Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-08-29
GEN. G. vi. Clay in Command of u
Brigade.
Times DispatCli.
Times Dispatch.
BEALLoN's STATION,
Four miles Nerth Rappahannock Station,

BEALLoNs STATION, =
-Four miles Nerh Rappahannock Station, =
Friday, Aug 22-S A. NJ.
There is a lull in the firing at the river. -
An officer attached to Pope's headquart. ,r>
has this moment arrived here, and says a sc n
cral engagement is not really expected today
although our forces are in readiness.
Nine o'clock, H. M-The cannonading i.
now frequent and is interspersed with mus k
etry, but is up the river, farther to the rig 1T
where Sigel's command is at work.
The main baggage train commenced pass
ing this station at o'clock this morning al II
has taken the road for Warrenton Junctio. 4
Sigers baggage train is now passing up tn
same road This is only necessary precau
ton against disaster, and must not be take I
as an evidence that our army expects to ge
whipped
WASHINGTON, Aug. %.
The recent expulsion of newspaper cores
pondents from tAe Army Of Virginia. and the
order of the Government forbidding the u1stls
mission of intelligence from that quarter over
the telegraph lines, has rendered the collec-
ton of reliable news difficult and almost use
less
Skirmishing has been going on to greater
less extent for the past three days, during
which, several attempts were made by the
rebels to cross the river, but they were each
time successfully repulsed.
In one instance quite a number of prisoners
We're captured. The troop, are in good spir-
its
New YORK, Aug. q.
Owing to some disaffection among the troops
of the Empire Brigade, at East New York, a
IViOf Sot,,cJo,y 81. H., l..
racks were torn down, and hotel gutted.-
Several officers were beaten, and many sol
diers badly hurt A militia company and 100
marines were sent to aid the police in quelling
the riot. One of the militia fired into the
crowd, killing Sergeant-Major of one of the
regiments. Police Inspector Foulk, of Brock
Ign, was very badly cut in the head with
stones, and many policemen were also injured
The troops generally stampeded to Brooklyn
and New York City. In the evening, only
about 100 out Of 1900 We're in camp MANY
have since been arrested and returned BY the
police
The whole affair is said to have grown out
Of the non-reception of bounties.
New YORK, Aug %. :
The Times Washington dispatch has the
following important paragraph relative to
arms for the new quotas
'Not long ago it was discovered that the
Secretary of War, with his vigorous way of
doing things, had stopped enlistments for our
volunteer service just at the time when enlist
ments were beginning to be most needed
If it should turn out that the blunder in break
ing off all the gun contracts was of equal mag
nitude, it will not be because the Secretary is
trying to remedy it. Arms in abundance,
of our own manufacture, might have been
ready. AS it is, we are dependent on captllr-
ed cargoes and on going into the foreign
market
The Times, in speaking of the probable de-
mand Of the British subjects for protection
against CONSUMPTION in America, says: at
is impossible to extend protection
The following is recent letter from the
Secretary Of State, to the British Charge de af-
fairs: