Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-05-15

utl0nallty OF the Fugitive Slave Law, but the
question to Determine is whether the Court is
clothed with the power to act in the premises.
The Marshal for the District of Columbia has
'eized the real and personal estate of Charles
!. Wallach under the coniscation act. The
property is supposed to be worth $4,000.
Mr.. Walach left for the South on the break
ng out of the rebellion -
The following case came before the Supreme
Court today: Hon. James Guthrie and the
Secretary Of the Treasury, defendants, and
Richard W. Thompson plaintiff foreground
IF the suit is damages for declining to- pay
Mr.. Thompson on demand a fee of $40, 900
for services to the Menominee Indians. Cale',
Gushing and Mr.. Gillett are Mr.. Guthrie's
counsel. <sif 1919 E55 70 S@s&7T
CINCINNATI, May 13.ay1
!, Maj. Gen. Burnside has issued general or
ders No. IS, in which he recites the proceed
ings of various Court-martials Of the United
States, sentencing four spies to be hung and
one deserter to be shot on the 29th of May,
1868.
WASHINGTON, May IS.
The Star says it has reason to believe there
is no truth in the story of Halleck designing
taking the field in person in the next move
ment of the Army of the Potomac.
( The Secretary of War has directed that
while the Army of the Potomac remains in
its present position no passes shall be granted
to persons to visit it with the view of obtain
ing the bodies of deceased friends.
arr ~ ..ai.......r...s CAIRO, May IS.
The D. g. Taylor is on her way to Cairo
with five hundred and ninety prisoners, re-
Gently captured at Grand Gulf. Esd ~, --A
Grant had severe battle with Gen. Bow
on, at Clinton, ten miles from Jackson, on the
railroad, last Wednesday, lasting all day
Bowen was beaten and driven back toward
jackson. The women and children are leav-
ing jackson, while the men are preparing to
hold the place. It is reported that large
force of rebels are coming from Charleston
and Mobile to prevent the capture Of jack
son and Vicksburg, and that Grant, appraised
of movement is falling back to the river to
await the coming up of reinforcements.
,.f.. ..., NEW YORK, May 10.
The steamer Eagle, from HaYana, 9th, ar
rived to-day. '
A report is circulating here to-day that
Ex-Governor Morgan has received telegram
Of a disaster to Gen. Keyes, at West Point,
gan denies having received any such message.
Capt Harding arrived here in charge of a
prize schooner, laden with cotton. She was
captured while running from Stone Inlet to
Nassau. ..r ... .....
The propeller Eastern State, Capt. North,
arrived to-day from Baltimore.
WASHINGTON, May IS.
The Navy Department to-day received in
formation from the proper authorities at
Fort Monroe, that the officers and men of the
following vessels, who had, from time to time,
been made prisoners by the rebels, have been
exchanged, viz: Those Of the steamer Merce-
dita, Queen of the West, Harriet Lane, Isaac
Smith and Columbia, and of the schooner
Vassar. ..-. .
A telegram was received here to-day from
Grant, dated the 9th, when his force was in
the Big Black river, which says nothing
whatever of having an engagement ON the
day, when, according to rebel telegram, it
was alleged that he was repulsed. 3D..
Acting Master, j. D. Warren, has been
promoted to and ordered to the command Of
the store ship Release.
'''- New YORK, May 10.
A party of about GO rebels mounted, be
tween Woodburn and Franklin, KY, coming
towards the railroad, were captured by de-
tachment of Federal soldiers sent out from
Franklin, who met and defeated them. Five
are reported killed and several wounded. The
Federals were still in pursuit at the time the
train left, at II o'clock. A rebel Major, Sur
geon and four blacks arrived from the front
tonight with six ambulance loads of wound
ed rebels.
ST. LOUIS, May Is.
Thirteen male and eleven female rebels
were sent South on the steamer Belle Men,
phis this evening, under an order Of the Pro-
vost Marshal General. The most prominent
ment were Daniel H. Donovan, formerly Sur
vey of this port; Jas. II. Doroughty, formerly
Receiver of public money; DR.. Moses; Henry
N. Hart, lawyer; Isaac H. Pollard, lawyer;
Mortimer Kenneth, Christian Pulls, merchants;
Linton Sappington, prominent citizen of the
county. The families Of Owen, Mealy and
Hart were allowed to accompany them at their
own request Among the women were Mrs.
Gen. Frost, Mrs. Montrose, Mrs. Sappington,
Haynes, Mcclure, Nicholson, Clark, Snod-
grass. The two former are wives of rebel
officers, the two latter rebel mail carriers.
The men whose families accompanied them
were allowed to take thousand dollars, all
| others two hundred each. 1t is understood
that the property of these parties will be ap
| propriated for the benefit of sick and wound
ed soldiers. Another batch will be sen. on
Saturday This City, State and Department
will be sifted of more of this dangerous ele-
| ment. -,--- .