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Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-12-02
For the Journal. -.-..-.
Agricnltural...Cr Crops Of 1854.


MIR. EDITOR This rainy Friday,
can find time to give you an extract
from the Monthly Report of the
Condition of the Crops for September
and October"
WHEAT-Estimated number of BUSH
els in Iowa-1s62, 1854 sos; 1864, 12,-
649, ,SO7. United States-lS62, ISL 1885,
Os9; 1864, 100, ,695, ,s25.
CoRN--Iowa, 1862, 1880, 1893; 1864,
IS, ,26l ,24O United States, 1862, 5S6, ,226,- !
3O5; 1864, 3O,5s1, ,403.
The corn crop of Iowa for 1863 was
only "a, $685. ,279; being 2O,ooO,ooo less
than this year. The wheat crop does
not differ very materially in the three
years. The potato crop is rather less
each year, both in Iowa and the United
States. .e
The number of hogs this year is less
than usual-nearly the same in Iowa as
the average of the United States, short
about one-fifth. T.a.I -.I
Chicago markets are governed by New
York, and New York by foreign exports.
The prospect for export this year Is
little larger than usual, there being a
great failure of grass and root crops in
England this year. 1 will make an ex-
tract from a paper, to show to what
extremity they are driven in England to
keep their stock this winter. Speaking
of the great failure of the hay and root
crops, it says:
"The abundance of excellent straw
for provender, and the power OF making
it palatable and Of adding to its feeding
power by the addition Of meal, linseed,
carab pods, salt, and even sugar. This
is what every one declares to be the great
resource in the difficulty of an almost
lost crop of turnips, and of a half crop OF
hay. Wheat could be used with advan-
tage. 1t would mix well with Indian
meal, and tend to make it mellow. 1t
would also make flesh fast"
A severe drouth was the cause of this,
and Great Britain will be likely to want
some of our grain and meats.
SoRGHUM.-In this crop Iowa has de-
creased the past two years, but most OF
the States have greatly increased.
SUEL FOSTER.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-12-02
Bloody Work i'm GeOrSia--.WhOlesale
Slaughter of Union Men.

from the Chattanooga Gazette Of the lSth.l
A company bearing the title of the
Georgia Home Guards, have been rem
dering good service to the Union cause
in the upper counties of Georgia, dur
ing the past six months. The band was
composed principally Of deserters from
the rebel army,-men who had been
conscripted into the rebel ranks and
subsequently escaped,-and number of
citizens of Murray, Walker and Catoosa
counties, Ca, and were commanded by
Col. AshwOrth. of Walker county. They
had been out on scout for several days
and had captured and picked up several
squads of rebel prisoners, among whom
was a colonel. On their return they
did not preserve as good order and dis
the homes of many of them being in
that section of country considerable
Struggling ensued. When near Elijay,
about sixty-five miles northeast of Dali
ton, on last Friday, they were surprised
by force of rebels under the command
of Tom Polk EdmOnsOn. This rebel
force is composed in the greater part OF
members of the 1st Tennessee Infantry,
who got cut off from their main army at
the beginning of the campaign last
spring, and have remained in that cOun-
tryev since. The Home Guards num-
bered one hundredand twenty-five men,
while the rebel force consisted of over
three hundred. Finding that they were
surrounded and that escape was impOs-
sible. the Home Guards surrendered !;
and then ensued the fearful part of the
tragedy. The most of these men being
deserters from the rebel army, as we sta
ted above, and all of them being we'll
known as having acted as guides tor our
forces, the rebels determined to show
them no mercy. Taking the prisoners
off into the woods a short distance, their
inhuman captors shot or hung all but
twenty-one of them. After the COM
mission of this savage and unparalleled
butchery, the monsters departed for
their retreat in the mountains, taking
their remaining prisoners, including
Col. Ashworth, with them. On the
road one of these prisoners managed to
escape and made his way into Dalton,
where he made the above statement to
the Provost Marshal. 1t is supposed
that our authorities will be able to eff
feet an exchange of Col. Ashworth for
the rebel Colonel whom the Home
Guards had captured and sent into Cal
houn. A flag of truce for that purpose
was to have left Calhoun last Sunday
1t is to be hoped that these 6 ''beasts"
may get caught and have their just des-
erts meted out to them. No quarter
should be shown to the perpetrators of
such an act of inhumanity and blood
shed,
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-12-02
1@ Professor Lowe is giving the 8

18 Professor Lowe is giving the ad-
mirers of extensive landscapes in Phila-
delphia an opportunity to ascend to the
height of 1000 feet in balloon. The
serial ship IL anchored to a windlass,
and can be drawn down at leisure. The
entertainment is said to be perfectly
safe, and from that elevation the entire
country from Chestnut Hill to Chester
can be seen.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-12-02

asa, There never was better game OF
euchre than that which Sherman is now
playing. The first hand he made a point
by taking Atlanta; the second, he eu-
chred Hood in the chase through Ala
bama; now he has got both bowers and
the ace, is playing a lone hand, will
make a march. and go out.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-12-02

s6y The Louisville Journal admits
that slavery is doomed, and that the
only question now is, how it shall be
finally extinguished with the least jar
to the social institutions of the South
It admits that it has proved a curse to
Kentucky, and that the State would
now be prosperous if it had adopted the
emancipation policy so earnestly advo-
Gated by Henry Clay. The Washing
ton National Intelligencer also moder-
ately and carefully expresses it's belief
that general emancipation will be q
good thing. So we advance, step by
step.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-12-02

NT The offices of the Morning Zele-
graph and Globe ut st. John, n. B., were
destroyed by fire on the 7th inst. The
collections of newspaper material in
these two offices were the largest in the
lower Provinces.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-12-02

The exports of specie from New York
last week were 81 ,641 600. The dry
goods imports of the week were $7S6, ,51l, /,
and the total imports So, 1885, ,325.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-12-02
ny The rebel Congress calls /,

D@- The rebel Congress calls upon all
" furren secessionists to come home
and work the pumps, ION pain of dis
franchisement "after the aOar!" This
is grim joke, worthy only of jeff. Da-
Wis, who promises to divide the Nor h
up among his soldiers if they conquer.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-12-02

B1 The Chicago Post, Rock Island
Argus, Louisville Journal, and the Ger
man Democratic daily Of the latter
place, the Anzeiger, have all come out
strongly in favor of Emancipation.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-12-02
AHList of sick and wounded trans
ferred from ChattanOOwa to Nashville.

ferred from Chattanooga to Nashville:
November IL, 1864.
Jas N Lee, corporal, F, 39th Iowa, wound
James Insley, II, llth iowa, sick.
Chas A Brackitt, H, 18th Iowa, do.
Morgan Paisley, d, 18th Iowa, do.
w Goodhue, F, 18th Iowa, do.
VIM Abbott, A, llth Iowa, wounded.
November Is, 1864.
Anester Cook, E. slst Iowa, amput'n right leg
Upton T Large, A, 39th Iowa, hip. .T-
Francis p Heath, d, 10th Iowa, temple frac-
tured.
AT Herrich, e, 1lth Iowa, debility.
Sifhn, 1, 10th Iowa, foot.
J. WlnanS f, 18th Iowa, neuralgia.
A Miller, B, 18th Iowa, thigh.
G McNInch, 18th Iowa. diarrhoea.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-12-02
nA. President Lincoln said in one

hA- President Lincoln said in one of
his serenade speeches that there are
more men in the country now than
when the war broke out. This seems
to be proven by the election returns
The three States of Maine, New Hamp-
shire and Massachusetts, polled 1885, 900
votes at the late election, against 333, 600
in 1S60-an increase of 25 900.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-12-02
s6 The following is a list of names
of Iowa soldiers now held by the rebels
as prisoners of war at Meridian, Miss.

G. slaville. Co. F, 18th regiment; J. N. Miller,
co. X. 5th; 6. B. Suther, co. E, 5th: W. G. Tav-
Co. D, 5th; L. w. Ellice, Co. g. Sth cavalry; F.
Hodison. Co. G. Sth cavalry; w. r. Jorden, Co.
g. 9Th cavalry; w. w. Swords, Go. g, Sth caval-
ry; a. Braman, Co. g, 8th cavalry: l.. Walker,
Co. E. 10Th infantry.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-12-02
Soldiers Votes.

The election returns from the various
Iowa regiments in the field are most
satisfactory to the Union folks at home.
The following table shows how the boys
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-12-02

n~ The plates of the new fifty cent
fractional currency are nearly ready for
printing. These notes will be of the
same breadth as those now in circula-
ton, but nearly twice as long. The new
five cent notes will he of tie same size
as the old ones, while the ten and twen-
ty-fiye cent notes will be Of lengths
graduated between the highest and low
est denominations. 1t is probable that
a three cent note will be issued for the
greater facility of making change.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-12-02

The population of the British North
American Provinces that are uniting is
but little short of 3, 800, 600. The catholic
religion is held by considerable more
than twO-fifths of the number.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-12-02

Captain Robinson, who arrived at
New York last week from Shanghai, re-
ports that on the 21st ultimo, in latitude
29o =, longitude $50 54/, at 10 a. M, he
discovered something floating on the
port bow, bore down on it and found it
to be the hull of vessel water-logged,
the sea making clean breach over it,
A boat was sent to the wreck, which re-
turned at IL a. m., bringing boy, who
was in very weak and exhausted state,
and not able to speak. Proper retora-
tives were applied, and on the 22d the
boy began TO show symptoms of recove-
ry, and it was learned by few ques-
tions put to him in regard to the vessel,
that she was the French ship Fleure des
Bois, of Bordeaux, which left Martin
ique September u. On the 5th of OctO-
ber, in a hurricane from west SOUTH
west, she became water-logged, and on
the 9Th the masts, fore and aft house, on
which were the captain, boatswain, two
passengers, two seamen and the super
cargo, (who appears to have been the
owner of the vessel, were carried away,
leaving the mate and boy, who remain
ed by the hull. The mate died the day
previous to the picking up of the boy.
The latter was OH the wreck sixteen
days without food or water. The mate
had his leg broken, but died for the
want of food. The account given by the
boy of his sufferings is most melan-
choly.
THE ST. ALBANs RAID-ACTIoN OF
THE CANADIAN PARLIAMENT.-It is
probable, we learn, that Government
measure will be introduced into Parlia-
ment Immediately on it's assembling in
January next, for the purpose of pre-
venting, by more stringent enactments,
a repetition of the st. Adams raid
There need be no doubt but that the
Government entertains the general view
of the public, that we must do every
thing to avoid any violation of the COM
ity Of nations, and that if Confederate
refugees will not respect our hospitality
and the asylum afforded them, we must
do something which will cause them to
yield respect which they are in honor
bound to observe. If there should be
no necessity in the meantime to issue an
order in council, the proceeding by bill
will have the merit that the measure
will he submitted indirectly to the peo-
ple.-Kingstom (Canadal News.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-12-02

n@We learn from the Boston 1roU-
eie,., that from the first of June, 1858, to
the present time, period of between
fifteen and sixteen months, the United
States Marshal, Keyes, has paid over
to the United States Treasurer, as the
proceeds of captured blockade runners,
adjudicated at that port, over five mil
lion dollars. In these prize cases the
expenses were very small, thus materi-
ally increasing the amount to be distri-
buted. In one case single blockade
runner netted, with the cargo, upwards
of three hundred thousand dollars
There are now but very few unsettled
prize cases to be disposed of.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-12-02
Ny A soldier who left Desmoines

n% A soldier who left Desmoines
county some two years ago, and whose
torn and mangled form shall be proud
evidence of his patriotism and bravery
as long as he lives among men, recently
addressed a letter to his betrothed bride
in this city, informing her that in the
shock of battle he had lost an arm and a
leg, and in view of his sad and helpless
condition he would release her engage
ment to him. The noble girl replied: {:
"As long as you have body sufficient to
hold your soul, l will cling to you. y
Burlington HdaUkeye.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-12-02

n@- Time is pretty certain to bring
its compensations at last. A gentleman
recently from below says that at ST..
Louis in building formerly occupied
as a slaye-pen, he saw large numbers of
rebel prisoners, over whom colored SOL
diers were standing guard. They went
to war to rivet closer the chains of the
black man; to-day the black man is
" master of the situation" Says New
Orleans correspondents" Campbell's s
slave-pen is now rebel prison. Git
in dar ye'self,' said a colored woman, as
she saw the rebel prisoners filing into
the old pen. Use to put us in dar. Get
dar ye'self, now. De Lords comm,
sure.'"
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-12-02

Muller, the English railway murderer,
has been tried, found guilty, and sem
fenced to death.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-12-02
Lincoln's majority. =.
The Democratic Platform after the Elec.
ton.

tiOn.
The following is specimen of the late
Democratic Platform knocked into ''pi"
on the Sth inst. by the Union voters of
the United States
Resolred, That in the future, as in the
past, we will adhere wptt 6of etc lie tn
wiohhu i4yOs as atftor peaceni tltryomo
iv. o otujy nvthtol tuv Iii Esatc. Taye
toot ran daurse VS. mbttsywL oasayl elm
ekeyta dvlt csc ee i,oihu voar ollri utfij,
elOn Lhalm Wreajo AGO absdehcvr. Writ
Mohdi,T wodelt uo!u0 loilai soufis p c
dbhMhwogecytyio,h h efohmawnpi osato
ouiani ouso tnlaifi, tos liberty tmll, 2tlcs
Constitution. Hrhhs je I'm, HI, lTbo
barn. famin Jint.irtooan U, dn el lib
v7nr Constitutionaly
Resol'psa vmTrAl, ,yuits. .naujv bebsrlf
jaCa pe-ve, icnsdL see on vt leyhe Sic
sol W win unaoalo ri to rwo47u'Od helt
YE DIN r,C foue.eao is let Sb4 so litt-
sloh.r, .siioj er.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-12-02
SOUTH CAROLINA.
First Voting for President I'm the state.
from the Free South, of Nov. I21

From the Free South, of Nov. IL.
On Tuesday last, for the first time in
her history, polls were opened in the
Palmetto State on the occasion of Pre-
sidential election. Heretofore, when all
the States were voting with excitement
over Presidential contest, South Caro-
lima, as if to show her contempt for the
Democratic element in the Federal COM
pact, was serene and undisturbed. A
few gentlemen in Columbus went
through the formality of chosing Il few
other gentlemen to cast the vote of the
State in the electoral college for the pro-
slavery candidates, whoever they may
be.
In response to a notice signed on be-
half of the Estate Executive Commit
tee, "polls were opened in the Free South
Building, for the citizens and soldiers OF
other States, while those of South Caro-
lima were invited to cast their votes at
the Market House. No qualification
was required save that the voter be twen-
ty-one years Of age.
Most of the interest centered in the
Market House poll. The colored people
entered into the spirit of the thing with
surprising enthusiasm. Most of them
were unaware of the informal character
of the proceeding, and were, therefore,
not only eager to vote, but were anxious
to vote for Lincoln, whose name, to
them, is synonymous with Freedom. A
man who attempted to deceive them
with Mcclellan tickets, was detected,
and rather rudely hustled, but not hurt.
We wonder how much life would have
been left in a black man who would
have attempted the same game in the
Sixth Ward in New York city. The fol-
lowing is the result:
Lincoln. Mcclellan.
Free South pol, ll,.............-.......269 81
Market House pol, ll,................."..7l5
Total al,........................SI5 81
30
Iinco1p's majority .-.. 942
Total vote cast, ,oCs
In the 1O2d Michigan polls were OPEN
ed, and 20 votes cast for Lincoln, none
for Mcclellan, the officers only voting.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-12-02
Cen. ster,nan's March.

While there is ample room for c0n)ec-
ture among US who wait to hear from
Gen. Sherman's movement as there is to
him choice of destinations, it seems to
be everywhere the received opinion that
Macon is most likely to receive his first
attention. His army left Atlanta on the
18th and moved due South. Estima-
ting that the army will march twelve
miles per day--which is fair average
it will require about nine days from the
time of leaving Atlanta to reach Macon,
fourteen to reach Montgomery, unless
he has railroad communications to aid
upon the latter route, and fifteen days
to reach Savannah from Macon, making
twenty-four days, exclusive of extraor-
dinary detentions, between Atlanta and
Savannah, or Augusta. ...
He is provided with sixty days ra-
tions, but there is abundant evidence
that the country through which he is
moving is plentifully supplied with pro-
visions for his troops and forage for his
cavalry. The pathway is one over
which neither army has moved to any
extent, and in very productive terri
tory. He will, therefore, have no lack
of food with which to subsist his men.
1t is evident from the tone of the
Southern papers, that there is no force
in the territory through which Gen.
Sherman Ia supposed to bc moving, ade-
quate to check him. If Beauregard or
Hoods armies cannot be made available
for this purpose, the local militia must
be called in requisition to aid the armies
garrisoning Charleston, and Savannah,
and the custodians of our Union prison.
ers in Eastern Georgia. Gen. Sherman
has nearly 10000 men in his command,
all of whom are veterans and able to
meet successfully in the field an equal
number of rebel soldiers or nearly
double the complement of raw militia.
The rebel press must soon disclose the
extent of Sherman's advance. 1t cam
not much longer be concealed, and then
we shall be better enabled to judge of
his real destination. None can deny
that he is now engaged upon one of the
boldest campaigns of the war, and the
result will be looked for with the most
intense anxiety. Should he succeed in
reaching Augusta or Savannah, he will
have accomplished one of the most bril-
liant movements ever recorded in the
history of modern wars.
Maryland.-The Full Official Vote.
The following are the official returns
of the State-including the soldiers vote
for Presidential Electors. The returns
for Governor and Lieutenant Govern
or are made to the House of Delegates {:
Home vote: Soldiers vote Total.
Lincoln Elect ors....S7, 1872 2,797 40,l69
Mcclellan ElectorS...S2,i AIS 32l &, ,739
Lincolns majority. s3O
Randall's majority over Carter, Cop
perhead, for Attorney General, is s,613.
The total vote os the State is 72,90S. In
1860 Lincoln received 2, 294 vvtes Doug
las, 1896; Bell, 41,76O; Breckenridge,
AZ, ,4S2. The great bulk of the Douglas
and Bell vote now act with the Repub-
licans. Three-fourths of the Breckin-
ridge Democrats voted for Mcclellan,
the remainder are either in the rebel ar
my or have been killed in battle fighting
against the Union.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-12-02
CasualtieS--Onicial.

Among the killed of the battle of the
Sth, we have to chronicle the names of
Clement L. Vallandigham, g. III. Pen
dleton, Sam. Medary very dead), s. S.
Cox, Horatio Seymour (the last of
the Seymours), Cyrus III. Mccormick,
" Dick" Richardson, Dan Rice, and the
like, also Fernando Wood and the
" creature of his voice." the late "Gen-
eral" now Mr.. George B. Mcclellan, of
New Jersey.
Observation-Disclosures State Register,
Bloomington Ili.) Democrat, Madison,
(Wis.) Patriot, and Evansville (Ind.
Times, Peoria (Ill.) Mail. and Logan
county Ull.) Courier, Muscatine (IOwa)
Washington (IOwa) Democrat.
Sick Of pOlitics-J0urnat0 of Commerce,
Boston Post, New Hampshire Argus
and Patriot.
Deader than ever-James Buchanan,
Franklin Pierce and Millard Fillmore.
Mortally wounded-D. HI. Voorhees,,
Jefferson Davis, G. H. Wickliffe, Cam
den and Amboy Railroad, Louis NapO-
leon, the Southern Confederacy.
Not expected to recover-AugustB Bel
mont, New Jersey, Pirate Semmes and
the Chicago Platform.
Under conviction-NatiOnol Inteili-
gencer, Louisville Journal.
Gone into decline-Chicago Times.
Missing-H. II. Dodd.
Prisoners-Col. Marmaduke, Friend
Donahue, Charles Walsh, Buckner S.
Morris, Obadiah Jackson, and other
birds of that feather.
Uncalled for-The eternally organ
lied" Chicago Conventlon.-Chscdgo
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-12-02

Total vote cast, ,os
In the 1O2d Michigan polls were OPEN
ed, and 20 votes cast for Lincoln, none
for Mcclellan, the officers only voting.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-12-02

ADVICE TO A YOUNG LAwYER.-The
following is the advice of an examining
judge to young lawyer, ON admission:
farther. You are perfect; and I will
dismiss you with few words of advice,
which you will do very well to follow.
You will find it laid down as a maxim
of civil law never to kiss the maid when
you can kiss the mistress. Carry out
this principle, sir, and you are safe
Never say boo to goose when she has
the power to lay golden eggs. Let your
face be long, and your bills longer.
ct when anybody's else is handy. Keep
your conscience for your own private
use, and don't trouble it with other
mems matters. Plaster the judge and
butter the jury. Look as wise as an owl,
and be as ocular as a town clock. But
above all get money honestly if you
can, my dear sir, but get money. I
welcome you to the bar"
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-12-02

bsg- There is quite hog panic In
Kentucky. The Government has ap-
pointed agents to GO through the State
and buy all the surplus hogs at eight
cents pound, and has issued orders
prohibiting any railroad or steamboat
company taking any hogs out of the
State. The hog growers complain be-
cause they have to take lower prices
than rule in neighboring States, and
the pork packers at Louisville grumble
because Government monopolizes the
packing business.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-12-02
ELCANlNGE.

Mrs. Joshua r. Giddings, died at JEFF
ferson, Ashtabula county, Ohio, on the
18th instant.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-12-02
Maryland.-The Full Official Vote.

Mary land.-The Full Official Vote.
The following are the official returns
of the State-including the soldiers vote
for Presidential Electors. The returns
for Governor and Lieutenant Govern
or are made to the House of Delegates:
Home vote. Soldiers vote. Total.
Lincoln Elector ,372 2,797 40,l69
Mcclellan ElectorS..S2,41S 32l 32,739