Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-10-11
Especial to St Louis Republican. \

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Coils. Grover and White were left at Lex
ington. The former is in critical condi-
ton, and the latter likely to recover.
The report of a large amount of loaded
shell having been dug up inside of Mulligan's s
entertainments, is untrue. -
New YoRK, Oct5.
Capt Souper arrived this morning, and re-
ports schooners Seilda and W. H. Thorne un.
der British colors, but belonging to the South,
and the schooner Red Fox, of New Orleans,
under Mexican colors, all loading at Havana,
with muskets, lead and ammunition, for New
Orleans.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 5.
| at the request of Hon. Augustus Frank, M.
G. from New York, the Superintendent of the
Census Bureau has prepared statement of
the white male population of the several coun-
ties of that State, between the ages of Is and
40, and the proportion required from each
county to furnish the quota Of 100000. The
Superintendent says the State presents an ef
fectivc arns-bearing population of 756, ,344-
about half of that Of al the States south of
Mason's and Dixon's line, cqualing the com
bined military strength Of Alabama, Arkan-
sas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi,
North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennes
sec.
ToRoNro, Oct. 5.
To-day's Lender calls on the Government
to vlndicate itself and institute proceedings
against Federal agents engaged in enticing
men for service i'll the Federal army.
WASHINGTON, Oct 5.
A man named Thysinger, formerly clerk
IN washington, and lately q rebel soldier, has
arrived here, iio served in the Beauregard
I.ile Regiment at the battle Of Stone Bridge.
Mr.. Magraw, who went to Manassas to re-
cover the body of Col. Cameron, has arrived
here from Fortress Monroe.
1t is reported since Gen. Woors departure
this morning. that he has not gone West. but
returned to Fort Monroe, ard that he cxpects
to return to this city in few days. As he
left he said, ~ was never in better health
than now p .~,
New York, Oct 5.
Jas. W. Blocker, Treasurer of the N. Y.
Stock Exchange, died to-day. ,
POSTS Dispatch
WASHINGTON, Oct s.
Advices which have just been received here
from the West represent that the people are
intensely excited over the removal of General
Fremont. So general is this outcry at
the West, that the Government has de-
tcrmined not to interfere with him
until he bas had ample time in his ca
pacity for command 1t is now certain that
he will neither be superseded nor court-mar-
tailed while his troops are in the face of the
enemy, and his friends are filled with the
most ardent hope.
Gen. Wool lett this city by the morning
train. It is supposed that his destination is
St. Louis.
Gen. Mcclellan has put an end to the visits
of Pennsylvania politicians in our camps.
The Richmond papers of Thursday state
that jeff. Davis arrived at Fairfax Court
House on Wednesday, and made speech to
the soldiers, telling them that f they would
mako good use of their rites they would soon
be i'll Baltimore.
The Richmond journals also state that the
sick soldiers of the rebel army have been sent
from Manassas to Richmond, and that this
movement was made i'll expectation of q bat
tie.
1t is said at the War Department that it
was LaMountan's balloon, the Saratoga"
which passed over Washington yesterday
Thus the reports and spcculations that it was
a vagrapt rebel balloon are dissipated.
Although no official information has been
received that the British steamer Bermuda
which sailed from Hattlepool, England, Aug.
10th, had evaded the blockade and reached
Savannah with arms, munition, &c., private in
telligence is considered conclusive as to the
fact.