New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-09-19
NEWS OF THE DAY.
THE WAR.


fThursday) on the Upper POtOmac-certainly
nothing like renewal Of Wednesdays battle. No
official dispatches concerning that battle had reached
the Department. the Government, like the people,
was compelled to rely upon the graphic Geographic
account forwarded by The TRiBUSE's Special
Correspondent, who was on the field and
RAW the entire contest. There was the Gus
tomary Stonewall Jackson scare in Wash
ington yesterday-the Rebels having started q
story that that hero going to cross the Potomac
at Noland's Ferry and attack McClellans army in
the rear, or else take Washington or Baltimore.
This is really all we had new yesterday about the
great struggle up to the hour of o'clock this morn
iug. But we print long aud accurate details of the
Battle of Sharpsburg, by telegraph and letter, from
our Special Correspondents, including the names of
Q great many Of the killed and wounded Union
officers.
We have important news from New-Oreans,
dates up to Sept 10, from which we learn of an ex-
petition up the river by the gunboat Essex Commo-
dore Porter. On reaching Natchez, the Essex sent
q boats crew ashore for ice. This boat was fired
upon and several men were wounded, whereupon
Com. Porter threw shot and shell into hatcher for
two hours and half, when the town surrendered.
Coming down the river, the Commodore stopped at
Bayou Sara, celebrated haunt Of guerrillas, sent
men ashore and burned all but two houses-so
there's an end of Bayou Sara. Further down the
river battery of "a guns opened on the Essex and
fierce battle at not than 80 feet distance, be-
gan, which lasted an hour. The Rebel battery was
mounted with guns Of very heavy caliber; but that
circumstance only suficed to prove the remarkable
powers Of resistance of the Essex. Her iron sides
were struck in multitude of places with 10nch
and other sized bas the result in all cases being the
slight indentation into the sides of the steam
er, and then the balls breaking into thousand rag
wents and falling harmlessly into the water. The
Essex commenced with the upper gun and silenced
them all. one after the other.
BY way of New-Oreans we hear of the annih
lation Of the Rebel force uuder Gen. Sibley in New
Mexico. After the capture of Santa re, some time
since, the Rebels started back toward FL Paso. We
last heard of them at Fort Craig. Near Fort Fill
more Sbley was caught between the New-Mexican
troops under Gen. Candy and the new troops from
California; result-a perfect smash of the Rebels
who lost horses, arms, cannon stores and suffers
trains, great many killed and wounded, and half
their original force taken prisoners. The survivors
were 30 much exasperated that they assassina,ed
Gen. Sibley and Col. Steele during their retreat.
The Union forces, Immediately after the fight, took
possession of FL Paso ard Fort Bliss, near by, and
sent detachment to Camp Quitman, 80 miles east
of I'll Paso. Thereupon, the Texans evacuated
Fort Davis 200 miles east of Ii Paso, and all the
other forts in the extreme northwest OF the State
Fort Clark, 100 miles from San Antonio, now being
the nearest fort to FL Paso, held by the Texans.
Among the recen, very Christian acts of our
Southern brethren, we quote these two from New
Orleans papers:
few days since one Of Commodore Farraguts
men was tied to tree and oisemboweled BY party
of Mssippans, who captured him while wandering
to the shore, near the gunboais in the neghborhood
of Vic -sburg. party OF Rebels recently visited a
house ON Pawpaw Island, ten miles below Vicks-
burg and demanded food for themselves in tie name
of the Confedercy The only occupant Of the
house was an old woman 80 years of age, who gave
them the dinner they desired, but told them they
were trying 10 break up ole of the best Govern
meuts in tie world, and thst they could never form
enother as good. She begged them 10 disperse and
60 TO their homes and cease to annoy the people of
the region around. The rufians became enraged at
her words and after numerous threats against every
friend of the Union, they deliberately carried her
out of the house, and hung her upon tree before
her own door.
We have Pensacola adyices 20 the 18Th inst
The health Of the troops is good The War Depart
ment has detached Forts Pckens Barrancas, and
Camp. Arnold, at Pensacola, from the Department
OF Port Royal, and assigned the command 10 the
Department of the Cult, so that now Gen. Butler
mas $500 miles of coast to keep clear Of Rebel de-
predations. Admiral Fauagut with the iag-ship
Hartford, dozen or more gunboats and portion
Of Commodore Porters mortar feet, bis in Pens.
cola Bay.
Cincinnati dispatches of the 18th, say that the
Rebels commenced falling back yesterday, and were
between Demassville and Falmouth, burning bridges
on the Covington and Lexington railroad. scout
ing party of ffty-,hree Of the 10th Kentucky ca
valry engaged hundred Rebels, near Florence,
last night, and killed five and wounded seven, and
routed the remainder. Our loss was one killed and
one wounded
Persons from Richmo nd say that Rebel troops
are constantly arriving there from the South but are
hurried forward toward the Shenandoah 1t seems
probable that the leaders mean to establish their
base Of operations in that valley, having their sup
plies at Winchester.
We are told from Washington that 1t is not
known in official quarters recently reported, that
Charleston, s. c., has been invested, nor that there
is sufficient force in that vicinity to make such an
effort successful.