Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-06-21
Especial to Commeroial.)

BORT in favor of a revision of the tariff, re-
lucton of duty on some articles and abolition
If the free list.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad will be
opened for through travel in few weeks.
IN the 9th District of Maryland, is in town
to-day, and says he is elected without doubt.
DIR. Richards, of this city, the family phys
cian Of the President, has been taken prison.
er by the rebels and conveyed to Jail in Rich
mond
The National Entslligencer, of this morn
ing, says that unless it receives the aid of
more subscription from the North, it will
soon be obliged to suspend.
No indication has yet been given by the
in regard to the course to be
pursued towards the privateersmen captured
Saturday The prevailing impression seems
that they will be hung, though it is feared
that in retaliation many good Union men will
be made to suffer.
[Tribune's Dspatch.l
Gen. Scott has said that the evacuation of
Harper's Ferry was in perfect conformity with
his plans and expectations, but that nothing
which the rebels have done has interfered in
the slightest with his plans of the campaign,
or with the several steps which he has propos-
ed to take Everything is in the best condi-
ton for an advance to Richmond. Officers
confess that the movements towards there will
begin within fortnight, and when once be-
gun it will not halt until the rebel capital is
taken. 1t is believed the capture will be made
before the day fixed for the meeting Of the
Davis Congress.
A traveller, whose business took him to
Richmond, returned to-day via Manassas
Junction He saw jeff Davis reading spe-
cial dispatch affirming the death of Gen. Scott.
Pryor has been made special aid to Gen. Lee.
The troops at Manassas he estimates at twen-
ty-two thousand All the Harpcr's Ferry
force except the rear guard had arrived. The
latter had advanced as far as Winchester
Messrs Niles and Preston are among Beaure-
gards aids.
The entertainments at Manassas are very
strong. They expect an attack from the Fed
eral forces here on or before Thursday, and
swear they will repulse them with great slaugh-
ter and drive them across the Potomac. They
don't say what they will do in case no attack
is made ON them.
From this direction the government has re-
ceived information that the rebels have set a
trap in some woods Is miles from Alexandria
into which they expect to draw the unsuspec.
ting Federal forces Several small batteries
have been erected by them on the outskirts Of
the wood lawn, and a pretence is making Of
throwing up entertainments Here they pro-
pose to array their forces at no distant day
and press forward their pickets until coils
ion ensues The scout who brings this intel
ligence also states that number of Indians
dressed in their war costumes, who are sup
posed to belong to the savages who volunteer
ed from North Carolina, were seen lurking
about
The government, it is affirmed, is consider
ing the propriety of establishing submarine
telegraph communication between Point Look
Out and Fortress Monroe. A guard will BE-
placed at Point Look Out to protect that sta
ton. Soundings have already been taken tn,
whole distance
Times Dispatch.
WASHINGTON, June II.
The President of the Chesapeake & Obi,
canal assures me that the work will be ready
for the passage of boats within 90 days. ant
that boats enough are in possession of the
company to do the business of the season.
Troops can be transported from Cumberland
direct to Washington, each boat carrying 25C
men.
1t is reported that the legislature o
MARYLAND will attempt to pass anact releasin.
the State of Virginia from paying damages t.
the citizens of Maryland who had Sustained
damage by the wanton destruction of railroads
and canals within the State of Maryland.
p. f. Wilson leaves Washington in a few
days for Nebraska He is sent out for tn,
purpose of over-hauling the accounts of tn,
late officials in that territory. ltappcars tina
j. Stanly Morton, the secretary of the lane
office, Addison r. Gilmore, receiver of thu
same, and W. F. West, and B. F. Rankin
marshals, have all left their Offices with bal
ances against them on the treasury books, for
which they have acceptanccs. Enos Lowe
late receiver Of the Iowa land Office, is also a
delaulter
4 dozen rihed cannon cast at the Western
Foundry have been received here. Six Of then
have gone to Alexandria by the steamer Mon
roe with several columbiads and large guam
tty of ammunition.
A gentleman just from TT. Monroe states
that an attack was to be made on Great Beth.
el, by Gen. Butler in full force, tonight.
At Aqua Creek several heavy guns on new
y
The garrison and troops at TT. Monroe and
Hampton were all under arms last night
The big gun eSFloyd is now being mount
ed at the Rip Eaps. Shells discharged from
her by way of experiment reached Sewalr s
Point, four miles distant.
WASHINGTON, June IS.
Late last night Gen Scott received the fol
lowing dispatch: 81 left camp according to
instructions with the LIST Ohio regiment, 66S
strong, and went on an expedition to Falls
Church, to patrol rounds in that direction |
then proceeded to Vienna with four compa-
MES: company E, Capt. Paddock, company c,
Lieut.. Woodward, afterwards joined by Capt
Pease, company G, Capt. Bailey, company Ii,
Capt. IIaslett total 275 men. On turning
the curve within q quarter ola mile of Vienna
we were fired upon by raking masked batter
les of, think, three guns, with shell. round
shot and grape, killing and wounding the men
on the platforms and in the cars. When the
train stopped we could not, on account of
damage to some part of the running machin-
cry, draw the train out of the fire The en-
CINE being in the rear, we left the cars and
retired to the right and left ofthe train through
the woods Finding the enemy's batteries
were sustained by what appeared to be reg
iment of infantry and cavalry, which force we
have since understood to be 800 South Car
DINA troops, we fell back along the railroad
throwing out skir,nishers on both tanks. This
was about p. NJ. Thus we retired slowly,
bearing off cur wounded for five miles to this
point which we reached at 10 o'clock. The fol-
lowing is list of the casualties: In Capt.
lIaslett's company, II, two are known to be
killed, three wounded and five missing; Capt
Bailey's company, G, three killed, two wound
ID and two missing Capt. Paddocks compa-
ny, E, one officer slightly wounded company
c, Capt. Pease, two missing. The engineer,
when the men left the cars, instead of retiring
slowly, as ordered, detached his engine with
me passenger car from the rest of the dis
sbled train and abandoned u.s. running to
and we have heard nothing from
him since. Thus we were deprived of raj |
ying point and of all means of carrying the
who had to be carried on filters and |
blankets. We wait here holding the road for