Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-05-27

Capt. A. S. Taylor, 3Oth Iowa, was
severely wounded. Lieut.. Foster, of thu
9th, severely; Capt. w. H. Hall, Goth
severely Adjt. Butterfield, Goth, slight
ly; Lieut.. J. A. Young, Co. A, 25th
slightly, and Sergt. Mcclure, Goth, il
| the abdomen:
Will Negroes Fight:
| A few days since we had occasion t.
tilt with the Des Moines Statesman upor
a cowardly assault made upon the cour
age of negro troops. Since then VIZ
have taken up the .Stdte Register ant
perused, with pleasure, letter from
Charley Sherman, of Des Moines, to his
mother. Sherman is in command o
Co. G, SD Iowa. and writes just aftel
Steeles battle of Saline River. The
| truthfulness of Sherman's statements nc
person who knows him will for mo-
ment question. From the letter We
make the following extract:
II saw the question solved: "Will
the Negroes Fight ~ Aye, like demons
[ saw it. They charged one battery the
rebels had planted to the right of us, and
took four guns before they had time tC
fire half Il dozen shots. l never saw
men prouder of an achievement than
| they We're, or more anxious to do theil
duty. But they give no quarter, and
will take no prisoners unless made to by
their officers. They killeverything that
comes in their way. They do it because
the rebels show them no mercy, but
| murder them in cold blood l knew OF
| that very thing being done in our COM
mand. Gen. SteeI sent out a regiment
Of them from. Camden to guard a forage
train. They were attacked by overpow-
ering numbers, the train taken, and
many of them butchered. But their
day came, and dreadful was the ven
geance they took"
VIII the Statesman and other Butter
nut organs do moiety of justice to the
black defenders of our flag, by publish
ing this extract? Not one of the whin-
Ting crew will do it. They would rather
lie than speak the truth, because they
can thereby best aid the rebellion.
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Davenport. Once More.
1t is not pleasant to say harsh things
OF so goodly a contemporary as the DAY.
export Gazette, but when it persists in
charging lis with being ''traducers and
slanderers" of Davenport, and on the
ground of selfish interests, we have
only to reply that calling harsh names
is a very poor way TO refute stubborn
facts. We have given as authority for
our charges against the unpatriotic por-
ton of Scott county the names of per-
SONS in high authority. We have made
no charge that cannot be sustained by
the records of the Adjutant General and
the Provost Marshal Office of this Dis
trict. We now refer the Gazette to a
little transaction that took place among
the citizens OF the 9th Ward of that
city about the time draf! seemed i'm
obtaining very large flea in the ear
We shall not forget the scoring given
the gentlemen interested, by Capt. Hall
for the unfairness employed to fill their
quota. We happened to be present at
that time, and vas pleased with the de-
cisive method Of our Provost Marshall
We had never before met him, ana vas
therefore most favorably impressed
Ask him what his views are about Dav
EXPORT patriotism-ask Gen. Baker-ask
Gov. Stone, and if they pronounce our
charges "slanderous and false" we will
gladly take the back track. But we are
not willing to sit down and be charged
with .ful8eho0d. Misrepresentation and
slandcr upon the mere say-so Of the Go
zette. Let it give FACTS, and not deal in
harsh names, and it will better succeed
in convincing the people that Davenport
is the most patriotic city in the North,
and this without the aid OF millions of
greenbaclls.
The insinuation that the author of our
articles upon this subject is candidate
for State Office is rather far-fetched
But we are not surprised TO learn that
"Scott county will have one Of ir: own, -
for we never heard Of a Convention that
il didn't have. The Nuscatine "wire-
workers have 10 need to create preju-
dice against Scott county, which many
people suppose to embrace the State OF
Iowa. It will be & most remarkable
event if Scott does not present some
worthy citizen as Attorney General and
Auditor Of Stare al our approaching
Convention. 50 patriotic a people
should be remembered By y patriotic
convention. Having q Supreme Judge,
it only asks Congressman, Attorney
General and Auditor. Certainly very
modest for Scott.
1-gg" The McGregor NetrS, in speaking