Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1861-10-09
INTERESTING WAR NEWS.


Gen. Wool and the Mutineers-Prizes captured
Merchant vessels fired at-From kentucky
Tennessee-Richmo nd-Army orders-Battle near
Cheat Mountain-Late from Observation-Disclosures
oe-Hatteras-upper Potomac.
The Kanawha correspon dent of the Cincin-
natl Commercial, says that five companies OF
the First Kentucky. four companies OF the
Thirty fourth Ohio, and one company OF the
Fifth Virginia, under Lieutenant -Coionei f.
myhast, surrounded and attacked the reoeis at
Chapmanvllle, and after short engagement
completely routed them, killing sixty and Ia
king seventy prisoners: Inc feoeIs IN escap-
ing. were intercepted by Colorel Hyatt, who
killed forty and took large number of prison
ers The country between Charleston andGuy-
andotte River is now freed from Secession
mower This is the most effective blow given
the rebels IN this part of the valley. When
the correspondent left Charleston there were
reports of battle going on between Cox and
Floyd x Wise, at Sewell's mountain. The
rebels were getting the worst of it and falling
back upon their entertainments at Lewisburg.
Passengers by the boat from Fortress Mon
roe report that General Wool addressed the
prisoners at the Rip Raps who has been sent
there by General Mcclellan, on the way to
Tortugas. He told them tLat had Gen. Nc
Clelan shot them on the spot for open re-
bellion, in the face OF the enemy, he would
have been perfectly justified. He, however,
had q proposition to make all who
were willing to place themselves in his
hands should step forward three PAGES |;
those who refused, would proceed to Tortu-
gas. The entire one hundred and fifty ZOu-
aves then stepped forward with cheers.
Many were SO affected that they shed tears of
Joy and expressed desire TO be placed where
they could best retrieve the stigma that their
acts had brought upon them. The whole
number were Immediately taken to Newport
News and mustered into New York regi-
ment.
OcT. 3.-The attack upon our encampment
at the Great Falls Banks div.) was by SIX reg
iments of rebel infantry, body of cavalry
and battalion of artillery, all in transitu
for the upper Potomac. They fred about
| forty rounds of shot and she'll, doing consider
| able damage to the houses, hurting slightly
but one person. Another was hit in the should
er by rebel picket at an earlier hour. The
| guns used by the rebels were seven in number,
six and twelve Founders, the latter being
rlfed and throwing projectiles of the Sawyer
| pattern. AT the commencement of the can
| nonading Lieut. Col. Suiter and the Adjutant
| of the Thirty-fourth New York regiment rode
to the falls, ten miles distant, and found the
regiment guard there widely scattered,
they having no artillery to respond with. A
| Union battery subsequently arrived at the
| Fall and threw several shells into the suppos-
| ed position OF the enemy, but obtained no re-
| sponse, the rebels exposed seven guns in their
| attack. The rebels, it was thought, were on
| their way to Leesburg or Point of Rocks.
The steamer S. B. Spauldng returned from
Hatteras Inlet, bringing the latest intelligence
and the remnant of the naval brigade. few
people from the mainland were still coming
! in to take the oath of allegiance. The United
| States frigate Susquehanna had taken two pri-
zes which had unsuspectingly approached the
! inlet. They were both schooners from the
| West Indies loaded with salt, sugar, &c.
| ba hoof hri hoe
| the blockade off Beaufort, North Carolina,
and has taken four prizes, viz: the Lousatfues
| from Lunenburg with cargo of fish. The
| Revere from Yarmouth also loaded with fish,
| the Edwin from Barbados with molasses and
the Julia from st. J ohns with tin medicines, &c.
AT Potomac creek eleven merchant vessels
were fired upon by the rebel battery in that
vicinity, but all the shot fell short.
Ocr. 4.-From Kentucky we learn that
Gen. Buckner had gone with i portion of his
troops through Hopkinsville, Greenville and
| other places, and had taken arms whenever he
| could find them the troops at Bowling Green
believe that 80, 900 additional troops are daily
waiting but an hours notice to come into
Kentucky. A Mississippi regiment recently
| came to Bowling Green expecting to come
directly through and occupy Louisville and
| remain there. Some mercenary unionists are
| finding army employment for themselves and
servants and market for their produce and
give unmistakable evidence of yielding to Sc
cession.
The Nashville Tennessee papers of the 29th
| ult., and Richmond papers of the oath, have
been received. $50 federal prisoners were
sent from Richmond to New Orleans, includ
ing Capt. McIves of the New York Goth,
Lieut.. j. B. Hutchinson of the 18th Penn syl.
vania, and Lieut.. Welsh of the 1st Minnesota
One hundred more federal prisoners had ar
rived at Richmond, 6S of whom were taken
| hv faEa Mn
sons Hill, and the remainder captured by
Gen. Floyd. Lieut.. Merrill of U. S. Engin
GERS is among the prisoners.
Over Il, 900 rebel soldiers are in the hospi-
tails at Richmond. Minister Daniels has been
appointed an aid to Gen. Floyd. Senator
Benjamin is still acting as Secretary of War
Three hundred and fifty thousand dollars
worth of tobacco belonging to August Bel.
mont had been confscated at Richmond.
An army order is just issued announcing
that all depredators on private property will
be severely punished that no remission oi
| the penalty for such outrages will be exercis
ed, and that the commanders and guards over
such property will be held responsible as the
| principals.
During the fog. on Wednesday morning the
| Resoute ran Quite close to the batteries a,
Aqua creek and was fred upon with shell
| No one was injured. a
| A gentleman from Sarcoxie Missouri saws
Judge Chenault had hung nine men for loyal.
ty to the Union.
Oor. 5.-On the morning of the 3d., at o..
| clock, portion of Brigadier General r eynold' IS
brigade, consisting OF three Ohio regiments
the Oath, 25th and 32d-and portions of six
Indiana regiments-the 7th, 9th, 18th, 14th
18th and 17th-together with detachments oi
Bracken's Indiana, Robinson's Ohio and
Green6eld's Pennsylvania cavalry, and detach.
ments of Howe's regular, Loomis' Michigan
and Daum's Virginia artillery, numbering in
all 5000 men, left Cheat Mountain to make a
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