Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-11-07
,ere, and at Yorktown, and at Fortress Mon

there, and at York town, and at Fortress Mon.
roe.
From files Of the Nassau Guardi,n. We
have the following: the steamer Bonita
had arrived from Liverpool with cargo of
brass, iron, quinine, &c. The gunboat Stars
and Stripes touched at Nassau on the 10th.
EN- route to Key West, with her shaft dam
aged. TX 9P-3
The Guardian says the pilots of the port
have been forbidden, under penalty of de-
prlvation, TO bring in any beligerent vessel in
future, unless the permission Of the Governor
is first obtained.
4 The Guardian contains letter from Sec
retary Seward to Secretary Welles, dated Au-
gust 14th, in rela ion to the chase of the Brit.
ish steamer Herald, by the Adirondack, with
in a maritime league of the island of New
Providence. "If the commander of the Adj
rondack committed such an act. he inexcusa-
bly, violated the law of nations, and reparation
ought to be promptly made. The President
desires notice to be given to all commanders
of American ships Of war to adhere strictly
to the principle that the maritime jurisdiction
of every nation covers a full maritime league
from the coast, and acts of hostility within
such distance are forbidden"
.. SAN Francisco, Oct 81.
During the past month 100000 Federal
taxes have been collected in this city.
Thirty thousand dollars for the Nationa!
Sanitary Committee will be shipped for New
York tomorrow, from California s22O, 900
from Nevada.
CAIRO, Nov. /.
We have the important report here that
Mobile is now in the hands of the Federals.-
\ fugitive from Rienza brought it 70 our
lines. Rienza is the Northern terminus OF
the rebel telegraph line. This report gains
strength from former reports that Butler and
5000 men had landed at Pensacola.
Matters in the region of Corinth remain the
same. ...
Our reconnaissance has reached to Ripley
and beyond, but the enemy has not been
found
+" The impression gains strength that the
rebels have not left Holly Springs in force.
The Federal wounded at Corinth are sent
North as fast as sufficiently convalesccnt to
bear it. -Four hundred have been removed
in the last three days The Tishimineo
House is taken for hospital
Bragg's army is now at Cumberland Gap
lie has been ordered to report at Richmond.
fhe Grenada appeal says his train of sup
plies captured in Kentucky was thirty miles
long
The Confederate Government has conferred
the rank of Lieutenant General on jackson,
lIongstreet, Polk, Hardee, Pemberton, Kirby
Smith and Holmes
HEADQUARTERS MARsHFIELD, NO.
October %
Ma. Gen. S. r. CURTIS:
have the honor to report that on the ev--
ming OF the Goth | received information OF
party OF rebels moving toward a ont eight
miles East of this place, and en- route to join
the rebel force in the Southwest. I immedi-
ately took 200 of the 10th Illinois cavalry,
and started at PM, to intercept them We
came on their pickets about 81 o'clock and
dove them in, and attacked the main force
about 200 strong, killing four, wounding
many and capturing 27 prisoners, among
them one Captain, who informs me Col. Dor
sey was in command. We also captured
number of horses, saddles, shot-guns, mus
kets and rifles. My loss is one killed and
one wounded
This party was organized by Becker and
Hughes, who sign themselves Majors in the
confederat, army.
They scattered in every direction through
the mountain gorge, retreating in the same
direction they came, but so completely sur
prised that they never tried to collect togeth-
er again.
The largest trail could find in cne party
was ten, which followed for 30 miles next
day, when they likewise scattered in every
direction, and I ordered Capt McMehons, Of
Co A 3Jth Missouri, to gather them in.
They are completely disorganized.
ain, very respectfully your obedient
servant, (Signed) JAMES STUART.
Lieut. Col. 10th H., cavalry Cong.
:, -. .... ... ... ST. LOUIS, Nov. /.
The Republican, learns that Judge Sample
was arrested on Thursday at Jefferson City,
by order of Gen. Loon. The cause of arrest
we understand was the delivering of speech
in which the proclamation Of the President
was declared unconstitutional, and doubts
of the ability of the administration
to lawfully carry out its provisions
Judge Lakeland has been paroled to enable
him to attend to forgery case in which he
is engaged as counsel.
WASHINGTON, Nov I.
The news from the front, is that the rebels
still hold Thoroughfare Gap, with a small
force.
Gen. Bayard's cavalry was attacked yester-
day afternoon at Aldie He encamped last
night two miles Fast of that place from
which fact it is If S.r"d he repulsed the rebel
force. 49,
PHILADELPHIA, - ~ '.
There will be no draft in Philadelphia
The commissioners having ascertained, after
careful examinations and the official count by
precincts, that more men have enlisted from
Philadelphia, than is necessary to fill her
quota. ...... .....-t
DAYTON, o., Nov. 1.
j. G. Bollmeyer, editor of the Dayton En-
pi'e. was shot dead this morning, by Henry
w. Brown, halter, of this city The diff
ficulty grew out of personal misunderstood
rng between the parties occasioned by the
shooting of dog belonging to Bollmeyer, by
one of Browns sons. Brown gave himself
up, and was taken to Jail. q -.ss
This affair has caused much ex tement in
our streets.
r. .- New Ye-S, Nov. 1.
The steamers Mantanzas andA Creole have
arrived from New Orleans
The capture of Sabine Pass is confirmed
on Oct. 1st, by the United States steamer
Censington, Capt. Crocker, and the schooners
Leawan and Jonas. Capt. Crocker advanced
with small body into the country, and dis
persed two bodies of rebels. alg b
The result of his operations, were the cap
ture of one fort, two camps, thirty buildings
and ten rebel vessels, which were burned.
Il .uYs5e-7I b SAN FRAN CISCO, Nov. /.
}, The ship Cutwater, reports Aug. 27th,
when off Lieg) Rameiz. seeing the wreck of
a ship suppose to be the Erie, Of New Bed
ford, although the name was not fully dis
jg5 ,i4! i-sas E.ti.ajai
The steamer Active has returned from the
wreck of the Golden Gate, near Manzanilla,
having left on the GOTH Nothing had then
been done towards recovering the treasure
A final attempt was to have been made to-