Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-03-07
COLUMBUS EVACUATED AND BURNED,
All the II ebel Gui:s Taken Away.
OF MORE BRIGADIER
AND MAJOR GENERALS. M q
All Legal Gentlemen of Missouri Re
CURED to take the Oath.



Gen. Buell. telegraphed to Gen. Mcclellan,
last night, that the rebels have abandoned
Murfreesboro, and are in full retreat towards
the Tennessee river. Crossing this river will
place them in Alabama and free middle Ten
nesscee of any armed rebel force. Inasmuch
as the enemy retreat along railroad line,
tearing up the rails as they pass, it will be
difficult for General Buell. to catch them.
1t is announced that the Tennessee and
Cumberland rivers will be opened this week
to free and unrestricted commerce, under the
order of the Secretary ofthc Treasury.
BLOOMINGTON, ILL.,, Feb. 3.
The Niccols House was entirely DESTROYED
by fire on Sunday morning No furniture
saved. Loss S35, GOO; insurance $4,000.
WASHINGTON, March 3.
The Secretary of the Navy received letter
today, dated Cairo, Feb. 9th, from Flag
Officer Foote, who says:
=" have the honor to forward a commun,-
cation from Lieutenant Commanding Bryant,
the substance of which have lust tee-
graphed. The captain of the steamer who
brings the dispatches says that six mics be-
low Nashville there was Il battery which
mounted Is guns, but several OF them were
thrown into the river before the Cairo arrived
He also reports that strong Union feeling
was manifested in and near Nashville, and
that Gov. Harris, after vainly attempting to
rally the citizens, left Sunday morning for
Memphis. He also states he gun-boats were
welcomed by the people of Nashville and at
other points on the Cumberland river, and
that on hearing Of my arrival, supposiny the
gun-boats would proceed Immediately to
Nashville, the enemy retrcated, anic-stricken.
The unusually high water of the river
enabling the boats to ascend the river is
providential.
The following is the enclosure in Flag Off
Ger Foot's letter:
"Nashvilte, Feb. 25-To Flag Officer Foot,
commanding, &c.,-Sir Uncertain that nv
letter Of 2sd inst reached you, repeat that
l departed from GAINESVILLE for this roint by
the request of Brig. Gen Smith, commanding
at Clarksville, and arrived here this morning.
preceded by seven steamboats,, carrying an
army commanded by Brisadier Gen. Nelson.
The troops landed without opposition. The
banks of the river arc FREQ from hostile foes.
The railroad and suspension bridges are all
destroyed.
..... Every respectfully,
"a. G. BRYANT, Lieut. Commanding"
81. LOUISVILLE, March 3.
Railroad communication between here and
Nashville Except over creek ten miles north
of Nashville, damaged by rising water on
Saturday., will be resumed tomorrow night.
The election at Nashville, on Saturday, for
municipa' officers, passed off quietly The
retiring Mayor issued a proclamation assur-
ing the citizens of protection by the Federal
troops, if they quietly pursue their accustom-
ed avocations.
Several rebel prisoners have been brought
to Nashville. and % negroes seized by the
rebels in the vicinity Of Bowling Green have
been recovered at Nashville and sent back.
Mail communication is established to Bowl
ing Green, and for military letters to Nash
vile. Col j. J-Miller, mail agent for Ken
lucky, is making energetic exertions to cx-
tend mail facilities to every part of Ken
lucky. ,.- -. .
DETROIT, March 8.
An explosion took place to-day at the Oil
Refinery Of J. H. Hamun 6 Co., demolishing
the building and killing several persons.
Four dead bodies have been recovered
among them Robert Higham and Charles
L. Dibbles, two of the proprietors. Others
are supposed to be buried in the ruins.
-.a-5l.f . New YORK, March 3.
The Lynchburg Virginian publishes the
following:
A private letter, received from Centerville
last night, stated that our forces had re-
ceived orders to send their sick to the rear
and put themselves in marching order. BY
passengers who arrived in last nights train,
the above report is confirmed, and they also
state that the women and children were Or
dered to leave yesterday morning. We un-
derstood that the Yankees have been cutting
another road through the goods to Fairfax.
New YORK, March 3.
The bank statement shows decrease loans
Of S2,276,7 2O; do. in circulation $l25,552 :;
do, dcpo its 81 ,404,5 Increase in specie
$3.50, 1851. r
e~.,' WASHINGTON, March 3.
The following is an abstract of the Tax
bill reported to-day: 1t provides for the ap-
pointment by the President ola Commissioner
Of Internal Revenue, with salary Of 81, 900
per annum-his Office to be IN the Treasury
lie, artmcnt, with suitable number OF
clerks. The country is to be devided, as the
President may direct, into convenient Oollec-
ton districts, with an Assessor and Collec-
to appointed by the President for each dis
trict, who shall haye power to appoint such
deputies as may be necessary. The bill pro-
vides for duty on spirituous liquors eff Is
per cent. per gallon.
WASHINGTON, March 8.
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad is being
rapidly rebuilt, and will soon be in running
order. About 40 miles of iron and cross ties
have been carried off by the rebels.
CHARLESTON, Va, March 3.
From six hundred to 1000 barrels of -four
belonging to the Confederates have been
seized and stored here. A wooden mill, own
ID by man named Davis, which had been
Confederate cloth, was also
eized, with considerable stock. Richard
Washington, brother of the late John II.
Washington, is now confined at Harpers
'ery. -1.1'-s. ID