Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-09-02

OF considerable Importance.
forward this morning prisoners from
the field from Wilcox's and Heath's
divisions.
Maj. Angel of my staff, saw and con-
versed with 2 prisoners from McHOne's
division last night. l do not find them
this morning. He said MahOne's divi-
sion, with the exception of one brigade,
was there.
(Signed( w. S. HANCOCK,
Maj. Gen.
Second army Corps, 1890 %. M, Aug.
ga safeguard that was left on the
battlefield remained there until after
daylight this morning. At that time
the enemy had all disappeared, leaving
their dead on the field unburied. This
shows how severely they were punished,
reintorccmentS they feared the result of
to- day if they remained.
(Signed) G. G. MEADE, Maj. Gen.
Second Army Corps, p. NJ, lug. 26.
To Lieut.. Gen. Grant Since sending
my last dispatch, have conversed with
the safeguard referred to. They did not
leave the field until after sunrise. At
this time nearly all the enemy had LETT
towards Petersburg. He says they
abandoned not only tiieirlead, but their
wounded; also. lie couversed with an
officer who said tEcir !osses were greater
than ever ocfore DURING the war. The
safeguard Was over the field and reports
il Wa roVered with dead and wounded
rebels. He has seen great many bat
tletieias but never before saw such a
sight. All OF the rebels dead and wound
ed are lying on the field and present a
CHASTITY sight. Our dead were also I'M
buried, but l have instructed General
Gregg 10 make an effort to send a party
10 the field and bury our dead.
Signed G. c.. MEADE, Maj. Gen.
CINCINNATI, Aug. 26.--The Eastern
bound train on the Indianapolis x Gin
cipnati r. Il. was thrown from the
track near Lawrenceburg yesterday, by
breaking the tiangeof one of the driving
wheels OF the locomotive. One man was
instantly killed and three Others were
fatally injured. Gov. Morton and Jos.
Mcdonald, his POLITICAL opponent, We're
on the train, but escaped uninjured.
Three men, names unknown, who
were returning from Green township
yesterday, were thrown from buggy
one killed and the others badly bruised.
CINCINNATI, Aug. 2S.-By the acct
dent on the Indianapolis and Cincinnati
Railroad. Il few days ago, about 20 per-
sons We're injured, one or two probably
fatally, but none killed. The train con-
sisted of three passenger and one bag
gage car, and were completely wrecked.
The engineer saw the approaching hur-
ricane just as the train neared WetZei's
bridge, and put on steam in order to clear
the bridge and gain the shelter of an
embankment ahead, but the tornado
struck the train in raviiie and with
such force as to lift the ears from the
tack. Two of the passenger cars made
,intn nI.rti 10 nd 1
with the wheels uppermost. In the
same vicinity stone walls were levelled
and massive roofs of large store houses
We're lifted from the walls and carried
considerable distance.
Boston. Aug. 26.-Several prominent
Abolitionists, including Eleazar Wright
and s. G.. Howe, have written to Gen.
Fremont, speaking of the dissatisfaction
in the Republican ranks, and desiring
that the Baltimore and Cleveland NOM
inees both Withdraw their names as
Presidential candidates, and that new
Convention be called to select new cam
didates.
Fremont replies at length, remarking
that he does not feel at liberty to with
draw his name, without first consulting
the party who nominated him, but sug-
gests that direct efforts be made to OBJ
tain an immediate understanding be-
tween the supporters of both nominees
in order that they may cOalesce and
unite upon such Convention.
In TINS letter Fremont says: much
has been said about peace. For ME peace
signifies the integral establishment of
the Union without slavery, because
slavery is the source of all our political
dissentions, and because the institution
itself is condemned by the enlightened
init Of no r.,
to me the especial conditions Of peace. "
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE PoTO-
MAC, Aug. 24.-Ail quiet to-day, except
the usual cannonaftfng. Our left has
been extended SIX Or seven miles, and
We ho,d securely the weldon railroad
TO .!eaIl Station. = ,,isjance Of seven
miles.
10 rebels are to be -eon on our left
front.
The cl,ire loss OF the 9Th corps is now
stated 10 be 5000. They fought SPLEEN
didly.
New YORK, Aug. 26.-The Times
says Howard, the Proclamation forger,
has been released from Fort Lafayette.
Richmond papers of the 23d contain
accounts Of the last rebel assaults OH
Warren's lines OH the Weldon Railroad,
one of which says: We have met with
,
bat the affair is not over. Brig. Gen.
S'a lnders, OF Alabama, was killed. Gen.
Lamar, OF Florida, mortally wounded.
Gems. Barton, Finnegan and Anderson
were wounded.
Grants plans on the Danviile road are
now repeated, and all the energy and
gailantry OF the armies under Lee and
Beauregard will not be too much to beat
back this bold movement on the south
of Petersburg.
According to Petersburg papers, the
Petersburg & Lynchburg Railroad is in
constant danger.
A dispatch from Mobile, 21st, says:
1.-The operator at Jackson, Miss, tele-
graphs that a great riot had broken out
in New Orleans, in which over 400 citi-
Zens had been killed. The riot was
caused by Candy attempting to enforce
the draft. The negro troops were called
out to suppress it, but at last accounts
it was still raging
Headquarters MIDDLE DEPART
MENT, Aug. 27.-Friday afternoon at )
O'clock Gen. Crook moved out with a
brigade from the left of our lines to re-
cOnnOiter the enemy's position and as
certain if they had any force of inn
portance stationed in his front. Our
men advanced in line of battle, with a
heavy skirmish line out in front, and
soon engaged the rebel skirmishers, who
rapidly retreated on their reserves sta
toned short distance in the rear of the
skirmish line. Our men advanced bold
ly and rapidly untilthey came within SOC
yards of the rebel line drawn up to re-
ceive them, who opened heavy fire OF
musketry, which lasted nearly 20 min
utes, when the rebels broke and ran un-
der cover of a battery of artillery which
had in the meantime been brought up
and placed in front of the works in eX-
a battery before.
New YORK, Aug. 29.-The Tribune's