Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1864-08-24
yvEEEkLy HTETzs OF NEWS.

We append the following summary Of
news, leaving the reader at liberty 10 Judge
of the progress of the war for the Union
The dispatches indicate want of more
men, which our people should not be slow
in giving
Tuesday, dug 1G.-GueriIlas invest the
Kentucky shore in swarms, avaiIing them
selves Of the low stage Of water in the
river, have crossed into Illinois and Indi-
ana. No considerable invasion can be
looked for, and the little attention OF our
military now being paid to that quarter,
will be Il sufficient remedy
Gen. Burnside has been relieved. thus
casting on him the sad burden of the Pc
tersburg repulse. The retiring of Burn
side will eli many loyal hearts with re-
gret
Wednesday, 1ua. IA highly in
portant movement has just been executed
by the 2d corps of the Army Of the p, :
tOmac, under Gen. Hancock. which has
Joined it with Gen. Fosters force, preyi-
0usly on the north bank of the Potomac
The movement is to protect and take ad-
7antage OF the operation now in progress
by Gen Butler, Of digging canal Mt Dutch
channel only full at high water in the
James river, which, when completed, will
save by a cut-oT 300 feet long, seven
miles circuit Of the river.
The expectation Of speedy result at
Mobile, based on Farraguts splendid vic
tory at the mouth of Mobile Bav. should
be moderated, and adjusted to the fact that
Mobile Bay is thirty miles long, and so
u, rbn e ft,..y
port has always been carried IN bv light
evs carrying down the cotton and other
products to ocean going vessels below
If Earraeut could only bring tie noble
Hartford and her sisters up within range
Of Mobile, it would lie quite another thin;
as It is, his light d.aught cunboats must
be aided by 4 cooperative land force, and
this viii take time, though we have rea-
son to believe i has been well begun
\ new compact called the Holy Ali
ance, has been effected, for mutual assist
ance and amity, by the sovereigns Of the
three Northern Powers of Europe, Rus
sia, Prussia and Austria, at Kissingeu, the
celebrated 9avarian watering place, This
banding together of these potentates has
for lis first purpose the limiting the power
and influence Of France. 1t viii inevita4
bly, throw France and Italy into the other
scale, and England also, for doubtless the
interest Of the latter will secure such re
suit, especially as it will be for the inter
est Of France to make all concessions
necessary to secure it
The reports continue to come in II m
various quarters, confirming and carrying
forward previous accounts Of Indian afro =
tiles on white settlers and emirrants on
Il Western plains These disturbances
will create a very Widespread alarm. cspe-
ciallv at this present season, when the
number Of gold seekers and parties in
quest Of new homes in the far West is
greater than In any previous year. This
is shown by the single statement given
on good authority that the route through
Cheyenne Pass and by Fort Laramie,
from March to July, has witnessed, one
continuous tide Of women, children, men
and wagons The emigration westward
has been unceasing since the season
opened. Within the period named, 30
GOO animals. l9,0Oa persons, and 6,l6I
wagons have passed the Fort
The evidences are thickening that Lee
intends Z formidable movement north
ward.
The rebel raid into Illinois is over, and
Gen. Paine is after the raiders.
The pirate Tallahassee Is apparently
run to cover She is at Halifax and the
evidence is that she Is so well attended
there that her mission of mischief on the
high seas Is over. 1t has been a very de-
structive one, though most of the vessels
that have fallen into her hands have been
coasters of light value, a score OF which
would be weighed down by some single
prize Of the Alabama, preying on oul
more costly commerce. Still the distress
along the coast of Maine has been great
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