Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-10-11

or near Manassas, there are comparatively
few troops. All information received ct head
quarters shows the enemy to be in predigious
" strong numbers-nearly 100000 men,
and that no offensive movement is at present
intended. johnson and Smith control an act
i've policy, but Beauregard insists on standing
on the defensive.
Brig. Gen. W. K. Strong was this day as
signed to duty on the staff of Maj. Gen. FIRE.
mont and ordered to report to him in person.
He will be chief of the staff.
The President has restored Col DeAhna to
the command of the Indiana Legion, from
which he was dismissed by court martial in
St. Louis, and has restored him to his pay -
well as rank.
None of Gen. Fremonts commissions are
regarded by the President and they are there
fore rendered worthless. Mr.. Gurley, N. O.,
who has been active in organizing Western
regiments, was in some embarrassment at
Washington on learning this, but the Presi.
dent has endorsed, or promised to endorse,
his acts.
LHerald's Dispatch.l
The Commissioner of Indian Affairs re-
turned to the city this morning, after . brief
visit to the Indian country. He visited seve-
raj of the tribes north of the Usage, and held
many councils with them. He found them
all loyal, evincing strong attachment to the
Federal Government. There appeared to be
only three tribes which are inaccessible, and
beyond reach of the Government, that were
disloyal. He is of the opinion troops ought
to be dispatched Immediately to the Indian
country to reclaim them.
A gentleman who arrived from Fort. Mon
roe this evening, says the Merrimac, having
been put in order, after being raised by the
rebels, steamed out of Norfolk Harbor late
yesterday afternoon, and came within sight
of Fort Monroe She seems thoroughly steel
plated. There is said to be full complement
of men on board, ard she is evidently ready
for service, and making trial trip. She
will prove hard customer to our feet.
The Richmond Examiner of Friday pub
fishes Geographic news from Lynchburgh,
Oct 4th, stating that John G. Breckenridge
and other Kentuckians were At Abingdon
Yesterday It is understood that Breckin.
ridge will resign his seat in the u s. Senate,
issue an address to the people of Kentucky
land actively engage in the war. It is believed
he will be in Richmond in few days.
WASHINGTON, Oct Z.
1t is estimated that the national debt viii
be $30,00O,00o by the first of December
next.
Yesterday was the hottest day ever expert
enced here in October.
The result of the recent battles in Western
Virginia are supposed here to render that en-
tire section secure to the Union cause
Our lines now extend below Hunters
Creek, in the direction of Mt. Vernon.
Especial to Commercial
WASHINGTON, Oct. Z.
, The Lincoln Cavalry, 1,4OO strong, wer'
inspected and reviewed by Gen. Mcclellan to
day.
} The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
expect soon to resume work on the section
: between Harper's Ferry and Cumberland
D They have the assurance of Government pro
EDITION.
Especial to the Chicago Times.1
: WASHINGTON, Oct. 6.
> It is true that the British steamer Bermuda
with valuable cargo of arms and munition
: of war, has got into Savannah, having elude'
| our blockading fleet, several of which hat
s been in pursuit.
7 Minister Adams and others made inefectua
efforts to stop the vessel before she left Eng
: land Part of her cargo was 70 tons of pow
: der, 10000 pairs army shoes, 5000 or 500
f Enfield Rifles, several rifed cannon, q larg
e quantity of morphine and quinine, besides
: large number of closed boxes and crates, tn
S contents of which were unknown, but sup
8 posed to be clothing.
| Tba Oh okso oc g.
}, September, show the total receipts to be near
7 ly $17,O00,O00 and the disbursements abou
$11, 100000.
r The demand for treasury notes for popula
: circulation has been from the West, and pro
e badly the greater part of the notes will be cir
e culated in that quarter. There are now OF
r hand and ready of these notes, two and hal
S million dollars.
? A new shell has been tested at the nav,
) yard, filled with molten metal. 1t struck
e pile of wet logs, burst and consumed them.
Especial to. Tribans.l
+ WASHINGTON, Oct. 6.
The following IS the statement of the mas
ter of the Fanny:
Hattsras, Oct. 1st.-I left in the steamer
! Fanny for Loggerhead Inlet, arriving there q
o'clock, P. NJ. We anchored and waitet
there two hours and half before we got com
munication from shore. About two thirds O
the way to shore we saw steamboat to thu
westward, about P. NJ, which proved to BIZ
one of the enemy. She was standing to cu
off our retreat, and in short time two NOR,
appeared, stearing directly for u.s. The first
one then steamed in and commenced firing
upon us, and as soon as the other two came
up they did the same. We returned the frt
with nine shots, striking one of their boats ir
the bow, when Capt Hart of the Goth Indiana
Regiment suggested to surrender, saying that
| it was no use to fight against such odds, and
requested us to hoist the white flag. The
mate of the boat and the few soldiers, then
turned to and threw overheard some 80 cases
of ammunition, when Capt Hart forbid them
throwing any more overheard. Capt. Hart
then suggested that the chain be slipped and
the boat run ashore. The white flag was then
hoisted and the crew left in their boats. We
endeavored to get boats to convey the soldiers
off the Fanny, but could not do So To the
best of my opinion they had plenty Of time
from our arrival to that Of the enemy, to have
got everything On shore from the Fanny, if
sufficient boats had been employed in the
transportation Of stores so that we could have
destroyed the vessel.
| Tribuns's Special.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 6.
The President has directed that hereafter
all contracts and appointments for the West
ern Department shall be made in Washing
ton, in the regular way, and through the or
binary channels
Brigadier General W. K. Strong will also
be authorized to make such changes in Mis-
souri,, as the chief Of the staff, as he should
deem best 10
Nothing but the imperative demands of
public interest will induce the Government to
supercede Fremont. The Attorney General