Weekly Times (Newspaper) - August 22, 1861, Dubuque, Iowa 4 f J A M r r i I f- r I r 1 V VOLUME 5 IOWA 1861 WHOLE Ws for 0 HMt F VOMM to their feel tor f Oar das Awl only blood auntie thd BVn though The friends we Boaro wore true and Where dangers tbkkened then they Ml Aad their lives they Be the Joy their to iwell i we like them the The pet of duty keep Like them be in hour Like them at Uet In j A The President has issued the following proclamation for a Fait OQ the last Thursday in A PROCLAMATION By the President of the United of A Joint Committee of both House of Congress has waited on tbe United and requested him to recommend a day of public prayer and to be observed by the people of tbe United States with religious and the offering of fervent to Almighty Chid for the safety and welfare of these His blessings on their and a speedy restoration of And It is fit and becoming in all people at all tunes to revere the Supreme Government of to bow in humble submission to his to confess and deplore their sins and sions in the full conviction that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of and to pray with all fervency and contrition for the pardon of their past and for a ing upon their present and prospective And When our beloved by the blessing of and is now afflicted with fac Uon and civil it is peculiarly fit for us to recognize the hand of God in this and in sorrowful remembrance of our own faults and crimes as a nation and as to humble ourselves before and to for his pray that we may be spared further though justly de- that our arms may be blessed and made more effectual for the re-establishment of order and peace throughout our and that the of civil and religious earned under His guidance and by the labors and sufferings of our may be restored in all iu original excellence Therefore ABRAHAM President of the United do appoint the last Thursday in September next as a day of prayer and lasting for all the people of the and I do earnestly recommend to all the and especially to all teachers of religion of au and to all heads of observe sind keep that day according to their several creeds and modes of worship in 411 and with all religious to the end that the united prayer of the nation may ascend to the Throne of and bring down ful blessings upon oar own country In testimony I have hereunto set my and caused the great seal of the United States to be this 12th day of A D aad of the Independence of the United States of America the sixth the TBB AT Fort Monroe correspondent of the N T Herald says of the desolation of which was burned by the I thought a week since that the village of Hampton was the most perfect picture of that the mind or man could im- but the aspect the village now presents in ruins deepens the sombre hues of the and ados a solemnity to it that it did not before Deserted and desolate as it the long shaded on either side bj venerable whose branches nearly entwined needed only the presence of animate beings to transform It in to an village But where stood the dwelling fronted with a garden rich in en of every nothing remains bat bare blackened by and cracked aad action el the intense heat of the conflagration Tbe white are in the that threw their protecting branches over and shady are Hasted by the and the green leaves are turned to shrivelled Nothing but the checkered walk remain of the ancient brill long before Ike Revolution by the rude of the The that mark their last the marks of the destructive rain b seen on every hand In the UM poultry of cows and who could the lie in every no human being his lift In the the bit is found a Im painful In the waters of the in their vain to the opposite Got L ot the How York ta in of A wound be M Ml In The Yeorth im Columbia m The Fourth of July was celebrated by the of Columbia in a very enthusiastic manner oration was delivered by James Shields before an im mease audience General addressing the densely crowded I cannot forbear addressing you a few words in the spirit of the day we are It is to be remembered that this is the anniversary of our American and especially do I wish to impress on your minds that it is no ordinary one In- dependence and Freedom have ever been our boast throughout the United States As rent events every one is with their importance and all anxiously await the arrival of the which shall tell us here the important things transpiring far away I doubt not that many now in the sound of my voice are waiting impatiently for the arrival of the one which is hurrying on while even now I am speaking No such times have ever before fallen on our country since the days of No such rebellious times have ever been seen since tion 1 The Constitution gave to in certain well defined the right tu revolutionize All Americans claim that right whenever sufficient causes occur Theae causes have in my nor thing to authorize revolutionizing our The recent attempt to ize the country is a most dastardly and It is the attempt to subvert the best government in the the great American the only true asylum of the oppressed of the whole world There bad been many attempts before this to get up but they were all shams and erable and ended This anniversary is no mere bat a day on which all loyal men come to renew their allegiance to this Republic in which has done more toward manity than all the other Republics put to gether Is not this hope of humanity dear to and who is there that would see it stricken down now without a desperate struggle for its This hope in the cause of humanity had done more for the stability of the Republic than all the acts put together of the other opened wide the door to op- pression It had welcomed all into her opened portals The efforts of our Republic were unlike those in the paltry States South of us He my heart baa never and it is the conviction of my that this Republic cannot be This feeling was common to the whole and and should it not be in the It bas always been our boast that we were an States We were of common blood stock Said you the same nation AU of you are alike bound together by common ties of consanguinity and interest for weal OT woe To separata them were impossible Ton both live think feel and speak then what cause for Whether you like it or ye must both die alike 1 Separation waa wen one and the and he bad tried to show that that waa impossible Should we be acting wisely to separate or perpetually from everything worthy to be Should it not then be the height of felly to perpetually banish everything worthy from us which we had so highly prized in our When in the very commencement of oar was determined upon to be a voice came ringing through the land from Virginia to fate is our destinies most be our It came from such own as and a boat of and was directed to such men aa aad the whole list of Boston wor It toM then to good for we Virginians are with and we will live or die together The fruit of this speedily Men when Boston was in nerd of officers to command her troops Although no Virginians were at time amongst they called George Washington to that himself a Virginia Us ed af worthy in General God grant that be may be long preserved to To return to the Declaration of our I that oever before was a ever heard like this Declaration of 1776 IU te not only Mich to the United States but it is highly so to the rat of the and to humanity it told of but do not all claim this richt It has changed the character of the whole world and all these for the belter nav to front this Declaration of this pace in the world's history to be ton forbid it and forbid w jo people of the United feeling the Soath When in the Senate of the United I WM always to give jmtioe to the South And if they wero under the my would be again raised to give then but if they choose to from under and out of the will f nd men I the to battle I I haw no oar Constitution will be and by and for the Bjst and tho Wett the Worth and the South It will bo for posterity Md far The North does wish to the hut only todo what to ite right drty to and and UM of the to our If one refuses or does not feel willing to Ibis be is not worthy of this country and ought not to be allowed to it In 1 feel a presentment in me strong that I do not hesitate to express the next Forth of July will find our beloved Union stronger than ever When the South learns the of the North towards she will throw off Ute harlequin yoke of Jeff Wig fall and and grasp our hands in a union ever At the close of his speech Gen Shields was greeted with nine hearty and nine more were given with a will for Union and harmony Confiscation of The following is providing for the confiscation of rebel which has passed both Houses of AM ACT to confiscate Property Be it enacted by the Senate and Haute of of the United States of ca In Congress That during the present or any future insurrection against the Government of the United after the President of State shall have de- by that the laws of the United States are and tha execution thereof obstructed by combinations too to be suppressed by the ordinary course of Judicial or by the power vested in the marshals by any person or bis heir or their attorney or shall purchase or sell or any property of whatsoever kind or de- with intent to use or employ the or suffer the same to be used or em- in abetting or promoting such insurrection or resistance to the or any person or persons engaged or if any person or befog the owner or owners of any such knowingly use or or consent to the use or em- ployment of the same as all such property is hereby declared to be lawful ject of prize and wherever and it shall be the duty of the United State to cause the same to be and See 2 And be U further That such prizes and capture shall be condemned in the District or Circuit Court of the United having jurisdiction of the or in admirality in any district in which same may be or into which they may be taken and proceedings first instituted And enacted That the Attorney General or any District of the United States in which said property may at the time may institute the proceedings of and in such case they shall be wholly for benefit of the United or any person may file an information with such in which case the proceedings shall be for the use of such informer and the United States in equal parts 4 And U further enacted That whenever any person claiming to bo entitled to the service or labor of any other under the of any shall employ such person in aiding or promoting any in- or in resisting the laws of the United or shall permit him to be so be shall forfeit all right to such or and the person or labor is thus claimed shall be henceforth discharged any law to the con- trary notwithstanding fay ef and GOT ov returning from tbe bloody field of Stone Bridget opened the tra session of tbe Island Thursday with a pertinent in which war will of necessary be a lone We have been in error as to the strength of the enemy and as te the long and persistent coarse which has been pursued by the Sooth tending towards this while we have been occupied in our business they have been revolution We were under the hat they were Inching In all tbe resources which go to raise and maintain armies in almost every nd them superior to we out only the physique of their bat their their their subsistence and their means of that foce to make ip military superior to And we have been to be tbe attaching marching under a southern without provisions and without they have been encamped and in for- in a country unfriendly to us and friendly to where they could re- of oars e should learn nothing whatever as to theirs me H is the nest satisfactory thing that can oe done to contribute in any and every way tothe advantages and comfort of the liers It is hard enough to leave to suffer all the privations which none bat those who follow Everything that a State can do for sows who are villing to m to such a cause should be but it Important that the State should its end have at Its re- item to avenge the debat that sent at for if you nearly exhaust your at the you will fnd yourself able to to those that you r placed in the Md MIL criminal lawyer of with his married a rick named aad Ml England te a forme in the Ui following is the act to increase the privates in the regular army and tbe volunteers in the Mr vice of the United and for other Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives the United States of America in Congress That the pay of tbe privates in the regular army and volunteers in the service of the United States be thirteen dollars per month for three years from and after the passage of this act and until otherwise fixed by Taw Sia 2 And be it be it further Thai the provisions of the act entitled act for the relief of the Ohio and other approved July and the same are hereby extended to all teers mustered into the service of tbe United whether for or three or for and during the war SEC 3 And be it further That all the and orders of the President of the United after the 4th of respecting the army and of the United and catling out or relating to tbe militia or volunteers from the are hereby and in all re- spects legalized and made valid to the same and with the same effect as if they had issued and done under the previous express authority and direction of the Con- gress of the United States Approved August gratification Other OF ME CLAT AT THS greeting accorded to Hon sius 1L our Minister to St by the appears to have been very The ceremony took place on tbe 14th of and is thus described in a letter to the New York from St presentation took place at the summer residence of the and the United States Minister and bis suite found the carriage awaiting them at the railroad station Prince the Russian Minister of Foreign brother of the eminent recently de- came from St Petersburg expressly to present Mr Clay to the instead of leaving that duty to the Master of as usual Alexander II received the representative of the United States at a vate and from the gratification the latter has expressed with the I have every reason to believe that the ror appreciates the difference between tion and and awards his heartiest sympathies to the Federal Government Mr Clay had quite a prolonged interview with the and explained to him the true condition of affairs at of by like as above the Russian monarch appeared to a very fair ides The Emperor then accompanied the ister from the private audience and was introduced to of Legation and whom he held a brief speaking quite intelligible English He alluded to the name of and spoke of Henry with whose tation and services be seemed quite familiar After the tbe American ister and his suite were driven in imperial carriages about the grounds of and all the marvels of the place printed oat to the fountains playing for their special A collation and the review added to the en- Tend to the Americans A including Prince hare expressed themselves in n friendship as regards our and there is every reason to believe that the more intelligent of all classes share in the sympathies of their rotors by the been heard here about the it was bad born teat oat by the Confederate States to Splendid at this ar- mory is being pushed forward as rapidly as the present contracted accommodations will work is toon and within a month the number of workmen will be increased to one and the production of arms to three hundred per or seven thousand ive hundred per month An appropriation of half a million dollars was made by Congress and two hundred thousand for new machinery The work of erecting the build will be speedily Thirteen acres of ground have been and tbe plans for the bu tidings are so extensive that it is thought that when completed from ten to fifteen thousand stand of arms can be red per The water shops twer being exclusively used in the now be converted into cannon or for the preparation of can iron f rifle At present all the iron for this purpose is imported from Eu- Tbe new armory shops will probably of a series of four brick 500 foet and north and fifty fret apart and connected at through tbe centre with a fifth one and fifty feel Tbe main or froal shop will be tiree stories high Tbe three parallel buildings will be one tbe of them being occupied for engines mud and for storing tbe as the forging and the third for proving and other special purposes The connecting the series at right angles will be of three and with tbe building will be occupied for the ons lighter of tbe Tbe plan also a new building and store to be located of tbe onn with tbe of the A Mad Bog in a The following exciting account of a mad dog in a school we copy from the Broome County i A mad dog was Jellied in Sherwood street He started from tome point near Texas and Upper biting several dogs on his until be reached the residence of Mr Cyrus Sherwodd foaming at the mouth and he was discovered by Mr whose dog be bad Mr Sherwood hastily procured his followed the shot at and wounded but not sufficiently to stop his progress He finally brought up at a school where a school was kept by Miss Louise Williams A little girl ing to Mr McMahon happened to be out of school woodshed The dog came tip and began to foodie the threw bor scratched her face with his feet then licked it Tho bearing her came out and tried to drive him While doing the dog darted past her into the school and ran several times- around the room among the scholars before be could be All other efforts the with great presence of held out her hand and coaxed him out of the room Soon after Sherwood appeared running at his rifle in to dispatch but be- fore reaching him he was finally shot For- no one in tbe school bouse was tenor otherwise injured Mr McMahon's little daughter received some scratches in the which the dog thereby gering her life When he entered the schoolroom he was foaming at the mouth and covered with blood issuing from tbe wound from tbe rifle shot of Mr Sherwood Paris pondent of tbe New York Tribune I must also note that the that took out Mr carried also the explanatory drawings for a new kind of gun invented by Mr L so long known in America and Europe by his connection and valuable reports to the Chief of our Patent Office American will not have forgotten tbe gratifying results of his zealous and ful advocacy of their claims to a lion's share of the prizes awarded by the Jury of the In- Industrial held at Paris in 1856 Mr warlike invention is beyond a novelty to the though it has been ripening in his mind to its present development these past three It baa been submitted to one of the finest ar- tillery officers In the French and met with his warm approval as highly in theory and full of practical promise As an instrument of war it fills a between a rifled musket and a cannon The projectile combines tbe destructive power of a Mil and a rocket The projectile is sent further than a Mime rifle from a discharging ment so light that two may be transported by and discharged from a with all the curacy of aim of a rifled cannon Tde ical yet national novelty of this new ment of war consists in applying the principle of rifling inversely That or ball itself rifled interiorly is discharged over a rifled as tbe ball of a Minie gun is discharged through a lifted cylinder The purposed and probable will that two rocket or grenade with their red hot igniting can be sent as fast and accurately as a rifie as far as a non and in numberless cases more idly and effectively than projectiles from either of those two Av TO Hall Democratic recently invited Senator to New bat recanted on hearing of tbe indignation expressed ward him in and so telegraphed their to received the dispatch till alter they had ered the They obeyed and performed the delicate duty of ing the as ss possible A the which reports The Kentucky Senator charged the com- with deliberately insulting him and denounced tbe Mew York Democracy as no better than Black for the city he declared a terrible was in store for it when the people whom she had robbed for so many years would have their armies occupying her marble and their floating over the City Ball and Merchants Yallindighani wae present all the while looking unalterable things The took the lecture in bat left the room before it was con- While ip Baltimore Mr would not reply as to bis seat in tbe United Stairs as in case Kentucky adhered tothe Union THE is no truth in the iwort that Garibaldi proposes to help as out or oar troubles A personally with Garibaldi and his received a letter a few days in which tbe son desired himself to come out and take a part in now going on here for but that hit lather on the that ours was a ily and could be settled mom easily without foreign interference with that it was bawd on a political question in which the nations were not and in the settlement they could not be- come parties These are now tbe views and sentiments ol us by bis in private of very late Washington Correspondent phia Fms f I V
