Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-07-11
CALL FOR MORE TROOPS IN MAS
SACHUSETTS.
SALE OF CONFIsCATED COTTON AT
BOSTON.
LATER FROM CURTIsS' ARMY
n ssesC Programme DetesssisseSl
on by the Rebels.
Important News, from the Missis.
sippi FlOtilla.
The Rebels Burn Three Of their
G,Mboats-Coma. Farragw Pass
es above Vacksburg acith his
VesSeLs.
Fort MONROE, July !

Fort MONROE. July /.
A gun.boat has just arrived here from the
scene of action yesterday, ten miles above
City Point. That division of our army has
been fighting four days and has retreated
about II miles. The fight of yesterday was
most terrific, the enemy having two or
three to our one. The battle commenced
With our land forces and after about four
hours fighting, our grn-t oats got IN range
and poured into the enemy heavy and in
cesSant fire. This fire the rebels stood for
about two hours and then retreated. Our
troops have captured, Notwithstanding their
disadvantages, large number Of artillery
pieces AMI two thousand prisoners, among
whom is the rebel general, Magrudcr. The
pl ce where this last action took place is near
Turkey Creek. The retr, at of the enemy
last evening was with great disorder, and
their loss has been very great, much greater,
vt is thought, than ours still have nothing
definite in regard to losses. In the retreat
forced upon Gen. Mcclellan by the superior
numbers of the enemy, learn that he had to
field, after burning the carriages. The ma
move them in the retreat Many of our sick
and wounded were necessarily left behind
There are of course innumerable reports and
rumors, here, but what | send is only what
appears to be authentic.
New York July g.
The Tr;bune's correspondent after stating
that we were outnumbered by the rebels, in
dulges in the following: When loyal New
York regiments, lifted from their feet by the
fire of rebel brigades, cry out of their wounds
and death for help; when the regiments of
New England, Michigan and Pennsylvania
troops, outnumbered in front and on both
fanks by whole divisions of the enemy, beg
for reinforcements l say that the blackest
crime that power can commit is to stalk upon
the field of peril and say, "Soldiers have no
faith in your commander-let your martyr
dom proceed''-and say this is the army of the
Potomac and it registers tonight VOWS of
vengeance as it marches in the dark from a
position which their diminished number dis
abled them from holding, but which is con-
secrated to them forever by their suffering,
their labor and their wrongs.
The politicians and statesmen who left us
here to be outnumbered and cut off from our
supplies and the possibility of retreat are
doomed men.
NEW YORK, July 3.
The Times has detailed accounts of the
battles of Thursday, Friday and Saturday,
from which it appears that the right wing of
our army, about 10000 men, was attacked
Friday by a rebel force not less than $4,000,
and after gallant fight our troops crossed
the Chickahominy in order.
On Saturday night and Sunday our left
wing, under Gems. Heintzelman, Keys and
Sumner, fell back along the line of the rail
road and the Williamsburg road and marched
to the James river.
The rebels crossed the Chickahominy in
great numbers on Sunday, reaching the rail-
road, but made no pursuit, remaining, how
ever, in possession of the ground previously
occupied by our troops on both sides of the
Chickahominy including bridges and earth
works we had erected against their approach.
All our stores were withdrawn in good order
with much loss, Of course.
There was tremendous fighting during
these movements and heavy loss on both
sides.
New YORK, July 8.
The Times correspondent states that Nc
Clellan established his headquarters on Vol
vervine Hill, one mile back of Turkey Island
Bead, OF o'clock, Monday afternoon. Firing
was heard or two hours in the direction o.
White Oak Swarm, where Ayers was holding
the rebels in check, who were attempting te
cross. An immense force of rebel cavalry
fresh from Richmond then appeared on oul
left. When Porter's and Meig's division wen
to resist the enemy, most terrific fight en-
sued, and it became evident that the overpow
ering force of the rebels was gaining, wher
the gun-boats Galena and Arostook opened
with their 54-pounders upon the traitors
The fight continued till dark, diminishing
away into occasional musket shot.
About 10 o'clock in the evening Primo
de Joinville, Due de Chartres and Count d
Paris left headquarters, embarking aboard tn
the gunboat Jacob Bell, with official 'des
patches from Gen. Mcclellan to the govern
ment. Gen. Mcclellan accompanied then
to the boat and bade them final ad eu
When the Jacob Bell left all was qnie
along the river. Several steamers and trans
ports were passed going up the James rivel
i WASHINGTON, july 3.
A dispatch from Gen. Mcclellan to tn
War Department, from Berkley's Bar, July {
$50 p NJ, states that he has succeeded i
getting his army to that place, on James rive
, and has lost but one gun, which ha
been abandoned last evening, TUESDAY
] having broke down; that his rear WACO
train was within mile of camp, only or
wagon abandoned; that we had severe ba
tie Tuesday; that we beat the enemy ba,
our men even fighting better than before
. that the men are in good spirits, and that r
Inducements have arrived from Washingto
i WASHINGTON, July 2.
The correspondence regarding the raisi1
of negro brigade was laid before the Hou
d to-day. 1t is rather lengthy. Portions of
# caused considerable laughter.
d Gen. Hunter says to the first question, th
lno regiment Of fugitive slaves has been or