The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1862-09-06
= COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA, SATURDAY. 1862. .

= =. SEPT IS 1862. I. {
The. general feeling amdne the loyal pSopl
Of Alexandria and Wss6ipgton is one Q
more confidence; and the depression whicl
prevailed among, loyal psp for the pas
week, has given tay to that q slsdoess.
That there has been I mast extensiv
movement Of troops from Alo1andria an
other points 10 beyond doubt.
1t iss currently believed that Tie majo
portion Of eu1 army has had either Akir
misbing or . hard fought battle vithfeA'
enemy within the last 36 houss. ts 10 gee
orally believed that aa extensive movemeo
wss nadeAy tho whole army yesterday On
der McC Clsllan, insolvipg . battle, the resul
Of which, II fought, is not yet suooanoed
Oar advices sse TO Friday noon, and iron
the most tSossworthy sources. ssfia a
s7ss'. New York, Aug. 80.
The Times' New Orleans correspondent
SAYS BAYOU Sara was destroyed BY oul
gun boats. Commodore Porter. had gon'
DIP the river 70 demolish al places On th'
banks where xusrriilas hsd fred on passinl
boats -, go, ,.F@s 49,.
Breckinridge has threatened to raise th'
black Gag againss our troops. Col. Paine,
Baton Rouge, has sppropri.
tely responded. zf.,.s., -, -a5F
/. is said Baton Rouge will be abandonet
and probably destroyed. .,., il u
sattG 81 ssai qia. Memphis, Aug. 81.
One hsudrsd guerrillas visited Hope6eld
Ark, opposite h.re, last night, literally
sackiug the place. asst
The rebel Congress has declared Kansa,
ID the southern Oosfederscy. s1k {
Yanoy has introduced . bill legalisiDl
The cots Of guefrillas, and IT taken BY the
federals, and treated otherwise than aal
prisoners Of war, Je6 Davis must retaliats
Priss 10 reported 70 be moving to the sup
port Of Bragg. aoe4s'ia 'f
~ Nashville, Aug. 20.
Gen ROsseau has assumed command here
Strong forti6cstions, commanding the river
have been erected. es d.f.!g st.,s
The rebels arc said to have evacuatet
Cha;tanooga, and gone to Knoxville.
9 eWashingtou, Aug. 80.
The following has just been recei ved
HExD-ouAxrHRs FrsLD or BATTLE,
GsnvsroS, NEAR GA1NssvTLLE,A ,Auc. 80. !
To Gen. HaAsck: ~. ~
We fought terrible battle here ysstsr
day, with the combined forces of the enemy
which lasted with continuous fury from
daylight until after dark, BY which time
the enemy was driven from the field, which
Ne now oc cupy, Our troops are toe muci
exhausted to push matters, but shall dt
10 in the ourse Of the morning, a. soon
IA Fits John Porter's cerps comes up from
Manassas. The enemy is still in front, bu
badly used up.; s.We have lost not less thar
900 in killed and wounded. From tht
appearance Of the feld, tho enemy mus
have lost Two to our one. He stood str'csll
on the defensive. Every assault wal, made
BY ourselves. fOnr troops behased splen.
dldly. The battle vas fought on. the iden.
tical battle. field Of Bull Run, which greatly
the Enthusiasm Of our men. +
News has Just reached Ne from the from
shst tho enemy 10 retreating towards th'
60 forward at once to see.-
We have made great captures-am not abb
to form an idea Of thsir, extent.
Efgti' (Signed,) ai JoHN PoPE.
ssa.a ,s.. Philadelphia, Aug. 80. .
Last evenings Washington Star has .th'
followingi:qr1 ri 4a g.s8.ya a grs 2asa4
We have information which satisfies q
that the rebel force which suddenly sppssr
cd 10 the rear of Pops's army, and q Bris
tow and Manassas, on Tuesday night last
was Jackson's DivijioD, and Stosrt's iode
pendent oayalry corps, about 35, 600 strong
They marched from near Waterleo, oD th'
head waters Of the Rappahannock. arotns
by White Plains 90 Mansssas, . distance q
40 miles, in; two days, without wagons
tents, blank ksts, or even knapsacks; thu
leaving their baggage OF ell descriptions 4
be transported With the ether army corp
Of Lee following behind. Instead Of fgbt
ing merely . portion Of Ssuart's cavalry 2
Manassas On Wednesday, TsJlor's BriGad
was. actually confronted BY the create
portion Of Jackson's Corps. de- Armse-
Jack son, Ewsll, Ts,liaferro, Hill, Stuar
and Lee being present during the epgaEs
mept.
Thursday at 10 o'clock Jackson's ad
vance occupied Fsirfax With foros d
cavslry.92 csSaij4aH
. The enemy had collected thsir ov,
wounded Of the day before, in the batsl'
With Tsylor, end also those OF the engage
ment with Hooker the same day. In th,
afternoon, 400, cavalry ,snder Stuart movet
to Vienna. Hooker's battle on, WedDesdal
was with Eweil's Dlvieion, and was . graft
flying success.
Gen. Pope, at half past 9 O'Clock Thurs
day had 6ohcshtrated his tety lafge army
90 a. to sadly interfere with the ca:cula
tions upon which the rebel Generals mus
have vsntured on their very bold aud ex
tFaordinary movement. He had got Mo
Dowsll's force, including Sigei's, probably
between Jsckson's resi- and LongstFeSs1
front, and had oil the rest Of bis arm,
within supporting distance. Thus il 0ou
tipued through the balance Of the afternoon
Facts within our knowledge lead to sh.
impression that within "a houfs direct Co&
munication will be rs.establishsd betwees
Washington and PogsR army, more espe
Cislly, % thsfs sre D that jackscnis en-
deavofing TO proceed u6rthwsrd; as thUbkl
making the experiments Of orposink the re
establishment Of suCR communication.
We may add thas McC Clellsn 10 disposin,
OF bic heavy force around Washington On,
Alexandra 80 % soon to make it play q
important part in the drama.
10 the battle on Thursday the attack Ger
tainly came from oar s,ds. ao
se fhiladelphia, Aug. so.
A corresp ondeut Of the Press Gays Will
Sieel and Mcdowell are harrrssing Jack
son on the flank, With Banks 10 bis rear,
still larger army than al disputes his march
w New York, Aug. 30.