Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-04-25
Interesting from Memphls-6en.
Prentiss makes q speech to
the PriSoner6.
FLOOD sUBsIDINQ AT CAIRO.
Latest from the NIississippi Flo
tilla and the Army In
Tennessee.

GENERAL HALLECK EXPECTED TO
ATTACK BEAUREGARD.
WASHINGTON, April 81.
A State prisoner, Jesse D. Horton, from
Hagerstown, Nd, was shot by sentry yes
terday, at the old Capitol prison. and died in
q few hours after.
New YORK, April 81.
The Office Of the Brooklyn White Lead
Company, Fulton St., was robbed Saturday
night Of bonds to the amount of from forty to
fifty thousand dollars of the Chicago and
North Western Railroad.
WASHINGTON, April 81.
Information has been received that Gen.
Joe. johnson has about 5000 rebel troops at
Gordonsville, and ready to fall back on
North Anna River, preparatory to general
retreat on Richmond.
Hsrald's Dispatch.
WAsHINorox, April 81.
We learn from the Petersburg, Va, En-
press, that requisition has been made upon
the slave-owners of Prince George and Sur.
rey counties for one-half the negroes between
the ages of Is and 50 years to repair to Will
iamsburg, where the rebel Gen. Magruder's
reserve forces are posted, to work on the for
tiications which are designed to protect
Yorktown in the rear.
WASHINGTON, April Fl.
A message reached the Senate, from the
President, to- day, touching the arrest of Ex-
Secretary Cameron, at the instance of Pierce
Butler. The President avows Buffers ar
rest to be his act, done under his authority,
and AYERS that it was justified by State neces-
sity.
The nomination of Col. futile, Of the ID
Iowa, as Brigadier General, has been de-
termined on.
Gen. Rosencranz is in command of q
corps. He will soon be heard from.
The following telegraph gives the rebel &C
count of skirmish in North Carolina, of
which we have no news:
Goldsboro, April 15tA-On Monday last,
below Polkville, near Ruiston, skirmish
took place between detachment of the I'd
North Carolina cavalry regiment and the ene-
my's pickets. Lieut.. Col. Robinson, who
commanded, is probably prisoner. Capt
Tanner was hurt by fall from his horse
Five privates were seriously injured, and five
wounded with gun shots.
BosroS, April 81.
The Housac Tunnel bill was defeated in
the Senate to-day, by the adoption of . SUBJ
stitute.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass, April 81.
The freshet in the Connecticut river, at
this point, is the greatest ever. known. At 9
o'clock, this evening, the water had fallen
10 inches, and is still receding slowly. At
Northampton the water is feet higher than
ever before known. At Hadley, there is no
land to be seen, and the inhabitants 70 from
house to house in boats.
Tribune's Dispatch
.... WASHINGTON, April 81.
The Norfolk Day Book, Of Saturday, con-
tains the following:
Knozoille, 18th.-Capt. Ashley, command
ing 300 artillery, encountered 750 Lincolnites
stampeding for Kentucky, yesterday, near
Jacksboro They had hand to hand fight
for two hours, and he succeeded in killing
about IS and taking about 500 prisoners
Our loss none killed and about % wounded.
nesse for kentucky since the Governors CALL
ing on the military.
Wilmington, 18h.-Private letters, dated
April 18th, say tho enemy attacked Fl. Ma
con last Saturday, and had been fighting two
days. Col. White sent out part OF his force
on the beach and found 800 Yankees. They
killed Is of our men, and we then retreated
to the Fort. Col White fired canister at the
enemy, killing numbers. The enemy have
built battery about two miles from the foot
Of the beach and planted mortars and siege
guns. Eleven large ships are outside. The
enemy have sent to Newberne for gunbc ats
to operate in the sound. The enemy are COM
hitting every immaginable outrage in Cata-
met and Onslow counties. IT. Macon has not
been taken.
AUGUSTA, 16tk.- The Savannah Asrning
Nescs says that skirmish took place at
Whitemarsh Island, on Wednesday, between
some companies of the 10Th Georgia and q
Michigan regiment, in which the latter were
repulsed.
An accident occurred on the Atlantic and
West Point railroad, at Greene, Tenn, by
which about 200 (P) Confederate soldiers
we're killed and 6 slightly wounded.
The Enquirer, of Friday, says the rebel
court Of Enquiry, which has been delibera-
ting for some time past upon the ACCESSIBILITY
of releasing John N. Bolts from imprison-
ment, adjourned Thursday. The result of
their labors has not yet transpired.
A refugee from Richmond says that there
are batteries in four places on the james riv-
er, none of which could Withstand heavy
fire from mailed gun-boats.
-..- ST.. LOUIS, April 20.
Col. Tuttle, of the Iowa I'd, left for home
on the steamer Northerner. He is suffering
from rheumatism.
The following are the names Of the Iowa
officers who were taken prisoners at the bat
tie Of Pittsburg:
Maj. Stone, Sd Iowa.
Capt O'Niel, Co. A, Sd Iowa.
Lieut. Knight, Go. /, Sd Iowa.
Lieut. Naggoner, Co. K, Sd Iowa.
Lieut.. Merritt, Co. G, Sd iowa. 80
Capt. Bell, Co. H, 9Th Iowa.
EVANSVILLE, O.. April %.
The Central Ohio express train, bound
west, from Bellair, this morning, ran off the
track, near Spencer's station, instantly kill
ing 8. Corbin, conductor, and severely in
iuring sew raj others. Ta5 -
-iet e ST.. LOUIS, April %,
From . gentleman who left Memphis few