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Fe?:• *rt u, is Nortjf-westkkn V111ajsia. —TheWheeling Intelligencer,of clie 12th ititt., ray.-e(I /ii tlerneri who arrived yeeterdity from Roane conuty, report that they1 have recently hud very eirsEcing times in Roane awl Wirt counties, Major Skrtiiiiieiy of (J®. Rose. raus* was sent down to Spencer with a fl.r._supotent to clean n.it the wc‘‘Stiioui»^ of that vicinity. Unfortunately the coming of 81 •-miner wn,- ascertained by them and they managed t j escape frosn the vicinity of Spcwjcr. The latter pur: of last week, however,| Slemmer encountered a eon ride abb- force it' pcu.c^ion-bts a-‘ llitr heed, in Win county, about tea mil vs from Jluruittg rpririg^, ii'id nI'Jci sliirnh-hiug with 'hem f-r two days, caused them to beet • letleat- with a lease of fifteen killed•. Lieut. SIrUlosUy. nf the Union companytroiu Rit-'hic uiily, was .-hot in the abdomen, and .tiler lingering about tweulr-iour Uoure ■ IktL The Union forces tilt-is homed the hoii.-o of Peter laciburgh, a pronihi'-'Ut wees* icm l n-h r, and also fJn* house of an* other rebel, w|io«e Timne we did not learn. Roth uf the houses were fortifiedTwo r, Ind.'s who had taken the n::r.ii of nil.-;, a nor, Eti.il were cutUjht with arms hi flurir invud?. were taken out iin l idiot. Two more men, caught under similar clr-ell in‘iia r.. were to have L on i-nol the imxL day.— Major Slammer, it) marching through Roane county— |111 11 i a i i right dead men in a in obwure thicket. It wasno* known whtiher the I'M-lii. lt;were thereof Union men or rebels. Major Slenaniei is satisfied that the- rebel* lt;have signal rockets, by which they warn one anotherof the approach of Uis force. They at*o l ave u aigaultike the hooting of tin owl, which i very advantageously used, tty the.--' and similar means rimv are ei ,lt; ablcd to elude the pursuit of Sieairner'i connuand and ' t.a scatter into small bodies.The military authorities at Parke burg are tightrn-' Lng the Unea upon the rebels, nnd have inaugurated vlg-1 oroas means to crash out rebellion in that, part of the country. Mo kuui -a permitted to leave the town without a paw, and wiilmuL first taking the. oath ol allegiance, Cusrda .ire placed upon, all the road.- leading from tin* town. Major Slemtner has taken poafica^-ton of the town of Spencer, In Roane county, and made it his headquarters.
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The South Western
Shreveport, Louisiana, US
Wed, Oct 02, 1861
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