Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-12-30


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The Ricasffond ,rfis ofthe slgtn says,
jeff. Davis inss suffeEeiifOr. secev:ai iaysi
fron n eurai giaW sAbsuGa srnpaetI bad
been afloat regarding the gold ntsrket.
,This paper also sayss fllar Kirby Ssnifif4
IS deffaudingf 'tlie government pitt Of
large numbers OF beefscastle, wliir u, by
his orderspre5l run tinter rA1eNieFi SH irop' J
The 3}55aaes army icoires % isgten,- 4
giving extracts from set.ela ret,efra,ss'Fs,
says :.iaThe fehef9sena tes last Sal Qftay
went into secret, SESSION. and q atoEinr
time was had. The question Of at once
arming negroes was. br0nght ups psali' is
Believed to have passed by3ana almost
sananimotls vote y1avEIs 3s - Hl K-fss1 a
ia For sseyerat days, fiysi / :. every .ahles-
bodied, negro has besn quietly seized
and hurried OF to clhrps ot' 'irssstlnelion:
TiIis may account ef stiieif ssrsAinl fetFiifg
men toned IN another pa sagrapn, 80 ilG
/! The 1ftba&e' 5 Shenandoah EalSisaess-
rsSpeass natea rsbe s5disrs s5Ei hH.t
Eon the hight of the l2ehy is..s84 e iissh
and blood could not stand the tra;anlent.
they received They say chat Early has
two divisions, ut, New Market, ainount7 :,
ing in All to not over 5000 men, and no
cavalry. e's--fs5i s-- Et5fsis'k5 80 y ~ =
sThes1loaes' corresponding in lorteris'
eXpeditiop, writes, dlo9 lon board tiles
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Dec. 18th :" A severe Ega'e MAS encoun-
tered off Cape Hattelas, iii which the
little monitor, III ahopac had Il narrow
escape. She. was being toWels by the.
Santiago and sprung h iei.k, but the
storm abated. The'waternot only rush
ed III at the top OF the tturret, butsworlS-i
ed its way yzthrOughnthe hull fhe iron
tclads would take in coal at BeNitort and
prepare for action. .,.r, .,-. =. ysass., e,
| New YoaK, DEG. = ,--77The. steamer
rived today. News uninl portant.
5aCotton lad. higher. I5rsadstnffs firm :
er. Provisions declining Consols, for
money, So. american securities inacz,
tive; ! u. =. 3-20s, 42244GL 434I. No. imme-,
mediate reduction OF Bank of England.
Confederate loan depressed by the n eWSs
of Sherman g success. 80
A violent gale on the coast Qf india
caused a greatsinundatiOn. THOUSANDS
Of lives are reported lost Earl Carlisle
died on the 9TH. t sle..si,. nj -e,, 5i4 .'l1--
.LouIsvILI.E, Dec. 22.-The Jp5b.agtg$
acknowledgement of the 2lst says: The
situation on the front is Unchanged =
Our army is. confident OF total success
and still pressing forward. sThe. rebels
are completely panic stricken at their
unlocked iaseieat, anst ale Stii iiFseeai'i {
safety in flight. rf-, "'T q .:5F-.@ -"fd sJI
% Prisoners con tiliue to arrive III, squads
some wounded, others. sick, and al
dispirited.' 1870 l....l@.-i3
+ itoPKINsvILLE, Dec. 22.-Gfeilerai Ed.
McCook struck part of the rebel Lyons
command here at. daylight of the 10Th,
defeated them and captured their artii7
lery, and is pursuing them. = !, -
NEW YORK, Dec. 22.-7Goid weaker
and inactive. The satisfactory aspect Of
military affairs acts as 4 drag upon the
markets, against which the Bulls donot
care to contend. The price has ranged
from s.. 2.222 up to $2.2li and down to
$2.22. -a-. -F~i
is WASHINGTON, Dec. D. Col. Mark
land, special agent of the Post Office
Department, reports that the mails were
landed, assorted, and during the after
noon Of the 18th inst, were distributed
to the entire army OF Gen. Sherman in
half an hour He sold $2,l0O worth of
stamps, and could, if he had had them,
sold double that quantity. He brought
with him 10000 soldiers letters, which
have been mailed here to their respective
addresses. .f.
The army Is III excellent spirits, and
their fighting condition, they say, was
never better. "s fta.
BosToE, Dee. ga collision. took
place Oh the Cheshire railroad last.
night, about three miles above Rune
A passenger train was run into by a
wood train, and it is reported that sew
eral passengers in the rear cars We're in.
jured and a lady and two children
killed. The persons killed were a
Frenchman and his wife named Hoartz,
and boy named a. O'BTien, living in
Walpole. Several others were injured,
but none fatally. The train was impe
water, and the thick snow storm pre-
vented the following freight train from
seeing the signals made for il to stop. al
ALBANY, Dec. % The snow storm
which set in yesterday continued the
greater part OF the night, and to-day the
snow is from eight to ten inches deep on
a level. All day a strong wind has pre-
vailed from the northwest, driving the
snow badly. Trains on the Central,
Boston, Hudson, Harlem, Northern and
Susquehannan railroads are from two to
six hours behind time. No accidents
are reported. Thermometer Is degrees
above zero.
NEW YORK, Dec 22.-The Herald has
the details OF Sherman's grand march
through Georgia. t oil.
His army moved 800 miles, devasta-
ting forty-two counties, capturing 1000
prisoners, 10000 negroes, $4,000 horses
and thirty pieces of artillery. He did
not lose gun, and our entire casualties
were only about 500 prisoners from
stragglers, and 800 or 400 killed or
wounded, including the loss at Fort
McAllister. Fitzpatrick defeated Whee-
Ter in a skirmish near Macon, and
could easily have taken the city, had
Sherman desired it,. The rebel resist
ance at Oconee Bridge caused but few
hours delay. At Griswoldville. where
it was reported they repulsed us, one
of our brigades- of the 10Th
corps, defeated three rebel brigades I'M
der Gen. Phillips, we losing only thirty
seven men, anu the febelS nearly 4Uo.-
The rebel militia stood fifteen rounds,
Though the battle lasted four hours, our
forces following up the. flying foe
There was not Il serious battle during
the whole march. Our cavalry was not
at any time repulsed, nor was Kilpat
rick hurt. He had several small fights,
but he s.. Ill wears the same old hat
with which he started from Atlanta.
NEW YORK, Dec. 22.-The steamer
Columbia brings Havana dates of the
18th. .
The steamer Alexandria, now called
the Mary, had been seized at Nassau for
q violation of the neutrality laws being