Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-11-18
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highly Important from. Sherman.

40, 900 troops.
We had previous intimations tina
Sherman was about 70 move from Attain
| ta upon Charleston and Sayanuln.- =
Chic0go JoUra0i, on. ......
WHICH Is RIGIII p Davis says ia iis
Thanksgiving Proclamation that GoI
has "vouchaafcd' to the Conteue.acs
"many signal victories" The Charles
ton Nerc,1y says, "Ottr late military
disasters have encouraged the recon.
structionists to raise their heads. -
VIII Jeff. and the editor OF the Nercu,l
eat the same kind Of turkey OH Thanks
giving Day? ..
a gentleman in New York lost hir
arm the other day by cagelessiy resting
it partially outside the window Of 4
horse-car in which he was riding. 4
passing wagon struck it, shltteriu" it "a
the shoulder.
ILLINOIS.
SPRINGFIELD, November 9.-sSalgn.
mon county gives Mcclellan 384 major
|ity ; Logan county gives 356 majority Y
for Lincoln. The Democrats claim ouc
candidate for representative. The Othr
cys are yet doubtful The LEGISLATURE
is still in doubt, with probability in
favor OF the Republicans. Brown
county, 603 Democratic gain OF 13l
since 1860; Montgomery county, 70a
Democratic; Jersey county, 40 Demo
cratic; Fulton county, 125 Democratic.
OTTAWA, November 0.-fp La Sale
countp, % towns give Lincoln 2i5 ma
jority and there are six to hear from,
which will increasc the majority IL 500.
pEoXLA. November 9.--Returns for
Peoria county are all ia Mcclellan has
19l naiority--a Union gain OF 8 over
1860.
There is severe gale all day. Liue
all prostrated.
MONTREAL, NOV. li.-The ease for
proceedings against the st. Adams raid
ers was closed on Saturday. 1t was de-
cided to the prisoners voluntary state
nlents. Lieutenant Young showed q
commission from Seldom, the rebel Sec
retary OF War, and stated that thc ex-
pedition was not projected in Canada. -
The object was to retaliate on Grant and
Sheridan that he was in C0n,munica-
ton with Richmond to obtain important
testimony, and wanted the case post
poned thirty days. other prisoners are
making statements to-day.
New YORK, Nov. 12-The City Of
Washington sailed to-day for LIVERPOOL
with $7Oh,O00 in specie.
The Gcorgi.na sailed for Southamp-
ton with S420, 900.
CHATTANOoGA, Nov. ll.-One Of tLc
editors OF the Philadelphia Euyetip just
from the irontreports that Moody moved
at daylight.
The enemy attacked our pickets south
Of Atlanta, Killed one, wounded two Of
the 23d Indiana, but subsequently fell
back.
.Ihe election on Tuesday passed off
quietly, and was largely in favor Of Lin
coin.
Wednesday morning the enemy made
three attacks on Atlanta, shells being
thrown as far as Rolling Mills.
The most desperate attack was made
on the Rough and Ready road The
enelny's artillery was within 100 yards
of our mortars, and their infantry and
dismounted cavalry within geo yards OF
our men, who were aroused from slum-
Der. They quickly manned the detenses,
and soon drove the rebels off.
There was no Federal loss.
The enemy We're Il part of Youua's
command, and finally retreated toward
Macon.
Our army is in excellent spirits, and
well supplied with rations.
AUGUSTA. MAINE, Nov. 12.---225
towns give Lincoln 47,423, Mcclellan
80, 297. The same towns i'll Septenl Der
gave Couey is ,5lS, Howard 80, ,1l6 Jlie
remainder OF the State will not vary
materially from the above given
maority, as the thirty thousand votes
yet to be heard from are about equally
divided between the two candidates.
on the home vote, with 5000 to 1000 to
add on the soldiers vote.
ST.. LOUIS, Nov. 2.-Dispatches from
the Pacific coast dated the 9th, have
been received at st. Joseph. I ey say
that r;an Francisco gives Lincoln 5000
ma jority,
1t is estimated that Oregon gives
Lincoln $4,000 majority.
Nevada and California are both claim
ed for Lincoln by 1000 majority.
NEW YORK, Nov. IA conspiracy
to break from the Brooklyn jail has
been discovered, in which death to all
who stood in the way was to be inflicted.
The leaders are Gates and Kinney.
CAIRO, Nov. 12-Advices from Padu-
cab Sth, say at ) O'Clock the evening be-
fore the rebels disappeared from this
side Of .J0hnsonville.
No part of Forests army is believed
to be on the east side of the river, they
having gone, it is thought, TO join
Hood.
Gen. Schofield, with 1900 troops, ar
rived at Johnsonsville. This place is
regarded perfectly secure.
The Tennessee river will soon be open
again.
A tornado passed over Washington
county, ILL.,. on the morning of the 9th,
destroying many buildings, killing one
person and wounding several others.
The district of West Kentucky has
given majority for Lincoln, one of the
greatest changes of public opinion in
any part of the Union.
Memphis papers of the 10th say the
vote Of Memphis gives Lincoln 1901,
Mcclellan 1923, which is informal and
rejected.
Detachments of Missouri, Ohio, Penn
,yivania, Iowaand isconsin regiments
gave large Lincoln mujorities.
The 9th Tennessee cavalry gave q
unanimous vote-50O-for Lincoln.
Of cotton for st. Louis.
New YORK, Nov. 12.-The CONNER
ciups Washington special says that the
Treasury Department will anticipate
.he payment OF the January interest in
bonds.
The rebel authorities have made a
to our Government asking
eave to purchase blankets in the North
for their prisoners, paying for them in
cotton. The question is under advise
ment.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. Sin this city
over q 900 votes were polled. Lincoln's
is over 5000. The returns from
the balance of the State so far as heard
from are equally favorable. Lincoln's
can hardly be less than $4,000.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 9.-Returns