The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1862-08-09
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spirits.
Waterloo, Va, Aug. /.
Intelligence from Cdlpeppsr says ttss
scouting parties are Gus almost every day.
and occasionally bring in rebel scouts. No
enemy, In force, has yet been discovered
this side OF Gordonsville. Il 10 suppoeed
thss str.n9 entreochments ere being con.
ssrueted q that place By the rebels. Gen.
Pope, on the way thithes. Was enthusiast.
cally received By the troops. Desersjons
bave been very much checked within the laae
few days, BY the striseess orders Of Pope.
several desertefs hssioe been fosod guilty..
and sentsned 70 b Asasdsd and dsummed
out OF the asmy.
Cairo, Aug. 2.
The Grenada Appeal Of the 2Stb, says the
Eederals have abandoned the idea OF t..
kiBG. .vicksburg BY water, and are now eyi-
dently awaiting the corporation Of their
Washington, Aug. Q.
The notorious female rebel spy, said to be
. sister Of Chas. +. Faulkner, and Who has
u-ru f9T 6 long time engaged il carrying
the rebel mails to Richnond from points
within our lines, has been arrested, and II
now confined in the Old Capitol Prison.
Warrington, Aug.2
A dispatch from the head d-quarters Of the
army OF the Potomac, says that coo sroeps
X, Hlsed the river yesterday FOR the purposs
opsY, lsroying the houses aud woods on the
sCoMrLAIShore, which had afforded pfoteo.
funE BIooh rebels. Everything in the shape
. Of Me b1ooas vas destroyed. This vas
ps deSSm which the rebels sheiled our
skipping and encampments. The gun boats
were engaged this afternoon 10 shsll-
ing the shore and houses down the river
Five men were killed and two wounded by
the enemy's shells, night before last.
Memphis, Joly 81.
The arrivals from Brownsville bring in.
telligence that rebel raid was made upon
that place on Friday last, and thai every
man there buying cotton was captured. and
$40, 900 taken from them, 400 bales of
cotton burned. Five hundred cavslry ar.
rived there the same evening, when the reb-
els fed; they were pursued when slight
engagement took place, on Hstehee and
Forked Deer Rivers. A number Of rebels
were captured, and ferries and bridges de-
stroyed. The rebels, to the number of 300
under Capt. Jackson, was at Denmark on
Saturday. 1t was reported that Viliipegne
was marching on Bolivar. jackson used
pontoon bridges to cross the Forked Deer
river. 5 s, -. ~
Heavy canonading Was heard in the di-
rection Of Bolivar, on Saturday and Sum
day, but the cause was not ascertained, ls
is understood that the Federals are fortify.
ing the place. .5ssf ,.s-a
r.
A report from Bloomfield, Missouri, says
that 100 Of Col. Daniels cavalry have been.
attacked by nix or seven hundred rebels,
bat it is thought that Daniels will .e able
to hold his position, until feinforcements,
which have been sent, can reach him.
Washington, Aug. 6.
Special to New York papers.-A dele
CATION Of Western men, including two Sen.
ators, made an offer OF certsin negro reg
iments to the President yesterday, to which
offer the President replied that be had de-
cided not to arm negroes, but would ao-
oeps as many as offered a. laborers. This
is understood to be the settled policy Of
the Government. This refusal excites sur
prise among parties interested in Gen. JfA
Lanes plane, az he stated positively before
leaving, that the Administration understood
his intentions about enlistiDg negroes in
Kansas.
Boston, Aug-6.
Five hundred leading merchants Of this
city have agreed on an arrangement that
young mon IN their employ, enlisting in the
service Of the United States, shall have
their situations on their return. s yzev,
ae zseY 60 New York, Aug. 8.
AZ near % can be ascersainsd, tvessy.
three thousand men have already enrolled
10 this State under the call for three hum
drei thousand volunteers. -"
The Tribupe,s Washington Corresrou-
dent says is 10 believed here that some very
important movements are about TO take
place, affecting the fortunes OF the cam
paign. What these movements are 10 NOS
stated. q ass.s ti94S7a
- Washingtop, Aug. 8.
Governor Morgan, Of Nov York, and
Thurlow Weed arrived in sWsshiqgton lass
night, The Governor thinks thAs New
York's quota OF volunteers will be Furnish.
ed BY the end Of this week. assaAs q -
g Washington, Aug.6.
Il 10 believed that Gen. BnrneidS mss
reached bic new field, OF operations aod
may 'eoon, By aets OF his own, ansoooes NE
sxscs locality. There j. authority Tor en-
phatically denying the truth OF the etste-
lnens that Secretary Seward has 1mado any
to France aagaiDstl the pre-.
snoe, in the Gulf Of Mexico, of z peweripl
deet. n y ..ef,,sf aat
..,4 is.. Washington, Aug. g..
The latest adyices from Sperryvllle say
that prisoners continue 70 % Drought IN
from MadisoD. Loyal blacks are conl?g
into our lines IL great npmbsss ffomi the
direction Of Ssuarssyills., They are repre-
rented % being . very sopefios o!asss e0d
win make sxcelleuS tsst1essss. Seesok
psrsy Yesterday feuud ha1weeas 20sa.9 -
nesroee in irous,l twelve miles fro1 4ad.
ison, in : nearly starving condition.
New York. Auk: 3.
TIE Timses wsshiDescs special 1lsese6h.
: ~ ehsS wslt iafssnsd eiSolea ar laleoE
Dteriee ehest novsments either pfoGF
" i.peadisg il Gen, AeClelll'ssnp l's DsRssf'- DlslRs
meots
i. ..4 Wash;pstop, 1ae.
The heavy drsst being msdJ by 4cvefs
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