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

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Loan, and addressed to the Secretary
OF the Treasury.
FIT. MONROE, Oct. 1.-The dispatch
steamer Connecticut arrived last even
Ing with dispatches from Admiral Far
ragut.
Fort Morgan is being put in condition
for 4 long defense.
The rebels are trying to place torpe.
does in the channel above Fort Morgan.
The report thar our gunhoats are near
the city ~ Mobile is incorrect.
NEW York, Oct. 1.-The Ucyt.itrS
Guy Point correspondent of Oct. III
says: As the mail boat is about leaving
| learn Il lew particulars OF an attack III
loTre 10y the enemy upon oar leii yester
day afternoon unier cover OF The ram
storm. inay niaSsed two divisions OF
cavalry anu several regiments Of in
Iantry and attacked Wilson c.valyy on
the left OF Warren's new position. y
desperate fight eHsued. We lost 100 in
killed and wounued, but maintained the
ground. Towards night the enemy gave
up The attack and retired. This Was the
m .I,T of hA
The iieFtt!tt s correspondent with cav
aity. oct. list. says: Ii has been fully
a>vertaineu that the rebel Generals
Hampton, ". ii. Lee and Young We're
opposed 10 us during the engagement of
yesterday ami day before. They have
ueen SO frequently punished by our cay
airy that they will only fight under the
most advantageous circumstances.
The Acf,aCPS correspondent with the
10th corps, writing on the LIST, says:
The grand feature OF the day has been Il
reconnaissance in force up to the inner
line of the rebel works. 1.
Blrney has again pushed his forces up
TO the very outskirts OF the city. His
only refrain from entering and TAX ing
possession OF the city appears that his
orders would not permit him To do SO.
This morning Gen. Terry, with
kautZ ) cavalry, started on the impor-
talt mission oi feeling the enemy and
ascCrtainlnG his strength III the lume-
diate vicinity OF Richmond. For this
delicate movement tie Aiie post IONS were
in;.,ie rs follows: Two hi3 1ade- III Ter
rvs infantry .!!o> - uUj US their right
flank 10 Tie Central coad. and. covered
by the cavalry, advanced up that road
toward the city. Col. spears brigade OF
kuutz' 5 cavalry, with one section OF
horse artillery was thrown out OF the
Charles City Road, with s.1ivEIishers de-
pioyed on the lett to the Central Road.
to cover the movement in that dlrec-
ton. The rest OF the cavalry deplOyed
as >kirElshers i'll front OF the infantry
and extended their line on the LETT down
to tie lcit of our main line.
six pieces OF horse artillery accomua-
MED the movementon the Central Road.
When the line had advanced to the
Powell House, point on the Central
Road about three miles from Rich
nloilu, they met a line Of rebel Skin
mishers. AL this point the cavalry Skin
mishers We're Withdrawn, and two re.i-
ments Of infantry deployed in their
stead. These regiments advanced hand
someiy, driving the rebels before them
with ease. The rest of the column ad-
vanced steadily in line OF battle in the
rear OF the Skirmishers, and when the
els opened on them with heavy artillery
rom the main works but disregarding
this, the skirmisbers pressed on ana
drove the rebels into their line of works,
at Thorp's house, TWO miles out OF the
city. The cavalry ON the right reached
simultaneously the same line of works.
These works were ascertained to be OF Il
very formidable claracter-similar to
10 ,hose i'll our front at LangdOn's Hill.
'Iney mount heavy artillery, but are
manned by a force OF militia men, who
We're pressed into the service from Rich
moni.
The expedition, having accomplished
ali that WAS designed, fell back at night
fall to their old positions. The loss in
this movement Was about 800 killed and
wounttcd.
While this reconnaissance was going
on, the rebels We're observed missing a
force for an attack on the left OF the 10Th
and the right OF the 18th. Gen. Birney
ut once made preparations which caused
the rebels To ;bautlon their design what
| ever it was.
From prisoners we have gained the
following information rs to the present
strength and organization Of Lees az
my at Petersburg:
.AnuerSOn'S Old division OF Hills CORDS
commanded by Gen. Malone and Bush
rod JohnsOn's division of Beauregart's
corps, say 20, 900, are all north of James
River, Gen. Lee commanding in person.
Heath's and WilcOX's divisions OF H;il's
corps, Fields divisiorro OF Beauregarti's
corps, say 4O, 600 in all. The militia are
being scattered in the different divi-
sions. 1t is reported that one of the
above divisions, whose designation is
unknown, returned to Petersburg.
Last night, in front Of Bermuda Hun
dreds, We're Rockets division of Long
streets corps, with Early's and ker-
shaw divisions of LOngstreet' corps,
and Rhodes division of Gen. Ereckin
ridges mixed command.
y railroad man captured to-day asserts
that on Monday last he saw 5000 troops
moving from Lynchburg to Gordons-
vile, to support Early, and that two
brigades of Kershaw's command had
previously been sent forward for the
same purpose.
The Xerdtd's 10th corps correspon-
dent says most of the prisoners captured
ale of the rawest kind of soldiers, men
who have just been thrust into the
ranks. They tell us when the an
nOunccment of the advance was made,
every man capable of bearing arms was
sent into the field and all business sus-
pended.
IN the rebel assault on the 30th, about
500 prisoners were captured.
Paine's Division, (colOred troops,
temporarily attached to the 10th corps,
have returned to the 18th. Gen. Birney
wrote letter Of thanks to Gen. Paine
and his command for their gallantry in
stOrming New Market Heights.
The Herdid's Shenandoah cores
pendent, opposite Browns Gap. Sept.
10Th, says since the fight at Fishers
Hill there has been no general engage
ment. The enemy left the valley
through Browns Gap. Early was very
much dispirited and drank heavily.