Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-02-07

to render the vote doubtful, finally showed |
decided inclination for expulsion. MIR Bright |
las the floor. A vote will be taken to-mor-
row Over Is, counting Q rl'sle, can DO mus.
tered for Bright, and 80 against Aim-probab-
ly "a to ~ or -.
The list of Brigaders was telegraphed in
correctly by the Associated Press. Neither
Smith was confirmed. Among those con-
tirmed were Dumont, Milroy and Wallace of
Indiana, Nelson and Crittenden of Kentucky,
Thomas Vicle, Alex McOook, John F. Rey-
nolds and Dana, of Minnesota, Mitchell, Of
Ohio, and Doubleday. The Generals com
handing brigades of the army of the Poto-
mac Abercombie, Sedgwick, Mead, Duryea,
Jameson, Howard, Wright, Newton, Hsnco, k,
Fost, Anger, Schofeld, Slocum, Wadsworth,
Martndale, Case. But of the Potomac Gen
erals of Division only Reyes, Negley and Den
yer were confirmed.
To-day Andrew j. Butler, of California,
brother of Gen Butler, was rejected as Com
misssry Of subsistence.
A lively debate took place to-day on Major
General Morgan. No vote was taken.
The House Military Committee authorized
| the Chairman to report Senator Wilson's bill
touching the pay and emoluments of the
army, with amendments requiring some ex-
animation of volunteers before being mus
tered as regulars, and authorizing the Presi-
dent, on application of Governors, to assign
regular officers to field officers vacancies in
volunteer regiments; also, requiring all fur
nishers of army supplies to mark the con
tractors name on each package and author
iz,ng the President to purchase cemetery
grounds for soldiers who fall in the service OF
the country.
| ST.. LOUIS, Feb 4.
| The 9TH Missouri regiment, Col. Stevenson,
has started from Lamine bridge for Lexington.
1t cannot reach Lexington too soon, as infor.
nation has been received that the day after the
place was evacuated by the Kansas 1st the
rsbels cut down the American flag, and on
the following Sunday tn. notorious Joe. Shell
by, with his gang of freebooters, came in
and ok full possession.
All the troops along the line of the Pacific
railroad west Of Jefferson City are under
marching orders. The Nebraska 1st are
going across the country to Kansas. A
number Of the regiments are going south to
ljoin jeff. y. DAVIS brigade. Gen. Stseles
brigade is coming down the road to be for.
wsrded to Kentucky.
Gen. Pope will remain and make his head
quarters ~ OcIlt TSOu Clty.
Tn. re is great deal of sickness in the
camps, and hundreds of men who were re-
ported unfit for duty will be left behind and
forwarded to the hospitals in this city and
elsewhere. 1t is stated by our informant
that in one regiment (the AID Illinois) of 700
about 800 are ON the sick list.
| All he troops along the line have been
paid off,
Capt. E. A. Paul, the noted pistol shot,
was arrested yesterday for disorderly con-
J duct towards an officer of the Provost Guard
f A levy was made to-day on the property
Of Mrs. Gen. FIRST and DR.. VIM. Johnson
A visit Was paid for the same purpose to
Mrs. JULIA Peekwith, when she paid the Off
GERS the amount Of assessment.
The Military Commissioner at Mcrowels
, College, took up the case of Col. Magotfn,
one of the prisoners captured at Milford
Two charges were preferred against him for
: violating his parole and for murder. His
!, counsel asked for delay of few days for
time to procure witnesses, which was granted
AS soon as Magotfin is tried the commission
will re-organize. en-. Sta ley, now at the
9 head of it, will 20 into active service.
: Herald's Dispatch.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.
t Yesterday afternoon another skirmish oc
CURED near the banks of the Ocoquan. II
was reported in the morning that body o.
c rebels was at Pohick Church. Capt. Lowin
d of the Sd Michigan, then on picket duty ir
front of Gen. Heintzeman's division, took 81
i. men under 1t. Brennan from Company F, anG
y 43 under 1t. Bryan from Company II, ano
vent TO meet them. Arriving at Pohlck
8 Church no rebels were seen. The party
4 however, proceeded to the bank of the Geo
, guam, opposite the town Of that name. Ar
= irving there early in the afternoon, a few un
armed men were observed drilling in the
t town. They gave the alarm, when number
!. Of rebels came from the houses and fired or
our men, brief skirmish took pl &C. -Four
of the rebels were seen to fall and were car
: ried eff by their comrades. No injury was
n sustained by any of our party, except by one
man, who was slig! tly bruised by a spen
!. ball. The enemy were about sending largt
party across the Ocoquan, when our men re
y treated to their picket post.
,. The flag of truce from rebeldom conveyed
: an important demand. The message is sale
to have been from Jeff. Davis to President
Lincoln, announcing that if the Federal Gov
erament permit the rebel bridge burners t.
: be hung under the order of Gen. Haleck, the
Federals, Coils. Cochran, Lee, Wilcox anG
l. others, held as hostages for he safety of tn.
pirates, shall be Immediately hung in retal'a
ton. A Cabinet meeting was called to con
slider the subject, but am requested not te
announce the result. jeff Davis will Learn
! it soon enough.
, New York, Feb. 5.
Specials state that the House is very close
ly divided on the legal tender clause of thu
Treasury Note bill, and 1t is said the major
a ty of the Senate are adverse to it.
;. 1t is stated that the War Department has
received official dispatches from Federal Of
fcers that the gun boat expedition is moving
: up the Tennessee river, fanked by infantry
e on shore. to attack the rebels, and great anx.
iety is felt to learn the result.
l. The Assistant Quartermaster of the Burn
side expedition is here, charte,rng more steam
and sailing vessels, in which to forward ord.
nance and commissary stores. He reports
2 the health of the troops good, aud when be
q left on the Eastern State there were about
100 vessels Of the expedition at Hatteras In
let.
A Cumberland correspondent of the Gin
e cinnati Gazette states that Gen. Lander is
r about to resign, on account Of Gen, McClel-
Ian ordering him to retreat from Romney
and reprimanding him. This is doubtful.
PADUcAH, Feb. 4.
The transports which left Cairo yesterday,
with troops on board, came struggling in hire
one at a time during all OF last night, and i'm
, mediatelv proceeded up the Tennessee.
We reached point ten miles this side Of
Fort Henry about daylight, where we found
: the pnn-boats St. Louis, Essex, Carondolet
and Cincinnati. ying at an:hor The troops
on board the New Uncle Sam, Alex Scott and