The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-08-22
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t49 plRco and 0UVd prlQou6r8..E He, has 1
blowt,up Ne rAilfsBd jWnnel, destroyed
three trains and ansirnmense amount III, /
cosnmissefy sstores, He sent ~ dispatch i
10 Mayor Smith, of Nashville, saying ne
would call on him abort ~. ~ he had mot
seen him since he Smith) got beat Tor
ofi3ce.in the Qoufederate army. < Morgan,
next night, wss ia Hartsville, East of
Gallatln. say Is or 20 milee.) - : 80
Bys.en ARRIVAL from Nashville, Neil
br2wnlelafns 70 be true TO the Sonth, and
wAAts e Be put right on Sie record.
s 1ldbGs. .Auk. III x special to The ri.
duas from Gfepada. the l6th, saws North.
erti dntes Of the nth and 1911, have been
received. Yankee accounts Of the fpht
at Culpepper c. H., say. about 10, 600 men.
under Gen. Banks were attacked by over
1000 rebels Gen. Pope was not pres.
emit. - 20 "a. Il
They acknowledge loss Of from two
70 three thousand. among them Generals
Anger and :Geary wounded. and General
Prince missing; also, three ColCneis, three
Lienttnkft Colonels four M Njors, and
large humber Of company officers wound
ed and killed. They soy their, forces re-
tired from the field when overpowered
BY numbers. Their. infantry were badly
Gen: GearsS brigade. 2.000 strong, lost
1900 il Changing a Confederate battery.
The 9th Ohio. we're nearly annihilated.--
The Cad Wisconsin stampeded from the
battlefield. -.
| Thereception of the news in New York
caused gold to 60 up and stocks to do
cline. IS, * X -. 90
The Chicago Tribune says jackson evi.
IDENTITY outgeneraled and defeated Pope.
The Memphis correspondent of the
Chicago 1pibnns, has been arrested for dis-
loyalty. - .y..,.y. ,r,t ,G.sss .se<,s
!, The difficulty on the: negro question
between an Illinois and an Indiana. and
two Ohio regiments, at Memphis, is. re-
ported to hayo resulted IN. an issue Of
aims with loss of fifteen men,.
| ~ A,number Of .deserters from. Sherman's
army arrived here (Grenada) this evening
and report that great dissatisfaction ex
ists in that army. - ss.o,,s sa,s-s
Curtis il reported to have landed a large
portion of his army on this side Of the
river again., ~ .i.5sl 81 -; 49, -
A special to, the Aduetiser d Register
from Knoxville. 10TH. says that infoIma-
ton from Cumberland Gap states that
Morgan Federal) was retreating with his
forces. leaving only the Tory Tennessee
| Regiments. .
McCook's body has arrived at Louis.
vile. Seventeen guerillas have been
hung by McCook's forces. Houses have
been burned and the country laid waste
around Salem, where he was killed. ~
A dispatch dated jackson, 10th, says
that adyices from Memphis state that on
authority of orders from Washington,
Gen. Grant has issued an order stating
that every possible facility will be afford.
ed for getting cotton TO market.
1t is reported that Gen. Alcorn has
been seized as hostage for the traitor
Powell. The enemy continue their course
of devastation wherever an opportunity
offers.
Richmond, Aug. 18.-The Petersburg
Express of to-day says that there is not a
Yankee soldier left on the South side of
James River, nor Is there vessel of any
kind to be seen at Berkeley.
II If this be SO, Mcclellan has certainly
EVACUATED James River. and gone to
unite with Pope or Burnside on the Rap
pahannock.
. Mobile. Aug. l8.-A special to the Ad
! vertiser & Register from jackson 18th.
states that on the 10th inst, the Federal
gunboat Sumter, in attempting to make
the landing at Bayou Sara, ran aground,
when a'demand for her surrender was
, made by the mayor of Bayou Sara on be-
, half Of the military of Parish West Fee
tliciana. and volunteers from Wilkinson
county. Capt. Erwin. commanding the
Sumter, asked an hour to consider. which
: was granted. Meanwhile. the Federal
] transport Ceres arrived, and the Confeder-
, ates having no artillery to keep her off,
; she ran along side Of the Sun,ter, when
the officers and crew hastily abandoned
/ her and escaped on the transport Nu-
/ merous arms, and large amount Of
stores were found aboard. winch werere.
moved. and the Sumter then fred and de-
. stToyed. The flames unfortunately de-
. lRroyed the depot Of the West Feliciana
RAILROAD, which stood near theriver bank
with $50 'hogsheads of sugar. Part Of
I this sugar had been seized and left there
under claim of the Federal gunboat Es
seq. Next morning the gunboat No.
and transports arrived at Bayou Sara and
Handed d small force, which was allowed
. to march halfa mile inland. when they
8 were attacked by the Confederates, who
8 mortally wounded and captured one o
tho invaders, wounded three others bad
", and ran the balance back to thei
boats. Our loss none. . 20.
: The gunboats then threw four she'll
. into town without doing any damage
s They then retired with their transports
threateninR to return and destroy tn,
= i town. ,,.,. - 10 ~. -, t 5.s]ss
d Among tho spoils captured from tn
"a Sumter were two u, S. flags, one pennan
and one chest Of signal flags.
The following dispatch has been re
| rcived iheresf M obiIe SfF f&er