Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-03-07
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Aue reueIaI IoECe Att1CAiA1o CoVAuIlaH IL
said to number 10000. s... --. r,.. Z
DR.. Hayes, the Arctic explorer, has tender
cd his services to the Government an any ca
paci:y they need him.
Walker Taylor, nephew of sx-President
Taylor, was among the rebels at Fort Donel-
son. He was wounded and escaped.
Fort Donelson was named in honor of the
rebel General David 5. Donelson, son of
Andrew Jackson Qonelson Of Tennessee.
The last steamer from Port Royal to New
York brought seventy thousand letters. At
this rate the post Office there must be doing
we'll. 5.o.. r.. is.. -
In East Tennessee there is but one slave
to twelve white persons, which causes that
section of country to be more loyal than al
most any portion of the slave heldiug states.
Gov. Morton has appointed Ex-Governor
Joseph A. Wright, United States Senator
from Indiana, to fill the place of Jesse D.
Bright. He is Douglas Democrat.
Since the commencement of 1862, We have
captured fully 10000 rebel prisoners. The
rebels have only taken about 2OO-those car
ried to Nashville from Fort Donelson.
Complete lines Of telegraph communication
have been put in operation from Gen. Nc
Clellan's headquarters in Washington to Gen.
Buell's quarters in Louisville, Gen. Hslleck's
at St. Louis, and Commodore Foote'S at
Cairo. The whole machine works in perfect
regularity.
The brigantine Fanny Lewis, direct from
Charleston, with 600 bales cotton and 80 bar
rels rosin, arrived at Liverpool on the 3d.
Her officers claim that she ran over the sunk
en- feet without difficulty.
Some of the Fort Donelson prisoners say
that John Bell is in very bad health, and
will not live many weeks. He is At times
perfectly insane. John G. Breckinrirge has
become habitual drunkard. He is now in
Tennessee. ---
The Court Of Rome has issued circular
inviting the Roman Catholic bishops Of all
nations to assemble in the capital of the Pa
pacy during the month Of May, for the pur-
pose, at least ostensibly, Of assisting in the
ceremonies connected with the canonization
Of the Japanese martyrs.
The Chicago Tribune says: "There is not
one among the rebel prisoners now in this
city who does not loudly denounce Floyd
Says Msjor Brown, of the Mississippi Twen-
tieth, Myself and my officers will sign pa
per against Floyd, and If he is not hung by
the Confederate Government, it is not fit to
live"' -.--.--.
The wife of an enlisted man in the 18th
Connecticut regiment, under orders for the
seat of war, cut off his fore finger while he
was home on furlough and asleep; and as
this thing has been done often enough with
success in keeping husbands away from the
| war, an example is to be made of the woman.
She is on trial at Hartford, and will probatl "
be sent to State prison. -,
The government at Washington has fur
nishcd room in the Post Office Department
to the Rev. J. W. Alvord, who is agent for
Boston Tract Society, from which to distrib-
ute tracts and other religious reading to the
sodiers. He acts in conjunction with the
Young Mems Christian flnion. Mr.. Alvord
is said to be untiring in his labors. lie has
great quantities of little books printed express
" for the soldiers. and so that they can carry
them conveniently.
The execution of Captain Nathaniel Cor
don in New York, on the 2lst ult., was an
event of great importance, as showing that
the law making the carrying on Of the Afri-
can slave trade piracy is no longer to be a
dead letter. Gordon was a native Of Port
land, Maine, about thirty-six years Of age.
He had made several successful voyages to
the African coast, b'it was at last captured or
the ship Erie on the 9Th of August, 1860, one
one days sail from tho Congo, having taken
thence 897 negroes. Every legal technically
ard the urgent aprea!s to the President, back
ed by recommendations by the Governor of
New York, and other prominent persons,
having been used 10 no effect, Gordon was
execute as above stated.