The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1863-01-03
War News of the Week.
TuI War IN VIRGISiA.

The WAR IN VIRGINIA..
There has apparently been no change Il
ha posit;on Of the main armies at Fred
ericksburg duri.g the week on either side
but the rebel cavalry under Stuart hav'
taken advantage of the lull to get up
series of raids in the vicinity of Washing
ton, falling, John Nerean like, on small
posts and sobbling them up Such a
attack was made On Dumfries, Acotink
and other points In Burnsides rear, and
i even said Stuart has crossed over int
MARYLAND. Thus far he has inflicted NJ
serious damage, beyond giving Aie1andf''
and Washington great scare h..
Nossa C.zol1SA-Gen. Foster Is a.
w.sh;neton asking for disbursements IN
North sCarolina. 1t is generally conceded
chat. for all he accomplished bis expedition
IN ao,dsboro cost more than it came to.
New OsIrAxs-Gen. Banks has hna'iy
been heard from. He arrived at Ne" VI
lean. aon the lath, and superseded oen'
Butler in command Of the Department OF
the Gulf His troops, $4,000 in number
.disembarxea at Baton Rouge, and por'
ton of them, with the gunboats, are said
I. be on the way to Vicks6urg. Butler
has been ordered to report at Washington.
Krxrucxr-There is intense excitement
al, over the state. Morgan has penetrated
TO within IS miles of Louisville, and is
expec.ea on the Ohio river He captured
An q Indiana regiment or two at Glasgow,
but .vxs pcpuised 1t Mumfordsvilie and
c.,e.city. Humphrey Marshall and Floyd
are also said to have entered the State from
Cumberland Gap, and to be at Mt Sterling
with ten to twenty thousand men. They
expect the whole militia Of the state to
come to their assistance if the Presidents
proclamation is enforced, which IS SAID 10
be not unlikely.
Gen. Granger is reported to have taken
possession of Knoxville, Tenn.
The latest reports say, Morgan has left
Kentucky.
RosEcRAxs-The latest reliable news
from Rosecrans il to the 29th ult. HIS
array moved from Nashville towards Muir
freestoro on the 2sth, and by the 2eth
were within one nile Of that city, the
rebels moving back slowly before him,
keeping up q constant skirmish by the
way. Ere this there has either been a
great battle at Murfreesbcro, or the rebels
have evacuated that place.
GRAxr's ARMY.-Gen. Grant, after adj
vaucing to within Is miles Of Grenada.
Miss, ha. withdrawn his army to the
north of the Tsllahatchie, and has head
quarters at Holly Springs. The federal
force surprised at this place ten days ago
was 500 strong, under Col. Murphy, ot
Wis. The rebels under Van Dorm were
some 5000 strong. The same force at
tackled Col Morgan, at Davis Mills, ant
was repulsed. although Morgan had bu
$50 NEE At Trenton, where Col Fry hae
but 200 men-"convalescents' the
surrender, Morgan returned to Col Fry
his sword, and, at the urgent request Of
the citizens, left him in Command OF the
place. The whole rebel force appears now
a. suddenly to have disappeared from tbs
line of the O. & NJ. R. r. as the came.
SHrKxAx-The monster expedition t.
Vicksburg, under command of Gen. Sher
nan, left Helena on the 2sth, and mus
soon be heard from It is said FarriGut
after taking Port Huron and 60 guns. was
on the Goth, but IL miles below Vicks
burg. @-.
AK AxsAs-Gen. Blunt and Heron ir
Arkansas have done splendid thing. Or
the 2lst ult they suddenly left their en-
campmen. north Of Boston mountains
pushed across the mountains, and by max
ing forced marches, fell upon the rebel
army near Van Buren,, in the Arkausai
river, and nearly demolished them. The
surprise was perfect They captured fool
steamers and an immense quantity Of Other
plumber Blunt reports that the re5e
s.my in Arkansas is wholly demoralizsd
and that his Jorce::can 80 anywhere in the
state. He will probably next turu up a,
Little Rock.