Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-08-09

80 miles west of u.s. who are coming in to
attack the town in Gen. Lyons absence. We
have here two companies of the I'd regiment
Missouri volunteers and about 700 or 800
Home Guards, from the surrounding counties,
and two pieces of artillery. While write
two companies of Home Guards have just
gone out to reconnoiter for the enemy from
the west. We are waiting for them with
confident hearts and strong arms, determined
that they shall not take the town without
bloody struggle.
Four or five batteries of rihed cannon of
heavy calibre arrived on the Ohio and Missis-
sippi Railroad to-day.
lTribunes Dispatch.l .
New York, August 6.
The nominations of the New York delega-
ton for Brigadier Generals have not been act
ed upon by the President
Last night three companies of the I'd in
fantry, 237 men, arrived from Fort Abcrcrom-
bic, Dacotah, uin St. Paul, to which place
they marched 800 miles. Many Of them
have been in the service Is or 20 years.
| A second detachment of 10 and 2O-pound
rifled cannon have arrived. There is much
more artillery here now than there was before
the forward movement was made.
Ex-Governor Randall has been confirmed
minister to Rome, John P Lovejoy, of Iowa,
brother of Owen Lovejoy, as consul to Callao.
Senator Harlan has dispatch tonight from
Iowa, stating that the rebels in strong force
have taken Croton, a small town on the Des
MONIES river, near Keokuk
Brigadier General King, Jr., Of Wisconsin,
left Washington to-day to take command OF
the Wisconsin troops now in the department
. of Gen. Dix.
The report of Brigadier General Mcdowell,
giving an official narration Of the campaign
of the Potomac, has been completed, but will
not be published until the return of Secretary
Cameron.
Worlds Dispatch
WASHINGTON, August 6.
Extensive alarm was caused across the Po-
tomac during last night. A countryman came
in and reported that the enemy was approach
ing in large numbers. Immediate prepare
tons were made to give them warm recep
ton. The troops were active and determined
and the time in which they got in line ready
for action was very brief The alarm proved
false.
A prominent engineer connected with tn,
New York fire department has arrived here
the Fire Zouaves to remain in service for tn,
time for which they enlisted
A man named Minor was arrested allow
. the long bridge with Beauregard's pass in hi
T. pocket.
u Since the strict rules about the publication
" of army matters the city has been swarmin,
= with spies.
Tonight an officer who is known to be il
u the confederate army is at the National Hotel
[Heralds Dispatch.l
/, The news from Kentucky has aroused the
widest enthusiasm here. When it was an
nounced in the House of Representatives, be-
: fore its adjournment, by the venerable ex-Gov
ernor, Mr.. Wyckliffe made the declaration
that Kentucky was the first to adopt tn,
n constitution and would be the last to deser
:, it. The thunder of applause from floor ant
0 galleries shook even the solid walls. 1t wa
d an outburst of patriotic feeling. This grea
G victory will be followed Immediately by
4 physical one not less magnificent There ar
at this moment 10000 organized Union me-
. in Kentucky only waiting the accomplishment
t of this victory at the ballot box, to take tn
e field and drive the rebels and traitors out 9
e Kentucky and Tennessee.
The Kentucky legion is now ready to b
l mustered into service, and the men are barn
ing with a desire to aid their Union neighbor
in Tennessee to free themselves from the DIES
potism of the Davis mobocracy.
: A gentleman who has recently been com
PEELED to leave Vienna states that the rebel
have 10000 at that point and Falls Church
and that they are medtating an attack upol
Alexandria He says that he has mingled
freely among their troops, and confirms tn
statement that they had over 100000 men a
Bulls Run and Manassas on the 21st. Tn,
estimate made of their killed at that engage
ment was 1900, exclusive Of wounded. They
admitted the slaughter on their side was dou
bic that on ours. They report that the wives
Of the rebel soldiers state that their husbands
are mining the road between Falls Church anc
Fairfax Court House, and that they intend tt
connect the mines with small walls filled with
explosive materials, and that their main bat
teries in direction of Manassas junction have
. not yet been discovered by our troops.
From another source it is learned that ever
since the occupation of Harper's Ferry by the
rebels force of from one hundred to twelve
hundred men has been engaged at Richmond
in the manufacture of rihed cannon and ord
nance of various kinds. They are said to
have turned out an immense number of can
non.
PHILADELPHIA, August :.
The u S. gunboat Flag arrived at Fort
Mitflin this morning with 36 rebels, prisoners,
taken from rebel vessel, formerly the reve-
nue. cutter Aiken, seized at Charleston last
winter. The Aiken fired upon the st. Law
renee off Charleston, probably installing her
for merchantmen. The St. Lawrence re-
piled with a broadside, sinking the rebel
vessel with five of her crew. The rest were
| rescned and nlaced on board the FLAG