Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-04-18
Especial to tn. ohic.so Jouru.l.1

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CAno, April 10.
The list Of prisoners captured at Islant
J No. 10 foots up to 1885. rank and file.
The value Of property captured amount
Ito over q, 600, 600
j Your Chicago batteries gained new laurell
in the struggles. Taylor's battery did fearful
execution. Their praise Is in the mouth ol
every one. Osterhouse's battery was in the
irst attack and badly cut up. Horses most
ly killed.
ralyor is said to have protected his men
by peculiar movements, that dealt destruc-
tion to the enemy.
Company A. Chicago Light Artillery un-
der Wood, were in the hardest of the fight
and performed wonders.
Gen. Wallace was shot through the head,
the ball entering back Of the left ear and
coming out of the nose, taking out one eye,
but he is not dead yet.
The goth Illinois is badly cut up.
81. LOUIS, April TO-
Two counterfeit establishments were over
hauled here yesterday, and one hundred
thousand dollars in bogus United States
Treasury notes and ten thousand dollars on
the State Bank of Indiana, together with
. complete set Of engravers' tools, plates,
presses, &C., have been captured and the
guilty parties arrested. The bills are well
executed and calculated to deceive the best
udess.
WAsHMaroN, April 10.
The President sent message to the Sem
ate to-day concerning a treaty recently agreed
upon by Lord Lyons and Mr.. Seward, and
the correspondence relative to the African
slave trade. The President, without express
ing any opinion on the subject, transmits the
papers to the Senate for their ratification or
rejection. If ratified, the Government Of
Great Britian will then pass upon the subject
If tho treaty as now drawn up by the minis
ters of the two GovcTpments, is finally agreed
upon and becomes law, il is believed that, by
q thorough compliance of its provisions the
slave trade will cease to exist in less than ten
years.
BALTIMORE, April IL.
The Old Point boat has arrived.
The following are the main points of let
ter from the America~'s special correspond.
ent: 4
I Fortress Aonroe, april l0th.-The storm
is at last over. Nothing has been seen or
heard ofthe Merrimac to-day, and in view of
recent reverses to the rebels it is doubtful |
they will attempt offensive operations,
even with.their iron-plated monster. Their |
desperate strait may induce attempts at some
thing in this way. If she ever does come, |
she will probably come tomorrow.
Parties who came in from the army re-
port no special change in affairs. Continual |
skirmishing IS going on, and brilliant affair |
occurred on Mon lay, IN which Grifin's bat |
terry participated with marked effect, killing |
and wounding q rebels.
The rebel position extends across the Pen !
insula, from Yorktown to Warwick, near |
James river, short distance above Mulberry |
Point. The conformation. of the by land the |
making in of the creek from James river |
shortens their line of defense and enables |
them to command with their Notifications all |
the roads up the Peninsuly.
Gems. Lee and johnson are both reported |
10 be with the rebel force here-one COM
manding at Yorktown and the other at War
wick. Magruder, holding subordinate COM
mand, is with the reserve at Williamsburg.
According to the reports of deserters, the
rebel force numbers about fifty thousand, Of |
whom thirty thousand are reinforcements re-
Gently dra WI from the line of the Rappahan-
mock about Norfolk
Despite the weather and bad roads our Cen
erals are pushing forward preparations for
the assault on the enemy's works, and not
many days will elapse before Yorktown win |
be ours and Richmond threatened.
The glorious news from the West is acting /
IS stimulant for our army, and greatly en-
,ourages the troops.
Berdan's sharp shooters give good &C
counts Of themselves. They hold IN advanced
position under the rebel batteries, from which
hey constantly harass the enemy. A head
lbovc the parapets becomes an instant mark
or half . dozen rifles, which, at thousar d
7ards distance, rarely fail to hit their mark.
)ne sharp shooter belonging 20 the California
regiment has almost wholly prevented the
'ebels from using large gun in an impor-
ant position From we'll selected rife pit
,e keeps constant aim upon the gun, and
hardly an attempt has been made for two
lays to fire it without the rebels losing one
" two men from his deadly aim.
1t is stated that one of our divisions has
secured an important position, the holding
# which will lead to the eventual forcing of
he rebel line of defense. Much important
work has been done by our
roops, and with the return Of good weather
operations will not be postponed many days.
The work before Mcclellan in reducing for
ified entertainments IS one for which he is
,eld specially qualified. The result is not
doubtful