Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-11-22


: visions of the army left Springfield on Satu
day last, for the North, and Gems Sigel ar
. Asboth left for the South on Friday evenin
with instructions to encamp two miles belo
! Wilson's Creek.
LOUISVILLE, Nov. IA.
8 The Jlurn nj has information that the lor
and costly Railway bridge over Cumberlar
) River, Just THIS SIDE Of Nashville, has bee
burned, and speaks Of the announcement ;
causing great alarm and trepidation in tt
, rebel camp at Bowling Green.
81 WASHINGTON, Nov. 49,
The Assoc;a cd Press account of the r.
cent victory f our feet is substantially {
! others, but gives more particulars of NOV
ments. '
The steamer Winfield Scott reached he
rendezvous on The evening of the Sd, wit
the loss of her masts. ard bow stove in. Sh
threw overheard her three ritied cannon, a
her freight, the equipments Of her 800 mer
and everything else but her rations, to kee
her from sinking: and but for the labors {
her soldiers, her fires would have been pu
out, and then nothing could have save'
her. The steamer Bienvillc went to her re
lief, when her Chief Engineer, his assistant
and 227 sailors jumped aboard the Blenyie
leaving the Scott to her fate. Their actor
nearly created a panic among the soldiers
who gave up all for lost, but the captain O
the Scott put the Chief Engineer in irons
and brought him and the recrcant crew back
when things went on better Col Clark, 5tl
Pennsylvania who was aboard the Scott de
scribes the nigh as one of horror. The galt
was terrible. The Scott was taken in tow by
| tI,n aA 6,l %o1,n ~.
Great Republic in the gale The steamer
Governor went down with 90 men, the Penn
bina taking off all who could be saved
The Seminole had five shots in her hull.
| The Wabash had her machinery disabled
FIVE of the 90 guns of the fort on Hilton
Head were dismolnted There were 1900
rebels on Hilton Head, and 900 on Bay
Point.
We have captured Is cannon, 1000 mus
kcts and any quantity of ammunition.
The road by which the rebels escaped is
covered with ritlcd muskets, knapsacks, &c.
We have taken $500 blankets, and tents for
5000 men.
The rebel guns were all -pounders-four
heavy rihed, and cast this year at Richmond
The others were from Norfolk including one
English gun, captured in the last war. The
muskets and ammunition are English.
The Chief Engineer of the Susquchanna
was killed.
Thirty dead rebels have been found, And more
are being found, having been hastily buried
in the sand.
The Georgia troops ran first, and the South
Carolinians last a German artillery com
pany who served the guns stayed till the
last.
NASHVILLE, Nov. 12
Five railroad bridges were burnt in East
Tennessee Friday night, by Unionists, two
on the Georgia State road, and one on the
East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad, on Hi
awash river. Five minutes after the guard
passed through, the whole bridge was in
flames. Two bridges on the Tennessee and
Georgia railroad, and another on Ilolstein riv-
er, were also burned. 1t was thought un-
necessary to guard the bridge on Holstein as
the feeling in that place was strongly South
ern. he bridge over Hoisten river is at
Strawberry plains in Jefferson county. The
bridges were fired, but the fire was put out
by the people, and guard had one hand cut
off and his skull fractured There are indica-
tions that one of the inccndiaries has been
killed.
A gentlemen just from East Tennessee re.
ports that there is great exc temcnt in conse
quence Of the burning of the bridges 1t was
evidently a preconcerted plan. The loss is
heavy, and will cause great inconvenience and
delay in matters of ofimportance. East Tennes
see is regarded as in a critical condition, and
much anxiety is felt for Zolcolfer
Bacon is 3O@40c per pound in jackson,
Miss.
New YORK, Nov. IA.
Secretary Chase intends appointing Col
lector for Port Beaufort, as the Governma mt
will make it port of entry.
Senator Simmons will send ship to Beau
fort with an assorted cargo to exchange for
cotton.
Gems. Banks and Stone are in consultation
with Gen. Mcclellan to day.
Secretary Cameron has declared that sol
diers shall not be used as slave-catchers, and
army officers will not be permitted to engage
i'll the business, or order subordinates to
catch or return fugitives.
New YORK, Nov. IA.
A letter from Gen Viele states tfat severpl
of the rihed cannon taken at Port Royal
were lately from England.
BALTIMORE, Nov. A.
A Norfolk Day Book of 11th is received
which contains the following:
Richmond, Noy 1l.-Col Corcoran, 3
captains and lS lieutenants, all of whom were
captured at Manassas and confined in Jail at
Richmond, had been selected by lots to be
hung, by way of retaliation for the hanging
of Baker und crew of the pirate Savannah
The lion. Mr. Ely drew lots for Corcoran,
who is now in prison at Charleston. In case
the court at New York condemned the crew
of Savannah to death, the Federal officers
will be Immediately hung"
The Charleston Mercury of the 10th has
the following:
"The Yankee prisoners are all safe in Jail,
where they will abide the issue of the trial of
our brave privateer Savannah. Should one
drop of Southern blood be shed by the North
ern court for defending the South in the seas,
it will be paid with interest in Charleston
Self-p"otection and the enforcement Of the
laws of nations and humanity alike require in
this instance lull and ample retaliation"
The Mercury says the Federals would cap
ture large amount of cotton in the vicinity
of Port Royal.
The Nercu, of the 9th publishes a letter
with the startling head lines in capitals =
"Naval attack on Port Royal Batteries
abandoned THE enemy in full posses
sion r'-and then proceeds to say, 'We are in
the midst of mass of conflicting rumors,
which reached us yesterday from Port Royal.
Early in the day it was generally believed
that the abandonment of Fort Walker was
owing to the supply of powder being exhaust
ed but later dispatches are not very different,
but very mortifying. They state that the
Fort was held by its defenders until q of its
battery of % guns had eithr been dismount-
ed or rendered useless. There is no doubt
but the feet will succeed in capturing an i'm
mense quantity Of cotton of the best quality.
We understand our forces have placed form
idable distractions in the river below Beau
fort Gen. Lee is at work near Beaufort, and
Gen. Ripley at Boyd's Landing, for the de-
fense of the Charleston and Tennessee Rail-
road"