Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1864-02-13
STATE NEWS.

"A dispatch from wash;nstos ssys
that Governor Kirkwood has Just declined
he Mission 70 Denmark.
.-Tbis State kas received credit for 52l
men recruited for the First Iowa African
Regiment.
e. G. Sleight shipped 1oA tons Of pal.
RE chickens from Aar.h.lltown two or
three weeks since.
The first National Bank Of Iowa City
has received its irst installment Of circu.
lating notes from W. shington City.
The demand for tenements is now
greater ia Davenport than i. has been
since 1857.
Three huAdred and fifty one men out
Of 400. belonging to the eleventh Regi.
ment have rs enlisted.
Rev. James Woodward, Dr.. II. Bunce.
and Deacon A. B. Mason, three prominent
citizens Of Toledo, Tana county, died
recently in that place.
Five hundred and twenty six Of tho
6l3 men belonging TO the Fifth Iowa Cav
airy, hive re.enlisted. Tho Davenport
Gazette says the Regiment will be in Dav.
export in few days. -
The Wood Procession for the benefi.
Of soldiers families At Keokuk. was suc.
cessfal affair. A silver pitcher was award.
ed to O. H. Brewer for making the lar.
gest contribution Of wood, amounting to
ten cords Of first.rate sugar wood. VIM.
Collins took tho second premium, and J.
J. Brown the third. We CLEAN from the
Gate City.
Some "soser boys" few nights since,
over ct Des Moines, immersed . drunken,
dirty, low.livsd euss Who they caught
whipping bis wife. Served him right. A
man who would raise his arm to strike an
earthly angel, should be furnished, as soon
- possible, with letter Of introduction
to the devils angels who are now burning
. coal pit in the lower regions.
The State Register says the House Of
Representatives 10 composed Of Is farm.
ers. II lawyers, 6 merchants, 7 physicians.
2 editors, I mechanic, l woolgrower, l
clergyman, builder, l Representative, l
city CLERK, coal miner, l lumbermsn
Ole Nelson Of W;nnssbiek county is put
down Is the youngest member Of the
House, being but "a years Of age. The
oldest member Is John Smith Of Dickn.
con county. being 6s years Of age
Eighteen Of the Representatives we're born
in Ohio, l3 in New York, II in Pennsyl.
vania, in Vermont, 2 in New Hampshire,
2 in Massachusetts, 4 in Scotland, 2 in
Ireland, l in Wales, 5 in Virginia. in
Iowa. 2 in kentucky, 4 in Connecticut, 2
Maryland, in Maine, l in Norway, . in
Germany, 2 in Canada, in New Jersey, l
in England, in North Carolina, l in
Rhode Island, 2 in Illinois. Ohio leads tho
the ticket.
-FRoM THE INDIAN CoUNrRY.-Lieut
Col. John Pa:tee Of the 9Th Iowa Cavalry,
acting Inspector on Gen. Sullys staff, ar
rived in this city from the West day or
two since. He designed to proceed At
once to Davenport, but is detained here
in consequence Of the serious illness Of
bis daughter. Between two and three
years since, Colonel Pat,ee was an officer
in detachment Of the l4,h Iowa Infantry.
The detachment consisted Of three com.
panies which were sent westward to keep
the Iodisns in check. Subsequently, the
three CON panies we're attached to the 4lst
Infantry, and still later they we're merged
into the 7,h Iowa Cavalry, with which
they Are still identified. These three com.
panies are now 81 ationed at Fort Suly. on
the North bank Of the Missouri river, 800
miles above Sioux City. The other por.
tons Of the Regiment, except the Sioux
City cavalry, are scattered over large
portion Of Nebraska Territory.
Colonel Patiec states that the condition
Of affairs out West is anything but Aatter.
ing. The INK pah.pa Sioux, ard the
Black Feet Indians are still hostile. They
occupy the West side Of the river, and are
making continual efforts to combine the
entire Sioux Nation in offensive operations
agains. the white settlements. The INK.
pah pas and Black Feet number abou. 700
lodges, averaging three warriors to lodge
The Yankts wanno Indians have 80 lodg.
es on the North and East Of tho Missouri
river. They and the Sauntees have pos
session Of an immense scope of territory
extending from the Missouri river to the
Minnesota border. The Sauntees were
the principal actors in the Mime sofa trag.
aides. The Yank.to.wannos were pretty
badly punished by Gen. Sully and his little
army 1t the battle of White Stone Hills,
and are inclined to make peAce. Another
expedition for the subjugs.ion of the hos
tile tribes on tho Upper Missouri, will in
oil probability, Do projected in the Spring.
-Des Moincs Register.
ADHlSIssrArloN OrTlcsAls.-An active
Republican, in view Of the recent expo
sures respecting Busted, the Custom
House and other matters, remarked TO .
friend that thara annearAd n ha threa