Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-08-03
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received to -dav at Headquarters Department Of
the South. from Morris Island:
To Major General Halleck:
STA: My Medical Director in the field reports
an aggregate loss of killed and wounded in our
hands Of 635 Judge there are $50 missing
The losses cover the three engagements of the
10Th. llth and 18th. Many Of our W Ounded will
be able To return 10 duty in a week or ten days
The health of the command is improving
Respectfully, your obed't servant.
(Signed:) q A GILMORE,
Brgadier General Com mandiug.
The United States steam sloop Osspee captur-
ed on the 20th July the James Battle and Vim
Bagley, loaded with cotton, blockade runners
from Mobile.
Nassau advices. say Wilmington, n c dates,
to the 18th. had been received by the blockade
running steamer Arabian.
The Government had received an intimation
from lord LYONS that his lordship's effort TO in
duce the Washington Cabinet TO withdraw its
prohibition Of expectation Of live stock to Mas.
sau. have been wholly fruitless
The experiment OF cotton cultivation on the
Clarendon estate. at Jamaica had been highly
successful
The Express says we have seen 10 day officers
from Grants army who left Vicksburgh about
ten days agO
The note Of preparation for the march TO Mo
bile was then heard on every side The troops
were in the best of spirits and conf lent Of sue
cess. The calculation was that the stars and
stripes would float over Mobile by the l5th of
August
The Herald states that the force of EMPLOYEES
which at Aqua Greek when Lee advanced
northward. is ordered to return there on Mon
dav
There we're ut the time of the last evacuation
OF the point, over twenty immense store houses
there. which have since been destroyed
small force, protected by gunboats, could have
protected the property.
The Indian country, far down as the Arkan=
sas river. has been reclaimed bs troops, but
It's occupation is not permar rent
The Heraid's Washington dispatch saws:
MOsbys gang made extensive haul of sut-
lers last night at Fairfax Court House. There
Is no Union force stationed there Some six or
seven suffers. with their teams wares and chat.
tells. bivouacked there last night and we're all
maize prisoners
The Orange and Alexandra railroad being the
direct llhe OF communication with the army ia its
present position. less pains have been taken by
the military authorities To guard the turnpike road
between Alexandra anc CenterviIle
The cuerriIlas under Mosbv. composed princi-
pally Of residents Of Fairfax, take advantage OF
this fact TO make their raids upon unarmed per
sons at points where military force is sta
toned
The Times Washington dispatch says:
Orders have been issued by Provost Marshal
General Fry to complete the draft in New York
city Immediately. and the dra fling will commence
again on Monday next The Government is fully
preDared for any emergency
A letter from a distinguished officer of the
Army OF the Potomac, dated Warrenton, July
81 saws:
The rebels very much discouraged Seven
deserters from Mississippi regiment came dav
before veSteriIy and saw there Is no use i'm Fl chit
ing any more now. and that "a Mississippi had
give up. We ought TO have Richmond bv the mid.
die Of September
The correspondent of the Herald saws. after
describing the late fight at Manassas Gap, that
Meade. by moving into Manassas Gap and pre-
pairing for battle. for which he certainly WIS jus
tifable having such information to guide him.
lost two days aud a half Of time in his southerlv
march. thus fully enabling Lee to reach the south
side of the Rappahannock before Meade could
possibly do So
The steamer Delvidere, from Pors Roval the
29th. has arrived
She passed Charleston bar at IL A NJ Of the
29th, when nine Monitors and the Ironsides were
engaging Fort Wagner
Gen. Gilmore had succeeded in erecting a
long line of batteries within $50 yards Of Fort
Wagner and also mounted heavy siege cannon
within mile and quarter of Sumter which
would open on that fort OF the 29th When all
his heavy guns are mounted. Gilmore feels con
hdent OF his ability to reduce Sumter.
The New Orleans Era OF the 25th saws:
BraShear City surrendered on the 22i to the
gunhoat Sachem. No psrticulars
Information of to day from the Army of the
Potomac that Lee crossed his forces at
CulpePper. Wednesday. and made other prepara-
tions 10 give Us battle on the Rappihannock
Lees first advance. south of Culpeaper was TO
foil us in taking the Fredericksburg route. but
finding We did not advance, he has concentrated
his army ~ Culpepper
The Rapp,hannock j. guarded from Freder-
icksburg to Ellis ford on the Rapidan by only
one rebel regiment
The Rapidhn is fortified south of Culpepper
A special Is the Post saws:
Information ,o day from the front is to the eff
feet that Gen Lee is moving nearer to the south
bank of the Rippahannock
The Republican says that Gen. Meade is close
at hand. and. from present appearances, il will
not he nm easy matter for Lee 20 return 10 Fred
ercksburg. should he desire to 10 so.
All the wounded and sick from Meade's army
have arrived here