Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-11-07

pie River 10 Rep. Elizabeth, 40 Rep. Dur
da, 33 Rep. Rice, II Rep. Benner, 10 Rel
Three towns to hear from Maj. on Stat
and Bongress onal ticket will be about 100 i
the county.
VANDALIA, Nov ).
Thirteen townships, give Allen, Dem owe
lngergoll, 800 One town to hear from
which will increase it to $50.
GALEsBURG, Nov. 5.
Knox county, gives about 900 Republics1
maj.
MONMOUTH, Nov 5.
Warren county, gives o small Democratic
maj.
Henderson county, gives small Republican
maj.
DALLAS Cry, Nov. 5.
Durham township, Hancock county, give!
80 Dem. maj. Dallas, SO; Pontosac, 81
Appanoose, 67 Fountain Green, %; Lahem
pa, %.
CAIRO, Nov. 4.
luded to continues.
Prisoners just returned to Memphis from
Little Rock report but 500 troops at that
| place.. uS vi nave UecI
sent forward to reinforce Holmes.
| The robbers on the State line road, south
east of Memphis, have become very trouble
some. They stop their victims, demand their
money and personal effects, AID if any remon-
STRANGE is made, they are shot down. Three
citizens of Point Pleasant were thus murdered
few days since.
| All cotton is prohibited coming to Mem
phis, and planters are forbid to gather the
crop now in the field. Some negroes, who
were hired in Memphis to pick cotton six
miles from the place, were seized and carried
into the interior.
New YORK, Nov. 4.
The prize steamer Anglea, from Port Roy
al LIST inst, arrived this ever ing. She was
captured by the gun-boat Flag and bark Rest
lessness, while trying to run the blockade of
Charlestown. Her Captain and engineers
and thirteen of the crew were captured with
her She was loaded with arms and ammu-
nition The rest of the crew are aboard the
steamer Florida, which sailed on the LIST for
New York The prize steamer Scotia is re-
pairing at Hilton Head, and will sail in a few
days. for New York. She is also loaded with
powder and ammunition.
Gen. Mitchell died at Beaufort on the 30th,
of yellow fever, which is prevailing there.
KANSAS CITY, Nov 4.
A fight took place yesterday between por
ton of Col Catherwood's 9th cavalry and
Quantrilrs band. Quantrill burned tain of
twelve wagons, killing nine men and taking
twenty-five prisoners. Col Catherwood pur
sued him, came up with him near Rose Hill,
defeated him in a pitched battle and is now
in pursuit.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4.
The proceedings of the Military Commits
sion, in the case of citizen named Seely
Lewis, are now made public. He was tried at
Memphis, charged with smuggling goods
through the lines, against the order of the
commanding officer, and also with passing
through them with the intention of visiting
the enemy and giving them information. The
Commission found him guilty of being spy,
and unanimously condemned him to be
hanged
The order of the President of the United
States, upon these proceedings, is as follows:
So far as the sentence of the case relates to
the accused being spy, it is disapproved,
the Commission not having jurisdiction of
the offense The sentence of death is miti
gated to Imprisonment of six months, COM
mencing this day, Oct. 25th, 1862.
(Signed) A. LINCOLN.
COL Robt. Allen, Quarmaster U. S. army,
has been announced Chief Purchasing Quar-
termaster, and Col. r. J. Haines, Commissary
of Subsistence U. S. army, as Chief Pur
chasing Commissary for the Departments of
the Missouri, the Tennessee and the North
west.
1t is known to the friends of Gen. Harvey
that he will return to St. Louis, to wait the
order of the War Department.
An order has been issued deferring regi
ments and companies of volunteer engineers
recognized by the act of July last.
The President has revoked the order dis
missing Lieut. r. P. Crawford from military
service.
Major Gen. Schuyler FELTON, has been Or
dered to duty under Gen. Rosecranz.
WASHINGTON, Noy. 4.
The Secretary of War has ordered mill
tary commission to be organized to inquire
into the conduct of Major Gen. Buell., in ref
erence to his permitting the invasion of Ken
lucky by Gen. Bragg; his failure to relieve
Mumfordsvlle, and allowing its capture by
the rebels; his conduct during the battle of
Perryville; his allowing the forces of Gen.
Bragg to escape from Kentucky, without cap
ture or loss in attacking them also, his oper-
atoms in Tennessee and Kentucky. The
court is to be held in Cincinnati.
LOUISVILLE, Nov. 4.
George H. Yeatman is elected to Congress,
to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation
of the Hon. James S. Jackson.
It is reported that Bragg's army is at Muir
freesboro, Tenn, and that 800 rebel cavalry
are at Somerset, Ky.
Four hundred sick and wounded Federal
soldiers from the hospitals in the interior of
the State arrived here this evening. Also some
40 rebel prisoners.
Gen. Boyle has ordered all rebel prisoners
at Harrodsburg and other hospitals, who are
for shipment to Vicksburg.
CINCINNATI, Nov. 5.
The rush at the custom house yesterday
afternoon to procure postal currency was very
great, and the excitement ran high. A COM
pany of the Provost Guard was sent to pre-
serve order, and were compelled to use the
butt ends of their muskets to keep the crowd
off,
The city council yesterday took action in
the matter of small change.
Boston, Nov. 5.
Returns from 255 towns give John A. An
drews, for Governor, 67,447 votes. Brig.
Gen. Devans, in the same towns, received 49,
$50. Andrews majority in the State will be
about 10000.
In the Senate "a Republicans are elected,
and six peoples Union men, In the House
IT'S Republicans and "a peoples Union men
are elected. 81 town are yet to be heard
from.
SAcKErr's HARBoR, Nov. 5.
The tug Lady Franklin, just arrived, reports
large black top-sail schooner, name I'M
known, ashore near Point Penins.