Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-08-29
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two persons, supposed to have been killed
are saved The party consists of forty two
women and children, and twenty men,
Among them are Mrs. Galbraith and family,
Mr.. Links and family, Mr. Owens and family,
Mr.. Goodrell and family, Messrs. John Cor
man, Crewseg, Hawkins, Parker, Pierce and
Ashley, and Mr.. Rutwed and family. Mr.. Fad
den and family, and Mrs. Miller. As regards
the fate of the Missionaries, he thinks about
forty families between Saqui Horde and the
Agency, arc killed, and says all the Indian
farmers gathered at Mr.. Riggs house to defend
him, but must have been overpowered.
messenger from Henderson says the half
breed scout, Frencer, would return TO Fort
Ridgely and give the inmates such assurances
and relief as would induce them to hold out.
There can be no surrender without humiliation.
The inmates know this, and Col. Sibley's force
was at ST. Peters at 4 o'clock Saturday NOR
ming, fifty miles from Fort Ridgely. They
could not reach them before Sunday evening.
COL Cullen, with 700 cavalry, proposed to
strike across the country from Henderson
They may get there ahead of Sibley. 1t is
believed the Indians will get information of
the force advancing, and hastily leave the fort.
Col. Cullen writes the farther he advances the
news becomes worse, all the inhabitants flock
ing into towns.
Hon. j. r. Cleveland writes, Dist, from
Mankato, that he staid at New Ulm last night
| and saw most horrible sights. One instance:
| Eight bodies of stalwart men, with throats
cut from ear to ear, skulls battered and limbs
mutilated. He knew some of them WE'LL
| They were good citizens of Brown county.
Our opinion is that not less than five hun
dred were murdered. Large portions of Blue
t arth and Brown counties are depopulated,
wheat left unstacked in the fields and the
owners flying eastward.
New YORK, Aug. %.
The steamer st. Marys, from New Orleans,
| 18th, arrived this afternoon The health of
New Orleans is good, but weather hot
Among the passengers isCount De Melon.
CHICAGO, Aug. 25.
Daniel Mcllroy, an old citizen, and for many
years State Attorney, died at his residence
here, this morning after a short illness.
| PHILADELPHIA, Aug. %.
The Bulletin has information from a gen.
tleman who left the Rappahannock yester-
day morning that our troops have had frequent
skirmshcs with the rebels while falling back
from the Rappahannock. Losses on either
side not serious.
Gen. Pope held the railroad bridge as well
as two commanding positions on the opposite
side which the rebels have assailed several
times. Our troops are distributed along the
river and have resisted every assault. They
will be able to maintain their position until a
/ junction is formed
New York, Aug. IS.
a Rappahannock correspondent of a Phila-
! delphia paper states, on the morning of the
3 lst the rebels opened volley on our center
| and continued vigorously to throw shot and
shell for several hours. A little higher up it
was discovered that the enemy had, during the
night, erected bridge over the river at this
| point.
The most brilliant and successful affair OF
| the day is reported to have occurred in the
vicinity of this bridge, with one of Sigel's bat,
teries, on which the rebels opened brisk fire
| and to which, for time, our battery replied
with spirit. In little while our fire slack
ened, and then ceased
| The bait cry having been apparently silenc-
! ed or withdrawn, three rebel regiments now
pushed across the bridge, Sigel offering no
| opposition. Every thing seemed favorable to
| the rebels iut the scene soon changed No
sooner had they crossed than Sigel opened
his battery on the bridge, the fourth shot COM
pletely demolishing it. At the same time a
deadly fire of musketry assails the rebels in
| front-their re treat cut off and no hope left
a few shots from our battery a charge, and
| they are ours. Not man escapes
| Nearly 1000 are said to have been cap
| tured and about 400 killed and wounded
| The enemy having failed in this now wheel
ed forward his forces with impetuosity and
strove to outfank Sigel by crossing at
French's Ford, but Gen. Pope ordered up
Banks and Reno to the aid of Sigel and the
enemy was again repulsed and moved higher
up the river. How the next attempt Of the
enemy succeeded have not yet learned.
HEADQUARTERS, CAIRO, Aug. 25.
| have just received the following dispatch
from Paducah
The operator at Fort DoncIson reports an
engagement, lasting one hour, with rebel
force 700 strong, resulting in the defeat of
the rebels, with the loss of 30 killed and
wounded. Our loss was two wounded
New YORK, Aug. 90.
A Times correspondent states that the por-
ton OF McClellan's army which embarked at
Yorktown has already arrived at Alexandria.
The corps under the command of Gen. Frank
lin, which embarked at Fortress Monroe on
Friday, arrived at Alexandria to-day. 1t is
also reported that another corps will come to
the same place tomorrow In fact, appear
ances indicate that the entire Army of the
Potomac, excepting Gen. Porter's corps, which
went to Fredericksburg last week, will make
&c amp California" the old camping ground,
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temporary rendezvous
1t IS the opinion here that the troops now
at Alexandria will, in the course of day or
two, proceed to join Pope's army.
| am informed that Kearny's division, which
arrived at Alexandria about the middle of last
week, took part in an engagement which oc-
cured near Warenton yesterday
The new regiments are daily pouring into
Alexandria. Every day they are sent forward
to join the army.
Times Washington Dispatch
Acting Adjutant Murdoch, of the 66th Ohio,
committed suicide last night. at Alexandria,
by blowing his brains out with pistol. He
was i'll with fever, but was not thought to be
delirious till the fatal deed was committed.
The Hesalo's Warrenton Junction cores
pendent says: Military critics profess to be-
lleve that the advance of our forces to the
Rapidan was prematurely made jackson
disturbed our figures somewhat at Cedar
Mountain, and possibly deranged our calcula-
tons: AS consequence he and his co-adiu- |
tors assail us now within thirty miles of Ma
nassas, and with the largest army the rebels
have ever rallied, East or West. We all look
hopeful for the coming of Mcclellan. Burn
SIDES troops are here. If the new leves were
ever needed, it is at this time.
Gen. Pope is still held to be equal to any
emergency. The crippled but indomitabie
Banks is still with his command, and Mellow
ell has an opportunity to wipe away the bloody
recolIootion of q oonno,, H. - =. n !, |