Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-10-07

/ give auult1Ohai particulars regarding
the action of the north side of the James
which has thus far proved fully sue
cessful. The works captured by us ar,
very strong, and equal TO any the enc
my have around Richmond.
Gen. Croney's corps gained an i'm
portant position, seriously menacine
Richmond.
All accounts agree that the coloreC
troops behaved admirably
Gen. Ord's wound is slight. Genera
Burnham was killed. za1ra.-
Latest reports from our army on the
north side of the James represent every
thing highly encouraging. Our forces
were within four miles of Richmond
this morning, having driven the enemy
before them in confusion.
We had about $40 wounded in the &C
ton of Thursday. A large portion o
our army engaged was colored troops.
| NEW YORK, Oct. 1.-The Uerold.
correspondent with Sheridan gives the
following account of the Fishers Hill
engagement: AT four o'clock on the af.
ternoon OF the 2lst the 18th corps sue.
ceeded i'll driving the rebels from line
OF rifle pits, Oh the right OF the pike be.
tween ctrasDurg and FISHERS Hill, and
the corps was set to work Immediately
to convert them into earthworks.
The 9th and 9Th corps had gradually
been working around to the right with
view of thanking the rebels. Between
and O'Clock p. NJ. a rapid advance OF
these two corps was ordered, and they
advanced so far to the right as to be out
OF range of the rebel batteries they had
thanked. The enemy being upon his
right flank and rear, the line was then
formed with Gen. Crooks command up
on the right, and Gen Getty's division OF
the 9th corps on the extreme, while the
III division OF that corps formed the LETT
and the LIST division was held in reserve
In this order they advanced ON the enc
my's works, and after several charges
up the steep side hills and through the
woods and open fields the rebels were
driven back into their entertainments,
and iii spite of the furious enfilade OF
the infantry and the shot and shell OF
the artillery the position was carried at
the point of the bayonet When the
enemy discovered that he was thanked
and beset in his lair SO vigorously
he fled with the utmost precipitancy
leaving muskets, cannon and all man
ner OF military implements behind him.
| The tth corps captured two battle
Tays. Crooks corps captured two flags,
sixteen callnon and about l, 800 prison
ers.
The victory was complete, and the en-
envy was put to Il greater rout than al
the recent battle at Winchester.
The 18th corps was still at work upon
the line OF works captured from the Gu
envy. When Gems. Wright and Crook
essayed the position this corps was i'm
medlately ordered up, and although the
men threw down their picks and show
els ana resumed their nluskets with all
possible haste, they did not arrive in
time to take any prominent part i'll the
engagement,
| The casualties of the 10Th corps are
about 30 killed ana wounded. Those in
the 9th corps will amount to 100. Near
| ly all OF the eneny's killed and wounded
| fell into our hands.
| Early then retired to Mount Jackson
to which place he was closely pursued,
and they fought step by step. At length
he was obliged to evacuate that place in
| the night, and in the morning our forces
were after them again.
NEW YORK, Oct 1.-The Hcratd's Ft.
Monroe correspondent says: Rumors
OF Il heavy battle near Petersburg have
been rife here for the past two days, and
inquiries into the facts prove that moth
| ing more than the usual amount of pick
ct firing has taken place. While, how
ever, there has been no pitched battle
| fought of late, still everything is prepar-
ing for most sanguinary conflict, and
the time is not ;ar distant when the
grand and decisive movement will be
commenced, which must result in a
great Union victory.
| Heavy reinfOrcements for the front
are arriving daily. and either ascend the
James river in the vessels which bring
them, or are re-shipped here on light
draught steamers.
| This morning the ocean steamer Ara
go, Capt. Henry Gads,len, arrived here
m route for Hilton Head, and discharg-
ed u large number of recruits. who were
sent forward TO City Point.
The Nerofd's headquarters army OF
the James River correspondent, OF the
| 10TH says the army of the James River
is in motion, and as the fact itself is not
considered contraband by military au
thorities, it may be further stated that
It's operations during the next few days
will be of a most important character.
equal to the strong undertaking.
| Though the movement has been Or
ganiZed and conducted thus far with the
greatest possible secrecy, still the most
gratifying confidence is felt and unre-
servedly expressed that a great effort is
10 be made TO accomplish the long desir-
ed objective point OF the campaign.
NEW YORK, Oct. 1.-The Heraid's It
Monroe correspondent says
There is much excitement among the
IL, Ill t.,JN- II
General Shelby's order that all persons
OF allegiance. Great reluctance is man.
ifiested, though few have positively re-
| fused
| A Washington dispatch says: Secre-
| tary seward has returned to duty.
| Mr.. Dennson is expected to arrive
to-day and assume the portfolio.
FT. MONROE, Oct. l, uju BALTIMORE,
Oct. 1.-The steamer George Leany ar
| rived from Deep Bottom this afternoon.
She reports fighting was i'll progress
yesterday on the north side OF James
river. There was also heavy firing on
the south side of Petersburg, which con-
tinued at a late hour last evening. No
important results are yet reported, but
The Indications are very favorable.
The hospital steamer Matilda eXplo-
ued her boiler at 3 O'Clock last evening,
just after having landed 200 wounded
soldiers ior hampton hospital. Provi-
dentially the soi'tiers all escaped. The
engineer, Thomas Brannon, was dam
gerously scalded. The second engineer
was slightly injured. Quartermaster
w. A. Caven had an arm broken. None
Others were injured. From 80 to 40 feet
of the Matilda's upper works were car
ried away, including the saloon. The
hull was not damaged.
New YORK, Oct. 1.-The Xeruitps
10th corps correspondent says: This
corps broke camp on the 2Sth, and by Il
rapid march reached and crossed James
River at daylight on the 18th, and i'm
mediately after advanced and skirmish