Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1862-07-12
News by Telegraph.

NoIIutii, -uisS., Jui - 1 en- lHOuSanu
rebel troops are reported at Mobile. The
inhabitants are sanguine that place cannot
be taken. torutlcaIlUns were commenced
q month since.
Bragg is also reported to be in command
Of 10000 troops at iupeto. Breckenridge
hal left there with 81, OO0-destinatio not
known. The rebel troops are short of pro,
visions and clothing.
Washington, July s.-McClellan has is
sued an address to his army on the opera
tious Of the last ten days, in which he
says You have succeeded IN changing
your base Of operations by flank move
memts, which are always regarded as most
hazardous, as Ii military eNpedent. You
have saved al! the MATERIAL except few
guns in the last battle, and under every
disadvantage Of numbers and position, you
have in every conflict beaten back the
enemy.
Fortress Monroe, July Sin CONVEX
sai,on with Gen Patterson, Gen. McClel-
Ian is reported TO have said: We have
fought battle every day for week. and
WHIPPED the rebels every time, thcueL they
bal lhr.e to our one.
Washington, July "a dispatch from
Mcclellan to the War Department, dated
one clock. morning of the 4rh, says no
fighting since Tuesday night, when the
euenv were repusel with great slaughter.
Our army then moved to the position now
occupied, because it aiurds superior ad.
vantagcs for corporation with the gun
boats. Of which l. are now in the river
protecting ilauhs. Statements Of the cas-
ua!;l:eS OF the severe battles of seven
days cannot yet be furnished. Our forces
were not beaten IN any conflict No guns
have hsen lost since the 18th, when Nc.
Cabs division AZ the onset were overpuw-
cred, and - pieces tel! into the hands OF
the enemy.
New \ ork, July j--Thc battle on Tues
day lasted rom IN the morning till 3 in
the evening. We took - guns from the
enemy, "ho came up always three or four
lines deep The can,eens of the rebels
were filled with whiskey and gunpowder.
New York, July S.-A letter in the
lines naces our losses in the recent bat
lies at % ,O0O.
New J ork, July 7.-,4etters confirm the
report Of a skirmish on Thursday, result
ing in the capture OF SIX guns aud soma
prisoners.
his headquarters and advanced his army
five miles towards Richmond.
Richmond papers Of the ith acknowl.
edge a loss of thirty thousand, but claim
a victory.
\ correspondent Of the Philadelphia
Press, writing on the 4th, says Mcclellan
is rapidly pnshing forward, driving the
enemy at al. points. The gunboats &C
companed the advance Smelling the woods
and scattering the enemy.
A special to The World. from Washing
ton, says an officer in high rank, from Nc.
CIelan's army, gives the encouraging &C.
count Of affairs which has yet been re.
ceived, He states that our army is much
larger than is currently reported, in view
OF the late losses, and tina, it is IN a per.
tectty secure position, either for offensive
or defensive movements, and this even
without the aid OF the Eunboats.
CAIRO, July 7.-NIcksburg dates to the
I'd says the canal across the point of land
opposite Nicksburg is nearly completed.
The negroes for this work we're collected
from the various plantations in the vicin-
ity. Government receipts we're in all
cases given Tor them. This canal will
ieaHe IChs Oufs tleSen mleS from tnS
river. Davis fleet, from above, had ar
rived. and the bombariment was kept up
at intervals from both sides 1t was un.
ders,ood that the rebel works were to be,
stormed on the ith, but we have no ad-
vices as to the result The city is said to.
be not so badly damaged as was at first
reported. A story reached the feet that
several hundred rebels had been killed.
Baltimore, July THE Richmond Dis.
patch announces the death Of Generals
Stonewall jackson and Barnwell Rhett
aud Gen, Longs,reet wounded.
Washington, July The Stars SAYS q
distinguished army officer, whose oppor-
tuni,es for learning the extent Of tie en-
envy damage in The seven days 6ght,
better than any other. estimates their loss
in killed, wounded and missing at $4,000.
They refuse 10 receive flags Of truce from
Mcclellan carrying inquiries relating to
Union officers believed to be wounded and
taken prisoners A dispatch from Nc
Cltllsn at eight this morning reports al
1aie.