Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-11-14

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writes from on board the U. s. steamer Soutl
Carolina, off Charleston, under date of Oct
18th, as follows
The British frigate Racer by permission o
Flag Officer Green, entered Charleston har
Dor, and took away as passenger the British
Consul
The Consul says that the rebels have Jus
launched powerful ram, and that two more
were ready for plating with iron, which they
expect every day to arrive from England, in
an iron. plated steamer He also reports the
rebel steamer Nashville as lying at the mouth
of Stono Inlet, six miles from Charleston.
watching chance to run out.
He reports 200 cases of yellow fever al
Charleston when he left.
The same correspondent, under date Oct
10th, writes as follows:
About 10 O'Clock last night heavy firing
was heard to the northward, which continued
for half an hour. From the sound of the
guns, this firing was judged to be about eight
miles off.
This morning boat arrived from the flag
ship, informing us that vessel had run the
blockade during the night and that the firing
was from the Flambeau, which got under way
before the steamer run the line of the block
ade, and attempted to stop her, but she took
not the least notice of the Fambeau, which
fred % shots against her sides, but they
bounded off like so much hail She must
have been iron plated and very thick at that,
or the Flambeau's rihed shots would have
gone through her, but she kept on up the
channel, and runin.
| 1t is thought that she is the vessel the reb-
we must expect some hot work before long,
unless we have something here besides wood
en- ships to contend against them.
| ST. LOUIS, Nov. II.
| Advices received at headquarters state that
Gen. Schoield is Frustrated with typhoid
fever meanwhile, the army of the frontier,
under the command of the senior officer of
the division, Gen. Vaughn, commanding in
Clay and Clinton counties, M, has ordered
an assessment of $4,000 on disloyal citizens
Of the former, and s. 900 on those of the lat
ter county for subsistence of the militia.
WASHINGTON, Nov. -.
Gen. Scott publishes rejoinder to express
ident Buchanan. He (Scott) is sorry to per-
ceive that the publication of his official report
to President Lincoln has given offense. That
result was purely incidental, and did not en-
ter into his (Scott's) purpose in drawing up
the paper, but on reflection he supposes that
under the circumstances the offense was I'M
avoidable. Let it be remembered, he says,
that the new President had a right to demand
of me the immediate commanders of the army.
How it had happened that the incipient reb-
els had been allowed to coerce several of those
forts, and from the bad condition of others
were likely to gain possession of them; also
that primarily the blame rested exclusively
on me; hence to vindicate my sworn allegi-
ance to the Union, and my professional con-
duct, the report was submitted to President
Lincoln, at an early day in his Administra
ton, and to the world.
First-To account for not having garrisoned
sufficiently the southern forts named, against
anticipated treason and rebellion, according
to my recommendations, beginning Oct. 25th,
1860, revealed the next day, and again earn
estly on Dec. 18th, 18th, 2eth and 3Oth. The
ex-President says there were no available
troops within reach. He (Scott) then pro-
ceeds to show that small garrisons would at
first have sufficed for forts Jackson and St.
Philip; also that his (Scott's) object was to
save to the Union, by any means at hand, all
those works until Congress could have time
to authorize call for Volunteers call which
the President, for such purpose, might no
doubt have made without any special legisla-
ton, within the full appreciation of every
loyal man in the Union.
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President almost loses his amiability in hay
ing his neglect of the forts attributed, as he
says, without the least cause to Gen. Floyd,
and he adds, "All my Cabinet must bear me
witness that I, as the President, was myself |
for all the acts of the Administra- |
ton" Now, Notwithstanding the broad as
sumption of responsibility, he (ScotD would |
be sorry to believe that the ex-President
consented to the removal by Secre- |
tary Floyd of 5000 extra muskets and rifles. |
with all their accoutremeDts and ammunition,
from northern repositories to southern arse
mails, so that on the breaking out of the ma
turing rebellion they might be found without |
cost, Except to the United States,) in the
most convenient positions for distribution |
among the insurgents south.
Of the 100 or 140 pieces of artillery which |
the same Secretary ordered from Pittsburg to
Ship Island, in Lake Borgue, and Calves
ton, Texas, for forts not yet erected, on
accidentally learning, early in March, that
an order for the shipment of these guns had |
been made, communicated the fact to Secre-
tary Holt, acting for Cameron, just in time to |
defeat the robbery. Floyd himself, at Rich
mond expressly claimed the honor of defeat
ing all my plans and solicitations respecting
the forts, and received his reward It is uni
vcrsallNadmitted that but for that victory over |
me, there would have been no rebellion |
Third-Mr. Buchanan complains that
published, without permission, on January |
18th, 1862, my views addressed to him and |
the Secretary of War, Oct. Goth and 30th,
1860. But that act was caused, as explain |
to him at the time, by Misrepresentation of
my views in one of the earlier speeches of the |
same ex-Secretary, after his return to Vir- |
ginia.
Fourth-One Of my statements complain.
through the Secretary of War and Navy, to
prevent the landing at Fort Pickens of Capt |
Rodge's company, unless the Fort should be
attacked is cited by the ex-President to prove
a singular want of memory on my part, and
a note from ex-Secretary Holt shown that
had entirely approved Of the joint counter
mand the day it was prepared.
Few persons are as little liable to make a
misstatement as Mr.. Holt, and except by an
accident he is incapable of making one; yet
have not the slightest recollection of an inter-
view on this subject do remember that
Mr. Holt, in some matter of business, ap-
preached my bedside about that time, when
was suffering from an excess Of pain.
Mr. Buchanan, Mr.. Holt and myself were