Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-08-29
THE CABINET MORE HOPEFUL.
ssepcffed Shooting OF Gen. .Tgc.
DOsres3 by Gen. Sige!,
CAPTURE OF 5000 STAND REBEL
ARMS.
New YORK, Aug. 81

New YORK, Aug. 81.
The TTi6unes correspondence gives the fol-
lowing extraordinary statement, relative to
the tenderness of the rebels towards Gen. Nc
! Dowel:
| ''The attack of Stuart's cavalry upon Cot
ties station seems likely to prove as rich
mine for newspaper correspondents as the one
by the same daring officer to the rear of the
Peninsula army. Among the trophies carried
off was $4,000 in cash, belonging to the
Quarter Masters Department of Gen Pope's
army, and his own commission as Brig. and
Maj General. The latter was, however, re-
captured by one of our soldiers, who found it
in the saddle-bags of a rebel trooper who was
left behind in the hurry Of their departure
A Captain in the Parnell Legion in Col. :Simp-
sons regiment was lying hid in house by
the railroad track, and heard Gen. Stuart give
orders to spare Gen. McDowell's baggage train,
but seize Pope's, and destroy what was not
of public importance. The order was implc-
lily obeyed. Although the wagons of Gems
Mcdowell and King were close at hand, they
were not disturbed, but everything in Gen
Pope's train was turned out, his official pa
pcrs sorted out and carried off, and his letters
from his wife, and other private individual
property, strcwn over the ground or torn into
bits"
The fredericksburg correspondent of the
Tribune, writing Sunday, says: Musketry
| firing was heard this morning A contraband
came in yesterday and reported that ''our
troops were licking the rebels, and we had
captured thirteen guns" A Lieutenant of
cavalry came in last night and corroborated
the contraband's story, but says the number
| Siy hot ,boy,
Stonewall Jackson's forces reached the Rap
pahannock at Benefits Ford, some eighteen
or twenty miles from here, part of Mellow
ellis forces were ON the south bank of the
river. He says they secreted themselves I'M
der cover Of the woods, and that .Jackson's
forces passed them and tried to ford the river.
While in the attempt, General Pope's troops
opened Il destructive fire on their front, and
at the same time McDowells men threw
themselves on their rear, thus bringing them
between two fires. This officer says that of
this portion of Jackson's forces, he can't say
how many were utterly annihilated, but says
the river was red with rebel blood.
These reports give you for what they are
worth, The story is believed here, and also
that lighting is going on and the above will
turn out to be true.
Our pickets in front of the town have been
doubled during the past two days, and every
precaption to ward off a surprise has been
taken by Burnside.
New York Heraii's Washington Dispatch
The condition Of affairs in MARYLAND is not
satisfactory to loyal men. 1t is wei! known
that the rebels there are openly organized in
every county in the State, and there is room
to believe they are fully prepared with arms
and only wait an opportunity to raise the
black flag of rebellion. The military author
itics are strongly urged to require the dis
arming of all who will not take the oath Of
allegiance.
Times special]
The Cabinet had a meeting to-day. The
general feeling over public affairs was deci
dedly more hopeful than for some time past
The President is understood to have said
that the crisis is past and the point of dan
ger turned
The recent political arrests are justified on
the ground that most of the parties arrested
were those who discouraged enlistments.
The government does not intend or desire to
be understood as intending to interpose any
obstacle to the frecst criticism of public men
and measures. It's policy in suppressing the
rebellion is regarded as legitimate subject of
| popular discussion, but the rebellion itself
must not be defended nor the government
measures opposed to the prejudice of the re-
cruiting service.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 81.
The Press of this city has rumor that Gen.
Sigel shot Gen. Mcdowell through the head
on the battlefield at Warrenton. The news
comes from Baltimore.
MEMPHIS, Aug. %, eia CAIRO, 81.
The Grenada Appeas Of the 21st saws the
British steamer Racer touched Charleston on
the Goth, leaving dispatches for foreign con-
suls, then sailed southwark
A fierce quarrel is going on between Gen.
Bragg and the Vicl1sburg and Mobile papers
a long correspondence has been published be-
tween Bragg and the editors
a mandatory for Colts revolvers has been
started at Macon, Georgia.
The Eicksburg Wig says the Federal Gen
eIal took away six mounted heavy guns at
Haynes Bluff, on the Yazoo river
Rumors from secession sources saw the
gunboats captured a steamer, laden with 5000 |
stand of arms, near Miika Bend. The arms |
were destined for Hindman, at Little Rock