The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1862-07-22

! lore zen. Curtis advance reached there,
and had dropped down to St. Charles.
Finding this the case, Gen, Curtis deter
mined to leave the river, the military
road to Helena affording some chance of
obtaining supplies, of which his army be-
gan to stand in need.
On the 9TH of July, Bayou DeCache
the advance guard of the army, compris-
ing four companies of the 11th Wiscon-
sin and five companies Of the SD Indi-
ana regiments under Col. G. +. Hovey,
Of the SD H., encountered force of |, :
500 rebel guerrillas, mostly conscripts,
terming themselves mounted infantry,
under Gen. Albert Rust. A sharp en-
gagement ensued, during which the lst
regiment of Indiana cavalry came up
with four mounted howizers, and after a
most determined fight of an hour and a
half, the rebels finally broke and fled,
leaving 10 dead bodies on the field
The federal loss was eight killed and
thirty wounded, including Major
Glender, severely wounded. and Capt.
Sloane, of the 18th Wisconsin, killed.
The army is generally in good health
and fine spirits, although somewhat ex-
hausted and good deal dilapidated, in
regard to clothing, from their long
march.
They did not meet any portion ofGen.
Hndman's forces, who are supposed TO
be concentrating at Little Rock.
i Lieut.. Noble has returned down the
river with steamboat load Of stores for
Gen. Curtis troops. We have adviccs
from Col Fitch to the 10th inst.
He was still at st. Charles on White
River, and had planned an expedition to
Cache River, hoping to reach Gen. Cur
It's, when the steamer Robert Allen ar
rived with Gen. Grants dispatches cali
ing upon him to leave the river, and sta
!. ting that reinlorcements would not be
furnished. 1t CHANGED that Gen Curtis
was already out of his troubles in the in
terror. Col. Fitch had two slight en-.
gagements. the first one four miles from
the river, on the morning of the 9th,
against superior force, the federal5 hav-
ing but 200; the enemy had $50. The
, rebel loss was eighty four killed, wound
ed and missing the federal loss in killed
and wounded was twenty-five, mostly
: wounded. The second fight was by
moonlight, ten miles out in Grand Prai.
5 RE, on the night Of the 18th inst, and was
little else than disgraceful flight on the
part Of the rebels.
r Col. Fitch took their camp, camp eq-
uipage, provisions, horses, saddles, &c
The engagement was within seven miles
! of Duval's Bluff. where their firing was
} plainly heard The rebels were shelled
with howilzer as they fed, and the ar
t rival of the fugitives at Duval's Bluff
created almost stampede.
+ WARRENToN, July l3.-The policy o.
concentrating the scattered armies il
: Virginia under Gen. Pope has developed
+ good results. For many miles the terri
tory has been cleared of ebel partizans
a Gen. Hutchin's command encountered
s Culpepper cavalry, killing and wounding
5 five and taking 100 prisoners, anon.
i whom, a Lieutenant who had been seer
j. in our lines beior. and German VIII,
had three times broken his parole. w
Q lost three slightly wounded.
|, NASHVILLE, July 13-Between 800
S and 1000 Georgian and Texan guerriIlas
: under Col. Forrest, attacked he It'd
Michigan and Sd Minnesota regiment
;, in Murfreesboro early this morning
r There was desperate fighting. At 8 hi
p m. the Michigan troops had surrend
i cred. The Minnesota troops were strong
ly entrenched and cut up the enemy ter
ribly with Hewitt's Kentucky battery
repulsing them with great slaughter OF
the third charge. Flags of truce wer
sent in by Forrest. demanding surrender
t Col. Lester replied, that he could hole
his position for week. The railroad
track was torn up, bul has been leplac
ed.
An attack on Nashville is not improb
able. Colonel Lester is reported falling
back on Nashville. Cannonading is hearc
repeatedly here. Col. Boone has arriv
ed with several companies.
LATER DIsPATcHEs.-As special to the
Associated Press says: MurfreesborC
has been taken by the Confederates
mostly Texan rangers, under Forrest
but was shelled by our batteries Ii i:
reported that the Ninth Michigan were
captured. The Sd Minnesota with their
battery were still holding out at last ac-
counts, Brig. Gems. Dufield and Crit.
tenden, Of Ind, were prisoners. Great
excitement prevailed In Nashville An
attack is expected We will give the
best fight possible, and if compelled to
yield, will she'll the city. "A battery is
in position for that emergency.
MEMPHIS. July II, via CAIRO, To-
Capt. Winslow and Lieut.. Noble, Of Gen.
Cuyliss' staff, reached here from Helena,
Arkansas, at which place Gen. Curliss;
entire command arrived on Saturday
morning, the / It'll. The army left Bates
vile on the 24lh of June and reached
Jacksonport on the 26lh, and on the Cd
ofJuly started across the country, march
ing to Helena.
On the 7th inst, Gen. Curliss advance
column, consisting of battalion of the
lst Indiana cavalry, ] lth Wis, and 23d
H., infantry regiments under command
of Col. Harvey, of the SD Illinois, were
attacked by regiment Of Texan cavalry
and large force ofinfantry. The latter
were mostly conscripts, recently forced
into tho sarpina A cbarp an,,a, aa,,