Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-10-21

| "HOOd has demanded, over his own
! signature, the surrender of Reseca and
i Dalton, and said thatif they surrendered
the white officers and men would be
paroled in few days, bat that if the
post was carried by assault no prisoners
would be tafxen..al sri@oitsf
/ Rome is all right" OH 6.<i lfi. d
l. (Signed . J.. G. A: DANA,
Acting Secretary of War.
| PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 1S.-The Bui-
! tettn says: An agent who left Win.
| chester last Saturday reports that there
was a good deal Of skirmishing with
guerrilIas in the Valley, but nothing
serious had occurred, and supply trains
We're moving regularly with strong
! escorts. ~
On Friday last our pickets at Martins
burg We're driven in by guerrilla force.
The eleven guns captured from the
| rebels by Sheridan had arrived at VIM
| chester, and on Friday two more came
in. They were formerly United States
guns and were probably obtained at the
seizure of our arsenals, &c, by the rebs.
Sheridan was sending in large droves
of captured oxen, sheep, &c.
| The destruction of mills, barns, &C.,
was going on to such an extent that the
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themselves in the Valley.
A considerable force of our troops had
been sent to Front Royal, to guard the
railroad which is to be opened to Manas-
sas Junction, so as to secure commune
cation with Alexandria. The repairs OF
the road have already been completed to
RectOrtown.
| Nashville, Oct. 1S.--Hood's army
has destroyed twenty-five miles of rail
| road between Tunnel Hill and Reseca
also between Shanta and Altoona. The
l, rebel commander demanded the surren-
der OF Reseca, threatening death TO the
garrison if his demand was not complied
with. .e. .. -, %
Commanding Colonel Weaver, of the
S0th Ohio, refused to surrender After
some brisk slliymislling the rebel force
withdrew.
| The enemy advanced Oh Dalton,
which was surrendered without shot
being fred by Col. Johnson, of the 44th
| United States, who could have easily
held the town, if go disposed.
The tunnel at Tunnel Hill was unmo-
Tested, though cars aud buildings at that
station were destroyed
| From this point Hood went south
| west. On the road he was confronted
| by the 4th corps under Gen. Stanley, at
| Creek Gap. Severe fighting ensued, re-
suit not attainable.
Beauregard. is reported as C0mman-
der-in-Chief Of the army of the Missis-
sippi, Hood being only commander OF
this department.
sherman is watching every move OF
his antagonist, and important opera
tions may be expected soon from that
| quarter. Dispatches this morning report
Hood at Garnerville. No reinforce.
ments have reached him, and his mill
tia have nearly all deserted him.
Prominent military men believe the
rebel move will result djsastrOusly to
them.
Some rebel force is reported at Cedar
Hill, near Springfield, under Holmes, a
guerrilla, who have opened a recruiting
camp there.
NEW YORK, Oct. lo.-The Richmond
| Wing of the 18th says: The Petersburg
Express OF yesterday says: "OR army is
calmly waiting the advance of the enc
my on the right and is fully prepared tu
resist hIin WIei sucn movement IS az
tempted, though no disposition has been
| shown to attack our position there since
| the late reconnaissance. 1t is believed
that the silence Of the past few days is
but the quiet that precedes an outbreak.
| AT the present moment attention is
called to the north side OF James River
where a heavy engagement seems not al
all unlikely. 1t is known that Grant
has largely reinforced the forces there
within the last two Or three nights, and
it is not improbable that when the
| fighting commences we shall have it at
both ends Of the line"
| The wig, referring to the destruction
OF rebel property in the Shenandoah
| Valley, says: The fell work is going
on, by order of Gen. Grant, to destroy
everything that will sustain life in the
Valley. There is one effectual way and
the only one that can he used 10 arrest
and prevent this and every other sort OF
atrocity, and that is to burn one Of the
chief cities of the enemy. say Boston
| Philadelphia or Cincinnati, and let its
fate hang over the other as q warming oil
what may be done and viii be done to
them if the present system Of warfare
on the part Of the enemy is continued
IF we are asked how such thing can
be done we answer that nothing would
be easier. A million dollars will lay the
proudest city of the enemy in ashes.--
1.-THE men to execute the work are already
there. There would be no difficulty in
finding them here or in Canada, who
would take charge OF the enterprise
Twenty men, with plans al preconcert-
ed and means provided, could select
some windy night, fire Boston in hun
dred places, and wrap it in flames from
center to suburb. They might retaliate
on Richmond. Let them do so, if they
dare. 1t is a game at which we can beat
them. New York is worth a dozen
Richmonds. They have dozen towns
to our one, and i'll their towns is center
ed nearly all their wealth.
| The Examiner takes to task the South
ern statesmen, Stevens and BOyce, who
have advocated the momentous PROPOSE
! ton Of Il Convention of all the States
and in fine vein Of ridi:uia depicts tho
mighty convention, with the South
| Carolina delegates sitting cheek by jowl
with Banks, Summer, Everett and Beast
Butler:
{ NEW YORK, Oct. l9.-The Hcroyd'$
Chattanooga special of the 18th says
from last accounts Sherman's army was
in the vicinity OF Villanoon, Ga.
The rebels We're retreating on Sum
merville, and We're supposed to be fall.
ing back towards the Blue Mountains
Wheeler's cavalry are hanging about
| Rome. Forrest was threatening to
cross near Bridgeport, and hold the
gaps on Pigeon Mountain, for the pur-
pose of aiding Hood in moving his Or
my TO Bridgeport. He is now covering
Hood sretreat. Sherman is skirmishing
with Hoods rear.
| The result Of Hoods movements are
favorable to our army. 1t is thought he
will not give battle unless too hard
pressed by sherman.
| Hoods wagons and Il brigade "a a
guard are at Calladea. He may posi-
| bly, give battle at this point. If not he
will have to fall back or Galena, Ala,
where communications are open.
Siocum sent out tpraging party OF
l,5Q0 wagons towards Rough and Ready
and Decatur, Ala, and retured laden
with corn. The army has plenty of