Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-08-19

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Money close. Exchange firm at II per cent. dis.
count to par. Gold $3.50.
| WASHINGTON, August 12.-The Sec
rotary of War has replied to the letter
of Gov. Seymour of the Sd inst, sub
hitting the report of the Provost Mar
shall General, which he trusts will sat
isfy him. The objections made against
the quota assigned to the State of New
York are not we'll founded, and the Sec
retary does not feel authorized to ap-
point II committee
LIST. Because there is no fault found
by the Governor with the enrolling Off
GERS, nor any mistake, fraud or neglect
on their part alleged by him, requiring
an investigation by a committee.
I'd. The cause of an unjust enrolment,
if there be any, can readily be corrected
by the Board of Enrolment established
by law for the correction of the enroll
ment.
Sd. The committee would not have
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War power to change the basis of draft
prescribed by act OF Congress.
| 4th. The committee will operate to
postpone the draft and perhaps greatly
delay strengthening the armies now
in the field, thus aiding the enemy and
endanger the national government.
| Every facility, he says, will be afford
ed by the War Department., to correct
any error or mistake that may occur in
the enrolment, and no effort will be
spared to do justice to the cities of New
York and Brooklyn, and apply the law
with equality and firmness to all dis
tricts and in every State.
NEW YORK, August 13.-The pirate
Tallahassee, which has just destroyed a
number of vessels on our coast, is an
iron steamer, painted white, two smoke
stacks, two screws, about 23O feet in
length, 90 feet beam, and draws about 8
feet of water. Her hull is marked '"ral-
lahassee, of London, 1861 Her engine
is marked ~. & w: Dudgeon, London. y
She is fore and aft schooner, rugged
and mounts three guns. Her crew con-
sists of about 120 people, including OIL
GERS, and among them are men of all
nations, most of whom, it is said, are
soldiers from Lees army. She is said
/ <, n,tf of al lf
six days ago, without having been seen
by any of Admiral Lees blOckaders.
She has quite a quantity of cotton on
board to protect her boilers, and there
are four barrels of turpentine on deck, to
be used in firing vessels. She is COM
manded by John Taylor Wood.
i WASHINGTON, August 16.-The mail
boat Key Port reports movement OF
the I'd corps up James river, Saturday
night, resulting in the routing of a large
rebel force at Dutch Gap and the cap
ture of over 500 prisoners, besides seven
pieces of artillery. The position occu-
pied by the enemy is said to have been
a strong one, and is now occupied by
our troops, who are able to hold it.
The Keyport took down from Bermu-
da Hundreds to Fl. Monroe, over lOO
prisoners from this fight, about 40 OF
whom claim to be deserters.
BALTIMORE, Aug. 16.-The following
news is published in the afternoon edi-
ton of the american
| Bermuda Hundreds, dug. 16.--Yes-
terday the ID corps, (Hancock's,) We're
going into transports at City Point all
day, apparently for Washington, and
started down the river with bands play
I ing gaily. OF course the rebels were
Watching from the shore and no doubt
felt much interested in the movement.
j The transports did certainly go down
the river for ten miles or more, when,
however, they put about, and under
cover of the darkness, returned, coming
up by this place under full speed at II
O'Clock, P. NJ, and proceeding up the
i river. At the same time the 10th corps,
w it'll the artillery of the Cd corps, were
crossing to the North side of the James
river, and were all landed within Il
miles of Richmond before 8 o'clock this
morning. This force, with Gen. Eos
ter's, makes quite respectable army.
It is understood that their first move
will be to destroy if possible the rebel
pontoon bridges above Fort Darling. II
this is done Lee will be unable to trans
fer his army to the north side without
marching by way of Manchester, more
than 20 miles. Thus far all works well.
! Musketry firing was heard in the direc-
ton of this movement this morning.
i Thus far but little hard fighting has
been done. Gen. Hancock accomplish
ed his end by skillful manoeuvering and
a surprise, consequently our loss was
small, it being less than 100.
Our troops have now gained an i'm
portant position within two miles of Fl.
Darling.
NEW YORK, August 16.-The Com
merciaps Washington special says Gen.
Hancock was to move on Balls Bluff
yesterday, on the north side of the James
River and to the left of the rebel lines.
If successful this movement will neces-