Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-02-21

2 .0lr ,laH =, = .1,: ! a.yzt seaqIa,
shells from the enemy's Jin,tb gun, boats. sCOp I
i. Tennessee bridge Was buried between &
and six o'clock last evening. Our forces
3 treating upon Fort Donelson were pursu
by the enemy. p '' i''ib i..'l'''- ''7' 10 "a
Ills reported here in Nashville, this 9,
ping, that Fort Henry il inundated. ''.0i .
Il Gen. Pillow has been assigned to the col
mand Of Fort Donelson. I'D 10" 'Dy'''a -
~ 81 4u-. ST.. LOUIS, Feb. Ia.
The utmost enthusiasmis is manifested he
at the glorious news from Springfield, givil
the official intelligence Of Prices evac1atit
OF Springfield, where he left large amour
of stores that fell into the hands of Gen. Gu
tiss, on his taking possession of the place.
| Price, with his lop-eAred crew, u in fu
retreat for the border, pursued closely by
large force Of cavalry, by whom captures vi
yet be made. ,..'n l.yi{.s -o,i...q,. .
The rear guard is bsing followed on Il
road to Fayetteville. 5ss,4 1d3 n.5i j.tsf
The rebel cause in Missouri which has lon
been without money, will be without fxil
in short time. il preseaa slvantagss sre viz
orously followed up. .Ynenujbl lsd0 ~
y! H.. ..,r..,.-7 ST. LOUIS, Feb. IA.
a All the volunteer colonels and nther officer
are highly in favor of Sigers promotion TO
Major Generalship, but the West Pointer
are naturally provoked against il, which con
stitutes the whole Of the opposition to S,ee
mentioned u dispatches from this ctr. -
| Gen. Hitcheoek's commission has net q
rived, and there y doubt about the ,accs nj
ance. He 10 over sixty years of age, but &C
tive for his yens. He says no General ough
to go into the field over forty years old.
Gen Hslleck has issued the following zen
eral orders: .l14 W. s.ill5''s9''9 at
BRIG Gen. U. S. Grant is assigned to tn,
command Of the District Of West Tennessee
and Brig Gen. W. T. Sherman to the Dis
trict of Cairo 1Lo ~ 'i't.te5
"Conmanders of Districts, Divisions Brig
ades and ports are directed to have IN inme
diate inspection of their troops, for the dis
'covery of s:olen and contraband property
and fugitive slaves."2 .eept7 - : q :
General order No. 3, lines of 1861, will be
strictly enforced, and any officer who has Der.
mitted it to be violated by his command will
be arrested and tried neglect of duty and
disobedience Of orders.
.... Special t, Tribune. ..., -, ..,.
WAsHISeroN, Feb. IA.
, The Committee on the Conduct of the War,
In examining to-day the case of Gen. Stone,
discovered new facts, which divide the re-
sponsibility Of the blunder at Balls Bluffs be-
tween Gen. Stone and another General. er.,
Previous to the discharge of WikoR, the
Committee on the Jud ciary examined Gen.
Sic. les whose fequcnt visits to incarcerate
Wikoff and the journeys from his cell to the
residence of ex-Li, utenant Watt, at the other
end Of the Avenue had excited suspicion.
Sickles seemed to be Wikof7s friend and to
have acted throughout in that capacity. The
Committee put some hard questions to him
He replied sharply and for a few moments a
war Of words ragged while his examination
was pending The Scrgeant-at-Arms appear
ed with Watt lie testified that he saw the
message in the library and bling of literary
turn of mind perused IL; that, however, he
did not make copy but having q tenacious
carried portions of it in his mind,
and the next day repeated them word for
word to Wikoff That parsonage had previ.
ously testific that the passage transmitted
to the Herald was given him by Watt origin
ally.
WASHINGTON, Feb ID.
Hamilton Fish and Bishop Ames returned
to Washington to-day, and made q report to
the government of their mission relative to
prisoners in the South. They passed to
Fortress Monroe and made known their COM
mission to the Confederate authorities at
Norfolk, by whom the matter was referred to
Richmond. A reply came refusing the COM
miss,oners admission to the Confederate ter
ritoIy, but expressing readiness to negotiate
for the general exchange Of prisoners. Our
opened negotiations, which le-
suited in perfect success An equal exchange
was agreed, but the Confederatcs had 800
they proposed to release these
also on condition that our government would
agr to release 306 Of their men that may yet
fall into their hands
CUMBERLAND, Nd !, Feb. Is.
Gen. Lander made forced march, on
Thursday night, surprising and breaking up
a rebel camp at Bloomery Gap, K ling thir-
teen, capturing seventeen commissioned off,
GERS and forty-ive privates, and losing but
two men and six horses. Lander headed the
attack in person, at the head of the 1st Vir-
ginia cavalry.
This opens the Baltimore and Ohio railroad
to Hancock again.
Gen. Lander having cleared his depart
ment of the enemy, renows his request to be
released on account of i'll health A DO. ton
Of Landers command, under Col. Deming,
has occupied Mor6eld and captured 225 beef
cattle.
FoRrREss MONROE, Feb. IA.
The following is from to-day's Norfolk Day
Book:
A rumor reached this city, yesterday, by
passengers from Suffolk, that the enemy had
taken possession of Edenton and also of
plymouth. Later in the day it was rumored
that couple of the enemy's vessels had pro-
ceeded on . Reconnaissance as far as Colerin.
The Norfolk Day Book gives q sketch of
the flag adopted by the committee of Con-
gress on the subject 1t is blue union on
red field, with four stars in the form of .
square in the union,
The Richmond Dispatch, Of Friday, has
the following: "Gen. Wise is near Curri-
tuck Court House, and sent down flag Of
truce to Roanoke Island on Thursday A
Norfolk telegram says it is believed the NOR
tar feet is intended for this place.
Petersburg. Feb. 13M-The editor of the
Express has received letter from Soffolk,
dated Thursday, which says that Edenton and
Ilertford have both been captured. Five gun.
boats moved slo WY to the wharf at Edenton
yesterday, at 9 o'clock, and landed their
troops Between a,000 and 1000 troops
landed at Edenton. The population of Eden.
ston is about 1000, and Is distant from Suf:
folk about fifty mics. ,
In the afternoon two gun-boats went up
Chowan river towards Winton, and several
others towards the mouth of the Roanoke
Hertford, the capital Of Perquimans coun.
ty, was taken by the Federals yesterday.