Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-10-25

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" were variously estimated at from $4,000
100000. AS faras Gracy's observation wer
F. they were better fed than clothed, but he hea
no complaints in regard 10 the latter,
. though their uniforms presented curio,
mixture, grey rredominating over 9TH
shades of color
Salt had been scarce, but the supply W;
becoming more plentiful He learned th.
r hundreds Of men were employed OH the s.
c shore making salt s"l 20
Herad's Dispatch.
WASHINGTON, Oct. IS.
The abandonment of Lecsburg by the rel
els is confirmed to-day They are saidto hav
proceeded towards point on the Manassa
; Gap railload. It is presumed they went t
I, Manassas TO join tie main body Of their arm
there, out the fact is not definitely asccrtaine
and the opinion is entertained in some quar-
tiers that they have gone towards Harper
Eery,Cby way of &trasbnrg and Winchester
The latter, however, is hardly probable. "
For some days the rebel army has occu
pied the segment Of y circle several miles il
extent, reaching from Lecsburg to the lnoutl
Of Occaquan Creek. The movement recent,
made, by Withdrawing from Lccsburg, Wen
ma, Fairfax Court House, and Ananlale, wa.
unquestionably intended to reduce the from
which now extends from the Potomac at thu
mouth Of Occaqan, upon that creek and along
Bull Run, to Manassas junction, with Cen.
tcrvlie and Fairfax occupied as outposts. A
very large body of their forces is known 10
have been thrown towards the Potomac, in
the ncighborhood of Shipping Point The
movement is purely defensive, to meet the
supposed inteded advance of our army of the
Potomac in that direation, SO as to cut off
| the rebel army at Manassas with Richmond.
| Gen. Sralli, ofth New York Sth, with a
small force, made q reconnaissance first TO
Anandale, which leads to Fairfax Court House
The village was not deserted, us Others had
had been. The Inhabitants said severa! rebel
regiments left there on yesterday morning
Gen Stahl then commenced advancing on
Fairfax Court Honse, and after proceeding a
mile, discovered four mounted rebel pickets
watching our movements. Our force arrived
at hill called Coyles, near the Court House.
Our men were very much disappointed when
they learned they would not be permitted to
go on to tho Court House some of them ac-
tualiy shed tears. The object OF the recon
noissance was simply to ascertain the posi-
ton OF the enemy, and not to seek an engage
mcnt. Having sat 7!ied himself that ne,Ily
al the rebels hal Iii appeared beyond Fairfax
Court House, Gen !ahl returned late IN the
afternoon.
Ti:e withdrawal @ the enemy from his ad-
yanced position, in 'front.' Of the Union lines.
Is fully confirmed b. Professor ia Noun tain.
who made balloon ascension this afternoon,
shortly before : O'Clock. He asccndetl from
a pcint about six niles west of Alexandria !;
the wind carried hi.A five Or six miles over
the cncmy's camps around Fairfax Station,
when rising into another current, he took a
Circuit to Fairfax Court House. and thence
back to u own lines, landing at en-. Bunk-
ers head quarters.
liz had an excel mt view OF the enemy's
position and could see their encampmcnts at
Manassas.
There were no rebel forces, except here
and there man, this side Of Fairfax Court
House. At the Court iIuusa there were only
a few companies, AID the appearance of the
biyouacs d2monstr ted that the position had
been recently almts st entirely evacuated at
Fairfax Station. There appeared to have
been large force.
RoLLA, No, Oct. Is.
The correspondent of the ST. Louis Demo-
c:0t furnishes the t3llowin@:
\ scout who has Just come from the west,
reports that Price made II stand at Carthage,
60 mics IRON Springfield.
The legislature IS to be called together on
the +ti OF November.
The rebels at Vienna haze dispersed, por-
ton going nome, al, the remainder will join
Johnson. Johnson has been placed in com
mand of all the rcb.l forces in Missouri. He
has issued q pro donation forbidding the
transportation Of ;ay more property (mean-
ing slaves,) from tl.c State. 1t is not stated
whether johnson slrcrcedes Price
The following letter is clipped from the IT.
Smith Tines:
"EcecMire Department, Payh HI, Aug.
"a. 1S6l.-ai4j. Clsrii, A. Q H., q. S. A
Sir. ] herewith :ward to your care dis
patches for Gen. McCullach, which l have
the honor to request will forward to him by
The earliest expires
"Ata mass meeting Of about 1900 Cherokees
on the 2!st lust TIE cherokees, with aiked
| unanln!itys deca ed their adherence to the Con
iederufe states. and have given their author tics
power to negotiate al once with them. in view Of
this action, a regime 1t of mounted men will be
immediately raised and placed under command of
Col John Drew, 10 meet any emergency that may
arise Having espDnsed the cause OF the Conieder-
ate states we hope ~ render efficient service in
trv and TO be treated with iiDe falty and conii-
dence becoming the Confederate States have
the honor to be, Sir, yery respectfully your hum
BILE servant. JOSH Ross,
Principal Chief Cherokee Nation'
TORONTO, Oct. 10.
Both the Leader and the Globe newspapers
Of to-day devote each lengthy article to Sew
ards circular. The Leader says if prepara-
ticns of this nature are to BE- carried on III the
South. the British power in the North is
bound not to lag behind 1t cannot be an
idle spectator of works avowedly intended to
be menace aeainst its dominion.
| The Globe says: The Federal Govern
men: is exercising 3 wise discretion, which
we OF tie British Empire, considering our ar
tecodants should be The last to impugn.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10.
Lord Lyons, several days ego, addressed d
letter to air. Seward, Secretary Of State, in
which he says l-r Majestys Government
was much conccrncd to find that two British
subjects, Messrs. Patrick and I.ahnlil, had
been subjected to arbitrary arrest. Although
they had been released, it could not but re-
gard the matter as one requiring very serious
Consideration. Lord Lyons, under inctruc-
tons, therefore f,lt bound to remonstrats
against such irre sular proceedings, as he
termed them, ard o say that the authority
of Congress is nee essary 10 justify the aGbi-
trary arrest and liz grisonment OF British sub
Ijects.
Secretary Seward in the course Of his re-
ply, after detailing the facts in regard to the
two prisoners named in the note Of Lord Ly-
ons, says the proceedings Of which the Brit
ish Government complains, were taken upon
information conveyed to the President by the
loyal police authorities Of the country, and
tiev were not instituted until after he had
suspended the gre5t writ Of freedom in just
the extent that in view Of the perils Of the
State, he deemed it necessary for the exercise
of tL,+ d;coro+;oo IIn nc VOL, ss III S chiaj