Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-07-01
GLEANINGs.

1t is the present purpose Of the admin
istratiOn not to return South any prisO-
ners in our possession against the con-
sent of such persons.
The Kentucky side of the Ohio river
is infested by guerrillas, who fire upon
passing boats and commit various de-
predations.
Isabel Cubas, the popular danseuse,
died in New York on the 2lst inst, after
long and painful illness, aged 27 years.
Her disease was consumption.
Six tons of soldiers letters, princi-
pally from the Army of the Potomac,
were sent from Washington on the 10Th
and 18th. They numbered over 400, 600.
The Pope has senta check for $500 to
the General Aid Society of Buffalo, to
be applied to the comfort of our wounded
soldiers. The check was sent through
Bishop TimOn of that city.
As an item of profit from the lombard
ment of Charleston, the citizens pick up
| the shells which fail to burst, and sell
| the into their Government for six dol
lars apiece Confederate money, OF
course. .-.
Gen. Badly Smith, in his congratu-
latory order to the 18th Army Corps,
paws high tribute to the black soldiers
who fought worthy of the veterans
I whom they helped to storm the works
around Petersburg.
There are now about 800 rebel prlso-
n,ardeS hv - nort;on of the 13Sth Ohio
T.T,,ntaary, odG " "a tho 1setb Ohio Wa+ionol
Cnords ICt;no;nnot; Gnrn,anc hout
a tho,sond nr;sonars more ara daiIv
axnootod
'~pN''
A large number OF steamers have been
lam Men ~ ~" ;i,e pp, fnr tha pr1osa ~ T. Is
ra,,ortoJ ra,y aod'' of noy;nn % 0od Gap Canbv,s
,,pn Wi triho daot;na};on nf tho force is
w. mnt ;nt;nno+ad @'''0 ~
NV
Gen. Scott is spending the summer at
West Point. His health is better than
So hro., m" u m,atnr;a1s fnr tbn history
of IiiP 1ifa He 10 now 70 vaars of aoe
- LID N.Y. 10 nv" e0'
The Mississippi Valley Fair closed on
the evening of the 18th inst. The nett
REGENTS reached nearly $500. 600. Three
silver bars from the Nevada mines. val
duo,",, 49, "v ~ ,,,",;no -
via ''i"'
The debt OF the little State OF Rhode
Island is nearly four millions, and it
has increased two millions during the
past year; and yet the people OF that
State have no idea of being sold out to
pay their public debt. @s
Brig. Gen. Brown, commanding the
district of Central Missouri, gives Gen.
Rosecrans a sad account OF the devasta-
ton of guerrillas, and expresses the
opinion that only most rigorous pol
icy can restore order and protect the
loyal inhabitants.
fr;obtfn, murder occurred Thurs-
day night in johnson county, Ind. A
boy fourteen years of age shot his en-
ployer, Van Hize, farmer, dead, at his
door, and robbed him. Being pursued,
the boy drew pistol and deliberately
blew his own brains out.
r, +h 1ota f,,b+ ro,r C+onr1on Va
or,nnn n VIZ other nr;soners Sen Huntar ,
an,'t,is.d ans =. b;p avn nanhaw Wo;or
Faulkner, son OF eA-M Minister auiKner'
w men captureu' ne saiu nc "oulu SUI,
render as Gen: Hunters hephe"' anu
not as confederate o1ncer.
rr,, MAN ond bo,, oro ,oina IN coil
fro,,, Now Work. naxt vaak for Enu1ond
-, - I;ttla hoot hr;r-r;"nod onjv fiftaen
CO. co., ,nnmnJ l,,e o.. onn = ton reg.
49, io'iS ~; aai - o H. oo1fa,.t Nassol ~ a+
ever essayed to cross the Atiantlc, ana
1t Is expected the voyage Will take SIX
weeks.
The Snencer rifles used by our troops
greatly astonish the rebels. A cores
nondent With Gen. Sherman's army
saws that some Of the rebel prisoners.
With an air of curiosity worthy of a
"Yank," inquire where our boys get
those guns which they load on Sunday
and Fl re ali the week
-.
A decision interesting to MOTEL keepers
has just been made. Ihe proprletors OF
Earis Hotel, New YORK, nave rave been
lelQ responsible Iof over SZU,UOU uepOS-