The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1863-01-22
FROM R0SECRANS' ARMY
Rebels Trying to Cut Off Our
Supplies
s.0ngsireet Experted TO Attack
RsDsecrans with $4,000 Men!

A special Nashville dispatch saws, in re
gard to the burning of steamers by Forrest,
that several baAts contained wounded SOL
d!ers, who, in ia npiny from thu burning
boats, were shot in the water Tn. ne sro
crews were stripped OF thr clothing. tied
to trees, cowhdej, and left to starry. The
officers and salaiers were stripped Of their
clothing, placed ashore, and psroled
tremendous rain storm had SIT IN. "
Several bridge on the Nashville and
Louisville railroad were destroyed by bands
of marauders Mail communication cannot
be resumed f,r. some time, Tn, wire, b,
tween Nashville and Murfreesbor,' have
been cut by seccs.ioasts who pretend to be
Union fa-mers f.a
No news from the army day .' nv.
Ninety thou ,anl dollars Vt Confederate
State funds were seized from brokers in
Nashville Yesterday, and confscated by the
order Of Gen Mitchell t~. .r'@.- a
Reliable information has been received
from scouts that efforts are making by the
rebels to cut off Rosecran,' supplies and re-
treat, and then crush him. LongStreet, il is
said will attack him next week with his en-
tire force, though, to number 10 900. rs
ecrans is fully prepared, bnt won't move up-
on him until certain expeditions effect the
destruction Of the railrord and the Capture
of Forrest and his men. or drive them off
Washington, Jan. IS.
At thnly attended meeting Of memo Irs
Of Congress from the North west, held at the.
rooms of Hon. Erastus Corning, last evening,
at which tn, project of improving the navl-
cation Of Fox and Wisconsin rivers, so as to
connect the Mississippi with lake Michigan,
1t is proposed to attach an amendment COW
eriuy this scheme, for which an appropria-
ton Of two millions is asked to the Canal
En- largement bill
The General in chief has issuel orders to
the Several Corps Commanders Of the Uni
ted States Army not to release any rebel Of.
scers on parole The following is speci-
men of the order to Maj, Gen. Schenck
9 No rebel officers, now prisoners of war,
will be released Oh parole, until further or.
ders'' a5 " a7au
(Signed) h III. W. HALLEoK,
- E a General in-Chief.
The cause of this order /, that Number
Of Union officers, now in Richmond, are
kept in close confinement and not allowed
4 to be paroled, the Government having failed
tosfsct an asrlngemant for the release OF
Unien citizsn, imprisoned in Southern jlils,
and the Rebel authorities d .clining to recos
nizc them in any system of exchange that
has been proposed. II is understood that
enough of the known Rebel, in the loyal
States are TO be arrested to furnish exchang-
cs for every ons Of the Union men held Us
prisoners in the South.
From prisoners and other information be.
lievel to be perfectly reliable, we learn that
oh the 4,h, just at daybfcak, troops com
menced leaving Fredericksburg to reinforcs
Bragg. On the morning of the 5th eleven
brigaies, amounting to about $4,000 men,
had left Fredericksburg. These troops were
from Tennessee and Georgia
Hampton's Legion is reported Ave miles
from Culpepper on the Rapidan
The reconnaissance contemplated by COL
Wynham, in command of an independent
cavalry brigade, subject to the orders of Gen.
ueintzelman, was not carried out according
to his orders, on account OF dissppoint.
ment in numbers of 1000 cavalry promis.
cd him, but 00J reported for duty of this
number he was ordered to leave 100 at Chan.
lilly and 40 Centrevillc; the $50 cavalry
remaining to be divided into two bodies !;
one took the direction of Rappahannock Sta.
ton, aud the other secuted the Aldie Pike,
and rear Of Frying Pan.
These detac5ments left Centreville at dusk
Sunday fith, and were gone two days. The
Rebels are running railroad trains from Rap