The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1862-10-08
WAR NEWS.
The Latest Northern News.

SESAToBTA, Miss, September 3O.-(To
the Mobile Advertiser )-The Memphis
Bulletin of the 29th inst has been received
here. II says that there is no news of i'm
portance from the North All was quiet
along the lines of the Potomac Private
dispatches received in Washington from
McCiellan's headquarters represent matters
as dull
A despatch, dated Louisville, September
24th, says that that place is no longer threa-
tencd-BueIs advance having arrived. via
Salt River. Bragg is concentrating his forces
at Bloomfield, Ky.
A correspondent Of the New York Tri.
bune, in describing the fight at Shepherds
town, Va, says:
Barnes brigade crossed the Potomac at
SharpSburg on Saturday. No sooner had
they crossed than it was discovered that
they were hemmed in on three sides by
overwhelming masses of the rebels, who
Immediately opened most terrific fire of
musketry from every part Of their lines
Gen. Barnes, who was in command of the
Brigade, instantly ordered his men 10 fall
back across the river. A scene Of the wild.
est confusion and most terr lic slaughter
then occurred. The rebels pressed them
closely, and shot our men down by hun
dreds, as they attempted to recross the riv.
er. Great numbers of the wounded could
not contend with the rapid ccrrcnt, and
oil H.. Il.
A late Chicago paper says that the adsi
ces from the Upper Potomac were to the
effect that our (,Le Yankee) troops had
made no forward morement, though active
operations would not long be delayed -
Gen. Lees headquarters are at Failing Wa
ters 4; the rebels are concentrating at Win.
chester, which place is being fortified
Mcclellan, in an otich statement, estimates
his loss in the battle of the Antietnm
(Sharpsburg) at 1920 killed, wounded and
missing, while that of the enemy, he says,
exceeds 10000.
A despatch from Washington to the Chi
cago Times says that the rumor that draft
is about TO be maje has foundation, in
fact, TO the extent that President Lincoln
has expressed his determination "in case
the country does not at once rally under
the policy announced in his Emancipation
Proclamation, that lie will immediately en-
force the draft unit. our army reaches an
aggregate of n million Of men,"
RICHMOND, Oct. Tile Baltimore Ameri.
can OF Monday afternoon says it is repor-
ted that Gen Buell. has been relieved from
his command and assigned TO indianapolis
to organize paioled prisoners into rcgi
msnts.
Stocks were rampant in New York, on
Monday, and prices went up three per
cent a, first call, 22li premium.
Gen. Siegle had advanced to 'Varrenton
and was preparing To Gu; off all communi.
cation between the Rebel army in Shcnan-
doah Valley and Richmond.
The American says there are also intima
tions of renewed activity on James River,
indicating tha; the present apparent sus-
| pension of operations is only preparatory
to n systematic movement that will produce
| important results.
The steamer Anglo Saron has arrived at
New York. The defeat of Pope ut Man
assas was universally regarded in England
and France IA fatal to the Union A pow.
erfu ram was openly being built in the
Mersey to be used in opening the blockade
| Of Charleston.