Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1863-09-19
Current News.

lue OpertIUus vi Our Armies u uIlHB w
past two weeks, furnish most glorious re
cord, aud bring the rebels down to a yer,
small compass for future operations, as The
following items Of history will show:
Capture Of Fort Wagner aud Battery
Gregg. with twenty.tbree guns, and the
whole Of Morris Island. ..
Charleston, South Carolina, within range
Of our gsns ,., .o ...,.5
Fort Sumter demolished. sqQo
10 Cspturs Of Knoxville.
sgsCspture of Chattauoogs.
Flight Of Bragg's army.
Capture Of Cumberland Gap, with 1000
rebel prisoners.
Tennessee restored to the Union.
Capture Of Fort Smith.
Rebel evacuation of Little Rock, the
capital of Arkansas. ,t--v .H..
CHARLESTON dates to the 18th, the latest
received, state that Gilmore is actively
erecting batteries on the upper end Of Nor.
.ris Island. He is sustaining d heevy FIRE
from Forts johnson and Moultrie. The
rebels have two l5.iuch guns in Moultrie.
Sumter is sllenced but still garrisoned, and
the rebel flag flying. No attempt hat
been made to capture the fort since the re
cent boat repulse. 0a 'a" ~
BY. way ot, New York, we learn tha
Geu. Peasa nton reached Raccoon Ford, OF
she, Rspidab, on the 18th, after consider
able heavy skirmishipg between CulpeppeI
and that point. Up to that time no rebel
Infantry had been met with, though 4
heavy force Of rebel cavalry had been
driven back by our forces. The enemy il
vigorously resisting all our attempts t.
cross the ford. 1t was supposed brigaG
of rebel Infantry was at that point. Gen
Pleasanton will probably ascertain the ex
act position Of the rebel army 10 a day G
two. I"1'
n Gen. Foster telegraphs from Fortre'
Monroe that the main body of the reb'
army is at Richmond, where Lees heat
quarters new are, and there is no force {
any consequence in Gen. Meade's from
while the Iri6une's special throws tb
weight Of the generals observations in suI
port Of the now generally received opinio
that 9 considerable portion of Gen. Lee
army has been sent part to Charleston al
part toward Chattanooga. q M
"A dispatch to the n Y. Herald say
there is no truth ia the report that Gel
Hunter is TO resume command of the d.
psrtment Of Missouri He is to have
command in the South west before Ions
but in the meantime be is President OF th
Court Of Inquiry to Investigate and repoI
upon circumstances attending the loss Of
large amount of funds by the destructio
Of The steamer Ruth.
Gen. King has arrested all male sece
sionists at Fairfax Court House and vici
ity, and sent them to the Old Capt.
P.ison. Among them are several leadir
men who took an active part in forcing II
State into rebellion. a'
A Washington special to the n.
1imss Gays: The latest dispatches fro
Minister Dayton convey the most explc
and unmistakabls assurances from Il
French Emperor, as we'll as from bis M I'M
ter Of Foreign Affairs, that France has
Intention either 10 recognise the Soathe
Confederacy while its ability to msinta
its independence is seriously contested. n
TO plant sDy French colonies on the We
ern continent, or retain any permanent &c
quest 10, Mexico. These declarations q
regarded as eninentIy satisfactory by o
Government.
sdfItis hard to adopt these representations
the Hght Of the past and present Occurrences
A squad Of 30 slaves. on Sunday MOI
log hast. passing through CentreviIle.
their vsy to Washington. we're overhead
by patrols, and after Q little resistan,
we're evsrpowsred and returned to the
VIZ hsvs dates from New Orleans to
2s.h slt. by the stespship George Wa
ingtoa lInfornaliea sas received it n
Orleans oa- -sks- -25tk hat the Rebsls in ,
4t>Skxpss consssy had crossed Gre