Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-11-04
GEN. GRANT FORTiFYINC III.
NEW ADVANCE LINE.
The New York Election Frauds
Confession Of Col. N0rth's
Chief Assistant.
Extracts from Southern Papers.
A Raiding Party in Maine.
Later from EIreps.

Later from Europe.
NEW YORK, November 2.
CorToN-Very Quiet at sI2s.
FLoUR-Firm and active; lOc lower sl900G
OPS for extra State, and slI oo@ll, 25 for Fl O.
WHEAT-0pened stnad; closed dali 3G,;.c low.
er. al ST., for Chicago Spring; =, --al1,2! for
Winter Red Western.
RYE-Searoe and frmer. 81 "a for Western
CoaS-2c lower at 81, Sra | .g3 f.r MIXED West
ern.
! OATs--Hteady Ut 30l2aGlc for Western
PoRk-}.ow"r at $1,000 for mess. sIl.G2I5Gl
eH7j 70: new, and a39, Co@3a,5 30 FOR prime.
LARD--Firm at 2le.23l%c
ENTHUSIASTICALLY at Si,7i@Sl,7 10 for Western.
I'rGAR-Firn at lG94Gsl9c FOR Cuba.
fErRoLEuH-Firm Mt fac for crude SIC for re-
fined bond Sic for free.
GoLD--Opened at $40; closed s33l.
SToCKs-I,ower and active. United States Is
OF '6S coupons ,l9}a; $40 coupons 1907; t,-i9
coupons s.; n. Y. G. l,2212; Erie l,0iA Reading
l.34@5 one year certificates 95?a; c. b. & O. all9
CHICAGO Nov. 2.
Markets generally unsettled and weaker
Flour duh and depressed at 5'0GDG H. IS for
White Winter 50 20le9 80 for good spring extra.
Wheat &c lower at 81 ,5a 81 90 for No. red 81 IS
@l,e$M for No. 2spring, closing at 1898. Corn
firm at $l,35 for No. l; 8. s59 800 for No =
Oats lower at 65G}G6c for No J. closing at H5c-
Rye active at sll7@l,i3 for No /; 81, I5Ga IL for
No.2. Barley dullat 81 ,550gl 80 for Mo-. Whis-
Ky J! -" higher, q! $i,Gl@ l,65 Provisions firm
Mes& tolk 80; prime mess So. Hams 2lc. Lard
2O92lc. Fiaxs"ed firm iat Sl2,. Hay quiet AT
Us. Salt S2lte,oo--5. Money easy, Exchange
steady. Gold $2,2s.
New YORK, Oct 3l.-The Esyuld has
a dispatch, dated Hagerstown 10 O'Clock
last night, stating that firing in the
direction of Sheridan's front was heard
Saturday afternoon, but whether q fight
was in progress is not known.
The disposition being made by Sheri-
dan OF different commanders and de-
tachments Of officers of the army, shows
his vigilance and his preparations to
meet assaults III every direction.
Gen. Neal. We are informed. has been
ordered to West Virginia on important
service, which is most likely to check
any designs Breckenridge may have OF
moving through from East Tennessee.
| over 2,o00 refugees have come into
Sheridan's lines since the 10Th OF sep
TENDER, many of them bringing with
them such OF their property as they can
carry.
It is again said that Early has been
superseded in command Of the rebels in
the Shenandoah Valley by Longstreet,
and that reinforcements have reached
them from Breckinrlge III West Tir-
ginia and East Tennessee.
The Iridune's dispatch, FROM the army
of the James, 2Sti, says Of the demon
!
Terry moved the 10th corps out in adj
| vance Of our extreme right, and began
occupying the country along the yceut.
OF the fight OF The li;h inst, and from
shat point on TIE Darbyt0wn road noith
ward To the Charles City read. Consid-
cradle solitary firing occurred here
during the day, without fugthe. effect
than to show the eneMy's strength.
! Tie 18th corps, meanwhile. accOmps-
MED by hautZ's cavalry, moved out
towards the Williamsburg road, and
there engaged the enemy late in The
afternoon with VARYING success.
Holman's bri@ace q coioreG troops
Isurcecded IN carrying one OF the enc
mT'S reGoubts and capturing tie guns,
while Fairchiid's and Huli's brigat;es
! We're roughly handled i'll en..ea,Ur,B:y
to take q strong position % ne Il u.
The Seven Pines.
| Darkness came in too soon 20 permit
us TO avail! ourselves of the advantage
| gained by the capture of the reC0ubt on
the enenlv's left, and our troops We're
ordered to retire, which they did and
General Grant Withdrew" them 10 their
original position.
| Matters have resumed their usual
quiet here.
The losses in the 18TH corps will
amount TO some 30imen, or thereabouts,
and Of the lSth aboUr double that
About half OF the after, however, were
| captured by the rebels.
BUFFALO, October 3l.--The city YVES
ratroIled by the military and large
force of police last night. Companies
were stationed on the docks. Nothing
occurred, but it is thought that the
prompt action Of the authorities and the
| fact that the military were all out yes
terday, attending the funeral of General
Bidweli, frustrated the raiders plans
| A number of suspicious looking persons
have been observed in town within
short time.
| Rockets We're thrown up and guns
fred last night by unknown persons,
thought to be signals to parties on the
opposite shore.
| HARRIsBURG, Oct. 31.-The official
soldiers vote received ut the Secretary's
office, up to this date, is as follows
| Union. II ,S2s; Democratic, ,932; Union
majority, 1855.
| WAsuINGToN, Oct. 3l.--A gentleman
who for II months has been attempting
to get away from the South, succeeded
in reaching our lines, and is now in this
city. He occupied a responsible posi-
| ton under the Confederate government,
and had abundant opportunity for learn
| ing the real condition of affairs in that
section. He reports that the conscrip
| ton is actively progressing and that
persons between the ages Of IS and IS
are being sent into the army. Tele-
graph operators, eXpressmen and rail
| road employees continue exempt from
military duty. The rebel authorities
| are making every effort to get every
available man into the army. About
! sc, 900 of the new levies have been sent
| to reinforce Lee. Hoods army number
about $4,000. There are Il few besides
these two armies, and they are scattered
all over the South. There are only 40
men as provost guard at Fredericksburg,
Va. There appears to be q sutficiency
of substantial food, and luxuries can be
had at many places.
This gentleman says that thousands
of the soldiers would desert if they
could escape, and in some sections if
any opportunity were offered the Union
feeling would emphaticaliy manifest
ITSELF He bought some gold before he
left Richmond, paying $25 Confederate
money for 81 in coin. After Early's de-
feat in the Valley a dollar in gold could
not be bought for less than $50 in paper.
He says no one out OF the Confederacv
can have correct idea Of the general
effects of the raVayes of war both on