Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1862-07-11

Prom Gen. sHaAkeolE'n Column.
ooRTrrn, July 2.A-Bight or ten rsgi-
menls Of cRyalry under, Gen. Chalmes, AZ
tackled Col Sheridan's advaDceguard about
two miles South Of Bonneville about eight
o'clock yesterday morning.
Our companies made a most Brilliant
charge on the enemy'srear and az the same
time Major Carson, Second Iowa Cavalry,
made n dash ia front and on the eneunyt
lcft, alarming the enemy so much that Col.
onel Sheridan was enabled 10 hold them 10
check wv hitoa aHi falaof sfn
About half past three the enemy com
inenccd retiring, but Sheridan having only
the 2d Iowa and Sd Michigan Cavalry, was
unable to pursue No report Of loss given.
The enemy mako demonstrations daily
on different parts Of our lines. ~ iiflf
CoRtSrH, july 5.--SAf former employee on
the Mobile and Ohio r. r., from Mobile
via Tupelo, says that two gun5oSss snd
one ram arc 10 Mobile Bay, and about TO-.
600 troops below Mobile on the Shell road.
That fortiications around Mobile, which
commenced month ago, are completed. -
The inhabitants are saneuiae. aud think
Mobile cannot be taken He says that
Bragg Is 10 command at Tupcllo, with 40
to 10000 men, BFeckinridge had left
there with 10000 men. All the troops
were short Of clothing and provisions
They have bacon twice week, no coffee
and no salt. The rebels say the time will
come to re-take Corintb, and tho rebel i'm
preston generally, is, that the majority Of
our troops have gone East. Itisthe unan-
imous testimony Of the scouts, deserters and
spies, that no rebel troops except cavalry
have gone East.
To e. M Stanton, Secretary Of War:
CoRISrH, July 6.-O6icial dispatches are
lust received Of brilliant cavalry affair
near Bonneville, Miss, on the 1st inst
Col. Sheridan, Of the I'd Michigan cavalry,
with two regiments consisting Of 72s men
were attacked by parts Of eight regiments
Of rebels numbering 400 men which he
defeated and drove back after seven hours
fighting. We lost Al in killed, wounded
and missing. The rebel loss must have
been great. They left sixty-five on the
field. H. w. HALLECk.
WASHINGTON, July 6.-Arived to-day
FIVE Lieutenants and two Sergeants Of al
Iowa regiment, captured at Shiloh ant
afterwards prisoners at Macon, Georgia
They exchanged clothes with rebel soldier
in prison and escaped, procured couple
skifs and started down the Ocomulgee rivei
| When they arrived at the mouth of the ri'
er they were picked up by boat from on
of our vessels They were transferred 4
r the transport Moss, and arrived at For
Monroe Saturday morning.
The Navy Department is officially in
formed that on the / 18th ult., Lieutenant
Commanding Powell, in the guuboat Ledo
ma, accompanied by the Somerset crossed
the bar of St. Marks river and drove out {
company Of rebel artillery with or 5 field
pieces from fort near the lighthouse, af
forwards landing and burning the fori
together with the buildings used as bar
racks.
We captured the English schooner Lucy
from Havana endeavoring TO run the block
ade of the Florida coast. The steamer
Somerset has captured the schooner Clrlev
of Cedar Keys, Fla. She was from Ha
yana. The Somerset also surprised I
steamer in Dead Mans Bay, loading will
cotton. Before she could be reached, she
, was fired and destroyed by her crew.
The U. S. steamer Montgomery, off Ri
Graude, has captured the British schoone
Will-o'-the- -Wisp, loaded with gunpowde
5 in fish barrels and bags, percussion caps
shoes and case marked clothing.
The U. S. steamer Bienvile captured OF
Cape Fear the schooner Morning Star, from
Nassau, heading for Wilmington. Sh'
was loaded with salt, acids, cigars, DC.