST, 1854, the call is hereby made and .
draft ordered for 200, 900 men for the military
service, army navy and marine CORDS of the
United States. The proportional quotas for
the different wards, towns, townships, pre-.
scincts, election districts or counties will be
made known through the Provost Marshal
Generals Bureau, and account will be taken
Of the credits and deficits Of former quotas. -
The 18th day Of April, 1854, is designated
as The time up to which the numbers required
from each ward Of city. town, etc., may be
raised BY volunteering enlistment, and drafts
will be nude IN each ward of city, town,
ETC., which shall not have filled the quota as
signed to it within the time designated for the
number required to fill said quotas. The
drafts will be commenced a. soon after the
10Th of April as practicable. The Govern.
ment bounties Us nov paid continue until
April LIST, 1854, at which time the additional
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Fort MoNRoE, March IA.
Twenty-Five rebel prisoners, captured in
the recent raid on the Peninsula, arrived
here to-day, and IA arrived yesterday.
The Cutting gun was tested to-day, and ID
pronounced most effective. The experiment.
ers were highly gratiaed at the success.
''T +' @ NEW YoRx, March 16.
All agree that the gold bill will pass the
House to day. li e.1u.. -.
The HeralTs special says General w. F.
Smith was to-day nominated for Major Gen.
eral in tho regular army in the place made
vacant by General Grants promotion. r
The Worlds special says it is understood
that General Fremont is to be assigned to the
Department Of South Carolina, and General
Gilmore Is to have active command in the
field. e.
.... ..- New YORK, March 10.
The steamer Creole, from New Orleans, sia
Havana, has arrived. . F.t g.. .t
The Courier des Etats Unis mentions a
report that President Juarez, had consented
to transfer Of q portion of the State of So
nora to an agent Of the United States Gov
eminent, or at least to an American company.
The same paper affirms that it is authorized,
in case the news should have any foundation,
to declare that no transaction will be recog.
nized by the new government of Mexico il
it took place subsequently to the evacuation
of the City Of Mexico by Juarez. g....
WASHINGTON, March Is.
The Republican caucus last night adjourn
ed to Tuesday next, to get . full attendance.
It is understood that General Seymour
assumes the full responsibility for the Flori.
da disaster.
LOUISVILLE, March 6.
Governor Brsmlette has Just issued the
following address to the people of Kentucky:
Felloao. Oitizens: II view Of the disturb.
ance of the popular mind produced BY the
enrolment oil slaves for the army, it is deem.
ed prudent 10 make the following suggestions
for the benefit and guidance Of the loyal only
Your indignation should not move to commit
acts OF unlawful Resistance. Standing, as
we have stood, and will ever stand, for the
Constitution, the Union, and the enforcement
Of the laws, we must repel the efforts Of re.
bellion to overthrow our government, by our
soldiers in the field, and meet and correct
unjust or unconstitutional legislation by le.
Ultimate appeals to the constituted tribunals
Of the government, and through the ballot
box displace, in the constituted modes, those
who pervert or abuse the trust committed
to them. This is the only true mode of
maintaining the Constitution, the Union, and
the enforcement of the laws.
The mere act of enrolling the names of
slaves does not affect any right of the citizen.
No draft has been ordered, nor do we know
that draft will be ordered. 1t may or it
may not. We should abide by and maintain
the laws, and pursue the modes prescribed by
the remedy it provides. If any violence or
wrong to the person or property Of the citi
zen be committed by any officer or soldier
against the laws, make your accusation in
the mode prescribed by law, and If the com
manding officer refuses or neglects to use his
utmost endeavors to arrest the officer or sol.
der under his command so accused, and hand
him over to the civil magistrate for trial,
when officially advised of the facts, the Ex-
ecutive of the State will prefer charges and
demand court martial in the name Of the
Union and under the Constitution, and in &C.
cordance with law assert your right 8. 1t is
our duty to obey the law until it is declared
by judicial decision to be unconstitutional
The citizen whose property may be taken
under it for public use, will be entitled, under
the imperative mandates of the Constitution,
to a Just compensation for his private proper
ty so taken for public use. Although the
present Congress may not do US justice, yet
it is safe to rely upon the justice of the
American people, and an appeal to them will
not be UNDECIDED or unanswered. Peace re-
stored, and the unity of our government
preserved, will drive to ignominious disgrace
those who, in the agony Of our conflict, per-
verted their sacred trusts 10 the base uses of
partizan ends and fanatical purposes. Uphold
and maintain your government as constituted,
and obey and enforce its just demands as the
only hope of perpetuating free institutions.
-. 5...-. 1 THos. E. BRAMLsTTE.
Frankfort, March Is, 1864. ...s
SAN Francisco, March Is.
Telegraph accounts from Portland, Oregon,
represent that all steamers leaving for the
Cascades are crowded with passengers and
freight. .E .+E III.
County conventions to elect delegates to
the State convention were held throughout
Oregon on the 18th. As far as heard from
all passed resolutions endorsing the policy of
the Government and recommending the re.
election of Mr.. Lincoln.
VIM. Belafeld, late Indian Agent on Puget
Sound, was recently murdered by Indians on
the northwest coast of Van Covers Island.
' .4...-..- DENVER CRY, March 16.
The spring emigration has already COM
menced. Trains are arriving and the coaches
from the States are full inside and out. s.,
Maui diucovorioc If ~, 10 v<1 1odno n roro,&o1