Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-06-27
MILITARY MATTERS IN ILLINOIS.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT LASALLE, ILL.
Great Excitement Mt Salt Lake.
Trouble from a Religions
ImpOstor.
SEVEN MEN KILLED BY A BOILER
EXPLOSION AT BOSTON.

The Grenada Appeal, of to-day, contains
the following:
Montgomery, 1Tth.-Gen. Beaurcgard and
staff passed through here this morning, en-
soute for Richmond. Preparations are being
made for rapidly transferring large portion
Of his army in the same direction. A Mobile
special dispatch says a sufficient number will
be left with Bragg to check any step towards
the interior by the vandals under Halleck.
A special dispatch to the Augusta papers
dated Charleston, 10Th says:
A severe battle took place this morning or
James Island, miles from the city. Five
regiments of Federals, reinforced by artillery
attacked the batteries at Secessionville. Col
Lamar commanded the Confederates and with
few hundred troops repulsed the enemy
with great slaughter. The enemy fought
bravely, but were defeated. The enemy's
loss is reported to be about 400, including sc
or more prisoners-from so to 100. Col
Lamar is wounded, and Capt. Reed and King
and Lieut. Edwards killed. 1t is expected
the attack will soon be renewed. The con
federates were much exhausted by previously
Smelling the enemy day and night.
Fort MONROE, June %.
A steamer from City Point arrived las
night.
Richmond papers of Saturday contain brie
accounts from Charleston of the bloody battle
fought on Monday last between five Fedora
regiments and a battery of Parrot guns ano
parts of four confederate regiments and 9
battery. The battle lasted all day, with a
heavy loss on both sides.
The Charleston Mercury feared the battle
would be renewed the next day, and ex.
pressed apprehensions for the safety of the
city, in consequence Of the great exhaustion
of the Southern troops, and the loss of many
officers. Gems. Evans and Pemberton COM
plimented the rebel troops for their bravery
in standing up under the heavy fire of shells,
&C., from our gun-boats and batteries
The fight took place miles from Charles
ton, and from the tone of an editorial in the
Mercury should think the rebels have been
cut off from retreat from James Island by our
gun boats If this should be so Charleston
must soon fall
The Richmond Dispatch says that it can
be no longer denied that Gen. jackson has
been heavily reinforced lately and the Federal
columns must either combine or fall back
across the Potomac.
New YORK, June "a.
The Charleston Mercury of the 18th, says
in relation to the battle of the previous day
the Federals made three charges with the
bayonet on the Confederate battery, under
command of Col. Lamonancc without firing a
single volley. At each discharge it says great
gaps were visible in the Yankee line. The
Federals finding the battery men unyielding,
next tried fanking movement on both sides,
and that on the west side seriously threat
ened the rebels for time, but reinforcements
coming up the Federals were repulsed. The
rebel loss is stated at 40 killed and 100
The rebels say they buried 40
Yankees and captured 80 prisoners. The
Yankees carried off their wounded which the
rebels estimate at 400. The account is evil
IDENTIFY one-sided, and will doubtless prove
less fatal to life on our side and more iniur-
ous to the rebels than here stated.
New YORK, June %,
A New Orleans letter, of the 18th, says the
steamer Mississippi had arrived from Baton
Rouge. All was quiet in Gen. Williams
amp. The story of Col. Dudley, of Nuns
,attery, having been cut off is false. There
lad been no rebel force near Baton Rouge,
except band of some 200 guerillas, scout
ny between that city and Clinton.
A few days ago Gen. Williams sent Dol. |
Of the Dist Illinois, with guard,
0 seize some property. They were fired on
y two guerillas and Dol. Mcclellan was
lightly wounded with buckshot. The guard
red upon the rascals, killed one and cap
1red the other.
Gen. Williams wrote to Gen. Butler for in
tructions as to the course to be pursued to-
ards guerillas. The General answered as
flows:
Headquarters Gulf Department, New
'rleans, June 12th.-General: You ask me {
hat shall be done with guerillas. They {
lould be captured, tried at the drum head 8
= military commission and shot-every man! q
their houses burnt, their property destroy c
|, and every means taken to show them that t
ey are enemies of the human race-not SOL {
crs-but murderers and land pirates v
here is only one way in which you can err v
wards them, and that is by want of Fl
ompt severity. o
By order of Maj. Gen. Butler. o
r. r. DAVIS. la