Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-04-25
WASHINGTON, April %.

WASHINGTON, April %.
The King Phillip has arrived at the navy
vard. She reports the Vicksburg having
passed through the five sunken |
below that town. Our Aotilla |
mas captured seven rebel schooners--oAe of
them with . valuable cargo of dry goods,
saltpetre, and also two small ,,
steamers. It is further stated that the rebel
pickets are occasionally seen on the south
side of the river Our troops still command
The possession of Fredericksburg, the residents
Of which are entirely free in their usual bus
mess pursuits.
.... s... SAN FRANCISCO, April 19.
News from the British Columbia to the
10th is received. Spring had opened, and
miners in crowds were leaving Victoria for
the gold fields.
Col. Carleton, with about 800 California
volunteers and . battery, left the south
eastern border of this State on q secret exps-
dition; some say for Arizona and New Mexi-
co, others for Salt Lake.
SALT LAKE, April 10.
The Legislature of the State of Deseret as
sembled in this State on the 14th, in accord
ance with the proclamation of Gov. Young.
The Governors message is patriotic. Two
Senators have been elected.
NEW YORK, April %.
The steamship North Star, from Aspin-
wall, 18th, brings $3.50, 900. No news.
SALT LAKE, April %.
The Indians have stolen stock from nearly
eAery station between Laramie and Bridger.
They killed several men and burned station
and threaten entire destruction of the Over
land Mail Company's property. The Com
pany, in consequence, are concentrating their
employees and property at few stations for
protection, and have abandoned all attempts
to carry the mails for the present.
SAN Francisco, April %.
The Indians are again showing symptoms
of hostility on the Eastern slope of the Sierra
Nevada. A party of whites were killed by
them, on the 18th, near Owens river, in Es-
weralda, District of Salt Lake. It is reported
they have destroyed several mail stations and
stolen much; also, that they have killed
several employees of the Overland Mail Com
pany. The mails are temporarily stopped,
and the telegraph lines are liable to be de-
stroyed at any moment. A regiment of CAL
ifornia volunteers now in this State should be
ordered to duty on the Plains at once.
Special to Chicago Journal
CA1Ro, April %.
It is reported that the Mound City Hospi-
tai is to be suspended till after the water SUBJ
sides, sewers arc opened, &c. The sick and
wounded are to be transferred to other hospi-
tails
A steamboat expedition across the bottoms
above the city has succeeded in effecting a
junction with the railroad at the iron bridge,
some six miles above Cairo.
There is very little change in the stage Of
water.
3P x-The steamer Tigress has Just ar
rived from Pittsburg Landing. Officers Of
the 18th Iowa on board report the water
lower than month ago. They have but -
effective men left of their regiment.
Arrivals from Com. Fooote bring nothing
of interest.
Nothing new from the army.
NEW YORK, March %.
The Post says the rumors in regard to the
conduct of the accomplisne2 officer, Gen. w.
L. Smith, at Warwick, appear to have no
foundation. Not only is he one of the most
temperate men in the army. but We have the
authority of private dispatch from General
Mcclellan for saying that on the occasion al.
luded to he calamity and skilfully gained q
great advantage for US, silenceing the fire Of
a battery, which was splendidly done, with
little loss on our side.
Times Special.
CAIRO, April %.
The steamer DeSoto arrived to-day from
the fotilla off Fit. Pillow, having on board
the first shipment of cotton sent up the river
since the commencement of hostilities.
A citizen of Kentucky, connected with the
government secret services, returned on
board the DeSoto from visit to Memphis
He was sent thither by one of our Generals
in the field, and having obtained information
of value was on his way back.
He brings Memphis papers of the 17t:1
and New Orleans of the 5th. At the latter
place the battle of Pittsburg was pronounced
success of the Confederate army. The peo
pie were jubilant over the achievement, and
enlistiug of forced .evies was going on
throughout the valley of the Mississippi with
rapidity.
He was at Corinth, and estimates the forces
there present at fully 100000.
The CONSUMPTION act had been passed by
the Confederate Congress, and under its pro.
visions every able-bodied man between the age
Of Is and 45 were enrolling themselves fol-
the defense of the Confederacy. The ap.
preaching contest is expected to result in the
deliverance of the Southern soil from the
presence of the Yankees, who are character
lied as Cloths and Vandals. Their great
stand is to be made at Corinth, and in the re.
suit Of the battle it is deemed depends the fate
of the Confederacy, nor do the Southern
people doubt the issue of the contest.
The churches in New Orleans have given
up their bells to be made into cannon. The
women are yielding their jewelry to enrich
the Southern treasury, and throughout the
entire South there throbs an universal feeling
of enthusiasm and sympathy for the cause
Entire confidence is reposed in the ability of
Beauregard to whip the enemy and reclaim
the country-so much so that result of a de-
feat is not discussed.
The report of the wounding of Beauregard
is false. The remains of a. S. Johnston were
received at New Orleans with impressive
demonstrations, and after lying in state for
two days in the City Hall were placed in tn e
receiving vault of the st. Louis Cemetery, in
that place. Great preparations were being
made for grand funeral pageant on the bu-
rial of the deceased chieftain.
The citizens of Memphis are manifestinp
considerable alarm for the safety of the city.
The greatest exertions are being made to put
the defenses of the city in the best possible
condition. Two new gun boats are on the
stocks, and will be ready for their armament
in week. These are to be named the Beau
regard and Arkansas, and are 10 be rendered
almost impregnable to shot or shell. The
former is defended by compressed cotton
placed between her timbers. Her sides will
exceed five feet in thickness. The Arkansas
is iron-plated. Both gun-boats will be pro-
Vided with powerful engines, and will be con-
structed according to the most approved ma
val architecture, besides being fitted with