Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-11-22
KENTUCKY's QUOTA FULL
Arrival Of Il, 900 French Riasd Muskets.
THE MISSISSIPPI FLOTZLLA.
Shipment Of Rebel stores and Munitions
from England.
ACTIVE OPERATIONS At OLD POINT.
JEFF. DAVIS MESSAGE TO THE G. S. A.

aa 1a c,Jr WASHINGTON, Nov. %.
The following military appointments were
made to-day Robert Smith, of Iowa, to be
an additional Paymaster of volunteers F. o.
Ogden, of New York, to be I'd Lieutenant Of
LIST regiment U. s. Cavaly Capt. j. N. Scho-
field, Of the LIST Artillery U. s. A., to be Brig
adler General, and Thos. J. Mexican, of Iowa,
now Paymaster, to be Brigadier General Of
volunteers.
.44. WASHINGTON, Oct. %.
Gen. Havelock has been appointed in
spector of cavalry-an Office which he filled
in thu. British army. es-.
A rumor is current in the army that the
orders upon which Col. Baker acted at Balls
Bluff were forged by some rebel, for the pur
pose of drawing him into trap. liz
Times Dispatch. @
It is now definitely ascertained in military
circles at Washington that Beauregard re-
Gently rendered his resignation as General
of the rebel army in consequence of his diff
ference with jeff. Davis as to the conduct of
the war. Violent parties have sprung up
among the Oonfederates on this question,
Beauregard representing the offensive war
party, who believe in invading the North and
wintering in Baltimore, Philadelphia and
New York; and jeff. Davis representing the
defensive war party, who trust to time and
the patient defense of their own soil to give
them independence The Beauregard party
complains that the policy of Davis has led to
the invasion of South Carolina and will fill
the cotton States with the horrors of war,
and end in their destruction and it is be-
n. IL koo knA "a In
policy to prevent South Carolina and Georgia
from seeding from the rebel States. Gen.
Beauregard was induced to withdraw his re-
signation.
Kentucky has now furnished to the Gov
eminent her full quota of the half million men
called for the National defense, and proposes
to raise as many more for State services, I'M
til the rebel armies are driven from her soil.
Six thousand stand of French riAed mus
kets arrived here yesterday, and are already
being distributed among our troops by Col.
Kingsbury, the ordnance officer of Gen.
McClellan's staff Several thousand more in
New York will arrive within few days.
[ Herald's Dspatch.]
A letter received from flag officer Foote to-
day, of the Flotilla, which is to operate on the
Mississippi, states that he is making rapid
progress, and will soon have it in readiness
to proceed on its way.
A letter to the Herald, from G. F. Train,
dated London, Nov. 9, states that several YES
sells loaded with stores and ammunition for
the rebels had already left for the Southern
States, and others were preparing to follow.
The night before his letter was written, the
Gladiator, one of the old Lisbon screw steam
koolr ell NJ md
of war, and was to start next day for Tener-
life, Nassau. The estimated value of the car
go is three hundred thousand dollars. It
comprises everything necessary for the equip
ment so far as arms are concerned, for an
army of $4,000. He states in addition that
the English Government have recently sold
nine condemned sloops cf war to q party,
who has disposed Of them again to the rebel
navy department. Besides these, two East.
ern men-of-war, of 1900 tons, and 800 horse
power each, are being negotiated for.
BALTIMORE, Nov. %.
Gen. Dix received dispatches to-day, ad-
vising him that the disorganization of the
rebel forces was general in the Peninsula.
Capt. Richards cavalry had been dispatched
before the messenger left to take possession
of six brass cannon known to be at Gov.
Wises' old residence.
Col. Smith, commander of rebel forces and
some of his officers, were trying to escape from
the lower extremity, but Flag Officer Colds
boro has put the whole shore under surveil-
lance, and it is believed they will all be cap
tured.
FoRT MONROE, Nov. %.
Several regiments have arrived here from
Baltimore and Annapolis during the last "a
hours, and Old Point has assumed an unusu-
ally busting appearance. Formidable prepar-
atoms are being made for active operations
where, has not yet been declosed. The ferry
boats in the Roads are kept heavily armed
Gen. Butler came On from Washington this
and spent the day at Old Point, the
Rip Raps and Newport News. He will pro-
coed to Baltimore tonight.
RoLLA, Mo-, Nov %.
McCulloch, with large force, is now en-
camped between Springfield and Lebanon
His pickets extended last night over q space
Of Is miles, this side Of Lebanon. This is
reliable,
1t was rumorcd in camp last night that
the advance of the rebel army, 5000 strong,
was at the Gasconade, about Is miles west
Of here. This, however, is not credited. -
- DETROIT, Nov, g.
The steamer Keystone State, hence for
9Th inst, is believed to have gone
down with all on board. She was last seen
in the gale, apparently disabled, and pieces of
wreck, supposed to belong to her, have since
been picked up on Lake Huron.
81. WASHINGTON, Nov. %.
The Richmond Wing, in commenting on
The message Of President Davis, says: We
are two people from this time forward. We
are aware the Yankees are determined not to
quit us, happen what may. If they cannot
CONQUER us, their calculation is that they will
be conquered by us. They have made up
heir minds to submit tamely to their fate.
Well, if we must we must, though we shall
have q great aversion for the task. Our
choice is, after drubbing them ssoundly and
making them pay the expenses Of the war, to
turn them loose upon themselvesia prey to
heir own vile passions. agu4 X. ssrs.a1f
The Richmond papers CT Wednesday con-
ain dispatches from the rebel army, the sub
,tadce of which is as follows: The small
BOX, violent type of the typhus fever, and
he black measles, are prevailing. causing
frightful mortality among the rebel troops
lear Bowling Green, KY Large numbers
we're dying daily. ,saa SIS s48sY n2s3xis