Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-08-16

The rebels are in pretty strong force at Ed
wards Ferry, thirty miles above here, and
well supplied with artillery.
DR.. Stewart, surgeon of the LIST Minnesota
regiment, has arrived with other prisoners re-
leased on parole. They report twenty three
other members OF the regiment at Richmond
nearly all wounded, but doing we'll Many of
our soldiers reported killed are prisoners
There are twenty-five other wounded Federal
soldiers at Sudlcy Church, recovering and
kindly treated. 1t. WEIGH, of Minnesota, re-
ported dead, was we'll enough to be in the
| street, at Richmond DR.. Stewart represents
| the rebel soldiers as tired of fighting.
... e...H l New YORK, Aug. IS.
The Champion, from California, brought
| $94l 900 in treasure.
The Tribune publishes, in the morning edi-
| ton, proclamation for National East, on
the last Thursday in September, signed by
| the President.
A letter from Minister Fogg says Garibaldi
| said, "if the United States is for freedom, |
am with you with 10000 men,"
By the Champion, Panama papers of the
Sd are received, The flag ship Lancaster was
| at Panama. The oath of allegiance was taken
with enthusiasm by all the crew except one
The st. Marys is ordered to relieve the Cy-
anne on the coast of Mexico. Lieut.. Van
Zant, of the Cyanne, returned in the Champi-
on, on the sick list. .,a
| Three vessels, all under the British flag,
were refused clearances at the custom house.
The captain of the brig Seafoam says that the
feeling at Caracas was against the admittance
of the Sumter. The officers of a Dutch man.
of-war. in the harbor, refused to associate with
the Sumter's officers. The proprietor Of the
principal hotel, an American, hoisted the stars
and stripes. The privateer's officers refused
to enter the house unless he lowered it, He
declined and kept it flying the whole week.
The brig Sea Foam, from Caracas, reports
that the privateer Sumter arrived there on the
| Eth, and was allowed by the Governor to coal
up and refit, against the protest of the U. S.
| consul ra
| She left on the oath. The crew had liberty
ashore during the time, and raised the devil
generally.
The U. S. sailing corvette Constellation is
momentarily expected home, having been Or
dered to return for the purpose of reinforcing
| the blockade feet
s.. -.. FORT MONROE, Aug. -.
The event to-day has been the arrival of a
flag of truce from Norfolk with % released
prisoners of war, being mostly surgeons cap
tured at Bulls Run.
LOUISVILLE, Aug. 10.
Judge Catron, of the Supreme Court, was
last week expelled from Nashville by the Wig
ilance Committee because of his refusal t.
resign the Judgeship. He has recently beer
here, and was obliged to leave his wife in Nash
vile on account of her Sickness
BosroN, August 10.
} The following instructions were given tn
Bank Commissioners
That the committee be authorized to say t.
, the gentlemen of the Commissioners of tn
New York and Philadelphia Banks, that il
the judgment Of the gentlemen who are as
sembled, the banks and bankers of Boston
and the State of Massachusetts, and its people
are prepared ready and willing, and determin
ed to do all in their power in view of their du
ty to themselves, their trusts and their coun
try to aid in SURPRISING the present rebellion
by furnishing men and money to the utmost
Iextent of their ability, now, henceforth and
forever.
BANGOR, Me-, August r.
At one o'clock this afternoon, the Bangor
Democrat secession sheet, was cleaned out
by large number of people during an alarm
of fire. The crowd entered the Office and
cleaned it of everything it contained, and
burned the contents in the street
Mr.. Emery, the editor of the paper, escaped
unframed
A man named Jones, who made some dem
onslratlons in opposition to the acts of the
mob was badly used, but was finally rescued
and put in jail
WASHINGTON, Aug. 49,
The War Department has received an off.
cicl dispatch from Fremont dated St. Louis
; Aug. IL, announcing battle near Springfield
with severe loss of life on both sides, between
Federal forces under Gen. Lyon and rebels
) under Ben. McCulloch. Gen. Lyon was killed in
the engagement. Gen. Fremont says, IL have
sent reinforcements forward from St. Louis,
and ordered troops hither from Indiana and
Ohio"
4 Ex-Minster Faulkner has been removed
from the common Jail to private house, but
is still kept closely a prisoner.
The following are among the returned sur
geons: j. II. Stewart, LIST Minnesota; j. NJ
Lewis, I'd Wisconsin. The assistant surgeon
Of the 1st Minnesota refused to accept the pa
role, and remains prisoner in Richmond.
! [Trbune's Dispatchl
| A general order is issued giving Provost
Marshal Porter authority to grant passes over
| the bridge within the lines, which are to be
given only to those having official business
Information is received that Gen. Fremont
was going to give Gen. Seigel all the aid in
his power.
On the order of the War Department here,
forces from Ohio, Indiana and Illinois are now
undoubtedly in Missouri to reinforce Gen. Sci
gel.
Col. Burke, in command of the first Lafay-
cite, in charge Of the Baltimore rebel prison
ers, will of course be sustained by the govern
ment in his opposition to the efforts of lawyers
and traitors to get the guilty Free Orders
went on to him to-day to defend himself if at
tackled, and to Col. Scott to reinforce him if
necessary,
The released surgeons agree that our wound
ed are well cared for; good air, and good but
somewhat crowded accommodations. They
deny that our wounded were bayonetted or hos
pitfalls shelled.
One of Beauregard's aids told them that but
| $4,000 men were engaged on their side, and
| confessed that if their soldiers had been aware
| that they were whipped along the whole line,
they would have fed but what buoyed them
up and dispirited us was the coming of John
ston with $4,000.
Especial to the Times
Gen. Anderson, though advised by his ply
sicians to refrain from active duty, has deter
mined at once to take the field When warned
that he might break down, he answered that
the Union men of Kentucky were calling him
to lead them, and that he must and would
make the attempt, and if he failed he would
fail in a most glorious cause -.
1t is reported tonight that the steam tug
Yonker was sunk by a shot from the rebel
steamer Page, at the mouth of Acquia creek
Isaac Platt, of New York, editor of the
Poughkeepsie Eagle, is appointed commercial
agent at the Amoor river,
Mr.. Partridge, who was appointed to Shang-
haze, was Secretary Of the State of Maryland.
From source on which place implicit re-
lance, l learn that the rebel forces at 'Manas-
sas Fairfield c. H. Centerville and Vienna