Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-12-25

In upon MIN ana threw nlm.
TENTH RoUND.--King landed out heavily
! with both fists, closed in and was thrown by
Heenan.
ELEVENTH RoUND.--In this round Heenan
began to tire. At the close he rushed in and
threw King heavily.
ROUNDS 18th, 18TH AND 14rH. The same
result.
FIFTEENTH ROUND Some swinging blows
were given on each side. King knocked
Heenan down clear into the corner. This
was the first genuine knock down.
SIXTEENTH RoUND.-Heenan came to the
scratch with dreadful eye. A severe strug
gle took place during this round, neither side
gaining any particular advantage.
ROUND 17TH.-The excitement was now sc
great that the ring regulations were disre.
garded. Kings blows swelled Heenan's
eyes and temples to fearful extent, but be
bore it manfully. ..... ..... ......
From this to the twenty fourth and last
round, King went ahead at a perfect gallop
and when time was called for the 25th round
the sponge was thrown up by the seconds Of
Heenan. ...s
Heenan was dreadfully punished, and
should not have been permitted to pass the
twenty round. l'
King presented no visible marks of punish
meht except mouse on the eye.
Belts Life concludes its description of the
fight in the following words:
"a Drawer contest was never fought"
NEW York, Dec. 90.
A special to the Post, dated Washington
23d, says: ...
The report that Gems. Schenck and Gar
field will resign their seats in Congress and
accept Of commands, is undoubtedly untrue
Senator Wilson expresses the confident be-
lief that the present Congress will not repea
the $500 clause Of the Enrolment Act.
The draft, it is said to-day, will take place
on the 9Th Of January.
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec %.
A meeting of the State Central Committee
Democrats, concluded to call Mass Conven-
ton, to be held at Indianapolis on the 22d
and 23d of February, for nominating State
ticket and electing delegates to the National
Union Convention.
FORTRESS MONROE, Dec. %.
Richmond papers received this evening
have the following: ..-.
Lynchburg, 1.-THE enemy $500 strong,
with several pieces of artillery, under Gen.
Averill, left Salem last evening the way they
came.
Charleston, 1S.-Ten shells were fired at
the city this morning. Our batteries kept up
a steady fire on the enemy, who axe engaged
in Obstructing the approaches to their bate
on Stone. There are 20 vessels, including
IL socsIo <ho
bar and up the channel.
Dalton, Ga., 1S-Gen. Joe Johnston is
appointed to command the army of Ten
nessee. He is expected here early next week.
Gen. Hindman is in command of his old d.
vision.
Gen. Sherman's corps has fail back from
Knoxville, and passed through Cleveland
yesterday.
Charleston, 21.-The enemy continue to
work on Gregg and Wagner. On the 10th
the enemy threw Is shells Into the city. No
damage done and no one hurt.
Bristol, Va, ia skirmish took place
last Monday at Beans Station. The enemy,
after stubborn resistance, retreated toward
Nodville. We captured 70 wagon loads of
stores and some prisoners. Our loss in killed
and wounded was 800. Gen. Oracle was
wounded. 225 prisoners have arrived.
EDRAY, Pocahontas Co., Va, Dec. 81.
GEN. HALLEcK:-I have the honor to re-
port that cut the Tennessee Railroad at
Salem, on the 10Th, and have arrived safely
at this point with my command. At Salem
three depots were destroyed, containing g..
900 bbls flour, 10000 bush. wheat, 100000
bush. shelled corn, $4,000 bush. oats, 1000
bbls. meal, several cords of leather, 1000
sacks of salt, 81 boxes Of clothing, 20 bales
of cotton, large amount of harness, shoes
and saddles, equipments, tools, oil, tar, and
various other stores, and 100 wagons. The
telegraph wire was cut, coiled and burned for
half mile, the water station, turn table and
three cars burned and the track torn up and
rails heated and destroyed as much as posi-
BILE in six hours. Five bridges and several
culverts were destroyed Over an extent of
Is miles large quantity of bridge timber
and repairing materials were destroyed. My
march was retarded occasionally by tempests
and the icy roads. was obliged to swim
ropes across Crogg's Creek seven times in
"a hours. On my return found six separ-
ate commands, under Gems. Early, Jones,
Fitzhugh Lee, Imboden, jackson, Echols and
McConstin, arranged in line extending from
to Newport, upon all the available
roads, to prevent my return. l captured a
dispatch from Gen. Jones to Gen. EARLY, Civ
ing me his position and that of Jackson, at
Clifton Ford. marched from the front of
Jones to that of jackson. At night his out
posts were pressed in at a gallop. by the 9Th
Virginia mounted infantry and two brigades,
across jackson River, and saved place where
facgots had been piled ready to ignite. My
column, about four miles long, fastened
across, regardless of the enemy, until all but
my ambulances and one regiment passed,
when strong effort was made to retake the
bridge, in which they did not succeed.
The ambulances and some sick men were
lost, and by the darkness and difficulties the
last regiment was detained on the opposite
s de until morning. When it was ascertained
that the enemy seemed determined to main
tain their position upon the cliffs which over.
look the bridges, ] caused the bridges which
were long and high, to be destroyed, and the
enemy Immediately changed position to flank
the rear Of the detachment which was cut off.
wagons and come across the river or over the
mountain. They swan the river with loss
of four men drowned, and joined me. In the
meantime the forces of the enemy were con-
centrating upon me at Calligan's over every
available road but one, which was deemed
but by which Icrossed over the
top of the Alleghenies with my command
with the exception of four cassons which were
in order to increase the teams of
the pieces.
Ny loss is six men and officers drowned,
four men wounded and four officers and 80
men missing.
We also captured about 200 prisoners, but
retained only four officers and 80 men on
account of their inability to walk. We took
also $50 horses, entirely upon very poor
and the officers and men have suf-