The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1862-09-27


Since tbs feeonpoisapcs across the Potomac
% Saturday, perfect quiet hiss reigned oil
along the lines, scsroely disturbed even BY
pickst skirnlishiig, We bold the river 9
Sh1rpsburg - strong force, while the rebels
occupy the opposite bank, but not, y We
thought, II force. We also occdpy VIII
Transport ID sufficient strength 20 repel any
atteusps OF the rsbels to dislodge ~. Har.
perss Ferry 10 l,kesiss 10 our possession. -
We THIS stand il . positios 90 check them
resrossiss 20 this side,I and oommence OF
fensivs opsrasions. Yet ons army 10 not
idle; the colamns are 10 motion to-day = .
cavslyy regiment made reeonnoisancs
across The river last night three miles from
| Sharpsburg; the rebels showed Themselves
| 10 the edge Of the ssodS, but made no Of
ffeneiss demonstrations. Wedsesdayse bat
tie Geld 10 now peetty we'll cleared Of all
evidence Of The strugkle; the. dead are
buried,oasd tho wounded removed to Ha-
fgssseevn " other places. q vad
/ -alsa. .as - Harrisburg, Sept. "a. 8
The reports that Our army had crossed
| the PosomaNja wi.host osndation; desach.
menss have been, thrown across 10 feel the
position and strength OF the enemy, but
tO0t0 DoO UOSu Wv VAV0Sso8 IVA e0y ASA b
force Jet. ee l,si a5H rt7tses aafs
l1.esst,* New York. Sept. "a.
The Times correspondent Il Willisms-
port, writing on the 22d, says that place
NAV BE CONSIDERED az tho extreme right Of
ouf lines; the rebel rickets on the opposite
bank converse freely with ours 90 this eide.
Il il not likely our forces will cross ct this
point. At present all il quiet.
New York, Sept. "a.
The Timrs' Washington epecial dispatch
says: Leesburg and vicinity is in the pos.
session Of our forces. Stahl's division OF
sigel's Corps has been ordered g occupy
Centerville. ~ w.
Gen. Hooker il ,eouadent Of being able
to take the Geld again within two weeks /;
his wound has ceased to be painful, and has
every favorable symptom. The President
and eversi members Of she Cabinet have
called uroD him to consult him in reksrd to
the conducs OF the war. Mcclellan has
| written him letter thanking him for. his
brilliant services Ut the battie OF Anticlam.
He says, 10 eject, that if Hooker had not
been struck aud obliged TO retire, che enc.
my would have been Intercepted Esu
.a New York, Sept. "a. :.
The uerald's Washington special Dispatch
saws the Reconnaissance to Ashby's Gap, =
distance Of so miles, returned last night.
Al the Gap they met the 9th Virginia Cav.
alry, dispensing them and capturing few
prisoners, among whom was lieutenant Col.
Green. The rebels got viud Of our sp-
preaching in force. and moved of their
train Of nearly 900 wagons, the capture OF
which was one object Of the expedition.
.y@ 'issf 80" Chicago, Sept. "a. /.
The Savspnah, (Ga.) Republican, Of the
18th, says that two Federal gun boats had
been repulsed BY the rebel battery 10 st.
Johns river, Florida.
,isss4 SEQ st. Louis, Sept. "a. I
Gen. CARTS assumed command Of this
department today. i.t .ad .hlas sas
Leavenworth, Sept. "a.
The Times has adv,ces OF q fight OF the
2Qth, at Shirley's Ford, 10 miles north. west
o. Carthage, between the Sd Indiana and Z
force Of 600 rebels, resulting in the route
Of the enemy, with = loss Of from SO to 90
:. ssal4 4 aka Il u gCsiro, Sept. "a.
4 ADS W II AuXb0S LTVm x1OtoU0t 0O0 uTtbvcUs
She reports that the day before she left f.
teen p,ckets were killed outside Of Helena,
/ and that an attack from the enemy Was mo.
mentari'y expected. The report is probably
exaggerated. .e gsa6 sa )
IL 81 at3 Chicago, September Is. 3
| Private dispatches received in this cits
last night report that after she evacuation
Of Cumberland Gap, Gen. Morgan marched
on Richmond, KY, and re.csptured TIT
place, together With large amount Of
stores and 600 prisoners. 49, S.
Louisville, Sept. Midnight. !
The intense excitement for the last few
days has given place to great rejoicing q
the immediate proximity Of seven division
[of Buell's army, which 10 coming up, from
the direction Of Salt River. The 7enem,
seems to he concentrating At Bloomfield
i About II 600 of them were seen this morn.
ing beyond Salt River on The Bafdstowl
Il road 1s .l#R ss 4ntna9tHT ,Er@
/ louisville IL now deemed safe, though !,
light may occar in our vicinity before th,
arrival OF Buell's division. Nobody has any
any fears respecting the result. Genera
Nelson 10 cou6dest that be can bold The 20.
sition sga,nst any odds, until the approaeh.
ing federal feinforcements arrive. 4 z 'te't1
~ / Louisville, Sept. 25-2 AM
Gen. Buell has just arrived. Gen. Mel.
son issued an order permitting the general
Presumption Of business to-day.
| as4s sg Louisville, Sept. Is.
Our cavalry captured four HUNDRED and
Fifty rebels 1t GeorGssown on the 2lst. liag
Thr~oregiments Of cav lry under Mc(!ook