Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-01-08

al obligations. wv must hold forth ssSty
honorable AinducazSent TO the people Of the
South to assume again the rights and duties
Of American citizenship. We have reached
the point in the progress Of the war for which
oil have struggled, we now stand before the
world = great and successful militaxx. poKer~.
Wise Craftsmanship can now bring this war
to close upon the terms solemhiy avowed at
the out set Good faith to public creditors,
I'll classes Of citizens and the world, demands
that this triumph won by our soldiers should
DO followed up by the peacsmakings power Of
the statesmen in the Cabinet In no other
way can we save the country. -,
t.....- WAsHINGroN, Jan. 3. .
The following is q message sent to Congress
to-day by the PRESIDENT 20 I'T vae 9HI
te!eByiia joint resolution of your honorable
bodies, approved, December %, 1863, the
paying Of bounties to veteran volunteers as
now practiced BY the War Department to the
extent Of $500 in each case il prohibited a.
ter the 9th day of the present month"; I
transmit for your consideration . communi-
cation from the Secretary Of War sccompa-
med by one from the Provost Marshal Gener-
al to him, both relating 10 the subject shove
mentioned. II earnestly recommend that the
law be % modified IS to allow bounties to be
paid as they now are, at least until the ensuing
1st day Of February. l am not without snx-
iety lest appear importunate in thus urging
your attention to subject upon which you
have 50 recently acted, and nothing but .
ldeep conviction that the public interest de-
mands it could induce me to incur the hazard
of being misunderstood on this point. The
executive approval was given by me to- the
resolution mentioned, and il 10 now by .
closer attention and D. fuller knowledge, of
facts that l feel constrained to recommend .
reconsideration Of THE subject q" aa''' 2"
! is2..QtE lOl$s7i. st0 ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
saa.q 81 iao 80 WAsHrNaxoN, Jan.6.i
| a, The Secretary. of War in letter accompa-
nying the. message says: NO one seems to
doubt the necessity Of increasing the military
forces for the speedy termination Of the re.
bellion, and although much difference Of opin-
troops by volunteers and the payment Of
bounties, and the system of raising an ade-
quate force BY draft, yet two things are Ger
tain; first, that whatever may be The weight
of argument or the influence of individual
opinion q, portion Of the people in every State
prefer the method of contributing their pro-
portion of the military force by bounty to
volunteers rather than draft; second, that
veteran soldiers who have become enursd to
the service even when paid bounty constitute
. cheaper force than raw recruits or drafted
men without bounty. '9 ~ '''' - '''.1
The information received by the War De-
partment from the armies in the field previi
GUS to. the passage of the resolution Of De-
cember last indicated that very large pro-
portion Of the forces now in the service would
have cheerfully re.enlisted for three years
! under the terms authorized by order Of this
Department, and such enlistments have been
| checked, and will in agreat measure be, put
| to an end by the restriction imposed by the
action of Congress. 1t is believed If any
| limitation should be imposed upon the pay
ment Of bounties to encourage enlistments of
veteran forces now in the field, it ought not
to be sooner than the LIST Of February. !
+ The Provost Marshal General, in com
munication, says after great labor the volun
tser recruiting service under the Presidents
call of October 18th is fairly IN progress -
Letters all dated between the Goth and Oath
Of December, from the superintendents of the
recruiting service in the Estates, are, in the
! main, very encouraging as to, the prospect
| of getting large enough number of recruits
by volunteer enlistments. Several of the
States were in fair way to raise the quotas
assigned to them. '7 HiHo" 'a3h' HR7.'i !
The act approved December Esd, 1868, for
bidding after January 9th, the payment to
volunteers of all bounties except the 500
authorized by the act Of 1861, WAS not known
1fthe time these favorable reports were made
to me-. hayeano doubt that the effect Of that
act will be to check if it does not stop enlist-
ments. OF the 500 bounty provided by the
act Of 1861, but $50 can be had in advance,
the SIS being due only after two years Of
service It took some time after October 18th
to get the people aroused to the subject Of vol
unteering. They are now most earnestly
engaged in it, and have reports for October
and November and part Of December, show
ing that AZ, 500 men have been enlisted, and
the daily average of enlistments is increasing.
nder these circumstances respectfully sug-
gest the propriety of reconsideration Of the
act forbidding bounties after january 9Th. |
The communications were referred to the
Committee on Military Affairs. ai eiidw (.
Senator Wilson's new enrolment bill was
introduced to-day. 1t exempts those who
are physically disabled, and also makes the
following exemptions :s's" 's''''ao' 2''' /
The Vice President, the Judges OF the
Courts. the heads of the Executive Depart
msnts and the Governors of States, and re-
ceives as substitutes only those who are not
liable to the draft A penalty of from $500
to 81, 1000 fine, and from 80 days to 6months
Imprisonment is provided in the punishment
of enrolling officers who are engaged directly
or indirectly in procuring substitutes.
b tes- o. aEii3 etda5golma3D DAYTON, Jan. 3. /
The passenger train from Cincinnati and .
train from Dayton collided seven miles below
this city at 10 o'clock this morning.
The baggage master, Tom Davis, on Pot
|ter's train was killed, and some 10 others
more OF less injured, some, it is feared, "a
tally. -,..,., al, b,,s a.,s{ .s,.s-f }r
ed among the fatally injured. One lady and
child had to be cut out of the car with axes.
They were badly burned. hrsia yedi bra .
,-z..,, ,,ftav: +eegy, WASHINGTON, Jan. g.
Eight millions eight hundred thousand dol
lars more in per cent. two year Treasury
notes were transmitted to the banks Of the
cities Of New York, Philadelphia and Boston
to-day. A further amount will 60 forward
.,-;s KEoKUK, Iowa, Jan. 6. +
Major General Curtis has been assigned to
the command Of the Department Of Kansas,
which will consist Of the Stats of Kansas and
the territories of Nebraska and Colorado and
the Indian territory. with headquarters ct
TT. Leavenworth. He leaves for his new
command as soon as the roads are passable. !
'..5' WAsHINaroN, Jan. g.. I
The Navy Department received the follow
ing dispatches to-day: hsa ST lsslf j :" '4R@
-. d.. c FLAG SBIP SAN JAc1NTo,s u .
T. b.rci6. d. ulto5,. Key West, Dec, 2S.}
Hon. Gideon Welles: a
+ Ihsve. the qualification of reporting very
important servics performed by the block
auing squadron at st. Andrews Sound, un-
der command Of acting Master William R.
Brown. III DESTROYING very extensive and