The southern aegis, and Harford County intelligencer. (Bel Air, Md.) 1862-1864, 1863-10-16
WAR NEWS.

III tuO uuSCuSC u OniViuI COuCeTu-
ing the situation Of affairs in Virginia we are en-.
tirely dependent on the confused and contradic-
tory accounts of the Washington press. The
statement of the fighting on Saturday, published
Monday, appears to have been in the main cor
rect. There was more fighting on Sunday. -
General Kilpatrick's cavalry, while moving
towards Culpeper was cut off from the main
body, and escaped only by desperate charge
through the Confederate lines, suffering a loss Of
one hundred and ffty-eight killed and wounded.
One of the Washington papers reports the FEEDER
al army as fallen back to the north side of the
Rappahannock, closely followed by Gen. Lee /;
another considers the movement as simply a
change Of front to guard against any possible
flank operations Of the Confederates, and not a
retreat ~ ''-.'. '.' -"''$ 4'
"A despatch from Gen. Rosecrans, dated late
Sunday evening, reached Washington yesterday.
The General states that the raiders on his lines
Of communication have been dispersed and full
Intercourse resumed. The Federal army is in a
Strong position, and the 'Confederates show no
indications of offensive operations. The fight in
Northern Tennessee on Friday last was at Farm
ington, and not Franklin, as at first reported -
The Confederates lost heavily in killed and
wounded, and over three hundred prisoners and
q battery of artillery captured, The Federal
loss, was twenty nine killed and one hundred and
fifty wounded ''"' ga ~ ''o,'
By the way Of the Mississippi we learn, that
the Confederates attacked Donaldsonville, on the
25th ult., ard were repulsed. In a demonstra-
ton on Morgantown they were more successful,
surprising and capturing over two hundred Fed
eraal troops. NJ body of West Tennessee Federal
cavalry were attacked recently at Como, and af-
ter two hours fighting was forced to retire with
q loss Of thirty-seeySeenn men, go, >; uofr 80,
The Confederates in Central Missouri, who un-
der Coffee and Shelby, were reported to have in
terrppted telsgraphic communication about
twenty-five miles west Of the Jefferson City, on
Friday last having struck the Pacific railroad
Of that Point have come eastward to Upton
1t is reported that one important bridge has been
destroyed, with other, railway property. 1t is
also reported that the Confederates burned the
townsaf Cole Camp, in! Eenton county, and Flor
ence in Morgan county. ."
ian arrival fromof Charleston bar brings the
report Shat there was itol be "a combined army
and naval attack on Charleston on Sunday, the
llthinsG 1" ,1adaaigg si1 bias ,iar
bItisstatad that Gen; Meade has placed bis ar
my in such position as to defy any flank move.
ment of the Cenfederates. The mass of the army
crossed the Rappahapnook on Sunday night, at
Keily'si Ford. Considerable skirmishing took
place along the Aine on Monday, but no impor-
sant collision occurred. Several Federal recon-
Roiteriag parties havebeen sentout, one on Mon
day crossing 20 the south side of the Rappahan-
mock, and taf,er' examining ahe country short
distance beyond, retG ned without incident 1t
wasrepoeted 10 Washington last evening that
the Confederates have disappeared from the front.
The military authorities of this department re
ceived information yesterday thai large force of
Confederates under command of Generals limbo
den, Jones and jackson, were in the neighbour
hood Of Winchester, moving. towards Martins
burg, evidently contemplating another movement
along the line of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road. " ~ a#h ISIS ~
Advices from Chattanooga report The situation
of affairs as unchanged with the exception that
the Cop;ederates have removed their artillery
rom Lookout Mountsin, and appear to have
somewhat withdrawn their. forces. 1t is sup
posed they viii concentrate their artillery on
Mission, Ridge. General Rosecrans has several
l;nea If establishments ana biss "a rfbworlrs 10