Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-03-06
VOL. XIV----NO.. 80.


Governor of Tamaulipas is further required,
as far as possible, to prevent such inyasions
of the neighboring soil of Texas. Should the
Texans or ether rebels retaliate, by in turn
invading Mexico, they are to be treated as
bandits, while those from Mexico, passing in
to Texas, forfeit all claims of protection from
the Mexican Government. ...s.
is> CAIRO, Feb. ~.
20, The steamers Rose Hambleton and Evans
vile Came up to-day. They were arrested
near Napoleon, for being engaged in the con-
traband cotton trade, it is reported under
permits from Gen. German.
| We have now five steamers here under ar
rest for contraband trading. Most ofthem will
probably be con6cated. -.........
The Evansville has been arrested some
four times, and then released on some slight
pretext. 1t is time she was put to some le-
climate use. - r-s ..i..
The Continental arrived from Lake Proyi-
dence, which place she left on Monday. The
Canal into the Lake is almost completed. The
work was commenced at the Lake and had
reached to within few rods of the river
The canal is $50 feet wide, and dug down to
within one foot of the level of the Lake.
There is IA feet fall from the riverto the lake,
and there is no doubt but it will bea perfect
success. Besides giving us passway to Red
river, it will take the surplus water from the
river and protect our encampments below.
Boats are going in and out of Yazoo Pass.
There is fearful mortality among the rebel
prisoners brought to Chicago from the South
west. Nearly one hundred (93) died within
the past week. They were in a wretched
condition when they arrived nearly one thous-
and being under the Surgeons care. The
diseases are those induced by want and ex-
posure in the rebel camps, being principally
typhoid fever, pneumonia and other affections
of the lungs and throat. All the Surgeons,
both Union and rebel, have their hands full.
The hospitals are all crowded but the bar
racks are comfortable. -. -..,.
.f CAIRO, Feb. %.
The Memphis Bulletin of Thursday has
some particulars of the capture of the ram
Queen Of the West. She had proceeded up
Red river about So miles, to what is called Ft.
Taylor, situated on the right bank of the riv-
er. She reached this point on Friday, Goth.
Ft. Taylor is not an elaborate work and would
more properly be called a battery. The river
wasavery narrow and the Queen in manoeu-
vering to make an attack of advantage, she
got aground, and while in this position, a
shot from the battery cut her steam pipe and
rendered her perfectly helpless. Col Elicit
had taken little captured tow-boat, the De-
Solo, with him as tender, and as soon as it
was discovered that the Queen was he pless,
the crew and all the valuables were removed
to the DeSoto and the guns spiked.
He would have blown the Queen up had it
not been that number of sick were on board,
who could not be moved. These were all
the prisoners the rebcls,got with the boat. Col.
Elicit proceeded at once with the De Soto to
North Red river, and made known the fact to
Capt. Brown of the gunboat Indianola, who
Immediately proceeded 70 the scene of the
conflict, for the purpose Of recovering the
Queen and silencing the battery. Col. Elicit
then proceeded 10 Vicksburg.
New YORK, March L.
A special to the Msreury, dated Cairo, Feb.
2Sth, says
The city is full of startling rumors 1t
said that on the 26th the famous cutoff was
the dredging machines having been
at work several days. 1t is asserted that the
gunboats are all through and the transports
are preparing to follow after
The batteries at Warrenton are reduced
The whole force viii be sent against Port
Hudson. It is also stated that the small gun
boat feet had reached the Yazoo river via
Union Lake ard are playing the mischief in
the rear of Vicksburg, it is also reported that
boats have got to the Red river ola Lake
Providence, there is also reports of serious
disaster to the Union forces and of troops and
gunboats captured, but are not credited
INDIANAPOLIS, March l.
In the United States District Court four
persons charged with resisting the military
authorities in the arrest Of deserters were
convicted of treason.
.- New YORK, March l..
The Mercury's Washington specials say
it is universally admitted that the close Of
the session of Congress will witness decided
change in the policy of the Government The
President has yielded to the advice of Secre-
tary Seward and Thurlow Weed, to propitiate
the conservatives and thus make the con-
scription palatable The measures in view
are: ssf
1st. A change in the Cabinet, that will
give Mr.. Seward and his policy majority of
its members Mr.. Chase is to be retained,
and if he retires, Robert j. Walker takes his
place. ..s
I'd. A restoration of Mcclellan to some
to shut the mouths of his noisy
disloyal friends.
3D.. Some concession to negro prejudlces
of Northern soldiers. The blacks in the
army to be kept IN subordinate positions.
4th. The radical Republicans TO take
back seat, and moderate Republicans and war
Democrats to have the confidence and direc-
ton of the Administration.
9th. There are to be no more arbitrary ar
rests except in very fragrant cases.
T,,y, l,otpt <ho Is
Congress complete enrolment of the whole
and some drafted men called into the thinned
ranks of our service.
ii<.-a WHEELING, Va, March
A correspondent Of the Wheeling Inteli-
gemcer, dated Winchester, 26th ult, gives
particulars of the late disgracefu affair be-
tween portion of our troops and the enemy.
On the 25th rebel cavalry scout, eighty
strong, come inside of our pickets on the
road; after a skirmish with the
infantry plckets, two were wounded on each
side, they then retired, capturing cavalry
picket Of twelve men. 500 of the 9th Penn
sylvania and New York cavalry were sent in
pursuit and Teappeared beyond Strasburg.-
Most of the prisoners and horses we recover
ed and We took number of prisoners. The
Of one detachment transcended
his orders and pursued beycnd Woodstock.
After driving in the rebel pickets, he stood
parleying in the road without any guards and
the enemy returned in force and charged up
on and threw them into confusion, killing
and capturing 200 in fight of twent, min
utes. Our men made no stand, although out
the enemy.
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Our iron-clsd fleet, now IN the service on
the Atlantic coast, embraces the following