Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-11-28
Affairs at Fredericksburg.
A PERCUSSION DAP MACHINE IN
VENTED IN DIXIE.
Georgosns find ne,o ,0ay to earn
their salt.
Confirmation Of StOneWall Jack.
sons Retreat to Richmond.
FEDERAL VICTORY AT CAVE
CREEK, N. G.

FEDERAL VICTORY AT CAVE
! CREEK, N. G.
| NEW YORK, Nov. 20.
The Roanoke, from New Orleans, has ar.
rived here.
By an order of Gen. Butler, the property
within the district recently possessed by our
forces under Gen. Weitzel, to be known as
Lafourche District, is declared sequestrated,
and all sales or transfers of it are forbidden.
This district comprises all the territory OF
Louisiana lying west of the Mississippi, except
the parishes of Plaquemine and jefferson.
A commission is appointed to take possession
of the district Sugar plantations are to be
worked by them, where they are not worked
by the owners, and negroes or white laborers
may be employed at discretion. The right to
property is to be investigated, and that of
disloyal persons will be sold for the benefit of
the Government, under the provisions of the
confiscation act
Another order suppresses the distilleries,
and other manufactures of strong drink.
Another announces that any officers found
drinking intoxicating liquors in any public
drinking places will be recommended to the
President for dismissal from the service.
Another one suppresses the newspaper
known as the National Aduocote, for an i'm
proper publication.
Still another prohibits the arrest of any
slave, unless the person arresting knows that
such slave is owned by loyal citizen.
Among the property confscated, as above
noted, is Gen. Bragg's plantation.
The 1ri6uns's special says the released
Massachusetts, officers who have returned
home from Richmond say the tone of the
press and aspect Of the people at Richmond
indicate that they consider the place in great
danger, and that they are aware Of the
strength of the national army and its deter
mination to deal them q terrible blow.
Fort MONROE, Nov. "a.
The Savannah Republican says: r~oa
We have reason to believe that the govern
ment has again put the wheels of war in
motion in the right direction, which, if prop
erly conducted, will thwaIt all of the cherish
ed plans of the enemy and secure his over
throw atevery point We shall hear the re-
suit at an early day.
The Richmond Inquirer states that ten
days ago very accomplished lady, connected
with people in Richmond, Of great wealth and
influence, was imprisoned in Castle Thunder,
on a charge of giving information to the enc
envy by way of Portsmouth, where she dwells,
from which place she has made several visits
to Richmond.
The Augusta (Ga.) Sentinel says that J. G.
Cole, a refugee from Missouri, has invented a
machine for making percussion caps which
excels every thing of the kind North or
South. Its superiority consists in the manner
in which the cap is cut from the copper and
formed at single operation. 1t is capable of
making, by hand, 100 minute; by steam,
1O5, 900 per day.
1t has been discovered in Georgia that by
digging wells forty miles from the main shore
water is obtained, 25 gallons Of which will
make one gallon of salt, whereas it takes 700
gallons of t;de-water to make one gallon.
Especial to Times.l --.-.-,
WASHINGTON, Nov. 25.
Advices from the Times special correspon-
dent, dated this morning, from Falmouth,
show clearly that the rebels are preparing
vigorously to dispute the passage of our troops
across the river at Fredericksburg. Instead
of their small garrisons leaving the city week
ago, it has been reinforced by the divisions
under the command of Longstreet and Hill,
estimated at $4,000 men, and formidable bat
teries have been planted for the protection Of
the city. 1a
Without some brilliant stroke of strategy
necessary to dislodge the enemy.
There is no room for reasonable doubt that
jackson has abandoned Northern Virginia
and taken up his line ofmarch for Richmond,
on Saturday morning, preceded by Hamptons
Legion. They spent portion of yesterday
at Warrenton. .s.e..*t .f..
Whites guerrillas, about 300 men, were at
Leesburg on Sunday.
pondent, at Centerville, that the retirement of
Sigel towards Washington and the concentra-
ton of his forces was stragetic movement,
made with view to the designs of jackson
to cut off his provision train in retreat, and,
by offensive demonstrations against Wash
ington, to execute powerful diversion in
tended to embarrass Burnside's forward
movement. Sigel's plans were completely
successful, and jackson was frustrated in his
designs. l
The HeralTs Newberne letter says spir-
tied reconnaissance by part Of Gen. Fosters
forces, supported by a battery, was made on
the above road in the direction of Kinston,
N. c., on the 18th. They met the enemy at
Cave Creek, behind strong fertilization, and
after severe cavalry fight, in which both
sides fought calamity, our artillery shelled
the rebels out of their position, compelling
them to leave their arms, &C., behind. Our
forces destroyed their barracks and then re-
turned to Newberne.
o. '0- WASHINGTON, Nov. 26.
The annual reports of the heads of de-
partments are nearly completed, with the ex-
ception of that of the Secretary of the
Treasury, which is delayed in part by the
continued preparations of the estimates of
the War Department and other data in that
connection, involving an extraordinary amount
of labor. - .as
President Lincoln's message will probably
be transmitted to Congress on the first day
of the session. No copies of this important
document will be sent out in advance, there
fore it will be telegraphed to the press as soon
as its reading shall be commenced. The OBJ
iect of this course is understood to be the
prevention of premature disclosure of its
contents and to enable the President to avail
himself of the latest official intelligence that
may come to hand.
| Members of Congress are arriving on every
train, and have already become quite numer-
Gus. -s~
q ED1 New YORK, Nov. 26.
| The United States gunboat Sheppard Knapp,
- guns, arrived at this port last night in
five DAYS from st. Helena Sound. About 10
days since an expedition composed of her
boats drove the rebels from Fenwick Island,
i IL.