Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-11-28
ANOTHER LETTER FROM EX.
PRESIDENT BUCHANAN.
ARRIVAL OF THE ROANoKEFRoM
" NEW ORLEANS.
The Bank or .NeaU Orleans closed
BY order. or Gen. Butler.
Seven Federal Prisoners shot By
the Rebels. A.

Seven Federal Prisoners shot by
the Rebels.
THE WAR I'm VIRGINIA.
The Crisis Approaching at Fred
ericksburg.
New YonK. Nov. rs.
A Fortress Monroe letter confirms the re-
ported reconnaissance to the Chickahominy
by our infantry. We had not man injured.
The Tribuns's Acquia Creek letter says our
army rests on line from Staford's Creek to
the Rappahannock.
A strange report is in circulation that the
real advance will not take place from Freder-
icksburg, but that the movement to the Rap
pahannock is only feint, while the decisive
blows will be struck from another direction.
Those who appear to believe the story cannot
give it any foundation. '''
The following is from the Richmond Exam
liner, of the 22d:
4 EXECUTIVE CHAMBER,
79 RICHMOND, Nov. II, 1862.
To Lieut.. Gen. HOLMES, Commanding the
Trans-Mississippi Department.
General - Enclosed you will find slip
from the Memphis Daily Appeal of the Sd
inst, containing an account purporting to lie
derived from the Palmyra (Mo) Courier, a
Federal journal, of the murder of ten Con-
federate citizens of Missouri. by order of Gen.
Mcneil, of the U. S. Army.
You will communicate by flag of truce
with Tho oil off H.
partment and ascertain if the facts are as
stated. If they are so, you will demand the
immediate surrender Of Mcneil to the Con-
federate authorities, and if this demand is
not complied with, you will inform said COM
handing officer that you are ordered to exc
cute the first ten United States officers who
fall into your hands. 90 app.
Respectfully, yours,
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
Especial to Times.1
SIGEL's HEADQUARTERS,
Nov. "a.
Such information has been received at these
headquarters this afternoon as leaves no fur
ther room to doubt that the entire Northern
portion of Virginia has been abandoned by
the rebel troops
There are few of Whites guerrillas roam
ing about Leesburg, Martinsburg and vicinity.
jackson has gone toward Richmond.
Herald IS D,sparch.
HARPER's FERRY, Nov. "a.
News of interest has reached me from the
headquarters of Stonewall jackson as late as
Saturday last. jackson then had his head
quarters at Bcrryville, and was there in per.
son. His force was 10000 and the number
of his guns 40. Gen. Echols' division was
with him.
On Friday evening jackson received the
following telegram from jeff Davis:
"If you do not leave the Valley and come
Immediately and help us defend Richmond it
will not be worth your while to come at ALL y
Jackson's reply is not known, but his forces
were not in motion Saturday morning.
This was the fourth dispatch that jackson
received from jeff Davis calling on him to
the defense of Richmond.
Special to Tribune. ..
WASHINGTON, Nov. "a.
The receipts for revenue stamps at the Of
flee of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue
for the week ending Nov LIST, amounted to
more than $2,000,O0O. There is reason to
believe that resolution of inquiry into the
alleged abuse in the matter Of arbitrary ar
rests and imprisonments in the Old Capitol
prison will be introduced into Congress at an
early day in the session.
New York, Nov. 81.
A letter written by Admiral Jurien del
Gravier to gentleman of this city announces
that the French army will not move before
everything is ready for great march on the
City of Mexico. In consequence, the Admiral
thinks there will be no forward movement of
the corps de armee before the first week in
December. The Admiral is of the opinion
that nothing can prevent the French from
reaching the City of Mexico in the course of
next January, although, he says, our army
will have to fight the Mexicans once or twice
on the way to that city.
News from Raleigh, N. O., Nov. 18th, says
the Legislature of the State convened yester-
day and Gov. Vance sent in his message to-
day. t.Eg ..s.
He takes strong ground for vigorous pros
ecution of the war and proposes a reserve of
10000 men for the State, to be discharged in
the spring in time for farming operations.
How to raise this force he leaves with the
Legislature.
A private letter says it is rumored at Kings
ton that two companies of the 10th N. G. bat
tallion of artillery encountered large force of
the enemy at Cave Creek, on the 18th inst,
consisting OF infantry, cavalry and artillery.
Our forces were in rifle pits, sheltered from
the enemy's artillery. After two hours hard
fighting our forces retired from their pits
Our loss, none. That of the enemy not
known.
49,, WASHINGTON, Nov, %.
Ex-President Buchanan. in letter to the
National lnfeIligsacer, closes the controver.
sy between Gen. Scott and himself and claims
that he has already furnished clear aud dis
tinct responses to all the alleged allegations of
Gen. Scott. Mr.. Buchanan says that he
should have nothing more to add had Gen.
Scott in his reioinder confined himself to the
topics embraced in his original letter. Gen. |
Scott has extended the topics and now for the |
drst time, and in sarcastic manner, refers to |
the alleged stealing of the public arms by |
Secretary Floyd and their transportation to |
he South in anticipation of the rebellion.
The most conclusive answer to this declar-
ltion, Mr.. Buchanan remarks, is that. not,
the boasting of Floyd at Rich [
nond, evidently with view of conciliatine
lis allies there, cited by Gen. Scott as his
authority, no public property was ever stolen.
lad Gen. Scott reflected for moment, he
ould not have fallen into this blunder.
NEW YoRK, Nov. %. !
The steamship Roanoke, from New Orleans, /,
tn, and Havana, Goth, has arrived.
Among her passengers are Gen. Arnold and :
taft, en- route to Boston. Gen.. Arnold is
affering under q poralYtic shock. L
Military Governor Shepley has issued . /
roolamation calling upon the Ioyal electors !,