Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-11-22

Gen. Floyds army had fallen back 4 miles
south of Raleigh Court House, and the fed
eral troops have been largely reinforced.-
Gen. Lees command has retired to Meadow
Bluff. ~
The rebels reported two killed and several
captured in skirmish laast week in Western
Virginia The roads are in bad condition
making it difficult to obtain supplies
A dispatch from Manassas. In relation IN
the skirmish near Falls Church during the
past week, acknowledges two killed and
three wounded. They claim 70 have taken
ten prisoners and killed five federals. b
A Richmond paper announces the death of
John Hughes, delegate to the State Conven-
ton from Randolph, who was killed in the
battle of Rich Mountain. lHu
The Richmond Examiner of Wednesday
confirms the report that the rebel Col. Crop6-
an was killed in the recent engagement be-
tween Floyd and Rosencranz. u
A dispatch from Oh ri ,t,r, -of the I7th
says: the unexpected failure OF on. shore bat
teries at Bay Point and Hilton Head to de-
molish one of the attacking vessels, has sadly
shaken the confidence in the efficiency Of oir
guns againEt the monster frigates and iron.
clad gun-boats, which they may have again
to encounter, and now, SO alarmed are many
of the sordid souls that infest all the Southern
cities, that they may already be seen in the
lengthening of freight trains, which leave al
most hourly for the interior. In Savannah
it is even more general and decided, whole
neighborhoods having been sqddenly deserted
by the mives and children of those who are
in arms at Fort Pulaski and the batteries on
the Savannah river
Especial to the Commercial
WASHINGTON, Nov. %.
A lady from Charleston, who has just
reached this city, reports that there is much
excitement among the slave population. The
whites are solicitous and alarmed.
Mr.. Geo. Peabody, the London Banker,
writes here that the British Government is
anxious to preserve peace with the United
States, and that he does not fear that any at
tempt to break the blockade will be made =
Mr.. Bates also writes in the same strain. +
Gov. Pierpont, of Kanawha, states publicly
that the War Department has assured him
that the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad will
soon open. ~. /
The Fortress Monroe correspondent of the
Philadelphia Enquirer states that on Tues
day morning, about ten o'clock, Company A,
of the LIST Delaware regiment, left Camp Ham
ilton on a scouting expedition. The corps
was under command of It. Watson, of Will
mington. They crossed Hampton Creek, and
when about one and half miles beyond our
outer pickets, encountered considerable
body of rebel cavalry, who were accompanied
by two field howitzers, brass rifed pieces, and
the first intimation that the Delawarians had
of the enemy's position or near approach, was
the whistle of projectile through the woods
and under brush. Capt. Watson then threw
up temporary defense of brushwood and
earth, after advancing to an eligible position,
and sent back for reinforcements. Gen.
Mansfield, accompanied by three companies
of the New York Goth. Col. Max Weber, pro-
ceeded to the relief of the brave Delaware
boys. At the time that the boat left Fortress
Monroe neither the Delawarians or the re-
lief had been heard from, although report
was current that the former had suffered a
loss of four men.
KANSAS CRY, Nov. %.
The dry. goods store of J. & P. Shawman
was broken into, last evening, by twenty or
thirty men in soldiers dress armed with re.
volvers and sabres. The windows and show
cases were completely demolished and some
five thousand dollars worth of goods carried
off. ...
Several drinking saloons were demolished
last night and to-day by order of the Provost
Marshal, The proprietors had violated the
proclamation forbidding the sale Of liquor to
soldiers.
WASHINGTON, Nov. %.
The Richmond papers of Wednesday last
contain the message of President Davis to the
Congress of the G. s. A. After the usual
congratulations, he says the operations of tho
army, though soon to be partially checked by
the approaching winter, have afforded pro-
lection to the country, and shed glorious
lustre upon its arms, through the trying Vi
cissitudes of more than one arduous cam
paign, which entitle our brave volunteers to
our praise and gratitude. For more than sew
en- months the enemy have not only failed to
States and territories have been added to the
Confederacy while instead of their threaten
ed march of unimpeded conquest, they have
been driven at more than one point to assume
the defensive-and upon fair comparison
between the two belligerent parties, the mill
tary means and financial condition of the
Confederate States is relatively much strong
er than when the struggle commenced. He
speaks in high terms Of the people of the
State of Missouri, who he says conducted the
war in the face of almost unparalleled diff
culties, with spirit of success alike worthy
of themselves, and of the cause in which
they are struggling. He continues Finding
that the Confederate States were about to be
invaded through Kentucky, and that her peo-
pie, after being deceived into mistaken secu-
rity, were unarmed and in danger of being
subjugated by Federal forces, our armies were
marched into that State to repel the enemy
and prevent their occupation of certain STRAIT
egical points, which would give Their great
advantages in the contest, a step which was
not only justified by the necessity of self
defence on the part of the Confederate States,
but also by desire to aid the people of Ken
lucky. 1t was never intended by the Con-
federate government to conquer or coerce the
people of that State, but on the contrary, it
was declared by our Generals that they would
withdraw their troops if the Federal Govern
ment would do likewise. A proclamation
was also made of our desire to respect the
neutrality of Kentucky, and our intention to
abide by the wishes Of her people, as soon as
luey were lIcc W eApIcSS IueI OplulOuS.-
Their declarations were approved by me, and
I should regard it as one of the best effects
Of the march of our troops into Kentucky if
it should aid in giving to her people liberty of
choice, and free opportunity to decide their
own policy according to their own will.
While he says the army has been chiefly
in prosecuting the great contest,
the navy has also been effective In full pro-