Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-07-22
! Portion Of his Forces Acres,
the Observation-Disclosures
Must Soon Fall.
Johnston Reinforcing Lee.
Coed News from Gen. Smith--He
Defeats Forrest in Several
Severe Engagements.

Severe engagements.
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WASHINGTON, July 49,
By THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA-A PROCLAMA-
TION.
w
4th, 1864, entitled AN Act further to
regulate ana provide for the enrolment
ami calling out Of the National forces,
and for other purposes" it is provided
that the President OF the United States
may, at his discretion, at any time here
after call for any number or men as vol
unteers for the respective term of one.
two and three years, for the military
service, and that in case the quota, or
any part thereof, of any town, township,
waru OF a city, precinct or election dis
trict, or of u county not SO sub-divided,
shall not be filled up within the space of 81
days after such call, the President shall
immediately order draft for one year
TO ill such quota or any part thereof
which may be untitled, and,
WHEREAS, The new enrolment here
tOfOre ordered is SO far completed that
the aforementioned act of Congress may
now be put in operation for executing
and keeping up the strength OF the arm
les in the field, for garrisOns and such
military operations az may be required
Tor the purpose OF suppressing the rebel
lion and restoring the authority OF the
United States, do issue this my call for
Five Hundred Thousand volunteers for
the military service, provided, never
theless, that all credits which may be
established under Section 5 OF the aiOre-
said act on account OF persons who have
entered the naval service during the
present rebellion and by credits for men
furnished to the military service in eX-
cess OF calls heretofore made for vOiun-
teers, will be accepted under this call for
one, two or three years, as they may
elect, and will be entitled to the bounty
provided by the law for the period OF
service for which they enlist, and l
hereby proclaim, order and direct that
immediately after the fifth day of Sep
TENDER, 1854, being 80 days from the date
of this call, a draft for troops to serve
for one year shall be held in every town,
township, ward OF a city, precinct,
divided, to ill the quota which shall be
part thereof which may be untitled by
volunteers on the said 9Th day of Sep
TENDER, 1854.
In testimony whereof, have hereun-
to set my hand and caused the seal of
the United States to be affixed.
Done at the City of Washington, this
18th day of July, in the year of
Our Lord One Thousand Eight
[sEAL] Hundred and SiXty-four and Of
the independence Of the United
States the EightyNintb.
BY the President.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
w. III. SEWARD, sec'y of State.
BALTIMORE, July 14-The Washing
ton Chronicle of this morning has an &C.
count of a visit to the battle field. The
residence of Mr.. Lay, of the city post
ed by shells from Fort Stevens to dis
of Mr.. Corberg, about mile from the
tort. A fence had been placed across the
road and used as a breastwork by the
rebels. Evidences of hard fighting were
visible here. In groveOn the opposite
side of the road from Mr.. Blair's resi-
dence was found a book, the eighth vol
ume of Byron's works, lost by q rebel
soldier, which | have brought with me,
and transcribe the following inscription
which is written in the fiy-leaf:
Near Washington, July II, moon.-
UNCLE ABE: You had better be quiet
the balance Of your administration. We
only came near your town this time just
to show you what we could do but i;
you go on in your mad career we will
come soon again, and then you had bet
ter stand from under.
Yours respectfully. The worst rebel
you ever saw, 53th Virginia infantry.
The rebels first made their appearance
at Colesville, about 4 or p. M. on Mon
day last, and my informant understood
from what he could learn that the rebel
force on the north side OF the Potomac
consisted of Gems. Johnson's, Early's
and p iIillis cOrDS and he saw fine
most of Johns0n's and Early's forces
pass through and near ColesvilIe. When
the rebels came into Maryland nearly
all were on foot, but they have picked
up all the horses they could find, and
now the most of them are mounted
Johnson took the east road from Coles
Vile and moved towards Beltsville, and
Early's corps went toward Washington,
on the Seventh street road, and it was
that Hills corps moved to-
ward Washington, in q line, west OF
Early's. My informant saw about TO-
or 800 rebels. He conversed with til,
rebel Gen. Johnson and other officers,
and thinks it was not their intention to
take Washington, but to take the atten-
ton of Grant from Richmond. John
son had about 90 prisoners, from whom
he had stripped much of their clothing,
and; the prisoners were compelled to
.rudge along with bare feet. Johnson
lad seven pieces of artillery, but my in
'ormant did not see any with lEarly.-l
On Thursday morning the pickets OF
Johnson's and Early's corps fired into
zach other by mistake, near Colesville. |
The outer pickets were called in at sum
et on Thursday and all were ordered to !