Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-05-02
VOL. AsIH--NO. 4.

! 27 prisoners, destroyer the camp eqpippsss
and advanced to Pea Ridge, within six miles
of Corinth. They remaiftd d there fror- II 4.
i NJ to 3 p. n. He saw no afDaed men, but
heard consesnt :nttlingfof cass, and SQUAD
4 ing OF whistle towards Memphjs \. They, got
the impression the rebels were .eyacuating for
EAfmphis. This feeling seemed 10 be gaining
grpu1d, that there woald be no istanA az Co1S'
iptks He visited our camps generally aud
kGFe positions and advances Of our forces not
/ pfbper to telegraph, ".
Af'saSannSal's hgsafs We have /, $50 sick
and woundedAS0ol from Illirros, the sbafsnce
| from Wisconsin, atichiganj AMI, Indiana
AN are in great need of relishable II food and
care. Efo is were made to, get 200 conva-
lescent men sent down the river, but they
wdre not successful when lie left.Sh J a. ed1
Gen. HarEey'ssfriendsf fa~isssieral, mem-
befs Of the Illinois Sanitary ComneHission came
BY the same ne; steamer aHaneq-l Gov Hs5vsy s body
was not found f'sse 'S - .
/, is currently reportcdt5 ssssafFstsB 'thss
Beauregard's thirtysdays men are dissatis.
fed and will not stand the Are OF the daunt-
less Northwestern boys. .,....'- r.,
-s a. u, ssra .WsAssiNGToE, April a5.e y
Com. Foote, owing ito the wound, RECEIVED
III the battle of Ft Henry, has asked to be
relieved from the command o" the western
hotilla, bet the Depaf trheiit HAS it UNDER
stood, ordered Capt t'has!Ha Davis torepair
to the squsdren,as lis. seSapd, iifs, cammand.1
labor of his RESPONSIBLE position NO ''f' i0''-
In addition to what Has heretofore been
asserted 1cosstrhftictionb the false9 state.
mchts of the Ricnmonds papers, there Isl good
authority for Stating that Count. Mercier the
French Miaistcr, had no official conmunica-
ton whatever with the Southern Authorities.
The report t. t.at,Lord Lyons has gone to
Richmond, on is going,lis untrue. ass are also
the recent uufoanded rumors Of Changes in
the Cabinet
s- FoRT MoNgoE, April 27.
d TO Stanton, Secretary Of War: A fugitive,
just from Portsmouth, tringsI Petersburg Ec-
press Of yesterday, containing the following: e;
Noble, Apr1 25td.-The enemy passed
Fort jackson at 4 yesterday morning. When
news reached New Orleans the excitement
was bound ess.o Martlnt law was put in full i-
force Business suspended All cotton and e
steamboats, except necessary transport, corn
and ammunition destroyed. AT o'clock to-
day the operator baae goodbye, saying the
enemy appeared before the city. This is the
last known; will lisend particulars astsoon as
received -- fs .s;.z r.,., f.-.a,-'... .... 81.
q The negro bringing this, reports that the
rebels have two iror-clad steamers nearly
and believed the Merritaac would
be out Tomorrow. ,salte farsps,I "a! e. d..
I'D" [Signed] .s +- j. E. Wool.
HEADoURATERs DEPARTMENT ,RAPPAHAN.
Mock, April 27--To Stanton, Secretary of
War: | was told that the Richmond Erans-
iner, Of the Goth, has been received in Fred
erick ksburg, announcing New Orleans taken.
There was great destruction of property
cotton and steamboats, Enough steamboats,
we're saved to take away ammunition. There
was great CONSERVATION among the inha5i-
tants. ........ ....
].s .,.-...-. New; YoRK, April q.
The Sunday Mercury states, on the au-
shortly OF officers Of the steamer Boston, that
Fort jackson, six miles below Savannah. is
n our possession, and our pickets are within
iour miles of Savannah. -.... -....- ...
.i .. Fort MoNRoR, April 90.
Harpers Weekly, on arrival here to-day,
vas seized, on account of Objectionable edi-
torials and map Of the vicinity Of York.
own. la9- r-F YysT b mif "
All the yards and lower works of the Ga
ena have been removed. Nothing is seen
above deck but the smoke stack.
NEAR YORKTOWN, April 26.
1t is still raining. The roads are nearly
The rebels in Yorktown opened
ire on three canal boats passing into Wormly
;reek. No damage was done.