Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-11-01

Fremont and Sta II were at POmme de Teri
river, enroute for Quincy. Gems Hunte
and McKinstry's divisions were moving t.
wards Warsaw. Pope was moving on Lees
vile, ola Sndalia, and Asboth was at Wa,
saw. The bridge at Warsaw was complete
andtbe troops were to cross VI Ncdnesda
last 1t is trest'e work-not pontoon. 1h
d general belief amlrg tee officers at Warsa,
was, q that Price could not get away, bu
would be compelled 10 fight, or surreIder
4 detachnent of the U 5, Cavalry bros
up a rebel camp at Buffalo Mills, ten mile
from Cole Camp Greek, Tue day nj; ht, xii
ing l7s fac unuing "A large number, and TAX
ing ~ prisoners, a number Of horses and .
| wagons. ..a.-
d. 81 l'.''- ''''' RoLLA, No, Oct. 90
Reports which are regarded as reliable, sa,
that AL the bands of rebels which have beel
infesting the country there, are concentraiin,
| al Springfield; also that part Of Prices arm,
had arrived there, and the BALANCE was sool
expected.
Another report brought in by a country
man, says orders have been issue q from ;h
rebels head quarters, requiring all the Texa
troops to march to Houston, the Arkansas
troops to Little Rock, and the Mlssoulians t,
Camp Walker, Arkansas.
IN. 'ffE'''-z WASHINGTON, Oct .25.
a letter from Edwards Ferry, from gen
tleInan of the Sanitary Commission, says tEa
there are 176 wounded n our hands. Forty
seven dead were buried yesterday, by per
mission of the rebels. Probably so wer,
drowned in attempting to cross the river
probably 400 or 5U0 are prisoners.
...a.. LEXINGTON, Ky. Oct, "a.
Sixty-three mounted rebel!, armed " ith U
S. muskets, and well supplied with revolvers
and bowie knives, Were surprised and taker
prisoners yesterday noon Z miles from Win
chester, by 25 Home Guards under Craddoc,
and Maj. Buckner The rebels were brought
to and are now at Bruce's Camp, near this
llace. They acknowledge to have been on
their way to join The rebel army at Prcstons,
burg. -Four other prisoners, who had been
assisting the cavalry to escape were taken; al
so 42 horses
LEXINGTON, KY, Oct. %.
Information from tamp Wildcat, to day,
was received that Z,1llicotiei had retrcatcd be-
yond Loudon, and was supposed to be- falling
back to Cumberland Ford @
sr.. WASHINGTON, Oct a.
Private accounts from the upper Potomac
this morning, represent t.at our sol,itrs who
were missing are com, in from time to fine,
while others carried by tie current of thl
rver are known to be now under shelter II.
tenements on its bank.
r"t NEW YORK, Aug. %.
Mr.. Packard rativc Of Maine, ar a l
gitive from Florida, who arrived by the Nc
Clellan yesterday, communicates the fact that
Col. Brown had made arrangements to open
his batteries upon Pensacola on the 18th, and
that he was presented by the affair at the
mouth of the Mississippi river, which made
it necessary for two Of the ships which were
all Of our blockade.
EDWARDS FERRY, Oct 25
Privates Tuttle, Clemens, Walker and
Reynolds, of the SD Wisconsin regiment,
were killed and private Ross, Sd Wisconsin
vas taS ell prisoner by the rebels.
Gen. Hancock remained neaerly the Who'll
day at Vienna, with a large force, and recon
noitercd the country for miles without seeing
ne enemy.
WAsuNGToN, Oct. 25.
Commodore McKean's dispatches are re,
ccived at the Navy Depaltn2l.t. Capt Pop;,
of the richmond, repolts the hol, made liz
her by the Ram was two f'et below the ~atel
iue and inches in Circumference. At th
first alarm the crew cooiiy repaired to quar-
ters, and as the Ram pass abreast OF tli
Richmond the entire port battery was DIS
charged at her. with wha. effect it vas IN
possible to discover in the da kness. i red
light wa shown as . signal of danger. ant
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utes, The Richmond covering the rctraat.-
The Preble went over the bar, while the Vim
cennes and Richmond groundsd. The enemy
was coming down the river with FIVE steam
ers, and commenced firing at US, hill We re-
turned the fire from oui' Port batteries and
rihed gun Oh the poop. Ju. shat, however,
f,ll short, white their shell ourst on all side
of US, and several passed directly over the
ship. At 9:2O Commander Handy, of II
Vincennes, mistakins my signal for HIM t.
abandon his ship, came on board the Rich-
nond with all his officers and a large number
of the crew, the remainder goi, z OF. board
the Water Witch. Capt. Handy, before leav
ing h ship, had plac d a lighted slow mattel
to the magazine. Having waited reason
able length of time for an explosion he drc,t
ed commander Handy to return to his ship
with his crew to start his water, and if nee
essary at his own request to throw overboaro
the small guns for lighting his kedge with
cable to heave by. At 10 A. NJ. the enemy
ceased firing and withdr W up the river.
During the engagement, a shell entered our
port and one of our boats was stove by an
other shell. Capt. Pope reports the Rich
mond and Vincennes both atIoat and the lea.
of the former so reduced that The small en-
gines keep her free. This is only temporary
and the snip will have to go to some place
and haye three planks put in.
have received ritsed gnns anA placed The
3-pounder on the forecastlc and the l2-poundl
er on the poop. Could have possibly manage.
this ship il any oth>r way than keeping 'le1
head up and down the rivcr, Iwouid have
stopped at Pilot Town ard given battle, but
this was found hazardous, owl to her ex
treme length. The attempt WAS made, but !;
broad side could not be brought to bear with
out running the ship ashore.
Commander Alden, Of ,:,e steamer South
Carolina, relates the capture Of the schoorc.
Ezilda, commanded by an ex-ofiicer of tn
Sumter, VIM. Anderson Hicks, and til
schooner j. H. Tome. The vessels contained
from 4 ,0GO to 5000 guns, many Of them Oh.
fl,nt-locks and some entirely useless. .
Two passengers, ". L. Amer, the mer
chant of New Orleans, owner Of the vessel,
and another, were made prisoners Of war
Ike captured cargo;'s also embraced guam
uty of powder, caps, revolvers, blankets, lead,
&c.
Herald's Special.
Rev. t. w. Conway, chaplain Of the 7th
regiment N. Y. volunteers, uow at Hatteras
Inlet, has been sent by Gen. Wool, with in
formation to the Government in reference O
the loyal people of Hyde county, n. G. He
brings with him declaration Of indapend
ence, adopt d by the leading citizens Of thai
county, at Hollow's Church, in which they
declare themselves free ard independent 0.
the Southern Confederacy. 1t is part CT Sir.
conway s. object to- solicit arms for these
Union men, who only wait lor means and
opportunity to strike a death blow to the des-
;,otisnl by which they have been oppressed
The President has promised to use his best