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

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gradually suppanting that general confidence
that suspic on is gaining ground that all tn
advantages of our position have not been pro
fitted by, 2s nigh, have been; that the wa
has not been prosecuted with the vigor ant
energy demanded by the emergency. VIZ
hear muttering complaints, apart from thos'
connected WITH the Quhrtermaster, commisarJ
and modica; appointments, of So many civil
ians to h gh command. Many Of these ap
|pontment; nave fled the country aith up
lprehel.sions of disaster" 5, go" '-
NFw YoRK, Oct. "a.
The steamer McCl,lisn has arrived from
South west Pass, l4,h, Fort Pickei,s 9Th,
Foltueas, 10Th, and Key, West lgta, o.
The morning of the 9tn about 81 O'Clock, the
enemy attached Col Wilson'S position in
force Company l., 50 Infantry, Capt. Hildl
and ~ men of Company H., 1st Artillery,
I.eiut Taylor IS men in all, under Msjoi
VOgdes, met the enemy some distance at,ovs
Camp Brown. Major Vogdes W taken
prisoner Immediately. Capt. liildt taking
command, engaged the enemy Our loss
Was t. UT kltled, II wounded, 70 prisoners
1.-the enemy's loss is much larger Eleven Of
their men were found IN one heap. Major
Arnold arrived alter daylight TO the ass,s-
tancc of Hildt The command proceeded to
u point where the reb. Is had diseuIbarked ed
Just as their steamers were leaving, and
opened on them destructive fire. The er-
emy's less left on the Island was % killed,
five wounded, ard 80 prisoners many OF
The wounded were CARED off Capt Brad
ford and Lieutenant Evans were killed. =
Three officers were captured Lieut. James,
| IF r., Nari,.aS uuo b.jlx
wounded. Gen. Anderson was in command
of the rebels, ard was wounded in the arm
Aft rdisembarklng, the enemy ack nowledg d
rhe loss OF over 100 The Z,uaves lost 9
killed in camp and II taken prisoners.
The Zruave camp was situated on Santa
Rosa Island, abo one mile fr IN Fort Pick
ems, and was 30 distr butcd as to command
all the approa ches to the tort, and also to
protect the batteries. The reb,ls, 1900
strong, embarked from Pensacoli navy yar1
IN three large steamers and landed on the
land, about four miles above the camp Il.
was about 2 A. M, and very dark. They
rapid frlned IN three columns and proceed
ed silently towards the Zouave camp, h" ping
to effect total surprise. In this they were
but partially succ' >stui. The picket guard,
stationed about 600 yards from the camp,
discover, and fired upon them, giving t. G
alsrm, which saved the regiment from ami
hla,,on. The attack was simultaneous, and
and voley after voley was aimed upon thr
volunteers They were forced to fall back,
leaving their camp in the hands Of the reb-
els, which they commenced burning. Fort
i'ickens was by this time aroused, and three
| companies Of regulars came to our assistance
ihe rebels then commenced retreatng to
their boats closely followed by the regulars
md .ma! number o; volunteers, ket ping
up a destructive fire upon them, killing ano
woonding large number. The rebels final
'y reache.i their boats, but the rebels were
not over FIVE yards fron, the beach and our
men poured repeated volleys into the crowd
I'd mass Every bullet told, and by the
shouts ard confusion Of the rebels it was
evi 'ent we had obrained ample satisfaction
The Zouaves were badly managed, AID Col
Wil>on is very much cenSured for ilefficien-
ry in not reaching the scene until all was
over The officers and men lost almost every
thing Maj Newburry had narrow escape
FROM capture, being confined to his bed by
dangerous illness. The regiment lost 10 killed,
l6 wounded and 8 prisoners. The regulars
los. for killed, twenty wounded and ten
prisoners The rebels lest, by their own
statement. 9:5 } killed, wounded and missing.
We took 35 prisoners, including deocrters,
who Were released.
The Mcclellan brings reliable accounts Of
the fight at the mouth of the Miss ssppi Ri
ver The rebel fleet consisted of six gunhoats,
the ram Manassas, and large number Of fire
ships, which filled the river from shore to
shore. Our squadron comprised the .tich-
nond, Huntsville, Wat n Witch, Prcbie and
Vinccnnos, and the sfore. ship Nightingale
which were at anchor inside of the southwest
ass The Manassas dritted foul of thu Rich
nond, knocking a hole in her quar- er and
stern. doing but little damage. 70 avoid the
lire ships, The squadron got under way i'm
medatev and drifted down the river The
Richmond, Preble and Nightingale got ashore
on the bar and while ashore were attacked by
the rebels. Only Ole of their shots took eff
feet and that struck the Richmond on he1
quarter. ihey were beaten off by the Vim
cennes with guns, she having thrown the
rest overheard t.. ..ether with the most of her
ammunition. arms &C., to tighten her, she
being much exposed to the rebel fire. Not
one person was killed or wounded in the
squadron. The Richmond, Preble and Vim
ccnnes were towed off the next day by the
Mcclellan. The Nightingale was still ashore
but would PROBABLY be got off the next day
WAsHlNaroS, Oct 23
Col. Hodges, Of Kansas, arrived here to-
ay, as bearer of dispatches containing Ger
tai n charges against Capt. Prince. command
er at Ft Leavenworth. he principal diff
Guilty is his refusal to fill the acquisitions OF
Gen. Lane.
the following are to be assistant djutait
Generals: Capt. VIM. IL. Scheater, to report
to Gen Wood Louisville; Capt Fred kref-
fer, to Gen. Wallace, paducah.
New York, Oct "a.
A Key West letter Of the 2Utn reports the
arrival at Cardenas, on the lGh, Of the reDsI
steamer Theodora, fl ON Charleston, with tn,
French consui's family and Mes RS. Mason and
Slidell, Commissioners to France and Eng
land
The steamer Salver, from HAVANA, with
contraband goods, was captured on entering
Tampa Bay, by the Key Stone, and towed to
Kew " est. Her cargo is said to have con-
sisted Of 600 pistols, half million percussion
caps, 6e} dozen hats, 8 cases Of shoes, 400,-
| 900 cigars, and 40t bags Of coffee. Capt Scott
refused 10 give his prize up to the u. S mar
| shall for judication, and to obey the order ol
the U. S Court and sailed with his prize for
| New York. ..-. -.....-. d
Consul Savage sent intelligence to Major
| French Of the sailing of the Salver from Ha-
wanna, and also that another vessel, loading
with arms and ammun ton, would leave on
| the 18th, There being no vessels at Key
| West, she will undoubtedly slip into Tampa,
which is not now biockaaed.
GALL lPoLIs, o, Oct. "a.
| The Government steamer Mary Cook was
| fred upo', last night. at Canneton. in the
Kanaaha river, by about 800 rebe! cavalry.
| About TOO sho S were fred into i.eG, wound
,ng one inin be:onging to the boat I. c
lire was retnrr &! by The boat and one rebel
horsc crippled. The rebels followed the
boa! several miles, but she succeeded in es-
Gaping
[ Et1t, AnEI 1,1lIA Oct o.