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j A-The following paragraphs We clip
from the Muscatine Journal They are
pretty severe on Davenport, but We guess
about:
! It IL behind its quotas in all calls. War
meeting afser wat meeting il nightly held,
dresses and appeals to enlist, meet with no
further response from the crowd Of we'll
dressed and able bodied auditors than
cheers and clapping Of hands. Claiming
TO have twice the population Of our city,
she has not sent 0me.kalf scarcely one-t hjSd
principal occupation Of the inhabitants, en-
crossing all their time and attention, IL
money making. They caro- nothing for the
bountiful hand that has 20 literally fed
them, 80 long as the crumbs continue 70
fAlL She has the material for full regi-
mont, and yet not one company can she
III, even 70 the minimum number, for -
short 2 service a, 100 days hi, va ism
Contrast the patriotism Of Davenport, en-
Toying all the advantages which the estSb-
liahment Of military headquars' In her
midst vouchsafes, with that Of Mmcatiue,
that, with the single exception Of Camp
never received . single ffsvor; of bcott
county, with oil it's wealth AZ agficultural
and population, with Muscatine
,onnty, scarcely half g large, one third
" wealthy, or with half the Population
Whilst the former IL behind on all the calls.
'ur own truly patriotic county IL hundreds
shead. Whilst Scott has given sparingly
u her ample stores, Muscafine has furnfah-
d 0ne-thfrd Of all the sanitary stores sent
rom this State. Scott county enjoys tho
'nyiable reputation Of being the only COM
In the State subject to DRAFT. Even Du-
.uque il mp with her quota II II not time
hen, that the military headquaftersp b
banged, that other cities, suhering uncom-
,lainingly, all the evils Of . great war,
hould also receive what benefits It may
Fing7 We think 80, and who tan say u
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IA lodke Of the X. g. Cs has been broken
mp in Indiana, and the minutes and pro-
ceedings Of the villains published. They
were not permitted to talk politics. but
were kept constantly at WORK cifcdiAting
arms, and admitting new member. The
minutes captured show the thing 10 have
been q real copperhead den. @ft.
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|yo GoINa TO WAR.-Henry Nightengale,
Lincoln Clark and David Carson, three
fine fellows, well ,knoWn in this city, where
they have spent most OF their lives. have
enlisted in Q hundred-days' regiment In
Chicago, with about q thousand other
clerks and book epers.-Dubuqe Tymes.
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A woMAN DErEcr1Na 4 TRAITOR. A


"A woMAN DErEcr1Na 4 TRAITOR. A
federal officer IN . certain city within this
department had long been suspected Of dis
10y atty, but no proof 70 Warrant his arrest
could be obtained, and 20 as q derDier resort
. woman was set It him. She smiled her
way into his confidence, sud became his
next best friend, = but finding that ears
were Of no use, for be could not Be- induced
to say one word OF matters pertaining to
his Office, she changed her plan or attack,
and turned . couple of curious, and bead
tiful eyes upon him. Not mfreQuently
he would ride out Of town INTO the country
turn. For All the hours Of the tSVentv-fonr
but just these she could account. dN0ithin
them, then, Icy the mischief, II mischief
there was, and she began to watch IL he
made any preparation for these excursions.
None. He loaded his cid fashioned pistol,
drew on his gloves, lighted cigar, bade
ing mores t Was Is deep and s she 81" dull Ip y
Time would show. AT last, she observed
that he put n unusual charge into his pis.
tol, one day, and at once she grew curious
In pistols. Would he show her some day
how to charge pistol, how to fire b pistol,
minute ahe was athirst, and would he bring
her lemonade? She was toying with the
weapon, and he went. The instant the door
closed behind him she drew the charge, for
she knew quite - much Of pistols a. hs,
and substituted another. She was not, q
minutetoo soon, for back he came, took the
pistol, and rode away. No sooner had he
gone than she Get abeut an examination Of
the charge. and II proved to be plans and
details of federal forcea and movements,
snugly rolled together: The mischief Wa
In the pistol, then, though none but q Wo-
man would have thought of it, ana % It
was that he carried information to his rebel
fpianNc NTH pr1po1 ynvNo1S1vstinn
mans purpose wAs gained, and when tie
officer returned, his "next best friend'' hSd
vanished like an Arab, or . vision, and
be had hardly TINA TO turn about befon
ne was under arrsst,EB. y. Taylor Ct
dtoss :" .cil---e~eA,.----..I !. nj si1b nj
y THE "CoYkNA6T" 4 AGAINsT PURQHAs-
ING LMPORTED GooDs.-The covenant
constantly grows in favor, and u being
very largelysigned nlthls ana Hther citle6.
There lisa disposition not to confine II 70
fhs fair SEX ;;i but t. make ipslads also
habi1iments. II Is very certain that such
action. psrssveringly. carried out, would Do
much to regulate exchanges, 70 keep down
the price Of gold, and to aid American
The desire Is expressed i, On I, all sides that
stores should be opened in which nothing
bat articles Of American production should
be sold, either new blsllments for this
express purpose, or that some respectable
or Influential existing establishments
should formally pledge themselves % *
pose for sale nothing Of foreign 4ofigius-
There can be no doubk that. a marked nre-
ference would be shown for such, partly a.
. matter Of convenience, partly in fe0oR-
milton Of the spirit Displayed. There il .
strong prospect that before. lonR, all sorts
Of foreign fnery viii b looked nppn a. de-
cidedIy vulgar and shoddyish.T,; Philadfs-
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/ WAR-R1CY ,MEANNEss,- Dave1port is q
noble town-noble in its lfberality towards
the Sanitary Commission-noble In its pat
riOtic efforts to get rich opt Of the Govern
ment and do as little as possible towards
sustaining that Government
returned TO the State, Davenport received
them as coolly, withlone exception, as tho
they were entitled to no special regard, and
as n she had not become rich out " them.
When Gov. Stone arrived dt Davenport q
week AFTER the call for the 100 days men
was ISSUED, he was astonished at the utter
indifference manifested insfthe patriotic
war meeting which they managed to get up
in order to make little show 81 interest In
the matter, he scourged them in hot words
about their meanness. Adiutant General
Baker did the same. Then the patriotic
people became aroused, and the good pat
riots made great hustle, and offered to do
anything but enlist or pay money to encouf-
Gov. Stones speech, and seventeen men
promised to go, but were careful net 10
Tx" themselves. Then the Scott County
Board Of Supervisors met, sent Commit
tee to ascertain Davenport's quota Of the
|Adjutant General, found 1t to be three hum
dred and fifty, and they passed resolution
Offering bounty Of 80 per man-s25 per
uOutu lux LWO.tuIEUS OI tue IcIIUs lc8VluX
a volunteers family with nothing for the
other third AoA = f''. Isl iisay u
One would think that this would arouse
the people--it probably did move the feel
ingn of the tax payers. But here is the re-
suit, after three days Of hunting in Illinois
and everywhere else for men: =. Il 4s- t
! "A young man In the employ of Whistler,
and A. j. Wo0dside, from Child's Boot and
Shoe Emporium, enlisted yesterday for the
enc hundred days service. Can we have
no more noble Ok amples Of patriotism than
these? God bless and preserve these young
men. - avenport Gazette, 1874. 80 I
!" So strange Q thug is il in Davenport fof
h man "a, enlist even for three months ser.
vice, that the Gn7ettS bursts out in an ex.
clatnation of establishment, and wonders if
there are any more such in the town. n
oh, what y generous city how grateful
are i@people for the. nonopolies they have
enjoyed and fattened upon. The Governor
ought to continue the military .headquar-
ters OF the State there. They repay him 50
well and take such an interest In redeem
ing his promises to the Government. ~
LATER-Two more clerks have enlisted,
and the citizens are congratulatfng each
other on the selfsacrificing spirit the CITY
n1anifests. Dubuque Times. !.
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tire (Warren) and our left, (Hancock, )-a1
interval which could only b1f1lled by Han
cock swinging round and connecting will
Warren. The attempts of the enemy wert
mainly directed to getting possession ofthl
plank road, and planting himself between
the two halves Of the, army. In this he
was completely f0iled, for Warren and
Sedgwick held the front firmly until Han
cock, In the afternoon, arrived, and COM
pleted the line. This was not done without
severe loss, especially ON the part Of War
rem, two Of whose divisions, namely, those
Of Wordsworth and Griffin, lost each 4
third OIL It's numbers. III ta
From Charlottesville, where Hancock
had bivouacked on Thursday night he adj
vanced to the intersection Of Brock road
and the Orange and Chancellorsville plank
road, whore be found 0etty's division Of
the 9Th corps. Forming line Of battle he
attacked At 4 o'clock, and fought: very Sc.
verely Until 6, engaging HIPS corps. The
enemy held strong position behind i'm
provised breastw0rks, and twas already
lormed in line Of battle. while Hancock
had great difficulty in getting in, - he wat
by the flank TO mass, but he
.toutly held his position at the cross roads,
rom which all the efforts Of the enemy
,ould not drive him. Z, hf-e f4ssta ise.
The engagements of Thursday were 80 |
ar snccessf0i that they defeated the pur-
nose ofthe epemyeto advance. up, the Or |
nge road and penetrate between Hancock |
md Warren. It was, however, only by !
he utmost skill and vigor that this was
ffected, for had the enemy been able to
enstrate mile further they would have
chleved their end.-N r. Times. 1871. To- II
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ali to rest: 1O9 though uaan does NOT liv(
b. bread alone, ~ must have bread to I'VE
Properly toaIsss digAisy an4 sslflrsspsct
the kopS of rbing In. the world sustain,
ftugallty and self denial; the removal D
physical mi.ery stsunches the Creates
borer a More prosperous IN tAS NE STATE.
tlau In thi1t country, and that one 'Step il
the impt0vUme 1iF 81 imiM's l6tkae 1T Las
been gained. tho W. emigration nom thi,
Il oounf7v 70 eAnlArica: which continues euH.
rabated Id the i1iidssof. civil war,iis n Msel
! Z conclusive pf66I The number Of efni.
! grants Vim 70 NJ towards making up K
The Nerth Tor the los Of HE Ia the war, d
)least according % , rational estimate o
u that loss, though not adeofding TO the esd
I mese Of public fnstfnceoFs, who 70 producs
budget Of gtatifying Horrors, set down al
the soldiers whose term has expifed u
y Killed. sci Elk AFS5 % - ia " ~
"As to the political part OF the grand ex
pertinent: before We estimate it, result, W
must in fairnssa,nake allowance for some
!, heavy draybackA. We must make allow
ance TOR the violent bias 1ow9rds the dem
ocratlc aide given to the States ~ the gut
set OF their career - q nation OF tneal
strnggle for freedom against the m0narcl1y
and aristocracy Of thie country We must
make allowance, ~ believe, for some mis-.
takes committed by the ;foundefa Of The
Constitution under the ipduenehWf Euro
psan Prej9dices. especially the ipsdtpaon
o. an elective Preeident, "a tip republican
counterpart Of king; which, though It has
accidentally been Of great service in this
extremity, by giving the nation q sort Of
constitutional dictator, ID, under ordinary
circumstances, dangerous stimulant to
senseless faction and personal am bition.-
We must make allowance for the <glFbid
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Review or the Wflaerness Battle,

Review Of the Wilderness Battles
IoDb's Tavern, Va, Sunday, May 9Th
io64.-The details Of the wonderful three
Gays battle Of the Wilderness. which
closed last night just ~ the blood red sur
went down behind the margin of the Rapi.
Dan, VIII have given you some idea Of the
1aOyrinsh OF action through which ite
wnlch It was evolved; but the battle of the
wliderness must remain, for the present,
undescribed, for the reason that II Is really
lnoescr1bable.o remember, q pregnant
observation of Gen. Rosecrans, that with
us war is only "bushwhacking on q large
scale" Now, if this is true Of the kind Of
erouna on which many Of our battles have
ceen fought, the analogy holds still more
lolcloly IN the wild, tangled pine woods ia
whose thickets and along whose margins
the Prodigious Indian fight OF Thursday,
FI10ay and Saturday ragged. s.4s t'a
y, NO man can claim that he saw this bait
tie, although undoubtedly it had q line and
FORMATION Of its own, It would puzzle even
me commanding General to lay it down on
m. me map: There - something horrible and
YET fascinating in the mystery shrouding
this strangest Of battles ever fought-a bat+
He winch no man could see-and whose
progress could only be followed by the ear,
IT il, beyond a doubt, the first time in The
history OF war, that two great armies
Aave meI, each with at least two hundred
and hfty pieces Of artillery, and yet placed
10 such circumstances % 10 make this vast
enginery totally useless. Not a score Of
pieces were called into play in the whole !
ana1r. and may mention it as a fact stri- !
kingly illustrative Of this battle, that out Of |
Inc three thousand wounded in the hoepi. |
[a!s OF Hancock,s command alone. not one |
d the wounds is a shell wound, In like I
manner our cavalry has been totally use7
ess, ~ cavalry. In all their engagements
,he men have been compelled TO dismount
md tight on foot, and the horse, except for
ocomotfon, has been . hipdrance rather
ham 9 help. In such circumstances, in the |
litter ampossibility of maneuvering or ef-
Getting any grand combination, the difia-
'ulty Of generalship is enormously in
creased. It will also be inferred from the
arcu instances in which the battle OF the |
Wilderness WIS fought, that it. was quite
impossible for j. TO be decisive in its results.
The combat lasted three days, but it might
AYE been prolonged fortnight longer !
md still have left the issue undecided.-l
Vow that it il ended by the withdrawal Of
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Special Notice.

RAILROAD NoTrcE.-All persons in
tcrested in the Cincinnati, Wilmington
and GAINESVILLE Railroad under the pur-
chase thereof recently made by the
undersigned in trust, are notified that
a meeting of the parties so interested
will be held at the office in the city of
Cincinnati Ohio, on the tenth day of
March, A. D. 1864, Ito O'clock A. M.
of sad day, for the purpose ofrcorgan-
izing body corporate under the orig
inal Charter of the Cincinnati, Viii
mington and GAINESVILLE Railroad Com
pany, or to adopt such other form of
Corporate organization, or otherwise
to arrange for carrying on or dispos-
ing of said road, property and franchis-
es as may be agreed upon. Parties
interested may be represented at said
meeting by agent or proxy, appointed
| by writing, duly signed. -..s,.
CHARLES MORAN,
Trustee.
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NEWS FROM NASHVILLE.
Rebel Account OF shermnn's Progress
Great CONSERVATION In Missishippi.


Special Dispatch to the Cincinnati Gazette.
, NASHVILLE, Feb. q.
The following news from rebel pa
pors Of tho 18th to the 22d inst, are
just received;
The Selma Reportcrsoys: sherman
was on the railroad, thirty miles Of
Meridian, on the 18th, Polk has re.
treated acrosc, when he would offer
battle
The Atlanta Appeal says; "Shcr.
mans purpos are still u mystery as tc
whether he will move against Mobile
or turn eastward on learning that Poll,
awaits him on tho Tombigbce ifh(
turns against Mobile, in which case
Polk will re enforce the city by tn,
river, sooner than Sherman can marcl
there"
1t thinks the movement from Chat
tanoogo is intended to cooperate will
Sherman, and Selma tho objective
point 1t says: SHERMAN, with sud
den and an expected rapidity, has NOV
ed against their weakest point Mis-
sissippi is the We y Egypt of the Con
tederacy, where, if not elected, he car
subsist till spring, and do more dam
age than by winning pitched battle.
"llo il, u it continues, making war OIL
our subsistence and resources which t,
destroy, is to defeat u.s. 1t say
Sherman marches in solid body will
his artillery in front, in his rear ant
on his fanks, aud his cavalry close un
der his guns. Not II man isallowed t,
leave far enough to steal chicken, o
peg the rebel cavalry lowering aroun,
him, but unable toharass him greatly
| The utmost CONSERVATION prevails, an,
citizens are invoked to arms to repe
the invader,
The recent fro at Dalton destroyed
considerable amount Of rebel commits
sary goods, The rebel Congress ha
suspended the writ OF hdbedS cOrpu
The Mississippian thinks the tarthc
Sherman advances the better; tha
there is no escape for him eXccI
through the supineness OF tho people
or extraordinary want Of skill in tn
rebel commanders.
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Men are drowned by raising their
arms above water, the unbuoyed weight
of which dcpresses the head. Other
animals have neither motion or ability
to act in a similar manner, and there
fore swim maturity. When a man falls
into deep water, he will rise to tho
surface, and continue there if he does
not elevate his hands. 1fhe moves his
hands under water in any way he
pleascs, his head will rise so high as
to allow him liberty to breath, and if
he uses his legs as in the act;of walking
(orrather walking up stairs) his should
ers will rise above the water, so that
he may use less exertion with his hands,
or apply them to some other purpose.
These directions may be found highly
advantageous in preserving life.
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LATER FROM EUROPE.

New YORK, Feb, 28.--Thc steamer
Asia, from Liverpool 18th and Queens
town on tho 18th Of February, arrived
here this morning,
Lord Derby, in the House Of Lords,
attacked Earl Russell, who defended
tho Government policy relative to TIE
suspected steam rams, Tho latter de-
clncd to produce the papers pending
legal Investigations.
In tho House of Commons Mr., Lay
ard reiterated his statement that Mr..
Adams mado no official or verbal com
munications TO Earl RUSSELL Of the
substance Of Mr.. Stewards dispatches
Of the llth Of July last.
Mr.. Fitzgerald called attention to
the circumstances attending the cap
ture of certain British vessels by Fed
cral cruisers, and the murder OF one Of
the crew Of the Saxon by II Federal
lieutenant He asserted that Russell
had no done enough in the matter,
and moved for the correspondence,
The Attorney General opposed the
motion. lie said the principle ofprizc
adjudication in America is the same ms
in England, and the disposition Of the
American Government is very fair aud
Just, During the general debate sew
eral speakers charged the Government
with "a trucking policy toward the
American Government, Lord Pal
merson said it was due the American
Government to say they invariably re
coived English representations in ,
spirit of equity and justice, lie quot
cd the Trent case as evidence of II do
sire to do right 1T was prcjudcial tt
the good understanding between pow
crs to accuse a foreign Government o
which it is not guilty, and express dis
trust oftheir equity, and nothing just
flied such charges The resolution wa
withdrawn.
There is a quostonable' report tina
two frstclass English houses, sufferer
by rebel cruisers, are about to dispatcl
one oftho fastest steamers ailoat, il
pursuit fpirates. 1t is suggested tha
this may be another rebel dodge.
1t is confirmed that England hat
proposed an armisticc on the basis o
. the evacuation ofall Scheswig, cXcep
. Alsor by the Danes, Russia, Franc
and Sweden support the proposition
1t is stated that Austria assonts, Th
result is not yet known.
|, Nothing but mere skirmishes are re
y ported from the seat of war,
. The Germans were receiving larg
, re-cntorcements, and making prepara
tion against Alscr
-, The Prussians occupied Altoona, i
c spite Of Federal protests,
b. The Danes were capturing Prussia
q vessels,
The Bank of France has game
5 thirteen and half millions france i
U specie.
- Nazzni is indicted as an accomplic
+ in the late plot against Napoleon.
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Army Correspondence.
GENERAL HOSPITAL, J
MEMPHIS, Tenn, !
Enh o2d 1864 \

MEssRs EDITORS ;-Presuming that
a few words from one of Uncle Sam S
boys, and n native of Old Fairfield,
will be acceptable with his friends and
the numerous readers of your widely
circulated columns, l would respect
fully solicit space. in your friendly
and patriotic sheet, to insert a few
lines by way Of information to those
who may seem anxious to become ac'
quainted with the recent move that
has been made on our chsssboard.
We soldiers, have long since learned
that wo cannot, when off of duty spend
our time in a moro profitable and edi
flying manner than in writing and
corresponding with our friends. Be
sides, it is q sure antidOte for the mo
notony connected with this peculiar
life, During the months Of November
and December last, / received fur
lough and had the gratifying pleasure
of visiting my parents and friends il
Fairfield. But you will pardon me
Mr.. Editor when l tell you that
met with soNe who were not my
friends. Men who profess loyalty il
the presence of n soldier, to preserv
the optic of his vision; conditiona
men who are so impure and so blind
cd, as regards the subject of their per
sonal interests, and those of their pos
terity, that if lump of ipecac the siz
of the moon was to be thrown into tn
bowels of the burning regions of tor
mont, it would fail to eject a ficnd NOR
vilc and impure, than one of thos
iiro-in -the-rcar mon. Such arc m,
opinions and tho opinions ofevery sol
dier of that chivarous crew. 1t is t
be hoped that Fairfield county is be
ing rapidly depopulated of that clas
of men, and that hor sons who hav
been reared under the benign infu
once ofa noble republic, are rapidl
returning to their allegiance and bt
coming reconcilcd to the subject of thei
best interests,
After enjoying the Holidays wit
my friends, l made my exit for tn
land Of Dixie Arriving at this plac
l(Momphis,) it soon became apparcI
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mans chiidien being equal With Rim.
self the heirs and propagators ofshis
fhme and fortune, orb cling chatteIized
and btutalized to damn his name and
lperpetuate his vices, in, order to con.
vince you that vice and sin are insep-
erably connected and can never tri-
umphH / am no radical in politics,
but the efforts of those In the North
calling themselves conservatives, seem
to me like carrying us back full ten
tdegrOes on the dial of time, rather
than moving us on in the triumphal
march of civilization. Those who
want aplainer index to the future,
must seek it in moro intimate ac.
quaintance with rebeldom than have
had, and then they will know for
themselves. LEWIS CONRAD.
106th III. vi.
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NEWS FROM KNOXVILLE.

KNOXVILLE, Feb, 26-At the last
accounts Longstreot was still retreat.
ing, his headquarters being at Green
willie on Wednesday night
Our cavalry came upon their rear
guard in the vicinity Of Beans Station
yesterday. A slight skirmish ensued,
in which the rebels gave way.
General Schofeld is pursuing with
his troops, but owing to the rapid re-
treat Of the enemy, no engagement is
expected this side Of the Virginia
line.
The railroad bridge at Strawberry
Plains, and the track, were injured be,
yond the possibility Of present USE
Five officers and number of men
deserted when Longstreet fell back
and have taken tho amnesty oath
The officers state that he is retreating
to Richmond with his original troops
leaving Johnston and Buckner to pro.
tect the Virginia bordes.