Arkansas true Democrat., 1862-08-27
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RICHMOND, Aug. 7.-Gen. Stewart left Hanover Court House on Monday, with Lees cavalry, ard proceeded within miles Of Fredericksburg. lie learned that two brigaGes of the enemy had gone in the direction of Hanover Junction. lie went in pursuit and overlook thelr rear guaed st Matta- poni, where q sharp sksmish took pace, in winch we captured 60 prisoners. The enemy beng rem forced, and having A strong position rn rising ground, Gen. Stewart fell ba k and enemy cid not puIsue. In the meantime detachment, sent oat Jor that purpose, captured train oi i2 wagons and fttv soldiers on Fredericksburg road. Gen. Stewart returned to Hanover Court House last night. RICHMOND, via MOBILE, Aug. 7th.--One hundred md ten prisoners, from Pope's army, who were taken by Stewards cavalry, near Gordcnsyi!ie, arrived tonight by special train. No officers among them-no particulars of capture.
 RICHMOND, Ang 7.-About 300O Confederate nris,ners have arrived here. The officers from Fort Warren say they were treated kindly, but the men who were confined at Fort Delaware were compeed to work the Notifications. Among fine returned are the of the privateers Pere! ond Sayannah, and the gunboats eff. Davis, Beau L4.d Dixie and Sumter e2 in all. Four hun- lred nrsoners. mostly northern born, were released
 o,, t.kino the oath, in violation of the cartel.- S,[to onany is active on both sides of the James -,ror and is disposed to advance from Fredericks- t,nrr There was considerable skirmishing yester- Gar in which the Coniederates were successful.
 Monfr August 6th.-A schooner from Havana r,n the blockade yesterday morning. The cargo <, aowaer. lead caps, salt, coffee, cavalry sabres end soap.
 The following is an extract from Memphis Bull Iet;n Of 18th inst:
 :. r. snpears from this that army is approach ; p;oi, ,aond from three points, via tredericks s i,,s, Cnr5 >nsyie and the Peninsula, ana with whFt result ifl soon be known.
 t rrl..n l. a ,onn,t, emanatng from some fede-
 ainn. ~ tbe et,.,,.t that Gen. Pope had been ro,,tod hy Gen. Jacksorf in Virginia. ana with con siderable lozs The report may nave colue uo" ' by the dispatch boat yesterday Whlcn pIousn. :,o :. rba President and Gen. Hallark, says me ot- sr,oYis News. have given themselves nlne months 7. go soh6pe the rebellion and conquer PeaCe-t'a' !; t lime of service for the 300, 900 lsiliia latei! c.,Ned for The war need not necessarily Lao' 'n:' lone. It rnay by a vigorous use ot inc ic!ees III the field be bro0ght to close before 'ne of that time The president and commandments chef are resolved, however, that 1t shall nov pc reotracted beyond that"
 CAMDEN. ARK, Aug 20.--We have papers or the l3th. froaa East of the Mississippi Large war ,nseting held at Washington on tine oth, od Lln- coin made speech, said there was no diincut'y between the government and Mcclellan, ans com p.imentsd him very highly. Walker ana 9'hers snoln SEralley the man who hung Mumfofd, was rTesan+. and yas received with three cheers :. 300 090 men in addition to Lincoln's former call r 900 On0 arc calle < for by draft for nine months A dian'tcb from Ston avail Jackson says, he has taken over 400 prisoners, including cen rr!nce he obtained l500 stand of arms. Een' iiuef mortally wounded. =, c
 Wo.EE. Aur. l3tb.-A ST scial dispatch from Richmond dated 18th, says that St the oa''le he"1 Cedar Run only II, ,000 Confederates were ehgaeeu against l5000 federas. Gen Hili cdue up a' dark and assisted in the pursuit of inc e4,ehi' loss nluch heavier than .., KNOXVILLE, Aug. 13.--Prisoners from Nashvi Ne va Huntsville, report the road to be lined Wit rsdera3s and the bridges strongly guarded. Every thing outside of Huntsville is of destruc lion, houses destroyed and fields laid waste. 800 negroes and large force of soldiers are fortiylng Stevenson The enemy have destroyed the track OH the Nashville road.
 RICHMOND, Aug. l2.-Northern dates of the 9th sav that the war department has invested ;. marshals and chief of police with authority Go arrest ard imprson all persons who by act or VT ting tend 10 discourage volunteering or enlistment or to give aid and comfort to tne enemy i s ordered that every citizen liable 10 be drafted, shall be arreatedif they attempt to leave the county, it is also ordered that the mails be discontinued.
 CAMDEN, Aug ?.
 The Baltimore Sun of the 14th uit., says Gen. Vtch, while near St. Charles, Ark, lost the eng- n,,er of the Lexington by the shot Of a guerrilla on ehore; he immediately took two of the prisoners and lung them in public place in the town.
 Tho. federal troops have taken possession of Bayou Sara, La.
 Sen. qreckinridgc has issued congratuatory address to hi, soldiers for the victory they achev ed at Baton Rouge. Loss about 500. brother of Mrs. LipCoi !, lieutenant colonel, was killed This is the secano brother of this lady that has been killed, the otAer at Shiloh. Her last living brother s m command of water battery near cks burg All engaged III the southern cause
 4 skirmsh took place at Point Pleasant, in Mo, on the 5th, betVeen the citizens and the State troops--manv lives were lost. The citizens had agreed to resist the federal enrolling act.
 The fed erals took possession ot the town of Don eldsonyile on the Mi ssissippi river on tue lOth, anu stole 250 negroes, and acknowledge only loss of two cannon.
 The London Herald's Pfris correspondent says an article in the C0nsttutiouei advocating the re- c0guition Of the Confederates States, has created great excitement, and is look ed upon a. confirm ing the report that Lord PaImeTeton has declined intervention. The step is taken jointly by rance and Russia. The Paris cores s2onoent of the ln- dependent says the Emperor of Russla ias proposed to make personal appeal to President Lincoln Tn order to induce him to accept of negotiations for compromise between the North and south.
 DEs ARC, Aug. 2l.-We have the Memphis BC,ietin of the l7th, from which we take the :ol lowing, accredi cd to the Greneda Appeal:
 RICHMOND, Aug l2 The following official dis patch was received to day:
 HEADQUARTERS VALLEY DISTRICT, Aug. II.
 CoroxEL--On the evening of the 9th inst God blessed our arms with another victory The bat tie WAS near Cedar River, about miles from Gull pep5er Court House. The enemy, according to fhe statement of prisoners, consisted of Banks, AcDoweil's and SeigePs divisions. We have crer four hundred prisoners, including rg-GenI Prince While our list of killed IS less than that of the enemy 8, yet we have to mourn the loss ot some os our best officers and men. Brig-Genl Chas S Winder was mortaliy wounded, while ably dischargug his duty in advance of the left wing Of the amy. We have collected about l50O small arms, and large amount of ordnance stores. 1 aIi, colonel. your obelent servant,
 T. J. JACKSON,
 Ma-Genl C9m'ag.
 To Col R. II. CHILros, A. A. G.
 ExrRAcr-The Chattanooga Rebel mentions rrmor on which some confidence was placed, that our forces at Sparta. Tenn, were attacked on the !th inst bv about 400 felerals Our troops are reported to have driven them back some distance, taking a number of prisoners, but discovering in 4heirfront greatly superior force ofthe enemy, fell back. when the federais advanced and took posses zion of the town 1t is also stated that body of our troops had retaken McMinvile, driving the enemy out.
 The Bulletin contains a long account of the bat tle near Gordonsvilie, written by the editor of the Washington Star who was an eye witness 10 the battle He claims that the federal loss was less than the Confederate Federal forces engaged 1000 infantry, exclusive of cavalry and artillery, the amount of which is not given, while the Con-