Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-05-02

( General; also, Chas. f. Garrett q. a,sista,
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C5in,qary Of Siibailepce, e
The Sepete, it NStlted, isjsafed Natha
Reeve as assistant adarterpasster.- and tn
following as Brigadier Gendy John Cocf
rahe, H. II. Lockwood, Chas. +. Clarke an
Chas. Dana. ....,' s. ....4- .....
John Trumbull, of Tenn, was co .firmed !
" S. Attorney for the middle district Of tha
State. e..-> -.
Iao Owing to misapprehension, vhich causes
tho rejection of Dan'l E. Sicki..s tic Presi
debt to-day re-nolninated him o be Briga
dier General. The prospect of his confrma
tion is favorable.
! PITTsBURG LANDING, April 26.
Maj. General z. F. Smith died at Savannah
yesterday afternoon at four o'clock, of dysen
terry He was taken sick shortly after tft
occupation Of our forces under him, and has
been suffering and sinking slowly for some
weeks, though his condition was not though,
dangerous until within the past week. His
family have been notified, and are on Their
way to Savannah.
BEFORE YORKTOWN, April IS.
The principal event yesterday worth ,aen-
toping was the shelling Of Yorktown by one
Of the gun boats She moved up the mouth
of Wormley creek during: the morning, open
ing well l1-directed fire on their works, which
was promptly answered by the rebels The
boat then fell back a distances of three
miles from Yorktown, when she again opened
fire, the shells exploding each time within
the enemy's work, but obtained no response.
A few shells were fired during the day along
the whole line, to keep the rebels from
/ Strengthening their works. No one was in.
jured * h
tits raining again to-day, but the ind.ca.
tiops are that it will soon clear up
The object of the flag of truce sent 10 the
enemy's line on. Tuesday by order OF ..ic-
Clellan vas to effect the exchange of four
rebel prisoners for similar number Of our
wounded in their hands, in order that they
might be better cared for. The answer
showed they were not disposed to grant the
request, but the wounded had not Oeen sent
to Richmond.
Capt. w. N. Bartell, acting Lieutenant
Colonel of the Goth Massachusetts regiment.
was shot before Yorktown on Wednesday.
and had his left Ieg amputated. He is doing
well. s y
Herald's Dispatch }a
New YoRK, A ril 26.
A fredericksburg letter, dated 23d, states
that Gen. McDowell's force occupied that
city, his headquarters being in the house of
Mr.. Acr, aid to the re,el Gen Smith. Il
The fotilla succeeded in clearing the Rap
pahannock of distractions, and re- ched Fred
ericksburg on Saturday.
Work hoe oo,np,or an fba oo,,. (ro,l>
ard Fredericksburg r. K, which viii soon be
will he immedi .tely rebuilt.
Reliable information relative 10 the course
and construction Of the roads south OF us has
been obtained from the contrabands and res
idents of Alexandria. Il
An immense amount of -four remained in
Frederick sburg, and over thousand bushels
of corn is now at the mills being ground for
the use of the troops. This cottnn factory at
Falmouth continued to run as usual.
The reports Of barbarious practices perpe-
trated upon our men at Bull Run nave not
been exaggerated. The rebels dug up re-
mains our soldiers and made spurs of their
jaw bones, cutting their skeletons in every
form, and sending the trinkets
home to their friends.
The rebel army isreported as being greatly
demoralz zed by the present Union victories,
the news OF which the rebel authorities in
vain endeavor to suppress. The rebels quar-
tered in Fredercksv,e, last week, moved off
towards Gordonsville, and i: Is b-,ie"ci are
but short distance from this
place. Contrabands are focking in ''y scores,
many ofthem possessing valuable Information.
From them learn that the bels had a
re2iu ent Of mounted negroes, armed with sa-
bres, who were at Manassas, AID ttat the
regiment was still in service near Gor,iai.s-
vile.
New YORK. April 26.
Letters from before Yorktown give L sort
If confirmation to the reported refusal of an
Irish brigade in the rebel army to setvs and
The surrender of their arms. 1z.z=
WASHINGTON. April IS.
The Navy Department has rece:ved dis
patches from Com. Foote, enclosing report
rom Lieutenant commanding Gwynn, dated
the 14tb Inst, in which he says the Tyler
1000 troops, infantry and cavalry |
saw, where they disembarkcd and proceeded |
rapluIy 10 Dear Cfctk uffdSo, at Iilc Cf'S>illS |
Of the Memphis and Charleston railroads. for
the purpose Of destroying it and as much Of
the trestle work as tSey could tlrd. The !
bridge, consisting of two spans Of ITO
feet each, was completely destroyed-tl'at is,
the superstruct,lre, together Nth 900 feet of
trestle work and half mile CT tel graph line. |
The rebels made feeble resistance to our
cavalry, 120 in number. but soon hastily re-
treated, losing killed Our loss uone
The Navy Department is desirous If learn
ing the address Of Mr.. Birney, the inventor
of combustion shell.
A dispatch received at the War Depart
mcnt to-day, from Fortress Momoe, says |
that the Richmond Dispatch states that a
Federal gun-boa had succeeded in passing
Fort jackson, below New Orleans, but the |
rebels say they regard it as of little impor-
tance, as they have other defenses to depend.
In CAMP NEAR SPARTA. Va, April 25.
Several deserters and refugees cotroba, ate |
previous reports that jackson, after flying
from our advancing column, on Friday last
pushed forward to point one mile north
of Harrisonburg, where a turnpike branches
to the left, passing Magongheytown, on the
south fork of the Shenondoah and the Blue
Ridge and running thence to Gordonsville.
Jackson's wagon train had been plshed to-
ward Staunton, but learning that town was in
possession of the Union troops removed it to
IL oorlv hour Caturd az,