Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-05-23
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G his attempt to tab!sh the Constitution i
tne rev ,ltcd States. - --s..---..f.
). ! is said TIE President viii be waited or
:. thus evening, by gentlcm n, to ascertain unde
what authority Hunter is acting. ed
- Special to Tribune st5 tE
.. 19 . WASHINGTON, Nav l6.
= Gen. Hunters proclamation, it can be pos
lively stated, was issued without tic author
ity or knowledge OF the President, whom i
took entirely by surprise What viii be don
with it il a question yet to be settled Their
, was no Cshin.t meeting TO day and Il i; 10
probable thai any determinat OF Will be def
nitely made until the three IN :mbers of th
Cabnet-Secretaries Seward, and w elles ant
Attorney General Bates, who arc still at TT
Monroe-return, which will not be until Mon
day. a .lsH loaae ... iaE7s 7itaa
I The Senate Committee on Public Lands
have unanimously reported back the bill o
Senator Wade, donating thirty thousand
acres Of land for each Senator ar! Repre-.
sentative to every State which shall provid
a college for the benefit CT Agricultural anG
Mechanical Arts. -.t
The House Naval Comm ttee have sut thor
i2ed the Chairman, Mr. Sedgewick, 70 Iepo,t
to the Senate the bill lre-organiz;ng the Navy
Department. 1t creates three additional
Bureaus The committee have also autho,i
zad Nj. Sedgewick to report the bill reorgan
izng the Naval service, which was sometime
s'nce proposed by n ub-committee of both
Houses 1t pl oviies for ten grades, running
from a cadet to the Rear Admiral. ..-
| = fs 5 4e.a New YoRK, May II.
A letter from Cum berland, Va, May 18th,
says: An attempt was made by the rebels this
| day on our left to capture some of our we CONS,
hundreds of which line the roads between
here and Buckhousc Point, but cataot learn
if they succeeded. During the time that the
rebels made the attack upon our wagon train,
Gen. Mcclellan, accon panied ty his s'aff,
was making a reconnoisanceai.d came in 81 yht
of the rebel cavalry before he was aware of
his proximity by dnt of hard riding he es-
caped and took command Of what force there
was in the vicinity and dispersed the rebels
1t is reported here that two rebel regiments
have been cut off in their retreat by tire burn
ing of Bottom bridge by our force If this is
true they are, in the lalgnag of the Ogre
" my meat"
The steamer Atlantic, from Port Royal
May l4th has arrived. Among the passengers
is Gen. Gilmore, who commanded at the re-
duction of Fort Pulaski
The schooner Planter, which had arrived
from Charlestown, was run away with by a
contraband pilot and crew. Bully
The Great Eastern is below. -s.
Horald's special.
.... WASHINGTON, May l6
The Hunter proclamation has presented an
unavoidable issu., whi.h, tits believed, will
result IN the breaking up of the Cabinet. The
President has expressed not only dissasisfac
ton but indignation. 1t is ascerta.ned that
four members of the Cabinet sustain the
course of Gen Hunter, but one at least of
those estimated is known to entertain dit
ferent views. 1t is stated, positively. that
Gen. Hunter will be recalled, ard the Presi-
dents characteristic frmness will be ex-
hib:ted in the manner in which he will meet
the issue thus forced upon hirl, and that he
will, whether with, Or without the support IF
the Cabinet, act substantially with his re-
pcatedly expressed opini1 II and intentions.
Senator Nice is extremely i'll, suffering from
severe hemorrhage. Fears are entertained for
his recovery.
t' STRAsBURG, Va, May 16.
Yesterday afternoon band Of auerrillas
made dash on the railroad beyond Front
Royal, and killed l and took IA prisoners,
all belonging to the 29th Pennsylvania regi-
ment.
The railroad bridge, 80 feet high, and $50
feet long over the north fork Of the Shenan-
doah, was completed tonight The track
will be laid and trains will pass tomorrow
forenoon. The work was CONSTRUCTED IN 40
hours, under the superintendence of G. ".
Nagle. the Government bridge builder.
Ali is quiet in front tonight
1t is currently reported that Milrcy aud
Sthenck are in occupation Of Staun,on
BALTIMORE, May IL
The Old Point boat has arrived but brings
no letters. Several of the crew of the Merrl-
and claim to have been impressed.
Fort Momroe, uia Washington, Hay lGM.
Gen. Wool visited Norfolk again to day
He contemp'ates removing headquarters of
this department to that city. No news from
Gen. Mcclellan to-day. He is pushing on as
fast as possible. ..... ............ .....
Troy, n. Y, May II.
The total loss TO the Insurance companies
by the late five is 81 ,4S4, 1926. OF the 1913
Insurance companies doing business in the
State, 73 had losses in 30 New York State
Companies of other States. The London and
Liverpool company lost $157, coo, and the
Troy Mutual $4,000.
HEADQUARTERS MOUNTAIN DEPARrMESr,
FRANKLIN Va, VIA BALTIMORE, May II. {
Unofficial dispatches, but considered relia-
bic, announce that Princeton. where General
Cox's advance was stationed was CAPTURED
Yesterday by the rebels under Humphrey
Marshall.
This 4morniug the place was re-cdptured
and the rebels defeated by Cox. No par
!iculars.
Scouts report the rebels to he reinforced.
New YORK, May 1S.
A special dispatch to tie Times says Mem
phis papers OF the l4th were lookinkfor a
battle at Corinth with terrible interest They
estimate the Federal army at so 600 and insist
it is greatly demoraized They say they
don't allow themselves to think of being de-
feated Beauregar is Undoubtedly at Corinth.
J. New YORK, May ls
By the Atlantic, from Port Royal, we learn
that the negro pilot brought from Charles
ton in rebel tug with a number destined
for Fort Ripley, who sprrcudered her to our
squadron, IS great acquisition. He knows
all the intIicacies of navigation in that re-
gion. esse ,s-s. .... ..
Hunters proclamation being published in
Charleston, negro insnrrection was immi-
nent :
Vast preparations are making here to bonn
bard Savannah. Our gun-boats are up the
river, and pickets are within four miles of the
city. Massive batteries of Parroet guns are
erected around the city.
We have portion of the Charleston and
Savannah Railroad in our possession.
WHITE HOUSE, Va, May IT,
To Stanton, Secretary IF Var: The com.
bined army and naval expedition went some
25 miles up Pamunkey river to 7day and com
PEELED tie rebels to destroy two steamers and
I 20 schooners. Theexpedition was admirably