The Shasta courier., 1862-08-30
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Chicago, August 26th-l2 a.-The renar,
that Fort Donelson was abandoned seems
to have been premature A dispatch frou,
the operator at Paducah (Kyl, SAYS: Fort
Donelson was attacked by seven hundred
rebels yesterday. After an enga gageme1t If
an hour, the enemy were repulsed, with The
loss of thirty killed and wounded. The Fed
eral loss was two wounded.
Cincinnati, August 26th-The rebels. ii
the attack on Fort DonelsonSesterday, hah
450 infantry, $50 cavalry, and two field peid
es. The Federal force was only four coni
panies.
Springfield Mo-, August 23d.-GenerS
Brown has issued an order requiring all pei
sons in this district, wi.o have not taken Il
oath to report to the nearest Provost MAJ
shal in person for that purpose All personJ
who fail to comply with the order by the 25tA
will be removed by Provost Marshal outsidl
of the Federal lines, and notified that If herai
after found within the lines without propal
authority they will be arrested and pIasel
close confinement.
New York. August 26th-The Timess
correspondent states - Tho portios-af Nc.
a An's army hieht;nbarked at Yorf N
has already arrived at Alexandra. IND
corps under General Franklin, which en{
barked at Fortress Monroe on Friday, ~
rived at Alexandria to-day. 1t is also q
ported that another corps will arrive at "a
same place tomorrow. In fact appearance
indicate that the entire Army of the Petoy
mae, excepting General Porter's divisiouAl
which went to Fredericksburg last week, viii
make camp California, the old campin 4
| ground situated two and half miles tron}
Alexandria, Temporary rendezvous. Th4
opinion prevails that the troops now at AES
exandra will proceed to join pope's army
| am informed that Kearney's division, which
arrived at Alexandria about the middle of
last week, took part in the engagement which
| occurred at Warfenton yesterday. The new
regiments are pouring daily into Alexandria,
and are immediately sent forward to join
Pope'
The Herald's Warrenton correspondent
says: Military critics profess to believe our
forces advanced to the Rapidan prematurely, !,
and that the attack made by jackson at
Cedar Mountain possibly deranged our cal
culations. AS a consequence, his coadjutor
can assail US now within thirty miles of
Manassas, and with the largest army the
rebels ever rallied We all lock hopefully
for the coming of Mcclellan. The troops Of
Burnside are here. If the new leyies were
ever needed it is at this time. Pope is still
held TO be equal TO any emergency. Banks
is still here with his command. Mcdowell
isactive, and everywhere present.
The Tribine's Rappahannock correspon-
dent says . The greatest crisis of the war
occurred between Thursday morning and
Saturday night, 1t has passed, and we are
safe and the nation is safe. Pope's artillery
is now guarding the line of the Rappahan-
I ,al- IL : |.
joined Pope on Friday evening, and hosts Of
regiments have joined and are joining him
by way Of Alexandria Burnside has massed
a large army at Fredricksbnrg Pope is
nearly or quite as strong as Lee and John
son. Same stir was caused in camp by the
sudden raid of two hundred and fifty guer-
rillas upon CattePs Station. Under cover Of
night they burned seven. Wagons, rsn of, y
number oe-harses and mules ,-.took4ta--41
hundred prisoners, and also took Gen.raf
Pope's personal baggage, with all his o!Glial
correspondence, which happened Ia he il:
one Of tho Wagons"
Baltimore, August 2G5h.-A pass eneer
train on the Winchester Railroad was stop
ped between there and Tiarper's Ferrv. ca
Sunday. and destroyed. Foqr soldiers we're
taken prisoners,
Clifton &C.. W. J, August 2jth.-The in
digidual supposed to be Yancv. who passed
through Buffalo disguised, en- route for Eu-
orpe via Canada, few days since, was
George n. Sanders, formerly noted as a
New York politician, He is supposed to be
a bearer Of dispatches to ribos Cun.nissiQa-
ers in Europe.
A dispatch from Lexington, Kentucky,
says There is no occasion for alarm about
General Morgan's position at Cumberland
Gap. A courier, just arrived, reports that
there is no fear of starvation. The rebels
| are Is 900 strong in front, and 80, 900 are in
the rear, under Bragg, Lloyd and Kirby
Smith.
Cassius NJ. Clay was sent to-day with his
brigade. General Nelson also takes the field.
A Kentucky negro brigade, to repair the
bridges, will leave Tomorrow. A dispatch
from Frankfort saws. General Morgan re-
pulsed large force of rebels on the other
side Of the Gap. Colonel Garrard also had
several skirmishes with the rebels, and re.
pulsed them every time. The enemy ex-
pect to starye General Morgan out, but there
are no fears Of this, as he has thirty DAYS
forage and provisians.
Washington, August 26th.-Passenger
from Virginia, to-day, report that an en-
gagement occurred at Warrenton yesterday,
in which our forces were successful in driy-
ing the enemy out of town. We were still
holding it at the latest advices. The rebel
force engaged were mainly cavalry.
Chicago, August 26th.-A careful consid-
Grafton of the evidence accumulated thus
far goes to show that the influence of white
men was at the bottom Of the Indian massa-
ere in Minnesota The facts that distant
tribes, like the &ancton and Cut Heads.
weremoving in concert with the-Soux that
tbaforce attacked post defeudad hSartillery,
u fort Rieeely y-spel kck being with
o. srecedeAt in fndyn history that they
murdered missionaries who haze spent their
lives among them. and who in ordinary Is
turbances would exercise considerable intA,
ence over them. seem to indicate some direl
ting intelligence Superior to themselves.
Philadelphia. August 15th.-The Bulletin
has information from General Lears, who
left the Rappahannock yesterday morning.
to the effect that the troops had frequent
skirmishes with the rebels while falling back
from the Rapidan The losses were not Sc
rious. Pope holds the railroad bridges with
two commanding positions opposite the Rap
pahannoek, which the rebels assaied several
times. Our troops are distributed along the
rive. and resisted all assaults They viii be
able to maintain their position until their juno
ton with other army corps enables them TO