Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-04-24


burg:
On the night of the 10th Admiral Porter
succeeded in running the Vicksburg batteries
with seven fine gunboats Of his squadron and
three transports. The Benton, his flag ship,
got opposite the upper battery, leading the
line Of vessels, before the rebels opened fire.
The rebels then continued to fire, from II P.
N. till 4. n, upon each succeeding vessel
as it passed.
The only damage done us was the firing Of
the Henry Clay, one Of the transports, and
the temporary disabling of the Forrest City,
another transport, and also q shot through
the Benton. Our loss was but one man killed
and two or three wounded.
7" The rebel fire was far. less effective than
was anticipated. They burned two houses in
the town as our squadron was passing, to
light the river so as to enable their artillcrsts
to get good view of our steamers as they
went down within range of their guns.
The Henry Clay was fired by the enemy's
shells. All hands were saved. The pilot re-
NAMED until the flames forced him to leave.
On reaching Warrenton Admiral Porter
bombarded that village, with what effect is
unknown. iT9s 1at "a LIS JJae8leaa
..t. '--. WARRINGTON, ApTu l1s Il
The Treasury Department has for some
days past been sending out the form of pre-
liminary certificate in connection with Ma
tional banking associations under the curren-
cy and banking law. This certificate requires
the applicants to state the name and title Of
the association, its location and where its OPP
erations of discount and deposits are to
be carried on, the amount of the capital stock,
the name and residence of each of the share
holders with the number of shares held by
each, and the time the business of the assoc
citation is to commence. The certificate is
made in order that the subscribers may avail
themselves of the advantage of the act to pro-
vide for the circulation and redemption
thereof, approved February 25th, 1856. The
blanks will be filed SO as to show the numer-
ical order of the organization and the To-
cality. <.... ..-.'. ..-,..rU i.y.2
Lord Lyons expects to spend the summer
in Washington. -. ,,>. .n!..., II. ..,.......
Richmond papers of the 18th contain moth
ing of Importance. .
| SAN FRANCISCO, April 81.
Bills have finally passed the Legislature
submitting to vote of the people of the va.
rious counties along the route Of the Pacific
Railroad to decide whether the counties shall
subscribe towards building the road, in pro.
portion to the taxable property. The people
in all the counties will probably vote in favor
of it.
At large Union League meeting on Sat
furday, Senator CONFESS pledged himself to
sustain the Administration in its most radi-
cal measures for suppressing the rebellion,
tand not follow the lead Of Senators McDougal
and Nesmith. ...N, ....f.
Weather rainy-rather too much so for
agricultural districts. ~.
| - r51a ara s.. CH1cAao,. April 81.
The election to-day for city officers passed
off quietly. The vote polled was large. At
this time (midnight) it is impossible to say
positively who is elected. Returns, official
and unofficial, show Sherman, DEM, for
Mayor, about 100 votes ahead. 5as3- -'-
.,..e......I D.. --.-.. New YORK, April %.
| A letter to the Herald, from New Orleans,
18th, says: 's"'
The news, to-day, from Brashear City is Of
the utmost importance. z,a11se.l ....
The enemy evacuated the works at Center
vile, last night, but will probably be captur.
ed entire, as he is enclosed between Growers
|
Weitzel on the other. He isleaving his guns
and ammunition behind him.
The steamer Diana, lately taken from the
United States, will certainly be recaptured.
| The United States steamer Clifton has re-
moved the distractions in the river and is
rapidly approaching her. a.....,
The ram Queen Of the West was captured
from the enemy in Grand Lake at 10 o'clock
this morning. Capt Fuller, commander, and
all her crew and officers, numbering 30. are
now prisoners at Berwick's Bay. The cap
ture Of the Queen of the West is most impor-
tant, and I consider the whole affair as vic
tory of immense advantage to the Union
cause. -.a--.' H a!-
" "--t PHILADELPHIA, April %.
The Bulletin Of this city has the following
dispatch: aas.54g..., ID. 1rs $685.
| ..,es..a:. ~ CINCINNATI, April %.
Gazette, gives the following particulars of the
passage Of the Vicksburg batteries :: j-.'. .
"Seven gunboats, one ram (the one taken
from the rebels,) and transports, started on
Thursday last to run the blockade. All went
well until about two thirds Of the way down,
when the hills back of vicksburg were lit up
with large fires. The transport Forest Queen
at once returned, and the Henry Clay was
compelled to stop. Several shots struck her
below the water line and others passed
through her. All hands made for fiat boat
as the boat was sinking. 1t is believed that
all were lost. The pilot foated down the riv-
er nine miles on plank, and was picked up
opposite Warrenton. %.
1.-THE Forest Queen was considerable dam
aged and had her steam drum shot away" u
At last accounts heavy firing was heard in
the vicinity Of Warrenton, supposed to be
the gunboats Smelling the batteries at that
place.
There are eleven gunboats below Vicks-
burg now. including three under Farragut.
..- WASHINGTON, April %.
! The Navy Department has received the fol-
lowing official disparch, dated United States
steamship Pensacola, off New Orleans, April
18th: -......-...-
ION the morning of the 18th ult., at about
daylight, Admiral Farragut, in the Hartford,
engaged the batteries at Warrenton, three
miles below vicksburg, and passed below it
on the morning of the 10Th ult. Before day
light the Albatross having taken in a full sup
ply of provisions from q barge, which had
Admiral Porter, also passed the Warrenton
batteries and anchored near the flag ship.
"About one 4. NJ, the wharf boat Vicks- |
burg having broken loose from her mornings |
at the city, foated down and ran ashore op-
posite to where the Hartford and Aibatross |
were anchored. During the day an officer |
was sent on board Of the Vicksburg, who |
found that all her machinery had been re-
moved. She had nothing on board, save A |
muskets and acoutrements. While the Ad- |
miral was hesitating as to the propriety ofre-
tanning her as wharf or rather depot, the
rebels came down on the night of the 3Oth