Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-03-27
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Admiral Wilkes in Pursuit Of the
psi" 'oi' Pirate Florida. lsa
The Lake Providence Canal Com
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DEATH OF MAJ. GEN. SUMNER.
A liberal loan rendered our Gov
zoos ernment by German
r aas Banking House.
Enforcement Of the Conscript Act.
Exciting Reports from the Rap
pahannock---Another great
.aa Battle imminent.
Successful movements Of the Fed
eral Negro Brigade in Florida.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA, TAKEN BY
THE NEGRO BRIGADE. asu
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FROM THE GREENWOOD FIGHT.
N. B. Buford in Command at
CairO---Gen. Tuttle assigned
to duty in the field. p
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Resistance to the Arrest Of De-
c,nrk n,.e, - D..,L N.--kziI-J'
FROM THE GREENWOOD FIGHT.
N. B. Buford in Command al
Cairo---Gen. Tuttle assigned
to duty in the field. W ~
Resistance to the Arrest Of De-
serters in Rush County, Ind.
The Pirate Retribution Condemned
j. .-. at Nassau.
A Rebel Steamer arrived at Havana
with 600 Bales of Cotton.
NEW York, March 10


The Tribune learns from Havana that ar.
rangements have been made for meeting of
the pirates Alabama, Florida and Harriet
Lane to combine and attack a steamer from
Aspinwall with gold. .-...
The gunboat Humboldt, from Key West,
reports an American bark about leaving Mar.
tineque, where the Florida was lying. The
authorities compelled the Florida to remain "a
hours in port after the departure of the YES
sci. The American vessel crowded sail to St..
Thomas where she found Admiral Wilkes,
who transferred the flag to the Vanderbilt,
and started for Martinique, with prospect of
reaching that Island before the Florida left.
A Washington special says Gen. Burnside
leaves to-day for his command.
1t is untrue that Sigel has withdrawn his
resignation.
Gems. Ord and Schoeff are relieved from
duty on the Buell. Court of Inquiry. The
other members will finish the case.
Gold in Richmond is 400 per cent, and
transactions reported at 600 per cent.
Port Royal letters say rumor came by a
steamer from Fernandina that force of 1000
negroes which ascended st. Mary's river met
a severe reverse, and is probablya captured
This seems to confirm accounts via Mobile.
NEW YORK, March 90.
Washington letters say that it will be i'm
possible to draft before June, or perhaps july
In the meantime, the Government will pre-
pare beforehand for their equipment
Also that loan of 800, 900 has been
rendered the Government by distinguished
banking house.
There is to be grand review of the Army
Of the PotOmao 1,pdor Gop HooEor
FT. MONROE, March 10.
The flag of truce boat arrived this morn
ing, having on board all the political prison
ers who have been imprisoned at Richmond ::
also 100 prisoners and seamen. .t-.
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF PoroMAc,)
March 20.
The Richmond Examiner of yesterday has
an extraordinary leader, the tone of which is
evidently intended to prepare the public mind
of the South for serious reverses on the line
of the Rappahannock. It commences as fol-
lows:
"Active operations of the army under
battle or retreat of Gen, Lee must be the
consequence. The latter contingency is pos.
sible, but not probable, and another heavy
struggle over the line of the Rappahannock
may be safely anticipated"
After speculating on the supposed plans of
Gen. Hooker, and the strength and probabili-
ty of the success of his forces, the editor re-
marks, elf, however, the Confederate force
is not sufficiently numerous to prevent the
vancouver, it is supposed that there will be
no other choice but to fall back to point
nearer Richmond, and give the enemy battle
at a greater distance from his base" T.'i
There is nothing of ia' 2ortance from any
scene Of active operations IN the field.
There was heavy ia of snow here last
night and during the day.
SYRACUSE, N. Y, March 81.
Gen. Edwin V. Sumner, U. s. A., died in
this city at quarter past one o'clock this
morning, of congestion of the lungs. He had
been sick but few days. .,.-,. -......
HILTON HEAD, March 16.
The latest intelligence from the black bri-
gade, which is now marching into Florida, is
that they have taken several important points,
with many prisoners, and were driving the
nemy before them.
The expected arrival here of another army
corps, (said to be Burnside's,) the departure
of which is noticed by the Richmond papers,
has elected fresh hopes and additional en-
thusiasm among the troops.
Times Special.
WASHINGTON, March 90.
Three hundred and seventy released pris-
oners arrived from Richmond TODAY One
ofthem, Mr.. Leeds, of Cincinnati, New Or
leans pilot, mentions steady and significant
removal Of machinery for the manufacture of
ordnance and arms from Richmond to North
ern Georgia. The removal of ordnance stores
in large quantities, has also been going on
for some time. The possibility of the trans
fer OF the seat of war below Virginia, is re-
cognized by the authorities at Richmond.
Is. Upon the interesting point of the duration
OF the war, Mr.. Leeds said, that it might last
six months after the next crop, but he
thought it would be ended with that CROP
If Vicksburg should be taken, it would end
almost Immediately, as their armies would
then be cut off from their supplies of meat,
which are in Texas. ~
...s-.4 -. ,.d H.. New York, March 81.
The Captain of the Brig Emily Fisher states
that the privateer Retribution is condemned
at Nassau. 1t appears that she is rotten and
could hardly stand the discharge of one rihed
gun. Although she had on board four others
1t was deemed unsafe to mount them. The
Captain said he should undertake to scuttle
her. e-O
The bark N. H. CASTOR reports, March 7,h.
off st. Thomas, that she saw the u. S. gun
boat Alabama and screw steamer steering
east. '"E sf
PHILADELPHIA, March 81,
A Cincinnati special dispatch to the Bull