The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1862-08-16

itbs ares. of such psrissonss . u . rsisss u tax
the oath Of alfegisnce and baoishment De.
yond th4 Federal lines, ard while, The Stis
ordsvs of Gen. aPepe remain ip force, eg1
repealed BY the competent military author
fty sof Tie United States; and that 10 .,
i event of the mafder 81 any upafmed citi
seq Of inhsbitsnt, II the tonfederacy, by
/ virtue Or under pretext of Gen. SteinRehr'
order. for the arrest Of I've promlDeut citi
sens Of Paxe County, TO bes held as hostage,
and cutter death 10 the event Of any soidie
being shot by bushwhacke kers, the Ccmnao
ding General OF the forces Of this Confed
eracy 20 cause Immediately to be hung, on
OF the 0ommissioued officers, prisoners q
Aforesaid, auumber equal 20 the number O.
our own citisens thus murdered BY the en-
enJ. -
aaala = ,siaa - Chiesgo, Aug.s -.
i The meeting of those inssressed 10 th'
buildiDg Of tho Pacific Railroad, which wa'
called 70, tho Srss Tuesday in September
in 4this city; promises to be of great inter
est, and will be largely attended. A larg'
number Of promiueot managers OF different
railsoads. have sieni6ed sheir intention to,bt
present. The entire Board Of Directors; oi
she American and u ST. Express Compa.
niss have already secured accommodstion
during the session Of tho Convention.
a97 tsaoa9" SIs Memphis, Aug. 6.
Information 10 regard 70 the movements
ef Bragg are vague, and but little is known
10 regard to them; il is thought, however,
that BE has gone eastwa I'd with large de.
tachmert OF his army. Price remains il
command at Tupelo, With q strong force
The steamer Marx r. Check reports that
when she left HaleDa heavy firing was heard
from below. II was supposed that 6ght
command Of the 33d Illinois, and the reb-
cls. @ 'a.'5 y. 'a
g n St. Louis, August 9.
! Missouri river steamboat navigation il
suspended for she present above Jefferson
City, in CONSEQUENCE Of guerrilla Interrupt
tion.s Il will probably be resumed in few
days. sldsa5 g.ssar 59s ,s79f1.ua
+ agf #a@ost Cape Race, August 8.
The following is BY the steamer City Of
Baltimore: ~
The Paris correspondent Of the London
Times believes the American question has
the most serious attention of Napoleon, and
that council Of Ministers has been held
upon il. 1t would not be surprising If the
subject were laid before the English Gov
ernment in still more pressing manner,
with view to . speedy solution.
He says--I do not intend to say whether
the movement will be followed by any i'm
mediste effect, or whether France will take
the lead with the expectation that England
cannot do otherwise than follow, or wheth-
er both will act ct the same time. l only
know shat France is convinced that the pre-
sent moment 10 the most opportune for
united action.
He (the correspondent intimates that
Lincoln and some Of bis advisers would not
object to some gentle pressure.
The Times, cditorialiy, continues to point
out the federal prospect as more gloomy
But the Daily News combats such views,
and speaks of the northern policy with con-
tinued confidence. sass
Most of the London journals allude to the
financial crisis in America, and reiterste
their structures upon 'sthe false financial
policy of the governments" Even the Star
charges the Washington cabinet with the
most deplorable ignorance of true economy.
The Times argues that if the position had
been reversed, the Amer,cans would not
have respected the blockade, bat would
have broken it under the plea Of lf-pres-
ervatioD. n a ,ra5aE faz
Several journals attack the Arch Bishor
Hughes for certain revolutionary remarks
made BY him in . speech before the Dublin
parliament.
IrALY.-Garibaldi in the course Of re.
cent speech at Marsala, several times made
use Of the phrase, s.Rome or DEATH" tc
which the people responded each time, eyes
Rome or DEATH" He spoke in violent term.
of Napoleon, and said, 1--WE have given him
Savoy and Nice be etill wants something
moro. He has one prince ready for Rome,
another for Naples |" ~ E.i
Washington, Aug. IL.
A despatch from the headquarters ol
the army of Virginia, six miles beyond
Calpepper, Of the 10Th, says ;.
A battle was fought yesterday between
Gen. Banks and Stonewall jackson. Gen
Bayard, of McDowell's corps, with his cav
airy brigade, had been engaged tho day be.
fore, in the extreme advance, near Rapidau
River, diminishing and manuevering, 10.
king some prisoners, and ending with q
slight loss, and bathing the efforts OF Q
large rebel force to surround and cut them
Of. Yesterday he was engaged for some
hours, and with four regiments OF cavalry
delayed the snemy's advance until Bank.
came up. H zrl
The rebels under Jackson and Ewell had
crossed the Rppidan IN force. Their ad'
vance, numbering Is 900, vas attacked BY
Banks in the afternoon, six miles south oi
Culpepper. The fight was almost wholly
with artillery at fret, but the infantry BE-
came engaged about six O'Clock, when dc.
termined and bloody contest ensued.-
Banks right wing, under General Williams
suffered severely. The position Of the reb'
els was in the woods, while tho troops
which made the attack were obliged t.
cross an open piece Of ground.
Ii was not until six O'Clock IN the even.
ing that it became evident that the debell
were attacking in force. Previous to tbi'
there had been rather desultory cannona'
ding; at that time the whole force OF tb'
. rebels advanced in overwhelming number
ct all points. Nearly oil their regiment
Iu tho evening Gen. Pope srrived on th'
field from Culpepper, accompanied b.
Med DWELL and part Of bic Corps, but th
battle was substantially over, Banks bold
ing the same position occupied at the be
ginning of the fight.
After Pope's arrival the artillery 6re ~
kept up at intervals until II o'clock mex
morning.
| Al ono time Gen. Pope and staff were d
near the rebel lines that sudden charge o
rebel Cavalry wss msds from the wood
= nuartAr Of = mild 6ietaut. with view D