The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1862-08-21
NEwsO OF THE WEEK.

Affairs in Virginia appear to be of stir
ring nature, and it would not surprise US an )
day to hea. of decisive battle. at least &C
far q, that state is concerned. It is now GER
tain that Gen. Mcclellan has made q sue
cessful and mastery evacuation from his pre-
carious position On James River. The tele-
graph informs us that HE army had arrived
safe at Williamsburg, on last Monday, and
will in all probability be united with Pope's
forming solid body of 10000 men.
appears to be Halleck's plan to mass the
whole army in Virginia. between Richmond
and Washington SO as to prevent any move
ments the rebels may have in view to make
an advance towards Washington. Pope holds
Rapidap, and has the extreme right Of The
new line Burnside, at Fredericksburg
h olds the center, and Mcclellan, when be
gets in position, will have the left. Once
the whole army is in position, it may be
able to resist an advance until the new fevies
which are now pouring into Washington, ar
rive.
For some time past we have been enter
tanned with different accounts of the pro-
gress of the wa in the South west. We
were told one day that the Arkansas had
been destroyed. aid the next that she was
not, but. on the contrary, had destroyed
portion of federal fleet Then Baton Rouge
had been taken by the rebels, and then
again they had sustained repulse. The
news on Monday afternoon settled both OF
these questions. The Arkansas ram has
been destroyed, and Breckenridge has sus-
tanned a repulse at Baton Rouge.
We learn from the Memphis Appeal that
an engagement took place, on the 18th inst,
on White river, near Clarendon, between
the division of Gen. Hovey. consisting OF
six regiments of infantry and eight regi-
ments of cavalry, and part Of Hiudman's
force which had been sent forward from Lit
tie Rock to check the advance of the . MON
army. The battle ragged some time with
destructive results; how many fell in the
engagement we have not been informed; the
contes. ended by the defeat and rout of Hind
mans men. and the capture of 700 prisoners.
The telegraph advises US Of the advance
of 3,OOc resel cavalry at Richmond, Ken
lucky, twenty five miles from Lexington.
These are reported to be the advance Of the
larger force at London and Somerset They
are gathering supplies from the we'll filled
barns of tina section of the State, They are
also in force in other quarters, but the mill
tary authorities of Louisville forbid the pub
LEGATION of their whereabouts. We have no
knowledge Of the force sent to meet them.
Late dispatches from Missouri state that
the guerrilla bands of both Porter and Poin-
dexter have been effectually broken up aud
dispersed At one time Porter had 8 900 or
1000 men under his command.
A private correspondent. from London. to
the New York Tribune. states that Mr. Sill
dell has arrived in that city. and already
had several interviews with Mr.. Mason, for
the purpose of deciding what was the last
step to take to hasten the recognition of the
Southern Confederacy, which seems to have
been of late no object of great Indifference
to the English Cabinet. It is said the two
rebels have agreed to address a note to all
the European Cabinets, demanding recog-
milton Of the Southern Con deracy-not in
the name Of an abstract principle of rights;
not even in virtue Of its manliness in main
tanning its independence, but in the name Of
their legally asserted rights Of the rights up
on which foreign nations have acted toward
Al g. !,
ent time.