Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-11-14

J he saw two ships. From the description {
, her, he believed one to be the Alabama, an
that she was chasing the other, an America
vessel They were eighteen or nineteen mile
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! New YORK, Nov. g.
| We hear, through several charncls, tha
charges of the most serious character have
been preferred against Gen. Curtiss, now il
command of the Department of Missouri, ant
that he will probably be soon suspended Fl { n
his command and ordered before court-na!
tial. -a.i f.s 2e.A "a .'-o-
| BosTON, Nov. 7.
Three to four inches depth of snow fell her
to-day, and continues this evening, with inli
cations of a stormy night @ " 1871
! . ....... .,.,. NEW YORK. Nov s.
Counterfeit SOS and zoos, raised from Il
ance today. They are quite blurred ant
very defective ~. .... -..'..t .--.
| .l s-.- PHILADELPHIA. Nov. s. ,
| The Inquirer, of this city, has lettel
dated Fort Monroe, 9th inst, which states AZ
follows:
The gln-boat Delaware, from Newbern, ar
rived here on the 9TH inst, bringing intelli
gence that Gen. Fosters expedition had slr-
rounded three thousand rebels at Plymouth
N. Z. Half of them was cavalry, who I'm
conditionally surrendered. ..l... --'-..
l,. s.t FoRr MONROE, Nov. G.
Col. W. II. LUDLOW, of the staff of G, ,n
Dix left Fort Monroe this morning for Aiken's
Landing. He goes up to meet the Confe,ier-
ate commissioner, Ould, by appointment to
perfect the exchange of prisoners. 1t is un-
derstood that he takes with him list of the
exchanged at different periods, which enables
him to meet the difficulties heretofore encoun-
tered in these negotiations. s.- ...g.--
All quiet at Suffolk and there are no appt ar
ances OF hostilities at presert at that point
" New York, Nov. s.
A Manchester letter, published in the Lon
don Times, dated Oct. 22nd, states that 1910
additional paupers were added to the poor-law
statistics during the week. Every day mills
are closed, and hundreds are reduced to des-
titution. Virulent typhoid fever Rad broken
out in Preston, traceable to the hardships
and privations of the poor.
Business at Manchester was at stands ILL.,
Gladstone's speech created quite a panic, and
many manufacturers stopped their mills alto
gether. -s .-t
The letter says it is expected that 60,Go0
persons will be dependent on charity this
coming winter H. .s- Tf--
DETROIT, Nov. s.
Baldwin, Democrat, is elected in the 9th
Congressional district. The 9Th district is in
doubt The Michigan Legislature will stand
about thus: Senate-seventeen Republicans
and fifteen Democrats House-fifty y-eight
Republicans and forty-two Democrots.
....-..-. ST. PAUL, Nov. s.
Over 800 Indians have been convicted by
the military commission at Lower Sioux
Agency, as participators in the late horrible
massacres, and condemned to be hung
Whether they live or die rests with the au-
thorities at Washington. The people of
Union, to a man, are in favor Of their imm :
diate execution. tL'.'-
f.. E BosToN, Nov. 8.
The gun-boat Huron proceeded to Presi-
dent Roads, this afternoon, to convoy the Mis-
sisslppi and Merrimac to Newbern, but the
ships were discovered to be in such a filthy
that it was considered unsafe to al
low them to go to sea. The troops on board
will consequently be landed at Forts Warren
and Independence to allow the ships q to be
cleaned. 1t is reported that two Of the SOL
diers had died of diptheria 9Ihia
WARRENroN, VA Nov. IA P.M
The army corps of Gen. Reynolds took pos
session of this place, unopposed, yesterday.
The place was occupied by Col. Raine, with
about 400 men and one howitzer.
Longstreet's corps had occupied Culpepper
Court House for several days, but left last
1t was generally reported that he
would encamp on the hills south of the town.
A. p Hills command was here on Thurs
day, but retreated on the advance of our
troops.
Reliable citizens confirm the general belief
Of intelligent army officers, that Gen. Lee has
succeeded in eluding Gen. Mcclellan, and
that portion of Lees army is at Gordons-
Vile.
A. P. Hills forces and Stuart's cavalry
formed the rear guard of Gen. Lee. The for
mer was at Chester Gap on Wednesday, and
Pleasanton had pushed Stuart to Flint Hill.
Our troops found 270 wounded rebel SOL
1iers here in hospital. Great distress pre-
walls for the necessares of life, and all the
stores are exhausted of supplies and closed.
The cars are expected to reach here by to-
The snow storm continued until
ate this afternoon.
Lieut. Col. Blunt, of General Longstreet's
staff, was captured by Bayard's cavalry
Blunt is Provost Marshal in the rebel army,
md was inspecting his pickets at the time he
was captured.
Leading secessionists here expect great
battle hereabouts in few days. They rep
resent that Stonewall jackson is only ten
miles off, with force of 10000, and that
Bragg is at Gordonsvile in great force. They
also say that there is but little doubt that
Jackson is threatening to attack our forces at
Waterloo. a.f
.t,., e....e CAIRO, Nov. 8.
A telegraph dispatch from Col, Lowe, to
headquarters says:
There is no doubt about Ransom having
had a fight with Woodsward's command at
Morgan was not there. He
was last seen in Springfield, on Wednesday,
going towards Nashville. cannot get any
thing from Ransom, but have heard enough
from other sources to satisfy me that he
was decidedly successful. know that some
Of Woodwardsy command were seen run
ming in every direction, and abandoning
their artillery. se9 r -as .'yggaru
The report is that our forces are slowly ad- |
vancing OH Holly Springs, but the impression
is that the rebels will not stand, but will fall
back on Jackson or Grenada ID to12
Parties of rebel cavalry are still seen near
but this is probably only to keep
up appearances. zia3 teff tr-. 52rh I"
u 81 IFrom the Mobile Tribune, Oct. 7th.] q.
Carpets for Soldiers Clothing. |
Savannah is up and doing in behalf Of our |