Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-10-21

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rhc Kayn~i,,;, "f our Southern Hor,iex.
Great alarm prevailed AZ Desmai.Ies
last week, on account of the invasion o
oar southern border. On Friday report
reached the EXeeutivoo office that Bloom
field ana Abba had been sacked by An.
derson ) guerrillas. In a few hoursafte,
the news was received, 400 infantry and
Capt. Grtfith's artillery were ready fol
action. The repert, however. proved e
be untrue, although Il is now we'll rs
eertained that the raiders entered Davis
vounty from Missouri but were driver
oack before reaching Bloomfield.
MIR. Low, OF Bloomfield, furnishes the
following particulars of the foray int
Davis county: r,-. Is. ..I.
The guerriIlas entered Davis county
from Missouri, l53 strong, mostly attireI
in Federal uniforms. soon after cross
ing the border these men separated into
bands. One of the bands uumberins
about twenty men, well mounted and
armed, reached the farm OF Mr.. Hardy
one of the wea!thiest citizens OF the
county, a bitter copperhead, and de-
manded his horses. Mr. II. 0emurred.
and asked for authority for the demand
wiereup0n The captain Of the gang de
liberately shot Elm down, killing him
instantly. fhey then went to the house
of Capt. Bence, o! tie 3oth Iowa infant
ry, near Springyilie, five miles from
Bloomfield. who had rcached home on
Friday weekiI .!9Ogrs.Sf evening, and
Capt. Bences seeing1tile National uni
form invited the Wcarers. ill., He was
Instantly compelled to- strip off his own
uniform put Oh clothing furnished by
the guerriias and deliver up all his
money-S556. Mrs. Bence was then
ordered to produce her money, and de-
iiveted up Sl50. As the gang wss about
to leave, the captain asked Capt Il. tC
step outside of the house, and then told
him he was to be shot. Capt. B. begged
not to be murdered in the presence OF
his family, so he was placed on horse
and accompanied his captors ana three
or four fellow prisoners, until when a
few miles from his home he was, with
out moments warming, shot off his
horse by the captain of the crew. \
private soldier was afterwards shot by
the same villain.
Wien Mr.. Low left Bloomfield, after
joining in an unsuccessful chase of Capt
Bence's murderers and finding his body,
there We're about 400 citizens of the
adjoining district ict.congregatedt there and
arming themselves to meet 500 guerril-
las reported to be at Memphis, Mo-, pre-
pairing to march on Bloomfield. Fur
ther particulars will be anXiously look ed
for.
II shss the slime for Cess;,ticn of IXos.is.
i:ies?
Not many days ago Gen. Grant wrote
letter in which he said that the rebel
government had "robbed the cradle and
the grave to replenish its armies
That letter the censor of the Muscatine
Courier refused to give the public, and it
was made the subject of ridieuIe by that
sheet. 1t seems that Gen. Grant does
not stand alone in the opinion that the
cradle and grave have been robbed TO
lion.
Col. Frank I. Sherman, son of Mavor
Sherman of Chicago and Chief of Staff
of the 4th Army Corps, arrived home
on Thursday last, direct from Richmond.
AT the invitation of the Board of Trade.
he visited its rooms and after being for
mally welcomed, responded:
"He alluded TO his transit from want TO abun-
dance, declared has firm belief that the rebellion
was near It's end; that Grant never uttered n
trurr word than when he said that the reIa,
government had ''robbad the cradle and the
grave to replenisil its armies for he had SEEN
children of twelve years old in the ranks and
aged men bearing m,Islset in one hand while
they sustained tciI trembling sterassyitn a ca
in the other. -
Richmond was within the grasp OF Grant. but
he was not content with that empty civ If
Was Lee army that lie coveted He was draw
ing an iInpeue.ra;ie Gordon around both, and
the end is near at hand And as III the Fast se,
III the West. The Conf ,der:tcy'' is q bubble
ana iiaSt ,,,Jn burst"
d The Democracy of Col. Sherman will
not oe questioned. We ask the intelli-
gent, patriotic portion of the Democratic
party If it is n proper time to declare our
war for the Union failure, and ask our
enemies for cessation of hostilities.
when the Confederate bubble'' is so
near bursting? Are you prepared to
vote yourselves towards?