The southern aegis, and Harford County intelligencer., 1863-10-09
WAR NEWS. /

derslt gunboass moved up Grants Pass, neat Mo-
1bibe. Nretwss aimfned diAtelY opened on d Con
P ifsderzte ghnboat and ID transport aachofedin
ths stream ransing them to retire out Of, range.
The forrguardihgo theentrancs was then attack
ed and all the guns dismohnted!a Sbd aah
all The Confedetates have erected q battery on
1.-THE Mississippi, abput twelve miles below Match
ez, and have fred upon several passing steamers.
ye,ono Thursday week as the steamer Robert
Campbell was passing Milliken's Bend, above
iyicksbarg, she was fired and destroyed. TWEEN
yty-two Nves are kaomh to have been lost. -,
So The Federal forces stationed at McMinnville,
Tenn, were attacked by the Confederates on
Saturday last, about noon. The fight was pro-
crossing when; telegfaphic communication was
interrupted, and the result is unknown. This de-
,monstratioa indicates flank movement Of the
Confederates, designed to cut Gen. Rosecrans'
lines Of decentralization, and to isolate Gen. Burn
side. McMinnville is small village IN Warren
county, ON the McMinnvie and Manchester Rail-
road, about seventy-fve miles southeast of Nash
vile, and sixty miles northwest of Chattanooga.
The Manchester Railroad is branch Of the NASH
willie and Chattanooga road, and McMinnville is
situSted about thirty miles from the junction Of
the two. '1''" "a
'sGeneral Burpsides forces, it appears, are still
IN Northwestern Tennessee. A Knoxville des-
patch, dated Sunday last, says that General Car
ter, With d portion of the troops, has taken po-
sition at Bhll's Gap, about forty miles northeast
of Knoxville. while the Confederates have concen-
trated at Greenville, some twenty miles further
east The Federal advance is below London,
twenty-eight miles south Of Knoxville, and has
occasional skirrnishes with the Confederate cav
airy. In fght'which occurred On the 2sth ult.
q large number Of Confederates were taken pris-
oners. On Friday fight occurred at Andet-
sons CROSS Roads, in which the Gonfederates
were defeated, with loss Of one, hundred and
twenty killed and wounded wpg4d and eighty-one ta-
ken, Ken, prisoners. p II mpa 10 Igroyuqa si3 a9yGM
On Sunday morning W last as number ofIEed.
eral teamsters m were f0Eaging .neaE, the Rapidap,
inTEginia, The Confederates opened fire on them1
bpt No 0pe KBq KqS injured. Aeopisdesats brigade
occupies ? strong position south ef 1.-the Bspideu,
within short distance ds afthe. Federalliness They
have also fortified e their positions ep the south
bank, And eafthysEks end rife1pisa are constructs
ed, at the fosdsb The Federal troops strongly
pickst thsg tths Rqpidap 70 its mouth, oaad thence
deYn n tbe vRa vRaappah4appposk, tn EalnputeA o, hu'
.0nffIThqqFsdaEq night week the Federal guard
of,e fofftraRbapfa farm near LevipsyiHe,a Fairfax
county, Va, was surprised .byas baud Of Confed-
crate cavalry, and two killed, three wounded
apdJtWspts taken psisbnera;ilaysrt T. ~glat
1AiCairg despatdA says that yiclisbnrg advices
report the ysyasexpeditioRas ff'ezploded.na Aa!
vices from New Orleans iadiratei that there will
sesndhs aeme ,ac,iye ppetations on the western
sidesf theI Miaaiaaippil oGmsBapks,it issaid,
is to take the field in person. "iltuoi s.
IA Charleston. dssnateh)to al Richmond paper,
dated Thursday last, states that the'sfangnoh
that day ives bsayjer thanffor seuaralwesks pre-
vions. The Federal fire was chiefly directed
against Fort Santerb with anoccAsiohai shot at
Fort Johnson The gDufederats batteries and
Fort Moultrie replied. aAnothef despatch, ,dated
Friday, says thata heasy engagement twas 60
ing on at the time OF forwarding the message.
The Confederates under Gen. Forrest four
thousand strong, made o demonstration, on
Monday, on the line of the Nashville and Chatta-
nooga railnoad, Gen. lRosecrans's' most direct
line of communication. Considerable skirmish-
natook placein the lneighborhoo@ of Mdrfees-
boro, thirty miles southeast Of Nashville, add
the Oohfederates attempted to destroy one Of the
bridges on the railroad. The troops engaged Id
this movement are probably the same who at
tackled the Federal garrison at McMinnville on
Saturday. A Washington evening paper posi-
lively asserts that Gen. Rosecrans's communica.
tions are not cut OF, this report to the contrary
notwithstanding, and adds that General Rose
GRAMS Is master Of the Situation at Chattanooga
General, Less report Of The Pennsylvania cam.
paign Is printed. Hs adhits large losses bu,
gives no figures. The object of the movement
was to, break mp the Federal summer osmpaigp,
rep5sssss The S6enahdosshl b. Valley and transfs,
the AarSo tHs north sids Of ths Potomac, a., q -
It~6s reported ii Washington 90 Tsssday,
that Coi. Bakers i, ID rangers had a severe fght ,or
Monday, hear Middieburg, With Moseby,a sgaer
rillas. How the fght terminated 6 not known
SQptbeFR despsledh 4 dated a 4AAtlaHsai pr Tsss
daylast stetss that that Gen Bragg hes censentsd A
exchange the vOaRasd With Gen. l. Raossszaas. ID
gs- me pTssbyssry' BIZ BALTIMORE viii nee, m5eee,
in ths Church ~ 6hufshyiIls, of Tuesday after. ftr
nooh 1sth inst, at b oclock Its sessions al ~
spsassolths pubic Dt Smith, Of Baltimore, d