Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-10-10
Letter from the Emperor Napoleon to
the Commander Of the French Army.
THE CONFEDERATE CONGRESS ON
THE PRESIDENTS LATE PROCLA-
NATION.
THE BLACK FLAG TO BIZ HOIsTED
BY THE REHELS,
Evacuation of Cumberland Gap by
our Forces Suffering Of our Men
on the Retreat.
NEW YORK. Oct. 8.


Lonrenzez, commander of the French troo
in Mexico, approves his conduct and that
the troops, and says the National honor is
volved, and that he will be sustained by
resources he can desire. That the Gener
had done well to protect Almonte, and that
was contrary to his (Napoleon's) instruction
to impose on any Government whatever.
Mexico. They can freely choose any for
they prefer. r.l.
| WASHINGTON, Oct. 8.
The Richmond Wing, of Sept. 3Oth, col
tains the following:
In the rebel Senate, Sept Goth, Mr. Simm
of Louisiana, submitted the following ioir
resolution:
Resoloed, by the Congress of the Souther
States, That the proclamation of Abraham
Lincoln, President of the United States, issue
at the City of Washington, in the year 1855
wherein he declares that on the first day Q
January, 1868, ali persons held as slaves with
in any State Or designated parts of State
whereof the people shall be in rebellion agains
the United States, shall be henceforth an,
forever free, is directed against the citizens O
the Confederate States, and as such, gros:
violation of the usages of civilized warfare, al
outrage against the rights of private propert,
and an invitation to an atrocious servile in
surrection, and therefore should be held up t,
the execration of mankind and counteractet
by such severe retaliatory measures as in tn,
Judgment of the President may be best calcu
lated to secure its withdrawal or arrest it
execution.
Mr.. Clark moved a resolution be referred
on foreign affairs He was in favor of de-
claring every citizen of the Southern Confed
eracy soldier authorized to pnt to death
every man caught upon our soil in arm:
against the government.
Mr.. Simms said the resolutions had mo-
been drawn without reflection The execution
of retaliation was exclusively an executive
one, to be a regulation by circumstances, bu,
it was proper that the Legislative department
of the Government should express its approx
al of the retaliation contemplated by the reso
luton
Mr.. Henry, of Tennessee, said the resolution
did not 60 far enough. He feared the passage
of a law providing that upon any attempt be-
ing made to execute the proclamation of Abra.
ham Lincoln we Immediately hoist the black
flag and proclaim war of determination
against the invaders of our soil.
Philou, of Miss, said he had always been
in favor of conducting the war under black
flag. Ifthat flag had been raised at Manassas a
year ago the war would be over now.
Yancey, of Ala, moved the pending resolu-
ton with the resolutions submitted by him
some time since, relative to retaliation, be re-
made special order for Wednesday.
Burnette, of KY, moved that all of said
resolutions be referred to the committee on
JUDICIARY. Agreed to.
Beauree ard on the oath of Sept. officially
his assumption of command of the
of South Carolina and Georgia.
He says in entering upon any duties which
may involve at an early day two Of the most
important cities in the Confederacy against
the most formidable efforts of our powerful
enemy shall rely on ardent patriotism, intelli.
gence and unconquerable spirit of officers and
men under my command to sustain success.
fully our posts with credit to our country and
ourselves, and avoid irremediable disaster.
1t is essential that all should give implicit
obedience to any orders emenating from su
periors in authority. ..
The Whig says the entire rebel loss in the
Manassas battles do not exceed 5000, and the
losses in the engagements in Maryland range
between five and seven thousand. Beyond 9
doubt our losses are less, by one fourth, thar
those of the enemy.
FT MONROE, Oct 2-P. NJ
A flag of truce boat arrived from Aiken's
Landing. She brought down about dozen
passengers, one of whom reports that the reb
el Congress has resolved in all future actions
to hoist the black flag, and exterminate the
Federals without granting any quarter.
The Richmond Wing Of the 1st says infor
nation from Lees army indicate an important
battle impending, and will take place at the
close of this week.
McClellan's army is on this side of the Po
tomac, and advancing. The rebel ar,sse is in
excellent condition, and eager for a tight.
The Whig speaks of the President procla-
nation as ordaining servile insurrection ir
the Confederate States, and says it is dash
of the pen to destroy four thousand millions
of our property, and is as much as bid for
the slaves to rise in insurrection, with the as
surance of aid from the whole military ane
naval power of the United States --,s
It speaks of the cruelty of the Administra
ton, and says Butler is a saint compared with
his master. # T.! sea;l ....f isiss
sa sa MADISON, Ind, Oct. 4.
McGarber, quartermaster in Gen. Morgan:
division, telegraphs the following to the Mad
ison Courier: - f..
3 "The advance brigade of Gen. G. W. Nor
gan's command, from Cumberland Gap, ar
rived at Greensburg, KY, to-day, (the Sd,
after an exhausting march of sixteen days
having the roads to make in many places =
The men are shoeless, hailess and Naked
For days they have been without rations
gathering their subsistence from the standing
corn in the fields, which they grated to maxi
bread, after the fatigues of the day. --~-
The men bore the hardships and privation
Of the march with the greatest fortitude. =
They were marched and under arms twenty
hours q day, skirmishing the woods on each
side of the road and repelling the attempts o
the rebel cavalry in front and rear. The enc
my blockaded the way in every place suitable
and harrassed the column as much as posi-
BILE. Our column is 10000 strong, with
magnificent park of artillery, consisting Q
twenty EIGHT guns, six of which are 2-pound
ers, and 400 wagons, all Of which are brough
off safely. g3 gIst5 -H' so.
~ The works at Cumberland Gap were left il
ruins. 80,
=, Our military operations, says the Wig, ar
henceforth to assume very grave character
The friends Of thethew programme will neces
sarily destroy the terms between us. Th
next campaign will be Troublesome one, bot
for magnitude and character Of operations
Let our authorities prepare the whole strengt
Of our people for. the shock. The enemy
making great preparations as well as issuin
fiendish proclamations. We must respon
with equal energy Ifwe do not we are los
but we will try it. g glsEl,5 10
A handful of ine -four, bound on WOUND
will check the flow of blood. By this simrl
remedy, hundreds Of prec. c.ous lives might !