Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-10-30

The vote in the / lth Iowa on the Muscatin,
county ticket was 81 for Parvn, McNutt an(
Hine, SO for Darlington and Carskad Ian ant
55 for Butler. On the Democratic ticket
Hare, for Representative, received II votes
and the other candidates from to 9 votes.-
Mr.. Hare, it will be remembered, is membe,
Of the 1lth.
The vote for Tuttle in the 35th, as indeed
in nearly all the regiments, was considerably
ahead Of his ticket, and was intended merely
as compliment to him as soldier.
Mr.. Hanna informs us that the soldiers
were proud of their privilege to vote and the
| Illinois soldiers in the field also manifested
great interest in the election, and regretted
that their State had not, like Ohio and Iowa,
made provision for the soldiers to express
their sentiments through the balIotbox The
Muscatinc companies expressed themselves
greatly indebted to the Young Ladies' Loyal
League of Muscatne for. the papers sent by
this society. The papers are eagerly read
and afford means for Willing away profitably
many otherwise tedious hours. The health
of the regiments about Vicksburg is much
improved. The camp of the 1lth Iowa is To-
Gated about mile from the city. Mr. Hanna
left there on tho 10th. A few days before.
the Iowa Brigade, consisting OF the 1lth,
1st and q 9Th regiments, together with three
regiments of Tuttle's Division, started on an
expedition to Canton, Miss to drive off a
force of rebels reported to have arrived there.
Mr.. Hanna describes the-appearance of the
country along the river from Memphis to
Vicksburg as desolate in the extreme. Guer-
rillas nfest both sides of the river, and boats
are armed and well guarded by soldiers
When guerrllas make an attack upon our
transports, gunboats are sert to the locality
where they appeared AID the country around
it is laid aste. The understanding is that
the Inhabitants must keep the guerrilas off
the river banks or else suffer the loss of their
property. There is no place low along the
river where these scoundrels can be safely
HaIDored, ana III consequence tnelf depreda
tons are becoming much less frequent.
~ The stories concerning reasons for
Gen. Rosecrans' removal continue rife. One
of the latest is that he has rendered himself
in measure unfit for duty by the excessive
use of opium. New York papers make a
sweeping accusation that during the battle of
Chickamauga Gems Rosecrans, Crittenden and
McCook were asleep at Chattanooga. 1t is
further stated, on the authority of the Wash
ington Chronicle, that there are three charges
against RoSecrans. The first is to the effect
that he left the battlefield during the crisis
and fled to Chattanooga and reported to the
officers there that the day was lost the sec
ond that he violated orders in removing from
Chattanooga; and third, that he declined to
move from Murfreesboro in June last, when
ordered to do so by the Government, as an
oprortn nifty was offered to crush out Bragg,
a large portion Of his army having been with
drawn to succor Johnston, who was operat
ing against Grant
Gen. Rosecrans has, in many things, shown
himself a good officer, and his supersedure,
we believe, has bee1 very reluctantly deter
mined on but neglect of orders from bis su-
perors, will unfit the best man for military
command