Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-10-28
VOL. XVI---NO. l5.
ID. .

killed. Col. Howard Ketchem, com.
badly, but would not leave the field
L cannot give exact details. Many Of
our men captured in the morning made
their escape and are coming.
Ramesur, commanding division in
Early's corps, died this morning.
(Signed) p. H. SHERIDAN.
Gen. Grants appreciation of the VIC
tory Of Gen. Sheridan is expressed in
the following dispatch:
| Cfty Point, Oct. 20, Sp. m.-HOn. E.
NJ. Stanton, Secretary of War: l had
salute of 100 guns from each of the arm
| les here fred in honor Of Sheridan's last
victory. Turning what at first was
disaster into glorious victory stamps
Sheridan what / have always thought
him, the abiest of Generals
Z. S. GRANT, Lieut. Gen.
| The medical director reports that 97O
| slightly wounded have reached VIM
| chester from the field. All the wound
ed that are able to bear it will be for
warded Immediately TO Martinsburg.
| The telegraph line is now working to
| Atlanta.
| No later reports have been received by
| this Department..
[Signedl +. NJ. STANTON,
Sec'y of War.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2I.-Provost Mar
shal General Fry in letter to the Nav
or of Washington, says that credit will
be allowed only for such men as are re-
| turned by the draft Persons who are
drafted and fail to report are not consid-
cred by the law officers of the govern
ment, nor by the Provost Marshal Cen
eral, as obtained in the meaning of the
I'hnXr Wi Ixp -
| tied, unless they shall subsequently be
arrested and held to service
In view of this decision some of our
prominentcstizens have taken measures
TO discover the whereabouts of those
who have failed to report, offering a re-
ward of $50 for every such drafted man
who may be caught and held to service.
According to Gen. Fry's communica-
tlon 1t would appear that citizens are
heid responsible for drafted absentees.
HARRISBURG. Oct. 2l.-We are as vet
unable to get official returns from For
est, Jefferson, Mercer and Wyoming
counties.
Ihe following is the official aggregate
OF the soldiers vote as far as received at
tne once OF the Secretary of State:
Union vote, IA ,39l Democratic vote,
4,14; Union majority thus far on the
soldiers vote, 10, ,277.
NEW Y DIRK, Oct. 21-The Posts Wash
lngton special contains the following -
persons who have arrived here to-day
from Sheridan's army and who wit
messed the last battle say that it was the
most complete victory Of the war. The
rebel forces We're shattered and driven
in confusion, abandoning their own ar
tlllery and all they had captured in the
earlier part of the day. Sheridan had
already pushed on for q distance of ten
miles in pursuit Of the rebels. He has
q sufficient force for all contingencies.
and will probably be heard from again
tomorrow.
Several of the New York regiments in
Grants army have already cast their
votes for President. All the Connecti-
cut regiments have also voted.n
NEW YORK, Oct. 2l.-The Lo2,a7er-
ciG's Washington sp&ciaI contains the
following IA military commission
here is trying some outrageous case of
shoddy frauds in soldiers clothing.
Some cavalry jackets are made of ami
mails hair, rough WOODEN and cotton
goods. Facts developed show that the
inspectors arc detraudinG the govern
ment.o
The rebel battery under command of
Howiett which has proved so annoying
to the men engaged in cuttingthe Dutch
Gap CaEai on the south side Of James
river, has been etlGctually silenced, and
the works will soon be completed, as it
is being pushed forward vigorously.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 21.-President
Lincoln has issued a proclamation set
ting apart the last Thursday in Novem-
Der for a day OF thanksgiving and praise
to Almighty God, for, among other
things vouchsafed to us, many and sig
mol victories over the enemy, and rec
ommending his feliow-citizens to hum
bic themselves in the dust and offer up
penitent and fervent prayers and sup
plications tothe Great Disposer of events
for return of the inestimable blessings
OF peace, Union and harmony through
out the land.