Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1863-09-30
News IteHs.

Brig. Gen. Ripley, late Chief of the ORD
| nance Bureau, has been placed on TIA retire d
! list.
The Commercial says passengers for Califor-
! MA by Roberts line hereafter 20 via Pana-
| ma instead of Nicaragua.
A letter from Bahia, Brazil, dated August
22d, reports the FaaderJ,h and Ho6icogs
there.
French paper says there are two clipper
steamers building at Nantes, and two at Bor-
deaux, suspected for the Confederates.
\ Nashville letter in the World, contains a
rumor that Rosecrans il 10 be reinforced by
Sigel, who IS TO be placed in command of q
Corps
The English papers are canvassing the pre-
priety and non-propriety of the Government
OBTAINING the two steam rams built by Laird
a supposed for the CONF derates.
II Is reported that the enemy have removed
large number of prisoners from Richmond
to Charleston to prevent Gilmore from she'll
ing the city.
The Clyde built steamer ,Yupjty1. has been
captured, attempting to run the blockade off
Savannah, through WARSAW Sound blythe gun
boat Cmeyoae.
The Paris correspondent of the Morning
Her0id repeats his assertion that a recognition
and offensive and defensive league be
tween the French, the Confederate and Mex
lean Governments, are decided upon.
Moses Mcdonald, Scanlin and Leonard
Brink, of the Sanitary Commission, have ar
rvad at Norfolk from Richmond. Mr. Prin-
gle, another member of the commission, is
still detained as prisoner.
4 deserter lately came into our lines with
statement 10 the effect that Savannah was
almost in a dcfenseless state. Its troops had
been called to Charleston, leaving only
small garrison in the forts
On Wednesday a team and guard of one
officer Of Hcintzelmans staff was attacked by
guerrillas, nine miles from Alexandria At
ter firing few shots they left in q hurry.
Gaping through dense woods.
Capt. RedgIary, commanding the steamer
Shenandoah, reports under date of the nth,
off New Inlet, \. C., that blockade runner
attempted 10 come out, on the night of the
18th but was driven back, and now lies
wreck at the mouth of the haFbor
4 Washington dispatch says a party Of
guerillas crossed the Potomac Tuesday Oh n
horse stealing expedition, but were overtaken
near Rockville by portion of Scots goo,
and driven back to Virginia with loss Of
several killed and wounded.
Advices by tie last steamer from Europe
state that Mr.. Cyrus W. Field will return to
AlltFlCL III lLt Sltt'AiA'i 'sf''t'
and that the contract for the manufacture and
laying down, next summer, Of a good sub
marine cable between Ireland and New
Foundland was signed on the 9Th inst
| The Times special says it may be consider
ed finally settled that there will be draft
| in Ohio. The State Is deficient 5000 men
| ONLY. which will be readily made up By vol
| untarv enlistments under the ample bounties
| the Provost Marshal General IS about TO Of
| fer.
| Private advices from Virginia City, Nevada
Territory say that additional subscriptions 10
| the amount of 50 900 have been made there
| for the sanitary commission. The money is
| TO be Forwarded IN silver bricks Of about
& 600 each, a good evidence Of the general
resources of that territory, as well as of the
| iberality Of its inhabitants.
| General Forev viii resume operations
| agaizst the remaining forces of Juarez at the
| end of the rainy season, and expects to dis
| pose Of them easily. A considerable mum.
/ Der of French officers have been appointed
/ instructors Of Mexican soldiers, and 10000
uniforms and stands Of arms had been for
uarded from France 70 equip the Mexican
. army.