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Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-10-17
0UR R ARMY CORRESP 0NDENC

CORlNTH, OCC. lU.
Last Wednesday morning we succeeded
in obtaining pass from Gen. Dodge, and tax
ing the train, came to this place. We found
everything in confusion, owing to the great
battle of last Friday and Saturday.
Yesterday, through the kindness of friend,
who has been here for some weeks, and who
was at work in heavy battery of seige guns
during the engagement, we were conducted
over the ground where the hardest fighting
was done. Notwithstanding the fact that the
dead had all been buried, there were suffi-
cient evidences of the horrors of the battle
field, description of which I shall not at
tempt.
tain, the rebel force was about 10000, while
the Union force certainly did not exceed 15,-
900. After the fighting on Friday all hands
belved and it is thought that Rosencrans
was among the number, that unless Grant
came in pretty soon the next morning the for
tifications would be taken from us, but Gen.
Grant sent word that he would be here by 9
o'clock, which had the effect to dispel all anx
iety. However, he did not get here until
near noon, at which time the rebels had been
completely whipped, and were fleeing as rap
idly as their legs could carry them. He
Grant is now said to be at jackson, Tenn,
sending dispatches to the War Department
and the country, relative to what he has done
here and is still doing. Rosencrans, Hurlbut
and other Generals are out to the southwest
after the fleeing "secesh." The latest heard
from Price is that he is at Fort Ripley, where
he has been reinforced by some five thousand
of the exchanged prisoners that were taken
at Fort Donelson and Island No. 10, and is
preparing to make stand. This information
was received to-day, through note from a
member of the I'd Iowa Infantry, who is out
in that vicinity.
I believe that it is universally agreed here
that Rosencrans is the hero of the battle Of
Corinth. Some persons here express appre'
tensions that Braxton Bragg will be through
here pretty soon on his way South. l sup
pose there is no doubt but that he has hi
, face turned Southwark; yet think he will b.
likely to give us wide berth.
There has been great numbers of wounded
and other secesh prisoners sent away from
f here since our arrival Those that l hav,
r seen are, as general thing, sorry lookin
0 set of fellows, but what talking 1 have hear
y among them has been ofthe ''last ditch qual
u ity.
It Messrs. Compton, Hanna and DR.. Hershe, {
e Muscatine, arrived here few days ago:
O.E.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-10-17
The Hon. a. y. HHn milton. of Texas,
On ssHhe Constitution us it is
and the uIHiOM saS IL YaS.e,


On the third day of October, 1862, the Hon
A. j. Hamilton, formerly member of Con
gress from Texas, made a speech at the Coop
er Institute, New York, being introduced by
Gen Hiram Walbridge, one of the most Dem
ocratic of genuine Democrats. Gen Hamil
ton is southerner (by birth, we b,lieve, and
a slave holder, and just listen to his senti
ments:
"Let $40 man be permitted to ive in the
! Gcpe,nmea rho waU dare again t" strut hi
little hour Np0n 0ny St0ge md preach tred-
son to his teiiop man. Restore the Govern
ment, its Constitution and its laws, to all
fellow citizens? With all my heart Restore
the Union as 1t eristed tor tho year .just
preceding the rebellion? cod forbid! Am
| to be RENTED back to the sol Of Texas to
be hunted by assassins the little remnant of
my life? Am to go there to teach my little
son that the chief blessing of his great future
is to race from street to street and from man
to man, and insist that ne is as sound a man
upon this subject of slavery as lives? Am
to see my neighbors and friends hung by the
neck because they have doubted that the chief
business of the great Ruler of the Universe is
not in directing, and controlling, and matur-
ing, and perpetuating. the institution of
slavery? No, fellow citizens, if | cannot 60
there and strike hands with my friends at
home,-if cannot be again united with my
family except upon terms that am to live in
such society as existed therc,-hard as it is
to utter, can find it in my heart to say, let
me never see them. But if you mean by the
restoration of the Union as it was, restora-
ton of that Union such as our fathers intend
ed it to be, then, with all my heart, let us
have it
1.-THE issue is simple it is plain. The
scaYfaring man must rend it as he rams,
though he be tool,-[We have a species of
that article in this region, of which the candi-
date for Congress and his man Friday" are
living examples, that we presume are not to
be found in Texas, ,]-slacery on the one hand
and liberty on the other. And yet, fellow
citizens, for these brief words, honestly
spoken, am yet to be further tried. Friends
doubtless who have stood up for me hitherto,
will say am not prepared for this yet But
fear not for them; they will arrive in due
time where stand
"Hundreds of men have perished because
they had thought-because they had loved
freedom, and INDUCED occasionally in specu-
lations as to how freedom was best to be pre-
served. They have been hung like felons. l
want that to cease. | want the Government
of the United States to treat every man in the
land as it's enemy who will attempt to impose
further restrictions upon the rights of a free
people to think and talk When see that,
hen can lift my hands and say, blessed in
deed is this Government. Then can accept
that flag as the emblem of freedom, really,
having gained new lustre by the
very struggle in which its citizens are engaged
o-day.''
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-10-17

w W. A. Drury, Esq, returned from
Corinth last Saturday, having left that place
on the 7th. He was in Corinth during the
battles of Friday and Saturday, and thinks he
has "seen the elephant" in his largest pro-
portions. On Saturday Rozencrans drew the
enemy into trap by falling back through the
town till two of our largest guns could be
used upon the rebels, when awful carnage en-
sued. Not to exceed 25 of our men were
killed in this fight, but the rebels must have
lost 1900 killed and wounded in the short
space of half an hour. They were driven
back and completely routed.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-10-17
Geo. ID. Prentice i'm NIemOs v of
his Rebel Son.

William COurtland Prentice died on Men
day last, at Augusta, KY, of wounds received
in the conflict at that place on the preceding
Saturday He pcrished in the cause of the
rebellion.
1t is not in the columns Of a newspaper, it
is only in the family circle or in the hush OF
solitude, that the emotions of parent over
such an event should have utterance. The
tears of weeping eyes and fast-trickling drops
of bleeding hearts are not for the public gaze.
The deepest agonies should be content to
fold their sonbre wings in the soul. Conso-
lation could not come from the worlds SYM
pathy it can be looked for only from God
and his angel time. Nay, there are griefs
that like running streams are deepening their
channels forever.
VIM. Courtland Prentice was 20 common
young man. He was remarkable in his pow
ers and in his temperament. A model of man
ly beauty, he had extraordinary intellectual
energy, strong thirst for strange and curl
Gus knowledge, and deep passion for all that
is sublime and beautiful in poetry and nature.
| He was generous, manly, high-hcarted and
of a courage that no mortal peril, come IN
| what form it might, could daunt. He exulted
| in looking destruction face to face in all its
| ways. He loved wild and dangerous adven;
| lures for the very dangers sake. His eagle
spirit lived among the mountain crags and
shouted back to the shouts of the storm.
| Although kind, unselfish, and humane, he
| was impetuous, passionate, and OF unconquer-
able prejud ces. He was not unt'equently
unjust in his judgment, and he permitted
nothing to stand between him and the cxecu-
ton of his purposes. =,
| This Young man, if he had always directed
his energies judiciouyly, could have made
himself distinguished ornament in any pro
fession of life. He might have been an able
and honored statesman in the service of the
Republic. But an intense Southercn sympa-
| thy, in spite of the arguments, the remon-
strances, and entreaties Of those who dearly
loved him, made him an active rebel against
his country. And, after brief five weeks
service in the rebel ranks, he fell, receiving
meanwhile, far away from his family. the
kindly ministrations of those against whose
cause his strong arm had been raised. y, If
he had fallen in his conntry's service, fallen
with his burning eyes fixed in love and devo-
ton upon the flag that for more than three
fourths of century has been star OF wor
ship to his ancestors, his early death, though
still terrible, might have been borne by, a
fathers heart; but, alas! the reflection that he
fell in armed rebellion against that glorious
old banner, now the emblem Of the greatest
and hoiest cause the world ever knew, is full
OF desolation and almost of despair.
And yet we shall love to think of CORTLAND
| Prentice. that brave and noble though mis-
guided youth, during the little remnant of or
Lives. Our love for him, undimmed by tears
and grief is and will rem ain an amaranthine
flower upon the grave Of our buried years.
Louisville Journal.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-10-17

SHARr-SHoorERs.-The War Department
has authorized Henry Marksall, Esq, of Du-
buque, to raise one or more companies Of
Sharp Shooters, to be known as the Hawk
Eve RiAemen. The companies will be organ
lied separately, and will, if necessary, be as
signed to different regiments to act as skir-
mishers. To the experienced marksman,
this offers a chance to enter branch Of the
service for which their former practice tits
them. tits the most exciting branch Of the
service. The companies must be filled soon
Places of rendezvous for each company will
he designated hereafter.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-10-17
TAX SALE.
TRFAsURER's OFFICE MUscATiNE COUNTY, IoV
CITY OF MQsCATINE. Cctohec IL 1862

TREAsUREn's OFFICE MUscATiNR COUNTY Iowa,
CITY OF MUsCATISE, Octobe. ID, 1862. {
NOTICE Is hereby given that Monday, the first
~ day Of Dec mber, A. D. 1862, the land and town
lots within the county of Muscatine. and State of
Iowa. in the following list which the for the
year 1861 have not been paid will be sold at the Court
House in the city of Muscsne In said county, for the
payment OF the taxes interest and costs thereon pur
suant to law.
The sale will commence at the bour OF ten o'clock
In the forenoon. BRINTON DARLINGTON,
Treasurer of Muscatine county.
The cost of advertising each tract of land and town
lot 1s ten O) cens, which amount is added into the
column of figures under the head of tax and all
OF those having either ofthe following marKs-*ttsTH-
are hose on which the taxes for previous years
not been paid and the sale of which stands adjourned
until the nrst day OF ecember, 1862 pieces not
so marked may be delayed but they advertised
for the tax of 1861:
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-10-17

L. A. Duncan, Associate Editor of the
Iowa City Republican, has been appointed
Adjutant of the 4Oth Regiment. He is worthy
of the place and, will I'll it with honor to
his country.
David Moshier, Henry Shopbell, J. Worth
and j. Hindson, all of the 4th Cavalry, were
killed recently near Helena, while on picket
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-10-17

PRINTERS AND THE WAR.-Ne class of our
citizens have responded with moro alacrity
to the call of their country than the members
of the cart preservative Of all arts" There
is perhaps not an Office in this city that has
not sent fourth some Of its men to help to
swell the rank of the" Grand Army"
which is to crush out rebellion. The patrl-
otism of Benjamin Franklin still animates the
craft, and they are ready to lay aside the
" composing stick" and shoulder the shoot
ing stick" at fhe call of duty. The printers
are we'll represented in the solid columns OF
the Union, and with good shooting sticks,
plenty of loaded matter, full front OF can
non. and bold face, they will meet the antn-
ions of Jeff Davis, batter his forts, chase the
enemy from his strongholds, and lock up the
forms of the secesh leaders, We are sure be
fore thew return they will make an imposing
disploy. and imprint a good impression upon
history's paos. If all classes of the commu'
nitv had the same deep love for the Union, in
their bosoms, as do the printers, not will
fall out of our holy flag, not Of our soil vii
| be piyen up to traitors.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-10-17
ew The report from correspondent

az The report from a correspondent of
the New York Times, to the effect that our
soldiers on the Upper Potomac want to go
home," and all that sort of stuff, is simply
bsoh. All private letters and accounts that
we have lately read or heard of from that
quarter, or any other department of the
Union army, are Of quite different tone.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-10-17

have seen Geo. Magoon, Lieut.. Wiles,
Dick Cadle, Cornelius Cadle, Lieut.. Lucas,
Corp. Dick and Johnny Wells. They are
all well. Charles Mahin may recover, but
think it doubtful. Most of the other Iowa
boys will get well, that have seen, although
some are badly wounded. John Merits
is well and with the regiment on the march.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-10-17
ATINE, IOWA, FRIDAY OCTOBER IT, 1862
The Wounded and Sick at Cor.
1nth.

The Wounded and Sick at Cor
| 1nth.
The following interesting letters are from
Lieut. Col. Harry Compton, to his father il
this city:
CoRINTH, MISS, Oct. S.
DEAR FATHER We arrived here this even
| ing, at o'clock. l have been to the hospi
tai, but can gather no particulars in the haste
Tomorrow night will be able to give par.
ticulars. One of Capt. Shrope's Company
was killed. The Eleventh was not engaged
in the fight, but are in pursuit. So are all
the Iowa regiments, as well as the I'd Iowa
Cavalry. l tell you they have had big
fight, and we have enough to do, from pres
ent appearances. We are the first and only
party permitted to come here as yet. The I'd,
7th and 10th Iowa are the worst sufferers, but
the mcst of the wounds are slight.
| have seen Tape, Ketcham, John Mon
roe, Hustled and Albertson-all well. As far
as can learn, the wounded arc all being
as well cared for as they can be under the cir
cumstances. Yours, truly,
II. S. COMPTON.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-10-17

w Thinking, perhaps, that the members
of Lint Society No. 2 would be gratified to
know what amount has been made in the
Society, and how expended, we subjoin full
report. from January, 1862:
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-10-17

~ A hospital for the oath regiment has
been opened in Accola's buildi ng, the hospi-
tai at Camp Strong not being large enough to
accommodate all the sick.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-10-17

W The brokers of New York are selling
the new postal currency at ten per cent pre-
MUM.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-10-17

~ Illinois, it is said, has sent 5000
volunteers to the war.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-10-17

MRS. LIVINGSTONE, wife of the African ex'
plorer, died at Shupany, April 1st, Of the fe
yer.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-10-17
CoRlNTH, MISS, Oct. {

CORlNTH MISS, Oct. 9.
L have already seen every wounded mar
on the enclosed list, and looked at nearly al
the wounds. We find them scattered in tents
buildings, on the ground, and almost every
where but they are in much better condition
than expected to find them, where there is
so much confusion, &C. tell you am see
ing horrible sights. Our wounded are heroic
fellows, and all jovial, no matter how much
pain they feel. They say they have gained
victory; that they have given Price a good
thrashing. They are heroes, and have the
marks to show. 1t makes me shudder to see
these brave boys suffering such pain from
their wounds; and then again it does me good
to see them and hear their descriptions of
the battle. They are proud of their wounds,
and were all as glad to see us as they could
have been to see a brother.
l have heard expressions from them that
would make the northern rebel sympathiser
quail. 1t never would do for such men as
Mr.. I. and Mr.. c. to show their faces in the
Federal ranks in seceshdom. They feel that
just such men as these are prolonging the
war. have avoided saying any thing to them
about politics, but have heard them talk,
and l find that they worship such men as
Logan and Ingersoll, and despise every man
who opposes the President.
The Second and Seventh Iowa boys-the
heroes of Belmont, Donelson, Shiloh and Co.
rinth-are the worst cut up of any of the reg
iments; and the grand charge of the End and
7th, all say, was the most brilliant charge of
the war.
don't suppose have found over one third
of the Iowa wounded, but I am going to find
every one of them before 1 return, and get
them comfortable here or send them north.
l am busy every moment, and cannot say
when I can come home. We have plenty to
do, and DR.. Hershe is very busy. He is con-
stantly on the run, and is doing more work
than home physician would do in five years.
practice. I tell you he is the right man in
such place as this. He is the Surgeon of
one division in the General Hospital. He
will come home some time next week.
All the Iowa regiments that are in servicea-
BILE condition are away from here, but are
looked for in a few days. I have been so
busy that I have not even had time to visit
the battle-ground, but will do so as soon as I
can, without neglecting my duty.
All these men have seen in person.
H. S. COMPTON.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-07-28
Operations Or Guerriiias- Movements OF
Gen. Hateh-Stonewan Jackson still
near Gerdeusville.
LITTLE WARRxSToy. Va, Ju

LITTLE wARRxsroy Va, July 20. 1861
yesterday -four iguerrillas fred upon and wounded
two men, two and half miles from town, and killed
one horse. The men were Gen. Williams's order
lies They had been eating Sinner at farmhouse,
where the proprietor urged them to remain longer.
Capt. Williams, of the Michigan Cavalry, com.
manding Gen. Wiliamss escort went out and
brought in sight yirginians from the neighborhood,
one Of whom was soldier, and the evidence
showed that he was one of the party who fired Oh
the crderes.
Within the past three days Gen. Hatch has crossed
Swift Kun Gap to MeGauehey's Town; thence
down the valley TO Luray, which is occupied by our
forces. He met no enemy in force, and brought III
several prisoners.
Stouewall jackson is represented as being still in
the vicinity Of Gordonuville, apparently awaiting
our advance.
Gen. Banks's corps is eligibly encamped in a
vel watered and fertile location. The whole army
is anxiously awaiting orders for forward move.
ment. They are in the best Of spirits.
The people Of Culpepper, Orange, and Madison
were thunderstruck at the recent sudden appearance
Of the Union forces under Gen. Hatch. They are
Represented rs being heartily sick Of the war. They
may well be- for the prospect Of starvation stares
them in the face. Their stock las been driven OIL
by the Confederates.
The wheat crop is almost annibilated by rust and
worm, and the corn, above tho ground, has no
chance Of ripenng before the Autumn frosts.
There have been almost incessant rains in this Sec
ton TO- several days, raising the moantain streams
to great hight, retardng trains in some cases, and
rendering travel more crcuitouS.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-07-28
OF WOUNDED SOLDIRRe
IN PHILADELPHIA.

The s. R. Spaulding, whose list Of passenger We
published in Saturdays TRIBUNE, arrived at Phia'
delphia on Friday evening"
The Spauldng came from City Point, where she
received some 400 soldiers, who came from Rich
mond under flag of truce. On the way l59 were
landed at Fortress Monroe. On the passage five u
the men died from their wounds, viz:
July 23-Unknown man. ~ ola.
july 2i-ThOs P. Mundel 9th Regiment, P. ". Charles
Schultz. Co. c, 7th Regiment N Y, w. pv
July 25-Andrcw y. Young Co. X, 105th Regiment r v"
belong to jefferson County, Pc. . y,-..t N.
July a6-Joseph Buckley, Co. d. 2oth Mass Rss"'''
longed to Lawrence Msss - uh..r mia.
Tho soldiers on the Spsuldlng have al oeon pc
oners at Richmond. After their capture s"Sy ~"
detained nearly two weeks at Ssvages Sss. .S
Nurses and provisions were sent IA - ,ha p.hSl
Jared better than thew afterward did 10 tne ne1eS
Can;,al In Richmond they were Imprisoned 10 tho
,"L.cco ,varebonses. On che first day OF their sr'
,S.v rac.;ved no food after that they were sup
'',;sJ 18th cnsrter Of loaf each, and email cup
Of beef tea Der day. day or Two oelore tney e''s
" I'll ht ~ meat wa added TO their rafions.
While In Richmond they were pretty well treeteo
h., "a,nsrs and men of the Rebel army. Some OF the
O;v;i;ans however, were very uncivil, and disposed
-, ,amot The men 1t time when their insults could
w, hs resonted The Mississippi and Georgia troops
srs snacialIy spoken Of having been kind 70 our
,sonpded men, and frequently went out 70 purchase
I;ttie articles for such ~ had money.
United States Treasury Notes were eagerly takenS
indeed il was the ooy money received 1t Ps!. ~.
timore notes were looked upon, - soms o. hss &C
sens ere, with dstEust.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-07-28
EXCITEMENT IN ST. LOUIS.
American Rcsidents Claiming the Prseec-
ton OF Great britain.

ST LOrIs. MO-, fncay, Juy 80 iDoS'
Considerable excitement existed here day.
The Britis., Consuls Office was crowded by large
number of persons claiming The protection Of the
British hag to exempt them rom being enrolled into
the State Militia service under The recent order OF
Gov. Gamble.
An excited crowd gathered around the Consuls
office, and many indignant citizens were present 10
punish the peridy Of the American residents, who
having families here, doing business here, and being
located permanently here, in the hour Of peril sneak
from duty by enrolling themselves as subjects Of
Great Britain.
Several persons. in attempting to get protection
papers, were severely handled by the crowd.
Numerous arrests were made. Several ARRAYS ana
struggles took place between the dlsurbes ana po-
Icsm.n. One or two of the former attempted re-
sist ,nce 10 the latter and were arrested.
A detachment Of the Provost Guard was ordered
out, and by timely exerion the outbreak was fnai'y
suppressed.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-07-28
Rebel Spies Going sOuth-The Effect Of
Gen. Popc's Characterization from
the 1O5tii New.Hork.
CAxP At WATERLOO, Fsrar

CAxP WATERLOO, FsrarryR CorsrY' Va,}
July a. 1851
Gen. Pope's recent orders have caused great ex-
element among the citizens of this vicinity, partcn
nrly the aiest in regard to taking the oath of ale
eiance II is stsered that there are not more than
two men in the county who have not taken the oath
TO support the Southern Confederacy, and that
rather than renounce this, men, women and children
express tLeir determination to 90 South.
a large number Of orr 80 ders have an idea that
Gen. Pope's orders give them permission to help
themselves TO anything they can find, aud conse-
quenly they have been roaming through the couii-
iry killing chickens, sheep, ETC., extensively.
Some Of them having been punished severely by
their officers, such practices have nearly ceased.
1t is reported that pa,ies follow the army entcing
men 20 desert, and furnishing item with outfits Of
clothing for that purpose. large number having
deserted within a week or two past-between Az
and 30 from the 10th New-York-giyes color TO this
statement Some doubtless desert for the purpose OF
Joining other regiments, and getting the bounty.
Recrai,ing officers should govern themselves &C
cordng'y.