Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-01-31

ciditia and gun Boat Sycamore and anothe
He had received the cOmmunfcation OF II
Secretary. Of the Navy, and says in accort
ance Herewith he shall despatch the friga
1 Potomac to Vera Cruz. III" s''' .
T Having been informed, on tile 31st of d,
cember, that rebel steamer was at ancho
near Biloxie, he dispatched Commander Smit
with the steamers Water Witch, New Lor
don and Henry Iewis, to capture her; but
upon reaching BIioxie, t'was, found she ha
been removed. Commander Smith demande
the surrender Of the town, which was com
piled with. and detachment of seamen an,
marines landed. A Small SIND battey wa.
destroy ed ardtwo guns and az and 6-pound
er brought Off lso 7"I = III i' %
T The place was found almost deserted BY
the male population, bot was crowded will
women and children. "A schooner loadct
with lumber was captured and brought ou
by the Henry Lewis: She is a very usefu
prize, the lumber being much needed by
the army quarter master for the construction
Of store houses and the schooner making 9
.erviceable lighter 1<7" VA i'," "oFs
'"'s7E43h a'Ibs'i a. CINCINNATI, Jan. "a.
''f This mornings papers contain full accounts
of the battle at Mill Springs. 1T was fair
open battle. The rebels fought well, ano
were overcome only by Il 3 superior fighting
on our side Accorjlihg to rebel accounts
their force consisted of ten infantry regi-
'ments. batteries and sone cavalry about
10000 in ALL They fought 9bushwhacking
from ravines and behind trees,,' bushes and
rocks. The brunt ofthe batt1e odevoved on
the 4th KY, Cd Minn..,o. 9t6 Ohio and 10th
End. For nearly three hours the roar of mus.
kerry was kept up. Shortly after II O'Clock,
Col. Haskins succeeded in9 9flankhg the right,
when the 9th Ohio and 2H Minnesota charg
ed with the bayonet, With triumphant ytlls,
which broke. the rebel ranks, and the route
began. They fed pe'l NEIL to their camp,
strewing the road with muskets, blankets,
overcoats and knapsacks, ard abandoned two
gu s and caissons.
Zollicoffer was shot through the heart at
the head of his staff, by Col. Fry, of the 4th
Kentucky. 1t appears that Zolicoffer lost
his way in the bushes and suddenly emerged
before Col. Fry, who was accompanied by
some staff officers. The two parties mistook
each other for friends, and approached within
a few yards of each other, W, en- finding their
both halted and prepared for a hand
to-hand conflict One Of Zolicoifer's aids
shot at Col. Fry, but only brought his horse
down. The Federal Colonel Immediately
drew his six-shooter and brought Zolicoffer
from his saddle at the first fire. The rebel
staff deserted their chiefs body, which was
taken to Somerset the day after the battle
An East Ten1essecan, writing to the Com
II \ g L.
battle is due to the l0;h Indiana, 9th Ohio,
4th Kentucky and I'd Minnesota, for they
did all the fighting snglc-handed, with the
execution of what support they received from
the artillery. They all fought nobly, and
never wavcred from the fixed determination
to gain the victory. The ,oombatants were
50 near each other at one time that the pow
der burned their faces in the discharge of
their pieces. The I'd Minnesota captured a
banner from Mi sissippi regiment, on which
was inscribed Mississippi Butchers"
ST. JonNs, n. F., Jan. "A. +
The steamer Maritime, from Liverpool, the
lst, for Halifax, with ,750 British troops on
board, put in here this. morning, short of
coal. She reports she has experienced fear
full weather, and had to throw 80 horses
overheard. y..... ,------.-....-.----
.'.-. .-- .--.-.- BALTIMORE, Jan. "a.
The boat from Oh Point has arrived, but
brings no news Of Importance. -----.''.
There had been no arrival from the Burn
side expedition. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES .;--..
The Norfolk Day Book, of yesterday, dis
credits the accounts OF the Burnside expedi-
ton being in Pamlico Sound, and says that a
from Roanoke Island, Mon
day last, brings no such report. This ap-
pears to be the latest aGvices they have.
Since then storm has cut off all communi-
cation with the Coast.
The Day Book publishes the Federal ac
count of the defeat Of Gen. Zollicofer, and
says that it does not believe word Of It,
and says it is Wall street lie, got up to
raise the spirits of the Yankees af er their
defeat at lronton by Jeff. Thompson. 81 .
The Richmond Despatch has the following
in regard to the FEEDER. account of the battle
at Somerset: ave publish batch OF the
Federal dispatches, but do not believe there
is word of truth in them. The fact is, the
reader will perceive, On reading the money
article of the N. Y. Evening Post, that stocks
were going down at such rapid rate, owing
to the failure of the Burnside expedition and
the licking the Federals got by jeff Thomp-
son, that 1t was necessary to steam up in som-
way to keep down the rebellion at home.
So they resorted to these dispatches-their
regular plan CT operations on the stock mar
ket and of keeping up their spirits. We sus
pcct that Gen. Zolicoffer has given them a
licking, as he commenced the attack, accor-
ding to their own account, as contained in
one of their dispatches, and it is not likely
so prudent an officer as Zollicoffer would
have opened the ball on them and then suf.
fered them to defeat him so easily. The
whole yarn is fishy and smells strongly OF
Wall street stock operations"
The Charlotte, N. c., Democrat of the 2lst
inst says: "In anticipation Of the invasion
of the North Carolina Coast it is contemplated
to call out the militia of the several State,
and counties, The call is not yet made, but
the Raleigh journal says that it will embrace
33 counties. p S-We learn that the mill
tia have been ordered out since the arriva
of the Burnside Expedition at Hatteras, and
it appears from the Raleigh Register, of Sat
urday, that draft has b. en- made in Wake
county.
The Raleigh Register says: "There i:
quite an excitement in that city in regard t
a draft which has been made for one-third th'
enrolled militia. Substitutes, we expect, vii
be in demand. wi. .>
The Norfolk Day Book contains the follow
ing dispatches e.. ----
Savannah, Jan. 22d.-The Republican, o
this morning, learns from a gentleman from
Florida that Cedar Keys was taken by tn
Fedcrals on Thursday.
Mobile, Jan. 22d.-The schooner Wilder
from HAVANA, was captured on the 20th
three miles below Fort Morgan, by the FEEDER
ais. s-55 .a5 af sf-s.a} -it ~
.,-.-, ST. LOUIS, Jan. "a.
A committee of ladies, attached to one q
the St Louis Relief Societies, returned to-da
from a visit of inspection to all the mli.ar.
hospitals at Sedalia, Ro,la, Smith'on, Syra
cuse and Otterville.1 They, report, as a gene