Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-09-20
lTribune's Dispatch. I

: teers be paid from the time that they are or
ganized and accepted by the Governors of tn,
several States, provided payment hasno beer
made by their States, for which the govern
4 ment will eventually be liable In the case ot
independent acceptances, pay is TO be allowed
from the date of the organization of each com
pany with the minimum number of men.
! New York Times Core spondencet
we have advces tonight that the rebels
are moving large number of men from Fair
fax Court House towards Falls Church.
Prince Salm Salm of Prussia, has arrived in
Washington. He at once rendered his mill,
tary services to government, and they were
accepted.
Tribune Correspondence
Secretary Cameron took the responsibility
OF sending the traitor legislators OF MARYLAND
to Fort Lafayette. His action is universally
approved.
Especial to Herald
Ihis afternoon the enemy in pretty strong
force, with infantry, artillery and cavalry, ap-
peared in front of our pickets on the centre
and right wing of our forces on the
Virginia side of the Potomac. The,, made
their first demonstration on the road leading
from Falls Church to Balls Cross Roads, dri-
wing In our pickets with heavy bodies of skir-
mishers and scouts, and Immediately planting
section OF artillery neary Mary HalPs house
FROM this point they directed sharp fire of
grape, canister and schrapnell on the Union
plckets at Balls Cross Roads, directing their
tire at every point where they thought our
pickets were established, between Balls Cross
Roads and the Chain Bridge. The Union
pickets retired in order
Intelligence was immediately communicated
to Gen. Mcdowell, at the Arlington House.
After the demonstration on our pickets near
Balls Cross Roads, the rebels paid their re-
spects to several places to the right OF our
works, near the Chain Bridge. Thev made a
direct onset on Vandeburger's house. two
miles from the Union camp, where we have a
picket stationed. They fired ten OF Twelve
shots, doing no damage
Soon after, a body OF one hundred cavalry
and infantry appeared, when our picllcts of
twenty men retired to house one-eignth ola
mile distant, where they were shorty rein
forced with batteries Of artillery.
A column of infantry, cavalry and artillery.
including Capt. Mols's and Capt. Grain3s
batteries, took position at important points,
awaiting the appearance of the enemy. BRIG
Gen. VIM. f. Smith commands the whole
enemy may make in the morniny
Night intervening by the time the troops
got into position, no progress could be made
either to ascertain the strength Of the enemy
or the intention of this movement.
After dark the rebels burned the houses and
barns of Basil Hall, Mrs. Mary Hall MIR. Dick
ey, Mr.. Samuel Burch, Mr.. Tabor and others
Private, ,'aAes Lowry, company j, Kentucky
oau ipy-y ho a..
emy approached, had his horse shot under
him.
Especial to the New York World
The President and Secretarv Of SEara have
been in receipt of a number OF petitions from
New York and Philadelphia. caiiine for the
expulsion Of ". II. Russell, the London
Times correspondent, on the ground that he
Is public enemy who should not he tolerated
in this crisis of our affairs.
Lieut. Rayner, of an Ohio regiment. The
Quartermaster of the 3sth, and Capt. nurd. Of
the 1st Kentucky, arrived here tonight from
Richmond, where they had been held as pris-
oners. They escaped on the 9th Of this
month
JEFFERSON City, Sept g.
The correspondent of the ST. Louis TeDa7-
crot furnishes the following intellie euca. Mes
sengers lrom Col. Mulligan at Lexington. re-
ports that General Prices advance Guard had
reached Warrersburg on Tuesd9y. Claib
jackson made a speech. Price claims to have
10000 men. His main body is approaching
Lexington
This messenger brings an official account Of
a skirmsh between the rebels and Gen. Lanes
forces, dated at Fort Blctso near Fort Scott,
Sept. 4th. The substance is as follows:
in ,N off D,;o
sion Of Springfield, he despatched Gen Rains
to clear the counties bordering on Kansas of
the marauding bands which had hacn Icvas
tatng that section of the country. and that
he himself advanced to Rains assistance and
that their combined forces encountered. at Bio
Dogwood Creek, the forces under Lane, Mont
gomery and Jennlson, and after q brisk sLir-
nlsh OF an hour and q quarter the Federal
troops retreated and Were pursued by his for
ces about three miles. He states his loss at
three killed and q wounded, and saws they
buried three Of Lanes men. lie concludes by
saying that the enemy continued to retreat
northward from Fort Scott, which post thev
had abandoned, and adds This relieves Mis-
souri, OF the necessity of pursuing them into
Kansas, the soil Of which / am unwilling to
invade unless her citizens shall provoke me to
do so by committing renewed outrages on the
people of this State. In that event /. shall
recross the border again but to lay waste their
farms and utterly destroy the cities and towns
of that State"
This correspondent adds, ''while this shows
that there has been some skirmishjng on the
border, it does not prove that the rebels have
gained any advantage, but on the contrary, it
would appear that they have found a force too
strong for them, and have given IN their plan
of advancing into Kansas but turned upon
the weaker force at Lexington. Their design
is now evidently first to take Lexington and
then bring Claib jackson here
FORTRESS MoSRoE, Sept 13.
The steamer R. r. Spaulding returned from
Hatteras Inlet this morning. The Susoac-
hanna and Pawnee still remain there. The
former had sustained but little injury in the
collision with the gun-boat Flag The Spauld-
ing brought the remainder of Webbor's rcgi-
ment and nearly 1000 stand Of arms, which
were captured from the rebels and :. dozen
prisoners, taken from the prizes made at Hat
teras Inlet from vessels which had run into
the Inlet with the English colors flying, under
the supposition that the place still belonged
to the rebels, the Federal flag having been
temporarily hauled down. Pilots were Of
fered the vessels and every facility for citing
in. They did not discover their mistake till
TOO late. Two Of the vcsscls-the Susan Jane
and Harriet Ryan-wcre from the Bii sh
Provinces, and had valuable cargoes, consist
ing Of moasses, shoes and clothing.
Our troops at the Inlet had mounted all the
guns and fixed those spiked By the rebels be-
fore they surrendered.
No intelligence of importance rad been re-
ceived from the Sound, nor from the main
land.
Gen. Reynolds will 60 to-mcrrov to assume
command at Hatteras Int.
ae BUFFALO, Sept II.
Over quarter miilion bas been sub cr.bfd
to the popular loan, and subscriptions are
coming in rapidly. ..t