Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-02-20
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A Steamer arrested at Island No.
10 with 100000 in Gov =
ernment funds. -
Thirty-two Other, passengers and
3 crew arrived at Cairo.
900 Of Morgan's men taken BY
ROSecranS' command.
The Utah Mormons suppress the
.e- Governors Message. l.
Gen. Fremont applied. for active
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All Soldiers captured by the
Rebels before Dec. 10, 1862, IL
| sal-.. Released. ssas, d
u i'57.' 4aa'-' BosroN, Feb. IL.
| A letter from Captain in the 42d Massa-
chusetts regiment, dated Houston, Jan. 9Th,
states that his and two other companies We're
captured in the attack on Galveston and con-
| veyed to Houston. Capt Wainwright and
Lieut.. Lee, of the Harriet Lane, were killed {;
also eight of their men, and ten wounded.
The remainder were taken prisoners. The
prisoners were all we'll treated. -.
t... .f........ HARRISBURG, Feb. 12.
Gov. Curtin sent a message to the Pennsyl-
vania Legislature to-day, with reference to
arbitrary arrests, contending that Congress
alone has the power to suspend the writ of
habeas corpus, and recommending the pas
sage of resolutions requesting Congress to
take such action as may bring the guilty to
punishment and relieve the Innocent. Tu
While Gov. Curtin admits that these ar
rests were necessary at the commencement of
the rebellion, he does not think there is any
occasion for them at the present time.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.
No apprehensions whatever are entertained
here as to the safety of the Brooklyn. ,e.t- %,
Rear Admiral Farragut, in letter to the
Secretary of the Navy, lays great stress on
the ineficiency of naval officers. He cites
the case of the Harriet Lane, and says it is
stated she was surrendered by Masters
Mate. He urgently shows the necessity Of
providing trained naval officers, and in this
he is heartily supported by the Secretary of
the Navy. '.. as --
g.. CAIRO, Feb. ID.
A man named Grigsby, who lives IL miles
from Cairo, in Missouri, and who has acted
as guide to our forces in the Southern part of
that State, was attacked at his house, last
Tuesday, by party of guerrilla cut-throats.
A son Of Mr.. Grigsby was killed, when the
attacking party withdrew. Grigsby and some
of his neighbors pursued and overlook them,
when one Of their number was killed and
another wounded. Mr.. Grigsby had applied
to Gen. Tuttle for force to protect his fami-
ly and property. - "---
The rams Lioness and Lancaster arrived
from Memphis this morning, but they bring
no later news. The Lioness brought up five
coal barges. The Lancaster needs repairs
in her boilers. -t
WASHINGTON, Feb. IL.
The currency bill passed the Senate by a
vote Of % against 81. ..-a 1 te FL
New YORK, Feb. Is. L
FTbn kboO
town the 29th, arrived this morning.
Rumors of French mediation still circulate
Some authorities say they are authentic. =
DeHuys instructed the French ministers at
st. Petersburg, London, Vienna and Berlin
to announce those events upon fitness, not of
mediation but of simple consuls which might
be given beligerents, and advising them to
name commissioners called to examine with
or without armistice, upon what basis arrang-
ments might be made to put an end to the
war. IS r5s. -...'
Another account says De Hugs is prepar-
ing note for transmission to Washington,
Recommending compromise.
The latest news from English journals are
generally silent on American affairs.
The steamer Georgiana had left Liverpool
Holly Head, for Nassau, with large supplies
of arms, ammunition and every other neces-
sary for the Alabama, of which vessel she is
called q tender. ,.......
The London Times opposes the scheme of
the English Government in contracting heavy
| liabilities for the Canada and Nova Scotia
railway, and says I'VE had better wait and
see what becomes of the American Republic
before setting up such costly defence"
Napoleon distributed to the French exhib-
itors their awards from the London exhibi-
ton. The list was unusually liberal.
The new Archbishop of Paris attacked
England and Russia for not joining France in
Offering mediation to America. The draft of
the Senate's address to the Emperor express
es regret that the proposals of France for
mediation were thought premature by other
powers. .'
Bourse heavy and lower.
A threatening insurrection had brokeu out
in Poland, in the provinces around Warsaw.
A Simultaneous attack was made on the
troops in their various encampments, and
many soldiers killed. A second massacre of
Bartholomew was to have been intended.
The latest accounts from Warsaw report
tranquility, and energetic measures had been
taken to suppress the revolt elsewhere.
a -sft@f'4'. ~ ~ Fr. MONROE, Feb. II.
In reply to demand made for the release
of Federal army officers, Col. Tunlon, U. S.
Commissioner received information that all
Federal officers captured before the Dec. 10th,
1862 (date, JEFF. Davis proclamation would
be Immediately released. All officers, clerks
or general employees confined in the Rich
moad prisons have been released and arrived
here. 49,. Fl. .t. .f
| The Lynchburg Republican has the follow
ing: s.-t -,is'a .. .-G
| Mobile, 4th.-The latest reliable informa-
ton from Memphis, represents that seven
gunboats had passed down. ~ -", .7if-
The river is rising and is now within four
feet of high water mark. - e{E .
| Artillery is stationed at all the stations of
the Memphis & Charleston railroad. f-g
y 1.;.5 lisa WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.
| The rebel report of disaffection in Banks
command is contrary to authentic informa-
ton received here. FA''%
Gen. Fremont has applied for active SER
vice. The Senate last night declined to act
on the names of the 4S Major and 154 Briga-
dier Generals nominated The list was re-
turned to the President for revision.
a- 70 ''-''.- q ' CA1Bo, Feb. 13.
T The dispatch boat General Lyon, Capt. r.
E. Birch, arrived to-day with two days later
news from Vicksburg. s''-uo,.A -
i On Sunday night barge loaded with coal
ran the blockade and was caught by the ram
Turnblow. That vessel is therefore well sup
piled with coal. s-. :. -.-......-.. -.,
/ The levee on the Mississippi side had been
cut by our forces twelve miles below Helena