Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-10-16
|TELEGRAP HIC.
GLORIOUS NEWS FROM THE
OHIO ELECTION.
The Canadian Rebel Candidate for
,le Governor Defeated.
Copperheadism Calamity Repu-
dated.
Overwhelming Union Majority.
Union Victory in Pennsylvania.
From the Rappahannock- -SkiIlfal
Movement Of our Troops.

From the Rappahannock- -SkiIlfal
Movement Of our Troops.
New York, Oct. ID.
The following special relative to Rosecrans'
army appears under a Washington date:
Things are unchanged, with the exception
that the enemy have removed their artillery
from Lookout Mountain, where they had
about 10 pieces in position, and appear to
have somewhat withdrawn their forces. 1t
is supposed they will concentrate their artil-
lery on Mission Ridge. Some of their guns
are heavy and they all seem to carry well
They hold both Lookout Mountain and Mis-
sion Ridge, from which they threw shell on
the Ash and 9Th inst. On the latter day they
threw $50 shells, but inflicted no damage be-
yond wounding three men and killing one
horse.
We have several new entertainments and
the works are still going on.
The plan OF the enemy appears to be not to
make an attack in front but to compel us to
abandon Chattanooga by simply holding us
in ou present position with their army in
our front annoying US with their artillery
and breaking our lines of communication by
cavalry raids in the rear.
A general order of the 9TH announces Gen.
Reynolds as chief Of staff in place Of General
Garfield, who vacated the position to assume
his seat in Congress.
All the divisions Of the army will be con.
soidateds. into 6, to form the 18th and 4th
corps, with Gems. Thomas and Granger as
commanders. The three divisions under the
former will be commanded Thy Gems. Baird
Davis and Ransom, and those under the lat.
ter by Gems. Todd, Sheridan and Palmer
Gen. Branncn will be chief of artillery.
Gen. Rosecrans denies officially to have
brought any charges against Gems. McCook
and Crittenden. 1t is generally believed
these officers will show much better record
than the reports in regard to them warrant
With the assistance Of reinforcemeuts all
ready arrived, movements will soon be made
which it is hoped will drive the enemy from
our front.
The army is still well supplied with every
thing but clothing and blankets, without
which the unusual cold weather causes con.
siderable suffering.
All the wounded able 10 bear moving have
been sent North. The casualties will not be
less than $4,000.
Thursday the rebels from the opposite side
fired into our wagons and ambulances passing
over the valley road wounding two men and
killing and wornding several mules. They
seem determined TO embarrass our transpor
tation in every possible way.
The forces of Wheeler, after burning por.
ton of Shelbyyille, were attacked by Col.
Crook not far from that place, Wednesday,
We killed 20 of the enemy, took 800 prison
ers and 8 pieces of artillery. The rebels
pursued by our forces in the direction OF
Fayetteville, were overtaken and 800 more
prisoners lost by them. At last accounts
they were making their way into the interior
closely pursued by our cavalry, which is re-
garded Sufficient to take care of them.
Roddy has crossed the Tennessee with
1000 men. He passed through Larkinsvlle
on the Memphis and Charleston railroad,
Thursday and made off in the direction oil
Winchester,
Friday night they drove in our pickets al
the tunnel this side of Cowan. Some dam
age was done by throwing down stones, but
to no great extent Gen. Hooker sent force
last night to that point, but the rebels did
| not venture an attack.
There seems to be good reasons for belev-
ing the rebels had a fight among themselves
last Monday, in which 500 or 60O were killed
and wounded.
Deserters confirm this statement but differ
as to the cause and force engaged. One yer
sion is that Georgia troops refused to cross
the Chicamauga, and Withers' Division was
sent down to compel them. another version
is that Tennessee troops had refused to obey
nr1prS ond Tor 70 foroa
them. The line OF battle and flash of guns
could be distinctly seen from the mountain
tops. This occurred at the time of their can
nonading on Monday, by which we conclude
this was the nature of their trouble.
WASHINGTON, Oct. IS.
We have Information from the front that
Gen. Meade's army has fallen back to this
side of the Rappahannock, followed by Lees
army which is in great force about half mile
from the south side Of that river.
The enemy made feint of moving up the
| valley on the southern bank of the Robertson
River, and our cavalry under Buford crossed
at Germania Fo:d and took possession Of the
earthworks abandoned by them. When our
fierce was all across the enemy came against
the ford in great force, drove him across
without time to destroy the crossing and pur-
sued him to Rappahannock Station.
Fitzpatrick with force of cavalry and ar,
tillery, which had made a reconnaissance
yesterday, near Madison Court House, was
cut off in the afternoon on the road to Cul.
pepper, by portion of Ewell's corps, which
was formed across the only road by which he
could retreat, in ID ranks, with two regiments
on each flank. Fitzpatrick was compelled to
charge directly into them. He led the charge
in person, telling his men that they must do
or die.
The cavalry cut its way through under the
concentrated fire, such as has hardly been
experienced by our troops during the war,
and probably his rear with his artillery re-
tired through Culpepper.
Kilpatrick's loss in killed and wounded
amounts to $50.
Gen. Meade is said to have disp'aye good
generalship In bringing his army back to the
line of the Rappahannock, where the enemy
made his feint of moving up the valley, also
the feint of following him in force to attack
him in the rear, massing his troops at Rae
coon Ford for that purpose. This drew back
Lees army so that the intended thanking
movement was frustrated.
Meade has brought off every wagon and all
his stores.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13.
The Eueming STIR says the skillful maneu-
yer by which Gen. Meade check-mated his
astute adversary and, without loss of any sort
to any appreciable extent, placed himself on
the other side of Jordan and in POSITION
where he preferred to accept battle, seems to
have considerably bothered the rebels, who
do not seem inclined 10 fight unless with the
Indian like advantages of surprise and an
ambu cade.
Tie change of position was made by our
army without the slightest confusion. The