Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1861-10-26

Fort Bridcer, Utah. Oct 18th, 1861
Pacific Telegraph Line completed at one
O'Clock p. NJ, to-day Overland line be.
tween Salt lake and the Pacific coast
expected to be finished in a lew days
+ CREiGuTON
Great Salt Lake City. Oct ls.-Hon.
J A. Wade. President Pacific Telegraph
Company. C-v-lnnd, Sir Permit me 20
con graduate YOU upon The completion OF
thu o. raud reIe .raph Lane vast of this
lily. 10 con mend the energy Displaced BY
,plr,riI aud a-~uciares in the rapid aud
St,teSsint ,rrutIor of "A work s. bene
ira ~ d TO xpre>s h. wish thar its use
uia, ever tcni / ,,romO'e the tree luter.
r>is o he dive l'rs upon both the Allan.
u All Pacific Slopes of our Continent.
C'ah ms net sorrd1d! bat is firm for
the C.rs'.ut nu and the laws of our once
ha py co"",r,. aud is warmly interested
IN such useful enterprises as the one So
tar completed BRIGHAM IoU>G.
Washington. Oc,. Is This norsng a
detachment OF 1000 men crossed the river
at Bollver AMI attacked the enemy 1900
>iTung. After u Sc, ere conflict the Fede-
raj troops drove the en- my back from the
river, capturing % pounher. Oar loss
was SIX klil'd. The enemy loss is nm
ku wn.
Tw" hu ,hre! N,ryIanaer, who were in
the Ball Run f.ht. a,e believed to have
Ie', Ba 'mur- tn, week !or V r-,nia TO
jpim The rebel amy Il h 49, ion. been
Thought they were N Baltimore. r,t t,tr
rev p''Iice rnu'i DOT. aud IN o. would
II t. III atty them.
II is stat d that thr rebel, b "" in or.
rretted our preparations tor Il naval eN-
p-ditlon, as really covering a rDnte;nuat
cd attack on them o" Aqua Creek TO
met lhis they have couceutrarei thirty
five or forty thousand troops in thai Iora
llty.
Baltimore Oct. ia gentleman from
near Harper Ferry furnishes the particu.
lars OF iish, between six companies coa
oisUnl Of parts Of the 18th p"nn>y lyania,
Sd Wisconsin and 18th Massachusetts.
under command of Col. Geaty, ami 800
rebels.
Early yesterday morning the rebel.
showed themselves on Boiver Heights. u,
tarpers Ferry, and COM ,pencet Il, attack
from artillery with three companies under
MAJ. j. L. Gould, stationed on the north
side OF the Potomac. A constant fire was
kept up for sOnaa hours when threa CON.
/ panies OF ih"- ID Wisconsin resim mt
! crossed : formed into line, and
drove the back and succeeded in
| capturing one their heavy guns They
were however Compelled to retreat, which
they did in good order to the river. Here
they were rei' forced By three other com
psnles, and Ni.ey then. with Col. John
! Geary a, their head, marched upon the
enemy, and after hard fighting drove them
| from their position, aud re- captured the
! 32pp0nier-a columbiad Our forces had
out three pieces Of artillery. and these
we're fired from this side OF The river, uu~
til the enemy retreated The enemy had
pieces of artillery. and 800 cavalry t..
! gether with thelr infantry, a ri was com
| pleiyiy routed and driven back some three
| miles. Our loss in killed aud wohnted
is not over seven, while that Of the enemy
is at least 100. Col. Ashley-who was at
the head OF the enetny-is among the
! killed.
Washington, Oct. 1.-THE exchange
oI prisoner, Is to be made Immediately
1u"'ce no"Ns OF tins CITY went to the
n'I"t"ry pF'ao" TINS morning, IN order ~
at"''h'S'e: inc "a'h OF ht'egIance to reb"is
""o are I" 0t Ie'enSed under provisions OF
"'e'e"' o'"c'"' oF"er
C,un Mrkinx,r. ro.r Srr.o,., a.,
lj.-L-trers received her. from pr;ces
army. state that Gov. jackson Is at pres.
.nt vrrv di,x,ra,ad and hor3nr;,,,, ~, H.,
eva. of Iel,rium ,-.nau.
Srer!iuy Price thipk. thu, IN g, r.p, ,.aa-s
the S,u.l,,rn r,.nt.a.r..r all