Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-10-25

- ridge, OF Maryland, the last named, secretar
, 1t is their duty to make all necessary prepa
- atory arrangements for the exhibition. 4
Office is to be established at Washington, an
a description of all articles intended for eXh
' bitten submitted to the committee for the
action. Inventors or other exhibitors can ar
ply to any of the commissioners or eXecutiy
committee.
}. ST. LOUIS, Oct. II.
In the ordinance providing for the abolish
ing of certain Offices and reducing salaries, a
I testing the loyalty of civil officers Of thi
State, passed by the State Convention yes
telday, is section prov ijling that all person
taking the oath prescribed by thi; ordinance
within 80 days Of its passage, shall be excmp
from arrest or punishment for taking up arm
against the provisional government of thi
State, or giving aid and comfort to the enc
mics of the present civil war, and the Cover
nor is directed3to request the President, by
proclamation 10 exempt all PERSONS takin.
said oath, from all penalties incurred by tax.
ing up arms against the United States, ol
giving aid and comfort 20 its enemies in The
present civil war.
The feet which sailed from this port on
Sunday arrived at Old Point on Monday af
ternoon, creating great excitement by It's ex-
tensiye character. hag Of truce fron, Nor
toil came down that day, but Gen. Wool re-
fused to receive it. -.s
The circular of Secretary Seward caused
a depression in stocks to.da', especially in
Government securities some thinking that
the Secretary of State is il, possession OF
knowledge relative to foreign movements
wnic1 prompted such a docu,aent. Govern
ment 6s ol 81 have declined about 2 per cent,
and some leading stocks nearly per cent
The noon market, however, closed slightly
more steady.
WAsHINGToN, Oct. IS.
| The reports about the rebel army being in
full retreat for Manassas are founded on con-
lectures at least nothing Of it is known in
quarters most entitled to confidence, as was
yesterdays dispatch.
a large rcconnoitering party proceeded as
| far as Vienna, but returned before Gen. Nc
Clclan had quite reached the village. Gen.
Wadsworth went within mile and half OF
Fairfax Court House, with a comparatively
! small escort. From the observations il was
coniactured that the rebel force there amount
ed to about two regiments of infantry and a
battalion of cavalry The escort was fired
or, but reached their camp without resorting
to extraordinary haste.
From gentlemen presumed to possess the
best opportunity ofildging, it is asccrtained
that the enemy has been alternately retiring
and advancing within breadth OF five miles.
Blond Ballard has been appointed L. S.
District Judge for Kentucky, IN place OF Mon
roe, who has Joined the rebc.s.
The Treasury Department yesterday sent
51,300,0 600 in Treasury notes West.
Quite a number Of upward bound vessels
run the rebel blockat.s last night, and have
arrived at the Navy Yard and at cur wharves.
Among these is the Government steamboat
Ceur de Lion, which towed up The govern
ment sloop Granite They passed the bat
teries shortly after midnight. The tugs Murray
AID Vesey were several times fired upon, as
they passed, towing up a couple of schooners
with government stores, but were not touched
The Coeur de Lion spoke the Pawnee in Chcsa
pealic Bay The Pawncc was not disabled, as
reported, by the shot she received. A large
number OF vessels are waiting at Smiths Point
Tor an opportunity to come up. The Harriet
Lane left the Navy Yard this morning. The
new rebel battery at Timber Greek mounts
four guns.
RALrIMoRG, Oct. IS.
\ gentleman who spent the whole OF yes
terday at Harpcrs Ferry says that the ac-
counts published here OF the fight on Wednes-
day arr in the main correct The cannon
! captured was d new scige gun, well mounted
and in good ORDER with tn exception OF a
fracture above the aX,as. During the night it
was stationed near the abutment OF the bridge
and when It was about beng rltahen by the
rebels, tenpcuny nail was driven in, which
| hog olroo1,- N. drown orr
| The Rhoja Island battery did not particl-
pate in the fight They were stationed on
the Maryland I:eighys, and found it impossible
| to discriminate in the distance between friend
and foe. The fight lasted from p. N. to 2
A. NJ. It was regular shirmish, with varia
| bic rosults-thc rebels, when hard pressed,
cetraating into the woods, and at other times
driving the Federal troops back to Bolivar,
the main fight being beyond that town on the
road to Charleston.
At2 o'clock Col. Gaary advanced, with'
| three pieces of cannon, which soon siler ccd
the guns of the enemy, and put his entire
| force to fight. A chaplain Of the rebels, who
was taken prisoner. says that before he was
captured 81 killed and wounded had been car
iied from the field. There was nothing posi-
lively known as to Col Ashley's being killed.
|
supposed to be him, was shot during the final
| retreat of the enemy.
The Federal troops remained on the field all
Wednesday night, and yesterday morning,
having brought across the river the remainder
Of 10000 bushels of wheat captured from the
rebels, an order was given for the whole
force to retire to the Maryland side.
| There is no news from there this morning
| I IL Al of@ nNail roc
carried out or rot The river Is still too high
to for d, and the troops were conveyed across
in scows. The prisoners admit their force
vas 1000, whilst the whole Federal force was
A6O. The change that has taken place ln
Harper's Ferry and the thriving village of Boz
i7ar is represented as very sad and shocking,
Ruin is everywhere visible, and the lnhabi-
tants are bowed down with sorrow.
Special to Post.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1s.
The sudden retreat Of the rebel army from
its position at Vienna has created much ex-
element to-day.
Gen, Mcclellan crossed the Potomac at an
early hour this forenoon, accompanied by his
staff, in order to investigate tne actual condl-
ton of affairs in Virginia.
A transport vessel went down the Potomac,
last night, for tbe purpose Of testing the state
of navigation, and to afford opportunities for
the recon loissanco Of til enemy's batteries.
Nothing has yet been heard from her.
It's now confirmed that the reDel pic!lctz
have fallen back as far as Fairfax Court
House. Our own pickcts follow their steps as
thev retreat. The entire force Of tie reoa
+ army is now supposed TO be concentrated OF
the inc from Manassas Gap to Acquia Greek
learn that the rnassing Of the rebel forces is
lust the effect which MCCLELLAN has d signeC
by his various movemants. The army off
GERS are apparently much pleased with th'
shane that he contest is nov assuming.
We learn from good authority that cyrtan
foreign capitalists have oifcrei Mr.. Chase