Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-12-16
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unvva Citv and Ornhan children.

erality of tile citizens towards the orphan cause
greatly cheer and encourage ME.
The pastors OF the churches ADJOURNED tnelr
services ON sabbath evening, and came together
in a great Union meeting In the Methodist
Church. Members Of the various church cholrs
joined together and favored us with very excel
lent music. The large house was crowded, many
persons standing during the entire exercises
The people here were among the nrst TO act IN
the orphan work, and the, ladies of the Aid
Society paid the first life membership. think
this a credit which will forever stand to their
supervision of this enterprise, and the ladies of
the Aid Society have acted in this, rs they have
in all their 70, the hey
two rooms in the "Home," at q cost OF S2Gt, ana
are now preparing Christmas box for the
''Santa Claus to visit these orphans, but they
also furnish him good new stockings 10 carry
the gifts Of Christmas In; BESIDES tls tnls' iowa
And in my meeting, and TO earnest ladies' and
faithful to this good cause who solicited contrib
utions on Monday, they have paid and pledged
Iowa City is now about 81 800 for the children
of our brave dead. And so far as'I could learn
the people say Amen," and will continue the
expressions of their pure and elevated klndness'
Iowa City, Dec. 9Th, 1864.
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DARING BURGLARIEs.-On Thursday night,
burglars broke into the State Bank by pry1nS
up one Of the windows, and making q hole In
the vault large enough for them TO crawl
through, but being unable to open thd iron safe
they got nothing of value except u few revenue
stamps. At j. Smiths stove store they were
more successful. They blew open his safe by
pouring powder in the key hole. and took szO6.
Eckers lumber office was also entered, the safe
blown open in like manner, and between SIS
and $50 were taken. Although several persons
heard the noise, no one suspected what 1t
meant, and the burglars are unknown.
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FROM THE 18TH IowA.-We are in receipt of q
well written and interesting letter from new
correspondent in the 18th Iowa, dated Fort
Smith, Ark, Nov. 18TH" The letter Is too long
for our columns-hence we condense Its fictS.
The regiment has been on the move except
eight months garrison duty at Springfield. Alo.,)
ever since its organization, aug. Gth 1862 hav-
ing traversed goodly portion of Missouri, Ar
kansas and the Cherokee and Choct2w Nations,
in search of the enemy, whom 1T has met only u
few times US the "Johnnies" are usually
mounted on fleet horses and have no particular
desire to make the acquaintance of Iowa boys.
The regiment is now nearly as large as when it
left Iowa, it having been largely recruited, the
credit of which is in great measure due to M.
p. stiles and l.. b. Dean, of Co. h. Col. John
Edwards having been made n Prigadier, and
Lieut.. Col. Thomas l.. Cook having resigned on
account of ill-health, Major Hugh J. Campbell
has been promoted 10 the COlonelcy. The late
Captain CT Co. f has been dismissed for intem-
perance, and Orderly Sergt. T.. b. Dean has
recently been chosen to fill his place. First
Lieutenant Newton NJ. Brown is now a member
OF Gen. John Edwards staff. Sylvester N. Stew
art is First Lieutenant in u negro regiment,
and II. p. Horsely is Comnissary Sergeant of
the 18th.
Speaking of short rations and OF the unani-
nous vote of the 18th for Lincoln, (4O3 votes, J
our correspondent remarks:
"And we would here inform +. H. Thayer, and
through him. assure all traitors, from John H..
Wallace up 10 jeff. Davis, that we can serve the
remaining nine months OF our time In the Uni
ted States Army, on One-fOurth rations, II nee
essary and then, though we may have become
SO thin in flesh as to be Obliged to wear rubber
clothing in order to make shadow, possess
more real loyal substance in the person of any
one man than exists in the whole Copperhead
fraternity, North and SOUTH
EDITOR OF JoURNAL:-The benevolent enter
prise OF providing n home for the orphans OF
soldiers who have, or may fall, in defence vi
in Wilton township. We held two spirited
meetings last week, on the 18th and 3Oth of No
vembsr, and effected a township organization
under the direction of the Agent, Rev 2. T. IN
gals. Rev. ]. L. Colman was elected President,
Mrs CHI. Terry Secretary, and F. r. Hu6bart,
vass of the town and Immediate vicinity was
made. The handsome sum of 1866 was sub
sacSn l. X Terry and H. A. HoiIister took lie
memberships, each paying SOS. A. W. Stryker,
the NJ. f. sabbath school, and the town of Will
ton were also made life members.
We expect to canvass the township soon, when
tits thought that our subscription list will be
largely increased.
4 Resolutions passed at our last weeks meet
ing endorsed the orphan asylum enterprise,
and commended 1t to the friends of humanity
If The above statement will provoke others to
good work, our object win have been , accom-
Wilton, Dec 9Th, 1861.
OBITUARY.-Jesse p. Chaudoin, a member of
Co. B. 35th Iowa, died at Memphis on the I'd
inst, of typhoid fever. This information Is
communicated in a letter to his wife from Ward
master Adams. at Gayoso Hospital. The de-
ceased was well known in this place, and was
for a long time an army correspondent of the
Courier. He was expecting furlough to come
home, and it arrived only a short time after his
DEATH but the Great Commander had given
him an unlimited furlough. Peace to his MEN,
DRY.
RELEAsED.-Mr. John Frehner, a member of
the 35th Iowa, who was captured at Jackson,
Miss, has arrived home. He has been prison.
er eighteen months, and is reduced almost
to q skeleton. He was in the famous, rather in
famous, Libby Prison in Richmond for a while.
He represents the treatment of prisoners there
as horrible, and the statment he gives seems to
be past belief. Such treatment as they receive
from the hands Of the rebels would not be be-.
slowed on the vilest brute in creation by any
one who lays claim to having spark of hui
mainly in his breast.
LIST of sick and wounded soldiers
transferred from Chattanooga to Nash
vile, Nov. 2sth, 1864.
John H. Baton, f 18th, sick.
Elan Crum. d It'll, sick.
Paul Shoemaker, B 9Th, sick.
C. Tudnell, K I'd, diarrhea. p.
H. Bright, X 30th left arm.
y. E. Denham, + 18th, sick.
C. Custer, c 18th, right hip.
Robert Dean, 18th, discharged.
J. r. Wheeler, 18th, pleurisy.
Sergt. VIM. Vanatta Il, 7th, sick.
BOUND OvEH.-Bill WEIGH, one of the crowd of
rogues that infest our city, was brought before
Justice Leffingwell, Wednesday, charged with
stealing near $500 from q returned soldier
named Judson. The theft was committed at
one of the boarding houses in Shanghai Row on
last Saturday night WEIGH was bound over in
the sum OF 500 to the next term of court in de-
fault Of which ne was committed to prison.
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Ma. Public Speakers. Military men
and Singers, and all suffering from Ira
tdtioe OF the Throat and Ho0rseness will
be agreeably surprised at the almost i'm
mediate relief afforded by the use of
"BroaUa's Bronchial Zrochcs." Their
demulcent ingredients allay Pulmonary
irritation, and after public speaking OF
singing, when the throat is wearied and
weakened by too much exercise, their
use will give renewed strength to the
vocal organs.