Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-11-01
TH 4 ATLAHTIE AID PACIFIC
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Dispatch from San Francisco.

Dispatch from San Francisco.
! ss7Ess. ssSrs,s New York, Oct 25.
The following was received this afternoon:
S4o 8Franeisce gOct % ITO the Mayor of
New ork Sal GFrancscoytQN New York sends
ssret ttii.g, abd congratulats her on the COM
nletion of the enterprise which connects the
Pacific with the Atlantic. May the prosperity
of both cities be universal thereby, and the
projectors of this important work meet with
honor. ia st;,-. ..,...,.z,,,.
SiGned. II. T TEScnMAKFR,
| .-'- '- Msyor OF San Frsnciacs.
al "-rtt San FRANcIsco, oct 26.
. The announcement is Just made of the
ccmpletion Of the last link N. the Overland
Tel graph. The Pacific to the Atlantic sends
gree ing, ard may both oceans be dry before
q foot of the land that lies between shall be-
long 10 any other than our one united coun-
try. -ss7. ,-5 ....,.,-.5. ... ...y1.5
Nothing important has occurred in Califor-
MIA within a week. 'p' 7'' -I' +t q
Among the passengers by the last steamer
We're Gen: Sumner, Senator Nesrnith,9 Colonel
| Merchant, Capts., Judd, Stewart and Hen
drlckson, and L'euts Lap.lanl. ellis, WiiIis-
ton, Sinclair, Warren, Harden, Dandy and
Lipp-all of the u. s. A.. Capts. Briggs
! md Green, U. S. N. Ex-Senators Gwyrn n and
Calhoun Benham left somewhat Quietly.
their names being withheld from the passen-
ger list Four hundred and forty regular
troops and one thousand stand of arms vent
forward by the same steamer.
s..t g. -s. WASHINGTON, Oct. 2s
Adjutant General Thomas has ordered that
troops transported by Railroad through dis
aft cted ports of the country shall march on
loot over bridges, where possibility exists
OF the cars breaking through. 10 this end
there will be an order for transportation that
trains shall permit the troops to alicht before
crossing the bridge
The Reliance came up from the hotilla.
Bringing up Capt. Fox, Assistant Secretarvof
the Navy, and at one o clock she left the Ma
Wy Yard to regain the fotilla 1t is reported
hat the ice-hoat which has fine battery of
guns, and another steamer, ran up pa st
Matthias Point battery
Since the encounter at Balls Bluff, The reb-
e's have been enbOldened, ana are anain re-
ported to be at Fairfax Court House in full
torce. The object Of the Government is of
course to be in position to protect their
army towards Leesburg. r.-eug
NO little difficulty is experien 2ed in conse-
quencc OF the closi s of the Potomac, in get
ting freight from Baltimore A wagon cx-
yres~Ihas been organized, and even hay is
now brougt.t forward On wheels. ,-ita.yt
4 large number of transports, heavily lad
en-, have airlv at Baltimore, and their car
goes are being transferred to the Railroad as
rapidly as possible. 'ir4 ~
Several prominent CoLgressmen are here.
:onsul ing with the Cabinet as to the conduct
Of the war; among the rest is Senator Harris.
lhey urge the most active and energetic
prosecution OF the military operations.
Ihc rebel steamer Paige is IN rather crit
zeal CONDITION: she was lying near the cap
tured schooner Fairfax, yesterday, and was
supposed to be aground.
On board tne totila, at Indian Head.
heavy firing was heard yesterday afternoon,
IN southeast direction.
Two schoonets bound up with stores, run
he blockade night before last WITHOUT re-
ceiving a shot.
WASHINGTON, Oct 26.
Lofa Lyons was prevented, by an accident
rom receiving the invitation to attend the
uneTii OF l oil. Baker, to avail himself of -
ihc trench minister similarly excused him
elf t. The Secretary of State ana the Envoy
rom tlnasia says as absvlc. on that occa-
Ion was caused ny :ndisp for which
.e expresses regg.t
In the Curcnt Court this morning, the
judges asked ;l- c"lt: if there had beln aav
tttuFo :" tIe W' It issued against Gen. Porter
" til provost ,iarshal. Ihc Clerk answered
hat there Were none The District Attor-
,ey arlington, in behalf of b, putty Marshal
Philips, Presented paper with an affidavit
ii Nj Philips st telneni that the writ had
lot bGen served because he had been ordered
~ tut President not to serve it. and hpcaucn
.he privilege of the writ of Hdteas c., pus
aa been suspected for the pr, sent, by the
Prf sldcnt, in regard to soldiers in the U. S.
Army within the District of Columbia. MIR.
Caifing'on offered to submit an argument to
he Court in behalf Of Marshal Phillips, bat
The Court announced that it did not propose
% take any steps against HIM, as the return
presented grave question. The Court de-
S'rcd to hold it urder advisement, and an ad-
,ournment was made until Wednesday morn
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