Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-07-25


Hill and on the opposite side of the Chick
~ hominy on Gains Hill. They estimate IL
- rebel force about Richmond, including I'll
l. force of Beauregard brought from the Yves
at 100, 900 men,
The rebels do not anticipate any demon
STATIONS from us on this side of James rive
but are making preparations to resist any al
T tack that may be made upon Petersburg an
Richmond from the south side of the river.
LOUISVILLE, July %.
Yesterday mornings train from Nashvill
n northward and Louisville southwark met a
Mitchellvlle, and both returned, owing to
report that 900 rebel cavalry were nea
Richland, Tenn.
Gov Morton sent 1000 infantry, cavalr,
L and artillery to Henderson, which arrived
there this morning. Simultaneously one o
our gunboats went up the river with large
force to protect Union residents
Gen. Boyle sent orders to Col Garven, com
!. handing at Henderson, to use vigorous meas
ures to clear the rebels out of the adjoining
counties
Gen. G. Clay Smith telegraphs from San.
derson that he is vigorously pursuing Morgan,
Gen. Boyle replies to capture him or drive
him out of the State.
The dispatch from Cincinnati last night,
stating that our cavalry had overtaken Nor
gan at Mount Sterling, &C., is untrue.
ST. LOUIS, July 90.
merchant of Frederickstown, arrived
here, reports a desperate fight with guerrillas
at Greenville, Wayne county Two COM
panies of State militia, stationed at that place
under Capt. Leeper were surprised by band
of guerrillas, under one REEVES. The attack
was made at daylight, and was sudden and
fierce, no pickets being out to apprise our
men of the approach Of the enemy Capt.
Leeper ard Is of his men are reported killed
and large number wounded The rebel loss
is not known. The rebels took possession of
the town.
| General Order No. IL.
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF VRGINIA,)
July 90.
Commanders of army corps, divisions,
brlgades and detached commands will pro-
coed immediately to arrest disloyal male citi-
zens within their lines or within their reach,
within their respective stations. Such as are
willing to take the oath of allegiance to the
United States and will furnish sufficient secu-
rlty for its observance shall be permitted to |
remain at their home and pursue their usual !
avOcations. Those who refuse shall be con-
Quoted to the south beyond the extreme pick
cts of this army and be notified if found again
anywhere within our lines or at any point in
the rear they will be considered spies and
subjected to the extreme igor of military law.
If any person having taken the oath of al
legiance as above specified, shall be found to
have violated it, he shall be shot and his prop
erty seized and applied to the public use
An communication with any person whatever
1iyin u-itb tho -oc |
lively prohibited, except through the military
authorities and in the manner specified by
the military law, and any person concerned
any other way, will be considered>and treated
as spy within the lines of the United States
army.
By command of Maj. Gen. Pope
GEo. ID. RuGGLEs,
Colonel A. A. G., and Chief Of Staff.
WASHINGTON, July 23
(Order in respect to clothing for sick and wounded
sci liers.l
The following is joint resolution of Con-
gress, approved July 18th, 1862:
Resotrea, That the Secretary of War be
authorized to furnish extra clothing to all
sick and wounded and other soldiers who
may have lost the same by the casualties of
war, under such rules as the department may I
prescribe during the existence Of the war.
In pursuance of the foregoing resolution it
is ordered that the Quartermaster's depart
ment shall issue, upon the requisition of the
medical officer in charge of any hospital or
depot Of sick and wounded soldiers such reg
ulation, such clothing as may be requisite to
replace that lost by them by the casualties of
war, the necessity of the issue to be certi-
fed by the surgeon and the requisition to be
approved by the medical director or
the medical inspectors of the State, such issue
to be gratuitous and not charged to the sol
diers. The Quartermaster Generals will
cause blank acquisitions to be furnished to the
various hospitals on their application.
Signed r. NJ. STANTON,
Secretary of War
BALTIMORE, July 25.
The american this afternoon publishes the
following:
Headquarters, July 22d.-Things are very
dull here. There is no thought of Gen.
Mcclellan being superseded, although there
is some talk in the Northern papers of it.
Either Gen. Meigs or Gen. Halleck will be
Commander in Chief.
When the President was here Gen. McClel-
Ian recommended and urged such an ap-
pointment, but told the President not to allow
his claim to interfere with his action in the
matter.
There are several thousand men unable to
do duty, although the health of the army has
improved since it came to James river
There is no movement of troops what
ever.
The rebels are visible at all times on the
opposite side of the river, but are never in
terfered with unless they appear in large
numbers, when the gun-boats shell them
out