Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-07-17
The war News of the Past week.

The following Is brief summary Of the wal
news received during the week ending Wednes'
day, July l6;
vicksburg is not yet reduced. An engage
ment took place before the town on Saturday,
June 90. between Commodore FARRAour's feet
and tina rebel batteries. According to one ac-
count, only one vessel, The Hartford, passed the
batteries, and according to another, three or
four passed but without silencipg them. The
feet was under very heavy FIRE for over two
hours, but the casualties were only two men
killed and fifteen or sixteen wounded. Commo
dore FARRAouT was wounded in the head, but
not seriously. Our army, under General WILL
LIAMs, Witnessed the engagement from the op-
posite bank Of the river. General VAN DoRN
Was 10 command ct vicksburg Recent accounts
represent the bombardment of Vicksburg at
going on With great energy, and most of the
houses as being rlddled with shot. Five thous-
and negroes are said to be employed on the
canal for turning the course Of the Mississippi
at that point, and throwing vicksburg inland.
Four companies Of the Ninth Pennsylvania
cavalry we're surprised and cut to pieces al
Tompkinsville, Tennessee, on Thursday morn
log, the 10Th inst, by SrEvENS's cavalry. sTE-
vEKs was reported to be on bis way to Bowling
Green to destroy the bridges.
At an early hour on Sunday morning last, be-
tween three and four thousand rebels-mount'
ed infantry, Texas rangers, Georgia, Alabama
and Tennessee cavalry, mostly armed with car
bines and shot guns-attacked our troops OF
Murfreesboro, Tennessee, consisting Of the ~
Minnesota, Colonel LEsLIEj six companies Of
the 9sh Michigan, Colonel PARKHURST' three
hundred strong; the Sd battalion Of the 7th
Pennsylvani cavalry, two hundred and twenty
Ave men; HeWitt's battery, sixty men; the 4'h
Kentucky, twenty-five nen-in all about four
teen hundred men. After desperate fight, the
81 Minnesota, the OH Michigan and Hswitts
battery surrendered. The loss on both hides
must have been heavy. The Pennsylvania 7Ib
lost two hundred in killed, wounded and mics
Ing. It was reported that we lost thirty thou
sand dollars worth Of army stores. Nashville
is said to be threatened BY large rebel force,
bat our troops are concentrating there for Its
protection.
Great excitement was created on Saturday
aud Sunday last, on both sides OF the ohio
river, BY reports that the noted rebel, JOHN
MoAeAN, was advancing, with three or four
thousand men, on Lexington, Frankfort, Louis
vile and other places In Kentucky. Some two
or three thousand men from Ohio and probably
as many from Indiana, were Immediately for
wsrded to Kentucky. Bat dispatch from the
Secretary Of War on Monday reported that
MoReAN wss Tetreatiug. A dispatch, however,
from General WARD, received BY Mayor HATCH,
of Cincinnati, early on Tuesday morning, slated
that MoRoAN was within twelve miles OF Lex
ingtOn.
Rebel accounts speak Of the capture BY VAN
DoAn of Baton Rouge and the Federal troops
stationed there. But no other Information Of
such an event has been received.
There has been no news during the past
week Of any fresh fight In the vicinity OF Rich
mond. Both armies seem to be pauaing' reet'
ing and preparing for new move or another
bloody conflict Both, 1t is said, are beirg re-
inforced. A Richmond rebel paper, the Die
patch, says that General MoCLELLAN has secured
the safety Of his army 10 most masterly man
ner, BY encamping on high healthy grounds and
In so strong position as to bs impreguable to az
attack.