Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1863-09-02

! reached him SIX miles south OF Lawrence.
| Citizens who Joined in the pursuit were able
| TO keep up with the enemy, and often com
| PEELED him to halt and form line of bs tile
| but the soldiers could not force their faded
! horses to a gallop for charge, and the pur-
suit went on Intellectually. At night Guam
! trell broke his train neal Paola and our troops
were delayed nearly all night in finding il.
| No damage was done by Quantrell from the
! time our forces came up with him until Ee got
! out Of Kansas, and the pursuit was so close
| that his men were compelled to abandon
| Of the horses they were leading and goods
! stolen from stores in Lawrence.
FOUNDERED AT SEA.
NEW YORK, August p.
The captain of the brig South Boston ar
rived at Philadelphia on the Esd inst. He
| reports that on the evening of the 22d, in
| latitude 81 degrees, longitude II degrees, he
picked up boat belonging TO the L. 5. brig
| Batn5ridqe, which was full of water and con
| tanned a colorcd man named Smith who
stated that CT the 2lst, during a violent gale
the brig foundered, with all hands on board
except himself and cook. The latter went
crazy after being five hours in the boat, and
jumped overheard. The BQubriage sailed
from this port on Tuesday, the 18th inst, for
Port Royal. The following is list Of officers.
Thomas j. d. Hyer, acting master command
officer; L. II. Hollis, assistant surgeon; c.
c. " older, assistant paymaster; j Ohm Hughes
sailing master; Edwin L. Drake, ensign
Elias Smith, J. Il. Holkess, Benjamin n
Hanty, c. z. Moore, masters mate; Fran
els W. COurelyea, paymaster's clerk; s.
Horace Smith, surgeons steward
New YORK, August %.
The Tribune has the following special:
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF TIE PoToMAc,i
August %, 1863.
The cavalry pickets Of the enemy called
yesterday morning, across the Rappahannock,
to those Of our own, that Fort Sumter had
been taken by US. This is confirmation of
the news received via Fort Monroe, by Rich
mond papers of yesterdays date.
The cavalry force under Fitz Hugh Lee,
crossed the Rappahannock yesterday morn
ing, near Corbms Neck, six miles below
Fredericksburg, but were speedily routed by
the brigade of Gen. Curtis, with a loss in pris-
oners OF engineer officers, and a number of
priyatcs yet unspecihed, in killed and wound
ed, before recrOssing the river Our loss was
slight; no officers injured
The positions Of the rebel army are now
somewhat thus EweIl lies near Orange Court
House; y. p. Hill near Rapidan Station
Iongstrcet stretches from United States Ford
to Fredericksburg, and pickets the Kappa
quarters are about two miles beyond Orange
Court House, on the Gordonsyille road.
Twenty-Five rebel prisoners and deSerters
left for Washington last evening and several
more this morning. They report continued
dissatisfaction and desertion in the rebel
army.
Vim. c. King and John Pearce, deserving
priyates from the Sth GA, report Gen. Stuart
as having been relieved from his cavalry
-. q
Hood in his stead, lately in command of
brigade under his orders.
\ special to the Herald says that c. Ed
wards Lester, clerk in the War Department,
was arrested last Monday at Harper's Ferry,
with important documents intended for the
enemy in his possession. 1ester Is suspected
Of having been in communication with the
rebels for sometime, and has doubtless given
them much valuable information.
Guerrillas who iniest the Chesapeake and
Ohio canal, again made their appearance yes
terday, on the towpath, about . miles above
Georgetown. They appeared in squads of
- or 20, but as they were told by boats they
hailed that other boats were near at hand,
with troops on board they did no damage.
An active pursuit of the guerrilla bands who
iutest the country in the vicinity OF our lines,
Is constantly kept up by our Cavalry, and
more or less OF them are daily captured.
rived here this morning from Fortress Mon
roe. She reports the enemy has not appear
ed upon the Potomac, reports to the contrary
notwithstanding, md that there are no Indi-
cations Of new batteries at any point. Our
hotilla has been unable to discover any re
bells upon the Virginia shore, and the whole
country wears an air Of desoation and loneli-
ness.
THE kENTUCkI ELECTION.
CINCINNATI, August 26.
Returns from one hundred and six counties
in Kentucky, give Bramlette 5O,692 ma
jority.
FROM CAIRO.
CAIRO, August %.
1t is reported that Gen. Pemberton died
last week at Selma. Gen. Grant and staff and
AL. Gen. Thomas left Cairo Monday night
for Memphis.
Over one hundred thousand bales Of Con
federatc States cotton have been captured
near Natchez
Gen. Heron is on an expedition up the
Red river.
There are 5000 rebel troops at Monroe,
sixtv-tive miles west OF Eicksburg, Walker
and Heber are i. command.
Kirby Smith Is in Texes- Johnstou's forces
are scattered in the Chunkey river country.
NV York, August -.
The steamer PRISM has arrived, with dates
from Liverpool TO the 9TH and Queenstown
the 10th inst. Little was said concerning
American affairs. Attention Is called 10 the
fact OF the Federals pushing forward the con-
struction Of powerful sea-going Monitors.
William Cornell Jewett had an interview
with King, who had promised the use of his
influence to induce England TO join France
| in mediation.
The Morning Post does not consider 1t I'M
probable that the French occupation or Next
co NAV lead to more intimate relations be-
tween Napoleon and the Confederates, and
create trouble with the Washington Govern
ment.