Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1861-09-25
THE RAFTsMAu's JOURNAL.
INTERESTING WAR NEWS.


The fght near Fort scott-Rebels dispersed near
Harper's Ferry-Mutineers sent off-Retreat of
Rebels from Elk Water-The light at Bonneville,
Mo.-Another Naval xpediton-Skirmsh at
Black kriyer-Skirmsh ct Cheat Mountain--Skir-
mish at Blue Mills, Missouri.
SEP. 1.-THE Leavenworth papers of the
11th gives the following account of the late
engag ement between General Rains and Colon
ell Montgomery On the End inst, 600 rebels
under General Rains approached Fort Scott
and seized eighty mules belonging to the Gov
ernment, killing the teamSter. A messenger
was despatched to Montgomery, who had 500
men. He pursued Rains eleven miles, killing
several of his men, when, coming on the main
body of the enemy, battle commenced, the
rebels having cannon and Montgomery one
howitzer. The fight lasted two hours, when
Nj Montgomery slowly retreated, keeping up a
running fight until nightfaii. The enemy's
force is reported by the prisoners at 5000.
On Monday whilst six men Of Massachusetts,
Thirteenth were riding up the tow path on
horseback, two miles above Harper's Ferry,
they were fred upon by the rebels, from the
Virginia side of the Potomac, and one nan
| instantly killed. 1t was soon ascertained that
the rebels in considerable force were conceal.
ed behind large warehouse and other build :
ings in that vicinity, when Captain Sriber, of
the Massachusetts Thirteenth, quickly run up
= twelve-pounder, rifed cannon, and fired
number of shots into the buildings which they
lay concealed, causing them to dsperse with
a supposed loss of some five or six men killed.
A special dispatch from Cannix Ferry, Va,
dated the l4th, states that Gen. Lee resumed
the attack along our whole line yesterday at
Cheat Mountain. After long contest, Gen.
Reynols fairly repulsed him, with considera-
BILE rebel loss and little or no loss on our side,
owing to the fact that our troops fought be-
hind intrenchments. General Lee has mani
festly larger force, but is alarmed lest Gen
eral Rosencrans should come up in his rear.
SEP. l8.-The remaining mutineers of the
New York n ineteenth, twenty-three in num-
ber, are to be sent to Baltimore to-day, from
Point Of Rocks, and forwarded thence to Tor
tugas. The original number was 202, but the
remainder have returned to their duty and al
Hence.
General Reynolds telegraphs that the rebels
have retreated from Cheat Mountain and Elk
Water. 1t is believed that they have march
ed to join the forces beleagueriDg w ashington.
SEPT. l9.-The correspondent of the st.
Louis Democrat gives the following account of
an engagement with the rebels at Bonneville
on the 18th, taken from Captain Eppstein's
official report The Captain says that after the
fight had lasted about an hour the rebels whom
he had taken as hostages became so restless
that they begged him to allow one of their
number to go with flag of truce and ask an
armistice. This hostage came back soon af-
tions. Ithereupon ordered the firing to cease,
and demanded that they should withdraw the
rebel forces two miles from the city, and not
molest any of our families or any other Union
people, and to leave the arms of the killed
and wounded on the ground where they fell,
while l promised to let the prisoners free
whom l had taken, with the exception of
preacher Painter, whom, informed them, /
would shoot in case they should not honOra-
bly, keep their promise for seven days. They
left town according to this agreement with me.
Thus it will be seen that the gallant Captain,
with only one hundred and fifty men, actually
dictated his own terms to fully four times his
number. The enemy fought we'll for little
while, but out of the whole six hundred, only
six could be found to storm the works. Their
leaders bravely led the way, but they abso-
lutely refused to follow. OF these six our
men killed four, including their two leaders,
Colonel Brown and his son, Captain Brown.
These latter two fell near the intrenchmcnts,
and were drawn in. They died inside of them.
Besides these the enemy had eight or ten kill
ed and wounded.
SEPT. 20.-The formidable expedition to the
southern coast, so often mentioned has proba-
bly, reached its destination, or at least the
rendezvous from whence it is to commence
operations. On Tuesday last half dozen
naval vessels left Fortress Monroe, and ere
| this number of transports and gunboats have
| followed. The whole feet will carry abont
2T5 guns. The largo steamers Vanderbilt,
| Atlantic and Baltic, which left New orl some
days ago, understood to have carried
| several thousand troops, who are to cooperate
with the naval forces. We shall probably hear
something of this expedition in few days.
| 1t is stated that another expedition is soon to
sail from New York.
SEPT. PA skirmish occurred on Thursday
at Black river, Missouri, twelve or fifteen miles
| southwest of here, between three companies
of Indiana volunteers, under Major Gavitt, and
a cavalry body of rebels, under Ben. Talbot,
| in which five of the rebels were killed and
tour taken prisoners, and thirty five horses and
a quantity of arms captured. The balance
scattered in all directions, and being familiar
with the country eluded pursuit.
General Reynolds, who was at the Cheat
Mountain has, telegram states, driven the
rebels from their positions, killing nearly
hundred of them. Colonel Kidwell. of the
Fourteenth Indiana regiment, was surrounded
twice, but repused the rebels with great gal
lantry and small loss to us. The date of the
action is not mentioned.
Fifteen hundred men under Col. Smith over
took three thousand secessionists as they were
crossing the Missouri river at Blue Mills land
ing on the seventeenth inst, and completely
routed them, killing between one hundred
and fifty and two hundred, and taking twelve
prisoners. The federal loss is forty killed
and twenty-five wounded.
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CRUEL TREATMENT OF UNION PRISONERS BY
THE REBELs.-While the government of the
the United States are doing the very best they
can, under the rules of the war, to take care
of and protect the health of the rebel prisoners
now in their DosSessi0n left Davis or Raau