Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-07-19
WAsUJNcToN .T,,1v II


WASHINGTON, July II.
Otis Buxton, of New York has been AZ
painted first assistant door keeper of til
House of Representatives.
Worlds special.l
5. 9. Smith removed number of hi
clerks.
The rumor that Fairfax Court House
evacuated is untrue; on the contrary it ha
been reinforced .4i.- yla g.
Especial to the Times.J q, .e,.
Mr.. Stevens is here with working mode
of his floating battery. 1t has never befor
been exhibited.
lHeralds Dispatch.]
, General Buckner of Kentucky, left h re fo
New York to-day. His ostcnsiblc object i
coming here was to persuade the COVE, nmen
to respect the so called neutrality of Ken
lucky, and allow the State Guard which
under his command, and threc-fourths of til
officers of which are secessionists, to preserv
that neutrality by aiding the rebels all in thei
power and suppressing the exhibition O
Union sentiments or feeling in Kentucky
This part of the mission failed. No promis
could be exacted from the administration tina
it would not go to any extent necessary t.
protect the Union majority in Kentucky at al
hazards.
This was not all of Buckners mission
The disunionists in Kentucky arc in des
perate state, they dare not, without pretext
throw off the mask of neutrality they hav'
assumed. A pretext is wanting Gov. Ma
Coffin is perhaps the most desperate of tn,
whole set. Unless he can find some reason
to take sides with the rebels within few
weeks, and call upon the people of Kentucky
to follow him, he will be completely gone un
der. Gen. Buckner in his interviews with thu
President was not able to worm out of hin
any expression that could be twisted into
declaration of coercion. We shall soon find
it reiterated in proclamation from Gov Ma
Coffin calling the Kentuckians and rebels o.
Tennessee to unite upon the soil of Kentucky
and resist the government. Thanks to the
Union men of Kentucky, the rebels will find
there solid phalanx of armed Union Ken
tuckians to resist that reasonable purpose
Especial to the Tsibune.]
WASHINGTON, July II.
Hon John A. Gurley, of Cincinnati, will
take the field at the close of the session as an
Aid-de-C Camp to Gen. Fremont,
The committee appointed to-day, by the
Speaker, to examine into the expediency OF
establishing a Western armory, will probably
report favorably, and recommend the appoint
ment of commissioner to locate the site.
['pecial to the World.]
The Freeborn, on Saturday, went within
fifteen yards Of Matthias Point, and treated
the rebels, who were hidden in the bushes to
about twenty shells, scattering them in all
directions. 1t is clear there is no battery
there, but at Aqua the rebels were very busy
:erald's Dispatch
The two Misses Scott, who are supposed to
have been the cause of the capture of Capt
Goodwin, of the Connecticut regiment, have
been arrested, by order of Gen. Tyler, and
will be held as prisoners until Goodwin is
released.
BosroN, July 13.
Two revenue cutters were last night in
search of the privateer jeff Davis.
The Massachusetts 81 100000 loan has re-
ceived bids at from par to per cent. No bid
was taken under ! per cent. The total bid
was about 81 100000.
FT. MONROE, July 12.
The confederates confess that their loss in
the encounter with Hawkins Zouaves which
took place a few days ago near Newport News to
be twenty officers and one hundred and fifty
men, among whom was COL Dussee.
New YORK, July 12.
The Government has accepted tender
from Gov. Morgan of 800 cavalry
A number of clerks have been removed
from the Interior Department The want of
money is the reason for their discharge. The
Patent Office receipts are down to almost
nothing. The reserve fund of $4,000, which
vas on hand at the commencement Of the
y car, is already reduced to $3O,OO0
WASHINGTON, July 13.
1t appears from calculations of the Post
office Department that the yearly income
from postage in the seeded States was only
S9OO,UOO dollars, while the expenses exceeded
this sum by $3,OUO,OOO, which is now saved
to the government.
Gen. Mcclellan reports that perhaps 20 of
his men were killed and 40 wounded in the
ate engagement and not so as enormously
stated.
Especial to the est
Papers seized at Port Tobacco duplicates
two or three prominent citizens Of Washing
ION.
Since the delivery Of secession speeches in
Congress traitors here are growing boltler and
treason is uttered in the street openly.
WASHINGTON, July u.
The following is the bill authorizing the
call on the treasury to remit fines incurred in
certain cases, augmenting the compensation
Of certain Surveyors of customs, and for 9TH
er purposes:
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
in Congress assembled, that
from and after the passage of this act, the
Surveyors of Customs at ports on the Mississip-
pi and its tributaries shall respectively be en-
titled to and receive, foc their official services,
fees and emoluments, compensation
not to exceed the following rates to wit : Sur
vcyor at Pittsburg, Pa, $4,000 per annum
" wheeling, Va, $500; st. Louis, Mo-, 5000 -;
Hannibal, Mo-, 5000; Cincinnati, Ohio, $4,000;
Louisville, Ky, $4,000 Evansville, Indiana,
5000; Madison, Indiana, 5000; New Albany,
Indiana, 5000; Alton, ILL.,, $500; Galena,
ILL.,, 5000; Quincy, ILL.,, $1,000; Cairo, ILL.,,
81 $40; Peoria, ILL.,, $4OO; Burlington, Iowa,
$500; Keokuk, Iowa; $4O0; Dubuque,
Iowa, S4Oo.
Sec. I'd. Be it further enacted, that the
Secretary of the Treasury be hereby author
lied to pay out of any money in the treasury
not outherwise appropriated. to the person or
persons entitled to receive the same the a.
mount Of such fines and penalties as have
been incurred and paid by the owners or mas
ters of vessels since the 1st day of December,
1860. in consequence of the failuret to produce
to collectors of tho customs the clearances
or other papers prescribed and required by
the laws of the United States regulating the
issue Of marine papers and the foreign and
coasting trade; provided, that the Secretary
Of the Treasury shall be satisfied in each case
that there was no wilful negligence or inten-
ton of fraud on the part Of the person or
persons incurring the fines or penalty afore-
said, and that they were unable to obtain the
requisite papers by reason Of there being no
office of customs at the port Of departure
authorized to issue marine papers or grant
clearances under the laws Of the United
States.
Sc Sd. And be it further enacted, that
the Secretary of the Treasury be and is here