Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-03-07

29th, says the rebel soldiers before leaving
Nashville, plundered many dwellings and
] business houses, and excited great alarm
among the inhabitants. Several rebels were
shot by the citizens whom they were robbing.
Gen. Nelson is in command at Nashville.
Gen. Buell. still being on the north side of th G
river. The Union sentiment is very strong
and our troops are received with the great
est cordalty.
Great indignation is expressed against Gov.
Harris, who was fairly driven away by
Union men, they having became bold at
the proximity of Union troops and dared to
assert their rights. Before leaving, Harris
made speech recommending the citizens to
burn their private property, and calling on
Iennesseeans to rally and meet him at Mem
phis, but none paid any attention to him.
and it is thought he Will not receive any con-
siderable reinforcements.
Gen. Crittenden's Command had Joined
Johnston at slurfreesboro.
The railroad bridge at Nashville was de-
stroyed by order of Floyd, against the urgent
remonstrance of citizens, which caused much
indignation. .e.-
- t*S '@- ST. LOUIS, Feb. %.
Gen. Halleck, in a general order, states that
official information has been received that the
rebels, in evacuating Midtown, Ark, pois-
oned the provisions they were obi ged to
abandon, and that AZ officers and men were
poisoned by eating the same. He says we
cannot retaliate by adopting the same barbar-
GUS mode OF warfare, nor can We retaliate by
Furnishing the innocent for the acts of the
guilty. The laws Of war forbid this, but the
same code authorizes us to retaliate upon the
guilty parties. Persons guilty of such acts,
when captured, will not be treated as ordinary
prisoners of war, nor will they be shot, but
will suffer the ignominious death of being
hung as fe'ons. Officers are, in measure.
responsible for the acts of their troops. Off
GERS Of troops guilty of such acts, although
not, themselves, the advisers or abcttors of the
crime, will, whe3 captured, be put in irons and |
conveyed, as criminals, to these Headquarters.
Laws of war make it their duty to prevent |
such barbarities-if they neglect that duty |
they must suffer the consequences.
XXXVIIth Congress --- lst Session.
WASHINGTON, Feb %.
SENATE.--Mr Howard presented petition |
from the citizens of the copper producing re- |
gicns of Michigan, asking for military road |
to Wisconsin. n
Mr.. Chandler presented the petition for ma
val depot in Saginaw Bay.
Mr.. Starke, Of Oregon, offered the follow
ing: r. s-,r
Hssolvea, That the papers relating to the
loyalty of Benz. S,arke, Senator from Oregon,
be referred to the Judiciary committee, with
instructions to investigate the charges on the
evidence which lis been or may be presented
MIR Hale objected to the resolution.
Mr.. Starke said that he presented tho reso-
luton himself because he would spare any
friend of his what might be an uu gracious
office; certainly he would not let any one op-
posed to him place himself IN such posi-
ton. He was anxious tat any Senator who
proposed to be the prosecutor of the charges
brought here against him should have an 0p-
portunity offered him. He would avail him.
self of this opportunity to say that, relying
on his own consciousness of loyalty to the
country, yielding to no man in devotion 10
the Constitution and the Union and in vener-
alton and reverence for the flag of his coun-
try, he had hitherto refrained from entering
into the questions contained in these papers,
preierr:ng to stand on what he conceived to
be his personal honor and the rights of his
State. If any one wished to prosecute the
matter further, he would be most happy to
meet it,
HoUsE.-The House proceeded to the con-
of tn, Special order, namely, the
bill providing for receiving engineers into the
volunteer service of the United States.
After debate, the bill was rejected.
The homestead bill was considered