Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-02-13
Our lron-clads not with the Fleet
a at the time Of the attack. at
LATER FROM THE FIT. DONEL-
's SON FIGHT.
Rebels Lost 200 Killed and 500
;a Wounded. % ,''
The Ram Queen ofthe West runs
the Blockade at Vicksburg.
Capture of the iron steamer
Princess Royal. .g

fflnceSS Royal. !5
Valuable cargo gone to Memphis
The Rappahannock abandoned BY
o..- the Rebels.
@a' ~ ..-A FoRT MONROE, Feb. 4.
Richmond papers Of the End and 3rd have
been received, and give the account of the
affair off Cbarlestoa, substantially the same
as published, with the following sita5o'
Richmond 31sf. - The Secretary of State
notified the British and French Consuls ir
this city that he has received official informa
ton of the opening of the blockade off Charles.
ton. .'-''''''''f
The editor Of the Dispatch learns that 9
steamer was dispatched from Charleston, after
the raising of the blockade to Nassau, to in
form the British authorities of the fact. It il
understood that official notice has been giver
of the opening Of the blockade. 1t cannot bs
removed until sixty days previous notice mas
been given to neutral maritime governments.
The Richmond Dispatch Of the Sd says
the frigate Ironsides is lying off Charleston
bar az '-'7's
The Examiner of the I'd has the following
Savannah, 1st.-During the attack on Fl
McAlester this morning, the flag staff of thu
iron-clad was shot away as she lay anchored
1000 yards off the Fort. She retired evident
ly injured, as she did not reply to the shots
from the Fort.
Two gunboats came up to st. Mary's OF
Monday last; one Of them went up the rive
and set fire to the houses on several planta
tions. Capt. Harrison's company Of cavalry
fired on them, when they landed out of tn,
range of small arms and shelled away furious
ly. Another boat was landing near st. Ma
ry's on Monday. .s
tt- ... I-.s -a BALTIMORE, Feb. 5.
Strange to say the Richmond Examiner ol
the 3rd inst. makes no sort of reference t
the great rebel victory and raising of tn,
blockade, but simply has this announcement
The New Ironsides is off Charleston.
Fr MONROE, Feb. 4.
The flag of truce boat arrived to-day from
City Point, bringing 753 Union prisoner
from Richmond ' 81
Southern papers all claim rebel victory q
Nanseemond, near Suffolk, on Saturday last
saag Fr. DoNELsoN, Feb. 5.
the 3rd, between the S3rd Hin ois, command
ed by Col. Hardin, and Floods battery
amounting to some 700 men against Forests 8
Wheeler's and Wharton's rebel forces, com
prising 5000 troops. The attack was made
by the rebels about o'clock p. M, and raget
flriously until o'clock, when the rebels re
tired. The defeat was perfect. They ar,
leaving in great disorder. Their flight wa
precipitated by the federals under Col. Lowe
from f. Henry, who reached there about /;
o'clock at night. The enemy's dead are still
being brought in. Their loss is not less thar
200 killed and 500 wounded Our loss is l:
killed and 24G wounded and missing. Tn,
enemy has retreated southwark.
New York, Feb. 5.
At a meeting of the Chamber of Commerc'
to-day, a resolution was adopted, discounte
nancing the efforts of secessionists and Others
to deprec;at the United States currency be
low par of the non specie paying banks
An address in behalf of the North was reat
from the operatives of Prestin, England
many hundreds of whom, says the address
express wish to emigrate to America.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.
The fall of gold and the recent deprecia
ton of United States stocks Is hailed here as
an evidence of the confident anticipation O
monied men. that the national free banking
bill and general measures of Secretary Chase
will become laws, check the currency imitation
and improve the public credit.
The currency panic is regarded here a.
likely to be succeeded by panic agains
the gold spectators. ..-s '.S
4es as @aT WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.
The evidence in the Mcdowell Court Mar
tial case is closed Gen. Mcdowell will on
Monday submit statement reviewing thu
testimony. lt 7af%
The reports in regard to the encounter Of
Charleston, being from rebel sources, arr
doubtless greatly exaggerated.
There has been no interruption of thu
blockade, and such assumption will not bt
admitted by the Government @
A telegram was received here to-day from
Fort Monroe, saying that Gen. Dix is in re
ceipt of rebel news from Charleston, to the
3rd inst, at which time that port was thor
oughly blockaded. s,'@ Q .t
The federal iron clads were laying outside
of the wooden ships. The former were moi
with the feet at the time of the attack of tht
1st inst. HlFi-
An attack on the city was momentarily ex
pected. o" |
New YoRK, Feb. 6.
The rebel papers contain the order of Gen
w. L. Lee, to the effect that he has been dis.
patched by the commanding General to cap
ture deserters, tories and conscripts, who arr
resisting the laws in northern Georgia.
Governor Shorter publishes an appeal Il
exempts, to form themselves into reserve
corps, subject to the call of the Executive fol
duty in the State.
A Richmond correspondent of the Charles
ton Mercury says that bankers have ten
dered the Confederacy loan Of 10000, ,OO(
francs.
A bill was introduced into the rebel Con
gress for the condemnation to public use al
cotton, with the Confederate States to Civ,
the owner receipt for it at 121 cents pc
pound, and sell to the French Government O
English dealers, and Let purchasers see to it
expectation. aa .. ,o.,s,
ID, ,.af.ra NEW YoRK, Feb. T.
The Post says: "We understand that Col
J. B. Haman, of this city, will be authorizes
to raise brigade of troops in the loyal States
to proceed as soon IS possible to Texas. Sew
eral regiments from New York, Pennsylvania
and Wisconsin have already made application
to join the expedition. q. as "a
g Evn i9eis' Nrw YoRK, Feb. z.
The Worlds correspondent with the Bsnk
expedition writes that Farrsgut's feet ISIS
much diminished that It win not be possibl
| to attack Port Hudson until ieinfesced. i
Advices from Galveston via Havanna, CIV