Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-11-15
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are to-day in state in City II.ll till Monday.
when they are to be escorAd sc the list re-.
ment to the steamer Northern iiiSht. an vrb;ch
they will embark for California ~ "

are to-day in state in City Hall till Monday.
when they are to be escoyAd a bx the list re-,
ment to the steamer North bern i Iiaht. on which
they will embark fyr California:
1T ,Fqnr Moxnor. Nov 8
The Old RanE boat has alriyed Il fac
Of truce was 1entto Norfolk Yeste, daE, but
brought ne news of the Aset. The gun boat
Kcscue went up the Rappaha5otls al far as
Crbanne Creeg OF t4e emeutK of thoscreek
she captured hfgc5 schoonE, took al her
stores and huine,f her to th4water' s edge
Ihe Rescue Vas fired on III masked battery
on More. The fire waslrcturned and the
rebels completely shelled out The command
er of the Rescue occupied the entire day slieih
ing the enemy, and shotavheMsss. thereaagp
indications OF rebel troops. 7Ihs Rescue and
cambridge would return to oRappahapno;k riv-
er to-day, and shell the woods, where a rebel
force is supposed to be. . aftr9 ratirpi
i. 20 .as.- BAlriMoRE, Nov, 9.g,q
by returns from three-fourths Of the Stata
the legislature stands, as far as heard from.
about 65 Union-none for secession. ~ The
Senators elected are 10 Union-none seces.
sion. Seven seccssioniSts, principally board.
ing at Fort Lafayette, hold over (, The major
lty for Bradford for Governor will not be less
than $4,000. The vote is the large in oil the
counties ever cast in The State. zoe ''1'' 19e
"-ioH 'Hp WASHINGTON, Nov o..
The Treasury has suspended the printing
Of the 3 year bonds to the 10Th Of AUGUST
and directed the plates altered to the 1st of
october, five million having been priated.o
The Department, this week, have been pay
ing with the create st possible expedition the
accounts for the Army and Navy, thesc being
considered ha
The War Department. has received an Of
mont, Me, which generally confirms the news.
apertstatcmen,s.'- It saws Cart. RsIssl,ie. Of
Gen McClernand's staff, was killed = and
among other particulars we fought all the way
into the caipp Of the eIerly, immediately ,n-
der the guns Of Columbu:- spiked two guns
and brought away two others, with 200 pris-
oncrs: The p dcral loss is stated at 500, and
that of the enemy much heavier.
The government has no authentic informa-
ton that the rebels are weakening their own
forces on the Lower Potomoc.
j 80 Special to Evening" Post.
An exchange Of prisoners is likely to 10
accomplished on satisfactory conditions. &.
The Government is now engaged in dis
cuSsing the question Of lieut. Kurtez, who
was released from Richmond on parole, in
orderto urge upon the Government the ex-
pediency of making exchanges, expressing
great con hfdence in the success Of his mis-
sion.
The President has commenced the prepar.
alton OF his annual message
The Long Bridge over the Potomac is be-
ing reconstructed, and Will be kept in repair
for military use during the winter.
The Government has decided to hold the
position occupied st Ilatteras. Reinforce
ments will probably b. sent at once. inclui.
'ng q regiment to replace the Indiana troops,
who have suffered severely
The story that the rebels have erected .
new battery on the Potomac, IL miles below
Alexandria. is denied by the officers Of the
Washington Navy yard.
New YORK. Nov 9.
The frigatc Powhattan has arrived from
Key West, in six days, for repairs and new
boilers.
The store ship Nghtingale has arrived from
Southwest Pass ten days. She left there the
Niagara and Huntsville and store-ship Pam.
phero and J. c. Kuhn.
The steamship AroSo sailed for Europe at
noon. Among the passengers are Gen.
Scott, Col. Ii. D. Scott and wife and Thur
low Weed. The General went aboard vt
II o'clock, and nobody but passengers wcr,
allowed to 60 on board subsequently.
New York. Nov.9.
The store ship Nightingale. which arrived
this morning from the Passes of New Orleans,
has on board the car goes Of five schooners
captured by the steamer South Carolina, in
GLIDING two cargoes of munitions Of war,
with an immense quantity of powder and TO-
600 stand of arms.