Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-01-08

1T. l3ve hundred and seven kettles were
NIg urEand.rendered useless, and over 100
were destroyed, together With ~
wagons and 30 large fat boats. The entire
dRpsgs to the enemy fsrestimated by Acting
Mastirs Brown at 5000 ooh Tlirty-one
empl0ysd q thaaa works. aHailed
themselves of the opportunity to escape and
1efe " great service in pbintng out thes pla-
ces where the kettles were concealed.
oActing Master Brownsand Shis men, while
in the bark Restless, nan up to within 100
yards of the town 0fSt. A6dreWs, which had
been reported by dsssrters 10 him - having
been occupied by military force for the last
ten months, and commenced Smelling the
place, The soldiers made. . speedy .retrea to
the woods. The town MAJ. ffsd By the third
shell and 80 houses were reduced to ashcs.-
No resistance wss offered throughout the
affair. Respectfully,
.osl 7soT THEODORE BA1LY,"
scr . s'ts ss9'ai 81 Acting Rear Admiral.
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Summary OF Con9resslonal Pro-
.a91uGs-b 3as-,iWAsuxaroN, Jan. 3.
ii SENArs.-A communication from the Sec
rotary Of the Navy in reply to . resolution of
tho Senste, giving the names Of officers who
have left the Naval service since Decenber
LIST, 1860, and entered the rebel service, was
referred and ordered to be printed. III pslt
Mr.. Grimes presented : petition asking
such modification Of the enrolment law as
win include all foreign residents. adj ia
"a A bill to prevent officers of The army and
navy from interfering in State elections was
referred to the Judiciary Committee s7s
Adjourned a9i,i.af 10 .,, 90 sit VI
,@ Houss.-On motion Of Mr.. Godfrey, of
Pennsylvania, the following resolution was
adopted: % al 'ps 's1assaa9a1h q II
q Rsso1vsa, That the Secretary Of tic Treas
ury be requested to report to this House what
haye been the services of Jay Cook & Co., to
the Government in the sale. of, the United
States securities, and what has been the rate
and whole amount Of compensation therefor
also, whether said service might not have
been as successfully performed By the Treas
ury Department itself; also, what sums of
money, If any, havo been paid out Of the
Treasury for advertisements ordered BY Jay
Cook Il 90. s9sF aa.isitns ,gHiig csEf
- On motion of Mr.. Chandler, the following
resolution was sdopted:,d; n...q ls sgeg
jRssolvsd, That the, Committee on Ways
and Means be instructed into the expediency
Of reporting bill amending an act entitled
an act to- provide Internal Revenue to sup.
portgthe Government and pay the interest on
the public debt, souas to reduce the duty on
all mineral Goals from 81 cents to 1t cents
x, s:s.S ,.i.josa sdI 9n5sa- 'fss- n s'sd5
.s.,.ss7,, re- 5;-,,l .WAsHINGroN, Jan. G..
HousE.--A committee Of nine was appoint
ed to consider the expediency Of constructing
. railroad between New York and Washing
ton for postal and other purposes .y..e
% Mr.. Farnsworth, from the Military Com
mittee, reported a joint resolution extending
the bounties heretofore paid afrom January
9Th to March 1st. @2cai - sly
The post oface, appropriation bill was con.
sidered., =, s,oai;isiloi adj See -sf3i,o,,e.
M. Washburn,,, Of illinois, denounced the
railroad companies IS swindiing the Govern
ment, and advocated a new limo between New
York and Washington. Wsn sd y 'thnaf4s''
Mr.. Stevens said that he was not prepared
to denounce the railroad companies, because
he knew nothing about it. Mr.. Pruyn, of
New York, replied by protesting against the
wholesale denunciation Of railroad companies
because . few of them in the opinion Of Mr..
Washburn, bad attempted to swindle, the
Government.
Mr.. johnson presented I petition from tie
Friends of Maryland, New York and Penn
sylvania, asking exemption from military
duty. Also petition of Susan n. Hatch, of
praying for = compensation for
stock owned BY her which had been taken ~
the military, and for which pay had been dis
allowed, on account of her husband. Refer
red to the Committee on military Claims
Mr.. Dawes, of Massachusetts,, from the
Committee on Elections, reported q bill fixing
the uniform time for holding the election for
in Congress, and enabling
soldiers to vote for said officers, which was
ordered to be printed and. ,re.committed.
Mr.. Dawes, on behalf Of the Committee on
Elections, and Mr. Stevens on behalf Of the
Committee on Ways and means, obtained leave
for these, two committees to set during the
sessions of the House. .
Mr.. Farnsworth's joint resolution passed
unanimously at 1 third reading, that boun-
ties heretofore paid under the regulations of
the War Department to men enlisted for
three years or during the war, should con-
tinue to be paid from January 9Th to until
the 1st f4(srch next This resolution to be
On motion of Mr.. Woodbridge, the Com
mittee on Military Affairs was instructed to
enquire into the expediency Of including in
thetdraft now ordered by the President, those
who volunteer for the nine months service,
and report BY bill or otherwise. ep ms ,ist
The House went into Committee of the
Whole on the State of the Union. 49,,
2 The Presidents Message being under con-
Mr. Arnold spoke Of the destruc-
ton Of slavery q necessary to therestoration
Of national ea ., unity and the salvation Of the
: Ho,,se adjourned. gow ii 5ns ,csui 2'ii1hse
q 70 at'7oI2 buG -.-------l sdy TOT yTs7
- SENATE.-Mr. Howard lsubmittsd the fol-
lowing resolution, which was, objected to and
laid over -, Ill
. Rssolusd, That the Committee on judiciary
be instructed to CONSIDER the propriety of
repeating the joint resolution Of duly 18th,
1862, relative to the construction, Of tie Con-
fiscation Act, aud particularly 90 much Of
said joint resolution as purports to prohibit
the forfeiture of real estate beyond the nat
ufal life Of the offender. i9znd3 1ash Jst u
! On motion Of Mr., Anthony, the Senate pro.
ceeded to the election Of the Select Commit
tee On the Pacific Railroad bill. He nomina-
ted Mr.. Howard as Chairman, and as mem
bers of the. committee, rCollsmer, johnson,
Harlan, Trumbull. Sherman, Morgan, % Con-
ness and Brown; who were elected. saxi,,,
20 Nj. Wilson reported from the Military
Committee an Act TO amend the Enrolling
Act also, the bill to extend the time for pay
ing the bounty to volunteers. itn7reaao0 90
The Senate then proceeded to the, consid-
Grafton Of the bin Of Mr.. Powell to prevent
officers Of the army and navy, or other per
sons engaged in military sertiee from inter-
fering with the elections in the Ststes. Sem
ator Grimes opposed the; reference Of the bill