The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1862-02-25
News Summary.

Since our L,s, issue we have received
intelligence Of the NEST Cheering chaae-
ter. On Sunday, tie 10Th inst, after the
most gallant fighting, Fort Donelson. on
tie Cumberland River, Tenn, surrender.
ed 10 our forces under Gen. GRAFT II
was tie largest ard most closely contested
battle ever fought upoa this continent
Our loss h Killed and wounded i, not far
from COO. 1890 prisoners were takcn,
ibcluding four regiments from Miasssip-
ri, / from Alabama and one fIon Loui'i-
ana Thre tegimeuts hare bcch taken
since the Fort surrendered. li6 cannon
rere taken, f2,0G0 stand 81 small arms.
and large Amount OF military stores.
1yr ei,sa fI'l account Of tic battle in
another column 5000 81 he prisoners
have already reached Camp Douglas.
Ghies 0. AID 20 ileir boast oil spending
the winter il Northern cities has come to
tss. Cen Grant las been mads a Ma
jor General.
Gen Frees army Ia. been driven rot
oa, o,i of Missouri, but iGio Arkansas.
t.ru. Curtis I,as taken BenIouYil,e, 10 the
southwestern part Of Arkansas. Prices
army is completely routed. His son, a
Brig. General, aal several members Of
Is. sail, and large hunter q bis army,
hare been taken prisoners. Where now
il Prices liigllaIeiin proclamation, and
hi. army u $4,000 Missouiaa,i
Lieut.. Phelps sailed up the Tennessee
River aiih small gun. boat feet, about
$50 miles from the Ohio, TO Florence,
Ala. The Union feeling is very strong
all along The river. Tears and shouts Of
JOY hailed tic Star. and Stripes at almost
every village. Tie Union feeling is
strong in many parts Of the South, and
tile rebel government is denounced Oh all
sides.
Clarkssille, Tenn, hRs been evacuated
by the rebels, and Is now occupied by the
division Of Gen. Smith. Supplies enough
TO snbsisi cur army 20 days we're taken
at Clarksylle. There is no place between
Clarksyillc and Nashville at hich the
rebels could make a stand.
Savannah il believed to have been tax
en- by our f.rce-. Reports TO this effect
come from bel sources, AID they are
probably true and more too.
Over four hundred Of our prisoners a;
Richmond have been released by ex-
change. Col. Corcoran il no, among the
list.
One of the released Federal prisoner.
saws ll,err are 5000 Union men in Rich.
moad. We hope there are but We hope
also that there will soon bc full 100.
coo more tlicre--good, reliable Union men
Of lle right sort, with muskets in their
hands and cannon 10 back then. should the
muskei fail To Do the work Of the hour.
The Richmond papers say that every
train from Manassas is crowded with sol.
diers who are on their ryturu home to visit
their friends.
The late adsiees from Earope evincs
much more friendly feeling towards our
government than hitherto. This feeling
will be greatly increased by our recent
victories. There is lutte danger of wal
witt England
The EreHing Post says il has good au
ibofiIy i"r the statement that M. IIul>e.
man. the minister from Austria TO ,hi.
country. HAS stated that every one Of tbs
foreign representatives at Washington had
come to the conclusion that The DAYS Of The
rebellion were numbered, and that tie
power Of the Federal Government, woald
soon be iully re-cs;ablisled in all the non
seeded siales and. moreover. that t..
foreign ministers had seat dispatches L
,hsaF respective g3seumsEs. 20 ibis Il
feet. Ia few weeks wc shall, lherelore