Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-11-07

were working night and day on irou clads,
with view Of attacking Charleston soon.
Day before yesterday Yankee gun-boat
came up the river as far as West Point,
making no stay, bat it gave notice that they
intended to send up large vessel to blockade
the river and stop the rebel trade in oysters.
They also stated that the people of the Rap
pahannock river have not yet tasted the ter.
rors of war, and that they inteuded to pay
them visit shortly.
Friction matches sold in Richmond, on the
Doth, at ST, so per gross.
The Eraminsr says: ave have been
waited upon by several of the surgeons who
came up from Atkins Landing on Tuesday,
in charge of the wounded paroled prisoners.
and from their statements Of neglect and
bad treatment at that point it would seem
that the sufferings of Confederate prisoners
only commence when released from Yankee
thraldrom. Their custody and care is trans
ferred to those from whom they have right
to expect humane and better treatment. In
the name of God, we hope to hear of no more
such treatment"
A man in Richmond had been sentenced to
wear barrel shirt through the city, and then
sent to hard labor in the forts for six months,
for smuggling liquor into the city.
The Examiner, says the wagon train OF
supplies brought out of Kentucky by Gen.
Kirby Smith, was forty miles long, and brings
a million yards of Kentucky Jeans, with a
large amount Of clothing, boots and shoes,
and 200 wagon loads of bacon, 5000 barrels
of pork, 10000 mules and horses, 5000 beaves
and large lot of swine.
| The Raleigh Erpress, says there are many
considerations which make it necessary that
the government should take prompt and en-
ergetic measures to hold against the enemy
the eastern portion of North Carolina. The
people of this region are already alarmed at
the prospect of being overrun by the enemy,
and are said to distrust the intention of the
government to hold this country, and to be
making preparations to remove their slave
property to safe quarters.
CAIRO, Nov. 8.
Deserters, refugees and negroes from near
Rienza, who come to our lines, repeat the
story that Mobile has been captured by the
Federals.
News from Corinth and Bolivar is interest
ing, but contraband. Attack is no longe,
anticipated at either of those points. On the
contrary, the Memphis Bulletin reports the
rebels at Holly Springs and Bolivar as in
a great state of perturbation over an antici,
pated Federal advance, negroes and loose
property being taken to the interior.
Six thousand fresh troops have just arrived
at Holly Springs from below, most of then
understood to be from Texas.
|, The Maria Dening leaves tomorrow fol
} Vicksburg, with 900 prisoners, to be ex
changed.
NEW York, Nov f.
The New Orleans Delta, of the 9th, con
tains the following items:
Seventy three Union refugees, fine, rug
ged set of men, clothed in the garb of Texar
Rangers, arrived in the city this mornin,
from Matamoras. They came for the purpos
J of joining the Union army and fighting 70
their homes and property, from which the,
) have been driven by the secessionists.
} Theril, the French Minister, Admiral Rey
, maud, with the frigate Guerrero and tn
) gun-boat Renandy, arrived at New Orleans
on the Goth, from New York.
The French gun-boat Catinett and tn
English gun-boat Rinaldo are anchored of
New Orleans.
The residence of d. W. Forschlier, on Mag
r azne street, had been robbed of an iron safi
5 containing important papers, silver, jewclr,
and money, to the value of 100000.
New YORK, Nov. 4.
A Harper's Ferry dispatch of the I'd say
no enemy opposed our advance until
reached Snickerville, when they retreated t,
the western side.
As our column reached the crest of tn
: hill, body of rebel cavalry, battery ap.
: two brigades of infantry emerged from n
woods in the direction of Wincbc.ster
Parrot battery sent an effective = ,oll among.
I them, when they retreated r. the woods nt
since emerging. A bodv Of them I have r.
manned on the banks. of tho Shenandoah
two miles off, afra;[' 70 ra+roat IN tho face ,
the battery. W O' WV ''O
w. W. to,'s are in full possession of the Gal
90 90. a., IS intended to dispute the possessio
r tin q, ~ Gap, but were about an hour benin
Snickerville correspondents state that st,
: art, with 5000 rebel cavalry, passed throue
8 the Gap Thursday.
New YORK, Nov. 8.
The Washington Star says that at night Il
advance of the Army of the Potom
under Gen. Burnside, Fitz John Pc
: ter and others, doubtless bivouacked upt
the line of the Alexandria and Winchest
S Turnpike, from Upperville, three miles
front Or below Ashby's Gap, down to Middl
burg, a distance of ten miles. Their cavall
must have halted for the night very near,
: not on the line of the Manassas Gap Railroa'
somewhere between Front Royal and Tho
: orlghfare Gap.
The force of Sigel, which took up the lir
of march early yesterday must have advance
upon the line of the same railroad to Tho
oughfare Gap ere nightfall, while another
/, vision of the army in front of Washington
-, under Sickles, at the same time was doub
less advancing in the rear of Sigel at nigh
within supporting distance of him. Such, W
judge from our knowledge of the country
roads, &C., to necessarily have been the move
ments east of the Blue Ridge, yesterday. Tn
march of Gen. Sickles' division, yesterday
before Alexandria, almost to the extrem
front, reflects great credit on it. Up to tw
, o'clock to-day we have not been able to lear
, that the enemy had appeared in front of Sig
els command in any force. We would hav
learned the facts had the enemy ventured Al
attack on our forces in that quarter thi
morning. We think it now clear that Lee
flank has been turned.
New York, Nov f.
The steamer Cahawba, from New Orleans
Oath, arrived to-day, with 240 sick soldiers
The following died on the passage: A.
Chatterton, James Campbell, j. 3. Latheral
and w. G. Coodcr-all of the 9th Michigan
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF PoToMAC,l
| BLOOMFIELD, Va, Nov. 3-7P.M.
7 he advance of the army of the Potomac