Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-01-22
Of the Muscatins Daily Journal.l
FROM WASHINGTON.
Promotions among lo,oa Soldiers- Copper
hsads in Caucus-Fwnando Wood-etc.,
etc. N. W. ~.
WASHINGTON CRY, Jan. IL, 1864.

"edds ~ CducusT1~n0nd0 W0od-etc,
etc. 49, 50
R, WAsHINoroN CRY, Jan. IL, 1864.
Some Des Moines correspondent oil. that
most excellent diurnal, the Burlington HaWk
Bye, lately said that Iowa already had as
many Brigadiers as brigades, which, to US
benighted folk who know the size of average
brigades in the army Of the Potomac. sound
cd very much like q magnifcentlis. At any
rate, we have some new Iowa Brigadiers
already nominated, and some more .wLo soon
will be nominated, and, hope, couple or SO
Of Brigadiers made Major Generals. Howev-
er this last may turn oh, the following names
of Iowans are now before the Senate for con-
firmation as Brgadier Generals Of volunteers:
Sam. A. Rice, Cyrus Bussey, and John NJ.
Corse. do not know whether Capt. Alex.
Cummings, 18th regular Infantry, late Colo
mel Of the 10th Iowa, is to be charged to our
State or not If SO, hope he will not be
confirmed. The others will be undoubtedly
confirmed as soon as practicable. '
Your intelligent readers all know Sam Rice
like book. For four years Attorney Gene
raj of our State, long prominent man there
in, for the past twenty months in the field, at
the head Of a regiment first, then brigade,
and then division, the man who really per-
formed the battle of Helena, as to the fighting
part thereof, he need not be here particularly
'set FORTH" We are not posted till we know
a unod dool ohont Cor, P;co p,,sooy !, fro,n
the county of Davis, which is the only bad
| thing l know about him. and that is not bad
any more, since that whilom dark region has
been illuminated by the rays Of truth, and poor
old Dunlavy's nose has gone into eclipse
was Senator from Davis in the General AS
sembly of 1860, and though the youngest
man in the Senate, was among the first in
points Of ability, diligence, and tip-top per-
sonal qualities generally. We Republicans OF
the Senate and of the lobby all liked Bussey
first-rate. Since war broke out, he has been
fer his country, first, last, and all the time
In the field and on the stump he has done
good service, aud was fairly entitled to the
promotion he has now received. Of John NJ.
Corse your readers have all heard good deal
lately, because he was so badly wounded at
Chattanooga that the surgeons wanted to take
off a leg for him. He put his veto on it, and,
| hope the result will show that his good
sense was equal to his nerve. He is also
War Democrat in politics. lie ran for Secre,
tary of State on the Douglas ticket in 1860,
and got beautifully whaled. He is spoken Of
| n the highest terms by his superior officers
as brave and skillful commander. have
known him we'll good many years, and can
bear most willing testimony to his good quail
tiles.
If the names of Ed. Hatch and Clay Cald-
we'll were not sent TO the Senate, to-day, for
| c. affirmation also as Brigadier Generals, it
seems to be agreed they soon will be, and
do most warmly hope, that Of Col. E. W.
| Rice too. A strong effort will be made to
have Gems. Dodge and Croker promoted to
be Major Generals, and presume it will be
successful, as it most assuredly ought to be.
Among the promotions in the medical de-
partment of the army | notice the name of
DR.. Robt. r. Taylor, Philip Harvey, William
Watson, and F. Lloyd, of Iowa. No man
can tell whether he knows Taylor or Wat
son till he sees him, there are so many of
them. DR.. Harvey used to be the wheel
horse Of democracy in our State, and is now
one of the most earnest supporters of the
war we have. For many years he was the
editor of the Burlington Gazstte. in which
position he welded power and influence sec
ond to the power and influence of few men
in Iowa. They have not had respectable
democratic paper at Burlington since Harvey
left the tripod. DR.. Lloyd is from Iowa City
is one of the most brilliant and one of the
most modest men | ever met. He was my
honored associate in the State Reporter du-
ring the campaign. of 1860. He is devoted
to his profession, and on all accounts ought
long ago to have had this promotion.
Before conclude this branch of my letter,
let me growl little at the stupendous good
luck of the First District. Counting Cham
bers, that District now has ten Generals in
the sersice all the rest Of the State together
having but six 1t has mere than its share
of other officers in the army Colonies, Lieut.
Colonels, Majors, Quartermasters Commits
saiies. Washington City swarms with gen.
tlemen from that fortunate portion OF our
State. From that District hail both our Uni
ted States Senator's, and it has gobbed up
two of our Supreme Judges. ! do not COM
plain of all this IN respect to the individuals
who haye thus been so lucky. With one or
two exceptions, they are all excellent and
worthy men. But do insist that since the
District has, besides, both the penitentiary
and the lunatic asylum, it is now time Grimes
having been reelected ere this shall be print
ed) to put stop to this course of things,
from which it might be inferred that the first
district embraced about all the morality and
well-regulated intellect Of the State. With
out impugning the notions, or attributing in
ordinate selfishness to the good people of
fbof dsokrso t1,n;r of I
solemnly protest that this business at which
am now growing ought to be suddenly
stopped. .. E4 as-
The copperhead members Of Congress had
a caucus, the other right, up at the Capitol.
Tney passed certain resolves about the cur
rercy. and the amnesty proclamation of the
Pr, sident, which is un-con-su tu tion-al, Of
course. do not suppose it makes any par
ticular difference what thew resolved. The
point desire to call attention to is the fact
that James Brooks, of the New York Erpress,
was chief spokesman and fugleman Of the
concern. He is the old libeller of Andrew
Jackson, the old leader of the Know Moth
ings. A caucus of which he is the leader
calls itself eds mocratic," and there are men
in the country who will sustain its action
simply because it did call itself democratic
Next to Brooks was Fernando Wood-a
copperhead of the dirtiest dye. man who
has no more respect for true democracy than
Beelzebub has for the Christian religion, who
is the most purse-proud aristocrat in Amer-
ca, end who would be in Sing Sing to-day but
for technicality. These are the master spirits
Of modern democracy" Fernando Wood,
by the way, when one looks at him square
in the face and from considerable distance,
is about the finest looking man in Congress
But his profile It's absolutely hideous-
suggestive of all manner of vice. There one
can ,gaH
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Dark tales of many ruthless dead
The ruin'd maid-the shrine profaned-