Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1861-10-31


Thompson and his Rebel band were pursued
twenty-five miles beyond Frcdericktown on the
Greenvlie road, when the chase was abandoned.
The Rebels are probably now at Grccnvile, and
will doubtless continue their retreat
The detachment sent Out to bury the dead
after the battle reported near two hundred of
the Rebels killed and left on the field Our loss
was six killed and about forty wounded-one
MORALLY.
Pilot Knob, Oct. 2G.-Gen. PIummer has re-
turned to Cape Girardeau aud Col Car!in occu-
pies Fredericktown. Jeff. Thompsons Rebel
army has been pursued twenty-five miles be-
You'd Fredericktown, where the chase was aban-
doned. The Rebels were greatly lemoralized
and will doubtless continue the retreat
1t is reported that the bodies of 200 Rebels
killed in the. battle of Fredericktown were left
on the field. Our loss was six killed and forty
wounded-one MORALLY
Springfield Recaptured-The Rebels Driven
Out, the Union Flag Raised Oh the Court
House.
ST. Louis, Oct pa dispatch from Gen.
Fremont, dated on Saturday evening" announces
that Ma or Seagoni, at the head of small force.
drove two thousand Rebels from Springfield,
and took possession of the town, raising the
Union flag over the Court House. The advance
will occupy the town tonight
From Missouri-Price Still Retrcating.
st. Louis, Gel. 25hh-At the latest accounts
General Price was retreating towards Greenfield,
in Dade county General Sigel's advance guard
was near Bolivar on Tuesday evening, and bis
main body at Quincy. ~
Gen. Lanes forces were at Osceola and Gen.
SturgiS' entire command was but one day
march behind
Gen. Sigel was as far south as Gen. Prices
Rebel army, but some twenty-five miles east of
him, and evidently aiming for Springfield to cut
off his retreat south, while Gen. Lane was only
two days march north of him.
Fremont is at Pommedette river, en- route for
Quincy. Gen. Pope was marching on Leesville,
via Sedalia.
The treste-work bridge erecting at Warsaw
was completed, and the general belief was that
Gen. Price would be compelled to fight or sur
render.
A detachment of the U. S. cavalry broke up
a Rebel camp at Buffalo Mills on Tuesday night,
killing II and woundng large number. AL
so taking ninety prisoners and a number of
horses.
st. Louis, Oct. 24.-The following is a special
dispatch to the Democrat from Jefferson city
We are reliably informed that about 5000
Confederates are congregated in and around
Fulton, Galloway county, whose design is to
seize some passing steamer or ferry for them
selves and burn the Usage bridge on the Pac-
tic railroad. A formidable and vigilant guard
will be maintained at the bridge.
Gen. Fremont is said to have discovered 16O,-
900 bushels of corn buried at Warsaw, and de-
livered it over to the u. S. Paymaster
From the Mouth Of the Mississippi.
The Washington Star of Saturday evening
last says:
This forenoon the Navy Department received
full accounts of the affair at the Mississippi
passes, in which Holins professed to have sunk
one Of the U. S. squadron with steam ram, &c.
The dispatches to which we refer bring the
gratifying intelligence that there is no point of
truth whatever in the report of Holins. His
ram struck not the Preble, nor the Vincennes
but the war steamer Richmond which could
not avoid the collision, only because of too great
length to be turned in the river. The collision
de a hole five inches in diameter in her hull,
Mh lid HA 65H hef but was 5sa{en d
Our ships all then made for the mouth of the
river. The Prebe went over the bar, but the
Richmond and Vincenncs stuck upon it. There
they were assaulted by Hollins' mosquito feet
whose guns did no damage whatever to speak
of. Our loss was one ships boat that got adrift;
and also coal boat containing fifteen tons of
coal. We did not lose man, killed. wounded
or missing. Ere the messenger bearing the dis
patches left, both the Richmond and Vncennes
had foated clear over the bar again, and all
was we'll with them.
The Battle on Santa Rosa Island.
A correspondent of the Atlanta (Ga) IateNi-
gencer gives the following interesting account Of
the fight:
We have endured several gross insults from
the enemy without offering any resentment
So emboldened were the occupants of Fort Pick
ems that they imagined we dare not retaliate.
Gen. Bragg deter mined to pursue policy which
would convince tie rid that the soldiers of ii
Con Tolerate Stae; dalel do anything necessary
to protect their national honor. Accordingly
details were picked from various companies in
the different regi ments and a duty ASST gned them
calculated to carry death and destruction into
the very midst of the enemy's stronghold
I was complimented with place as were
about one hundred others of the 1st Florida regi-
ment Our body consisted of about fifteen hun.
dred We had only few hours notice of the
enterprise, but were ordered to prepare forty
rounds of ammunition and be ready for any
emergency At nine o'clock last night we left
| the wharf of the navy yard and proceeded to
| Pensacola, where we were placed aboard some
launches and quietly landed upon Santa Rosa
Island. Here we were apprsed of the object o.
our expedition, which was to make an attack
upon the camp of Billy Wilson's Zouaves and
spike the guns of the batteries along the beach
Santa Rosa Island is long, low, narrow STRIP
of land, on the extreme end OF which is Fort
Pickens, while the troops outside have organized
entrenched camps about half mile from the
gates of the Fort.
We were landed about five miles below The
ratification and deployed in three columns-one
along the Bay beach, another in the centre, and
the third along the Gulf beach. Our object was
to surround the Zouaves and make an attack
from all quarters simultaneously. We started
out quick time by columns along our respective
lines, and had every prospect of complete sue
cess, as the enemy were not dreaming that any