Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-08-12
IOWA NEWS.
The Desmoines papers have advanced
the subscription rate of their dailies to
$40 per year and their weeklies to So.

the subscription rate of their dailies tt
$40 per year and their weeklies to So.
Daniel Hardy, a drinking character
died in an old shanty at Iowa City, or
the 1st, from intoxication and exposure
Sam Workman, defaulting post
master at Iowa City under Buchanan
subsequently in the rebel army, was
lately seen at Washington, Pa, acting
as is supposed, in the capacity of a rebel
spy. An effort was made to arrest him,
but he skedaddled. So says the Ft Mad
ison Pldindedler. .r.
MURDER IN WARREN CoUNTY.-A
dispatch from Desmoines says man
named Neely shot neighbor named
Casady, in Warren county, on the night
of the lst. Neely was provoked to the
act by an attempt on Casady's part to
drive Neely's hogs from his (Casady's)
premises. Casady is dead, and Neely
has fled toward Missouri.
A little daughter of VIM. G. Camp
bell, Of Montezuma, met with horrible
death on the 9th ult. She was pouring
kerosene oil on the fire in order to make
it burn better, when the gas in the can
ignited, causing an explosion and en-
veloping her in flames. She lived but a
few hours. This should be warning to
those in the habit of using kerosene in
this manner.
james Brush, of Toledo, Tama
tie of Pleasant Hill. The shot stripped
the flesh from his right leg and opened
the lower part of the abdomen, exposing
his bowels to the burning sun. In this
condition he lay upon the battlefield
dlire for four days, and when found was
writing a letter to his wife. He was
taken to the hospital, and lived three
weeks.-Iowa city Press.
The quota of Scott county to be fill
ed by draft under the late call is 800.
Colonel Elliott w. Rice, of the 7th
Iowa, has at last received Brigadier
General s commission. This isa merited
honor long delayed.
sional District, which convened at Oska-
loosa on the Sd inst, renominated Mr..
Grinnell for Congress. Col. Dan Ander-
son, of Monroe county, was nominated
for District Elector.
David T. Mills, of Co. B, 1st Iowa
Cavalry, who was mustered into service
July 31st, 1861, and deserted in April,
1852, near Clinton, Henry Co., NO., has
been sentenced to be hung and the SEN
tence approved by Gen. Rosecrans.
From the Home Journal Mt. Pleas
anti we learn that few nights since, at
about II o'clock, a church bell that at
the last ringingh been left bottom up
ward, having been blown over, rung
violently for few moments, "and Wit1-
in fUe minutes there aCas q light placed
in the FRONT WINDOW of the house Of
erery copperhead IN the to,cn!" Being
on the border the people have for some
time anticipated a rebel incursion.
The 5th Iowa Infantry, numbering
about $50, arrived at Davenport on Sat-
urday, and were much mortified and
disappointed at finding no preparations
for their reception. Doct. Burtis, how
ever, threw open his spacious dining
hall, loaded its tables with the choicest
of the market, decorated the hall, and
the boys sat down to a splendid dinner,
for which they gave Doct. cheer upon
cheer, such as they have been accustom-
ed to make the Johnnies hear.
Onlcial Statement.
Official statement of losses, as publish
ed by order of Gen. Sherman, near At
lanta, July 26:
FEDERAL LOSSES.
Total Federal loss July 10Th ,75
Total Federal loss July ,5O(
Total Federal loss of men ,25(
Federal loss of artillery. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. II
REBEL LOSS.
Rebel dead, counted and buried July 10Th -, IL:
Rebel dead counted and buried July d......2 IA:
Rebel dead in front of 18th Corps not in our
hands. ~
Rebel prisoners captured. 2Ot
Tota! killed and prisoners ..7 IS
Rebel loss In colOrs
Number of rebel wounded unknown
nA. The news from Mexico is of unu.
sual Importance. Gen. Uraga has pro-
posed terms of surrender to the Emperor
Maximilian, which have been accepted
and SO far as that important command il
concerned, peace is restored to large
section of Mexico. There is no disguis
ing it, the new empire on our south
western border seems to be becoming
more consolidated as time passes by
The French Government holds nearly
all the important military and CONNER
cial positions in the country.
BeA- The London Times publishes {
correspondence from Richmand to June
80. The writer represents that there ar,
no apprehensions felt for the safety o
Richmond, and asserts that any single
corps of Confederates could hold tn,
works around and about the city agains
any considerable force of the Federals.-
He adds that the greatest jeopardy fo
the COnfederates was in the neighbor
hood of Atlanta, but that Confederate
troops would be sent there in grea
numbers.
. . S~
rea- An important feature of the las
call for troops is that under it substitute
are accepted for one year as well as fo
three. Persons who cannot afford tt
pay the high price of three years'lsub
stitute, as we'll as those who have al
abiding faith in an early end of the war
will find this great advantage.
The Dewitt Observer says there il
to be a great snake rattle in that towr