Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-09-23
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All Oruef has been issued DN hlfb
smith to enroll all negroes, free o
slaves, for army service.
A shreveport correspondent says =
Polignac's and Walkers divisions hav
crossed the Mississippi and are said t.
have gone to Mobile. The correspond
ent thinks they will not stop short o
Atlanta.
A destructive fire occurred at Calves
ton on the 10Th. Brownsville is report
ed almost entirely destroyed.
The Federals have fortified BraZos
santiago, and will probably remain
there, close the port and then blockade
again.
The Horald's correspondent will
Sheridan, 18th, says: Yesterday q re
developed the fact that th'
rebels were still in force in the vicinity
skirmish ensued.
The H6r0itfs correspondent with The
9th Corps, 18th, says: DeserterA contin
the rebel soldiers. A new regulation
has been established III IL rebel soldier
advances beyond his post he is fred OF,
by his comrades. If he comes forward
with his piece of course he is likely tt
hc fired on by our pickets.
The lst Division of the 9th Corps has
been consolidated with the I'd and 3D.
The Uerdid's Mobile correspondent OF
the 4th, says: Everything is quiet here
and there is no probability of immediate
movements upon Mobile.
The sunllen rebel irOn-clad still efiec-
tually blockades the main channe!
across Dog River Bar; but the Winnie
bagO, Il double turreted monitor, has
found a passage through the obstruction
10 a point nearly opposite Mobile, and
can drop ten and fifteen inch shells into
the city at will.
The MetucOmct LchagO and kenne-
bee have also reached the same place,
anu are in line OF battle, ready to shn4'
the city on signal from farragut,
Mobile is about three miles and II hall
from them, and their largest ritled guns
can throw shells into the remoSSt sub
urhs of The city. Rebel rams and gun
boats are in plain sight, but do not
make the slightest hostile demOnstra-
ton. They seem to have had enough
Of Farrarut and his feet in the recent
combat. The rebel war vessels referred
to are the rams Alabama, National aud
and the @unhoat Morgan and
one othe' ram, the name of which Is
aud lay above the city in the
'nuuth OF the Alabama river-.iust out
OF range.
The gunboat J. II. jackson has sue
reedeA in capturing the largest one OF
the tnrce launches that has been hover
ing around the Mississippi Sound OF
late. with the object of attacking the
The launch had on board Il
huWi!zer and other evidences OF y war-
like cnar&cser
ALBANY, September 15.-Thc Demo
cratic State Convention re-Hssembled
lhis morning. The Crcdentiai Commit
tee reported that the Tammany Hall
was the regular delegation
bat that the other delegation be allowed
seats-the Tammany TO east hine Votes
and the others two each, The Commit
tee on Permanent Organization made !!
report, which was adopted.
BURLINGTON, September li.--A large
ana enthusiastic meeting OF the citizens
wa held at Grimes Hall, this evening,
tOr the purpose of periectinr arrange
meuts for the approaching southern
Iowa Gauitary FAIR, to be held during
the state Fair, from September 26Ih to
October lst. senator Grimes and others
the meeting. Liberal sub
scpi.t.uus were nla,l, and .tenS taEe en
that will ensure the eutiIc success OF The
fair.
BLooMENGToN, Hi, September 10
The large Touring mill OF Newn " Rob
iusua. with a corn crib attached, was
burned 10 the grCund The warehouse
contained 5000 bushels OF wheat and Il
iarue juantity OF -four. The total loss
is So ,IRU-insured for s. 1909.
AUGUSTA, Me, September 15.-Oi1i-
cial returns have uaen received from 2Ij
cities, towns ana plantations, showing
a tut.; vote OF S5,D)2, ana Il minority iol
Gov. Cony OF l3, Ihe total vote
vet TO be heard from will amount to 25-
boo, which will increase Gov. Cony's
,ua,uri;. *, nearly lS,aGG. The tota!
vote OF tnG State Will be II $40 less this
YEAR than last Returns rom 10 Repre-
districts show TIE election o!
1902 Union to II Democratic Representa-
tiyes to the Legislature. The Senate Is
Union, and every county
in the State has been carried by the
Union party:
NEW York, September l3,-Gold has
been steady and on the whole firm dur
in- the morning, with less speculative
than for some days past,
and there is a steady demand for Gus
toms. The quotat!ops opened ut -. =
aud fuctuatel from that down to s.,
u, and up again to SD, and remained
steady.
The C,aaae,oians Washington special
saws the rebels are constantly shellin9
tDrr
to the left wing. No damage las beei
done as yet. Grant has prohibited sut
tiers from selling liquor in the army.
The Commissioner OF lnternai Revenue
has decided that the special income taS
of five per cent. is to be collected fron
persons in the employment of the Gov.
ernment the same as other collections
are made and nog withheld from theil
salaries.
HEApoU UARTERs ARMY Potomac, Sept
and artillery firing has been
kept up very briskly since Saturday
the ire OF the rebels not seeming to have
cooled off yet at being surprised ant
losing so many prisoners. Some five O
SIX of oar men have been brought into
the hospitals, the majority badly wound
ed and some few have died. Ycsterda,
a large mortar opened on the right ant
threw q numberof shells into Petersbur!
:.l: .rraat rracisinn. A rebel sharp
shooter this afternoon stole acroSs tn
AppomatoN and Watching I9 chang
shot one Of our men at battery. I'll
was soon discovered and as he was max
ing his way back across the river a wei
directed shot struck the boat, tearing l
to pieces, and it is supposed killed th
occupant.
Deserters report that Lee announce
to his troops on Saturday that he woul
give the Yankees IA days to get ava
from here, but did not say what he woul
do if we refused to leave. These me
also report matters in Il very bad wa
over there: they have been living o
short rations, and those Of poor quality
The first thing they ask on reachin
camp is "where are we to get rations
We were just going to draw them whe
we left"
ALBANY, Sept. 15.-Horatio Sey
mour was nominated for Governor an