The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1865-01-19
Peter Cooper has pctitioned Congress

Peter Cooper has pc,itioned Congress
to pass law by which every patriotic
man or woman may furnish TO the Go
vernment any number of able.bcdied
men and have the right by law to a..
sign such persons ~ substitutes for
himself or for s,y Of his friends for
whom he or she may desire to provide
a substitute ayains, any draft that may
hereafter be required. He suggests
that there are thousands of rich men
and women would be glad to do some.
thing liberal for the country in this
way.
The Wilmington Journal explains
how the JUNIOR Reserves Of North Caro-.
lima were captured before Fort Fisher.
It appears thst Yankee Captain, with
five men, met $50 Of the Reserves under
Maj. Kesser, and commanded the Msjor
to surrender, telling him that there was
no use in resisting "a he was surrounded
A Lieutenant refused to surrender, and
walked of with II men, but the Major,
the victim Of transparent sell, as the
Journal says, surrendered with his $50
men to six Yankees.
These men were marched into our
lines carrying their own arms loaded
| and capded.
We have reliable report from Wa
shington, that the Secretary of,he 1rea
sury is about to issue an order doing
away with the present system OF max
ing the National Banks repositories for
public moneys in those places where the
Government has regular repositories.
This is matter that affects the Ma
,ional Banks in all our large cities.
The wife Of the rebel Senator Foote
who has arrived at Washington from
Richmond, states that the mass Of the
Southern people are in favor Of return
ing to the Union under the Constitution
but are restrained BY the military
power. According to her story, the
rule Of tyranny at Richmond is com
plete. Her husband, who attempted
to escape with her, was crested, and
is now in custody at Richmond.
St. Louis, Jan. II.
Governor Fletcher issued procla
nation to-day declaring Missouri a free
State, in accordance with the Emanci
patton Ordinance passed by the State
Convention.
Hundreds Of business hosses and pri
rate residences are Illuminated to nigh.
bands playing, fire works exploding
and thousands upon thousands of en-
,husiastic citizens throng the streets 4
witness the grand spectacle.
st. Louis, Jan john Thompson. 4
member Of thu lower house Missouri
Legislature, vas expelled yesterday f.,
dis'nyalty.
New York, January Is.
The "T,mes' says: "Vice presiden,
lIamlin has announced to his friends
that he would not accept airy position
in the new Cabinet, and intends retir-
ing to his farm"
Two Thousand OF the rebel prisoners
at Elmira, n. Y, have made arplica.
ton to take the oath Of allegiance
! foar hundred within the last fif:eer
dayr. None who make the application
are subject to exchange, and all who
apply must either have been conscrip,ed
or, if volunteers, must show that they
are also desc,ters.
Hon. Henry Wilson, Senator from
Massachusetts, has been reelected by
the Legislature of,ha; State, TO the po
st.on he has 60 we'll filed for mans
/ years past.
edT Among the many eminent men
named fos the successor Of Secretary
Fessenden IL Senator Morgan, Of New
York. The Independent baArs the FOL.
lowing testimony to his fituess for the
great Grcenback Bureau:
1T is stated in commercial and finan
ciai circles that Senator +. De Morgan,
from this State, is now spoken of and
strongly urged as suitable person to
succeed Secretary Fessenden. We do
not believe the President could possibly
make wiser or better selection in all
the country. Senator Morgan has had
great experience IN all financial matters
he knows Intimately all the leading
capt. alists Of the country he is also
we'll acquainted with the officers al all
our prominent banking institutions he
is familiar, practically, with b,th do
nestle and foreign commercial usuages