Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-01-09
A French Frigate loses $50 Of her
crew by Yellow Fever at
Vera Cruz.
Lincoln's Reasons for Signing
the Bill to admit Western
Virginia.
5000 Rebel Prisoners arrive at
Nashville.
Our Loss will not reach 10000.
John B. Henderson elected U. S.
Senator from Missouri. =
THE CAPTURE OF VICKSBURG
CONTRADICTED.
The Rebels Concentrating all of
their Available Forces.
Gen. Sherman forced to fall
back---His loss estimated at
from 1000 to 5000.
Batteries and Fortifcations taken
and retaken.
Our Troops still Confident Of Sue
cess.
The Rebels Concentrating all Of
their Available Forces.
Gen. Sherman forced to fall
back---HiS loss estimated at
from 1000 to 5000.
Batteries and FOrtiicatiOns taken
and retaken.
Our Troops still Confident Of Sue.
cess.

morning paper:
Muyfreesboro, 5th.-The enemy evacuated
in haste, during Saturday night. It is re
ported they were terribly demoralized from
loss, but they left no property behind.
Gen. Negley pursued with infantry, ant
cavalry also followed to-day.
| Spears LIST (Tenn.) brigade attacked ant
dispersed the enemy's rear guard of cavalry
| Their loss in Wednesdays battle was 5000
several hundred on Thursday !; over l 200 or
Friday, and one thousand on Saturday night
including wounded and captured
We have 1900 of their prisoners, two
Colonies, and several Majors.
| The bodies of Brig. Gems. Rains and Han
son are here,
Gen. Breckenridge was severely wounded
Gen. Adams had an arm broken. Major
Claro is severely wounded in the thigh.
The famous LIST Louisiana regiment was
destroyed.
Our own loss in all the engagements were
| l 100 killed, about 5000 wounded, and sew
eral thousand prisoners. A third of the
wounded will soon be able to resume duty.
Our army was considerably deprecated by
stragglers, including number of officers
who will be disgracefully dismissed from the
service-several of them for desertion.
WoUNDED.-Col. Moody, 34th Ohio; Col
Chas Anderson, ODD Ohio Col Nick. An
derson, 9th Ohio; Col. John F. Miller, did
not leave thu. field; Lieut.. Col. Hull, 37th In
diana, not dangerously. Col. Williams, 25th
Illinois, was killed and lost. We had %
field officers killed and as many wounded
Lieut.. Col. Tanner, 22d Indiana, reported
wounded and q prisoners.
The Chicago Board of Trade Battery be-
haved CALAMITY, and lost 4 killed and 8 wound
ed, including Lieut.. Griffin, wounded.
LOOMS Michigan Battery lost one killed
- wounded and Is horses killed.
A review of the field of battle since the
evacuation shows that the enemy were much
more formidably posted than we had devel
oped, even our terrific fighting.
New YORK, Jan. 7.
Advices from Havana state that the French
iron-clad frigate Sonormandieh has arrived from
Vera Cruz, en-route for Martinique, to await
orders. During her stay at Vera Cruz she
lost $50 Of her crew of $50 men, by yellow
fever, including her commander, Captain
Derussel.
A Washington special states that II men
of Wynham's command were picked up last
night at Chantilla, by excursionists from
Stuart's Cavalry Division.
| President Lincoln's reasons for signing the
bill admitting Western Virginia into the
Union were as follows:
First-1t was the correct policy of the Ad
ministration to secure as much free territory
as possible, and with as little trouble.
Second-That as the Wheeling Legislature
had been recognized by Congress as the Leg
islature of the State Of Virginia, that body
had the authority to adopt measures looking
to the division of the State; that the respons
Utility did not lie with those who did not VOTE
against the views of the inhabitants of thu
eastern section of the State.
Third-And the principle that he was
bound to take care Of his friends.
| The opinions of the President were in writ
ing, and were read i9 the Cabinet meeting.-
Half of the Cabinet were opposed to thu
measure.
The House Military Committee met thi:
morning, and disposed of large amount o
business on hand. A report has been pre-
pared and will be submitted at the nex1
meeting, in favor of the proposition of Hon
Eli Thayer for raising force of 10000 mer
to 90 as armed emigrants to Florida, and t.
be in the service of the United States min.
months.
The House Naval Committee, to-day, heart
arguments in favor of the plans now being
considered to provide for bringing gunboats
into the Lakes of the West and East. Thi.
important matter will occupy the attention o.
the committee for some days. .a
Headquarters advices say that previous *
the Murfreesboro fight, large portion o
Anderson's troops mutinied at Nashville
and refused to advance; the remainder, abou
800, went into the fight under Rosengarten
and Ward and behaved CALAMITY. Notices
have been sent all along the line for the ar
rest of a large number reported to have de
serted, and their return to Nashville ir
irons.
Col. Brace captured at Nashville very
large amount of valuable army stores from
the rebels. a s- ass-.t -3-
A Nashville dispatch says some rebel pris
oners captured ON Thursday, and paroled, hat
been in Murfreesboro four hours. They wer
direct from Richmond, Virginia.
a ;@t g. CA1Ro, Jan. 6.
Vicksburg had not been taken, up to tn
morning of the LIST.
l 1ue ISUCAS Ldu COuCcuG dtCu I'LL VI StAOA
available forces at Vicksburg.
These forces were from Grenada, jackson
and all along the lines Of road to Vicksburg
amounting in all to $4,000 men. This over
whelming force attacked Sherman on Monda.
and forced him to fall back to the first line Q
the rebel Notifications.
The Notifications extend back from the cit,
six miles, and Sherman's forces had tough
their way to within. two miles of the city whel
attacked by this superior force.
| The fighting Sunday is represented as DIES
|perate in the extreme.
Batteries and Notifications were taken ant
retaken. Whole regiments and even brigade
fighting hand to hand over guns and for pos
session of the defenses.
| The greatest loss was in the 4th Iowa.
This regiment lost over 600 men-killed
wounded and missing.
Gen. Hovey, Of Illinois, with 1900 men
sent out to execute special orders, had nc
hoen hoard from and fears were enterfaines