Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-12-09
VOI1sa XVI---NO. q.

&c IS: Murfreesboro,r Bridgeport and
Chattanooga are safe. se Nashville and
the surrounding county for miles has
Seen transferred to Bridgeport. The de-
|sttuction of rebel property in the de-
fense of the city was immense: almost
Ialk the rich property holders hereabouts
are rebel lsympathisers. The advanceof
the rebel army necessitated the destruc-
|tion Of their property. The Federal po-
|sition ia,perfectly satisfactory tsgt
| i LOUISVILLE Dec. 5.--The Journal of
this morning contains the following:
|, Nusirite, Dec. An ot}ling of special
interest has transpired to-day along the
lines. Our artillery was used at differ
ent points against the rebels, who are
engaged in erecting breastworks within
half mile of ours. s1-1 --'5s.
Prisoners brought in to-day say that
Brigadier General Gist and Lieutenants
Gammberg and Brown, OF the. rebel
army, were killed at Franklin. @''-'
General Cheatham lost every Briga-
dier General in his CORPS naa-aTdA
| LOUISVILLE, Dec. 4.-i3en. Burbridge
with his command has reached Bean
Station, and Breckenridge apparently
declines battle, and has fallen back
towards Virginia. Stoneman will, if
necessary, aid his movements in that
direction. aea -r.-s "a: ff-.-s.-.,. ,;.,.-
Gen.. John A. Logan left on the mail
boat this afternoon for Cincinnati.
CAIRO, Dec. 4.-The steamer Conti-
mental sank yesterday morning. She
struck the wreck of the James Mont
lgOmery, causing her to sink in 30 min
utes, but she was run on bar before
filling. There is no water on the main
deck. All the cargo was saved, but in q
damaged condition. a sas7 .el..a
The steamer Hannibal lies straight
and can be raised easily.
The steamer Edward Walsh, from
New Orleans, had SO hhds. sugar for
Cincinnati, 27 ditto and 56 bales of cot
ton for st. Lonis. Ga additional bales Of
cotton arrived yesterday.
|; ., Especial to New York Commercially
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.-News from
Savannah, received here to-day from
Southern sources, leaves no room for
doubt that Sherman has succeeded in
reaching the coast with his entire army.
There is considerable excitement upon
the question of the Supreme Court ap-
pointments. Justices Waine, Swayne,
Clifford, Miller and Greer are on the
bench. a. .r... !, ~
Nearly all the Southerners arrested by
order OF General Dix have been dis
charged on giving satisfactory accounts
Of themselves 3r.r.. tr-. s-. ,a
The Baltimore american has Rich
mond papers OF Saturday, but they 10
not appear to have as late Georgia news
as that received by the steamer from
Savannah, except the following from
Gen. Bragg, which refers to an engage
ment: .''--s
The Yankees who landed at Port
Royal and moved into the interior with
the expectation of-neeGing oherman's
advance, encountered a body Of Lonfed-
crate troops ut AilaehacolO aud Gra-
Evansville. The enemy w.re badly
bcaten, and driven frcni theltieid, leav-
ing many dead ON the ground. Thetel-
el'iaph ,,'Onveys this information, but
d sas not state theuitectiOn III which the
enemy We're driven, but we presume
tuey were driven back towai d Beaufort.
LATEk-I he following dispatch has
been received. 1t is uated savannah,
;, slerday: ,:G ia....., -rq,r &.
h, / have just retarned from the 'front.'
Tie enemy WAS badly WHIPPED, and had
tired to the Coosa Hatci.e. Another
!, int Oh the railroad vast featened, tut
i don't appfeiiend any serious attack.
iielSueo), -. BRAGG.
%ahanville, where we are reported as
having been repulsed by the rebels, is
one OF The stations on the Charleston
and Savannah railroad. 1t is thirty-iour
miles northeast OF Savannah and seven
ty miles from Charleston. Our forces.
however, are evidently still above Gra-
hamville, holding a position on the
Coosa Watche. ,.a.
/ It will be remembered that the news
already published from Hilton Head
says that Foster had captured Pocotati-
GO bridge, which is further inland than
Grahamville, being forty-nine miles
from Savannah and fifty-five miles
from Charleston.
BALTIMORE, Dec. 5.-The Richmond
Enquirer of Saturday last has an article
on the late fires in New York. It ridi-
cules the affair and concludes as fol-
lows: 81
"Of course it was rebel plot! Did
not they fire on Sumter, where f1oated
the old flag? A morality that does not
restrain violence to the emblem of the
the best government ever seen, cannot
be expected to be proof against the sin
Of burning hotels. Nothing can be
clearer than the proof of the completely
Of Davis in burning, or attempting to
burn, some half dozen hotels in New
IVlh ANo. we nave never rG6U ally.
thing more truly Yankee than this
whole affair.
We are very glad to see that all the
Southern refugees are required to regis
ter themselves. If Gen. Dix will hang
them he will do service to our cause
A set of cowardly sneaks who have de.
serted their country, are not above firing
hotels. We hope Dix will hang every
mothers son Of them"
New YORK, Dec. 5.-The Commercials
Washington special says there are ru-
mors of disaster to the Union forces in
Georgia, but they are unfounded.
b WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.-Drafting was
resumed here to-day to fill up the def
ciencies in the quota. Hanscomb, the
editor of the Republican, and o r. Har-
ris, a reporter for the same paper, were
drafted. t e --fi5r5... '-.-,