Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-12-13
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| AHtCuikGliCc lTOIu OIlATleSlOtl saws Lle OlOCI
ade there is constantly violated by inlan
channels to Edisto, and the Moffet or Mort
Channel vessels are certain of IL feet of watt
IN the latter. Within a few weeks the bri
West Indian, bark Helen, with naval stores
and the schooner Gen. Ripley, with rice, al
, rived, besides others ofless note. The steam
er Isabella, thoroughly fitted up and loade
with thousand bales cotton, md the Primo
Oh ales, are waiting an opportunity to ru
out, There are about $4,000 North an,
: oouth carolina and Georgia troops on tn
railroad to Savannah, and 5000 in Charles
ton. Most OF the South Carolina regiment
are still In Virginia. Gunboats are bulldlny
at charleston. They are confident at Charles
ton that they can gather forces enough t,
meet US at any point on the mainland W,
may choose. sr ~. 4
The B~rmuda brought 5000 guns, of which
Charleston got half. 1rg ..sr
The Fipgall brought 1880 Enfield rifles
percussion caps and rifed cannon to Charles
ton, and other military equipments. Provis
ions are said TO be abundant and cheap.
l. Special to Tribune.
WASHINGTON, Dec 5.
COL Leonard, of the 18th Massachusett.
regiment, telegraphed to Gen Banks, yeste-
day, that his men at Hancock sheled ant
dispersed party passing westward, too small
for attack but large enough for trouble Fol
some time past the enemy has sent out daiy
a scouting party of one or two thousand men
1t breaks up into squads of so or 100. who
attack our picket guards Lieut. Knight, o
company B, Sd New Jersey regiment, went
with 55 men as far as Burk's Station, on the
Orange and Alexandria road. hey stretch.
ed two telegraph wires across the old Brad
dock road one as high as the forehead of q
man on horseback the other lower, and then
| awaited the result on, this side. Presently
half company of rebel cavalry dashed up
on a charge. The wires unseated two or
three, and threw the rest into confusion
Our men rushed up, emp;ied six saddles and
took one prisoner. Eight of the party, who
were in ambush, completed the rout, and
emptied two more saddles. Eight horses gal
loped within our lines. One horseman taken
prisoner as s-orderly sargeant 7. H. Dun
ham, of the 9th Georgia Hussars He gives
information respecting the cnemy's scouting
expeditions. He says that the Post Office
hitherto at Fairfax has been removed to Ma
nassas. -.-- ...,.-.., ,... .. ID .r-...,.
A letter from Port Royal states that re-
CCutly IlhcH pilSO lIleIC says tudt tIlc
ship Fingal, from Glasgow, with rihed can
non and cargo of rifles and munitions of
war, run up Savannah river in fog since our
fleet captured Forts Walker and Beauregard,
and that th.re were six thousand soldiers at
Savannah This information is discredited
at the Navy Department. Letters found on
prisoners recently taken, however, speak of
the arrival Of vessel laden with contraband
Of war, in the latter part of November. She
is probobly the last that will reach that port.
KANSAS CITY, No , Dec 6.
By order of Gen. Hunter, Col Jennision's
regiment moved to point midway between
Kansas City and Leayenworth, yesterday.
All communication between here and Inde-
pendence is cut off
The rebel Hays, with 800 men, was at In
dependence Monday, and seized all the horses
belonging to the Pacific Stage Company, and
made general confscation Of all the property
of the Union residents.
SEDALIA, Mo-, Dec. s.
Yesterday party of citizens of all parties
attacked gang Of returned rebels from
Prices army, and killed and wounded several
of them, among whom was Capt. Young
None of the citizens were killed or seriously
wounded. Three of the wounded rebels have
since died
Judge Birch, who has been prisoner in
Prices camp for some time past, having been
released on parole, arrived here today.
LEAvENwoRTH, Dec.
Brig. Gen. j. w. Denver has arrived. and
has been assigned to the command of all the
Kansas regiments.
A portion of Lanes Brigade remains at
Fort Scott. The 4th regiment is ordered to
Wyandotte. The 1st cavalry, known as ,Ien-
nison's regiment is stationed at Johnny Leaks
in the Delaware reservation, nearly opposite
Parksvle, Mo. The I'd regiments now al
ready recruited and will occupy the village,
of Kickapoo, 10 miles above this city.
The river remains open, but trouble with
marauding parties is anticipated when it
freezes over.
Trains are again running on the Platte county
railroad. Our mail communications east are
rc-cstablished.
BALTIMORE, Dec. 6.
A dispatch from Savannah in the Rich
mond papers yesterday, dated the 4th inst.
says that sixteen Of the enemys ships are
now over the bar, and an attack on Fort Pu-
laski is hourly expected.
The Richmond dispatch of yesterday says
it is currently reported that Gen Floyds
command has been ordered to another i'm
portant post.
A telegram dated Nashville, Dec. 3rd, says
Gen. Floyd has falen.back to within thirty
miles of the Virginia and East Tennessee Rail
road.
LOUISVILLE, Dec. 6.
The New Orleans Crescent of the 25th says:
No sales of cotton or tobacco.
Va IL lFoJs 4 l. 1t
gallon. Flour $l1,50 to $12 per bbl. Corn
81 per bushel Whiskey, rectifed, 81 per
gallon. Rice 25c per ID. Lard 20 to SOC per
ID. Beef, mes 33c per ID. Pork soc per
lb. Bacon % to 25c per ID.
Cattle Market, Dec 26.-Texan cattle 500
@$45 per head.
Hogs, $10aI3 per 100 lbs
Sheep, second quality, $3@s5 per head
Veals $S@$13 per head.
The Crescent also says:
The decrease in exchange of $27 900 on the
week is attributed to the desire toplace funds
in hand to invest, in merchandise; sterling
having been taken freely at 81 25aS1 90
We are no; aware of any prospective i'm
provement in commerce to warrant these fig
ures, which are much higher than in the
bankrupt era of 1887. It is bruited that
some parties ARE placing all their funds
in Europe, for fear perhaps, of the highway
robbers of the world that may penetrate our
good city.
The Louisville papers unanimously con-
denim the policy of Cameron in refence to the
emancipation and prospective arming of the
slaves.
The Journal says the President is equally
censurable '-"
XXXVIHth Congress -. Est Session.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.
SNEArE. Mr.. Rice aaked permission to re-
cord his vote of yea on the expulsion of
Rrocl, ,inridnn ac he was ahSanf uastnrdan