Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-09-27
NEAR IRONTON
The Rebels Routed.
ANOTHER BATTLE IN MISSOURI
Mulugan still Holds the Entren chments

4NO SOul lSl . AldNC .JuSC dlA1NCN A1OAA LIZA
ington with the following intelligence, which
is believed by the commanding officer here to
be in the main part reliable
Gen. Price commenced an attack on the en-
trenchments at Lexington, commanded by
Col. Mulligan, on Monday. The fight was
very severe all day Price assaulted the
works and was repulsed with severeloss. The
fight had been renewed on Tuesday by Price,
but feebly when the couriers left
Gen. Lane was at Johnstown, Bates county,
on Monday morning, with force of from
1000 to 5000, marching to the relief of Lex
ington.
The rebel loss on Monday is reported at
4,500, and that of the Federals at 800, which
is probably exaggerated.
On Monday morning Gen. Price sent word
to Col. Mulligan at Lexington, demanding
surrender. Col. Mulligan's reply was go to
He'll" An attack was immediately made by
opening with artillery and making an advance
under its cover on the town. Price was re-
pulsed with heavy loss.
Gen. Lane, with an estimated force of 5 900
Kansas troops is reported to be within forty
miles of Lexington, rapidly advancing to re-
inforce Col. Mulligan.
Other Federal troops are rapidly converg-
ing from st. 10. and other points to reinforce
Col Mulligan.
LOUISVILLE, Sept. 10.
Early this morning the U. S. Marshal seized
the office of the Louisville Courier and arrest
ed ex-Gov. Morehead, Reuben Derrett, one of
the proprietors ofthe Courier, and Martin w.
Bair, the telegraphic news reporter of the New
Orleans Associated Press, on charges of trea-
son or completely with traitors. The prison
ers were carried to Jeffersonville, and will be
transferred to. the custody of the Marshal of
the Indiana District.
The transmission of telegraph south has
been interdicted. The lines are still inter
rupted.
CINCINNATI, Sept 10.
The 10th Illinois Regiment reached this
city at two o'clock this morning, and marched
to the 9th St., Market House, where supper
had been prepared for them, and from thence
to the Little Miami depot, where they took
the cars for Camp Dennison. The bodies of
the dead were taken to the Orphans Asylum
Buildings, where they were placed in coffins
and made ready for burial. Many of the
bodies are badly disfgured, but the greater
portion seem to have come to their death from
internal bruises received in the crash.
At two o'clock this afternoon the bodies
will be taken to Springfield grove for inter.
ment.
A resolution was adopted in the City Coun
Gil last night, that the Mayor issue a procla
nation requesting proprietors of stores il
streets through which the funeral procession
f will pass, to close the same during the hour o
the funeral
! The remains CT Capt. Howard will be sen
this evening to Galena for interment, the Odt
Fellows having taken charge of the body t.
: send it home to his friends.
el BALTIMORE, Sept. IS.
All reports about Gen. Johnston crossin
: the Potomac are unfounded. There is muc
alarm at Martinsburg and Winchester abou
u Gen. Banks crossing the Potomac with 81 90
e men. The rebels had sent to Johnston fo
n assistance
It Reliable accounts from Winchester stat
IS that the railroad between Strasburg and ths
e place is not being built, as reported and thu
the rails taken up near Martinsburg are to t
used for LAYING line from Richmond to NJ;
nassas. It has hitherto required three day
for the transportation oftroops between thes
places.
= New YORK, Sept. 10.
= The HeraHs Washington dispatch say
NJ the difficulty relative to Gen. Fremont
~ interference of the Blair family-the Pos
N.Y. master General and Col. Frank Blair, jr.
n = is from them charges have emenated. III
N derstand the real secret of the hostility of Il
~ Blairs is that Fremont would not permit the
20 ~, to dictate to him, and would not lend himst
to a combination of contractors from Nc
y York, Philadelphia, Cincinnati and elsewhel
he who had the patronage of theo Postmast
General. Some ten days ago, F. P. Blair {
or- manded that three millions worth Of contrat
he should be given to that combination, and &c
Fremonts response was that his duty was
~. oppose all enemies of the Government
>" whether Southern traitors or Northern sche
ers.
Upon inquiry at the headquarters of I
the army Of the Potomac, have astertained pc
os- lively that no orders, general Or special, hs
aid yet been issued by Gen. Mcclellan relative
at fugitive slaves; so that all the reports a
oak comments on that subject, which have
Po- peared in the papers, are, to say the lea
foe premature. Nothing has yet occurred n
! ting to action on his part on the subject.