The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1861-10-25

tween the river and their main POSITION
And VIC may also infer that the government
expects to avoid any permanent difficulty on
the river. by moving forward before the sea-
son closes in such force rs to insure tho
abandonment of the batteries.
The telegraph reports last evening that
the Potomac was again unobstructed. Forty
one vessels passed tho batteries on Sunday
forenoon.
GENERAL BANKs's COLUMN.
The Washington correspondent Of the New
York Commercial Advertiser says that Gen.
Banks represents his command Ms ready for
an advance, and 1t is probable that he will
soon cross the Potomac above Leesburg, while
Col. Geary will occupy IIarper's Ferry.
KENTUCKY.
The news from Kentucky is most cheering
in some respects. There are already 80 reg
iments of Kentuckians in the field or rapidly
organizing. This is nearly twice the quota
that would be apportioncd to that State of
the 200 900 that were authorized by Congress
to be received.
5000 men were sent to Kentucky on Thurs
day, on the urgent request Of Gen. Sherman
commanding the Federal troops in that State.
Gen. Hardec is reported in one dispatch to
be in command at Bowling Green, and in an
other, to be on the march to join Price, in
Missouri, who is holly pressed by Fremont.
1t is impossible to reconcile these contradic-
tory accounts, and there is an equal chance
that none Of them are true.
MISSOURI.
At the latest accounts from Missouri, Gen
Fremont was at Warsaw, awaiting the com.
pletion of the bridge over the Usage river
Il is reported that Price and McCnlloch have
Joined their forces and returned to Osceola,
where they intend to make stand against
Fremont. If this account is true, the trial
Of strength between the two hostile armies
cannot long be deferred. The town Of Lex
ington has been rccapturcd by q detachment
of Federal troops, and the rebel garrison Of
3OO:men made prisoners. A St. Louis dis
match denies the assertion Of the Cincinnati
Gazette that On order has been issued for tho
removal of Gen. Fremont from his command.
THE NAVAL OPERATIONS.
Special dispatches received at n. Y. from
Washington, say thata gentleman just from
the South states that the squadron below
New Orleans had an engagement with the
rebel squadron under Hollins, and that two
of our vessels run aground, and suffered con-
siderably. The sinking of the Preblc is de-
MED. None Of our vessels were captured,
and but few lives lost. We shall soon have
the rights OF the story.
" Last evenings kilograms bring us fur
ther reports Of the successful attack upon
tho U. S. feet below New Orleans. The reb-
81 fleet consisted OF the steamers Manassas,
the Ram, the Calhoon, the Joy. the jackson,
the Macrac, the Tuscarora and the Pickens.
The Richmond Inquirer gives the story Us
follows:
The Federal ships were the Richmond,
vlncennes, Preblc, Water Witch, and tho
schooner Joseph Ii. Toone, in oil flty.threo
guns.
The night was intensely dark, and the Man
assas ran into vessel striking her near tho
bow, and cutting into her upwards Of 20
feet.
Appalling shricks were heard aboard OF
her, signal rockets were fired, the Fcdcrals
beat to quarters, and perfect iron hail fell
upon and around the Manassas, during which
her machinery became dcransed.
When the firing ended the fleet returned
to New Orleans with the prize schooner DO.
scph ii. Toonc, loaded with coal, which had
been deserted during the night. A large
quantity of lumber Intended for the cOnstruc.
ton of fertilization at the head OF the Pass
es was burnt. A launch belonging to tho
steamer Richmond, laden with cutlasses, was
also captured.
The vessel sunk was the Vincennes, not
the Preblc.
[Thc Vincennes, is 20 gun vessel, built
in 1861
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