The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-09-07
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There las BEEN small but bloody bat
tie in Western Virginia. The seventh Ohio
Regiment under command of Col. Tyler,
was surrounded while at breakfast and at
tackled on both TANKS and in front, simulta-
) neously. BY 5000 rebel infantry and 400
cavalry with ten gus, commanded by
Floyd Our men Immediately formed for
battle, although there>wasS little hope of es-
cape from being slaughtered or taken pris-
oners. They fought their way through
,braVeiy,i and were considerably scattered,
but soon formed again. and fred, to which
they received no reply, nor were they pur-
1 sued, Tie rebel loss is said to be fearful.
Our loss was about 900 as near as can be
asesrtained.
! Mr. Adams, our Minister to England,
/ writes that, in the British mind, the indie
i pendepce of the rebels is fully admitted as
military and political necessity; that their
acknowledgement by England is bat ques-
ton Of time and prudent courtesy; that
while England is impatient to get cotton
] from the South in exchange for manufac-
/ tured goods. she is anxious not to lose the
Northern market, and is unwilling to part
with her hope of breaking down the Nor
] rill tariff by the same means she chained
the North with the Walker tariff, and that
two or three more successes, like that of
| Bull Run, would entitle the Shareholders to
immediate recognition. ai.-1 5aaI
Railroad travel to and from the South
| is immense The Confederate Congress
have passed resolution approving of the
course of the planters factors keeping the
cotton in the interior, and the determine
ton Of the insurance companies not to in
sure the crop when not retained on the plan
tation. The Charleston Nereury's cores
pendent says We are without the sympathy
or friendship of any nation on earth. The
only argument by which we can influence
them is by their necessities and fears. This
correspondent says the Confederates have
suffered more in killed and wounded than
the Federals, and complains that adv antage
was not taken of the, Federal fight from
Manassas. sf1zE at
Notwithstanding the statements that
the Rebels had retreated from before the
Union lines on the south side of the Po-
tomac, on the Virginia side, We are led to
believe that the contrary is the fact. On
Sunday, the Twenty fifth New York Regi-
ment. Col. Kerrigan, encamped near Balls
Cross Road, was ordered to occupy posi-.
ton on the hill to the left of their camp.
They had no sooner done so than the enc
my, who had battery within range, fred
fifteen shells into the new camp, causing
them to take new position. 1t was sub
sequently ascertained that the Rebel battery
consisted of nine guns of large and i'm
proved caliber, and can reach the fortiGca-
tons on on the Union side. Through the
agency of some traitor, the plan of Gen.
Mcclellan for making reconnaissance in
force of infantry. cavalry and artillery, |
which might have resulted in cutting off
the Rebels from this side of Fairfax, was
betrayed to the enemy; hence their sudden
stampede.
Letters from East Tennessee speak of
of growing Rebel force at Camp Boone,
near GAINESVILLE, the headquarters of the
Knights of the Golden Circle. Their plan
is, after getting thousand men, TO lay the
country in waste from Cumberland Gap
through East Tennessee and Kentucky to
the Ohio river, and along that to Pennsyl- |
vania. The whole force is not to move to-
ge.her, but to be divided into small maraud |
ing parties. An attack on Tompkinsyille, |
Tenn, being apprehended recently, Col. |
Davis collected nearly two thousand Union
lists, collected arms for them, and awaited
the Rebels, but they disappointed him
Manysof the Tennessee First, who won
laurels in Mexico under Col. Campbell, are
joining the Union forces.
p. Very strenuous efforts are being made
by the authorities of New York to suppress
the circulation of the Secession papers of
that city. On the 26th the Proprietors of
the Daily Meas fearing an attack on their
establishment, applied TO the Police Super
intendent for protectlon. d Iorce VI 4'o
police was held in reserve at the lower sta
tons, but their services were not called in
to requisition. It is understood that forty
men armed with reEolvers were retained by
the lNc1cs proprietors to meet an emergency.
The Posi- says subscriptions to the $40
Treasury notes are averaging 10 individu-
ais over 500, 600 per day. Mr.. Cisco is
sues daily about 100 certificates. We hear
Of negotiation on foot for $780, 900, which
viii probably be concluded soon. 1t is
understood that this amount is wanted in
Hartford, Conn.,, principally for the mon
eyed institutions of that city. Mr.. Chase
has finally decided to date all the fifty mil
lion Z $40 Treasury notes August 18th,
that being the day the first payment of the
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