The Shasta courier., 1862-10-25
Telegraphic News.

4hC Ndk news ohHA VIZ pEcSCut tO-Q4l IL
compiled from dispatches received by the
Associated Press, and embraces dates from
the 10th to the 22d:
On the 18th fight took place midway be
tween Lexington and Richmond, Kentucky
in which the rebels were utterly routed. They
threw away their guns and accoutrements
and fed. Who commanded on either side
or what numbers or forces were engaged, We
are not informed. From the statement thai
the rebels 6 threw away their guns by thou
sands, the inference is easy enough that the
rebel force was rather large.
A rebel steamer called the Alabama, and
the one formerly called, as is supposed, the
$780," was making havoc in the Atlantic
Ocean with the commerce of the United
States. She has already destroyed a large
number of merchantmen, and her ravages
still continue. Several war steamers have
gone after her, but it is presumable that by
the time they reach her haunts she will have
gone to Southampton or some other English
port to coal, and to afford her. officers an op-
portunity to receive the congratulations of
the miserable snobs who rule that rotten en-
pire. In consequence of the ravages COM
mitted by her, the rates of insurance on out
going shipping have considerably advanced
On the 18th McClellan's army commenced
advancing Southwark
New Orleans news states that our gun.
boats had captured 1900 head of cattle at
Donaldsonville.
Davis is said to have issued proclamation
that Federal officers captured are to be put to
hard labor, if the emancipation proclamation
is carried into effect. The intent of this is
probably to cultivate an opposition to the
emancipation ;scheme among those who have
relatives in his clutches. We shall see.
The rebels demanded surrender of Nash.
vile on the llth. 1t was refused, and Gen.
Negley, who is in command at that point,
thinks that he can hold the place.
The draft for New York has been ordered
for the 10th of November.
The probabilities of European interference
have been materially lcssened since the bat.
tie of Antietam
The President is said to be preparing a
remonstrance against the treatment received
by Federal prisoners, which is known to be of
the most brutal and outrageous cLaractsr.--
They are provided with no clothing, and
with the smallest quantity of the poorest
food.
The Sioux war in Minnesota is at an end.
Evidence has been compiled, showing that
the outbreak was oecasioned by the intrigues
of secessionists and British traders.
Price has shown some symptoms of life
since the drubbing administered to him by
Rosecrans, at Iuka, Miss. He is reported to
ho concentrating force near Holly Springs,
in t! at State, with an ultimate idea of getting
possession of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad
at some point.
The Star is of the opinion that Mcclellan
has the rebel army in such position that it
must fight. If it does, he will whip them,
Mcclellan has never yet lost battle Not
one. The only fault alleged againt himl is
that he does not move fast enough, and about
the particulars on which this allegation is
founded the public knows very little.
One hundred and fifty of Stuart's cavalry
have been captured.
Many of the rebel sick at Shedardstown
refused to be paroled, but took the oath Of
allegiance and have been sent North.
Quantrel, the bandit rebel, made a raid on
Shawneetown, Kansas. on the 18th inst. He
killed nine citizens, burnt the town, and
stole everything that he could lay his hands
on. Lexington, KY, is again in the posses
sion of the Federal troops.
1t is reported that the inhahitsnts in the
vicinity of Culpepper Court House, Va. are
under the influence of terrible fright Of a
negro insurrection in that vicinity Seven
teen have been hung.
The Richmond Despath says that it infers
that this Government will soon try to force
iron-clad vessels up the James river, past
Drury's Ruff, and the Petersburg Express
fears there will be much suffering fer the
want of coal in that place.
A forward movement is earnestly urged
upon the Government.
The Very Latest,
just as we are going to press telegraphic
dis atch, dated Cincinnati, 22d inst, has
come to hand. 1t states that news was very
Scarce. A report was in circulation that
Van Dorm, the great rebel gun thief, has been
killed by one of Prices staff The rebels
are getting out of Kentucky good deal fast
er than they came in.
The Richmond papers speak dolorously
about the failure made in the invasion of
Kentucky, and say that all confidence in
Bragg is lost.
A prisoner who was taken at the first bat
tie of Bull Run las arrived. He says that
the new Merrimac is about ready for service.
She is heavily plated. and though smaller
than the old Merrimac, is yet an ugly GUS
toner.
The REBEL DEsroTIsN.-General Corcoran