St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1861-11-14
EDITOR AND PRoPRIlTITi,olj1,, !;
No. re-,


spR.sokirlp, Nov: 4.-Gtn. Pope i.
here NTH ltiscntife division, md Hunter. /.
d''is'er w''t-te here tonight, whea tho
troops vii! all be up. =
All Of Fremont staff left with him. ex.
cepts colonels Lorcjoy, Shank aud Hud-
sou. >>,. y. 4
WARRINGTON, No.. 6.-All Northern
Governors have, by letter or scnyer::
responded to tho recent circular Of tbe
Secretary Of State,ipromising to see to tho
thorough fortlhcation Of our sea alud ,i-l.
coasts. T., :@s'., = -. : = 10
Gen lfayelock, brother OF the l,t., ~: 81
Henry Havelock, arrived this even;n, :.
offer bis services to our Government
49,. CAIRO, Nov. T.
An expedition left here last niyht M.
ger command Of Generals Grant and n.
Clernand, and landed at Belmont ,h...
mites above Columbus, at 8 o'ck,cl ~:
n morning. The federal troops numbcr;o~ .
SOW engaged the rebels, about : coo ).
number at II o'clock. The battle asteS
until sundown. The rebels were dr;vsn
from their entertainments across the r;vsr
with great loss. Thelr camp was ,bur,.a
aud their stores, with al the h,oo.o.
cannon horses, mules and one hyldrai
prisoners taken. l. 49, -|,:~e =
The tederals then retired, the rebel;
naV,ns received rcinforcements from Co.
iumbu': Both generals had horse, shot
under them. COL. Doushcrty. Of IlGno;.
was wounded and taken prisoner. -
The rebel loss is not knowu the f.,,.,
al loss is believed to be- $50.
CulcAGo. Nov. I. ).
A special Cairo dispatch to the Tyth*,-
give. the following particulars Of the fgbt
at Belmont yesterday. (
Our forces consisted of the fo,,ov;,.., :,
Illinois regiments 22d, Col. Dough.,tv
9Th, Col. Buford. and 30th; Col: Ioe,n j..
also, the 7th Iowa regiment, Col. Lam.n:
the Chicago Artillery, and Doliua' and
Delaao'' Caval.y companies: 70 ~: ~
They LEFT Cairo On tie steaa.nlaers.i 81 Az.
ander Scott, Chancellor, Memphis, and
Keystone State accompanied by gun bo.ts
Lexington and Tyler. After landing thev
were formed in line Of battle. Gen. Ma.
Clernard in command. The Cairo trooDusI
Col: Dougherty in command, and ;Birfs
Point troops, encountered the enemy.
1000 strong, and fought: every inch Of
the way to: the cnemy's camp, making sad
havoc in the enemy's ranks.
Col Buford was the first to plant n.
stars and stripes in the enemy's camn -
Col. Dougherty's regiment captured the
rebel battery oftwelye pieces, two of which
were brought away. -: -~~ -"
Col :Foulke's men suffered greatly, q,
they were in front Of the battery before 4
was taken: n After taking possession Of tbe
rebels camp, it was discovered. that tbs
rebels we're crossing over FROM Kentucky.
for the purpose Of attacking US in tho
rear. Orders were given to return to the
boats, when our men were attacked bv r..
Inducements Of several thousand from Go.
lumbus: Another severe engagement
took place, in which our troops suffered ,,e.
verely.. '''
The losses IS far as ascertained at a l,it,e;
hour last night, were the following: The:
Both Regiment, hundred and sixty were
missing. Major. McClerkon wounded, ta-
ken prisoner. In the ,2lst Regimens, AO,
missing. Col. Ruford's Regiment return
ed too late to obtain any particulars. COL
Lamar reported dangerously w1o,,unded.-a
Taylor's battery lost one gun We have
taken 250 prisoners, number, of whom
are wounded. The rebels killed are 500.
The ground was completely strewn With
dead bodies. The rebel Col. Wright.
18th Tenn, was killed. 70: i, Sr'g
Gen: Cheatham commanded the rebels.
Polk being at Columbus. 4 It is stated
that Gen. johnson vas wounded. -. =. =
The gun boats rendered efficient servic.
in covering the retreat, moving down the
rebels viii With grape, but killing som. Of our
"A flag Of truce left Cairo this ,n1lota1ii, morning
for Columbus with 40 to 502woanasd teb.
els. 7r-.: .M:~ :a:..e,...st~. ,..e~ .a.{, .,n.~
.'-~ - rOALAAM NJ, NOV. o. =!
The following statement is here made
by passengers from Old, Point, they say
the troops have landed at Beaufort, s. G.
where the bombardm has commenced.
Report states that one of our ws1 vessels
was disabled. What success attended the
attack is not knovnu One report say.
that the Federal transports wore wrecked.
Com: Tatnall is said 70 b 10 command Il tof
the Iebek. .J>jto1FnCrEE3i 1~s! g sa.tm o.
sonsAxDMExr 81 81 posrr sria isoYt2.lEi.: Y,t2.lEi.: 'aota
,. 80 ,,: New YoBK, Nor. s. -. -
! "A special dispatch from Fort Monroe i;
the Times, says orr tleet are bombardings
Port Royal, which IS SAID to be in, criti.s
eal condition and just ready ~ surrender.
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