Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1861-10-11
WAR ITEMS.
Report of Confederate Victory in
western Virginia.


The Richmond Esqutrer of October 3, re-
ceiyed here to-day publishes flaming &C
count Of q splendid victory of Gen. Lee over
Gen, Rosecrans in Western Virginia. The
report is headed =" Another Glorious Vic
tory-Gen Resecrans and his Whole Force
Deieated-The Federal Army Reneating out
of Virginia-Gen. Rosecrans Mortally Wound
ed, and since Reported Dead-Gen Lee Vios
torious. IN, Z. Herald, 6A inst.
Victory of our Arms in the west.
On yesterday evening, says the Richmond
Examiner of the 9Th, an official dispatch was
received by the Secretary of War; giving a
brief telegraphic account of victory gained
by Gen. jackson over a largely superior force
Of the enemy. Particulars were not given in
the despatch, further than that on the mora
ing Of the Sd instant the enemy, with FIVE
thousand men aud twelve pieces of artillery,
some of which were rifled cannon, attacked
Gen II. R. jackson command, two thousand
five hundred strong. The fight lasted four
hours, during which the enemy made repeated
attempts to turn Gen. Jackson's TANKS by as
sault, as well as by free use Of the artillery,
but was finally repulsed with very heavy loss.
Our lossNwas small.
Movements of John c. Breckenridge
and Gov. Magoilin.
The telegraph brings us the gratifying in
telligence that Vice President Breckenridge
and Governor Magoflin have retreated to Owen
county and have there made stand, assisted
by the military experience of Col. Humphrey
Marshall Owen was the banner county for
Mr.. Breckenridge in the late Presidential cleo
ton, giving him some twelve or fourteen hun
dred majority, and is to-day almost unaui-
nous fer secession. It was The county which
gave the mammoth barbecue on the 9th of
last month to Clement Vallandigham, where
there were ten thousand people.
owen has . strong military position be-
tween the Kentucky and Licking rivers, in
high rolling country, forty miles below Gin
cinnatti, separated from the Ohio river by the
Eagle and Ten Mic,creeks, and distant ten
miles from the river. These streams have
abrupt bluff banks, sometimes rising to the
height Of three hundred feet, and are passa-
BILE at very few places.
Owen is also surrounded by the strong Sc
cession and populous counties of Scott, Har-
rison, Grant Pendleton, Boone, Gallatin,
Carroll and Henry, making an aggregate pop
ulaton Of seyenty-fve thousand, capable Of
furnishing ten thousand volunteers Besides
this, it is in the heart Of central Kentucky,
and accessible to the chiyalric young men Of
the mountain slopes, and of the eastern and
northern part of the State. We can safely,
therefore, rely on Magoflin and Breckenridge,
assisted bg such aids as Colonel Marshall and
Col. George w, Johnson nephew of AOld
Tecumseh,' maintaining their position until
Generals Johnston and Buckner shall arrive
before Louisville, on their way TO Cincinnati
-Riehmond Examiner, Of the 5M
Movements of the Confederate Gen.
Price and Gen. Fremont.
JEFFERsoN Cry, Oct. Ga special despatch
to the st. Louis Democrat says:
Little doubt is entertained here that Gen.
Price is on his way South with the main body
OF his force. His force, reported to be maxi
ing demonstrations near Georgetown and Sc
dalia, is merely a detachment, for the purpose
| Of keeping our advance guard engaged, When
last heard from Gen. Price ad vance guard
was Mt Clinton, Henry county Its supposed
/ that Price will push forward to the Arkansas
( line. Gen. Fremont will follow him closely
and give him battle wherever he can find him
A force of between three and four thousand
4 Confederate cavalry has been seen near Lip
/ ton, whose object it is presumed, is to gel
betW een-our advance guard and this place
and then fall back upon some stray regiment
or transportation train going out. Colone
/ Coffee, of Bonneville, passed through here foi
/ St. Louis but it has been ascertaincd that he
ments containing an official record of the pro-
ceedings of the Legislature held at Lexington
recently. "A scout from Linn creek reports
/ the probable death of the Rev. Miskel John.
son, who, while moving some Of Dupont &
4 Companr's powder on Friday night was
/ dangerously wounded by the explosion Of ono
keg. GeT. Fremont and staff viii probably
leave for Sedalia Tomorrow.
I The Confederate Commissioners in
! Europe Purchasing Materials.
4 gentleman in London, writing to a gov
ernment official in this city, (says the Wash
ingtOn correspondent Of the n. Y. Hsr0ld
states positively that the Confederate Com
nissioners are in regulai communication with
! the Richmond government. They receive and
send letters by every mail. Ia many instances.
1 he says, they are brought by special bearers.
sometimes by English and French agents II,
! says further that agents Of the Confederate
/ government are constantly employed in pur-
/ chasing materials Of various kinds for ship
ment to Southern ports. Vessels, too, arc
4 fitted ont right under the eye of the English
authorities.
Gen. Anderson Superseded by General
Sherman.
| LOUISVILLE, Oct. THE Jouradk Of to-mor-
row will announce that Gen w. p. Sherman.
I has superseded Gen. Anderson at the head OF
! the Department of Cumberland, the hero Of
/ Sumter retiring on account Of III health,
which renders him unable to attend to the la
borious duties.
War on the Eastern Shore.
The following is from the Somerset Md J
1 Union:
/ q" Welearn from a reliable source that a
party Of Federal troops landed at lrishers
Point, near Assewamen, on Friday last and
burned n schooner belonging TO a man named
/ Taylor. At subsequent attempt TO land,
I they were fired upon BY some citizens Of Ac-
comac concealed in the marsha skirmish en-
sned, which resulted in the woundiug Of one
Of the Firginians in the feshy part Of the leg.
The wound is not dangerous. tits reported
that several Of the Federas were wounded or
killed by The FIRE Of Accountants.
Virginia Iron for Cannon.
The small four pound cannon, made Of Vir-
gnia iron, that have been so long at the State
armory, are.bcing rebored and arifed, after
the Parrot plan. Some Of these guns were
tested yesterday, when all stood the fill trial
charge and in experimenting upon one, in
discriminatory selected, it stood a charge Of
IL pounds ofpowder, with a shot Of u pounds,
without injury. As three-quarters of pound
Of powder and u pound shot is the service
charge for the field, there can now be nedoubt
about the strength Of these guns. -Dispatch.
The Next Great Battle.
Read what the New York Herald says about
the next great battle between the armies on
the Potomac. We give the whole article,
word for word, az we find it in that paper;
A terrible battle is at hand between the
400, 900 troops on the banks Of the Potomac,
in the vicinity Of Washington--2O0,O 900 on
either side--a battle which will be greater
than that of Waterloo, and will probably be