Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-01-09
Severe Engagement at Murfrees-
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Four Regular Regiments, lose half
of their forces and all their
Commanding Officers. ,ls
GEN, ROSECRANS WOUNDED.
The Guerrilla Morgan Attacked
and Routed with severe loss.
Federal Soldiers i'm Possession Of
ao4. Murfreesb0rO.

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Affairs at New Madrid and Island
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The Movement on Ticksburg.
Narrow Escape Of Federal Pay
masters with 81 900, 600 or
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-sa..-g . WASHINGTON, Jan. /, 1868.
BY TIE PRESIDENT OF TIE UNITED STATES OF
c rH ..i .i AMERICA. T - q s.4'
o WHEREAS, On the 22d day Of September,
in the year of our Lord, 1862, a proclamation
was issued by the President of the United
States, containing, among other things the
following, to-wit:. ean1 lf9G5 &c
s.That on the first day of January, in the year Of
IL rd thousand eight hundred and sixty ytbree,
all persons held slaves within any State, designa
ted portion of stae the people whereof sha then be
in rebellion against the United States, shall he then
henceforth and forever ree and the Executive
of the United States, including the military and
naval authority thereof, VIII recognize and maintain
the freedom of such persons, and will do act acts
to repress such persons any of them in any efforts
they may make for actual freedom;
''That the Executive will, the first day of Janu-
ary aforesaid by proclamation designate the States
u. Al ~
respectively shall then be in rebellion aganst tho
United saes and the fact that State or the
pie thereof shall on that day be in good faith repre-
sented in the Congress of the United States 10y mem
bers chosen thereto elections wherein majority of
tho qu lifted Of such ststc shall have paaticipa
ted SHALL in the absence of strong tes
tmony, be deemed conclusive evidence that such State
and the people thereof have not been in rebellion
against the United States -
Now, therefore, L, Abraham Lincoln, Pres
ident of the United States, by virtue Of the
power in me vested, as Commander-inC Chief
of the army and navy, in time of actual re-
bellion against the authority Of the govern
ment of the United States, as a fit and neces-
sary war measure, for the suppression Of said
TeDellloh, uo, ol tuiS III 81 udy VI ediiu"i y {,
in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and
and in accordance with my pur-
pose so to do my duty, publicly proclaimed
for the full period of one hundred days from
the date of the first aforementioned order,
designate, as the States and parts Of States
therein. the people whereof respectively are
this day in rebellion against the United
States, the following, to wit H'2
Arkansas; '.4 <@ <'a -t'
Texas t.H f'. iaH-i
Louisiana, except the parishes Of st. Ber-
nard, Plaquemines, Jefferson, St. John Bap-.
tist, St. Charles, ST. James, Ascension, As.
Terre Bonne, La Fourche, st.
Mary's St. Martins and Orleans, including
the city of New Orleans 2ts5
Mississippi; % ".5e5 .j 'i@a
a Alabama ~-e' ga 81. Pa
Florida .i .ietia
Georgia = u .:i1a-t r1 a-r'
South Carolina ;sid5 ''...'o.5lg
North Carolina, and t ..1 iis 5i.-
Virginia, except the forty-eight counties
designated as Western Virginia, also the
counties of Berkley, Accomac, Northampton.
Elizabeth City, York, Princess Anne and
Norfolk, including the cities Of Norfolk and
which excepted parts are left
precisely as if this proclamation were not is
ol a
And, by virtue of the power and for the
purpose as aforesaid, | do order and declare
that all persons held as slaves; within desig-
mated and parts of States are, and hencefor-
ward shall be, FREE, and that the Executive
of the United States, including
the military and naval authorities thereof,
will recognize and maintain the freedom Of
such persons. sie4lgQ9 on+ .j.aintl5ta oai I
vi hereby enoin upon the people sodeclared
free to abstain from all violence, unless in
necessary self-defenseo recommend to them
that in all eases when allowed they labor
for reasonable wages and further
declare and make known that such persons
of suitable condition will be received into the
armed service of the United States, to garri-
son forts, positions, stations and other places,
and to man vessels of all sorts in the said ser.
vice. E.iiiasz.h isgg bs.sf-HaE9- .15a jsba
Upon this sincerely believed to be an = act
of justice, warranted BY the Constitution
upon military necessity, I invoke the copsid-
crate judgment Of mankind and the gracious
favor of Almighty God. no e5c5s d.~oZ ba
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set
my hand caused the seal of the United States
to be affixed Done at the city Of Washing
ton this 1st day Of January, in the year Of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
sixty three and in the year Of the independ-
ence Of the United States the eighty seventh.
TSigned1 ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
By the President,
Wx. d. SEWARD, Sec'y State.
49,. ..,,..s> -.,-4:..,:,,,. =, MILWAUKEE, JAM
The barracks. at Camp Sigel, occupied by
the 9th regiment, were burned last night
Two privates were burned to death. The
regiment has moved to Camp Washburn.
aaG 4s NEAB MuBrRsEsBoRo, Dec. 81.
Our whole line suffered terribly this morn.
ing. Four regiments of regulars lost half of
their men and all their commanding officers.
Gen. .Anderson's troops suffered terribly.
lAajss Roasngsrtep and Ward ara killed. Gen.