Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-01-02
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| lPROCLAMATI0MVBY JEFF. DAVIS.
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Gen. Butler and all his Officers
to be hung if taken.o7 yua.
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Another Rebel raid into Kentucky.
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The Ship Ariel captured by the
'' Pirate alabama. .'.-
She gives heavy bonds and is re-
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IMPORTANT NEWS FROM NEW
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Gen. Butler superseded by Banks.
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Buffers parting address to his
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80 Condemned Indians hung in.
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She gives heavy bonds and is re-
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IMPORTANT NEWS FROM NEW
= 2ds aIq ORLEANS. l.a 6ss
Gen. Butler superseded by Banks,
Buffers parting address to his
soldiers. e.
80 Condemned Indians hung in.
Minnesota. . =
PH1LADELpuIA. Dec. 27,

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....,. ,i PHILADELPHIA, Dec. IL,
The Press publishes what purports to be a
retaliatory proclamation by jeff Davis, over a
column long. Gen. Butler and all his officers
are to be hung, if taken; all soldiers taken
prisoners to be paroled; negroes found with
arms to be Immediately hung; Federal officers
found with the slaves are also to be hung. -
Davis declares Butler felon, deserving
capital punishment, and orders that he no
longer be considered or treated as public
enemy, but as an outlaw and a common enemy
of mankind, and when captured the officer
capturing him shall instantly hang him. ri
No commissioned officers of the United
States hereafter taken are to be released on
parole until Butler shall have met punish
ment for his crimes, and all commissioned
officers in Buffers command are declared
not entitled to be considered as soldiers en-
gagged in honorable warfare, but as robbers
and criminals, deserving death, and each of
them, whenever captured, shall be reserved for
execution. .t. ..--.
Dated at Richmond, Dec. 23.
LOUISVILLE, Dec. 26.
John Morgan, with about 5000 cavalry,
entered Glasgow on Wednesday. Three COM
panies of the Second Michigan Cavalry op-
posed him, but they fell back on Mumfords
vile, losing one captain and two privates.- -
The rebels lost two captains, five privates and
seven prisoners. The rebels were reinforced
and remained in possession of Glasgow.
On Thursday, Coils Gray and Shanks at
tackled the rebels at Bear Hollow, Hart coun-
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viously damaged the railroad near Glasgow
junction, at last accounts the Federals had
succeeded in driving them off, killing one and
taking sixteen prisoners. A train Of ammu-
milton cars left here to-day, but had to return,
as they were fred into near Nolan's. No
Nashville train lef. to-day. The telegraph is
interrupted also.
re l ST. LOUIS, Dec ~.
Deserters report jeff Thompson at Poca-
hontas, with about 500 infantry, mostly from
Missouri and Arkansas, and two regiments of
cavalry ard one battery.
Reliable information has been received that
Claib Jackson, ex- Governor of Missouri, died
on the Sth at Little Rock. ...
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 27.
The steamer Constitution arrived from
Panama. She reports that the steamship
Ariel was captured on the 7th, by the pirate
Alabama, and detained till the 18th, when
she was allowed to proceed towards Aspinwall
on giving bond in the sum of $22S,OO0 that
she would carry no arms and ammunition
There were 22O marines on board, who are
paroled. -eaaa s ts.
There is anxiety here lest the Ariel be cap
tured on her return trip to New York, and
the treasure taken from her
The Ariel's passengers spoke in high terms
of the courtesy shown them by Semmes.
SECOND DISPATCH.
The Ariel, it appears, was captured
near the east end of Cuba. The only plum
der secured by the Alabama was $4,000 in
green backs, belonging to Wells, Fargo & Co.
The Alabama last coaled at Martinique.
When she was leaving that port, the United
States war steamer San Jaclnto aimed gun
at her, and simultaneously the fort in the
harbor trained her guns on the San Jacinto.
This is the statement of Sernmes.
The Lieutenant of the Alabama claims a
speed under twenty-five pounds of steam Of
Is knots. She was overtaking the Ariel with
only eleven pounds of steam. She fred two
guns, when the latter hove to.
THIRD DISPATCH. ..
Semmes first intended burning the Ariel
and putting the passengers ashore at little
settlement of huts on San Domingo Island.
Capt. Jones protested against this, declaring
that half of the passengers would die in con-
sequence. Semmes then proposed to land
them at Kingston, but after much parleying
an arrangement was effected to release the
steamer on her giving bonds payable thirty
days after the Acknowledgement of the inde-
pendence Of the Confederacy.
lat SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 81.
The ship Sea King, which sailed from here
for Liverpool, on the 9th of September, with
a cargo of wheat, was totally lost when ten
days out from port. The Captain and all
hands were lost, except the third mate, who
was picked up by the bark Eugene, and car
ried to Peru, South America. ~ @ '.. ~
KANSAS CRY, Dec u.
Santa Fe advices to the 18th state that it is
now pretty well ascertained that there is no
probability of the immediate re-appearance of
the Texans in New Mexico. ...,te.f s,s. -,.-,}
Fort Stanton advices are encouraging. Col.
Carson was actively in pursuit of the Apache
Indians. 500 Se-@ Atf
Many settlers are on their way to Rio Bo,
nito, to open ranches.
Miners, in large numbers, are rushing to
the placers which were being so profitably
worked when the Texans took possession Of
that portion of the Territory.
The Governors message comes to us IN
Spanish. We can give no synopsis.
V1NcENNEs, I'D, Dec. ~.
Last night about seven o'clock four men
broke into the house Of Isaac Purcell, six
miles east of Vincennes, and demanded his
money. On his refusing they knocked him
down, and taking his knife, which he was
using at the time splitting kindling, they ran
! it through his head They then frightened
the other members Of the family into submis-
sion, and forced Mrs. Purcell with loaded
pistol pointing at her head, to give them what
money there was in the house. In this way
they succeeded in getting $1,700 in gold
and $500 in bank notes, and made theil
MI. Purcell died from his wound this
morning. No clue has yet been obtained te
the murderers.
1 From Dr.. Reed, Of st. Louis, who just
reached this place from jackson, Tennessee
/ we learn. the following particulars: There i
Ia rebel force {, 600 strong under Forest in tn
Ineighborhood. A great many bridges hav'
4 BEEN destroyed; but the greatest damage is Il
a0bion River bottom, where long bridges haa