Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1862-08-29


defense, Tlo enemy is n aren't orce or the
South bank, and has made eveiel neifecitialef
forts TO cross and turn ON right hank ht lhe
same time making demonsin,tioue ON ofr cen.
Ter, and such dis position 81 out nfmy hua been
made that there hced benc iesis d further r.
tteat.
Gen. Mcclellan has arrived with a large por-
ton Of his army, and it is believed has assumed
command Of both armies.
4 Fighting OF a desultory character has been
! going on FOR several days, and the enemy has
no doubt been repulsed at all points by our bat
tories though not without some loss Of artillery
nicp and horses During Thursday heavy fir
ing was heard on the extreme left, and il wns
believed that Gen. Reno repulsed the rebols.s
Pope is praised for great skill and activity in
streugthing M weak points. His said he has
had no rest FOR sevgnsy 1.-TWO hours All our adj
vices indicate our success at all points.
The sensation Baltimore correspondent Of the
Herald gives a story that Jackson is marching
Ito Winchester With 100 900 men while Lee with
10000 is to attack Popes army. jackson il
there to turn them 10 Leesburg and cross the
Potomac into Md, and march on Washington.
New York. Aug. 25.---A Rappahannock cor.
respondent Of the Philadelphia Press states that
on the morning Of the 2lst the rebels opened q
lbattery on our center, aud continued vigorously
to throw shot and she'll for severalhours. A lit
tic higher up, 1t was discovered that the enemy
had, during the night, erected bridge over
the river. At this point the most brilliant and
successful affair of the day is reported to have
occurred. the vicinity ofthe bridge was one
lOf Gen. Sigels batteries ON which the rebels
opened abrislS fire, to which for time the bat
terry replied with spirit. In a little while ouI
fire slackened and then ceased, the battery hav-
ling been apparently silenccd or withdrawn
Three rebel regiments now rushed across the
lbridge, aud Sigel offered no apposition. Every
1 Ns,of had flary
than Sigel opens his battery ON the bridge
The fourth shot completely demolished it, and al
the same time deadly fire of musketry assails
the rebels in front. Their retreat is cut off--no
hope left. A few shots from our battery--a
charge, and they are ours. Not man escapes
Nearly 1000 are said to have been captured, and
about 400 killed and wounded. The enemy
having failed onthis, now hurled forward Their
forces with impetuosty and strive TO outhank
Sigel by crossing at French's ford but Gen.
Pope orderes Banks aud Reno to the aid Of ST.
lgel aud the enemy is again repulsed and move
higher up the river. How the next attempt OF
the enemy succeeded l have not yet learned
\ The RappahannOck correspondent of the Tri-
bune says; "The greatest crisis Of this war oc-
curred between Thursday morning and Satur-
day night. 1t is passed and we are safe-Wash-
ington is safe--our army is safe--the nation is
safe-for artillery is guarding the line of the
Rappahnnock, aud Fitz John Porter, with a large
tof regiments have Joined and are Joining him
now by way of Alexandria, and now look for the
lgrand movements Of the war within 30 days.
| Do not fOrget that Burnside has massed large
army at Fredericksburg, and Pope is nearly or
lquite as strong as Lee aud jackson, and McClel-
Ian is freed from the net which held him in Its
meshes on the Peninsula Some stir was caus.
ed in camp and thousand times more in Wash
ington."
The Heralds Warrenton Junction correspon.
dence says: military critics profess to believe
our forced advanced to the Rapidan were pre-.
maturity made; jackson disturbed our figures
, somewhat at Cedar Mountain, and possibly de-
ranged our calculations. AS consequence hC
and his coadiutOrs assail us within thirty
miles of Manassas and with the largest army the
rebels have ever rallied east or west We all
: look hopefully for the coming of Mcclellan
Burnsdes troops are here. If the new levies
were ever Reeded, it is at this time. Gen. Pope
is still held to be equal to any emergency. The
f crippled, but indolnitable Banks is still with
r his command aud Mcdowell has an opportun-
/ ity to wipe away bloody recollection within
cannon shot of Bull Run for he is active and
everywhere present.
Il learn there has been sudden raid of $50
guerrillas upon Catlett's Station. Under cover
of the night they dashed in upon our small col
lection of men and wagons, and stampeding a lot
of suffers, servants and teamsters, burned wag-
ons ran off number of horses, and took about
\ 100 prisoners The most serious part Of the
business is, they took Gen. Pope = personal bag
gage and moneys and all his official papers, cor
respondence DC, which happened to be in ons
4 of the wagons which had been sent to the rear
\ No supply trains were destroyed or their con-
tents injured by the rebels. Many wagons were
too wet to burn"
Baltimore, Aug. 25.-The passenger train on
the Winchester r. r., which left there on Satur-
day p. NJ, for Harper's Ferry, was fired into
about half way between these points by party
I Of guerrillas, and Edward Lucas, the Express
Messenger, was severely wounded. The con-
ductor the train foolishly stopped it in COM
pliance with the order Of the gang. -Four sol
diers of the LIST Michigan Regiment were taken
prisoners. The train with itscontents was then
destroyed and the guerrillns made off with theil
prisoners.
Washington, Aug. 26.--Passengers from vir.
gnia to-day report that there was an engage
ment at Warrenion, Va, yesterday in which eul
forces we're successful, having driven the enemy
out Of town, which we were still holding at tn,
latest adyices. The rebel forces which have
been engaged in the recent fights are mainly ar
! tillery.
Washington, Aug. 26.--The Tribunes cor.
respondent gives the following extraordinary
statement relative to the tenderness of the rebels
towards General Mcdowell: The attack OF
Stewards cavalry upon Catlett's station, seems
dents, as the one by the same daring officer 10
} the rear of the peninsular army. Among the
trophies carried off were $4,000 in cash, belong
/ ing to the2d Mimi. department Of General Pope's
army, and his own commission as BrigadieF
General and Major General The latter was
however recaptured by one Of our soldiers who
found it in the saddle bag of rebel trooper
which was left behind in the hurry of their de-
parture. t M
} A captain in the Purrell Legion, in Colonel
Simpsons regiment, was lying sick in house
by the railroad track, and heard General Stew
art give positive orders to spare General Nc
Dowell's staff 5 baggage but seize Gen. Pope's
land destroy what was of public Importance
IThe order was implicitly obeyed, although wag-
ons of General Mcdowell and King were close al
hand, they were not disturbed but everything
in General Popes was turned out, his official pa
pers sorted out, and carried off his letters from
his wife and private individuals, strewn over the
ground or torn into bits
The Fredericksburg correspondent Of the Tri-
bune, dated Sunday. says:
Musketry firing was heard this morning A
Icontraband who came in yesterday reports our
troops attacking the rebels, and that we had cap
tured thirteen guns.
A Lieut.. came in last evening and correbor-
a'ed the eontraband's story; but says the num-
Der Of guns captured wAs sixteen, and that when
Stonewall jackson forces reached the Kappa
hammock. at Benefits Ford some rs or 20 miles
fFom here, part Of MeDowells forces were on
the South bank Of the river. He says they Sc
lcreted themselves under cover Of the woods aud
that JaelCson's forces passed them and attempt
ed TO cross the river. Whileattempting 10 cross