Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-01-08

lS SteaiASy su uaS
into Hampton Hls Roads 7 for % nss
d ,msdi 70 baThaDd p NEW EoKK,d Jan-n3s
AdNices from. Folly. Island. received per nit
Arage, state that rour guns at Cummings
Point openednon Cbarle.ton nm christmas
tmorning, lasting from1 to98rG clock. Several
fires were started ia the city which, burned .
foonsidersble amount of property The rebe
batteries replied without doing. ziamage. BE
b. The United Statesgunhal1 Msrblehead was
fined into by anrehG hatfsrylon Stodo Inle'
i and atwo meny were Il killed and five wounded
j Assisted by the Pawnhee she ycompelled the
rebels to leave their works. d Gem Gordon
4 with a detachment ofmen Ilateb in othe after
Enoon,i lhndedgland took possession of the
.Eworks. The guns, weresubsequentlyab brough,
a6R by commander Balch Of theRawnass They
are 28- inch sea coast fhowitzsraSo1i uamow
esasq sdeia saol sdE NEW Yo,Rpxx. Jan. s.
Two brothers named Ai,son and Geo. W Of
and Moses Benjamin ana Enos Hoffman have
been arrested, and confined in Fort Lafayette
Tor being CONCERNED in the blockade running
business? They shipped goods to Nassau
fper brig Goodhue, which were subsequently
14Sund on the captured steamers Margaret and
osiod1 beGosS1 niedf 10 T9ajfsE ~ y .
/ Messrss.s j. b. Young and.J. C..,Bddd have
falso Been sent to Fort Lafayette as shippers
" contraband goods Other parties, and also
visitants Of the hotels here, known at The
Headquarters, Of those Of secession proclivi
ties have been arrested t'D'i ''i ~ "9'z
| The blockade business here is about played
tXn{q % 2t9dsGd 9STGj rJiW 1n1iH g. 'isSs 4
oof .aoi1i7 a1sj bad s752ae -sEI s.i .gHa.s /
New York, Jan. g. !
Advices from Cumberland, Nd, of the 1st,
state that onr picketss near Winchester, v a.,
had been driven into Bunker Hill. ~
ga, s,a-au,f3 rsA NEW 1Yo8K, Jau 3. |
The steamer Evening Star from New Or
tleans with dates to the 9th ult and Havana
10 the 29th ut, has arrived pe1o!o9) E-1o
g Fitz Henry Warren with considerable
force had embarked on the steamer Warrior,
and crossing Matagorda Bay occupied Indian
| ola without opposition; ,r -.
| Some important rebel documents were cap
| tured, and among them Gen. Msgruders ad-
dress to fhe people Of Western Texas. -,
[ An expedition Of three negro regiments,
one white regiment and battery of artillery
lunder Ullman had gone from New Orleans to
the mouth Of Red River. ns-,'' 80. = -
IIAHtJJs 70 -.tN.f 44l4-AN6U AVhAa O0u o.
70 Asensation dispath from Albany says that
the new Police Commissioners will probably
appoint Nelson j. Waterbury Police Superin-
ttendent, and that wo-thirdsv of the Captains
will report to him, and that the Governor will
iorderou the entire militia of the city to sup.
port the claims Of the new Board.
5soiaa ncioo SHi. y 10 CtSSct,1tsssNAAr1. Jan. 4
Five soldiers were frozen to death at Camp
Chase, on Saturday 's-.! .-: ~ .'.
| The soldiers in, the, camp at Indianapolis
suffered Considerably A number had their
ears and feet frozen. I-''' L. 'N
On Thursday night four rebel prisoners
were frozen to death while. asleep in the cars
at Jeffefsonville. -''
i' The trains on all the railroads leading to
Cincinnati have been much delayed. BY the
recent cold weather there has been q great
deal of suffering among railroad men and
,.:l1 -el,sgs 5e.' .-o, ,' NEW sYoRk, Jan. 4.
A very important seizure of Confederate
bonds and Treasury notesg to the amount ol
81, 900, 600, was made in this city by United
Sta es Marshal Murray's detectives. A large
quantity of plates, dies, tools, machinery
etc., was also seized, and, the parties con-
cerned arrested. rI-i,ggg ~ fsa.1e issI1
p9e Goa ~. - WASHINGTON, Jan. H.
Col. LOWELL Of the I'd Massachusetts caval.
ry. while OF soonting expedition near Hay
market. on Friday, suddenly came upon 9
guerrilla encampment He surrounded it, and
dashing upon th- villains killed and wound !
ed many and took 35, prisouers-one . Cap
tain. We lost one killed and one wounded.
:aosby's 5videttes were dressed in United
States Uniforms. -.,
Judge Hogeboom has decided the contro
lIversy between the Delaware & Hudson Canal
Company and the Pennsy lvauia Coal Com
pany in favor of the former.
| WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.
re The Navy Department has received official
finfifn,ation in reiat;on to the attack upon the
gunbcat Marb.ehesd, in Stono Inlet, on
Christmas morning, by which Robert Brown,
Lorenzo d. Shaw and Joseph Phillips were
killed, and Chas. Moon; Alex. Henderson,
John Haylett and Chss. Semmes were wound
ed. Commander Balch, of the Pawnee, says:
I At 6:25 on the morning Of the 25th ult., the
enemy opened on the Marblehead, which was
replied to vigorously sAt the same time the
Pawnee opened s6sa on the enemy's batteries
from her 100 pound rife gun. At o'clock,
| the @. H. Williams, on hearing the firing,
slipped her cable and came dewn Folly River
under sail, and opened fire handsomely. =
The rapid firing from the three vessels soon
caused the enemy to retreat, and at 77:30 the
enemy had retreated in disorder, leaving two
Of his guns in the batteries The Pawnee
then proceeded off Legarresville. Soon after
tthis, GEM Gordon, commanding the troops
on the south end of Folly Island, came up. a
| E.. ---------- ' New YORK, Jan. 4.
Mayor Gunther assumed the duties Of his
Office to-day, delivering 4 long message. On
the retireuaent Of Mayor a0pdyke, he was cs-
corted by . concourse Of prominent citizens,
with band of music,rt to neighboring hotel
where an address was delivered and festivities
indufged in. 8i2ili eai2H - @isf'o4a' 'i'''
Is It appears by Mayor gGunther's address,
that the city debt is $40, ,000, 900, probably
arising from the fact, as stated in his address,
that the system Of local government is lack
ing inthat simplicity so necessary to econo.
my and efficiency, and that the subdivisions
of functions and the want of responsibility
has led to oextravagance IN the multiplication
Of offices, s91Daa9I OH Sn5GiA %E
go ..'J 10 hol''.' u New YoRx, Jan. 4.
1T is stated that the Stoningtono steamers
have been purchased by Merchants of New
York and Boston. Il Il hua ,eHs lqafgoc s.
gs,a3g6 yaiiqets lf9g WAsHINaTeNs Jan. ,4Jw
Dispatches from Mr.. Prayn,, the American
Minister in Japan, announces that the Japan
ese government has agreed to pay the claim
of $4,000 dsm8gesr for intercepting the
American steamer Pembrok last year. This