Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-10-16
rebel hands, and we have still larger mum
Der of theirs in our hands.
W ASHINGToN, Oct. 8

ASHINGT0N, Oct. y.
Lookout Mountain, from which Bragg en-
deavors to lombard Rosecrans, is 1900 feet
higher than Chattanooga, three miles distant
by wagon road and less than two miles in a
direct line.
Missionary Ridge, where rebel dispatches
are dated, is about 1900 feet high, three miles
from Chattanooga by road and two miles by
ar line.
Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge
nearly encircles Chattanooga, which lies in
basin formed by the mountain range
Around 1t Bragg has open railroad communi-
cation with Rome, forty miles, and Atlanta,
1876 miles distant, whence he can bring up
the heaviest siege guns cast at both these
points.
The Etawah shell works are 100 miles from
Chattanooga, also connected Herewith by
railroad.
The Richmond Sentinel of the 9th an
nounces that the Raleigh Strndnrd has again
made its appearance since having its Office
damaged by mob.
The Raleigh State Journal, which was
among the sufferers, has not yet resumed.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10.
The Republican extra says:
Government has dispatches from Chatta-
nooga the 9th, and official dispatches from.
Nashville-all of the most encouraging char
acter.
Gen. Mitchell overlook the rebel cavalry on
the 9th, below She.byville. A battle ensued,
we completely routing the enemy. who left
over one hundred dead on the field and large
numbers wounded,
The railroads torn up by the rebels were
repaired and telegraphic communication re
established
The sackng of shelbyville by the rebels
was diSgraceful affair.
Braggs bombardment of Chattanooga was
a complete failure, no damage done except
ew buildings burned.
ST.. LOUIS, Oct. TO-
The Democrats Leavenworth special gives
the particulars of the attack upon Gen. Blunt
and escort below Fort Scott. He was at
tackled near the encampment of 1t Pond. His
escort broke, and out of 100 men, 7S were
k He'd, all shot through the head, evidently
after they were captured.
Maj. Curtis, son of Gen Curtis, was thrown
from his horse and found with bullet hole
through his head. He was undoubtedly
murdered after being taken prisoner.
1t. Ponds camp was attacked about the
same time. Four of his men were killed and
three wounded
Blunt escaped and meeting renforcements,
took command of them and started in pur-
suit Of Quantrel.
It. Farr of the Sd Wisconsin, was killed
Capt. Todd, Quantrers Adjutant, came to
Ponds camp and asked for an exchange of
prisoners He said number of the rebels
were wounded, among them Col Shelby.
Quantrels force came from Cowskin Pral-
rie, Mcdonald county, Mo.
A letter from Fort Scott, of the 9th, says
the rebels burned Carthage, NO., that morn
ing.
Gen. Schofeld telegraphed to Leavenworth
that 1900 to 5000 rebels, under Quantrel,
Coffay, Gordon and iiunter were marching on
Fort Scott and that he had ordered Col Wier
to move with al the force he could raise to
Fort Scott.
CAIRO, Oct 10.
The rebels under Gen Lee of job nston's
staff is said to be concentrated near Colum-
bus, Mississippi, where the Confederates have
eXter sve iron and other manufactures, and
strong works of defense.
Gov. Brown, of Georgia, has issued proc
lamation protesting against the seizure of
personal and private property for the use of
the rebel Government, except in cases where
the authority emenates from headquart rs
He calls upon the State to resist the impress
sion of private property when such authority
cannot be produced. P-rsvns attempting
such impressment are to be committed to Jail
until war; mt is issued against them for
robbery.
Advices from Little Rock are satisfactory.
Souther papers no ice the decline of 300 or
400 per cent. in gold.
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 10.
Telegraphic communication was interrupt
ed about thirty miles West of Jefferson City
last night, the rebel raiders having struck the
Pacific railroad at that point and are march,
ing eastward Accou is this morning place
them five miles east OF Upton.
The fortifica'io ions at Sedalia have been
strengthened with baled hay, and every prep
araton made to defend that post.
1t is not known vet whether the rebels did
any damage to the Pacific railroad.
New YORK, Oct. 10.
Specials this mornir g are almost entirely
devo of anything new.
The 11,bune's dispatch has the following
"The Pres'den has completed his reply to
the Mi souri, Kansas delegation, and the man
uscript is now in the hands of copyist and
will probably be handed to the Chairman, Mr.
Drake, tomorrow.
The Kansas delegates presented an address
asking, 1st., that the State be made separ-
ate department.; or, 3D., that Schofield be
removed and General who better under
stands the requirements of the department be
substituted.
TO the 1st Mr.. Lincoln is reported to have
replied that h, could see no objections TO ma
king Kansas into separate department. pro-
vided there were no obstac' es from military
point of view Several consultations have
taken place, upon this and the other points,
between the President and Secretary of War
ohing is positively known as to the con-
most interested incline to the belief that Kan
sas will be made separate department and
that Gen. Scbo6eld will not be removed, but
orders will be issued direoting Gov. Gamble
and his co adjutols to carry out some if not
all the reforms ask d for.
In the course of the conference with the
Committee be President assur' d them that
the election o. he Judges of Missouri, in No.
vember, woJd be protected The delegates
are ,hrref re sanguine of success at the polls.
Secretary Chase started for Ohio this eve
ming.
WASHINGTON, Oct 10.
Count Garowski was to-day in the criminal
court found not guilty of libel against Hun
ter, chief clerk of he State D. partment, who
ha complained that the Count had publish.
ed language for the purpose of inducing the
belief that he had violated the confidence tbs
Government had reposed in him as one of its
officials.
New YORK, Oct. 10.
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