Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-10-31

With the rest of his force. Gen. Blunt, by
making hard night-marches, reached and
attacked the rebels at Maysville, near the
northwestern corner of Arkan as, at 7o'clock
IN the morning of the 22d. The enemy was
estimated ut from five to seven thousand
strong.
The engagement lasted one hour, resulting
in the total rout Of the enemy, with the loss
If all his artillery "a battery of sixpounders
"a large number of horses, and portion OF
heir transportation and garrison equipments.
Dur cavalry and light howitzer were still in
pursuit of their scattered forces when the
messenger left Our loss is small.
Gen. Schofield pursued Gen. Hindman be-
yond Huntsville, coming close upon him,
when his forces fed beyond the Boston noun
tains.
All the organized forces Of the rebels have
thus far been driven back to the valley of the
Arkansas river, and the frontiersmen have
calamity and successfully accomplished it.
s. r. CURTIS, Maj Gen. Cong.
WASHINGTON, Oct. %.
The following order has Just been issued
by the War Department:
Embellishments under General Order
No. l54 may be made either in the field or in
the several States, but not more than ten vol
unteers will be enlisted from any one company
Second-The $25 advance of the 500
bounty, authorized by sec. 9Th of the Act o.
Congress. approved -, and sec. 9Th OF thu
Act approved July 30, 1861, and the 50 pre-
MUM, approved June Dist, 1862, will only b'
paid to volunteers enlisting into the regular
army under this order and who have not al
ready received it. Where the recruiting Off
GERS are not furnished with funds, these
amounts, or either of them, will be credited
the soldier on the first muster roll after his
enlistment and paid by the Paymaster wht
pays him.
Times Correspondence.
| WASHINGTON Oct. 26.
| We have intelligence from the South
through sources entitled to credit that tn
rebels have really ventured upon the danger
GUS policy of arminS their negroes In Atlanta
and other cities it is said negro regiment
have already been organized and supplied
with weapons, and North Carol ina pape
states that about 5000 black soldiers, otlicere'
by whites, have been sent from camps of in
struction to garrison Notifications and I'M
portant towns.
| CAIRO, Oct. %.
The negroes of Helena are unwilling to b
sent North, neither do they want to be sen
back to slavery. They readily consent Il
work for wages and arrangements are bein
made by which they are to be paid fifty cent
per day, except in cotton-picking, when the
are to have seventy-five cents.
From several sources we learn Of grea
activity among the rebels in the vicinity G
Helena. Vicksburg and Holly Springs. The.
evidently contemplate an attack soon, but jus
at what point is not known.
Joe. johnson is said to have 900 men a
Little Rock, and the number at Holly Spring
is known to be about 600. The rebels ar
crossing their forces from Arkansas to Mis-
sissippi at Vicksburg, and are making ever,
preparation for an attack at Holly Springs
The place is being strongly fortified.
A rumor here, tonight, that they are NOV
ing North is probably incorrect
People east Of Memphis, near Germantown
are sail to be suffering for the necessaries o
life. Cotton is their only support, and this
has been all destroyed by the guerrillas
The Federals have possession of Galvesto
Bay. This is admitted by the Grenada Ar
peat.
Flanagan is elected Governor Of Arkansa
over Rector
An accident occurred on the Mississippi
Central railroad at Duck Hill on last Sunday
Two trains colided, causing the death of thirty
five men and wounding fifty. Most of ther
wore soldiers from various Southern req
ments
The CONSUMPTION act is so vigorously enfore
ed in the South, that every man, says an of
ficer just from Vicksburg, under 80 years Q
age is in the army.
| CAIRO, Oct. %.
We have had a severe snow storm here to
day,-two inches now on the ground. Th
contrabands here, to the number of 500 o.
thousand, have suffered intensely, and TIVE
are reported by attending physicians as hav
ing died last night from exposure. They ar
nearly all women and children, and many o
them are sick.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. %.
Official ma;orities of 62 out Of 66 countie
of the State, and reliable estimated majorit'
of the four remaining ones, give Slenker tn
Democratic candidate for Auditor a majorit,,
of 1886.
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