Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-04-17
ADMIRAL DUPONTS REPORT OF
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The destruction Iof the iron-clad
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Official report by Gen. Rosecrans.
AFFAIRS AROUND VICKSBURG.
A fleet Of gunboats preparing to
run the blockade. .,a'.,'l -a a
GEN. FOSTER REINFORCED.
Cincinnati loans the. Government
w.. $l,5O0,00O. 55rq eag5f b.

Cincinnati loans the Government
~. $l,5O0,000. 3a,q ..r.- j.
The 35th Iowa Regiment paid of,
c1sc1ssAir1, April g.
A special to the Consmsrcidl from Mur
| freesboro, rays Col. Wilder returned from All
expedition via Lebanon and Carthage, lie
captured 29 rebels, destroyed alarge quantity
of wheat, corn and bacon. He also brought
800 negroes. ,..''
Our expeditions have recently destroyed
much rebel subsistence and forage, and cap.
tured 700 horses and mules, 200 prisoners
and 200 negroes. ..-'.'......
-..5 a..-s- PoRT Royal, March %.
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The Keokuk arrived yesterday, in good
condition. s.l ...r.t sIf co. al.
Four monitors are in North Edisto Inlet,
with three mortar schooners distant about
16 miles by land from Charleston. 40. &. F..
. The troops landed at Stono are said to have
accompanied q gunboat expedition. Firing
has been heard there, but there is nothing
definite from that quarter. egT,' q ri K
When the balance : of the Monitors will
move to the North Edisto, is not known.
, The rebel pickets are visible all along the
shores at North Edsto, and in the night sig
nails by colored lights are telegraphed along
the coast, and from thence to Charleston.
The rebels at Savannah threaten to bring
down their rams and attack and re-take Port
Royal, sinking the Wabash and Vermont, and
capturing all the troops left there by General
Hunter. Singular as it may seem, the store
keepers at Hilton Head, in consequence of
this threat. are selling their dry goods and
other stores lower than the same articles can
be bought in New York. a , 9.-3 r. O.
1t is said that an order has been sent by
Gen. Hunter to withdraw our troops from
Brunswick and Fernandina.
A tremendous explosion took place in
Charleston harbor few days since, causing
jarring sensation to the whole blockading
squadron, six miles off. 1t is supposed to
have been premature explosion Of a subina-
rine torpedo. i1.. $50 10 s-" Ca e7
CAIRO, Apil 9.
A special to the Mobile Tribune dated
Charleston, March 2Sth, says an official report
states that the enemy made landing last
night on Coles Island, with three transports
and 1900 men. 1t is supposed the object of
the bes, place for his operations by land and
sea against Charleston. ....
Opinions vary relative to an attack on
Charleston. We are ready, and our troops
are in excellent condition.
The jackson appeal of the 31st admits
the loss Of the ram Vicksburg, but says her
machinery had been taken out, and that she
was not worth much. ,
Gen Steele had landed his division at
Greenville, Mississippi. His object no doubt
is to cooperate with the fleet in reducing F.
Pemberton. - -.. '--... ....- -
Ifanything of importance is transpiring at
any point below Memphis, we fail to hear of it.
Arrivals from below arc scattering and ir-
regular, and papers when received contain
nothing. .... ..,n. d. -..
The 35th Iowa was paid here yesterday
They received over $4,000. They will prob
ably 60 below soon.
.at ~ CHICAGO, April 9-9P.M.
One of the largest meetings ever held in
the Northwest is now in progress here, to rat
ify the patriotic resolutions recently passed
by the Common Council and vetoed by Mayor
Sherman. Immense enthusiasm prevails
Patriotic war resolutions have been adopted,
and eloquent speeches are being made by
Hon. VIM. A. Howard, Of Michigan, Hon.
Lyman Trumbull, Hon. j. F. Farnsworth and
Others Chicago sends word of good cheer
to all loyal men, everywhere.
New York, April 10.
A special from Washington to the Tribune
contains the following: -- .t,f
The rebels on the other side of the Kappa
hammock are in receipt of unpleasant news
They gather in knots to talk it over and are
extremely quiet, subdued and apparently in
very bad spirits. Their pickets take unusual
pains to prevent the exchange of newspapers
or the communication of intelligence through
any channels. 1t has, however, been asser-
tained by conversation with stray rebels, mil
itary and civil that decided advantage had
been gained by our forces at Charleston, and
that fort had been taken, but what fort is
not stated. ' s'.
| Richmond papers of later date than tn ose
received yesterday, contain no dispatches
whatever from South Carolina. si - -u' .'s
The belief is entertained in naval and mill
tary circles here that Charleston has by this
time fallen. Great confidence is felt in the
ability of thirty-six hundred men and the
iron clads to overcome the four hundred guns
and rebel army. Admiral Dupont has in his
possession accurate charts of the water ap-
proaches to the city, and the localities of tor
pedoes laid down and channels by which they
might be avoided if carefully traced.
The following are special dispatches:
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF PoroMAc,1
April 9. ~
The rebels are actively engaged on their
earthworks around Fredericksburg. Addi-
tional display Of camps, and the busting ac-
tivity on their fortifcations, look so much
like their former weak inventions that the
belief that an evacuation is intended is enter
tanned by many officers. The balloon and
signal corps, however, report no withdrawal
up to this time.
Times Special .
It is understood that Department dispatch
es just forwarded by Secretary Seward to
Minister Adams in London, take decided
ground against the fitting out in English
ports OF piratical vessels to prey upon our
commerce. The English Government is in
formed that its course in not endeayoring to
prevent their fitting out is regarded as un-
friendly to this Government, and solemn
protest entered against the continuance of its
policy in this respect. g.,z,qr.'.t Is. -,ef
-,.;s.sE New YORK, April 10.
I The Herald makes the following assertions:
g We have now received from various sources
positive information that an actual attack up
on Charleston, and the bombardment of Ft.
Sumter by iron-clads. began on Monday"
f Capt. Moses of the Fair Haven, brings in
telligence from Capt. Steednan that Admiral