Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-12-26
Gunboat Cairo Destroyed by a Tor
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Federal Loss at the Battle of
Fredericksburg. t,,a.
Kingston, North Carolina Cap
s tured by Gen. Foster.
Important from Mississippi and
Tennessee. a laa .la @n
RUMORS OF CABINET CHANGES.
Charles Sumner to be Stewards
..5L @ Successor. .1 oa@ /
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Rumored Resignation Of Gen.
Burnside.
Kingston, North Carolina Cap
s tured by Gen. Foster.
Important from Mississippi and
Tennessee. a haa .m ea
RUMORS OF CABINET CHANGES.
Charles Sumner to be Stewards
isL.t Successor. -. ..o oaa {
Rumored Resignation Of Gen.
Burnside. .~

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Burnside.
r- New York, Dec. 1S.
A special dispatch from Nashville, yester
day, gives rebel dispatch from Charleston
N. G., dated the 14th, which says: "Th'
enemy's gunboats are swarming in Stone
River, few miles below the city, and hav'
opened fire on our pickets on James Island
The demonstration is considered as a feint tt
occupy attention in this neighborhood."
Gen. Evans, the rebel commander at King
ston, N. c., on the 14th telegraphed to Rich
mond that Gen. Foster attacked Kingston thu
day before, with $4,000 men and nine gun
boats, and after three hours fight the Fed
erals were driven back to their gunboats. =
Fosters army was still on Evans front.
A Washington dispatch to the Herald says
Col. Kerrigan, member Of Congress, was ar
rested last evening. Hewas openly denounc
ing President Lincoln as a traitor.
A steamer from Bermuda reports severa
vessels there, loaded with arms, ammunition
and stores for the rebels. The steamer Co
lumbia, painted lead color, had sailed and
doubtless run the blockade.
New York, Dec. 18.
The steamer Cahaba, from New Orleans
10Th, arrived to-day. Among her passengers
are Hon. B. F. Flanders and Hon. M
Hahn, members of Congress from Louisiana
Gen. Butler finding the fund raised for the
poor exhausted. has levied an assessment
amounting to $4,000, on the cotton brokers
who advised planters not to send produce ir
order to induce foreign intervention.
...-.-. New YORK, Dec. IS.
COL French, Provost Marshal General, has
issued all order that all persons arriving al
New Orleans be requested to take the oath ot
allegiance before landing.
e'r. FT. MONROE, Dec. 16.
This morning the Baltimore mail boat
brought down 103 Confederate prisoners, cap
tured at Antietam, many of whom were
wounded.
There is no truth whatever in the repor
current that Banks or Gen. Emory are coop
Grating in North Carolina, with Gems. Foster
and Dix's Departments
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY OF POTOMAC,l
Thursday evening. Dec. 1S.
Yesterday the reb els sent, under flag o.
truce, request that we should bury our dead
A burying party accordingly went over anC
continued their labor. During the truce, Col
Walton, Chief of Longstreet's artillery, in
formed some ofour officers that the rebel in
fantry force engaged on Summers front, on
Saturday, was only two1brigades, but thai
they had large reserve near BY. He sale
that our men exhibited the greatest bravery
but he considered the rebel position impreg
nable, and that a force of 500, 900 men woulG
find it impossible to carry the nights in thu
face of their batteries. -. s-.s.l
The rebel loss is small compared to ours
from the fact that they were protected by 8
stone wall and rifle pits. Our losses, as here
tofore reported, have been considerably de
Quoted by the arrival of stragglers. The enc
my took nearly 800 prisoners from us; con
siderable portion of whom were absent from
their camps when we evacuated the soutf
side of the river. 4'r '4.
The prisoners taken on both sides have
been paroled. ....s... ......s.... Nd.
1t is stated that Lees and Longstreet's off
GERS came down to-day and held conversation
with some of our officers.
The flag of truce was withdrawn tonight
after all our dead were buried.
8a CARo, Dec. 18.
The gunboat Cairo was destroyed by a tor
pedo, in Yazoo river Last Friday at noon
the Cairo, Pittsburg, Minerva, Signal ant
Queen of the West went up the Yazoo, tt
take torpedoes out of the river two miles be
low Haynes Bluff, where the rebels have
battery. They had proceeded about 81 miles
kl,oko ~, r1 ho1 fol ftun IF
Internal machines, the Cairo, Signal ant
Minerva being abreast and the Pittsburg ant
Queen of the West just in the rear, when
torpedo which had not been before discovered
exploded under the port bow Of the Cairo
literally tearing away the entire forward par
of the boat. The concussion and report wer
tremendous. Every person on board wa
knocked down. In nine minutes the boa
sunk, in six fathoms of water. Strange as
may seem, no one on board was killed o
seriously hurt H c sssl-
The ram Queen of the West came alongside
and the entire crew were taken off before tn
Cairo went down. Nothing but her signal
staffs and chimneys are to be seen, and tn
boat with her armament is an entire loss. Sh
had Just been completely reftted and clad il
front with railroad iron. She carried 3 guns
was built at Mound City, and was the lightes
and fleetest of the iron-clads. Ha9e ~ '5st
Five torpedoes were taken up before tn
expedition returned. ..i s3,- .l..
II. K. Hazlett, Master on the Cairo, think
the torpedo was let off by a galvanic battery
The Minerva has arrived here with the GREY
of the Cairo.
The battery at Haynes Bluff is suppose
to mount four or five guns. sis'9g9z, =
H .qo New York, Dec. 10.
Dispatches from the Army Of the Potoma
say 600 of our dead were buried on Wedncs
day and Alp to-day. ., .e,
Nearly all of our dead were found strippe
of their clothing and lying naked on tn
ground. - 7ai - :, !.
From official reports, it is thought tn
proportion of killed to the wounded, in th
late battle, is smaller than any battle fougf
during the war. s!Essi5,.,--J = X e
In Gen Reynolds corps, the official repol
| of losses are as follows: Gen. Doubleday
Division, 800; Gen. Longstreet's Division
ll6o: Gen. Meads' Division, 1880; tota
1880. y .q5.
The Richmond Dispatch of the 18th inst
| saws the rebel loss at Fredericksburg vi
$500. 100 wounded had arrived ther
They lost Generals Gregg and Cook al
many. field officers. ,ga aas ao r
/ The Sd South Carolina regiment was near
| annihilated. ef = s.aftr'ei $50
The same paper states that the rebel po'
tons back Of Fredericksburg are impre
nable. It also. contains dispatch fro
Goldsboro, stating that 5000 fought t
abolitionists at Kingston the day befo
from 8 O'Clock in the forenoon until ] o'clo
in the afternoon. The rebel Gen. Eva
was compelled to retreat, leaving the wand