Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-10-03
HIC.
The War Ola tho Upper
Potomac.
sIGEL ASKS TO BE RELIEVED OF
HIS COMMAND.
Spirited Skirmish driven off,
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OUR. ADVANCE OVER THE POTOMAC.
NEWS FROM TIE SOUTH.
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CASSIUS N. CLAY TO RETURN TO
RUSSIA.
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Official Report of our losses at Antietam
| and South Mountain
NEWS FROM TIE SOUTH.
CASSIUS Al. CLAY TO RETURN TO
RUSSIA.
Official Report of our losses at Antietam
and South Mountain.
FORT MONROE, Sept. 80.


The Richmond Iispatch ofSeptember 9th
says that our army daily increases by the &C
cessions Of stragglers.
Gen. Lee is perfectly successful in keeping
his intended movements concealed from our
people and there is little chance of the enemy
becoming possessed Of them.
Up to Tuesday last our pckets extended to
the neighborhood Of IIarper's Ferry.
1t is not probable that tie Federal army
will attempt to cross the Potomac against us
at present.
Romney is occupied by our forces.
Five hundred Yankees, many of them
wounded, are expected to arrive to-day from
Gordonsville. If they arrive in season they
may be included in the list of released prison
ers that we shall send down to Aiken's Land
ing to-day.
Slxty-seven Yankee prisoners arrived from
GOrdonsville, including several commissioned
officers, surgeons and nurses. The whole
party will be sent home in few days, with
500 other Yankee civilians, captured in North
Carolina and arrived at Libbey prison, yes
terday.
The dispatch also H. entions the fact that
Abraham Lincoln has issued proclamation
to lberate the slaves, but makes no further
comments on the subject
The dispatch contains an item from Tex
as paper dated Sept. Sd, which says Sam.
Houston is alive yet and well, and living on
his old homestead.
The Richmond Examiner says that the
public highway in the Valley of Virginia, from
| Winchester to Stanton, is crowded with suf-
ferng and wounded soldiers of the poor fell
lows who were in the fights of Sunday, Mon
do 10
bic fight of Wednesday of last week. They
left the battle for home or the hospital, and
were too weak to proceed and had no money
| to procure their passage. II is exceedingly
painful and sorrowful to see these poor, toll
worn battle-scarred heroes, trudging YEARLY
and languidly along Let them be looked af-
the frequent failure of southern mails.
The Erami"er also regrets that the debates
| in Congress on thefconscription bill should be
conducted in way to influence the public
mind. It complaims particularly Of the speech
of Conrad, of louisiana on the subject, and
adds that the word Estates" means much more
than is implied in Conrad's limited lexicon
States are not political organizations. They
are sovereign.
| BALTIMORE, Sept. 90.
A ride from the center of the army of the
Potomac to its right wing at Williamsport
gives one an impressive idea of the immense
number of men and material that has been
brought together. For 10 miles the eye
meyer loses sight of camps.
Dr.. Mclaughlin, of Bradley Johnson's staff,
gave himself up to the pickets of the sth
Maryland He says he is utterly tired of the
rebel service and would sooner be in Fort
McIIenry than with the rebel army in Vir-
gnia.
Fairly this morning large force of cavalry
crossed the Potomac at Blackburn's Ford and
moved off towards Sheppardstown. They
had not returned when closed this letter
Our scouts visit Sheppardstown frequent
ly by day, while the rebel cavalry still come
there at night That place is held by neither.
At Sheppardstown Ferry, on this side of
the Potomac, there are over 200 wounded
rebel prisoners, guarded by the Dist Pennsyl-
vania regiment and under the care of six
rebel surgeons The men are Of a desper-
ately wounded class Our advance is four or
five miles out, and rebel force, composed of
ten brigades, are in our front and show dis
position to contest oIr further advance.
| A spirited cavalry and artillery skirmish
took place this morning in which our men
did well, and drove the rebels some distance
rebel cavalry officer was captured and
brought into the Ferry
| The Washington correspondent of the 1ri-
| bune says that Gen. Sigel has asked to be re-
| lieved OF his command. His letter to the
President gives the following reasons for the
course he has found it necessary to pursue:
First-Because he was placed under COM
mand of a junior officer, without the knowl-
edge of the President, although the President
alone has the power to place junior over
| senior officer Of the same grade
Second-Because his command has gradu-
ally been reduced-frst, by the removal from
it of two divisions, Cox's and Cooks, and
then of two brigades, Piatts and NTlroy's.
Thlrd-Because none of the regiments rails
ed expressly Except one) have been assigned
to him, nor have others been given him in
their places. ....
Fourth-Beeause of the grossly abusive
him, personally and officially
Fifth-Because his little command has been
placed in an exceedingly exposed position and
ordered to perform tasks that are impossible
for it to do, and which would require large
command.
Sixth-Because he cannot procure horses
and equippage for his artillery and cavalry
and hence these arms of the service are COM
paratively useless to him.
Seventh-Because all his requests and re-
questions are neglected or refused, on account
of which MS troops are discouraged and COM
paratively inefficient; and many have not
been paid for six months,
Eighth-Because he cannot expect fair
treatment, and because his troops, for whom |
no Jc
sufferers on his account, he is persuaded |
that they would fare better under another
commander
The statement that the troops raised ex-
pressly for Gen. Sigel have not been given
him is confirmed by the testimony of the Gov
errors of six States-Yates, Tod, Blair, Kirk
wood, Andrew and Sprague- are anxious
to know why this is SO, and are urging the
authorities to carry out the promise which
they made at the time the permission to raise
regiments in each of their States for Gen. Sieel
was gwen.
Several western Governors are urging the
appointment of Gen. Hooker to the command
of the Union armies in the Mississippi Valley.
Judge Lane, of Pennsylvania, is here. He
urges, as do all men who live in that section
of country, the importance Of taking possess
sion of East Tennessee and holding it against
all rebel corners. He says that if our lines
extended to the whole southern boundary of
Tennessee the rebel army of the West would
be entirely unable to support ITSELF Speaking
from thorough knowledge of the nature oil
the country south of that line, he says it is l
of producing the requisite supplies,
and considers the recent movements north,
ward of the rebel armies to be, in the man, s
great fOrapinp exneditiOnS in search Of broad |
It is stated by respectable authority that I
G. N, Clay will, after all, return to Russia. i
The reason assigned is his inability to agree Y