Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-09-23
CLEANINGS,

DIR. Bowles, of Bowles Spring, Ind,
has been arrested on the charge OF treas
on, by order of Major General Hovey.
Oil Creek Valley, Pa, has yielded about
ST, 000, 900 per annum for the past four
years,
The Woodworking car horses in New
York are kept in good order upon ID
pounds of hay and II pounds of meal per
day,
Mr.. Nal-hand-him-a-d General
Schencll says, is what the Dayton boys
have taken to calling the martyr OF the
Third District.
Governor Andy Johnson, ofTennessee,
has issued a proclamation, urging the
people OF that State to come forward and
restore the civil government.
At the battle of Bunker Hill the Brit
ish loss was 2,402, and the American
430. That would be :" mere skirmish
with trifiing loss" nowadays.
H. H. Dodd, who was recently impli-
Gated in the "Sons OF Liberty" conspi-
racy in Indiana, has been put upon his
trial before a military commission in
indianapolis:
The man Burgess, who was recently
arrested in Indiana for Quantrell, has
been discharged by order Of Gen. Hovey,
satisfactory proof having been produced
that he was not Quantrell. His true
name is Johnson, and he belongs in New
Orleans.
The Illinois State Fair closed on Sat
urday. The ".ccIceipts amounted to about
S17, 900. The State Sanitary Fair, held
! 10 olSn f,Iitp
| full, So. 900 being derived from the sale. of
refreshments alone.
General Carl Schurz has taken the
stump for Lincoln and Johnson. He
was one of the ca, Ii est and Warmest sup
porters Of Fremont, but like all the sup
porters of the General, now gives his in
fiuence for the Union nominees.
The Union campaign is progressing
| finely in Ohio. Large meetings are
being held everywhere, which rival those
of last year in enthusiasm. Governor
| Brough, Senator Sherman, Generals
Schenck and Garfield, and others are
| hard at work.
jeff. Davis's salary is nominally S25,
600 year; but by the depreciation of
the Confederate money, it is equal to
but 81 800; and on this practically he
has to live, for the Union armies have
overtaken and destroyed nearly all his
private property.
Louis Napoleon's horses took fright
the other day, when most serious acct
dent seemed inevitable. They were,
! however pulledupat last. The Emperor
said to the Princess of Metternich, who
was with him in the carriage, 1--WE mar
rowly escaped DEATH" "Your Majesty
DEATH immortality :" she promptly
and wittily replied.
A correspondent of the Richmond En-
| qui7'er in description of the present
condition OF Charleston says: I'm one
of the widest and handsomest thorough
fares, space just wide enough for the
cart wheels is all that can be seen Of the
paving stones all else is covered by tall
grass and weeds, reminding you of a
pathway through an old field in the
| country"
The State Provost Marshal Generals
have been informed that in the coming
draft "volunteers may be received after
the quota OF sub-district has been filed
by draft, and for each volunteer so re-
ceived one drafted man may be dis
charged This order will give all sub
districts ample time to ill their quotas
| by volunteer recruits, ana S1Oulu operate
rs a stimulus to the exertions now being
made to escape the draft altogether,
ToTHE DowN-HEARTED.-Sa Gray,
of the Newburgh Daily Ncacs: Come,
now, be cheerful; if you cannot pay
your debts Immediately, do the best you
can, and pay them as you are able.
Care killed cat.' If you have not
fifty cents to luXuriate upon the delica-
cies of the season, appropriate half of
the amount for something more substan-
tial and wholesome; kiss your wife, if
you have one; if you have not, kiss
some pretty girl and marry her imme-
ately-for acts of desperation frequent
ly result happily and beneticialy in
their effects. If you have any children,
romp with them; if you have not,
romp with your neighbours. Look upon
the bright side of everything-put on
cheerful countenance-keep your mind
in the right trim, and if you find that
your native town will not support you,
pack up and volunteer for the fight. At
at all events, be cheerful.
Some persons couldn't sell their
souls to the Devil, ssunless the Devil is
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