Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1862-08-19
From the soutb.
Msmphis. Aug. II.

~, pHie, aug. IL.
from Breckin-idge stating that he had AT. !
tackled the town. and had been repulsed On |
account Of the failure &C the Arkansas 10
desperate with hlm. He retired, carry
ing ID his killed and wounded, and en-.
eamped on CollIits River. ten miles from
Baton iugs, being unable 70 procure wat
er any nearer. The batrle was fought on
the morning of the 5th, and Breckenridge
says 10 his dispatch:
I'VE occupied part of the town and bat
tie field until evening. No decisive result
was obtained. There being 20 water he
tween here and the Mississippi River.
was compelled to fall back here for IL
moved at nv own time and in order. We
burned nearly oil their stores and camps.
and cut them up badly. Gen. Williams
and other prominent Federal officers are
( killed"
| All doubt of the destruction Of the Ar
kansas lie removed. Gen. Breckenridge
I 'elegraphed her fate to Van Dorm. and the
/ dispatches are published in the Nssissip-
/ plan The first is dated at Colliit's River,
| and says:
/ The Arkansas lies, with her MACHINERY
uninjured, near the opposite bank of the
river. She has been here all day. Her
that he would try and get her on the river,
aud asks that. il possible. yau will send
tnat I" aid him. From the report to me
she Is permanently unseryiceable"
The second dispatch, announcing her
final destruction. says:
About ! o'clock today. the Federal
gurboats attacked the Arkansas The
messenger tells me she fought them well
for some time. INJECTING a great deal Of
damage. she was them blown up by the
crew. and the messenger thinks all es>
capped"
The Askansas was dispatched 10 aid the
reduction of Baton Rogue, leaving Vicks
burg in time 81 arrive there at the same
time with Breckenridge. She got aground
a few miles above the town, and Law there
al day, trying to get of This was the
9th. In the meantime the Federal fee,
cot intelligence of her situ atien, and next
morning attacked her In strong force. /,
is not known what beats were engaged. but
they made short work Of her. She was on
the point of being boarded and carried by
storm, when she was abandoned by her
crew, the magazine having first been fred
She Uas most ehectualiy rIddled by our ar
tillery, the gnnbuats having gained po-l
ii M where they raked her without coming
within range If her heavy guns. Thu.
has TIE great invulnnera,le met her fate
We shhl hear NJ more of her.
: There IL struug probability that thu
Federal free ut Batoo r 'uge will he abb,
% hold the town. TIE A kansas being
I nnt OF The way, The fleet will have full op
p"rturity To nid the land iurce, ami they
may receive reinfoTcemenis There is /
: rumor, however, Of later int hgence
which places Bfecbinridge in possession o
the town with a large number uf prisoners
Ii is impossible to say just now what hs
been the result
a battle commenced on the Tth at 7 :
well, seven miles from Cumberland Gar
between tho Confederate forces under Gen
Stevenson, numbering l2C00 or l5,00i
men. anc the Federal army .; that place
: 3.UuO struDg. a movement vas maze OF
the front 10y Gen. Stevenson, While q, =
Burton gained the r, ar by iureed marches
AID sIrrnunded the Federal Go-ce. A des
Pe-aie light 1t four hours ensu-d, teTmina
tug IN tie Surrender OF the Federal furca
They were driven by superior hunters i.
front. aEd, when ia full retreat were n
sa'ied by q liking force aud crmIietelr
surround "a. THe rebels arc thus IN poi
session ui Eas, Tennessee again. The mex
we will be o. Buell. with an dverwhein.
irg rec. Beaur- gard i. a. Cha tanoog
c-,p rating with Bragg IN this u,oyemt NJ
aud their combined force VII not am uf
o. less than 30 90 men
BrIGad er General W r. CaSwell, Of Tai
rebel army Was killed near has sidence, a
kmoxvIl lie on the Oh. The murderer wa
, arrested.
schooner frcm Havana ran the block
sde at NJ b la an the 9Th. with 8 cargr o.
ammunition, salt. cofee, aud cavalry equiv
meats
: Gen. Stuart has mads another forage, IL
which he attacked the rear Of one of p pc
expeditions, and captured bundred pris-
: ners and ten or fifteen wagons.