Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-12-12

,ver, is prevalent that the present quiet will
be of short duration,
NEW YORK, Dec. Q.
Letters from North Carolina give account
Of an expedition to Herd county. They went
over 100 miles, captured several guerrillas,
two prisoners, and also colonel of the 18th
North Carolina volunteers. Scared people
from Fairfield destroyed thirteen bridges.
Capt. Jacobs, Of the 18th New York caval- !
ry, with his force, lately captured, near Ply
mouth, $50 horses and mules, and number
Of prisoners.
HALIFAX, Dec. 9.
The Arabia from Liverpool 29th and
Queenstown 30th, arrived with weeks later
news. @
The great prize fight for the champion
ship of England, between Jim Mace and Tom
King, took place on the 26th Of November.
After fighting 81 rounds, most Of which
were in favor of Mace, King put in one Of
his sledge. hammer blows, and knocked Mace
insensible. Mace could not come to time
and King was declared the master. 1t is re-
ported John G. Heenan has agreed to fight
King for the championship. Each man is
to put up $500 per side.
CHICAGO, Dec. 9.
A private dispatch foom Prairie Grove, this
A. NJ, says they had battle yesterday. Our
No particulars received. a..
OXFORD, MISS, Dec. 7.
The cavalry under Col. Dickey, pursued
and attacked the retreating rebels near Cof-
feeville, on Friday evening. An engagement
oftwo hours ensued, which was ended by
night.
The rebels were in force not less than 5000,
with artillery and cavalry.
There was two hours of general fighting
The Federal loss was about 9 killed and fifty
wounded and 260 missing.
The rebel loss is 800 killed and wounded.
Lieut.. Col. Mccullough the of 9TH Ills. cavalry,
was killed. Our cavalry pursued them four
days, with almost constant skirmishing for
fifty miles. Took 700 prisoners and large
amount of property, and are now resting at
Yockney River.
BATTLEFIELD, NEAR FAYETTEVILLE, Ark,
December s, 1862
Gen. Herron's forces, en-route to reinforce
Gen. Blunt, met the enemy, yesterday, on
Crawford Prairie, ten miles southeast of Fay
etteville, Arkansas, and won decisive victory
over them. The enemy was 10000 strong,
divided into four divisions, under Gems. Par
sons, Marmaduke, Frost and Rains-all under
Gen. Hindman, and embracing the flower of
the Trans Mississippi Army-well supported
by 10 pieces Of artillery The enemy fianked
Blunt's position, at Cave Hill, and made a
sudden attack on Heron, to prevent him from
uniting with Blunt. Gen. Herron's force con-
sited of the oath and 37th Illinois, the 10Th
and Goth Iowa, 26th Indiana, the Goth Wis
consin and battalion or two of cavalry-in
all from $500 to 1000 men, and "a pieces of
artillery.
The battle ragged from 10 o'clock in the
morning till dark, and was desperately fought
throughout. Our artillery drove the enemy
from two strong positions, and kept their
overwhelming numbers at bay. The Goth
Wisconsin captured rebel battery of four
heavy guns, but were forced to abandon them
under murderous fire. The 10Th Iowa also
took the same battery ard fought most des-
perately, but were also obliged to yield it. AL
| About o'clock, Gen. Blunt arrived from
Cave Hill, with 5000 men and strong force
of artillery, and attacked the enemy in the
rear. The rebels made desperate efforts to
capture his batteries, but were repulsed with
terrible slaughter.
We held the whole field at dark, and be-
fore o'clock that night the entire force of
the rebels was in fnll retreat over the Boston
Mountains. Our loss in killed and wounded
is 60O that of the euemy 1900, by their
own admission. Several of the enemy's field
officers were killed, among them Col. Stein,
commanding brigade, formerly a Brigadier
in the Missouri State Guard. Only few pris-
oners were taken. We captured four cais-
sons filled with ammunition. Lieut. Colonel
McEarlan, of the 10Th Iowa, was the only
field officer killed on our side. Major Hub.
bard, of the LIST Missouri cavalry, was taken
prisoner.
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF PoToNAc,l
December 9.
The weather is milder and the snow has
melted considerably.
An officer who came through from Alexan-
dria, with a strong escort, was told at Dunn
fries that sixteen suffers, with their wagons,
were captured by Whites cavalry, last week,
and the owners made to drive their teams to
some rebel station in the interior.
White was represented as having large
regiment of cavalry.
r. LOUISVILLE, Dec. 9.
Three thousand rebel cavalry are supposed
to be under Forrest, intending to make
another raid into Kentucky, or dash at Fort
Donelson. They were at GAINESVILLE to-day.
Passengers from Gallatin contradict the
report of an engagement there between Fry
and the rebels. They say no recent fight has
occurred there. al-.e
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.
It is now stated positively that the Presi-
dent has sent forward an order directing that
thirty seven of the condemned Minnesota In
dams, specifically named, be hanged on the
9th inst.
Gen. Burnside, to whom Gen. Sigel's re-
quest for court of inquiry was made, writes
as follows to Sigel:
"With your movements since my connec-
ton with this army am well acquainted. II
take pleasure in bearing testimony to the
ZEAL efficiency and military skill displayed by
yourself and your officers in the management
of your forces, and the fruitful reconnois- |
sances you have directed"
NEwBERN, N. c., via FT. MONROE, |
- Dec. 8. |
Great disaffection exists in the interior and |
the impression prevails there that a signal
victory by Burnside will be followed by i'm
mediate and entire abandonment of Border
States including N. G. and Tenn. The
Prcgress Of the goth ult has the following
total rebel losses in the recent Battles amount