Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-02-07

las5 .t,is, v J.:.@t .-. Washington, Feb. /.
II If Gen. Hunter takes command, of the ex-
pedition f-om Ft. -Leavenworth south ard,
the campaign wall be conducted on the So me
principles regarding slavery as if Lane COM
manded. ~ si,St III -, ,ao, '.5"f 5g.5"9
Frank Blair's confiscation and colonization
4 bill will conesup before the House on Tues
day. '- liz ----, .-.-. .5ano5 :lss'5 oa7aoS ,nto
r. Coi.t Kerrigan got into fghtHat Wizards
Hoteliwith d Union man from New Orleans.
Kerrigan drew his revolver, and called out II
: withdraw aline herez-you fightfuIthe South,
i@fort the North lhnThe bystanders separated
them. .siq
"a There has been great commotion in official
circles about the diversion of mortars to the
Atlantic seabrard fromdth Mississippi doilla,
for whichthey were originally ordered by the
Ordnance Department. ,do;hw ,toiri
hshSecretary 5Stant on has declinedto associate
with the Commissioners Anes and Fish, on
the igrbund that This being lnernber of the
Cover nrnent might compiicate ma ters with
should go to visit, the sick who are in p ison
10y a ageneral order f ON the headquarters of
the army.raI ..aupp !nsds 81 Liw
The States of; PennsylyanianIand New
jersey are added to the limits of the Depart
nent' of the Potomac. 9s.I 1ntbaoIi
sysa o7l 2tj .si9'sjd Le s..iCArRo, Feb. 1.
Another mammot expeeitionis doubtless
on foot. 1IThe1force comprising GtHis rove-
ment will be greater thanthat Of the late re-
connoisance.2 The destination and time of
departure and commander are still a secret.
The river at Fort Holt has fl odcd the
ground lately occupied by the 2Sth Regiment,
and is still rising ""E IiGn"a GDo
The 66th Illinois Regiment which arrived
last night, and was ordered; to Fort Holt, has
been transferred to Birds Point; also, the
32d Illinois. .t.fw II .toiie'G 9tt
s. Col. John A. Logan arrived herethis after
noon. iucl II Eis eTa STofigl5T
'.'s.. ST. O. '"s2o LEAvENwoRRrH, woRR Feb. l.
Indignation of the Strongest character is
gathering in the heads Of the people of Kan
sas, from the fact that the army under Major
General HaIleck is being used ia catching fu-
gitive slaves and restoring them to traitor
masters. They are daily prostitutihg the soil
of Kansas, bypursuing the flying fugitives
across the border andlusing Federal bayonets
to force them back to traitor masters.
is. 81 ,'"l z-.r SPRINGFIELD, Ill Feb. /.
The Convention is fast usurpng the power
of both the branches of the government; in
fact, it may nov be called Committee of
State safety, after the fasi ion of French Rev
olutionary times. To-day, in Committee of
the Whole, was passed by large, vote the
first section of Judge Puppies Banking arti-
Gle. his section abolshts by ordinance, all
the banks now in existence in this State The
Republican members and many Douglas DEM
ocrats, opposed the section bitterly, but it
passed in spite OF them.
There is much feeling in consequence of
another resolution instrucins the iGovernor
and other State officers to suspend action in
relation to claims of the Illinois Central r. r.
for transportation of troops, &C. 1t was
passed. The Republicans and many iJoug-
as Democrats opposed the insel ton of the
word instruct" but the Democrats pressed
1t to the last. The lastresol tiou was passed
oy vote of 33 ayes to 80 nays There is
much feeling In consequence of these acts.
il .--. ST.. LOUIS, Feb l.
-. Thomas G. Fletcher h S been appointed
Assistant Provost Marshal General fol Mis-
souri,. Nv.
Seventeen additional prisoners have been
released from Mcdowell College, since yester-
dav