Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-11-28
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Cen. Patrick, Provost Marshal General Of
the army, this morning crossed the river to
Fredericksburg, under . flag Of truce, convey
ing to the civil authorities Of that place the
following letter, demanding its surrender: q
h. HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARxY,)
Tol an s.ll as ~ Nov 81.
70 ths Mayor and Oomnon Council At Trsdsrcksburg:
r GENTLENEN Under cover of the houses
of your city, shots have been fired on the
| troops Of my command Your mills and
manufactures are furnishing the provisions
and material for clothing armed bodies in re-
bellion against the United States. Your raj
reads and other means Of transportation are
removing supplies and troops. This condi-
| ton must terminate, and, by direction of Gen.
Burnside, / accordingly demand the surren-
der Of the city into my my hands, as the repre-
sentative of the United States, at or before 8
o'clock this afternoon Failing an affirmative
reply to this demand by the hour indicated,
| 16 hours will be permitted to elapse for the
removal from the city ofwomen and children,
SiCh aAO WouAueu, dScus &C., WHICH, pcIAOu
having expired, I shall proceed to shell the
town. Upon obtaining possession of the city,
every necessary means will be taken to pre-
serve order and security and the protection
of the laws and policy Of the U. s. Govern
ment. Very respect'y, your ob'dt rv't, af
( eat.t:E58 s1ai5 e. v. SUxNER,s
vfn9 40 Brevet Maj. Gen. U. S. A. r,
On his arrival on the opposite bank, Gen.
Patrick was conveyed to the guard house by
the military, where he was detained till the
reply was ready p gg aa5 odeg
Meantime communication was conveyed to
Gen. Longstreet, whose troops are encamped
short distance outside the city, that such
demand was made upon the city authorities.
The Mayor gave an answer, which was evil
IDENTIFY made at the dictation of Gen. Long
street, to the effect that the complaints emu
merated should be remedied SO far as firing
lat our pickets and furnishing supplies to the
Confederate army were concerned also that
herebels would dispute the occupation of the
city by the Government forces. He complains
of the short space of time allowed for the
removal of the women and children, and sick
soldiers. .aut aee. ..1ss mi,
The giving of any more time, as requested,
is now under consideration. s3f-
Permission has been given the citizens to
run one train from the city, but only for the
conveyance of women and children -
The news received to-day from jackson
shows that he had rented house in Win
chester for his family. His troops are in front
of the city, with regiment of cavalry at
Martinsburg. s sar fes.s .yfefa
tss5 lss, $50 WASHINGTON, Nov. 81. ..e
Tho oh I'm ohv, 10
be investigated by the new Court of Inquiry
which assembled here yesterday, relate en-
tirely to the famous report of Gen. Pope,
which found its way into the N. Y. Herald
in the shape Of q letter from one Of that jour-
nal's regular correspondents the day before it
appeared in the papers as an official docu-
ment from under the hand of Gen. Pope
The correctness of his allegations in that re-
port against Gen. Pope will doubtless be sift.
ed by the Judge Advocate, Gen. Hall. ri %.
On the 9TH the U. S. steamer Octarora cap
tured off the Bahama Banks the schooner
Elias Reed, ladened with turpentine, rosin,
and few bales of sea-island cotton.
esas raH LEAvENwoRTH, Nov. 20. -
A letter from Fort Scott, 10th, says that
the burning Of Lamar, Mo-, has been con-
firmed.
A train locked for has safely arrived here,
not without great caution and perseverance 1
on the part of the commanding officer.
A train Of one hundred wagons started on
Sunday for Blunt's command, mostly loaded
with clothing. They had proceeded but a
few miles, when Maj. Henning received news
that justified him in ordering it back to the
fort to await a large escort.
Livingston and his band have twice been in |
Kansas, on Dry Wood Creek, within the past
week, numbering and plundering, indiscrim-
inately. - - =. 49,. ,.r;
Four men arrived here. yesterday, from be-
low. They report a train of two hundred
wagons on their way up, and think it proba- |
bic that they will have to fight their way
through, there being greatly superior num-
bers of rebels at Carthage They report them
concentrating rapidly at that place, and the
brush is swarming with bushwhackers, from
Spring river to Shanghai. .a
.g4ei New York, Nov. 21. sq
The Tines correspondence from Fairfax,
2lst, has the following:
We have pretty reliable information as to |
the movements of the rebels. an
Stuart's headquarters are at Warrenton,
and Whites cavalry at Leesburg. The force
of the latter is only 800 men. 90
Stuart has artillery and cavalry, and his
advance guard was on the Bull Run battle
ground, but our cavalry drove them back
They have since re-occupied portion Of the
ground. ai3as laI
A Washington special to the Times says
the action of the War Department in striking
upwards of 100 officers from the rolls owing I
to their absence from their regiments, has
caused considerable futtering among those
now in this city, and q large number of res
ignations were accordingly sent to the War
Department to-day. - g.
The Herald has the following:
81 HARPER's FERRY, Nov. 81.
The rebel pickets were at Nolen's Ferry,
yesterday.
Impressions prevail that Stonewall Jackson
is marching to Gordonsville with the bulk Of
his force, and that the rebels in this vicinity
are only cavalry. 4 ecrszs
4sg g. ss HEADQUARTERS OF THE Army,
70 a;is ss November 81, 1862.
Yesterday the enemy received sudden.
check in their removal of stores by railroad
from fredericksburg, our artillery having
opened upon them, disabling locomotive and
the train. But the rebels continue
70 remove -four, grain, tobacco, cotton, 60,
by means of wagons, since our evacuation; Of
Fredericksburg. up to that place, thence re-
moving thy rail to Richmond. ,ir aa |
Last night the enemy built large fires on
the hills beyond fredericksburg, illuminating
the whole southern horizon2 evidently design
ing to deceives US with regard to their real
foreeso It is not believed that they have o
large body of troops in this vicinity, and the