The Shasta courier., 1864-11-12
SHASTA COURIER:
WAR NEWS.

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Chicago, 7th.-Journal says yesterday
telegram was received announcing the com.
ing Of large number of bushw hackers. Col.
Sweet, commanding Camp Douglas, was
communicated with, and orders Immediately
issued for arrest of the desperadoes upon their
arrival. The fact leaked out, and the faith
full found means to apprise their friends. and
the bushwhackers left the train at city limits
and scattered in the city in various directions.
Military and police constantly securing the
city, and succeeded in picking up 100 Of them.
A propeller having on board nearly 100 sus-
picious characters arrived this morning from
Canada. The military and police are after
them, and all will be captured. Col. Sweet
for some time has been aware of the existence
of rebel plot to release the prisoners at
Camp Douglas, and burn the city. His de-
tectives have been at work with success, and
evidence has been obtained sufficient to war
rent the arrest of the coEspirators. 1t was
deemed necessary to strike at once, such as
were unquestionably reasonable. Camp
Douglas was to have been attacked on two
sides tomorrow night, and prisoners released
city pilaged and burned. Police made
raid early this morning on Donelson House,
Canal street, and captured 40 bushwhackers
who had been tracked there. all armed to the
teeth. A mounted.patrolof 500 men was or
ganized by the citizens fnf the protection of
the city, and will be on duty all night. There
is enough military force here to prevent an
outbreak Richmond 4 Hancock, agents of
the New York line of propellers. received a
dispatch to-day to the effect that the CANADIAN
steamer Georgian, fitted out as pirate, is
on Lake Huron.
New York 7th.-Commercial's Washing.
ton dispatch says California officials express
fears that the French and rebel refugees in
Mexico will endeavor to expel the American
Minister from Sonora and excite tumult
between the two countries.
The Richmond Enquirer of the Sd announ-
ces the capture of Plymouth by our gunboats,
after three hours fighting; the forts were
passed, the guns dismounted, and the rebels
evacuated under severe fire.
The Express train from Dunkirk this A. n.
was thrown down an embankment 40 feet
The engineer was seriously hurt, also 40
others. though none dangerously. Under
the debris could be seen number of bodies
not yet recovered.
Headquarters Army of Potomac, 7th.-
A lively time occurred between pickets on
the left of our line on the night of the 4th,
resulting in the loss of men on each side.
Yesterday there was a good deal of artillery
firing near the Jerusalem plank road, without
loss to us. Last night the pickets in the
same vicinity opened fire shortly after dark,
which was kept up sharply all nigh. At IL
o'clock, a. NJ, the rebels attacked our advance
picket line to recover ground taken last
week, but failed.
A citizen of Richmond arrived within our
lines yesterday morning, to escape the con-
scription. He says the rebels in front of Pc
tersburg are mining under our works. Little
faith is placed in the report.
Washington, 7th-It is estimated that
80, 900 persons left here to vote at the Presi-
Dental election.
A letter received from an officer of one of
our vessels in the Trans Mississippi squad
ron. dated Chattanooga. 1st. says; My boat
had two brushes with Hoods forces, and re-
pulsed him both times. He has now gone
below the Shoals. A large portion of his
army has arrived at Florence for the inva-
sion of Middle and East Tennessee. Hood
j. represented as tyranncal in the extreme.
His men have dined for two days on corn and
water, with the addition of some pumpkins
stolen by the way. He suffers by the deser
tion of these people, who say he intended
moving southwark but was prevented by
threats of his soldiers to desert if he did not
give them the promised harvest in East
Tennessee. He will likely be bagged. Sher-
man is pushing him. Gen. Gross fanking.
and General Thomas is ahead.