Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-09-04
TELEcRAPHIC.
ARMY MOVEMENTS IN VIRGINIA.
Gen. Gilmore's Reply to Besure-
gard.
A Blockade Runner and Valuable
Cargo Captured.


Cargo Captured.
Burnside's Army Advancing.
~ -s.- 2---~s New YoRK, Sept. 8.
The Heralds Washington special states
that the reports circulating of fanking move
ments by Ice, and extern .ive cavalry demon
STATIONS on the Lower Rappahannock are
without foundation. There is no prospect Of
an immediate movement of the enemy.
There is no doubt there is large force Of
rebels below Fredericksburg, north of the
Rappahannock. -. f. lisa -.s 2,
Whites cavalry still infest London and the
northern portion Of Fairfax counties.
Three hundred rebel infantry at Smokers
Gap are actively enforcing the conscriptioD.y
A small squad of rebel cavalry crossed at
Edwards Ferry yesterday, but did little dam
age.
Our cavalry have made several captures
within the last few days. and are epergetical-
ly pursuing the rebels. The reported capture
Of 100 sutler wagons is untrue.
.1aE8 New Yonk, Sept. 3.
The Mobile Register states that Alexander
II. Stevens is at Nassau.
A Mississippi paper says: fs.l. ..rr
A Federal raid is expected along the line
of the Mississippi Central Railroad, and Gen.
Chalmers is preparing to meet it.
New Orleans letters contain but little in.
formation.
The steamer Gertrude, on her passage fro
New York, captured a rebel steamer from
Havana to Mobile, with a valuable cargo, and
took her to New Orleans. ----
Everything in New Orleans. according to
the Herald correspondent, indicates move
ment of our army. Gen. Heron had taken
passageon the steamer Morning Star, but had
his furlough revoked. Nearly all the regimen
tai officers had left the city for the field.
New YORK, Sept 8.
Gen. Blunt, in his official report of the bat
tie of Honey Springs says that the LIST Kan
sas regiment (colored) particularly distin.
guished themselves. They fought like
veterans, and preserved their line unbroken
throughout the engagement. Their GOODNESS
and bravery have never seen surpassed
They were in the hottest of the fight and op-
posed to Texan troops, whom they completely
routed The Goth Texas, which they
fought against, went into the fight with 800
men and came out with only 60.
Special to New York Tribune.
New You. Sept. 3.
The report that there will be no draft in Ohio
is untrue. The present draft will send 100, 600
new men into the field, besides 10000 de.
SerterS.
Sec'y Stanton has removed Gen. Meigs,
Gen Ripley, Chief Of Ordnance, Surgeon
General Hammond, and Surgeon Clyman.
Warrants for the payment of all the troops
in the field will be issued from the Treasury
Department Tomorrow,
1'.@G New YORK, Sept.9.
The World has the following special
q LEXINGTON, KY, Sept 2.
The latest from Burnside army states that
he passed through the gaps and is marching
on Kingston, thence to the Virginia and Ten
nessee Rail,oad, thus cutting off the rebel re-
treat towards the West, while another force
which had proceeded Eastward of the Cum
berland Gap would cut off the road above,
and thus capture or drive the rebels out Of
the valley.
Rosecrans was expected to cross at the low
er end Of the valley, thus Selling the Tennes-
see Railroad between Knoxville and Florence.
The WorlGs Washington dispatch says the
rebels who crossed at Edwards Ferry cap
tured number of cattle, but were unable to
get them across the Potomac, and abandoned
them in the woods. o.
Contrabands persist in stating that Lee is
about making a movement
..a-. WASHINGTON, Sept 2.
The following is Gen. Gilmore's reply to a
brief notice which has been published in rebel
papers, to Gen. Beauregard's communication
already printed at length: El.-'f
DEPARTMENT OF THE South,
Headquarters in the Field,
Morris Island, S. G., Aug. 22d-9 P. N.Y.
SIR Il have the honor to acknowledge the
receipt of your communication of this date,
complaining that one of my batteries had
opened on the city of Charleston, and thrown
a number of heavy rifle shells into the city,
the inhabitants of which were asleep and I'M
armed, My letter to you demanding the sur
render of Fort Sumter and Morris Island,
threatening, in default thereof, to open fire
upon Charleston, was delivered near Fort
Wagner at 1l:l5 A. NJ, of the Dist inst, and
should have arrived at your headquarters in
tine to have permitted your answer to reach
me within the limits assigned, viz: 4 hours
The fact that you were absent from your
headquarters at the time of its arrival, may
be regarded as an unfortunate cir umstance
for the city of Charleston, but it is one for
which I clearly am not responsible,
This letter, bearing date at my headquar
ters, was officially delivered by an officer of
my staff. The lnadvertent ON ssion of my
signature doubtless affords grounds for special
pleading, but it is not the argument of COM
mander solicitous for the safety Of sleeping
women and children, and unarmed men,
Your threats of retaliation for acts of inc
which you do not allege to be in violation
Of the usages of civilized warfare, except as
regards the length of time allowed in the no
tice ofmy intention, ARE passedby without COM
ment. l will, however, call your attention to
the well established principle that the COM
mander Of place attacked, but not invested,
having avenues Of escape open and practical
BILE, has no right to notice of an intention
of bombardment other than that which is
given by the threatening attitude of his ad-
versary. Had not this letter been written
the city of Charleston has had, according to
your own computation, 40 days notice of dan
ger. During that time my attack upon her
defenses has steadily progressed.
The ultimate object of that attack has at
no time been doubtful. If, under the cir
cumstances, the life OF a single non-combat-
tant is exposed to peril by the bombardment
of the city, the responsibility rests with those
who have first failed to remove the non-com-
battants, or to secure the safety Of the city
after having held the central points of all its
approaches for period of nearly two years
and half in the presence of threatening
force, and who afterwards refused to accept