Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1862-09-12

TVTIOTU .
Cavalry who attacked my outposts have been
defeated with the loss of about so prisoners,
horses and arms now in our possession. Our
loss TO- wounded, Capt. Grovenor and Lieut..
Logan of the 18th Ill. Cavalry. Loss of the enc
my greatly exceeds our own but is not accu-
rately known.
! Signed julius WHITE,
Brig. General.
Oakland, Md, Sept. s.-There is no commu-
nication with Baltimore from here direct. The
latest news was brought by an engine from Har-
per's Ferry TO Cumberland and thence westward
by the accommodation train this morning.
A cavalry skirmish occurred yesterday 2. NJ.
near Martinsburg, with what is supposed TO have
been rebel accommodating force from Winches-
ter. The rebels are said to have been driven
back to Winchester with a loss of40 men killed
and captured. Our force at Martinsburg is re-
ported effective, mostly from the west. This is
from most worthy passengers.
Fort Monroe, Sept. Cit is reported that
Merrimac No 9 has been seen below Fort Dar-
| ling, evidently making towards Newport News.
There is no doubt that reconnaissance has been
made of the James River by two or three rebel
lgunboats within day or two.
4 LATER-There is great excitement here in
consequence of the report that Merrimac No.
had reached the vicinity of Newport News and
had an encounter with one or two of our gun
boats and had driven them before her. All the
shipping here has been removed TO a place OF
safety, but no fears entertained of anything
serious as much arrangements have been made
by our naval authorities as will probably make
the career of Merrimac No. 2 of shorter duration
than her former namesale.
New York, Sept, S.-The Tribune's corres-
pondent says that Hon. Eli Thayer is urging
I and with hopes of success the Government to
adopt plan for the colonization ofthe rebellious
States as a war measure. Mr.. Thayer's project
| is to throw Northern and foreign emgrants into
the insurrectionary districts of the Gulf States
armed and under the auspices of the Govern
ment, in such formidable bodies as to defy the
lguerrillas. He wishes to make the initiatory
experiment in Florada the more inviting por-
tions of that State to be taken possession of and
held by the invading loyalists Mr.. Thayer says
who are to be enlisted for six months only
There are eleven million acres ofunappropriateC
public lands in Florida, besides what can be ia
| ken under the law, authorizing the sale of rea
estate for the non payment of taxes.
t Mr.. Thayer's friends are asking his appoint
ment as Brig. General, to enable him more sue
3 lcessfully TO carry out the idea
) Gen. Banks is sick at Wizards Hotel. Tn,
: attending surgeon prescribes quiet and rest a
necessary for his recovery from the injuries re
lceved at the battle of Cedar Mountain.
Two companies of Vermont cavalry who wer,
supposed to have been cut off in an affair on til,
Rappahannock, some days ago, have come safe
Ily into the lines, after having experienced grea
dangers and hardshps pursuing eircuitou
route to reach the city.
4 Harrisburg, Sept "a rebel deserter, VIII,
: arrived at Hanover, reports rebels at Fredericl
4 100000 strong No important intelligence ha
been received from Hanover any point on tn
4 Northern Central Rail Road.
n Washington Sept. 9.-There is no doubt tina
a the rebels in large force are between Dansvill
and Leesburg to-day, apparently designing t
o cross into Maryland from these points. BY thi
e time we have troops enough there to preven
n them from cOnsummating their object Beyon
these facts but little if anything can be learned
. There is nothing from further up the Potomac
c New York, Sept. I0.-The Times publishe
e Gen. Pope's report of the recent battles of Vir
: ginia. He severely censures the conduct Q
e Fitz John Porter, but speaks in the highest term
i IOf the zeal and energy of Generals Mcdowell
n Banks, Reno, Heintzelman, Hooker and Kearney
e He attributes the disaster of Saturday jointly
the conduct Of Porter and the failure of McClell
: an 70 send him supplies. On these points h
says: 81 do not hesitate to say that if the corp
d of Porter had attacked the enemy on the after
e noon OF Friday as he had my written order [
l. lido, we should have thoroughly crushed Jackso
e. before forces under Lee could have reached hin
why he did not do so do not understand
70 Our men, much worn down by hard service an
e. continuous fighting, for many previous day
and being short Of provisions, rested on the
II gums.
el "our horses had had no forage for two day
re I had telegraphed and written urgently for ri
= tions, and forage TO be sent us, but on Saturda
3 morning before the action was resumed, Ir
ceiyed letter from Gen. Franklin, written Il
day before at Alexandria, stating to me, that !
r had been directed by Gen. Mcclellan to infor
" me that rations and forage for my commar
at would be loaded into the cars and ayailab
I2 wagons as soon as I would send cavalry seeo
in to Alexandria TO bring them up.
l. "All hope Of being able to maintain my pos
h. ton, whether victorious or not, vanished vii
" this letter. My cavalry was utterly brok,
d, down by long service in the face of the enem
to and bad as they were, they could not be spar,
n from the front, if there had been time to
of back 80 miles TO Alexandria and await the LOAF
v. ling of trains.
Id "Atthe time this letter was written, Alexan
ria was swarming with troops and my who
b. army interposed between that place and the on
Imy. ] at once understood that we must, If po
lsible, finish what we bad to do that day, az mig
be must see US bohind Bnll Run, if we wished
I'd save our men and animals