Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-07-05
Western War News.

ST. LOUIS, June 3O.-Reliable information
from Springfield says the ST. Louis regiment
of Col. Seigel, and part of the 9Th, Col. Solo
man, reached there Sunday last and Colonel
Browns regiment, the 4th reserve corps, and
battalion of the 9Th, would arrive next day.
Seigeps regiment started west to cut off jack
son, who was last heard from at Stockton, with
1850 men only partially armed. 1t is under
stood that Kansas has guarded all outlets from
Missouri on the borders of Kansas and the
Indian territory, which, with Seigel outposts
west from Springfield, will entirely hem Jack
son in and doubtless result in the capture of
his whole force.
J.P. Knott, Attorney General of Missouri,
is now a prisoner at the arsenal.
The Democrats correspondence says that
the Union Home Guards, at the battle at Cole
Camp on the 10Th inst, lost 26 killed or
wounded, and 81 taken prisoners. The pris-
oners were taken to Warsaw, and liberated on
taking the oath not to bear arms against the
Southern Confederacy. The Union force was
five hundred, and secessionists-a mounted
1900 infantry. The secessionists loss is
reported to be 80.
Judge Terry, u years old, a strong Union
man, and STAKEHOLDER, was tied to tree by
some of Jackson's men, and his body literally
riddled with balls.
Nine men, ten kegs of powder, and a small
quantity of arms, were captured by compa-
ny of Federal troops, near Chillicothe on the
Hannibal & st. Joe. railroad night before last.
These men meditated the destruction of the
railroad bridge in that vicinity, but their
design was frustrated. They are now held
prisoners
The Columbia (Mo) Statesman announces
on the authority of gentleman from Newton
county, that there are thirty thousand stand
, of arms and six to seven thousand troops at
Maysville, Arkansas.
The Memphis Appeai notices the departure
from there Of Brigadier-Gencrai McCl'.n Col.
f Prentice, of Kentucky, and Col jeff Tnomp-
son, of Missouri, for White river, Arkansas,
l. taking with them large quantity OF arms.
A special dispatch to the same paper says
Leonidas Polk, Episcopal Bishop Of Louisiana,
Y has been commissioned Brigad e. General
and assigned q command on the Lower Mis-
s sissippl.
S LOUISVILLE, June 3O.-Thomas Brown &,
Co., Bankers, have suspended Liabilities not
large.
Rosseau's regiments go into the camp of ar
l. tillery formed here.
e The proceedings of the East Tennessee Con-
1t vention are received here. All the counties
= of that portion of the State except Rhea, are
represented. The declaration OF grievances
l. quotes facts, showing that the right Of free
e suffrage has been DISTRACTED by the Disunion
% government; that they had been subjected to
insults, flags fired upon and torn down. houses
:, rudely entered, families insulted, women and
W children shot at by merciless soldicry, citi-
zens robbed and assassinated; and, in view of
these facts, resolved that the action of the
T .,,t,,r n -olo, %
n Independence and forming military leagues,
"a was unconstitutional and not binding on loyal
r citizens. That in order to avoid conflict with
at brethren, committee will be appointed to
Is prepare a memorial asking the consent of the
4. Legislature that the East may form separate
d State. Arrangements have been made for
holding an election in the counties Of Eastern
4 Tennessee, for the choice of delegates to a
v general Convention to be held at kingston.
he The Constitution of the Confederate States
is unpopular in Georgia, because ofthe absence
of declaration making three-ffths black q
u basis of representation. The Augusta Chron-
u icle says without such basis the constitution
~ cannot be ratified. 1t would be unjust to a
- large part of the State, placing the slave-hold-
ing portion still more in the power of the
Is counties of a few slaves,
re The Charleston Mercury of the Goth has a
o. letter from reliable gentleman at Manassas
;e saying, with the $1,000 men at that place,
D. there are only pieces ofartillery insufficient
, ammunition, guns without bayonets, whole
~ companies without caps, cartridge boxes, tents,
~ ~ &c. | am not sanguine of our being immedi-
81 ately successful. The refusal Of men TO en-
d. list for one year is unfortunate. With the
u promptitude of our police, $4,000 troops here
y would make quick work with the war. Half
7 that number four weeks ago would have put
us in Baltimore. by this time we are well
e, entrenched. If the LORD remain not with us,
"a "a we shall fare badly one day. A great fight is
al not far distant"