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Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-02-12

~Gov. Yates claims that Illinois is free
from draft under the Presidents last call, a.
we'll rs under all preceding ones. The records
shoy . considerable surplus Of volunteers,
exclusive of veterans, and more volunteers
are to be credited. the returns OF whose en-
li.tments have not come in. 1850.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-02-12

~ Gov. Brough has issued proclama-
ton to the people Of Ohio, urging unitsd
effort to Gil the quota Of the State by yolun.
tsering. 1t is estimated that25, 600 are still
due .ltoxethsr from that State.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-02-12

a. The Washington correspondent Of the
Worcester Transcript, who has examined the
internal Revenue returns, says that tobacco
pays tax Of q, s5o, 900; leather comes next
paying $4,000 then iron, $l,700, 900
and then malt liquor, 81 1900 900. Peddlers
pay $500, 900 for their licenses, and those
who ride in carriages $250,000.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-02-12

The trial of Emma Watson, for the MUIR
der offs soldier of the 9th Michigan regiment,
at house of ill-fame, is now progressing At
Detroit. go
Rassil Duke has been released from con-
finement in the Ohio Penitentiary by order
Of the War Department. He is now on pa
role with instructions to report at Camp
Chase. --.
Major: General Sickles, in connection with
some Of the first-class business men at New
York, is at work organizing new insurance
company to insure the life and limbs of SOL
diers and sailors. .-......
The rebels have lost twenty-five steamers
attempting TO violate the blockade of Will
mington within the last six months-an
average Of nearly one steamer every eight
days. .........'...',...
4 coVat Of the rings in the wood Of one of
the big California trees, cut down several
years ago, shows that it was not more than
1855 years old. 1t was twenty three feet in
diameter. Hf. SIN lH E
Robert ]. Walker suggests that Congress
should pass an act exempting all immigrants
from the consc Upton dui ing the war, which
he thinks would increase the immigration in
1864 to hall million a7 g-'lF-'
A rebel spy, named David o. Dodd, was
executed at Little Rock, Ark, on the 9Th Of
January. He had been sent there by the
rebel General Pagan to ascertain the strength
and position Of the garrison. : 70
There are 1884 rebel prisoners at Camp
Douglas, Chics go. Among them are probably
fifty boys under II years Of age. In one reg
iment there are one boy of IA, two Of l6 and
Ave others but little if any older.
A man was arrested in New York City
few days ago, for being deserter from the
army. The evidence was quite Clear against
him, but sixteen of his friends swore posi-.
lively that he bad never enlisted. Finally
the man owned up that he was q derscrter,
and his slippery tonged friends are now in
prison as peUurers.
A military commission to try the conspira.
tors against the Government in the Pennsyi.
vania coal region, is now in session at Reading.
Sufficient evidence has been adduced to prove
that formidable secret organization existed,
and perhaps still exists, in that nejghborhood
in the interest of the rebellion. Several of
the murderers of G. K. Smith and Langden
are now in Fort Mifain. to be handed to the
civil authorities for trial in June next. 81
Much excitement prevailed at Oquawka,
ILL.,, and vicinity. on Sunday, 3lst ult., result
ing from attempts of a few soldiers of the 10th
and 18th ILL., regiments, now ct home on fur
Tough, to force certain citizens to take the
oath Of allegiance. The friends Of the par
ties suspected of disloyalty gathered from
different portions Of the county, armed for
fight, and would doubtless have attacked the
town had not the citizens of Oquawka ap-
pointed committee to meet them with
assurances that the irregular acts Of the SOL
dIsrs were generally disapproved. M 70
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-02-12

HThere are thousand Of almost pennies
and disappointed old men picking up pre-.
esrious living at the extremity Of life, because
they have, IN the course Of their existence.
tried : hundred different things, and absn.
doned al in turn simply because success Was
not instantaneous. To, few men it is given to
90 more than one or two things well. There
u scarcely any pursuit that If followed out
With singlsneas Of purpose, viii not yield .
r1cn return. arq7 e.es y.eesv 3s,,sa,I ...4%
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-02-12

TThe New York Herald says 1t va,
acquainted with the Democratic party 70,
forty years, and knows it to b dead
"There il An organization Of contract broker.
that oscillates between Tammany Hall ant
Mozart Hall, and buys and sells votes, tina
Gala itselt the Democratic party; but ther,
Il no Democratic party"
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-02-12


In the course Of speech At an Eighth Of
January celebration in Nashville, Tennesses,
Gov. johnson remarked as follows, on the
progress Of opinion in Tennessee:
Before the rebellion we could discuss ali
institutions, all subjects, all measures, except
slavery. On that subject no one dared speak
or write, or print, except on the side OF the
slave aristocracy. Now, thank God, the time
has come when the press is unmuzzled-
when the press can discuss this and all other
subjects. The time has come when this in.
st'tu,ion 10 dsad-when the chsius are broken
and the captive set free. Applause.] The
institution is dead-[applausel- land slaves
ara not worth quarter Of dollar dozen.
Laughter. Being dead, let US, in becom-
ing manner, prepare for the funeral. Now is
the time to dispose Of the great question. II
is great question, and one which must be
settled upon the great principle OF human
freedom; not by Abolitionists in the North,
nor by Secessionists in the South, but by
that great law of sell. preservation which gov.
ems oil men alike. Slavery is cancer upon
the body polite which must be rooted out be-
fore perfect health can be restored. The
great law I refer to is now At work, and ne.
groes and all things else which may be in the
way, to impede its course, must get out
Don't 60 to inventing, but find out the prn.
ciples Of that law, and conform your actions
thereto"
In the Same speech Gov. johnson gave
shareholders tho following sound advice:
"The Union and the Constitution must be
preserved intact. ! have owned slaves
slaves that | bought with my own money
money earned BY myself, quarter of dollar
at time. They were con6scated and sold
yet two Of them ran away from tho rebel
dominions, and came here to me. 1 hired
them, made bargain with them for their
labor, and thus recognized their freedom
And find they do better than when they
were slaves. Now, il any Of you are slave
owners, advise J GU to 60 and do likewise,
while you have the chance. Hire your ne.
groes to work for you, and you will find they
will do better labor for you than when they
were slaves. By this means you will do your
part in this great transition to teach them
| self-reliance. The edict is gone forth, ard all
that remains to be done 10 to change the yela.
ton of master and slave. The day il not far
distant when this nation will be the great
center Of civilization, of the arts and sciences
and of true religion. Time was when the
tide Of emigration ran westward; the time
will soon be when it will run southwark. Lot
Us 60 on with our mighty work. To talk
about breaking up Government like this 70,
slavery! IT'S madness. Lett 60 on with it,
great mission" .-. ...-... -
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-02-12
Iowa News.

Col. WIN. Fl. Henderson of Marshalltown,
formerly Of johnson county, died on the
26th ult., aged 20 years. He was soldier
Of the war Of 1912. Our citizens will remem-
Der him as candidate for Congress on the
Wing ticket in this State, number of years
since. He was man of superior talents and
sterling moral worth. .+s. 49,.
SUICIDE IN LOUISA CouNrY.--We learn from
the Wapsllo Republican that the body Of
John T. Thomas. Of Columbus City town.
ship, was found hanging in his barn on tho
2sth Of January. The body was suspended
from rafter by means Of check line Topped
around the rafter with slip-noose around the
neck. An inquest was held by Justice Goble,
and verdict given in accordance with the
above facts. No reason is known for the
rash act The deceased was member Of the
Methodist Church and highly respected
citizen. rr
SUICIDE OF AN Eccentric MANA man
named Joseph Hayden committed suicide At
Waterloo on the s1st ult., by taking large
dose Of poison. The deceased had formerly
resided in Galsna and Dubuque, and was
known in those cities BY the name Of ''Sin-
bad" He was very eccentric in his habits
and manners. He procured his living by
peddling candies, nuts, ETC., on the streets,
and growing, gobb'ing, bowling like wolf,
whistling like steamboat, etc. It is sup
posed that he WAS induced to take his life by
being numerically teased and annoyed by
mischievous boys in Waterloo.
"A National Bank was organized at Bur.
lington, on the I'd inst. It has capital of
Slo0, 900 with the privilege Of increasing it to
$250,000. Lyman Cook is President; Geo.
O. Laumsn is Cashier. $50 .aE
Gen. John N. Corse, Of Burlington, to
whom was recently assigned the duty Of or.
ganizing recruits at Springfield, ILL.,, has been
compelled to return home, not having recov-
cred sufficient from the effects Of his wound
to enable him to perform the labors con.
nected with that service. 1921
Judge Grant, 4 noted copperhead Of Dav-
export, applied recently to Gov. Stone for the
renewal Of his commission as Notary public.
The Governor replied. "No, sir" The Gov
ernor will be sustained in this Copperheads
must aid the Government in order to secure
the benefits and privileges arising under it.
An EXTENSIVE LANDHoLDEs.-M.U q. Payne
owns fifty-sevsn sections, or sc. 4s0 acres, in
Fremont county, $1,000 Of which is in one
body. He has 2,100 acres under substan-
tial plank fence. He is also an extensive
stock dealer, having now 700 head Of cattle,
400 Of which are oxen. So says the St.
Joseph Nescs. Mr.. P.'s farm is four miles
from the Missouri river, opposite Nebraska
City. ra- seF
The Des Moines Register hears It stated
that the following Colonies Of Iowa regiments
have been recommended for promotion to
Brigadier- Generals by their proper inferno.
date and Department Commanders, viz: Col.
Hatch, I'd cavalry, Col. Shaw, l4th infantry,
Col. E. W. Rice, 7th infantry, Col. William.
son, 4th infantry, and Lieut.. Col. Caldwell,
Sd cavalry. Col. Sam Merrill, 21st lows, has
also been fayorably spoken Of in that connec.
ton. ~ ,es-1 ...
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-02-12


THE REBEL D,LExKA.-An exchange thuS
sums up the dilemma of the rebels, gathered
from tho editorials Of their leading papers:
l. Ifthey increase their army they cannot
feed it.
2. Unless they increase their army they
are whipped. tf
3. Unless the press speaks out their lber.
ties are gone. 'a1 sos
4. Ii toe press speaks cut their Govern
ment will be gone. l.f=' 9t
s. Unless they draft the whole population
they must surrender.
6. If they draft the whole population they
must starve. ~ ts'
Z. Unless they recover East Tennessee they
can get no saltpetrs. as
8. II they undertake to recover East Ten.
nessee, they will get more saltpetre than they
want. rag $500 -a
9. Unless they free the negroes they've
nothing left to fight with. o.
10. II they free negroes they've nothing
left to fight for.
II. Ever since the rebellion begun negroes
have been falling. : o..
-. Nevertheless, their greatest fear now
ia, lest the negroes should rise.
Is. Unless JEFF. Davis repudiates his pres.
ent debts, he can't borrow from anybody.
IA. If he repudiates, nobody will lend to
him. ,- $500.
10 II he impresses food he turns the land
INTO desert, ~-,., t.....
16. Unless he impresses food he turns his
men into deserters.
II. They can't succeed in the war until
they have got the means of building railroads
Is. They can't get the means Of building
railroads. ~ ~.
10. II they fight they lose the day.
20. Unless they fight they lose every day.
This shows the boasted Confederacy to be
in bad fix. The only chance for jeff. and
his crew to get out Of their difficulty is to
climb tall tree and pull the tree up after
them 30 ~ s...
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-02-12

DIS Morr.s F.h o 1854

%sg DEs AOu1s, FEB. Q, 1864.
The Senate yesterday passed the House bill
for the distribution Of the Adjutant Generals
Report for 1858. after adopting an amend.
ment making the number to each member Eve
instead Of three. The gold bill was up for
some time, but its fate and shape are yet un-
certain. The substitute for the salary bill
which fixes the salary and fees of District
Attorneys only-was amended and passed.
In the House quite . number Of bills were
introduced. Mr.. Hale's bill to amend the
Appraisement Law had its enacting clause
stricken out after some discussion. The
House seems disposed to retain the law. Mr..
Johnson's bill providing for obtaining certain
statistical information relating to the amount
Of damage done BY dogs passed also the
bill to- legalize the acts Of counties and mu.
nicipal corporations in paying bounties to
soldiers and providing for the support of their
families also the Senate bill to amend the
law in relation to corporations other than
those for pecuniary profit; also bill to pro-
vide for the distribution Of the Adjutant
Generals Report, as amended by tho Senate.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-02-12

The cod fisheries are said t. b, yery anc
cessful this season. Both Dish and cod =;
are selling At double former prices. "
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-02-12

Many who think themselves the pillars Of
the church are only its slsepezs.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-02-12
To the Loyal Citizens Of the United
States.

-.- NEW YORK, Jan. %.
The day is not far distant when you will be
called upon to elect an occupant for the Pres
idential Chair. This is most important
and momentous questlon, well worthy Of your
careful eonsiderat;on.
From the 18th of April, 1851, our march
onward has been steady and grand. The
heart Of the people has been true to the grea,
principles of liberty, which are to be main
tanned to tie END. .., ...,. --
In Abraham Lincoln the loyal people have
found true leader, and an able defender OF
the great ideas upon which our Government
was founded. He has been tried and moi
found wanting. No man in mod.rn times
ever came into office under such trying cir.
cumstan ces-pone eyer worked more dill
gently to bring discordant elements together
and make them move in harmony. ta 20 s.
From the chaos OF human passions, dishon
est interests, political intrigues, and subtle
treason pervadlng every department Of Gov
eminent. order has been created, and although
in the midst Of war Of almost unparalleled
magnitude, we move on a. in times Of the
most sublime peace. .,... ....- ....
It is therefore proposed that on the ed Of
February, 1864, all citizens Of the United
States, without regard to party, who are in
favor Of the re election Of Abraham Lincoln,
shall meet At appropriate places, within their
towns, counties, or States, for the purpose Of
giving public expression of their sentiments
upon this NEST important question. 10
Moses Taylor, Dcnning Ducr t-
Ctarles q. Judson, Edward Mintnrn,
Noses Fl 0yinnell, George w. Blunt, ''.4t5
John Steward. ?. l. Taylor, a-,,
Robert 8. Hcns, r. Sturgis, tt..-.ts- ttit.
A.N spies, EaWsrd Larpad,
= 8. Wyekof. Rush q. Hawkins,
J. r. Girspd Foster, George Y. TalmAn,
Thos. B. 6tilman, Mason Thomson,
Henry n. Tabor, ,s,-- L. W. jerome, . ....-.
Charles Lamscn, Peter Townsend,
20 DA Cushman.~, -, ...--..
Nasioisl Conference Committee Of the Union Lincoln
Association of New York.
s.J. classy, Secretary. '' 5l
HUNTING CoNscRlrrs WITH DoGs.-The
Army and Naey Journal publishes the fol
lowing extract from cavalry officers letter,
written from Southwestern Tennessee:
II have been out with my regiment scout
ing for three weeks in the region lying be-
tween the Tennessee and Mississippi rivers,
northeast of Memphis. For the first few
days, we were after guerrilla company, who
were engaged in hunting up, or hunting
down, conscripts with dogs. Brutal and hor-
rible as it may seem, it is nevertheless strict
" true, ard you may rely on it, that at this
very hour, hundreds of the people of West
Tennessee. Mississippi, and Alabama, are be-
ing hunted down with blood hounds. could
not realize it until by the most positive evil
dence find it true. We were once almost
within hearing of the bsying Of the hounds,
sent out scouting party, who came very near
catching some of the devils. If they had
bsen caught they would have received short
ohrift 3D..
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-02-12

New the Duslneso - Recrultang
has 4kogreosod.
Tho Davenport Dsmoeyss copies from the
official records some interesting facts con-
earning the work Of recruiting in the Second
Congressional District and in the State ct
large, since the time the draft has been i'm
pending.
According to the figures it gives, the sew
eral counties in this District were credited
with the following number Of recruits up to
the 9Th instant: sr~a aHseg
Linn county. "
Clinton :. 70
Scott. 20
JeCkDOu 70
MuSC1tiOo. 49,. oV
Jones. OF
Ce09r. ....... 20
The suh.districka in Nuacatlne county arc
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-02-12

There is strong disposition on the part Of
many to remodel our present system Of
county government. think some medifica.
tons of the system will be adopted.
The question Of prohibiting the circulation
Of foreign bank bills is still mooted. For
one, hope the bill Of Senator Cue willpass.
The more paper there is in circulation, the
greater must be its depreciation in value.
Let US have, therefore, no more paper cur
rency than is necessary for tho wants Of the
nation and the people. Let the people Of
Iowa rely upon the Federal currency, and
the issues Of our State Bank. The branches
Of our statess Bank are entitled to our conf
deuce. They gave rs, during troublesome
financial times, safe and reliable money.
When wild cats were producing ruin and
poverty, our people chung to the Iowa curren-
cy with feeling Of security. During al
that storm not . branch wavered, but re-
deemed it's issues at the same time those
issues were at discount in the Eastern
markets. Is it now the part Of wisdom to
refuse the issues Of = Bank, our confidence
IN which has never been shaken, and still
permit these foreign rags, the s,undness Of
which we know nothing. to still circulate.
Let US not discriminate against our home in
s!itutions, when known to be good. Let us
drive out foreign bank bills, and continue to
receive the currency Of bank, whose secu-
rites are gold and United States stocks. and
who are annually paying heavy tax for
purposes OK revenue. ..
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-02-12

els u. 4. Oubhm0n, IS ...r-. s
Nasiohsl Conference Committee Of the Union Lincoln
Association of New York. ~ .st
8. DRAPER, President.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-02-12

The reporter of the Associated Press in
front Of Grants army, just arrived from
Nashville reports, on the highest military
recently reported are merely forsgiog fights
between our cavalry and that Of the rebels;
that on the night Of the 4th Gen. Park was
At Knoxville. in command Of the 9th army
corps, and had communication cut off this
side Of Cumberland Gap. The Tazewell
fight was unimp0rtant, and did not effect the
general situation. ..,
The following. just received, Sunday, 9. 30
p. n, dated five miles east of Cumberland
Gap, from the Associated Press correspondent,
BY its silence on other matters corroborstes
the above:
=. "Citizens report the rebels concentrating at
Newmarket and Dsndridge.''
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-07-07
WHEELING. w. VA THURSDAY MORNING. JULY I, 1864

thousand millions of dollars-"Peace," +"
ut this moment, means as far as we can
perceive, a public ayOwal that secession"
is a righteous political principle; and if
so, it means that when the Cotton States
have set up for themselves, the Pacific
States may set up also; that the Western
States may organize u separate republic,
the Middle States another, and the New
England States yet another. Peace"
thus means, in short, the acquiesceuce
IN principle which must end the nation
ality of the United States; which just ifies
the seregation of any and every State
from the Union, as caprice or circumstan-
ees may dictate; which favors the reor-
ganization of host of petty republics
adapted to be warning forever with each
other and perpetuaily subjugated,
European influences, TO a spirit
of mutual dissensiOn calcuiated to ex-
haust the energy of the whole, and final
" fit them to become helpless victims of
foreign invaders. For our own part, we
love our country too much TO be willing
to invite for it such lamentable destiny,
no matter under what pleasant disguise
its first approaches may present them
selves
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-07-07
A question wen Answered.

Among the questions and answers
given in this weeks New York Messen-
ger "a war democratic iournaD we find
the following:
Question you please enlighten
some of your friends as to what Mr.. Fer
nando Wood and his peace associates
really want or mean by their speeches in
Congress and elsewhere? 1 have always
supposed, since this war commenced,
that the Southern people would not agree
70 come into the Union again on any
terms. fsuch is their determination, is
Mr.. Wood, ana those who think with him,
prepared TO let the Southern States go,
together with the Border States, and form
a separate government, leaving New Eng
land, New York, &c, as the nation here's
after called the United States! If Mr..
Wood means something different from
this, las you are presumed to know all
about politics willyou please inform us:'''
4nsicer-Not being in Mr.. Wood, 9
confidence, we are unable TO say decided
ly what ne and his peculiar friends do
want 10 the present political emergency
of the nation. As for peace" itself, 1t Is
in the abstract, an excellent thing, and
We do not know patriot and Christian
who is opposed to securing 1t for our un-
happy country rs soon as 1t can be secu-
red in a proper manner and with reas~
enable guarantee Of its permanence- We
agree with you that the Southern people
are not prepared TO listen TO any terms
of peace which may fall short Of yielding
to them their politial Independence.
Peace" at this moment, therefore, means
surrender TO the South of every noble
principle for which we have fought and
suffered the past three years, and 10 sus>
tain which we have sacrificed half q mil>
! lion Of lives and gone in debt two or three