The Nevada journal., 1861-09-27
PONY NEWS.
Date. to september nth.

Iris difieult obtaining information Of the
movements of troops, owing to the necessity of
keeping il secret. About ,oe0 rebels were at
Platte City, eight miles east of here, yesterday,
supposed to be on the march to JOIN Rains OF
Trice, crossing the river at or near Liberty.
portion of them have been engaged in the re-
cent bridge 5urnings on the western division of
the Hannibal and st. Joseph railroad.
A column OF Fe1e.ais from points on the Han
nibai ana st. oseph railroad were In pursuit of
them
The militia Of tie counties of Kansas Bor-
derirg IN the River have been in arms for the
last two weeks repelhng invasion. The I'd Reg
irnent of Kansas Volunteers which arrived at
this place Sept. 18th, from Ro.la have been con-
tnuaily OF the more for nearly three months.
They nal an enthusiastic reception by the
citizens ard military Of this city and were given
:. dinner at TIC Hotels.
KANSAS CRY, Mo-, Sept. 17th'--Cons iderable
excitement was created here on Saturday Sept
l4th by the appearance of Confederate scouts
On the ODE osite bank of tie river. A company
Of twenty r,cuntei men was sent over from this
pl,cp IN The morning, who discovered rebel
camp offrcm 26G t. 800 men, some six miles dis
tart f. en- the river. An additional force was
detailed in tue Afternoon who killed seven OF
tae rebels, tool; six prisoners with some mum
her orsss and destroy cd their barracks ard one
Federal wounded.
Yesterday a large force Of rebels supposed to
be part o. hand recently encamped at 1t.
Joseph made their appearance tour miles below
Oh the opposite shore ard at;emptedto cross the
river, in IN old fat boat, sending Part OF their
force 10 attract the attention of the Federais by
firing into this city and Regandotte they were
rcpulsed and boat sunk 1t is believed they sue
ceedcd in crossing the Sibloy Ferry. l6 miles be
lew. which they had possession OF.
81 JosEPH, Sept. l0th.-Ths Confederate
troops IL Kentucky have seized the Banks Of
b. wing Green and appropriated the money
Government has been paying out over tive
rniiors pei day, for several days, on account
of war.
Information received by the Government re-
! letng to the present stock OF cotton in English
/ Ware Houses leaves no doubt that Manchester
will b. able 70 all the time through the year
. without using a pound Of the crop, this in
! formation mas greatly and agreably surprised
! the manufactures AID left them TO soften down in
! their demand for speedy ending of the war.
! The report circulating that Gen. Fremont
would be superseded By Gen Meigs, is contra
dictcd BY the highest authority.
/ Gen. Mei,s is a visitor to the West on bus
! inces connected with his department 1t is ru
! ncred in Washington that gross fraud has
/ hcsp lsccvoTed.
! All s quiet on the Potomac
! The Captain G neral Of Cuba has issned a
! proclamation :iorl Her Majesty, the Queen, as
! follows. Il nave declared under date of the
I Sth August, all vessels occupied ia legitimate
| commerce, proceeding frem ports in the Con-
| f1derate States, shall be entered and cleared
! under The Confederate flag, and shall he duly
projected bv the autl. o-ities Of the Island. For
oig1. consuls will be notified that no Interference
/ on Il eli part y i. 6e tolerated" !"
The nane of Gov PicScns, Of South Carolina,
i ~ ~ he
southern Contederacy.
| Cotton had taken 4 second growth in the vi
emily of Monticello, Ark, and there WAS con-
siderable damage in consequence.
! Ad,Ices from Richmond say that tobacco has
, suffered from the same cause.
The House at Frankfort, Ky, passed the res
! o'ution in reference 10 the Cortederates, over
the veto Of the Governor.
Fifty thousand dollars werc subscribed TO the
4, Lat;oral Joan i.t Troy.
! New York, Sent. l3th.-Thc steamer Cham
piou has arrived. Advices from Clarksburg
! Va. state thai The rebels commenced ard ad-
vanced uickcts towards Eikwater summit, and
! -I. ths telegraph wire. They continued the
airaLcc on Elk Ra.er Until within two miles Of
our troons, WREN shells from Loomis' battery
dispersed Them. Sl,irmi shing was kept up ali
| night The reXt morning two regiments were
sent on The summit who succeeded in routin 2
!
| rebel officers, spyin5 around the camp ut Elk
/ wate-, were SURPRISED ty cur pickets and shot.
! The body CT one. taken - The camp, proved to
! bo Col. John A. "ashir gton, Of Mount Vernon.
The President and Secretary Of State have
! been n receipt D: number Of petitions from
New Tora ana Philadelphia, calling for the ex-
pulsion of W. H Russell of The London Times,
! on the ground tnat he is publ;; enemy ard
81 puld 40. be tolerated at this crisis OF affairs.
Advices at Washington state that tie renels
| were moving n large body o. TeL :rom Fairfax
Court House 'o Falls Cnu:ch.
| Prince SlIdsalm CT Prussia. hai arrived NJ
Washin ston and at oncs rendered ms services
to the Government. They were accepted.
On tho l4:h the ereny, in strong fcr;e OF in
fLntry, ar.illery and cara.r:, appeared N trent
of the Unior plci5cts. m the certIe ard rs ht
| wings of oIn forces, CT the Virginia side cf the
| Potomac They made :hciI irs. demonstration
on the road leading frcn Fails |aErch to Bulis
/ Cross Roads dririrg IN orr pickets. Heavy
bodies of tkirmi shers ard 2couss immediately
1 followed, Planting section ct arhii"ry near
the Mary Hull House. Fran this point they
dirocte! grape and canister IA the Unio1 pick
cts at Bulls Cross Roads, directing tier fire 1t
every poin. aioag the read where It was thought
| our pickets were establishing, between Bull
Cross Roads ard Chaio Bridge. the Unicn
! pickets rallying WITHOUT confusion, INTEL gence
| was imme5 iate,v communicated 10 zen. Nc
Doweli, at AriingtoL House. After demonstra-
tions on our side pic,ets. lear Raii Cross Roads,
| the rebels paid their respects at several places
| to the right Of cur works, near Chaib Bridge,
| and made an onset oG Vanderherger's House.
| TWO miles from Upion camps, where we had
| pi,kets ssa;ioaed. They fred tan or twelve
! shots, doing 70 damage. Socn after body Of
! cavalry a2d infantry appeared, when our pick
/ cts. twenty men, retired - a horse oight miles
! distan' wher. trey were shortly afterwards re-
nforccd with q battery CT artillery and com
pany of Infantry and cavalry. They took posi-
| ton at important points, awaiting their re-
appearance Brig. Gen. Smith CONN al is the
whole force and will await any demonstration
the enemy may make in The morning.
rhe Steamship Columbia mas arrisei, bring.
| ing Havana dates 10 the 10th. Two vessels ar
rived at Ha, arab f-nm New ORLEANS after run
ming the blockade.
| Vessels under the Confederate 1ag were ad
mit;cd to ports in Cuta, 10 discharge ard receive
cargoes audel the same privileges as yesses of
all civilized nItions, wItbout recognition Of La
uonality.
! The New Yorl: Daily f.'as bids farewell to tne
public iCr time.
! Gen ButleI ard staff weie n ths Metropolitan
| Hotel, New York.
Tie Kangaroo, from Liverpool, Sept. 4th. via
| Queenstown, 5th, arrived IF Cape Race WITH
| five days later news than BY the Africa The
political news is upinror.ap. England is AT out
| to send three more roSin Its to Canada.
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