East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1862-09-09
LATEST WAR NEWS.
FROM MEMPHIS.
Menpl,is

Memphis, Sept. 6.
Late arrivals from'Helena report all
quiet. Our pickets stationed in the
back country are frequently doubled on
account OF struggling bands Of guerll
las.
An expedition down the river had
taken and brought to Helena wharf
boats from Eunice and Napoleon. The
prisoners captured say large number
of Texan troops fully armed and equip
pei, arrived at Little Rock few days
before. a ss
1, is reported at Helena that Rose
Grams made an attack on the Confeder
atcs at Tupelo and was decisively re.
pulsed.
The armed rebel steamer Yorktown,
from Mobile to Havana was totally lost
on the 10Th. Her crew was saved.
The Appeai g|ories exceedingly over
the late rebel successes.
The New Orleans Deltd of the 2Sth
says the Fedsrals are perfectly conf.
dent of their ability to hold the city
against Breckiuridge and Van Dorm,
whom it invites to another contest.
THE INVASION OF MARYLAND.
~ r.a p Harrisburg, Sept. 3.
The latest information from the Dor
der, re ceived at six O'Clock this evening,
says the rebel pickets were within IL
miles of Hanover, York county.
rrs New York, Sep. 9.
A special to the NeW York Tribune,
Oakland, Maryland, sth, says: "'rherc
is no communication with Baltimore
from here direct. The latest news was
brought by an. engine from Harper's
Ferry to Cumberland, thence westward
by the accommodation train this morn.
ing. slas. lf,5.1 ear,aa1ii s.lt
"A cavalry skirmish occurred yester.
day afternoon near Martinsburg with
what is supposed to have been rebel
accommodating force from Winchester
The rebels are said to have been driven
back to Winchester, with a loss of forty
men killed and captured. alhj 9D1i
"Our force at Martinsburg isreported
effective, mostly from the West,
This is by trustworthy passengers. !"
1I -'aL FROM WASHINGTON. '"- i' e
HARRisBoRo, Sept. 8.
\ Those who have seen Mcdowell s
letter to the President, asking for a
court of inquiry, speak of it a. frank
manly and honest document. He re.
fers to the remark alleged to have been
made by Col. B. odhead, of Michigan,
when at the point Of death. to the effect
that he died victim, to the imbecility
of Pope and the treachery of Mcdowell.
n Gen. Banks is in command Of the de
fences of Washington during Gen. Nc.
Clellan's absence. s.-;....,..
An officer who left Rockville this
afternoon reports all quiet in front =
Nobody knows anything positive about
the force of the rebels at Poolcsville.
New York, Sept. Q.
The Washington correspondence Of
the mo ming journals says, under yestcr.
days date, that an officer who has rid
den along the line from Chain Bridge
To- Fairfax to day, says that small bodies
Of mounted rifles are continually prowl
ing about near our front. 81 p
All the hospital stores left at Centre.
vile on TUESDAY morning for the benefit
Of the Union wounded were taken 10y
rebels on their occupancy and distribu
tel largely to their own hungry troops,
hence much of the suffering of the bat
tleield by our famished wounded.-
The Surgeon in charge states that had
he not been informed by Gen. Pope that
no evacuation of that point was intend
cd, he should have devoted the ample
supplies to their original purpose, by
starting them under flag Of truce To
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