Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-08-23
&58, 900 Secession Funds Seized by
Order OF Gen. Fremont.

| SANDY Hook, Nd, August IA.
There was a fight last night near Berlin
About % rebels fired volley into our picket
guard, who We're on the abutments of burn
ed bridge. They also fired into the town.
1t is not improbable that rebel force is dis
tributed inland along the Potomac line, from
Edwards Ferry to the Shenandoah There
are two or more rebel regiments near the Po.
tomac, opposite Point of Rocks.
lTribune's Dispatch
WASHINGTON, Aug. IA.
Hon. Mr.. Faulkner, who has for several
days been kept in close confinement here, will
be sent to Fort Lafayette, n. Y, where there
! will be quite collection Of distinguished re-
bels including Baltimore ,;.;ce ,.;ce commissioners
An attempt will probably be made, as lately
in the case of these Baltimore prisoners, to do
something by means of the habeas corpus, but
it will not amount to any thing. In Mr. Faulk-
ner's baggage was found an order for arms,
for the South, to be purchased in Europe, da-
ting as far back as 1859, and receipted as filled
only this year.
BY an order to be issued tomorrow, camps
of rendezvous and instruction are established,
to which volunteers are to be sent as soon as
they are mustered in; the mastering to be
Immediately on enrolment. The government
reserves to itself the power to transfer men
and companies enlisted for regiment not up
to time, to another regiment.
Passes across the river are only to be grant
ed hereafter to those having official business.
Gov. Denver, of California, is appointed a
Brigadier General.
Senator johnson and Mr.. Maynard have
had interviews with the President and Secre-
tary Cameron. Tennessee will be helped.
Eleven gunned launches, for river police,
have arrived from Boston.
There has been pretty serious mutiny in
the 10th New York regiment of Highlanders,
growing out of a supposed violation of a prom
Use that they should go home to recruit, and
their unwillingness to serve under Dan Sickles.
400 gave up their arms, and 60 marched to
Jail, two being handcufted The ringleaders,
70 in number, are in the guard house and will
be dealt with according to law. The balance
Of the regiment marched into Virginia. Ar
tillery, infantry and cavalry were called out
on oc- casion of the disturbance
The President, Secretary Seward and Gen.
Mcclellan visited the Georgetown camps, to-
day.
SPRINGFIELD, Mo-, Aug. II.
A correspondent of the st. Louis democrat
furnishes detailed account of the battle of
Wilson's Greek, but all the main facts con-
cerning the engagement have already been
telegraphed:
The enemy's camp extended along Wilson
Creek about three miles, enclosed by high
ground on each side, upon which the greater
part of the engagement was fought. 1t does
not appear from this account that the rebels
were driven back any considerable distance,
but their charges were all repulsed and they
burned large amount of baggage to prevent
its capture by our troops. The enemy had 81
pieces of artillery and a very large body of
cavalry.
Gen. Sigel attacked the rebels from the
southeast as soon as he heard firing from Gen.
Lyons command, and drove them back half
mile, taking possession of their camp, which
extended westward to the Fayetteville road.
Here terrible fire was poured into his ranks
vance within few PAGES of him, supposing it
siderably, and COL Soloman's could not be
rallied consequently he lost five Or six guns;
the other being brought away by Capt. Flagg,
who compelled bis prisoners to drag it off the
field. Our troops captured about 400 horses.
Our loss is about 200 killed and from to 700
wounded, while the loss of the enemy cannot
possibly be less than double our own-their
forces having moved in large bodies and our
artillery playing upon them with terrible ef
feet.
Lieut.. COL Brand, who commanded rebel
force at Boonville, and has since been acting
as aid to Gen. Price, was taken prisoner
Gen. Lyons body has been embalmed for
conveyance to his friends in Connecticut
WASHINGTON, August IA.
The 10th New York regiment having be-
come dissatisfied, and being unwilling to 90
into the Sickle's brigade, some 400 of them
refused to strike tents this morning. They
were Immediately surrounded and 70 of the
ringleaders arrested and imprisoned.
Gen. Mcclellan took away the colors, to be
returned when to-day's misconduct shall be
effaced. His orders were TO shoot down eve
ry man refusing to obey the commanding of.
fcer.
| An order has been issued from the War
Department establishing camps of rendezvous
and instruction at New York, Harrisburg,
Pittsburgh, and Cincinnati Each volunteer
is to be mustered in as soon as enrolled, and
sent to the camp of rendezvous as soon as
mustered in, the expense of transportation to
be borne by the government
The War Department reserves the right to
attach soldiers or companies toother regiments
in case that for which they were enrolled be
not ready at the time fixed
Ex-Governor Denver was appointed a Brig.
adler General to-day.
The army of the Potomac is almost entirely
brigaded. Each command is kept, so fas as
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