Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-09-26
Rebels FEE Crossing the Potomac.
BURNSIDE ACROSS THE RIVER AND
IN PURSUIT OF THE REBELS 20
The Rebels Capture Munfordsviile, Ky.,
1870 and take 1000 Prisoners. 49,
A GENERAL COURT MARITAL At
-,e I; ts.,.. ST. LOUIS.
Rc-lsccupatEOla of Harper's
Ferry By Burnside.
INDIAN DIFFICULTIES ENDED IN
-.. NEBRASKA.
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF PoroMAC,



Saturday, Morning, Sept 90. {
The rebel army has succeeded in making
its escape from Maryland They commenced
to leave about dusk, Thursday evening. and
by daylight yesterday morning were all
over excepta small rear guard They saved
all their transportation and carried off all their
wounded but about 300 Between 800 and
400 rebel straggers were taken during the
day by Gen. Pleasanton's cavalry, who took
the advance. ' .e-.
Nearly every house in Sharpsburg was struck
by our shells. Two were burnt. Citizens
who remained escaped injury by staying in
their cellars. The name given to this battle
is the Antietam After our forces occupied
the whole field the rebel loss was found to be
far greater, particularly in killed, than was at
+ first supposed. Full $500 were found living
on the field, while large number had been
buried the day before by their friends. Their
loss in killed and wounded will not come far
from 800 to 1000 Gen. Clark, of the reb.
el army, was killed, and Gems. Ripley, Walker
and Hays were wounded. r
Thursday night the rebels burned the rail.
road bridge and several houses at Harper's
Ferry a.,-f.3-- .-....t ........
Citizens of Sandy Hook were fleeing into
the country IN Thursday night, to escape be-
ing impressed into the rebel service and car
ried into Virginia.
Large details of men were made this morn
ing to bury the dead, which had become Of
fensive. The troops are in excellent spirits
over the result.
The rebels are still in force on the opposite
bank. They have posted large amount of
artillery to prevent our forces from crossing
the river.
Officers of the army are of the opinion that
Gen. Hooker, for his gallantry and bravery,
should be made Brigadier General in the
regular army, made vacant by the death of
Gen. Mansfield.
--. SPRINGFIELD, Mo-, Sept 49,
From Lieut.. Williams, 1st Missouri Caval-
ry, taken prisoner near Newtown on Satur-
day, the 18th inst, and since escaped, we
learn that the notorious guerrilla, Col. Hayes,
was killed there on the same day by one of
our pickets.
...- HARRISBURG, Sept 49,
Information just received from the battle
field says our victory was complete and that
Gen. Pleasanton was in hot pursuit, driving
the enemy across the river.
The whole Federal army was in good con.
dition and the enemy badly whipped:
LOUISVILLE, Sept 49,
At the surrender of Mun(ordsville on We'd
nesday morning, the rebels took about 1000
prisoners who are reported to have been SUBJ
sequently paroled, comprising the 9th, 9th
and S9th Indiana, 400 men of the 9TH Indiana,
two companies each Of the 18th and 74th In
diana, one company Of the 1st Wisconsin,
one company Of the Louisville Provost Guard,
70 recruits for the SD Kentucky, the 4th
Ohio battery, of guns, with four other guns
in position. . ...-.-
The loss at Muniordsville previously stated
was in Sundays fight.
There were two OF three hours skirmish-
ing on Tuesday between sharp-shooters of
both parties. The rebels did not attack us
in force. -
In the fight on Sunday Gen. Chalmers
made an attack on our forces with eleven reg
iments, and on Tuesday night Buckner's di-
vision was added to this force Gaera-T
The firing on Tuesday was rebel feint to
enable them to secure the North bank of the
river. In that we lost two killed and four or
five wounded. Eleven of the enemy were
killed. Very many reports are circulating
from down the road the transmission of which
are forbidden by the military authorities, who
however entertain the hope and belief that
the preparations now actively consum mating,
will not only insure the safety of Louisville,
but speedily clear Kentucky of her rebel in
vaders. ,,- ,-..... .,-,,....--. .,,.t...-, e..
I'D -.f... 81. ,9r ST. LOUIS, Sept. 20.
1t is understood that general court mar
tial has been ordered to meet here on the oath
inst, for the trial of Gen. McKinstry The
officers have been designated and
detailed for the Court Brigadier Generals
Harney, Graham and Phillip St.George Cooke;
Colonels Taylor, Craig, Wait and Stevenson;
Colonels Graham, Alexander and
Grier, and Major Vodges Lieut.. A. A. Hos
mer, 14th Massachusetts,, is Judge Advocate.
Gen. Harney is President. =, All the officers
are of the, regular army except the Judge Adj
tocate, and the court is considered an able
one9 .5ioa sr{f.r,
Gen. Nc KiDstry was ordered under arrest, =.
in November last, and has ever since been In
cessant in application for court of inquiry
or a court martial to investigate his official
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 20, MA.
The Press Of this city publishes a special
dispatch, dated Micdletown, 1sth,. giving
particulars Of the Re Occupation of Harper's
Ferry by Burnside's corps The rebels re-
treating, leaving cannon and stores behind,
and several hundred men not paroled.
The federal troops crossed on the bridges u
which were uninjured, and pursued the reb-l
els as far as Martinsburg.oo s'i s46lsd sgnb 2
g .tira9:2a7 sai oBAIr1xoRr Sent 90 j
Twelve hundred more rebel prisoners ar
rived here this morning from Frederick, c4p-,7
tured by Mcclellan. They are now embark
iffgfor Fort Delaware. Another train is on "
the way.
3aThe prisoners are dressed in all manner manner Of
garbs and very dirty and ragged ~ sst5Jaa ls
The body of Gen. Mansfield arrived here to-
day and isIbeing embalmed. The S7th Ohio
Volunteers, from Harpers Ferry passed
through here tonight for Philadelphia on
their way home. ''o'l'a --l'' 'l-.'i--2 4loa 5som
.s.t ,namb9a ,z9iHs591 OMAHA, Sept. 90 ss
. Messengers despatched by acting Governor.
Paddock to the northern settlements of the.
Territory, 200 miles from here, report that the
panic created by the massacres' in Minnesota
has entirely subsidized, and that the settlers
have returned to their homes. There are now
no hostile Indians within the limits of this
Territory, and there is not the remotest prob
ability Of any trouble to the settlers in any
section from Indian depredations.} 10 ia Dfls
ilIk -I,g0o bna al NEW YoRK, Sept. 20.g 4
The steamer Roanoke, from New Orleans,
18TH has arrived. Among her passengers is