Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-12-13
VOL. XIII--NO. "a
LATE NEWS.


Important from Cairo and rEem-
phis.
t A Great Fight 5etoeen 5000 7snnessesans
e uf,der BroWnloac, and Rebel Force
: The Rebels Badly Beaten
Special to the Chicago Journal.
,-ssgs CAIRO, Dec 5.
The steamer SATAN camesup from Co.
un BUS, whence she had gope to exchange
Camp Jackson prisoners. At -, last night
she went-to, within one mile Of the town and
: was met by the rebel steamer "Yazoo," with
, Folk, McGowan and others on board Col
buiord had a long conference with Gen. Polk
, concerning prisoners. he result is not
, kncwn yet.
, Colonel Dougherty is reported to lie doing
well, but is not able to endure removal yet.
He will be sent up soon as sufficiently
recovered. His wife is with him. .rv ,.F.r.;af
i Memphis papers of Dec I'd upon the =,
u ''Iatan." A special gives an account Of
Igreat battle at Morrstown, in East 'qennes.
lsee, between the Fede, al forces under Browns .
low, and the rebels, fought December 1st, ini1s
i (which the Federals were victorious, and the
rebel dispatch calls it ''the first Union vcto-
}, Try of the war; y b. 'i'e j ,-i at2Ii Hll o.
! Brownlow had $1,000 men, W The rebel dt
force is not given. The rout of the rebels e.,
!, total. .-5.-.. IA -
u HolinS' steam ram ~: :andsSaS, Is not at, O..
Columbus, nor has it been. On Saturday u
last it was on the stocks at New Orleans, for G9
repairs. Hence the Tribuaeis story OF her 4
participation in a fight on Sunday, al, Fort ,,at
, Holt, is all moonshlne. The rebels at Co.
lum bus expected her, however. A'-'"2 4"' l..'.@
This week Gen ifrevessant had q long 2.
) communication in the Memphis appeal, Ok
showing the iusuficiepcy Of the. rebel de- {
ifenc at and above Memphis. He says &C.
um bus once lost, the Federals " oud have no .
trouble in marching directly to Memphis,
and that Memphis is entirely defenceless and 81
lindcfensible. He calls upon every male citi-
zen in the State to enroll, and threatens all
|who do not with death.
i The rebels are sending their cotton to
Northern Alabama for safety. There will
be a good haul or a splendid fire when our 1!
boats get there. ....-1 -
Coffee is quoted at one dollar per pound
in Memphis; none to be had. Bacon sixty 80
cents, and other provisions in proportion fo
/ The news, on the hole, is gloomy enough aJ
on the part ofthe rebels. f -...- Co.,. ..-,.. 81
Lieut.. Col Chapel, of 'fhompson's army,
here as a prisoner, will be sent to Columbus '-'
to day, by order Of Gen Halleck. He is not
permitted to 60 to St.aLouis. g. VI
.. s..f En-. .. CAIRO, Dec ). o.-
The steamer Iatan which conveyed the
Camp jackson prisoners to Columbus, KY,
returned at u O'clock last night. ,s Is
The Memphis Appeal, Dec. I'd, contains
the following 70. O.. -.......y
A large body of Unionists attacked the
Confederate forces at Morristown, East Ten
nessee, yesterday, billing a large number and
completely routing them. .l
GreengiU6 Tenn, Noo. So Henry Fry and r
jacob NJ Hensr, Unionist, were hung to-day
for bridge burning.
Charleston, s. D., Noc. 30-Patrlotic plan.
les On the sea-board are hourly applying the
torch to their crops OF cotton snd rice along
the coast, and there is one sheet of fame and
smoke. ......r -
Many military companies Of New Orleans
are volunteering for thirty days service at
Columbus, Ky.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. S.
Memphis papers Of Monday state that in
formation had been received that the loyal
men of East Tennessee had attacked force
of rebels at Morristown, completely routing
them and killing a large number
The defeat had caused great indignation,
and the rebels advocated the hanging of every
East Tennesseean who is found loyal 10 his
country,
The Memphis Aralanehe of the I'd has the
following important dispatches and intei-
gence:
Charleston, Noc. 30.--The planters on the
seaboard are hourly applying the torch to the
crops of cotton and rice. Some have author
lied tho military authorities to destroy their
crops to prevent the ravages of the enemy on
their plantations. On the mouth of the Ed
isto river, and neighborhood, as we'll as else
where on the coast Of South Carolina, there
is one sheet of flame and smoke.
Richmond No9. 30.-Congress passed
yesterday, and the President approved to-
day, an act enabling the people of Missouri
to elect members Of the House of Represent
atives Of the Confederate Congress-.
An article from the N. 0. Bulletin reads
that "two Confederate steamers, the Henry
Lewis and Watson, have been captured by
the Union feet. The former had on board
l 300 barrels Of molasscs and 100 hhds of
sugar, Another steamer, the California. had
been chased and obliged to throw overheard
a portion Of her cargo, and forty head Of cat
tie.
A dispatch from Pensacola states that all is
quiet there, and the Federa!s are apparently
awaiting for re inforcemcnts 1t saws the
firing on both sidee is only half as severe as
1t can be made.
A dispatch was received at Columbus, yes
terday, that Parson Brownlow had headed
about 5000 Unionists at Mo.ristown, Tenn,
and defeated some Southern troops with con-
siderable slaughter. The Conlederates were
highly eXasperated. and the fighting Par
sons life-lease had been limited to three
days. G. NJ
From Missouri.
Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Evening Journal1
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 6.
A mail agent on the train from the west
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