The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1861-07-13
TIC War News Of The Week.


Greet activ:;y has rroT:,i!,d il, the army
IN and around Wa~hin.. Ton during the
that We ar. again "on the eve Of great
events The grand army il TO move tor
ward from the Potomac under Gen NC
Doweli in three Columns, one under Gen
TYLER, enc under Col iiGrtier and one
under Col HcIntzeiman, each TO be at
least l0.0t9 strong. Fairfax Is to DC taken
first; then Manassas Junction. and then
ION t. Il. h..oni." IN confirmation of
this. it :. s:lsc,! thas !2,DJn troops crossed
the Potomac Oh the 5th, sae:iing Nc
Dowells army to 81 complete regiments,
TO which all the troops in Washington are
to be added When this grand army viii
be Sc; II motion will, however, depend
somew hat on the movements OF General
Patterson. On the part of the enemy it
is doubted whether he will make a stand
either at Fairfax or Manassas Junction
1t was certain that his forces were leaving
the former place on the 10Th, falling back
on Manassas, while q large portion OF
Beauregards army was withdrawn on the
tie 9th from Manassas to REINFORCE Col
Johnson. who Is threatened by Patterson;
an that no advance from Manassas is in
tended is evidenced by the fact that the
rebels had on the Sth been leyelling the
forest in from. Of Manassas, completely
obsiructing the roads in this direction
Rel nond is being strengthened, however,
on all sides, showing that the grand stand
of the rebels is 10 be made there
Gen Patterson, as stated in our last,
crossed the Potomac on the Sd, and in
the engagement Immediately afterwards
at HuineSviile where the rebels made a
short stand, killed from 60 TO 100. lie
then pushed on to Martinsburg, where he
arrived On the it'll driving the rebels be-
fore him after they had destroyed some
- locomotives of the B. & O. II. r. Co.
The r,Lels, under Gen. johnson. being
rapidly re nforced as they went, fell back
as far as Bunker Hill, which is 10 miles
from Martinsburs, where they made an
strong, evidently meant to fight. Patter-
son who had but S,uO0 or 10000 effective
troops. concluded 10 wait at Martinsburg
for re-entorCements. These are being sent
t. him "a fast as possible; SIX regiments
were forwarded to him from Washington
on the 9th. Col Stowe, with 1900 left
Sandy Hook, on the 9TH and Is at Haiues-
Vile, within call, so that Patterson force
is not less than about 10000 Col John
son, on the other side, had also been
heavily re iuforced from Manassas juno
ton, SO that Eis force ia estimated at from
$3.50 10 10000 men, and 30 cannon
How soon, or whether at all, Patter, on
VIII attack Johnson, will probably depend
on the NOV ments of Gen Mcclellan, from
the West
IN refer. g 10 this coiumn-MClelian'
the dispatches are little muddied-
On the 2d we learn Gen. Nee. had sharp
sllirmish with the rebels at Laurel Hill, in
Western Virginia, routing them and kill
in- number. On the day before, Gen
Morris, i'll McClellans division, meets and
routes nest of rebels at Buclanron, kill
in 50 wounding 900, and taking 400 pri-
sorzers. This last place must be II or u
M les west of Laurel HILL Gen Morris
then advances, on the 9TH, ria Phillippa TO
Laurel Hi, TO join Mcclellan. \ squad
OF the 81 Ono, apparently part Of Gen.
Morris command, on the 9th. fall into an
ambuscade at Middle Fork Bridge, cut
their way through, losing l man and kill
ing % of the enemy. Col McCook, with
OHIO Regiments takes possession of the
10 ! ige ON the 9TH. On the Sth a courier
arrives informing Mcclellan or Morris that
Companies Of the 9Th Ohio regiment are
be<ieged ST Gienyile, 4O miles to the south
west, by 800 leoeIs under O. Jennings
Nrse, and two regiments were despatched
and released them on the 10th On the
10th, we have Mcclellan apparently at
Burlington, near Laurel Ill., with 5000
to 5000 men. in front Of an eucampment
OF !C,UOo rebels under Wise They are so
close together that skirmishing is con.
stantly going en- and they can see each
others flags. The rebels 6 Founders cant
reach Nee, but the l. Founders of the
latter are annoying the rebels. The rebels
are strongly entteuciIed and Mcclellan is
trying. to d!s!odge them. At last accounts
Met. had divided his torcc-9, 600 strong.
into columns. and would attempt to
storm the Entertainments in the morn
lag
with few unimportant skirmishes,
THIS Is about the sum Of the war doiugs Of
the week at the east
Next 10 the movements Of the grand
army III Virginia, the war in Missouri is
the most exciting From this quarter the
reports are so yo!umnyus, that il is dill
cult To cJndeEse. Gov. jackson, June
30.h, is heard of at MontebelIo in South
western Missouri. Next we hear of him
at Balls Mills, being joined by 6,GO0 to
500 troops under Gen Rains Col Siegsl,
with about zoo L. S. troops is in pursuit
of HIM. Maj. Sturgis and Capt Prince,
with about 5000 troops, seem TO be after
Cen I;sils. l,ciuiorcements from St
LOUIS are going 20 Springfield to reen-
force Siegel, where Gratz Brown arrives
with a regiment on the Both. Gen Lyon,
with 5, so men, leaves Boonville for the.
SJuIa on tie Cd, and ca the sth forms a
Junction with sturcis and Prince, in 1t
p.ir 90, No. On the 5tli, Col. S:egel az
r.yes al Carthage, so, and there hears of
tae presence Of Gen. Rains with 5000 men