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Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-11-25
The ''Fanian EsrOsheralOOd.s" Plot In
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The Toronto papers of Tuesday give
long accounts of the plot of the MEM
bers of the " Fenian Brotherhood, " the
discovery Of which was reported by tel
egraph day or two ago. The Leader
says:
" Information was laid before the
Police Commissioners to the effect that
large numbers of pixies might be found
in certain places in the city, where it
was known the Fenians held their meet
ings. A searchWarrant was issued by
the Mayor, and placed in the hands OF
Sergeant Major Mcdowell for execution.
In the afternoon that officer proceeded
with q posse to the tavern of one Ma
guire, on Queen street west, nearly op-
posite Denison avenue, where lodge Of
Fenians are said to hold their meetings,
and Instituted a search. After passing
through one or two rooms Mrs. Mcguire
managed to pick up Il small box and
leave the house through the back door
Whlle escaping across vacant lot in
the direction OF the store or residence of
IL Mr.. Bush, Maguire's brother-in law,
she was arrested by one of the police
men, and the box secured. Upon OPEN
ing it, between twenty and thirty pike
blades, Of very surerior description,
were discovered. They were about
eight or nine inches in length. from one
and half to two inches in width, and
exceedingly murdefous looking They
are highly finished and elegantly pol
ished, and arranged with screw at the
end to receive handles. They resemble,
As nearly as possible, the celcbated Irish
pixies of '93. A further search was sub
of handles found secreted in another
room. These were al! secured and car
ried off by the police, and placed in safe
keeping.n
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-11-25

TnE ROYAL BABy.-The Baby is
home again to the delight, we presume.
of all England, and certainly to the re.
lief of all newspaper readers. The child
landed at Hull, and its arrival produced
an outburst Of tiunkeyism beyond even
English precedent. The Mayor actually
went in his robes to visit baby not II
months old. The Sheriff. wife gave
him fur rabbit, which, say the report
ers, he appeared to appreciate" a
vast crowd assembled t. see him pass,
and "the cow which supplied the infant
prince with milk during his passage
from the Elbe to the Humber, was pur-
chased by Mr.. Alderman Abbey OF
Hull" that dignitary obviously con-
sidering the animal to be historic. The
Queen should put stop to this kind of
folly, which, if it continues, will lead to
a sharp reaction against the worship
now paid to the royal family. Already
a journal which once declared that the
winds would blow gently on Il tree be-
cause the Queen had planted it, is in
dulging in pretty sharp ridicule; and
aldermen who now buy COWS because
they feed royal babies will soon he
ashamed of caring about the babies
themselves. 1t will not DO to let the
English people raise their princes into
idols. They always break them in the
end - London Spectator.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-11-25
31cClellnn 10 Seymour &c 20.

The Buffalo Express says it did not re-
ceive the following document by tele-
graph, but no one who has read the dis
patches of the little Napoleon-especial
ly that famous telegram of June %, 1862
will doubt for a moment its authority 4:
On BOARD GUNBoAT. oFF COAST OF New
JEaSEY, Nov. 3-Midnlght. !
KOrGtiO Seymour, George ii. i'endleton,
August Belmont d Co..
| have lost this battle because my for
ces were too small. ] again repeat, l
am not responsible for this, and ] say it
with the earnestness of Il candidate who
feels in his heart the loss of every good
vote which has been nee,ilessly sacrificed
to-day. : = ! feel too earnestly
tonight l have read too many tele-
grams from East and West to feel other
wise than that the Democracy has not
kept its promises with me. If | save
myself from eternal shame and intamy,
! tell you plainly that | owe no thanks
to you or any other member Of the Chi
clgO Convention. You have done your
best to ruin nae.
GEORGE BRrHTOS MCCLELLAN.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-11-25

MsA- Hamilton Z. Towle, a young
American engineer, was passenger on
the Great Eastern, when her rudder
shaft was broken in a storm. After all
means of repairing the injury had fail
ed, he prepared Il steering apparatus,
and probsbly this saved the lives of all
on board. The owners refused, how
ever, to compensate him. On the arri-
val CT the Great Eastern in New York,
Mr.. Towle entered suit for compensa-
ton. The United States Court has just
awarded him S15, 900 salvage. The own
ers of the vessel objected to paying him,
on the ground that in time Of danger
every passenger was bound to assist in
saving the vessel. The Court, howev-
er, held that such display OF mechan-
ical skill did not lie within the bounds
Of the ordinary duty of a passenger.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-11-25
s-@+ MUSCATINE IOWA FRIDAY, NOVEMBER
Catholic Clergymen Exempted from Mil
ltDry Service. -frr.-i

Cat0OI1c CleRgymen exempted from MIL
itnry Service. -i1e;J j
Father De Smet, of st. Louis, recently
applied for the exemption of Roman
Catholic clergymen who had been draft
cd, assigning the following reasons:
According to our religious principles,
as a religious order in the Catholic
Church, we cannot bear arms, ETC., and
go to war--our various houses have
hardly the necessary number-Of persons
to keep them up, and cannot be spared
the establishments are all in debt by
the construction of necessary buildings
for schools, colleges, etc, for the public
good" +.
The following reply was received:
"Release on parole, to report when
called upon by the Secretary of War,
the following named members of the
st. Louis University, drafted in St.
Louis, Mo-: Rev. John I'Esperance,
Joseph L. Kelley, John I. II. Sealer
and john w. O'Neill.
JAMES =. FRY,
''ProvOst Marshal General"
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-11-25
A THRILLING ADVENTURE" Th,

A THRILLING ADVENTURE" The
wicked flee when no man pursueth,. y
saith the Scriptures. The brave and
belicOse dumb-bell athlete of the La
Crosse Democrat, who has been blowing
his jeff. Davis horn SO Justify for some
time past, skedaddled in hot haste about
a week or ter days ago, from La Crosse,
to get out of reach of General Wash
burn, who was reported Zen route {"
from Memphis to this city. The Cen
eral came home, did his business as
quickly as possible, and returned to
Memphis. He will be amused to learn
that Pomeroy of the La Crosse Demo-
crot has been skulking around in dis
tant localities, to evade the General,
who probably never thought of the dis
loyal wretch while in La Crosse. From
Bridgeport, Conn.,, our advices are that
badly scared Copperhead from Wis
consin is on the "anxious seat" His
guilty gizzard (he has no conscience)
may we'll admonish him Of his dangers.
Little Mark shoulc send to "Big
Mark " a bottle of Mrs. Winslow's
Soothing Syrup.-L0 Crosse Rep.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-11-25
REvERDY JOHNSON.
c. c. FULTON, Esq, Baltimore.

ra-A Cockney tourist met Scottish
lassie going barefoot towards Glasgow.
"Lassiee, said he, II should like to
know if all the people in these parts go
barefoot?" Part of 'em do, and the rest
OF 'em mind their own business" was
the rather setting reply.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-11-25

nA- "A Yankee friend of ours" says
the New York Independent, remark
ing upon the destruction of the Alaba-
ma by the Kearsarge, and the capture
Of the Florida by the Wachusett, con-
cludes that our navy is a-moWltoiu to
something" That is high old pun.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-11-25

ssA The Schleswig-Holstein question,
after short but decisive war between
Denmark and Germany, has been set
tied by Denmark ceiling the three
Duchies of Schleswig, Holstein and
Lauenberg to the victors, and pays to
to the Dnchies fixed sum (about eight
and a half millions of rigsdalars) for
their claims to the common property of
the former Danish Monarchy. Schles-
wig and Holstein will be held by the
Prussians and Austrians until the Ger
man Diet shall have decided the rival
claims of the Prince of Augustenburr
and the Grand Duke of Oldenburp to
succession in the two Duchies, and Dem
mark Will also pay for the shipping cap
tured and destroyed by her fleet. The
big powers have nearly squelched the
Ii tie one.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-11-25

A NATURAL BRIDGE IN UPsHUR
COUNTY, VA.-Some of our soldiers,
says the Wheeling Iate,Hgencer, recent
ly discovered, on Laurel Fork, in Up
shur county, a natural bridge, spanning
French Creek. It measures OH the un-
der side 81 feet in length and 26 feet in
breadth, beautifully arched, in solid
stone. The bed of the creek is strangely
carved out of solid stone, and flows
swiftly on, ''making music of melan-
choly sort" The scenery around is
wild and turesque-unbroken forests
spread out through hill and dale.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-11-25

A letter from Rome says that recently
thirteen pickpockets We're taken up by
the Papal police and brought to tho
lookup. The &c intelligent officer" who
superintends the station released one Of
them, on the ground that thirteen was
such an unlucky number.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-11-25

HsA- 1t is suggested that, on the prin-
ciple laid down in the late Chicago Plat
form, which afIirms that the war for the
Union should be stopped because it has
been prosecuted through four years
without attaining its object, the party
calling itself Democratic should, for
that same reason, desist henceforth
from trying to get into office. We COM
Grafton.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-11-25
2everly Johnson on the Abolition OF
Slavery.


From the Baltimore Americana
The following letter appeared in this
mornings edition, with slight literal
error, the name of Webster having been
inserted in the third line of the first
paragraph, instead of that of Washing
ton:
WASHINGTON, Oct. q.
Delighted to hear the result of yester-
days election. A new era is now dawn
ing on our State. Slavery ended and
she will be, as Washington said she
would be in that event." the Garden
Spot " of the United States.
He said SO in letter to st. John Lin
coin in '96. If it is done also in the
whole country, (as I think it will be- J
great as our prosperity has been in the
past, and high as has been our name
with tie nations of the world, both will
be immeasurably, almost, enhanced
God grant that it may be SO.
Yours, truly
REvERDY Johnson
C. g. F'CTTON ESQ RaItimora
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-11-25

INFORMATION WANTED A young
lad, apparently about eighteen years Of
age, has been taken up by the police au-
thorities and provided with quarter at
the Jail. He is evidently non con1pus
me,atis, and can give no reliable account
of himself-not even his name At one
time he said his fathers name is James
Long, at another that it is Cummings,
and that he worked for Johnson &
McCarty shoe dealers of Dubuque. The
boy has been wandering about the
streets of the city for nearly week.
Exchanges will please notice, that the
hoy's friends may know of his where
abouts.-Douenpor Gazette, 11tl.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-11-25

SOiuiers' Vote.
The following votes of Iowaregiments
an idea how far Mcclellan worship ex-
tends among our Western soldiers
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-11-25

a0" Great preparations are making at
the East to furnish the soldiers in the
field with Thanksgiving dinner. Tn
fortunately our Western soldiers are
scattered about so, and most of them on
the move, that we cannot give them
this treat, as all their friends at home
would be most happy to do, if it were
possible.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-11-25

BOARD OF CASVAssERS.-The Board
of State Canvassers will meet on the
18th of November to count the vote for
President, and on the sth of December,
to count the Home and Soldiers vote
for State officers. 1t is important that
dispatch be used in transmitting the re-
turns of the election from the different
counties. DR.. Wright, Secretary Of
several Clerks of the Boards of Supervi-
sors. requesting them to act with
promptness in this matter. The law
requires that the returns of the Presi-
Dental election shall be delivered to the
Secretary of State on or before the 2Sth
day of this month.-DesmOines Register.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-11-25
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION
RATES OF ADVERTISING.


Gen. Buffers speech at New York on
the 10Th, means this: With the sword At
tire throat of the rebellion, the Govern
ment should ask the rebels if they will
now desist from their design. Ii they
refuse. the blow should rain thick and
fast. until the last traitors head rolls IL
the dust ana the last hand raised against
our country lies nerVelesS. More than
this to fire our army with daring and
zeal in the work, Gen. Butler recon-
men;is the partition of rebel soil among
our boys in blue, and the leaving of no
foot of space within our boundaries, save
As graves, for the originatOrS of this hel-
iish rebellion. For these ev entsoin their
order the country is we'll prepared by
their late action at the ballot box. The
loyal States are turning an united and
solid trent to the dismayed and desper-
ate enemy, and oveTtures for peace and
their submission may he made, and ON
the rebel answer will speedily hinge
their fate. that loyal people desire
most ar;!cItlv i peace and the end Of
the war. Will the rebels yield these
now, on will they hold themselves stiff
ly up for actual determination 1t is
the broad territory we wish-the natiou-
al domain atd honor intact. IF the reb-
els yield thi, and themselves, il is we'll !;
bat if not, we shall take the soil and
people ofit anew, and ill it everywhere
with Loyalty and Liberty. That is
Gen. Buffers idea of the wa, and the
voice OF the Hovernment and of the
people means nothing less.
EXTENSIVE AUSTRIAN EMlGRATIuH
70 MEXICo.-The Emperor Maximilian,
nf Mexico. has extended free passage
from Austria to Mexico, to all who
choose 10 emigrate 10 his lonuinions,
and thousands of men in Austria
are accepting the DER There are at
the present time not less than 10000
Austrians on the ocean, eq route for
Mexico. and thousands more are prepar-
ing to come. The Austrian government
is understood to be doing everything in
its power to facilitate MaXimilian's en-
terprise, and has remitted the tax which
Austrians have hitherto been compelled
TO pay for the privilege of leaving the
country.
MaXimilian's object is plain. The
men of Austria are all educated soldiers.
Napoleon is withdrawing the French
army of occupation from Mexico, and
Maximilian, knowing that it will not be
safe for him TO intrust his throne to the
protection Of the tickle, revolutionary
and despot-hating Mexicans, has deter
mined to establish himself firmly by
surrounding himself with an army of
his own countrymen, he being, as is
known, an Austrian prince. 1t is be-
lieyeu that he will succeed in bringing
over not less than 80, 900 of them within
the next few months.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-11-25
It,c VOte in Several Cities.
he vote for President in several cities

1t will be seen that only three cities in
the United States polled larger vote
than Chicago.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-11-25

The London correspondent Of the Gin
cinnati GG-cttc, writing October 10Th,
says:
"A literary gentleman said yesterday
in a conversation where | was listener,
that he met Il week or so ago, at Biaritz,
the distinguished Confederate Eustis,
whom he had known in former years,
and that he now found him utterly des-
pondent, il not despairing. I myself at
a public dinner the other day heard a,
warm sympathizer,' who was evident
ly we'll acquainted with the rebels and
the prospects Of the loan, say in compli-
ment to the Soutllerners They are the
bravest men on earth, sir. The chances
are ten to one against them. and yet see
how they hold on" / might enumerate
many other signs over here that intli-
cate the settled and universal present.
ment that the Southern rebellion is in
some form or other soon to collapse. I
have not heard for some months what
formerly heard daily: 1.-The South
will never be conquered ~ The Tinus
has not uttered that prophecy, once so
frequent i'll its columns. for four or five
months.h
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-11-25
Comparative Vote of IS63--.64.
ISkl Ii

Union vote of 63, i72l; Union vote of Gi l767 !;
increase, IS.
Democratic vote in 'GS, 1851: Democratic vote
in %, l2i2; decrease. ll2.
Decrease II total vote, 66; Increase in Union
nn:inritN LIZ
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-11-25
DsS~ The following is list of the sit

DaT The following is list of the sick
sent to the rear in hospital train from
the I'd Division, Goth Army Corps Hos
pital:
W NJ Glans9n, corporal, G, 39th Iowa. arm.
Johnson, i. So h Iowa, rheumatism.
FL FELTON,, +, 39tii Iowa, debility.
] Clark, F, 39tn Iowa, debility.
Caldwell, l, I'd Iowa, fever.
T Duvas, l, lllh iowa, darrhoea
r Wood, B, 18th Iowa. scurvy
Somerville, ID, 9Th Iowa. debility
List of wounded transferred from
Chattanooga to Nashville:
Sergt Loftich, l, 39th Iowa. thighs,
Il Is l)1tkty, ", 3tst Iowa, chronic diarrhOea
stephen Nj Marine, G, 18th Iowa, right leg
~
J f Johnson, Z, I'd Iowa, rheumatism.
J W ESteiiey, a, 18th Iowa. right leg.
Sergl Il Met luskt y, A. 18th Iowa. left leg
JIM Vincent, II, 18th Iowa, debility.
Siglc, h, Sd iowa, right leg
NJ Brown, |, 18th iowa. diarrhoea
Brown, B, 18th Iowa, rhrunatisIn
VI IL snow, \, 18TH Iowa, intermittent fever
MellooIous Nori 'lty, X, 9th Iowa. right thigh.
j VI smith, {, ilth Iowa, rheumatism
ACane, g. = Il! Iowa debility
W Davis, b, i1th Iowa, foot
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-11-25

The Missouri brigade of the 15tharmy
corps cast ,546 for Lincoln, and for
McClellan.
The 26th Missouri, detached service,
gave l76 for Lincoln, and none for Nc
Clellan.
The soth Ohio gave 2sS for Lincoln,
20 for Mcclellan.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-11-25

The Philadelphia friends of the late
General Birney have raised $32, 900 for
the benefit of his widow and children.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-11-25

BALTfNoRE.-Not quite four years
ago, President Lincoln was compelled
to pass through Baltimore in disguise,
to escape assassination. A few weeks
thereafter, Federal regiments on their
way to the defense of Washington City,
were assaulted in the streets of Balti-
more by all overpowering rebel mob,
and a number of soldiers were killed.
On the Sth day of November, 1864, the
same city which conspired to assassinate
the President, and which was the pio-
neer murderer of Union soldiers, gave a
round majority of twelve thousand for
Lincoln! Verify, the world moves!-
The Spirit of Liberty and Progress is
abroad in the earth!
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-11-25

FROM THE 35TII Iowa INFANTRY
We are indebted to Hamilton Fay, for
the following result of the vote of the
S5th Iowa:
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-11-25
RESULT OF THE CONTEST.


approximate Nojorities (lo, including the So,ers
J'ote,l for President ID, the several States.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-11-25

NeAThe late Duke of Newcastle died
very suddenly. He was walking about
his grounds, talking cheerfully, when
he threw up his arms, screamed and ex-
PRED.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-11-25

RECUPERATIoN OF THE SLAVE
STATES. .--Parson BrownlOw's Knoxville
Wig states that the First National
Bank of Knoxville has declared a diyi-
dend Of five per cent. on five months
business, and that the Government loan
through this bank up to Nov. l, is S94,-
coo. The Why adds:
Can any other part Of the United
States OF equal population and extent Of
territory beat this? Or has any other
portion done more than that portion of
East Tennessee within the Federal
lines? We are poor, but we stand by
our country, sustaining its finances, and
vote for its true and tried men,
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-11-25
Lincoln's mai....... S7O,00O 3a,p5t

The soldiers vote. of the States will
carry this majority full up to 10000
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-11-25

n@ The following number of emil
grants arrived at the four following
named cities between September 3Oth,
1868, and September 3Oth, 1864:
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-11-25

"SoUND THE LOUD TIMBREL !"-One
of the most gratifying results of the late
vigorous campaign, is the overwhelming
Union gains in the extreme southern
part of the State-the Egypt" of for
mer years, but now E!gy2ot no longer
When all the returns are in it will be
seen that scarcely ever, in any age, has
there been such q revolution of senti-
ment as in that country within the past
four years In 1860 Southern Illinois
was as madly, bitterly and blindly pro-
slavery as Kentucky or Tennessee, and
an abolitionist" was about as safe in
one place as the other. Nov the people
have risen en- n,asse, and the Union ma
jorities and Union gains are immense
1t all shows the influence of one leading
master mind. Gallant John "A. Logan
has done it, and to him be the everlast-
ing honor. A grateful people will not
soon forget his home services, as merit
orious, or more so, than his deeds of
valor in the field. Southern Illinois is
!" Egypt no longer. HaGJ nfy.Is
3" Sound the loud timbrel DER Egypt's dark sea,
Her people have snoken, and EGYPT Is FREE"
(lN.) Republican.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-11-25

BeaF The Richmond editors have
heard from t!4e Northern elections
They begin to see the point, and discov-
er that they have been deceived in the
temper of the loyal States. We firmly
believe ripple of satisfaction will run
oil throughout the South among the
many who are giving only constrained
aid to the rebellion, at the proof that the
North is true to the Union, and will end
the revolt by crushing it out.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-11-25

nsA- On Wednesday morning, man
by the name of Montague, was found
dead in the road at the west end of the
bridge. He had been to the election
and got drunk on Copperhead whisky,
which was the direct cause of his death.
tened down to this hell hole that has no
claim to loyalty nor decency, but in de-
fiance OF entreaties, persisted in keep
ing open doors in order tocatch IL Lin
coin skad," that they proiessedly call
worthless. -Eddyviile Star.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-11-25

HeA- Gen. Lew Wallace has fallen at
work in Maryland to make effective the
action of the people of that State, eman-
cipating the slaves. The edict is to be
made living edict, and the remaining
leased oppressors of the blacks, who arc
to man the advocates of secession,
must give way. A Freedmans' Bureau
has been established, which will give
protection and refuge to the new made
free men, and it is gratifying append
age, the other fact that resident rebels
are to be assessed to pay the bills.