Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1863-08-29

with tue act Of the Rebel Congress directing
the delivery Of such captured negroes to the
Governors Of the States IN which lhc capture
might be made.
Eight hundred guerriias crossed over tom
Missouri to Kansas, and pillOged and burned
Il town of Lawrence. Loss S2000,00O. The
citizens made no resistance, being taken by sur
prise in their beds. Fears are entertained for
General Jim Lane. lie was in the city, and
there was probably no chance TO get through
tho rebel lines. IL captured Re will be badly
| used. This is q sod affair. There are 5000
troops in Kansas for its protection. Where
were they and their commander, that guerrillas,
anobstructed, could march City miles into the
interior aud destroy the most important town
in the state ..l. .t,..
The advance Of the Aruy of the Cumper-
| land appeared in front of Chattanooga on lhe
2lst, and opened fire on the city at III O'CLOCK
/ AM The enemy responded from nineteen
oups. mostly small ones, which did little da.
mage. but also with one 32-pounder, which
swept the opposite shore. Our G'e was very
destructive, and every battery Which opene
| on us was disabled. The works Of tbe eue-
my on the river are reported very strong
Moored on the wharf here were two steamers,
and opposite the city pontoon bridge OF
rorty-seven boats. The largest Of the steam
trs was sunk by our fire, and the smaller one
disabled. An attempt to destroy the pontoop
was frustrated by rebel sharpshooters. Forty
prisoLers we're taken, and two rebels were kill
cd aud several wounded.
Our advance has reported ten divisions at
Chattanooga, and Hills (latc lIardee's) corps
along the railroad in the direction OF Bridge
port. Contrabauds report that Johnston ar
rived with two trains Of troops on the 2Oth,
and superseded Bragg, who has retired to
Atlauta. This last statement is confirmed.
Notwithstanding contrary dispatches stating
that Lee has fallen back, or that he contem-
plates resumiug the offensive, &c, news direct
from the front shows clearly thai there is not
the slightest change from the situation dur
Ing the last month, or that II is any way
probable fer some time TO come.
The Philadelphia Press Of the 95th iust
has a letter from off New Inlet, North Caro-
lima, giving an account of the destruction OF
the British steamer Hebe by the United States
u steamer Nephon, on the 18th inst One OF the
: Nophous boats was swamped aud her crew
we're captured by the rebels, who lined The
: shore, firing on the boats charged with the
! destruction OF the Hebe, after she was run
ashore.
The cavalry force under Fizhugh Lee
crossed the Rappahannock on the 25,h
near Corbin's neck six miles below Fred
ercksburgh, but were speedily routed by
brigade Of General Curtis, with o los in
prisoners Of three engineer officers and a
( number of privates, yet unspeciied in kill
ed and wounded, before rccrosSing the ri
yer. Our loss slight No officers killed.
The position of the rebel army now is
somewhat thus: Ewell lies near Orange
Court House; A. z. Hill near Rapidau
! Station; Longstreet stretches from U. 5
n Ford to Fredericksburgh, ard pickcts the
Rappahannock down to Port Royal. Lees
headquarters lie about two miles beyond
Orange Court House on the Gordonsville
road.
The RicLinond Eraminer contains Charles
ton dete Of the oath. which says: " Last night
at twelve clock, the enemy opened iTa on the
city, firing fifteen s-inch parrot shells. Non
combatauts are leaving 10 continuous stream.
Col. Gailord, OF Wagner, was killed, and
several wounded. 1t is said there are % We
sells inside the bar, including ironsides.
Gen. Burnside declares all ferries over the
Ohio River streams within the limits of the De,
partnent of Ohio. military highways and when
the Interest of the service require it viii be
S subject to military authorities.
+ A party of guerras who were attempting
: to steal horses aud destroy canal boats Oh thu
i Chesapeake and Ohio Canal on the 3d. a
c Seneca Falls, were handsomely rcpnlsed twice
It and were finally driven away by dctat chmen
IS of Colonel Bakers rangers. A rebel Lieut.
IS was killed and other rebels wounded. ,...-.
% A wagon and FIVE men from the 73l Ohio
r were captured by dozen guevrillas near Greer
:. wich on the 22l.
d Fifty copies of the New York Daily Net
we're seized on Saturday morning lay u GC
n .vcrnment detective, on board the boat for Da
yid's Island, with the following inside tie wraI
per "To the soldiers of the O. 5. A, wit
; the compliments of Ben Wood"
e Col. Miller has been nominated as the Unio
d candidate for Governor of Minnesota. Gov
e Ii. A Swift, the present popular and able eX
J. eculiye, declined the DominOtion.
e Great sickness prevails among our troops o
Vicksburg
rs Ensign Porter performed brave act
Charleston harbor. by which Commodore DAh
greD is put in possession of just the iuformt
: tion he needed, as 10 harbor distractions.
" The Governor Of Alabama recommend