The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1863-01-01
Ln1e War News.

north side of the Tallahatchie river.
- ne maln body OF the army was several days
lago at Holly Springs, 1t is supposed that Gen.
Grant vii! opeu the Memphis and Charleston
railroad to Grand Junction and make Mem phis
his base of supplies.
report has reached Memphis that heavy
Federal force has assembled the river from New
Orleans, the naval portion being under Rear
| Admiral Farfagut. Port Hudson had fallen into
The hands Of the Federals, and the fleet had adj
ranced to II point twelve miles below Ylcks-
! burg. This reported advance is confirmed by
| the Richmond Whig of the 18th.
On the 2Oth, 290 Federalisis at Davis, Mill six
miles south of Grand Junction, Were attacked
| by The rebels and they were repulsed, leaving
| ~ dead aud 80 wounded OH the field-a number
were also carried off The Federal loss was tri-
| Hing. fE.er
Van Dorn.is now bellv> ed TO be between Boil
war aud the Mississippi Iiver(:)
The rebels still hold possession of the road
between Columbus and Humboldt. New Madrid
was evacuated by the Federa!s, yesterday and
part OF the of the magazine blown up aud the
barracks burned -'-.'.
-a WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.
On The app icaiion of Senator Latham of Cal
ifornia, the Navy Department has ordesed the arm.
cd steamer Connecticut TO leave Hampton Roads
on the lst Of January next for Aspinwall, to
Dting 10 New Yui& all the treasure at that place
from the Pacific coast.
Senator Latham hopes to obtain from the MAJ
Wy Department egular armed convoy for Cali.
| tOrnia steamers from ASpinWall. The subject
is now under consideration.
! There was great excitement in Alexandria
late yesterday evening, growing cut OF The hurri.
| ed arrival OF our cayaliy men and teansters the
| latter being mounted Oh horses cut from their
own wagons. They represented that StuaTt's
cavalry, with some hight artillery, appeared at
| Pohick Church, several miles from Mount Ver>
non, Saturday night, and OIL Sunday proceeded
TO Acotink, hlch Is only II miles from Alexan~
drIa, ami there attacked TWO Or three compan>
les Of our troops and captured wagon train at
| OccOquan Oh Saturday.
There is difficulty Ill arriving at the precise
truth, owing to the many conflicting rumors in
circulation Ill regard TO the matter !; but that q
rebel reconn0!sance appeared IN that neig hbor-
hood, is beyond question, and that The rebels
created much alarm is equally certain.
Military men who have seen brief official tel
egramS from DumfTies, say that 1t was The same
rebel force which several miles from that place
mIde Il reconnoaance, driving i'll our cavalry
plcketS and killing three or four of them, The
rebels, fearing capture by our troops, which at
Que time was probable, left for Occoquan and
AccOtink, where they made their alarming dem>
IonStrallOn. D1e allowance, 1t is claimed mus;
De made Tor the statements of frightened teams.
tiers and others, AS all such accounts ar mas
voidably exaggerated.
LATER.-Pne following is the Stars YER.
SION of the last rebel raid ..t
A rebel force Of cavalry with battery of ar.
uiiery, suddenly appeared at 8 a. m., Saturday
III front of Dumtres, then held by the Fifth
Seventh and Sixty sixth Ohio regiments, with
TWO pieces OF McGilorayS battery. The rebels
We're 1T first es ilna;ed al 4 600. They cut The
wires leading TO Falmouth, attacked our troops
who had three men killed land were driven off
Ia the meantime while information reached
these HeadquaIte rs by telegraph, before they cut
the wires leading lii this direction, troops from
ihe quarter were instantly put in motion, il
possible TO cut off their retreat. To that end
General Geary marched iiom Wolf Run.ltnme-
diately to the relief OF the troops engaged al
Dumfries. After being worsted before Gesry'
arrival they pushed directly for Occoquap where
they had slight engagement with I,5O0O Of
. our troops here under Col. Candy, resulting il
Il considerable loss on both sides, ours main.
tanning their ground. They next proceeded ur
Bull Ran crossed il at Wolf Run, thence the
went to Anadaie via Burks Station, where they
camped Saturday night, thus avoiding point
f where We had troops. . ..#. .s..s...
AT daybreak yesterday morning they wer'
again i'll the saddle In the meantime our troop
at Fairfax Court House did their best TO hest
them off in that direction, but being intantr,
could not get up in time to do 50.
They were last seen in the vicinity of Lew
insburg, where their number was estimated a
but 1000 cavalry and four ,pi, ces of artillery
Al night fall yesterday they were under whiE
and spur. evidently bent on escaping in the di
recion OF Leesburg. They evidently got moth
ing for their pans, but fifteen empty w4ron
belonging to Col. Kellogg cavalry command.
Throughout the line OF their raid they Lac
occasional skirmishes with Col Kellog's caval
ry who, though forced to fall back, exchanged
, many shots With them, with no damage 10 hi
command. His heaviest diminishing with then
, was at Accotink. AT one time they had posses
sion Of one Of our guns at Dumfies, but wer
forced 10 abandon 1t TO us in their retreat.
LATEsT.-We have just eceived Information
that the rebels were badly repulsed on Satur
r day st Dumfries On their retreat they tell il
with our troops under Gen, Geary between Dunn
fries and Wolf Run, aud We're driven By then
south OF the road. They aimed to take the di
rect road to the shoals
They took the telegraph operator at Berks
Station and his Instruments, and burned thu
, Orange and Alexandria Railroad bridge ut Ac
cotink-an inconsiderabie structure besides tht
empty fifteen wagons Of Col kalog's COMMAND
that fell into their hands, they took eight tel
r suffers wagons