Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-01-17

paid for sustenance alone until their music
have been submitted to the Secretary of Wa
and his consent given to the coml letc equip
meat and pay Of the enlisted, which he j
- authorized to grapt. Nothing is said abou
the coior of such persons.
Col. Chisnet, who was .18 years in tn
French Chsssears, in which he became
Colonel with Gar,bald at Naples, offers hi
sword to our Government, and brings let
ter from Garbaldi to Mcclellan. He speak!
no English, which is the trouble. e.
Gen. Butler is he~e. t+
The new rebel Aag-whitc cross on rec
ground, with stars under and over the aruf'
has appeared on the Potomac and in Ma
gruder's command.
FcRT MONROE, Jan. IS.
The transports Louisiana and New Bruins
wicl with the remaining troops of the Burn.
de expedition, left here last night. A few
tugs are still here said to be a part Of the
expedition. The bark Trucks, with the
Zouaves, which went ashore on the pas sage
from Annapolis, has arrived and is still here.
The propeller Matanzas, from Fort Royal;
has arrived. ....
The Spaulding sailed for Hatteras and Port
Royal last evening. Commodore Goldsbor-
ough is passenger in the Spaulding
The Pensacola arrived here this afternoon.
NJ" WASHINGTON, Jan. IA.
The President to-day submitted to Con-
gress the correspondence between the Aus
trian Minister and Mr.. Seward relative 10
the Trent affair. In Count Rtchberg's letter
to Chevalier Hulseman, he character'zes the
seizure of Mason and Slidell as illegal, and
sees nothing Objectionable in Englands de-
mand. Mr.. Sewaru's reply is Of the same
tenor as the other letters on the subject.
New YORK, Jan. IA.
A letter from St. Helena reports the cap
ture, by British gun boat, Of the slave bark
Lyra, Of New York, with 825 negroes on
board. Another is supposed to have got clear
with 900 slaves.
New YORK, Jan. IA.
The 7ribune's Fort Monroe letter of the 10Th
says the common rumcr and belief is that
Gen. Burnsde's expedition will rendezvous at
Hasteras Inlet, and tn Albermarlc and
Pamlico Sounds will be the immediate fields
of its operations. 1t is understood his force,
when fairly afoat on the waters of Pamlico
Sound, will address itself TO Roanoke Island,
which is strongly fortified and defended by
from 1900 to 5000 men l presume the
clearing out of the rebels from all the sounds
will fol ow. 1t must not be supposed this is
the whole work laid out for the expedition.
CLEVELAND, o., Jan. IA,
Governor Tod was inaugarated at Colum
bus yesterday. His message is brief. The
Governor has every confidence in the purity
and patriotism Of President Lincoln, and COM
mends the Presidents determination to re-
store the government to its former harmony
and vigor, irrcsp. ctive of the result upon tn
domestic institutions Of any of the States
He recommends the reduction Of the salaries
Of all the State officers. except Auditor and
Treasurer The reduction per diem of the
compensation Of the legislators. and reduc-
ton in local taxation-the object of these
rctrenchmcnts being to enable Ohio to fur
nish money to prosecute the war. He also
recommends new system Of taxing railways,
a continuance of the tax for tire support of
the families OF volunteers, and advises tina,
finally thorough organization of the State
militia.
FREDERICK, Nd, Jan. -.
Advices from Martinsburg. of the 9Th, re-
port no regulars of the army there; all the
troops at Winchester hau left t. join Jack
son. 1t is reported that jackson had attacked
Romney and the rebel loss was 100 killed 10
wounded ami 200 taken prisoners. This was
repnrted by a rebel military captain. The
rebels are said to have burned Bath, and will
burn other towns to prevent their use by our
troops.
... NORFOLK, Jan. IA.
Advices from Havana are to the 7th inst.
On the 18th ult, Gen. Prim, after Almost
enthusiastic reception by the H .vanese. left
for Vera Cruz to take command of the expe-
ton of the French Contingent. Several OF the
had not yet gone to Mexico. The first news
from Vera Cruz had been received by a
steamer which left there on the rs h.
According to accounts brought down from
the interior, by SIR Chas. Wyke, the Enslis }
minister, the Mexicans are making immense
preparations to oppose the progress OF the
allies into the interior. Juarez had issued
temporal proclamation calling on all parties to
unite to rcpel the invasion, and his call had
been almost unanimously responde to. 1t
was believed over one hundred thousand men
would soon be in the field, with one hun
bred pieces of artillery.
Urag, was proposing to dispute the
passes above Vera Cruz, with about 10000
men, Tampco, it was understood. will not
be surrendered without struggle, for which
the place is well prepared.
1t is announced that on the 2Sth ult ar
English steamer sailed from that port for
Matamora, under very suspicious circumstan-
ceS.
Times Special.
WASHINGTON, Jan. IA.
The bank Presidents, this morning, aban-
doped thu question Of finance to joint COM
mittee of the boards of trade of Boston and
Philadelphia, who spent two hours this morn
ing with the Committee Of Ways and Means
of the House. The formation of practical
scheme advances rapidly and may now be
considered settled 49,.
The President, to-day, nominated Thomas
F. Mcagher and Joseph Shields to be Br'ga-
der Generals -... s...t att
The Judiciary Committee of the House re-
solved unanim 'usiy, today, to report bill
repeating the law that exempts man from
criminal prosecution for offences, in regard to
which he may haze been examined before
Congressional Committee. 1t was under this
law that Floyd scaped punishment
Special to Tribune.
The Senate wilt probably pass the House
bill, for the abolition of thu franking privilege,
without delay. '' " -ti@ Cos =
The House Judiciary Committee stand, in
the absence Of Mr.. Hickman, its chairman,
to 4 on the bill for the coniscation of tn,
property of rebels and the emancipation of
their slaves. The bill will not stand thus
long. .ya
Neither the President nor the Secretary of