Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-11-21
VOL, XIV--NO.a2l., i.
FROM WARRINGTON VI Va.
GEN. BURNSIDE PREPARING FOR Azso
L;en p. GREAT ENGAGEMENT. ~ 70 II
REBELu PLAN OF Z OPERATIONS.
Good News from our Gulf
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GOOD News from our Gull
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Eitire Coast Of Tt.ral1.s' ~ The pos
["9p, ' session Of Federl forces, a,
More English, Vessels Captured.
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Steamer Eugere sunk-Several Hives lost
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The Washington Star, Of this evening, has
the following :-70' 'efl'''' ,.,f ''A~@AA :. :
| o7q yiqm'MAsAssAs JUNCTION, Nov. II, 9
The latest information from Warrenton
satisfies me that the time since Burnside
assumed command has been most ,proftably
spent perfecting army arrangements to worst
the enemy when the grand clash Of arms
takes place. ..sui GElq HI.F 193ISs 81 =
E.e -saaoo q HARPsR's FERRY, Nov. IA. ya
A contraband has made his way here who
states that he has overheard high officers in
the rebel service, still remaining in the Valley,
conyersing concerning the plan of operations.
According to this negro's statement, they are
to send o strong body of cavalry to make a
raid between this point in Burnsides army
and the Potomac, at Washington, attacking in
detail all the small Union forces they can
reach at Leesburg and elsewhere, and in the
meanwhile send force of infantry and artil-
lery to hold ,Sigel in check OF engage him, to
prevent him from interfering with the pro-
posed raid
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/ s9'''' ,-;t... .,-: WASHINGTON, Nov. a.. E
.F The Commissioner of Internal Revenue has
decided that artists using revenue stamps
may cancel their sale by stamping on them
their initials, with the date, in lieu of writing
upon them, as heretofore. al .. .,r5s.f-.
The Post Office Department, to-day, award
cd the contract for carrying the following
mails East of the Cascade Mountains to st.
Louis from - - to Walla WalIa, Washing
ton Territory; from - = to Colville; from
Walla Walla to Bitter Root Valley and, via
Lewiston, from Walla Walla to. Prince City
and Florence, and Elk cities ...... . -
The amount allowed for the services is
$4,000. The routes pass through rich and
extensive mining regions. It's estimated that
1000 miners are now at work in the district
in Washington Territory east of the Cascade
ranges. They will be accommodated with
mail facilities by these contracts. - rs.
The Commissioner of Interna. Revenue has
made the following decisions All life e-insur-
ance policies are subject to stamp duty,
whether the policy is conditioned that the in
surancer is to pay certain sum annually or
at other stated periods. Receipts for such
payments are not subject to stamp duty. If
the policy has expired by limitation or the
-fullfilment of the conditions by the assur-
ed, the renewal or the revival of the policy, in
whatever form, will be subject to stamp duty.
Permits or agreements, by which the terms of
the policy are modified or changed in any re-
spect, are also subject to stamp duty.
n ar. i''.> -' WASHINGTON, Nov. Is.
The Navy Department has received volum-
nious dispatches from the Gulf to-day, stat
ing, among other things that the United
States gunboat Sycamore, on the 2Sth of Oct,
captured the English schooner Frisk, of and
from Nassau, with cargo of 1000 bags of
salt and miscellaneous articles. ~
On the 23d, the same gunboat captured the
English schooner Francis,- of and from Mas
sau loaded with salt, powder, gin, &c.
The schooner Rachael Seaman on the 9th ult
captured off Sabine Pass, the English schoon-
er Dart.
The steamer Kensington recently captured
the English schooner Adventure, while at
tempting to run the blockade off the coast of
Texas. ..e.t ,-...l ...sE
The Savannah Republican of the 9TH, says
it has generally been resolved, both by the
army and citizens, to defend that city and to
yield possession to the Invaders, only when
its walls shall have been battered, and no one
left to dispute their entrance. ......-s. -....
-- Two men have been brought to Savannah
from Columbus, Georgia, charged with alter
ing and circulating counterfeit money of the
confederate States. -.... .f l.-
Fl. M. Mercer, Brig. Gen. commanding, has
issued an address to the planters of Georgia,
saying that he has received from several
counties in the State requests and demands,
that he should return their negroes now
working on the Notifications of Savannah.
It is his sincere and earnest desire to do 50,
but he thinks it an injustice to those who
have sent their negroes at his first call that
they should be compelled to bear the whole
burthen and heat of the day, while others,
and among the wealthiest of the land, look
calmly on the danger Of the city and State
without contributing single laborer from
their hundreds of thousands to their defense.
Let those citizens whose vital interests are at
stake and who have done their share towards
the common veal, compel these backsliders,
especially the rich, to do their part.
As soon as those who are there send him a
sufficient number to supply their places, he
pledges them to send back to their masters
the negroes who are now at work. Until this
is done, duty compels him to retain them.
Gov. Brown renews the call for negroes to
complete the Notifications around Savannah.
IF they are not furnished promptly, they will
be impressed. -. - .....-.. .,...s.
I'D 97si New YoRK, Nov. IT,.
The prize steamer Water Witch, of Kings
ton, Jamaica, arrived to-day, from Aronzas
Pass, Texas, where she was captured in Aug.
Her cargo is gunpowder., as. .t
The Postmaster General has given orders
for the redemption Of postage stamps which
have been used as currency. ''] '-'
qi 59gy9ssz 81 Z CAIRo, Nov. 10.
The steamer Eugene, from Cairo to Mem
phis, with heavy freight and full cabin pas
sengers, ran on rock near Plumb Point, ten
miles above Fort Pillow, Wednesday evening
at 81 o'clock She sunk to the hurricane-roof
in ten minutes. H 1z.g s-7cs 4a29a q ~
Most of the cabin passengers were saved.
The number lost is not yet known, but is es-
timated by the clerk at twenty five. Those
that were saved clung to the wreck until the
next morning, when they were taken off by
the steamer Tgress. A few were taken to
the Tennessee shore in a yawl. By the up
setting of stoves fire broke out three times,