Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-03-14

horses have fallen into our hands, and the
Union flag now flies trlumphantly over Win
chester.
The reception of our troops by the people
is most enthusiastic.
Tribune's Special.
WASHINGTON, March -.
The Naval Committee of the Senate agreed
0 recommend an appropriation Of $250,O00
for the construction of furnaces for the man
ufac:ure Of 2U-inch Dahl green guns.
The Washingto, Sur of this evening says
we have positive information that the rebels
have retreated as far as GnrGonsville. Our
forces have PROBABLY penetrated the country
at an early hour this morning as far as Cul
pepper Court House, 35 miles in the rear of
Manassas
WASHINGTON, March II.
The statement pub shcd that Council Of
War in Washington had decid d, to 4. thst
the army Of the Poomac could not be moved
against the enemy at prese, t, is entirely un-
true The Generals were unanimous that an
advance was possible and proper. The only
attack.
~ COII CSpOhOSlt VI IAC AtNSS, W hO heCoth-
panied the advanc. upon Ceutervi lie and
Manassas, has just came in. II was only st
friday that the retreat of the rebels from
Cen,erville commenced. Gen. johnson left
Friday morning. Gen. Smith left Saturday,
and Cen stuart las: Monday, (the day our
army left camp on the Po omac) The re-
treat vas conducted very orderly at first.
Nothing was left at Center vile that tould be
useful. The forts were well planned and
very formidable. They Command d the roads,
and the fire Of not less than a hundred guns
could be conveyed upon any approach o the
the deiences. The guns were never brought
from Manassas to Centervile. A railroad
track extended from Manassas to Centerville,
and telegraph line. The reb 4 Generals had
their headquarters at Centsrville altogether,
and more convenient and complete IN litary
establishment could not tie found in Wash
lngton than they had through Manassas.
The enemy continued their retreat as quick
ly as it began. They carried off all their
heavy guns from Manassas, 40 to 81 in num-
Der, part of their army marching by turnpike
to War, enton and par, to Go.donsvi!lc, where,
it is said, they would make . stand.
1t was on Monday that the first sign of
panic was noticed at Manassas. A part Of
Stewards rear column was preparing train
to move southwark by railroad when they
lea. ned that some excited rebels had set tirt
to the bridges ahead Of them Trey immedi
ately began to burn and destroy and run
away in genera! confusion. Five hundred
barrels Of flour, piled up in ranks, had their
heads stove in; barrels of mplasses suffered
the same way, 100 barrels, or kegs of pow
der were left which they did not know how
to destroy in safety to themselves.
1t seems to be fully contirme that the enc
| my had, two weeks since, between 80, 900 anC
60, 900 troops at Centvrville and Manassas
and t. at they only began t!ieir retreat las
Friday. Why they went is mystery, al
that numb-r If men in their fOrtiicallons
would have been equal to three times tina
number assai'ing They must have beer
afraid to trust tn ir men, whose enlistments
were expiring, Or their powder, which many
accounts agree IL Of very inferior quality.
| The sirangcst news, brou- hit by tie Time
correspond MT, is that Gen. jackson and one
half bis army, whom Gen. B nks yesterda,,
supposed he was clio ely watching in Win
chester, went down the railroad to Manassa
one week ago, aid ie:ly marched off south
ward in the valley of the Shenandoah.
ST.. LOUIS, March IL.
The following general order will be ISSUES
IN the morning:
HEADQUARTERS OF MISSOURI.
In compliance with orders of the Presden
o. the United States, the undersigned as
sumes command of the Department of tn
Mississippi, which includes the present Dc
par ment Of K ,nsas. Missouri, and the Dc
pa, tu,ent of the Ohio and the country Yves
IF North and South line drawn throug
Knoxville, and East Of the Western bounds
ries of the States OF M 'ss ,u-i and Arkansas
The headquarters of the department of Ms
s.ssippi will remain till further orders, at S
Louis Commanding officers not in the In
partment of Missouri will report at ties
headquarters the strength and position {
J their several commsnds.
[SignedI H. w. HALLECK,
Maj Gen. Commanding.
A special to the Democrat, from Rol
18th. says Wild Billy Price, desperate chi
Of guerrilla band Of rebels, has been take
prisoner and is nov in custody at Sprin
q field. No further news from Curtis con
mand as yet.
1 Fr. MoNRoE, Ea.ch IL.
i The following is taken from Southern p
t pers:
In the rebel House Of Representatives, I