Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-06-14
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). force now at Frederick, some 1000 stron!
: will attempt their dislodgnent They hav
J quite number Of 24-pound cannon, which
from the Maryla nd side, can operate most q
fectually against the batteries of the rebels
which are in q very exposed position
A gentleman just returned from Knoxville
four miles from Harper's Ferry, says tn
;. rebels have withdrawn all batteries from tn
Maryland side, opposite the Ferry, apparently
, with view of concentrating their artiller1
- and having it in a position to be used whe1
they retreat at Point of Rocks. They hav
about 100 cavalry and 500 infantry, and fou
pieces artillery The main forces are at Bol
. ivar, about one mile south of Harper's Ferry
bridge. They appear to be strengthening TIN
line from Bolivar to Winchester, as if prepar
. ing for retreat in that direction On Monday
a squad went to Williamsport and obtained
possession Of thirteen locomotives, which they
run down to the Ferry and switched off or
the Winchester railroad. They also secured
the country, getting about 100 large four
horse wagons. The principal portion of theil
provisions are received through Maryland, and
mainly from Baltimore. Large loads pass
over into Virginia, the Union men of the Dor.
der being powerless to stop them.
1t will be recollected that some weeks age
the government seized dispatches on file at
the telegraph offices. The examination Of
those dispatches is now progressing. Some
curious developments are being made. Among
them is found a dispatch from Mr. Harvey,
our lately appointed minister to Portugal, no
tfying the government of South Carolina of
the fitting out of the expedition for re-inforc-
ing Ft. Sumter, and of it's destination Mr..
iiarveys dispatch was the first reliable infor-
nation the rebels had of the magnitude and
destination of the expedition. Mr. Harvey is
a native of South Carolina, but for years was
a resident of Philadelphia and editor of the
Philadelphia North American For many
years he was Washington correspondent of
the N. Y. Tribune He was appointed to the
Portugal mission because of his professed de-
votion to the free soil party He must be
recalled.
1t is ascertaincd from an eye witness that
at the late fight at Fairfax Court House, ten of
the enemy were killed, and probably two or
three more.
Reliable information puts the loss of the en-
emy in the affair at Aqua Creek at twenty
killed
The Secretary of War appointed the fol-
lowing named pay masters in the army -
! Thos Ballen and Chas Il. Larned, Missouri
John II. Kinsley, j. W. Farmer, and J. d.
Waelsty, Illinois Mr.. Cumback and w. P.
Gould, Indiana; David Taylor, John H.
Grosbeck, Robert c. Kirk and D. Wright
Banister, Ohio; Joshua Howard, Michigan
Thos. j. Mckean,. Iowa; and E. S. Pauldng.
Minnesota
The President has appointed Jonas A. Clark
District Attorney, and Jas. 0. Tilton, Mar
shal, for the Western Dis trict of North Car
olina.
Worlds Eispatchl
There is no doubt but the Government has
at last made one military movement of which
the newspapers were kept in ignorance On
Tuesday night last the steam hotilla lying at
Aqua Creek, was reinforced with troops.
This looks like an early collision at that point.
[Herald's Dispatch
Gen. King new regiment, raised in Wash
ington will be accepted and Immediately mus
tered into service. Other forces from differ
ent States will also be accept A large
number of the most influential men in the
country are here urging government
to accept 100000 additional troops.
The President and Cabinet are discussing
the amount to be asked for when Congress
meets. One hundred and fifty million dollars
will probably be the sum to carry on the war.
Aqua Creek has been reinforced, and 5000
rebel troops are now there.
A gentleman, who arrived here to-day, d.
rect from New Orleans, says in regard to the
entire commerce of the South, that it is in
most wretched and frightlul condition. The
States which will suffer most will be Louisi- |
ana, Mississippi and Texas. He was in Gal
weston on the 18th of May If the blockade |
be rigidly enforced people in Texas will starve
to death. When he left there, bacon was 25cts |
per pound, and -four lS dollars per barrel, and |
very limited supply at that They were
then almost wholly dependent on New Or
leans for means Of subsistence ; when that |
source Of supply is cut off they will be in an
awful condition
Special to the Tribune.1
1t is believed that nearly half the people in
and about Frederick are dsunionists, and their |
cause has gained ground since the legislature |
came together. The Union men are in fear of |
Johnston's force, whose pickets are thrown
out from Point of Rocks and come within
three miles of Frederick to which the whole
army can be transported in two or three hours |
Arrived there, it would be within five hours of |
Baltimore
The sympathies of many in Maryland are
shown by the fact that they have armed and fed !
the rebel troops, Virginia having furnished
but few supplies. If these facts be true, it is
high time that the government posted strong
body Of troops at Frederick.
From another source we learn that 800 of
rebel regiment of 700, encamped opposite
Williamsport have deserted
Gen. Johnston is very unpopular in conse-
quence of his forcible seizure of provisions,
horses and wagons, increased by conscrip-
ton under which three -tcnths of the males
between Is and so years of age in the coun-
ties within 40 or 80 miles of Harper's Ferry,
are to be mustered into service
Gen. Patterson is advancing to cooperate
with Gen. Mcclellan
New YORK, June 6.
The Chamber of Commerce has resolved to
present suitable medal to each and all of
Maj. Anderson's and Lieut. Slemmer's COM
mands, at Forts Sumter and Pickens
The City of Washington brought more
from loyal citizens of Europe
A dispatch to the Times says those who
witnessed the firing from Newport News with
good glasses believe the shells from the Har-
riet Lane took effect within the ranks. Men
were seen to move off, it is conjectured, with
the dead. The battery had twelve guns. The
Lane purpose was heTely 10 1eel tnelr nre
and determine the character of the work. She
received one shot through the bulwarks from
a rified gun. There is another battery short
distance further up the James river, and it is
evidently the purpose Of the rebels to fortify
the shore at various points, fearing that Gen.
Butler may land forces on that side of the
river, with view of commanding the rear of
Norfolk and cutting off railroad communica-
ton with the South and Richmond.
Large numbers of laborers are engaged in
throwing up. Notifications in the neighborhood
of Pierpoint.
Fort MONROE, june 5.
Via Baltimore, 6fh-This morning the
Harriet Lane exchanged about fifty shots with
the Pig Point Battery, nearly opposite New
port News, James river. She received two
shots and had five men wounded severely.