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

i, "A disease called the s mad Itch is slay-
ing cattle bysthe wholesale IN Monroe county.
1t is said to be incorablc. 94S @ nis
Hon. Hiram Price, our member Of Con.
gfess. paid . flying visit to ! is home at Dav-
export, on Saturday, last. He has already
|returned to Washington. Da9E as G8ac
boz The Board Of Trustees Of the Iowa Or.
phan Asylum have voted 10 raise one hum
dred and fifty thousand dollars by voluntary
subscription, and build an asylum for soldiers
orphans. 81 aAi't 70 -'t4 +'''-'- 10 .'i-
THE New JupeEsnIp. Judge Williams,
and Hon. Ruben Noble, Of Clayton county,
and Hon. Z. y. Cole Of Dssmoines are spoken
of IN connection with the new Judgesh,p,
created by the actwhich has just pissed beth
branches Of the General Assembly. The
Governor appoints to fill the vacancy. ri
The vin,on Eagle tells Of a turkey be
longing to Mrs. Greer, Of that place. which
VS. pent up ts0sstytsix dzys and sigAts in, Z
deep and cavcrnous snow bank, without food.
and yet it survived. apparently in : good
state o., vital preservation. We presume il
felt like gobbling some provender, after it,
|l,ng9fast. o.5@ .g-61 sas
Iei vIcr'NlzlNo ZEE PssAcHEna--A youns
woman csilir 6 h'rself Mary Reynolds, and
Irecresenting that she was : teacher in > Sem.
ii. arr in Wooster. Ohio, lat; y called on Rev.
Dr. eGillstt. of sKe.,kuk, and solicited aid ia
tsssch,heri brother, who was sick 1t Bloomfield,
Dsvis county. He give her eight dalarsand
b.de her God speed. It has since tranrpired
that she wss "a impestor. and has victimizsd
snumber Of o'hef clssgymenu in tho same
way ,S3G2inDs sas 1f sess'es H94s ~
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-02-12
Iowa News.

Su1c1pE.-Jesse Orndorf, . citizen oi
Steady Run township, Keokuk county, hung
himself in his barn one day last week. The
Sigourrey Nous, from which We learn the
fact, gives no reason for the ra.h act.
Gratis Coast, . well known resident oi
Tnwa City, died in ew York on the 3lst ult.
having gone there with a drove Of cattle. l,
10 supposed that his death was induced by
exposure on the road, he having been de.
tanned in lllineis by the storm Of the opening
days of the new year.
I'm the case Of VIM H. Church. Post.
master. and NJ. D. Jones, assistant. at Forest
vile, Delaware county, charged with mail rob
berry, the former was bound over in $500 and
The latter committed to jail. The evidences
was conclusive against Jones. A decoy let
ter, containing money, was found in his pos.
session. His detection is due to the shrewd
ness and discretion of Mr.. Brainard. the eff
lent special agent Of the P. o. Department
Brig. Gen. Vandever has been assigned
t. dnty At Davenport, inthe organization o
veteran regiments,
- The Wemple brothers, charged with tn
murder Of Alonzo Sherman, in Clayton coun
y. plead guilty to murder in the second dc
gree. The elder brother Was sentenced Il
imprisonment for life, and the younger fcl
ten years.. i.e }e@ c .s ~@f 125 p
1870, .lt. 1..l "a -.ygsfi -tsel . al ,-.c'
= Tho editors of the Davenport papers Ar
quarrelling over lot Of spelled meat lstel,
issued to the soldiers at Camp Nc, lellsn.--
We have not read enough of their discussions
10 form an opinion bout the matter. Ha-,
Iowa CIr1ss.-According % the census o
1868, the populations of Iowa cities is as fol
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-02-12
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DeSaeobsisvesn 0 b, sssesa Z 81 ma j
eai 81 aweI 70 s5hsa Eoxonyr naTU aat tasa~q7r q
.Atspublic meeting IL Boston, last week, {
spirited debate lupons the policy the Ad-ia
ninistration occurred between Wendell Phil
lips and Nv - LsaaGarmsen. - The former;i
warmly der tsoupced. and the latter as emphat-l
ically supported sMr Linsoln conrse.az aa .zs Mr.
Phillips said that either the North annst riser
10 the spinitn Of lncers pionsly ecrushi6g99
the President into asubmi asiops 3 s1ors we must
have Q different leader far the next four years.
If Mr.. Chase should give up his bank sys-
tem, the nation would be-eighteen- nall li9nssa q
year richer sisstse eimmeasev int rest-swhich
goes 70 these national banks, which in thirty
or forty years would pay the whole war debt;
and yet this man is called d fina1cieE THsi
also said therevoited2 Stat esi shduldc cbefkepti
out until the : outh ans wsrs like a1ace in the,
North in her institutions, The Presidents
relinquishment Of this was d vlolaticn Of Bis
pledge, "and therefore" said Mr. PhilIips9sT
say veto to the amnesty proclamation; and
will to my dying day. Mr. Garrison re-
spending by contrasting Mr. Phillips present
"blackening Mr.. Lincoln all over With his
recent remark that 1"the' Pr sidens's schsfAc-
ter was not 40 bright chat wez could not see
the few, ,spsts on,its surfacs"e a, added that
for his own part he, thought that the Presi:
dent had trave led as fast toward the ntgro
as popular sentiment would warrant himfin
doing. 10 As to- Fremont, events hsdoceur.ed
within q year greatly to diminish his {iarri-
son's) faith 10 him. Not . word have; We
heard from him in reference to the proclsma.
ton Of amnesty "A glorious OPP ortiinity was
there lost Then we have had the arning Of
one hundred thousand, blacks, and sstlh not
one word Of encouragement from Fremont
To this Mr.. Phillips rej'ined that it was not
fair to criticiss him, when sheowas foibiaden
BY the Goyernment, to speak aowOrd.z .,No,B
said Carlson be has alwass q right TO be
magnanimous."" Stephep s. Foster here re-
membered that "the, strargest event FOE his
tory wax the nomination BY William Lloyd
Garrison, in fremont Temple. Of The man who
is holding the sword Of the Union xtthe
throats of q million slaves" r,-,.I t...., ,.r,
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-02-12

WAR ON THE STATE BsNk.-We see a
movement to refuse the issues of our State
Bank in payment of taxes. We worder al
this. We cannot under, tand it. We assure
our Legislature, that such scheme, if sue.
cessfnI will be very odious to the people ol
the State Our State Bank is, and alwavs
has been deservpdly popular, and our people
have felt proud Of tn, ir system of Banki &,
that stood the crash Of "stumptail," and came
out unscathed. 1t is regarded as State In
s'itution, entitled to state confidence and
support, md certainly not justly Liable to a
liscrimin'ion against it, BY the body tha,
gave il, existence. 1t will not pleas an Iowa
man, when he offers an Iowa bill for bis
taxes, to DO told tn. law refuses it.. He will
not believe such lay just or right, or demanded
by any public interest. 1t il we'll to sustain
the General Government, but not necessary
to sacrifice State institutions needles ly in
do;ngit Please, gentlemen, don't do that
Iona City Republican,. d lai's i.7i 1-g
Our sentiments, exactly.uits
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-02-12

~ B The spirit oftha Union people I'M Ar
kansas is shownrby the following extract from
the Little Rock DepaoUat.:fs ,ezasw Y57of
!" 1t is.a remarkable fact that, for the arms.
bearing population left in il, this State, since
the advent Of Gen, Steele, has furnished more
volunteers for the Union army than any eoual
number elsewhere. Counties where JEFF ia.
Wis conscript officers could not ind 4 score Of
men, have since sent fIlr companies 70, the
Union army" Ass ssa 20 fsil
,ae2.gv 7sz1s1 sidn0a sa sni.lss ege
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-02-12

AN Iowa GRATBEARD. The following was
handed to the cditoe Of the Davenport Ga.
srtte. for publication, by one Of Uncle SANS
boys, who youch s for the facts: S;g} s,s4
There died recently at St. Louis, Mo-, an
Iowa Graybeard, who wassf years years old;
he had twowives and twenty .onea children
Nine sons are now soldiers in the United
States army. II younges. child at his entry
ii that corps was, months old. He has now
one daughter unin arried, in the bloom ofiife,
handsome as q picture. weighing three hun
dred and ten pounds, aud Ave feet four inches
high. The above is q oosrsct and true state.
ment Of the family. g,oe-T,e, oi si,f4 os.a.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-02-12

=" ~ ~ The Gaze o.,y opposes a Registry
La., a, Dog Law, the bill prohibiting the
circulation Of bank .bil's Of other. Sites. and
,hes z pr ,po4ed change in the system cf county
government Il says the, great dang i is We
viii have too much legislation. az -.
Gf Ia3 TVHeA & 9u!TsG yligDTGg a1s Oh p
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-02-12

MEAT IN THE SouTH . The rebels are un- IN
d,ubtedly hard up for food, all the evidence
lending to establish thai fact. The Richmond
Whig, Of January % h, says: :a''. 9'9 '-i.''
The truth is this: if there is meat and
bread enough in The G ,unsry to feed the ar.
my, the army must have it.. ii Is not enough
to ask the, soldiers to shed their blood, lose
their lives, sleep, in nui and snow, d 9, in
hospitals, go bare foot, and endure the inev.
table hardships Of CAMPS. m ,rchts and Eat
ties but W. must ask them to starve in the
bargains Can we n ot suffer a very little in
order that they may suffer not quite so much?
Can't we iee on half ration>, so that they
may at least have quarter ratiors 81. g -
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-02-12
Caught I'm q FalSehOoil.

Caught In a FalsehOed.
Mr.. Fernando Wood has the effrontery to
deny, in the House, that, while Mayor Of
New York, he sent dispatch 10 Georgia
regretting that arms intended for that State
had bsen stopped in New York. He averred
that his dispatch relsted to nerchsndize only.
Here are the dispatches +
MiLLsoGEv1LLE, Jan. "a, 1861.
To His Honor Mayor Wood: s.,-.--, -. *
Is it true that any arms intended for and
consigned to the State Of Georgia have b EN-
seized by public authorities in New York;
Your answer is important to US and 10 New
York. An.wer at once. Il. To MBs.
To this the Mayor returned the following
answer: .s.j f5a1slasi .s61zaz le.a Z ...-.
hon. Robert Tconbs. Nilledgsvilie, Ga.:Gei 80 Is
In reply to your dispatch. I regret 10 say
:hnt arms intended fsr G'ui consigned TO the
state of Georg;a, haze been sesxrd BY the
police of tho State, but that the CITY Of New
York should in no way be made responsible
for the Outrage. sf3 @4se e 's
As Mayor I have no authority over the
police. IF h,d the posoer 7 should sH~s.
n,ssi.y punish tho anth,rs Of this iileg.,I and
u'yus.Dda6ie sessu'e Of p,icats property.
FERNANpo WoOD.
Now what excuse will Mr. Wood have to
offer to tha House for the treason and false
hood thus uncovered? He once escaped q
criminal indictment for swindling his partner,
BY the statute Of limitations. How will he
escape from such conviction IS this IN.
Y. Tribune.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-02-12

+'9t,r III. Germans baye aire.sy force Of
go 900 troops on .the borders Of H,lstein.
The DAMS hare upwards Of 10000. This
louks iike ewa1. II; ysie e3gsibg8 aa3 n1 ai9
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-02-12

The pcacs- sneaks If limos are cir.u-
lating petitions for signatures, ca'lirg upcn
Congress to put an end TO this ru;nous ar
tarbsroas wssiby sending Commissioners to
Richmond to negotiate an aa,ioab'e arrange
ment Of difncuitiess IL they were baaished
70 Dixie f,r several monthsit would be s-ry.
ing them right and probably bring them "a
their senses. {..:,,.,s. 5.-., &,e-l
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-02-12

FL The Provost Marshal General has
de idrd that army officers are not credited as
any part of Sta,e's quota OF entitled to
boYntv. He says they do not enlist and ran.
not enlist but serve, BY special commission
with cattain defined privileges of raak and
canpen alton. Bounty is always considered
to be q gratnity or special payment for en-.
listing not far accepting . comm sion.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-02-12

E C'o:s.eyed persons shculd be exemp
tfotn drsft on the ground that they are no
"ss""3 etssa. aai Iata--l'ss si .snizss3
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-02-12

-. Dr.. Olps' New CncRoH-We find in the
Lancaster G ze:te report OF meeting held
in L .ncaster under the immediate auspices Il
DR.. Edison B. O.ds and Virg e. Shaw. for
the organization of q { new anti-abol;tion
church. The meeting was held in the Court
IIo,,.e. DR.. Olds read le :ture on thA aims,
~ iscts and glorlous future Of the resorna ion
then and there he'ng inaugurated. Mr.. Shaw
followed and said the chui ch was corrupt
and needed remodeling; that he vas Chris
tan, but ''had not been inside Of a church tor
three years" and gave it as his opinion that
ministers generally are "black legs" Letters
were read from Jealous brethren in various
q.,ar'ers, ard subscriptions were taken up for
the ,urch organ publishei at Columbus BY
bro,i er Medary. TIL Dr. 0lds' church soci-
ETY. was forrna.ly crgahizsd =. Ckv. Herald.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-02-12

~ There are -abundsnt evidences that the
Presidents amnesty proclamation and in.
creased privations are having their sffect on
the rsbel soldiers. Besides the large acces
sions noticed from the prisoners at Rock
Island to our usual forces, d.serters are com.
ing in dsilv, at al points Of our lines, and
Efive hundred Of the prisoners at Point Look
out, Md, have taken the oath. Three thou.
sand more are reported ~ intending &. do the
same. When Lee, a already announced. has
To- sezhort his men to patience rovsr Tsho I
ritious; We may be sure that diseontens ID
rife'in their ranks. 7i o. fs' 2a slsi
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-02-12

REBaL ApDREss II TRUE.-The
Cincinnati Commercial publishes what pur-
ports to be an address to the " soldiers Of the
army of Tennessee, :" procured by scout on
secret service Of the government, from some
rebel soldiers in Calhoun county, Alabama,
. few days ago. It was printed and signed
" Many Soldiers" The object is to persuade
their comrades to lay down their arms and
return to their homes at the expiration Of
their term Of service. The manifesto is ,ru-
tinous. It arraigns the rebel leaders with
bitterness, and menaces them with spirit
The Commercial does not doubt iss genuine
ness. Wo quote the concluding sentences
just ~ printed in the rebel address: aH
Il" Every inteligen: soldier among us knows
that we are already whipped ;oand1 why, not
acknowledge it at once p Why not show our
leaders that We know We are whipped as well
40 they dot PREslpENf DAVIS VIRTUALLY
ACKNOWLEDGES THIS FACT; 50 do the SHcBE
fARY o. War and the SscRssARY o1 TIE
TRsAsuRY What use is there for us to con-
tend against DEAD cURRINCY and an EMPTY
coMNlssARY in the face of the best army ever
marshal.ed for combats Think of these
things, fellow soldiers, and decide what shall
be your course. We RAVE MADE UP oUH
MINDS 10 90 HONE As soolt As QUE TINE Il OUT.
L. -f,.- s8 81 erstNANY S0tniEHs."i
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-02-12

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

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

The Senate to-day passed the bill appropri.
a'ing one thousand dollars for tie survey ol
the Ship Canal route. from La Sale 10 the
Mi sissippi River Als, . substitute for Other
resolutions. which instructs cur Congressman
in favor of immediate action for the cons'ruc.
tion of a ship canal from the lakes, and q
gene, . al western route t, tho Mississippi River
and the improvement Of the upper AMI lower
rapids Of the Mississippi River, by canal OF
otherwise.
Mr.. Ross introduced bill providing for
the resumption of all the lands and r'ght'
granted conditionally to certain ,ailroad com
pau;es i, such cases as tn, conditions OF the
grant have rot been perf..rmed. %ea. s21
a The bill to aush.rise 'un'ies t. issue cou
pom bonds and legalizi 6 the bonds heretofore
issued, was tabled. -, 49, -,
Nj. Hart offer-d a rescloti,n in the Senate
instruc ing Congress mrn in favor of c"lo''za
ion Of freed slaves on territory recliimsd from
he rebels ~. 49, c9AaE Er GEGEi
The House passed the Senate bill to reduce
the interest on State warrants hereafter Is ued
IRON eight to six per cent A'so. the o.
rtmlirinr the Treasurer Of the State 10 ex
change the gold in the treasury Tor United
State Treasury Notes. Also, theSenate. .bI
adding another Judgeto the Supreme lConrt
{ a blu sas introduced in the II .use to ex
eampt real property Of em,grants harea'te.
coming to this State from other State. an
foreign countries, from ,axatlnn 70 Ply any
art of the expenses of tn" war .-,,,. h III.
Also. bill authorizing the trustees OF tht
agr:cult,,ra' CO ls.e 10 sell the,r Ia ds and
II vest the proceeds for the man e''a ,cs o'
the instituti n. IN e.,e5 I'd a, :. f.la.. :.
The motion to reconsider the vote on Su
preme Court Judge bill was discussed y a this y
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-02-12

~ The bill recently introduced as sub
stitute ioto the State Senate to extend the
elective franchise, contains. besides prov's-
ion giving all unnsturalized citizens who have
served in the army and been hororably dis
charged. aIsect;on which allows negrors who
have s'rved their time in the army, to vote.
The following is The section: '1
SEC. g. That all male citizens born in
these United States. who have b en- made fet
by tbs. proc'amations Of commanding generals
Of military departments in the Umted States
and also the proclama'ions Of the Pre.iden,
of these Cnited States, and vino have been. or
may be, employed N the military service ,of
the Unitfd States, in supporting the integ-
rity and perpetuity Of the governmen', shall
Re er,i 'ed to vrte at all elections held by the
people Of this State: Provided. they hav,
been ahororably discharged from such mill.
tary service and have gained a resdsncc in the
State and township where they offer tn vote.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-02-12

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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1864-02-11
Prices North and South.

Flour at one hundred and seventy-fve
dollars barrel in Richmond, and seven dol
lars barrel in New York, tells the whole
story of the relative effects of the war upon
the North and South. Assuming that the
burdens and losses of the war have been
nearly equal on either side, though it is
probable that the actual money cost has been
greater on our side, these figures show that
the recuperative industry of the North has
almost kept pace with the enormous waste
of the war, while the Losses OF the South
have not been repaired by any correspond
ing production of wealth As consequence,
we see an almost complete exhaustion in
the South, while in the North the people
scarcely realize that there is any war at all
so far as regards prices and production. II
prices have increased with us, so have wages,
and the poor man can get at least decent
and comfortable subsiste nee for his labor,
which was never before in greater demand.
This is not the case in the South as the fact
of -four selling at SITS per barrel sufficient
ly attests The poor classes must suffer
severely from this condition of affairs, which
should induce them to welcome as deliver
anoe any Union victories that may hasten
their emancipation from the cruel privations
to which they are subjected. r
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1864-02-11

THE House yesterday passed the joint
resolution amendatory Of the resolution ex-
planatory of the Confscation act by a vote
Of 81 to "a. Frank Blair Of Missouri made
a weak speech against it, and Green Clay
Smith Of Kentucky strong one in favor,
declaring among other things that traitor
forteits all his rights, that the people Of the
South must be exterminated, if need be,
and that compromise was not word in his
vocabulary.
The adoption of the resolution is a~ ex.
preston of the opinion Of the House that
the real estate of traitors may be confsca-
ted Ia fee, and not merely for life, as was in
tended by the original explanatory resolu.
ton. Every Republican member voted Yea.
Owing TO the absence of many, the vote was
rather close, but it will do. 1t indicates
very plainly the growing sentiment Of Con
gress in fayor of extreme measures against
the Rebellion, and its determination to erec,
an impossible barrier to the return into po
litical supremacy of the insolent slavehold
ing aristocracy, which, for thirty years be-
fore the Rebellion broke into oren war, had
controlled the Government and the country.
IN. Y. Tribune, Friday. rntl.....'
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1864-02-11
The Situation.
From the Cincinnati Gazette, Saturday 1


A letter from our correspondent at Chat.
tanooga, published in this paper, reports the
situation there to be quiet with no immsdi-
ate prospect of activity. 1t is true that a
portion Of Johnston's rebel army has been
detached from the main body, orrather the
main body has moved to parts unknown;
but it is not true that Dalton has been aban-
doned. A recent reconnaissance made under
Gen. Palmer found the enemy in some force
in the vicinity Of Dalton and Tunnel Hill
1t was suspected that Johnston might have
moved to the assistance of I.ongstreet; but
tho belief now is that no serious attempt is
to be made to turn our lett, that is to recap
ture Knoxville. Longstreet has been de-
mopstratipe against the latter place, but his
object vas. II Is though., partly to gain for
aging ground, and partly. TO make diver
sion in favor OF some other movement the
rebels are making-most likely defensive
movement. but possibly an aggressive one
While matters are quiet at Chattanooga, the
Spring campaign has opened further South,
by q formidable movement on our part,
which shreatens Iohaston's left. This the
rebel leaders must guard against. Hence,
with the first movement Of the Mississippi
expeditioA, o portion Of Johnsaon's army
was Withdrawn from Dalton. This has one
Of two objects Ia view: either 10 defend It's
'faak against Shsrnsp's 'sxpsdision. Or 70