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11171LINNID DAILY (SIIIIDAYB IIsoMPTED).
NT JOHN W. FoRNHY.
017/01. NO. 13.1 SOPTH FOURTH STREET
TUE DAILY PRES%
inmuur thins p„ 'sperm, payable to the Garda.
ailed to linbealbers ont of the City at Sims DOLLARS
CR ARNIM, TERSE DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS FOR EILI
MONTHS. ONI DOLLAR AND BEVENTY-FIVB Caere FOR
mut Norma, invariably in advance for the time or•
tend.
air Advertisements Inserted et the natal rates. SIX
ilnes sonstnate a square.
wag Tlui-wFmaczy - finks%
Mailed to Subscribers out of the City at Foust DOLLARS
Pia nutruit, In advance.
AUTUMN. 1863.
DAWSON, BRaNSON, &
N. W. COR. MARKET Lt FIFTH STB.,
(501 MARKET STREET,)
INVITE THE ATTENTION OF CITY AND COUNTRY
MERCHANTS TO THEIR STOCK OF
FRENCH AND ENGLISH
DRESS GOODS,
SILKS, •
SHAWLS, &a.
Cash Buyers will find it to their Interest
to Examine mu* Goods.
T. R. DAWSON 0. BRANSON S G. BOMGARDNER.
Bel2-2m
•618 CHESTNUT STREET, I THOS. MELLOR 4t Co.,
ARCH -STREET
CARPET WAREHOUSE.
201EIVCT C.4I.3a.3E•MrrINGi-as
£ll the leading styles of
VELVET, BRUSSELS, THREE-PLY,
INGRAIN, AND VENETIAN
C T IN GS,
Now in store, and selling at THE REDUCED PRICES.
for Cash.
J. BLACKWOOD,
832 ARCH STREET,
5e115.21n Two Doors below NINTH. South Side.
REMOVAL.
J. & E. B• ORNE
RAVE REMOVED FROM
Opposite the State House, to their
NEW WAREIIOIISE,
904 CHESTNUT STREET,
iss the "BUBD BUILDING," and have now open their
FAIL STOCK OF
NE - VT a.a_mt,P.mTIMNTG-S.,
904 CHESTNUT STREET.
ra-2m
Ar7l.. W. BLABON de 00.
‘-^ • ALLIMACTIMERS OF
410 0 11..0 4C3EaCZ0 1 1"NaziCel,
1546 NORTH THIRD STREET, PHILADELPHIA.
Offer to the Trade a full stock of
FLOOR, TA.BLE,, AND CARRIAGE
41:31MICA 4C3-IC)9VX-X.61,
GREEN-GLAZED OIL CLOTHS AND WINDOW
se2-2m SHADES.
diGLEN ECHO" MILLS,
GERMANTOWN, PA.
MoCALLTIM & CO.;
itANUFACITUEERS, IMPORTERS, AND, DEALERS IA
C ArtPISTIN
OIL CLOTEISi 6301
WAREHOUSE, 509 CHESTNUT ST.,
OPPOSITE INDEPENDENCE HALL.
sel-3m
GEORGE W. RILL,
Manufacturer and Wholesale Dealer in
OARPETLNGS, MATTING'S, RUGS.
ALSO,
COTTON AND WOOLLEN YARNS,
At very Low Prices.
11115 lORTEI THUD STREET. ABOVE AWL
sel•lin* Philadelphia.
WOODEN AND WILLOW WARI&
ISCICTS,
WHOLESALE DRA:LEE
TARNS, BATTS, WADDINGS,
WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE,
OIL CLOTHO, IVINDOIV SHADES'
LOOKING GLASSER, 9LOOKS,
'FANCY BASKETS, ka.
X5lB MARKET and 510 COMMERCE Sta.
aza•sm
F ALL 'IB63
WHITE PECIIIN, •
443 DIAII,KET SITERET.
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE,
BROOMS, CEDAR WARE,
OIL-CLOTH, LOOKING GILA.SBES,
FANCY BASKETS,
CORDAGE, &c
-ar' Agents for
HALEY, NORSE, et BoyDEN's PATENT BELF-AD.
JUSTING CLOTHES WRINGER.,"
TEE MOST RELIABLE WRINGER NOW IN USE.
seVAin
J. H. COYLE it CO.,
Wholesale Dealers in
YARNS, BATTS.
CARPET CHAIN,
WOODEN WARE.
BRUSHES, are.,
1 1310 DI•ARKET STREET,
PIIMADELPAIA.
SEW IN C 4 MACHINES.
LONG -LOOKED FOR
- COME AT LAST!
V PERFEOTION OF SEWING MACHINES.
SAMPLES OP THE HELEBRA.TED
FLORENCE SEWING 31/I.OIIINES
Can be aeon at
No. 439 CHESTNUT STREET (second floor).
Where ail persons' nterested in sewing machines are ht.
Wited to call and examine this wonderful Machine.
It has been the object of the.FLORBN GE SEWING
MACHINE COMPANY to supply a machine free from
She objections attached to other first-class machines. and
after the patient, untiring labor of years and a liberal
expenditure of capital In securing the first mechanical
.talent, their efforts have been crowned with success. and
they_are now offering to the public the MOST PERFECT
- HEWING MACHINE IN THE WORLD. Among its
!many advantages over all other machines, may be-mem
tioned :
Ist. 'lt makes four different ditches on one and the
-name machine, each stitch being perfect and alike on
'both sides of the fabric.
3d. 07uzniting from one kind of stitch to another, as
erell as the length of the stitch, can readily be done while
She machine is in motion.
Bd. NverOstitch is perfect in itself, making the seam
secure and uniform, combining elasticity, strength and
beaut y.
4th. It heis the reverstWe feed motion, which enables
She operator to run the work to either the right or left,
or stay any part of the seam, or fasten the ends of seams
Without turning the fabric or stopping the machine.
6th. It is the most rapid sewer in the world, making
five stitches to each revolution, and there is no other
machine which will do so large a range of work as the
IfLORENCE.
oth. It does the heaviest or finest work with equal fa
ellity, without change of tension or breaking of thread.
7th. It hems, fells, binds, gathers, braids, quilts, and,
leathers and sews on a ruffle at the same time.
Bth. Re Amp/Wit?, enables the most inexperienced to
'operate it. Its motions are all positive, and there are
so fine springs to get out of order, and it is adapted to
all kinds of cloth-work, from thick to thin, and is al
moernoissiars.
9th. The FLORENCE SEWING MACHINE is unequal
iesl in beauty and style, and must be seen to be appre-
Witted.
Call and see the FLORENCE. at No. 439 CHESTNUT
ftreet, up stairs. • an29-tf
GAS FIXTURES, Am.
517 ARCH STREET
C. A. VANKIRK & CO.,
MANITFACTI7RER9 OP
CHANDELIERS
AND OTHER.
GAB FIXTURES.
SLIM French Bronze Flumes and Ornaments, porcelain
and Mica Shades, and a variety of
FANCY GOODS,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
Mini Mal an examine grindx
CABINET FURNITURE.
CABINET FURNITURE AND
".-• WARD TABLES.
MOORE & CAMPION,
No. 261 SOUTH SECOND STREET.
In connection with their extensive Cabinet business, are
i2oW manufacturing a snperior article of
BILLIARD TABLES,
and have now on hand a fall supply. finished with the
• MOOR pr ong&ISPION'S ISIPBOVED CII:I3ELIONd.
'Which are nced by all who have used them to be
- superior to all others.
For the quality and finish of those Tables, the manu
facturers refer to their numerous patrons throughout
the Union, who are familiar with the character of their
W0rk.858.6m
COME.
COAL. -SUGAR LOAF, BEAVER
MEADOW, and Spring Mountain Lehigh Coal, and
best Locust Mountain, from Schuylkill; prepared ex-
Pressly for Family use. Depot, N. W. corner of EIGHTH
and WILLOW Streets. OHM% No. TVA South SECOND
Street. Cap 2-131 J. WALTON & CO.
(111AMPAGNE.---AN INVOICE OF
N. , -Gold Lac." and " Gloria " ChampAKne, in quarts
and pinta, just received per French ship Mae Amelia."
for sale by CHAS. S. 3i JAS. GaRSTALR.S.
Sole Agents,
DrOn. 126 WALMUT and ill WIANITE Stn.
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VOL. 7.-NO. 50.
SILK AND DRY-GOODS JOBBERS.
IMP OR TE R S,
Noe. 40 and 44 NORTH THIRD STREET.
We invite the attention of the trade to our large stock of
HOSIERY, GLOVES,
SHIRTS, DRAWERS,
GERMANTOWN FANCY *OOLENS,
LINEN CAMBRIC EMUS.,
44 LINENS, AND SHIRT FRONTS.
a.37-Sm
1863 F ALL IMPORTATION. 18 63
EDMUND YARD ea Co,
INORTERS AND JOBBERS, SILKS AND FANCY
DRY GOODS,
617 CHESTNUT and 616 JAYNE Street.
Have now opened their Fall importation of Dress Goods.
MERINOS,
COB R UG,
.' EPS,
ALPACAS,
DELAIS,
PLAID AND STRIPES) POPLINS
10 0 , FANCY AND BLACK SAS.
talso.vA ittrie assortment of
I RHA.NVLS,
SKIRTS
'
WHITE GOObS
LINEN,
EMBROIDERIES, dm.,
Which they over to the trade at the
LOWEST MARKET PRICES.
I anll-tf
DAILIES, KENT,
SANTEE. di 004
IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OF
DR GOOD'S,
Nom: 839 and 241 N. THIRD STREET, ABOVE RACE.
PHILADELPHIA.
Have now open their usual
LARGE AND COMPLETE STOCK
OF
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC DRY GOODS.
Among which will be found a more than usually attrac
tive variety of
LADIES' DRESS GOODS;
Also, a fall Assortment of
ktERRIMACK AND COCHECO PRINTS,
and
PHILADELPHIA-MADE GOODS.
To which they invite the SPECIAL ATTENTION OP
CASH BUYERS. - .an27-2m
CASH BUYERS,
AT WHOLESALE
Are invited to examine our
FLANNELS,
BLANKETS,
AIERIN()ES •
POPLINS,
BLACK SILKS,
FANCY SILKS,
IRISH LINENS, WIIITE GOODS,
DRESS GOODS
And other articles adapted to the seasott.
JAMES R. CAMPBELL era CO.;
1 7',"7"
an24.2m CHESTNITS ST'ICEET.
FALL STOCK
SILK AND FANCY DRESS GOODS
A. W. LITTLE & 00.
se2-2m lib. 325 MARKET STREET
FALL
1863. 1863.
3:1315r1r GOOD'S.
HOOD, 130NBRIGHT, Qs 00
WHOLESALE DEALERSIE
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
DRY GOODS.
No. 435 lILLREET STREET, PHILADELPHIA,
The attention of the TRADE is invited to their large
Stock of
STAPLE AND FANCY GOODS.,
Among which are choice brands of Sheet
ing and Shirting Muslins,
Madder Prints, De Laines,
Gingharas, and
SEASONABLE DRESS GOODS.
ALSO,
MEN'S WEAR
IN GREAT VARIETY.
GREAT INDUCEMENTS OFFERED TO
_ CASS BUYERS.
an2A-2m
BLACK SILKS,
AT VIM LOW PRIORS
M, L. HALLOWELL & C0.,-
90. 015 CHESTNUT STREET
SiIAWLS
AMERICAN AND FOREIGN. IN GREAT VARIETY.
M. E. 1-1A1,1,0'7% 1. EL - 1, (1) CO.;
No. 61Z CHESTNUT STREET
DRESS GOODS.
An immense assortment, in French, English, and Saxony
Goods. -
M. L. - HALLOWELL dc, CO-.
No. 615 CHESTNUT STREET
TO WHOLESALE BUYERS.
THOMAS W. EVANS do CO.
INVITE THE ATTENTION.OF
WHOLESALE BUYERS
TO THEIR LARGE AND WELL-SELECTED ASSORT
MEET OF
FANCY DrUY GOODS.
FALL AND WINTER SALES.
This Block le principally of T. W. B. & CO.'S own IM
PORTATION, and will be offered at the
MOST REASONABLE PRICES.
BUYERS are solicited to call and examine
820 CHESTNUT STREET,
UP STAIRS.
CASH HOUSE.
M. L. HALLOWELL & CO.,
RATE NOW IN STORE.
DRESS GOODS,
BLACK AND FANCY SILKS,
SHAWLS, BALMORALS,
RIBBONS, KID GLOVES, &-c., &ci
Bought exclusively for cash, and which will be sold
at a small advance. sel-3m
1863 . FALL AND WINTER 1863
31311,Y - GOODS.
RIEGEL, WIEST, iSa ERVIN 3
IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OF
DRY GOODS;
NO. 4'7 NORTH THIRD STREET,
PHILADELPHIA.
We are constantly receiving large lots of all kinds of
fresh and desirable . Goods, Merchants will find it to
their advantage to call and examine our stock before
purchasing elsewhere, as wo can offer them inducements
unequalled by any other oatablishment In Philadelphia.
se.9-2zu
sel6-tde3l
ANDRIOT, MAGEOCIE, & CO.,
FRENCH TAILORS,
No. 608 CRESTNUT STREET.
PHILADELPHIA.
PAUL .ANDRIOT, (of Paris.) late Principal Cutter
and Superintendent of Granville Stokes.
JAMES B. MAGEOCH, late Pants and Vest Cutter of
Granville Stokes, and
D. GORDON YATES.
A choice stock of Seasonable Goods always on hand.
French and German spoken. seld-3m
EDWARD P. KELLY,
JOHN KELLY:
FORMERLY CHESTNUT, ABOVE SEVENTH'
112 SODTH THIRD St., HELD THE EXCHLEGE.
Have just received a large Stock of Choice
FALL AND WINTER GOODS,
AND
FALL STYLES,
TERMS CASH, at prices much lower than any other
first-class establishment. au27-tf
BLACK CASS. PANTS, $5.50,
At 704 MARKET Street.
BLACK CASS. PANTS, 55.60, At 704 MARKET Street.
BLACK CABS. PANTS, X5.60,`,At 704 MARKET Street.
BLACK CASS. PANTS. $5.60. At 704 MARKET Street.
BLACK CASS. PANTS. $0 SO, At 701 MARKET Street.
GRIGG & VAN OUTTEN'S, No. 704 MARKET. Street.
GRIGG Ar. VAN GUNTER'S, No. 704 MARKET Street.
GRIGG A VAN GUDITEN'S, No. 704 MARKET Street.
GRIGG & VAN GUNTER'S, No. 704 MARKET Street.
GRIGG & VAN GUNTER'S, No. 704 MARKET Street.
SILVER ,X'EATED WARE
MANUFACTORY.
TEA SETS,
CASTORS,
WAITERS,
ICE PITCHERS, &c., &c.
WILEP. & MOSS,
igeB-2m 225 SMYTH FIFTH STREET.
NOS 1 AND 3 N. SIXTH STREET,
GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING GOODS,
IYMZUFACTURER
WRAPPERS.
606. ARCH STREET. 606
GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS,
SHIRTS, WRAPPERS, AND STOCKS
a_ A. HOFFMANN - ,
saccessor to W. W. B6IGHT.
sal-tnl4 606 ARCH STREET. 606.
VINE SHIRT MANUFACTORY.
The subscriber would invite attention to his
IMPROVED CUT OF SHIRTS,
which he makes a specialty in his business. Also, eon
rtantly receivioss
NOVELTIES FOR GENTI,EMEMS_WHAIt:
J. W____SGOTT
GENT.I.nsrAN'S FURNISHING 'STORE,
_ - - No. Sll- CHESTNUT STREET,
--- ja2o-tf Four, doors below the Continental.
W 0 0 L.
In store, and daily arriving, conaignmenta of Tab and
on CHESTNUT STREET
CLOTHING.
MINIMUM & BROWN'S
POPULAR,
CiP .E l l. X 45 X3C A XJI
S. E. CORNER
SIXTH AND MAtIKET.
FINE CLOTHING READY-MADE.
W. & B.
WANAMAEBR & BROWN,
MERCHANT TAILORS.
CUSTOM DEPARTMENT,
NO. 1 SOUTH SIXTH STREET.
The newest styles fur Fall and Winter
blow Ready.
LATE 1022 CHESTNUT STREET.
T A II:0 R - 8; •
SILVER-PLATED WARE.
GENT'S FURNISHING GOODS.
PHILADELPHIA.
303E1N C. .11.3F.,3ECIESON,
(goßmsurx 3. BURR mooxv.,)
INCPORTER AND DEALER IN
OF THE IMPROVED
COLLARS,
SATISFACTION GUARANTIED. ray22-toe4
TINE SHIRT AND WRAPPER DEPOT.
AN ELEGANT ASSORTMENT OP
AT MODERATE PRICES.
TODR PREMIUMS AWARDED FOR
YARNS.
CLIP OF 1882
Medium and Fine, very light and clean
Fleeoe, from new clip
WOOLEN YARNS.
18 to 30 cuts, flue, on hand
COTTON YARNS.
No. 6 to 30's, of first-class makes.
In Warp, Bundle, and Cop
N. B.—All numbers and descriptions procured a once
on orders
ALEX. WHILLDIN & SONS,
18 North FRONT Street
an3l-mw&ftf
DRUGS.
ROBERT SHOEMAKER CO&
Northeast Corner FOURTH and RICE Streets,
PHILADELPHIA
WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS,
IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
WINDOW AND PLATE GLASS
MANIIPACTURERS OF
WRITE LEAD AND ZINC PAINTS, PUTTY, &o
AGENTS. FOR TEE CELEBRATED
FRENCH ZINC PAINTS.
Dealers and consumers supplied at
VERY LOW PRICES FOR CASH.
PAPER HANGINGS.
PHILADELPHIA ,
PAPER lIANGtNGS.
HOWELL So BOURKE,
=33
FOURTH AND MARKET STREETS
MANUFACTURERS OF
PAPER HANGINGS
AND WINDOW CURTAIN PAPERS.
Offer to the trade a large and elegant alsortment o
Decorations.
from the cheapeet Brown Stock to - the flues.
Decorations.
N. E. CORDER FOURTH Jz MARKET STREETS.
N. B.—Solid Green, Bine, and Buff WINDOW PA
PERS of every grade. • selo-2m
UMBRELLAS.
UMBRELLAS 1 UMBRELLAS
WM. A. DROWN dt 00.,
NO. 246 MARKET STREET,
PHILADELPHIA
Moanfacturers of
SUPERIOR UMBRELLAS.
atoalm
U N - ION-STEAM AND WATER
'HEATING Commucy OF PHILADELPHIA.
GOLD'S PATENT STEAM AND HOT-WATER HEATER,
THOMPSON'S LONDON EITCHENER, and all other
Improved COOKING APPARATUS. -
Boilers and Water Backs. Parlor and other Grateii;
Registers and Ventilators, Backaand Jambe, and all
things connected with the above branch of business.
•
JAMES P. WOOD,
No. 'li South FOURTH Street.
B. M. FELTWELL, Superintendent. ap.l3"
625 GOIDTITORP & CO., 625
..• - Manufacturers of •
Tassels, Cords, Fringes, Cartains, and Furniture
Gimps, Curtain Loops, Centre Tassels.
Pictures and Photograph Tassels, Blind Trimmings.
Military, and Dress Toimmings, Ribbons, Neck Ties,
etc., etc. - No. G 25 MARKET Street,
my 6. 6 .1 . Philadelphia.
nix) GOLD AND SILVER BOUGHT.—
The ids hest cash price will he paid for old 'GOLD'
and SILVER, at LEWIS L aDOMDS
6022 - sire 802 CIUNTVIIT Strtnt.
PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, SEPT. 28, 1863.
Etit
LETTER FROM THE NORTHWEST,
The Draft he Mluseesota—Politics — Prospect
to the Election—Situation of the Copper
. head s—Agrieuetural Prospects—Stage of
the River--Business Gienerally--Indlau
Matters—The End. of the Expedition—Ms
eellaueous.
[Special Correspondence of The Press.]
ST. Pane, Mum, Sept. 21, 1803.
The news reached here yesterday that the draft
in this State would take place next after that
of Ohio. Preparations have been gradually ma
king for carrying out the provisions of the law,
so that the announcement did not find the State
unprepared. The draft will come off es quietly in
this locality as anywhere in the Union, and there
will be little if any attempt at resistance. Some of.
the Copperheads of this city have been talking loud
ly, but they now give evidence that they will not •
add law.breaking and rioting to their other sine.
Somehow the exercise of a determination on the
part of the Government to carry the matter through
in New York at all hazards has had a wonderful
effect here.
The political status in Minnesota is as pleasing
as in the States that have given their voices in favor
of the Union. Before the campaign opened, the
Prospect was very favorable for the Democrats:
They were far in a majority, and with proper mani
pulation the two wings could have been united. If
a 'mild specimen of a'. war and peace ,Democrat in -
one - person had been brought forward, he would have
secured the votes of both sides. The war Demo
crats had the strength on their side, but were not.
inclined to be selfish. Not so the other wing.
The Copperheads were determined to rule or ruin,
and they went at work with a will. They did both :
they ruled the nominations, and they ruined the
chances of success. The war Dernocrate refuted to
join with them, and the breach thus created has
widened daily. The prominent men of the party
have declined to strike hands with the Copperheads,
and the principal organs of the latter have gone over
to the enemy. The only Democratic paper in St.
Paul, and the leading one in the State, the Pioneer,
left the Copperhead party, and it is now without
an organ. In these days, a political party without
a newspaper is in much the same condition -as a
steamboat without engines, or a bird without wings.
The Copperheads themselves acknowledgethat they
do not stand the ghost of a chance in the election,
and theiraupport of their nominations will be tame
and spiritless. The Republican candidates are as
certain of an election as the election day is to come.
The fight over the county nominations appeara -to
be more zpirited than that over those of the State.
Some of the - local fights are made with a great deal
of bitterness, and it is possible that a few Copper
heads may obtain minor offices.
The agricultural season has been quite unfortu
nate for Minnesota. The drought in the spring
and summer reduced our wheat and oat crops ma
terially, though the injury was not serious. Wheat
looked nearly as well when standing in the field as
in former years, but it did not yield as well upon
threshing. So alto with oats, the appearance of
the uncut crop being more affected than the wheat.
The heavy frost that swept through the West three
weeks ago did not fall to call upon Minnesota. In
some localities it was quite severe, while in others
its effects were hardly perceptible. Its principal
injury was to corn, and vines generally, potatoes
coming in for a large share of the damage. After
the various crops are harvested, the low stage of
water prevents their being taken to market with
the usual rapidity. No' large boats have been
able to reach St. Paul came last year on ac
count of the unprecedented stage of water.
The small ones that do come up are so very
diminutive 'that they afford little accommoda
tion for paesengers or freight. The large beats
come to a bar thirty-five miles below kere, and
there stop. At that point cargoes of freight and
• Passengers are transferred to the little craft for
. transmission to St. Paul. As the cargo of onelarge
boat is always placed upon one of the little crafts
without any regard to crowding it, it is found that
the old rule of fourteen square feet to the paesenger
cannot be adhered to. Even standing room is
sometimes difficult to obtain. The steamboat lines
really do the best they can, and their manager, re
gret the crowding as much as the public does.
The business of St. Paul and the other cities of
the State has fallen oft, in consequence of the low'
dap of the Mississippi.' It in very difficult to get
goods here to market, and equally so to ship -thee
products of the country. The lower counties
are sending their wheat to market at La Cruise
and Prairie-du-Chien, but the upper ones find it im
possible to do so. At St. Anthony's Falls the nu
merous saw-mills have been idle for the entire sum
• mer. The drought prevented the usual supply of
legs from arriving down the tributaries of the Mis
eissippi, and the mills are stopped in consequence.
There is no hope of their being started until 'next
year, and meantime the towns are suffering.
The Indian ExpEditionthat started out in June
from Fort Snelling may be looked upon as complete
ly over for this year. General Sibley'm troops re•
turned home ten days ago, and are now principally
at Fort Snelling. General Sibley has himself gone
to St. Paul for a conference with the departmerft
commander, but will return here in a few days.
Meantime, the district is in command of Colonel
Crooks, of the 6th Minnesota Infantry. Some of
the troops have been scattered along the frontier as
a precaution against the Indians, and the remainder
are expected to go below shortly to join the Army
of the Cumberland. Portions of the 10th are at
Fort Ridgeley, Fort Ripley, and Sauk Centre, but
they will be relieved this week.by the 9th. The 9th
will remain in the State, and so will Colonel Mc-
Phail's regiment of cavalry. An independent bat
talion for service against the Indians is being raised
_by Major Beach, and is ordered - to rendezvous at
Fort Ridgeley. The troops on the frontier are ex
pected to be constantly - active during the winter.
As a well conduated march through a desolate
and uninhabited country, the Indian Expedition is
almost without a parallel. Every one appears wil
ling to accord full praise to it in that particular.
The chief and almost universal complaint is that
the Indians were not sufficiently punished after they
were overtaken. The Indiana attacked the expedi
tion on three occasions, and were each time driven off
by being shelled with artillery. Our loos in the three
"battles" was only four killed and five or six wound
ed, while that of the Indians could not have been
more than four or five times as great. Only on ono
occasion were they pursued, and at that time not
with any effect. General Sibley appears to - have
acted with altogether too much caution, and in his
endeavors to save hie men from injury he allowed
the Indians to escape. This is the concurrent testi
mony of officers and men. No one appears disposed
to censure him, except for over caution. The cam
paign, on the whole, is far from satisfactory to the
people of Minnesota. It is the general impression
that the campaign must be repeated next season on
nearly the same route as followed by General Sibley.
One reason of the ill success of tbo expedition was
the failure of Gen. Sully to come up the Missouri,
to connect with Gen. Sibley at Devil's Leke, and
thus enclose the Indiana between two fires. This
was the plan of the campaign, as arranged by Gen.
Pope, but the unusual low water in the Missouri
prventcd Gen. Sully moving as was anticipated.
Within the last few days we hear that Gen. Sully
has overtaken the Indians, and defeated them,
killing a hundred or more, and destroying a
portion of their winter stores- and transporta
tion. The particulars of the affair have not been
received, and the location of the encounter is not
given. It is supposed to have taken place some
where on the Missouri divide, not far from the river
itself, and in the direction of Devil's Lake. Most
of the Sioux that were driven across the Missouri
by General Sibley will winter in Nofthwest Minne
sota, unlees they are again molested. They recrossed
the river almost immediately after General Sibley
started on his return.
A. treaty-will be concluded this autumn with the
- Chippewas living in Northern Minnesota, in which
stipulations for an offensive alliance will be in
cluded. The Chippewas have a life-long feud
with the Sioux, and have repeatedly offered to take
the field against them if they could be supplied with
arms and ammunition. We shall probably accept
the offer with a contingency that they will not take
the field until next spring, and not then unless the
Sioux again renew their hostility. The Ohippewae
can bring 1,200 warriors into service and would be
excellent allies in a war against the Sioux. " Hole
in.thealay" is their chief. Governor Ramsey is
now absent, to hold a treaty with them near the in
ternational boundary line.
Among the prisoners, brought in by the expedition
was a son of Little Crow, a youth of some fourteen
years of age. He took part in the massacres of last
year, which were instigated by his father, and was
captured by a scouting party near Devil's Lake.
His trial for his participation in the murder com
mences today, at Fort Snelling. He will probably
be sentenced to hard labor in the primon at Daven
port, lowa. His hair has already been closely crop•
ped, and he endeavors to conceal the indignity by
keeping his head constantly covered.
Work is being actively pushed on several rail
ways in Minnesota. One from St. Paul, with aspi
rations towards the Pacific coast, has ten miles in
operation, and will have twenty more before-winter
sets in. Another to connect St: Paul with Dubuque,
lowa, is being graded ; and still another running due
west from 'Winona to the St. Paul and Dubuque
line. St. Paul will obtain a connection with the
East by a year from next summer, should no dicta
ter overtake the present enterprises.
PIERIVIONT.
PATTERN SHIRT
UNDEROLOTHING,
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1863.
ENGLAND'S INTETIE ST IN THE MONROE Doc-
TRINE,—Mr. Everett has an article in the N. Y.
Lcdger on the Monroe doctrine, in which he exposes
the vacillation and injustice of England on this
"Such, as far as Mexico is concerned, is the Mon
roe doctrine ;.such its origin,. such its significance,
such its history ; urged, all but forced, on the Uni
ted States by . the importunity of England, hafted
With rapture in her Parliament on its announce
ment, claimed on behalf of Mr. Canning as the
work of his hands, admitted to have been decisive
of the leading measuree of his administration, now
quoted among the studied insults which the United
States have for fifty years been offering to Great
Britain ; another proof that instead of being a loyal
friend to that country, she has shown herself to be a
'grasping and bullying enemy"; and the' merchants
of London' are rejoiced that &French invasion, the
precise'movement which Mr. Canning in 1823 urged
the United States to join him in forbidding, has suc
ceeded in trampling in the dust the policy which
England then had so much at heart, and to which it
is as much her interest now as ever to adhere,"
THE BATTLE OF CHICKINAUGL
struggle of the 19th—Our Line Crushed
and Rolled Back.
GEN. ROSECRANS PLACES BATTERIES-THE REBELS
HURLED BACK BY THOMAS,
Our Line Again &Au, but Our Pofition
Regained.
THE BATTLE OF THE 20TH
Our lienty . crat in Two and Forced Back•
Unavailing Efforts of General Roseeraus
to Stay the Rout—Gallant Stand
Made by 10,000 or 12,000.
Towrious Pinal lissahlt by the
Ilebeis hel p ls ed. and Routed.
THE RETREAT TO CHATTANOOGA.
GREAT LOSSES OF MATERIAL.
Ftont the 15th to the 17th
I CINCINNATI, Sept. 25.—0 n the 15th the corps of
Gene. Crittenden and Thomas were in lice, and on
the morning of the same day Gen. PlEcCook's reached
its starting point from the Lookout Valley. On
the 17th it was also in its proper position. The
dine extended from right to left along the West
Chickamauga up to McLamore , a " Cove"—a local
designation for the long, narrow, wooded valleys
with which this region abounds—formed by the Pi
., geon and Lookout Mountains. Being protected by
the West Chickamauga in front, and resting upon a
ridge of mountains, the roads over which to our se
condary bate at Bridgeport we held, it was strong
in itself, but weak in relation to our lines of com
munication. It covered our intermediate ddpOt of
supplies at the railroad terminus at Bridgeport, but
at the same time the wide gap it left between the
nearest wing of the army and Chattanooga exposed
our lines of communication from Bridgeport through
the latter town—the route the wagon trains follow
ed—and invited turning manoeuvres.
Still, the relative advantages and disadvantages
of our position will depend in a great measure upon
the strength , of the enemy. It was certainly the
beat position that could be assumed in adaptation to
the front shown by the enemy. For one, facing
south in close proximity to Chattanooga, although,
perhaps, covering the town better, would give the
enemy control of the shorter roads across th Look
out Mountains to Bridgeport, and a fine opportunity
to play the same game upon us that we practised
upon Bragg, by throwing a flanking column to the
rear. The strategic advantages of Chattanooga ap
pear, indeed, to have been overestimated. The
southern sweep the course of the Tennessee takes
in its vicinity, renders it almost impossible to pro
tect the place from being turned.
While we faced the Pigeon Mountains from their
western base, the main body of the enemy rested at
their eastern, in the vicinity of Lafayette. Their
advance held threepaeees—Catlettis, Dug, and Blue.
bird Gaps, leading from our front over the ridge.
Their position is well chosen and strong, and none
the lees advantageousfrom the railroad facilities they
enjoy ed to their very front. In this respect they
had a great start of us.
Except an occasional exchange of shots be
tween the pickets, no hostilities occurred be
tween the opposed forces until the morning
Of the .17th, when the enemy twice drove in
our pickets on the left, but retired speedily
upon the advance of the support of the latter.
General Rosecrans, although prepared for and ex
pecting battle, was not anxious to bring it on. Hie
expected reinforcements from the reserve corps of
General .Burnside bad not all reached him. But,
above all, it may be supposed that the intelligence
of the arrival and disembarkation of troops from
Virginia, said to belong to Longetreet's corps, at
Rosiest station, a few miles from Lafayette, brought
by deserters on the 16th and 17th, made him desirous,
in the face of the numerical superiority thus appa
rently given to the enemy, to be attacked in his own
chosen position rather thanto seek the enemy.
The accession of Eastern troops to the rebel army
in our front afforded additional proof, of the dis
couraging truth, developed clearer from day to day
last week, that the rebel generals have been acting
througbout this campaign upon a masterly plan, and
were about trying a great stroke of strategy, while
Grant and Meade were idle, and Roseerans aban
doned.
CINCINNATI, Sept. 25.—1 n the course of the 17th,
already unmistakable signs indicated that the enemy
had discovered the weak points of our position, and
were massing their forces in front of our left centre
and left; for the manifest purpose of crushing those
parts of our lines, or getting between them and
Chattanooga. El corresponding movement by the
left Bank was thence made by the whole army fur
ther down the West Chickamauga, so that on Friday
morning our extreme left Rested at Gordon's Mill,
at the crossing of the Chickamauga by the Lafayette
pike, about twelve miles southwest Of Chattanooga.
-On the morning of the 18th, Friday, a portion of the
:' , expected reinforcements, consisting of two brigades
of the reserve corps, respectively commanded by
Colonels McCook and Mitchell, made their appear
ance-near Chattanooga, and were immediately or
dered to make a reconnoissance towards Ringgold,
and develop the intentions of the enemy from that
quarter.
They came upon the advance of Longstreet's
corps, pushed it back for some distance, took a num
ber of prisoners from it, and fully established the
anticipated concentration of the enemy in front of
our left. All day Friday the cavalry, covering our
front, skirmished with different bodies of the enemy
issuing from the various gaps of the Pigeon Moun
tains, and advancing upon and again retiring from
our line. No serious collision, however, occurred.
It was evident the rebel generals meant to create a
false impression as to the points of our line against
which they proposed to strike a blow with concen
trated power. But General Rosecrans was not de
ceived. The reports from the front all tended to
confirm his previous impression that an onset in
overwhelming numbers was contemplated upon our
left tank, and that it had to be met by a still further
shifting line toward Chattanooga.
THE POSITION OF OUR TROOPS
Accordingly, on Friday night the divisions of
Brannan and Baird, formerly commanded by Gene
rals Rousseau and Reynolds, of Thomas' corps, to
gether with Johnson's, of McCook's corps, moved
from the centre, to the left of Crittenden's corps.
They were in their new positionsat daybreak. The
two other divisions of McCook's corps, Davis' and
Sheridan's, were to move into the position aban
doned by Thomas' corps, but had not time to assume
it fully before the commencement of the action on
the next morning. On the morning of Saturday our
line, then, appeared as follows : On the extreme left,
Brannan; next, Baird and Reynolds, with Johnson
in reserve in the centre ; Palmer on the right of Rey
nolds. and Van Cleve on his left. The line,• as
already stated, was to be completed by Davis' and
Sheridan's divisions, faced a little east of south.
OPENING OF THE BATTLE
The early forenoon passed away without fore
warning of the approaching conflict; but shortly
before eleven o'clock the storm that had been brew
ing all the morning on the rebel side burst forth in
the expected direction. At that time a long mass of
rebel infantry was seen advancing upon Brannan's
division, on the extreme left It drat came upon the
second brigade, Colonel Croxton commanding, and
soon forced it back, despite its determined resist
ance. The two other brigades of the division at
once came to its assistance, and succeeded in check
ing the progress of the rebels, and driving them
back, but their column being in turn strongly rein
forced, they advanced again with wild yells. So
powerful was this assault that they pushed Bran
nan back to and beyond his position in the line, and
thus uncovered the left of Baird's division.
. _
Making prompt use of their advantage, they
changed their course to the left ? end speedily en
veloped Scribner's anti King's brigades—the latter
of Regulars. They were almost surrounded, but
managed to disentangle themselves, after fearful
lots. The crushing rebel masses next came upon
Johnson's division, and rolled it upon Reynolds',
which also became speedily involved in the des
perate struggle. 'The stubborn resistance of those
divisions, however, and the sweeping fire of some
batteries posted under the personal supervision of
General Rosecrans, arrested at last their sweeping
advance.
VICTORIOUS ADVANCE OP GBH. THOMAS' CORPS.
The divisions of Brannan and Baird having been
rallied, General Thomas ordered a general advance
of the right, and soon the tide of battle was decided
ly turned in our favor. With cheers our lines ad
vanced, halting only at times to shatter the enemy
with musketry. Several times the latter's retreat.
ing line stopped and vainly tried to retain their
gained ground ; but steadily they were driven from
position to position, and by four o'clock all the
ground lost was nearly recovered. Several batteries
belonging to Generals Baird's and Brannan's divi
sions; whose horses had been killed, and supports
were swept away, were retaken, and several hun
dred prisoners captured. The enemy left all their
dead and nearly all their wounded on the field.
There were at least five hundred of the former. The
rebel troops engaging Thomas belonged to Buckner's
and Longstreet'a commands.
REBEL 'ATTACK ON OUI CENTRE-THEIR. REPULSE
NY REYNOLDS' DIVISION.
At the time the struggle was turning in our favor
on the left, - Bragg's army proper, consisting of the
corps of Folk and Hill, (formerly Hardee's.) moved
to a most determined and well•executed attack upon
Palmer's and Van Cleve's divisions in the centre.
Its object was obviously to relieve the defeated
rebel right. Palmer and Van Cleve soon found
themselves overpowered, and their divisions break
ing: Their complete rout was imminent, when
Davis' division came to their support on Van
Cleve's right. The timely reinforcement's at first
had the effect of checking the enemy and restoring
our line ; but the rebel attack was speedily renewed
with great numbers, and the centre again compelled
to yield. Davis was forced to the right and Van
Cleve to the left, and the enemy advanced through
the opening made in our line, threatening to take
the centre and right by their flanks, as they had
done on the left.
At this critical juncture Sheridan's division ap
peared, and was at once thrown upon the enemy.
It stood its ground gallantly for a while, but be
coming soon exposed to a destructive flank fire, was
also compelled to fall back. Fortunately, the di
visions of Generals Wood and Negley, that had
been early withdrawn from Gordon's Mills when
the rebel attack on the left threatened to be success
ful, now came to the rescue. After a- brief contest
the rebels found themselves at last matched, and
commenced giving away in their turn, Reynolds
having also been sent to the assistance of the centre.
After the repulse of the rebel right an advance
was ordered, and the original position regained about
sunset.
FINALE OF . SATURDAY'S BATTLE
About dark the enemy made another demonstra
tion, with a heavy artillery and musketry Lire upon
the centre, but, eliciting a lively response. they soon
abandoned this last effort of the day. Thus ended
the battle of the 19th. It has been a defensive one
on our part, and although we lost no ground, and
probablyless men and material than the enemy, its
results could hardly be claimed as a triumph of
Union aims. No substantial advantage had been
won, andia large portion of the army was badly shat
tered. That the enemy, with his numerical supe
riority, would be able to offer again battle on the
following day could well be supposed. Gen. Rose
crans antioipated a renewal of the struggle, and pre.
pared for it.
TEE WOES. OF THE NIGIIT-OUR NEW LINES OF
IMEIMIM
`During the night the disposition of our forces was
• changed. The line was made to rest along a cross
road running northeast and southwest, and .con
ceding the Itossville and Lafayette roads. By, this
disposition our extreme right was made to rest on
Missionary Ridge. The new line was a mile shorter
than that of the day before. The different divisions
Were disposed in this order : From right to left, one
brigade of Negley's, Johnson's, Baird's, Palmer's,
Reynolds', two brigades of Negley's, Wood's, Sheri
dan's, and Davis' ; Brannan and Van Oleve's
formed the reserve.. The mounted brigades of. Wil
der and Mintey covered the light Rank.
_ .
Sunday - morning broke upon the hostile armies as,
fair as that of the preceding day. Contrary to the
universal expectation on our side, the enemy again
Allowed the Carly Imo, no well suited to olfeapire
rnan reuvres, to pass away undisturbed by the sounds
of battle. The adaptation of their plan of attack to
our new line doubtless necessitated this. About nine
o'clock a few shots were heard at various points of
our front, but it was only at a little before ten that
the report of whole volleys announced the resump
tion of the fight in good earnest. The firing that had
begun upon our left at once assumed the fiercest
character. The enemy repeated the tactics of the pre
vious day by throwing themselves first upon our ex
treme left, formed by General Beatty's brigade of
Negley's division. It stood the onset for some time,
but final iy retired.
_ .
Desiring to unite the two portions of General
Negley's command, General Rosecrans ordered Ge
neral Wood's division to take the position of the
two brigades stationed further to the right. The
rebels, peiceiving the withdrawal of Negley, and
believing it to he a,retreat in good earnest, quickly
also moved upon the centre, and the action speedily
became general. Finding themselves unable to make
an impression on Wood, the enemy, after the lapse
of an hour or so, seemed to concentrate their main
strength upon the centre, now again commanded by
Thomas.
During the night, our troops had constructed along
the line barriers of loge and fence rails, and thus
comparatively sheltered, they kept a continuous,
murderous musketry fire upon the enemy. Our ar
tillery was planted upon higher ground in the rear,
and fired over the infantry. Destructive as our flee
from small arms and cannon was, it did not stay the
advance of the rebels. At times they staggered, but
only to rally and push again forward towards our
line. With frantic yells, Longstreet's and Hill's
corps both came rolling steadily on, in columns by
battalions. Our centre, weakened to the extent of
almost one. third, was not strong enough for success
in this unequal contest. Closer and closer ap
proached the shouting, hostile masses, and at last
forced Brannan's division to yield its position.
Meanwhile, as General Reynolds was severely
pressed, General Wood was ordered to march in
atantly by the left flank, pass Brannan, and go to
his relief. Davie and Sheridan were to ehift over
to the left, and thus close up the line. As the occa
sion was urgent, General Wood drew in his skir
mishers with considerable haste, and the rebels, for
the second time, mistaking a withdrawal for a flight,
pressed forward like a torrent, and poured musket
ry, canister, and grape into the flank - of the division,
moving upon a double.quick. The men endeavored
for a time to keep their files in order, but as the piti
less storm of lead and iron continued to be hurled
against them the regiments began to spread out like
a fan, wider and wider, until finally they were torn
to Hinders. Thies was especially the case with the
brigade commanded by Colonel Buell. Parker's bri
gade alone passed on to its destination comparative
ly intact.
The battle now extended upon its most critical
phase. The breaks temporarily caused by the shift-
Inge of divisions from one paint of the line to ano•
ther; were so promptly perceived and turned to ad •
vantage by the enemy that they proved fatal, and
cost the loss of the day. Davis' division, coming up
to take Wood's position on the extreme left, was
taken with great suddenness and fury by the left
flank, and pushed to the right in utter disorder. '-Si•
multaneously the weak remnants of Van Cleve's
and Palmer's divisions, exposed by.the withdrawal
of Davis, were attacked with equal vehemence on
the right, and forced back in great confusion.
The rout on the left and the right was now com
plete, and even the exertions of General Rosecrans
and his staff; who, with drawn swords, attempted
to restore order, were of no avail. Streams of de
moralized, uncontrollable men, fleeing toward the
rear, were all that remained of a large portion of the
army.
After that fatal break our line was not again re-
formed during the day. The army was, in fact, cut
in two. McCook, with Davis, Sheridan, and
Wilder, being thrown off to the right, Crittenden,
except one brigade of Wood's, being broken in
pieces, and Thomas, with his indomitable corps, and
Johnson's division of McCook's, remaining alone
upon the left. Thomas' divisions—Negley's, Bran
nan's, and Baird's—had been fearfully shaken and
much scattered by the fight over the log works, and
Reynolds' was the only one that retired in 'tolerable
order.
Retreat was now the only resortleft, and the whole
disorganized mass of our troops fell back over the
road to Roseville. Crowds of stragglers, in moblike
discader, made good speed toward. Chattanooga,
with the exception of Sheridan, Davis, and Wilder,
who, cut off from the centre, still straggled as beat
they could. On the right the divisions of Baird,
Reynolds, Negley, and Brannan, and Harker's bri
gade of Wood's division, alone retained adhesive
ness, and took a position along the base of Mission
ary Mountains, where the Roseville road debouches
from them, for another fight. - The line Wa3 formed
so that the left rested upon- the Lafayette road, and
the right of the gap represented an arc of a circle,
and a southeast hill about its centre formed the key
to the position.
THE PURSUIT OF THE ENEMY CHECKED
Between two and three o'clock the enemy ap
peared on the Lafayette road, and, moving by the
left flank, soon formed for another attack. At first
they directed a heavy fire of musketry and artillery
upon our position, as though menacing to dispirit its
defenders before coming to an assault ; but the tea
thousand or twelve thousand men that confronted
them felt that the fate of the Army of the ()umber
land, and, in a great measure, that of the Union,
depended upon the repulse of the enemy, and when
the rebel lines finally came repeatedly to the attack,
they advanced but to recoil with severe loss. Our
troops were formed in two lines upon the crest, and,
firing one after the other, they kept up an unbroken
fusilade with telling effect. The enemy, consisting
of Polk's corps, were not only repelled, but thrown
into such disorder that Turchin's brigade and other
portions of the line followed, and took several hun
dred prisoners. Toward sunset the enemy were
driven back to the position they took when filing
out of the Lafiyette road, and abandoned the
contest.
INCIDENTS OF THE BATTLE
When Thomas' division was most sorely pressed
during the afternoon, and it looked at one time as
though they would again have to succumb to supe
rior numbers, they were gladdened and encouraged
by the advent, on the right, of Mitchell's and Whita
ker's brigades, of the reserve corps, under the com
mand of General Gordon Granger himself. With
this accession of strength, our ability to maintain
our- position was no longer doubted. Soon after
General Granger had reported to General Thomas,
his two brigades were sent out on the road, under
command of General Steadman, to retake an ammu
nition train that had fallen into the hands of the
enemy. They came upon a large rebel force, and,
after a severe conflict, drove them away.
While General Thomas was making his gallant
fight, Sheridan and Davis had managed, after being
much cut up, to work their way to the Roseville
road with the remnants of their divisions, and fall
ing back in the direction of Chattanooga. At night
General Thomas fell back to Roseville, four miles
from Chattanooga, after bringing away all the
wounded, transportation, and other material within
reach.
TIER CAUSE OF OUR DEFEAT
While the struggle of Saturday ended in a drawn
battle, that of Sunday resulted in a disastrous de
feat. The failure of the first day was partly due to
the greater numerical strength of the enemy, and
partly to the deficient formation of our line of battle.
That of the second is justly ascribed to improper
tactics on the battlefield, and above all to the ab•
Bence of command. The inspiring example set, and
influence exercised by, the commander-in-chief at
Stone river were wanting—he having been compelled
to leave the field and return to Chattanooga
.before
the action was over.
The early diaappearance of two corps commanders
from the field also made a demoralizing impression.
The loyal people certainly have cause for self•con
gratulation that the Army of the Cumberland was
not completely (testi oyed, and owe profound grati
tude to Gen. Thomas and those under him that
saved it.
Our losses are great. That in killed, wounded,
and missing will probably reach ten thousand. Of
artillery, we are less some fifty pieces, mostly lost
on Sunday. Of wagons, loaded with ammunition
and supplies, ambulances, Sc., we have lost a great
number. They were abandoned in the retreat on
Sunday.
Gem Rosecrans and hie lieutenants were busily
engaged on Monday in strengthening their position
by field works, and reorganizing their commands.
While the army itself may be considered safe
enough, it is most certain- that if the enemy have
the advantage of greater numbers - flanking move•
ments will compel Rosecrans to retreat across the
Tennessee, in case reinforcements should not
promptly reach him.
• I:OBI:CRAYS' RICINFORCEXICNTS.
Mom the Richmond Sentinel, Sept. 23. ]
On the authority of a gentleman who arrived at
Marietta, from the vicinity, of Clarksville, yester
day, the Rebel gives us some important intelligence
as to the movements of the Federal& His intelli
gence from Clarksville, on the Cumberland, is up to
Monday a week ago, and is to the effect that Rose
crane is being heavily reinforced by Grant, and that
large numbers of troops are, landed daily at Clarks
to which point on the Cumberland steamboat
navigation is still open. The troops are marched
from that point to Nashville, and there take the
railroad to _Murfreesboro, where they rest one day,
and then proceed to the Tennessee river, other arri-
Valli taking their place. The reinforcements were
arriving at Clarksville at the rate of froin a regi
ment to a brigade per day, and the stream was con
tinuous and uninterrupted.
A GLANCE AT ROSECEANW AND BRAGG'S CAM.
[From the Chattanooga Rebel, Sept. 17.)
The Federal designs for the occupation of East
Tennessee are beginning to be developed. The well
concerted and deliberate programme so long in pre
paration is already partially unfolded. It is evi
dently the design of General Rosecrans to fall back
upon Chattanooga, entrench himself behind earth
works in that strong position, and make it the base
of his future operations for the further invasion of
the Southern territory. But this will not be beguu
until the spring of 1864. In the meantime, if not
dislodged by a direct assault or sudden flank move
ment by General Bragg; he will proceed quietly to
prepare for the winter, establish his depots of sute
sistence, guard the line of railway communication
to the strong garrisoned city of Neshville, and keep.
up a continuous line of communication with Louis
ville and the East. He will bridge the Tennessee
with pontoons, with a sufficient portion of his army
on the opposite side of the river to protect the
creasing&
With a well-furniahed corps of engineers, and
mappers and miners, strengthened by the force of ne
green impressed from the farms of Kentucky and
Tennessee, he will proceed to, construct new roads
and extend old ones through from the Kentucky
Railroads to Knoxville. Already, as we are told by
the New York Times, General Burnside has ordered
the impressment of six thousand laborers from thd
negro population of Kentucky, to be employed in
the construction of military roads in that State. It
is intimated that the Central Railroad, which ex
tends from Covington (opposite Cincinnati) to a
point fourteen miles south of Lexington, is to be
continued across the Kentucky river, and that the
Lebanon Branch of the Louisville and Nashville
Railroads is to be continued southwarilly, in the
general direction of Knoxville, which place it is in
ter ded to reach, no doubt, by the proposed military
highway.
Thus far the projects of Mr. Lincoln towards the
occupation of Southern territory have been carried
out, in the opening up of the Mississippi river, the
possession of New Orleans, and a great portion of
Mississippi, and the entire States of Kentucky and
Tennessee. His projects for the holding of Ten
nessee may he defeated.
These are two certain ways in which that defeat
may be accomplished.
First, by the main strength of Bragg's army hurled
against the Federal armed force on our border, and
. the rout of that army in irretrievable disintegration
and irremediable disaster.
The second certain plan for the accomplishment
of the same end will be the sending of a heavy co
lumn of cavalry to Stevenson, Alabama, and from
that . point to penetrate the heart of Middle Tennes•
Fee, in the rear of the Federal army, destroying the
Nashville and Chattanooga railroad as they 'ad
vance, and cutting the Federal commander off from
his supplies. Then a simultaneous movement of
our strongly reinforced army across the Cumberland
Mountain front Loudon'', and we-venture the pre
diction the Yankees will "change front" faster than
they ever came into this country.
'IRE MOUNTAIN GAPS NEAR CHATTANOOGA.
Lafayette, the county seat of Walker county, is
thiity-two miles from Chattanooga, and about eigh
teen from Dalton. The rebels in their front have
the Pigcon Mountains, a range twenty-one miles
long. This range has the greatest altitude at the
southern extremity, where it is separated from the
Lookout Mountains by Doherty Gap, a long and
heavy pars. A less elevated gap, through which
thereis a good mountain road, is two miles this side,
called F,ape. Blue Bird is seven miles further
north, and is a rugged pass. Dug Gap, upon which
much work has been done, and so called from the
fact that the road has been "dug" out, afforda a
THItE - P; CEN'IS.
good Darsage for an army, and is very defensible.
This is three miles from Blue Bird. Catlett's is a
narrow pass, through which runs a mountain
stream. Two miles from this is Worthing, which
is really a rough road over the mountain, which has
here diminished to the dimensions of a hill.
This range is separated from the Mission Ridge, a
mete range of hills, that lies to the westward, by
the Chickamauga Valley, in which are fields of good
corn, and which seems to be a productive district.
A little further to the west, and separated by an
other valley, are the Lookout Mountains, the higs
eat range of all, and which run to within two miles
of Chattanooga. This range terminates abruptly at
the Tennessee river with a blue* two thousand feet
high, from the summit of which a prospect of almost
unlimited extent can be enjoyed..
The country lying between the Lookout and Pi
geon Mountains, about twenty miles long and eight
broad, at the most northward point, is called " Mc Ls
mores Cove," from an old Indian who inhabited
that district when the white man first made his ap•
pearance there.
GEN. BURNSIDIOS MAII6H
. _
Parson Brownlow, in the Cincinnati Comittercief,
explains the difficulties of Burnishle's progress to
join Rosecrans:
It is one hundred and ten miles from 'Knoxville
to Chattanooga, audit is about forty-five miles from
Chattanooga to Lafayette, (in the neighborhood of
where the fighting began), still further south.
Buckner, in retreating from Knoxvile, burned the
bridges behind him, rendering it impossible for G-en.
Burnside to reinforce. Gen. Roseerans with any
speed ; besides, Gen. Burnside had to keep an eye to
the East, where, in twenty-four hours, an army of
twenty thousand men could be poured down upon
him from Lynchburg, on the great Virginia and
Tennessee Railroad, in full possession of the rebels.
The country in North Georgia is rather a level
country, with hills and ridges springing up, at inter
vale, and separating one valley from another. The
at earns are sluggish, and the banks usually high.
The country is thickly timbered, with a heavy un
dergrowth, making it rather impassable for the ope
rations of a large army.
Incidents of the 13attle of Chickamauga.
[Correspondence of the Cincinnati Gazette.]
THE MARCH OF PRiDAT NIGHT-GEN. ROBECILANS
When Friday night came few expected a battle next
day; but the movements of Thomas and. McCook.
toward the left, commenced this time and carried
on under cover of the darkness, indicated to the re
flecting that the rebel foe was still menacing our
line of communication with Chattanooga, and that
a final position was about to he taken up, for the
purpose of defending this line and giving battle to
the enemy, if he desired it ; for it was not our inten
tion to fight if we could just as well avoid it. I say
this with great confidence. Of course Gen. Rose
crane has not told me of his designs, 'neither has
any one whom I might consider authorized
to speak for him. But so great is my reli
ance upon the wisdom and generalship of General
Rosecrans "; so much in our case was to be
gained by delay; so evident was it that the enemy
had massed against us almost half his entire availa
ble force, making him for the time too strong for us ;
so plain was it that behind the fortifications at Chat
tanooga was our best position. for defensive pur
poses ; so obvious ; indeed, were a hundred reasons
why we should just then have avoided a battle, that
I think I run no hazard of contradiction from offi
cial sources when I assert, that if General Rose
-
arena could have honorably postponed an engage
ment with the enemy, lie would unquestionably have
done so. But the enemy had collected what he be
lieved to be a sufficient force -to crush our gallant
'army; the necessities of his situation would not al
low him to wait ; he could easily turn our flanks by
reason of his superior numbers ; he knew that we
could not afford, under any circumstances, to allow
him to get between us and Chattanooga; he saw his
opportunity, and he determined to seize it.
For the first half of the night, during which the
march I am referring to took place, everything was
comfortable enough, but near midnight it turned
freezingly cold, and as it was necessary, after pass
ing General Crittenden, for us to feel our way with
caution;'long, wearisome halts took place, during
which skirmishers would scour the woods immedi
ately upon our front and right flank. The boys who
were not skirmishing becoming very cold during
these halts, began to kindle fires at every stopping
place to warm themselves. At first they made these
fires of logs of wood and rails taken from the neigh
boring fences, but afterward they ceased to trou
ble themselves about removing the rails, and set
fire to the fences themselves wherever they chanced
to stop. In the course of an hour a line of tires
stretching all along the Lafayette road illuminated
the clouds above, and showed the silent columns
of General Thomas gliding by like an army of
spectres!
DESIRE TO AVOID A GENERAL BATTLE,
I rode for a coneiderable portion of the march at
the head of the renowned Ist Michigan battery, en
gaged in low conversation with the manly and intel
ligent officer' who commanded it, Lieutenant Van
Pelt. He teemed more than usually confident and
cheerful, little anticipating, poor fellow! the fate
which awaited him on-the morrow.
"Do you think," said he to me, " that we shall
engage the enemy,"
" If we can avoid it," I replied, " I feel pretty sure
we will not."
" Why, then, this movement?" he asked.
" Doubtless " said I, "to prevent the enemy from
turning our left flank, which they have all day been
threatening to do."
He looked at me earnestly. "Then you believe
they are endeavoring to bring on a battle?"
certainly.believe they are," I answered.
"Do you know anything of their strength?" he
next inquired.
" Not certainly," I replied ; but in addition to
-Bragg's old army, Longstreet's corps from Virginia,
and at least twenty thousand men from Johnston's
army, are in front of us."
"No matter," said he, "we shall beat them. Ken
fighting in a cause like ours must conquer in the
cad." - -
Just then Gen. Baird came riding by with some
members of hisexcellent staff. I recognized them
by the light of one of the fires.
" General,” said I, "shall we go to Chattanooga
to-n ieht 1,1
"No," he replied. "We shall go a mile or two
further, take position upon the left, and await the
enemy."
"Then,” said I, turning to Van Pelt, "a battle
tomorrow is inevitable."
"Very well," he remarked, "we shall all have an
opportunity to show again our devotion to our country."
At last the weary march came to an end, the artil
lery was wheeled into position, and the marching
columns facing to the right stood in order of battle
looking toward the east.
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A few miles riding brought us so far enough ea the
way that we began to get glimpses of that stream of
wreck, ddbris mingled life and 'mangled humanity
which always flows from a battle-field. For a time
we asked the news of each one we came to, and the
replies filled us alternately with sorrow, with indig
nation, with keen apprehension, and with hopes.
One said the battle had been going on several
hours, and our arms had met with disaster along
the whole line.
Another declared that, although unsuccessful at
first, our troops atlepgth recovered their:ground and
were now driving the enemy.
Here comes a single soldier, covered with dust and
sweat. Let us question him.
"Where do you belong?" "To the Regular bri
gade." " Ha. it been engaged this morning 1 ,, I
should think it had." " With what result . i" "It
was nearly all cut to pieces." " Which regiment is
5 , ours 1" "The - lath United States Infantry." "Did
it suffer much?" "Only thirty or forty of its members
are left."
Here is a man with an arm roughly bandaged and
very bloody. The blood has dried upon it, and
hangs to it ingreat black clots. " Who are you?"
"Private of the 38th Indiana." " What
news have you?" "Bad news enough." "Has
your regiment been in the fight'?" "If it has not no
One has." "With what result?" " One•third of
its number are killed and wounded." " Were you
whipped?" "Our brigade was left unsupported,
overpowered by numbers, and compelled for a time
to give way." "Is Colonel Scribner safe?" "So
far as I know, he is."
Another, with a ghastly wound in the head, has
upon his jacket the red stripes which show him to
be an artilleryman. " Whose battery do you belong
to?" - " Gunither's." "Why that is the regular bat
tery belonging to General King's brigade ; what has
it been doing?" "It has all been taken by the
enemy." " Can that be possible?" "It is, but I
have heard since that it was retaken." How came
it to be lost?" "The infantry supports gave way,
and the horses being nearly all killed, of course the
guns were captured."
The stream grew stronger and stronger. Strag
glers were run over by wagons dashing back to--
ward the rear. Ambulances, filled with wounded,
came in long procession from toward where the bat
tle was raging. Men with wounds of every imagina
ble description not affecting their locomotion, came
staggering by on foot, and scores even of those who
had been shot in their lower limbs, hobbled slowly
on through blinding masses of dust, which at times
concealed everything from view.
SUNDAY'S FIGHT-GEN. REYNOLDS
Major General J. S. Reynolds, who combines the
chivalrous courage of an olden knight, with the cool,
calm ability of a Turenne, had time, not only, to
ire ep his own division in effective order, but to give
hie generotia aasistance to the forces around him.
A tremendous onslaught of the enemy broke Gen.
.Palmer's lines, and scattered several of his regi
ments in wild dismay toward the rear. Amongst
these was the 6th Ohio, which, in charge of the rine
spirited Anderson, had, up to this moment, nobly
maintained its ground. Gen. Reynolds, perceiving
the danger, quick as lightning threw himself amongst
the brave but broken Guthries.
"Boys !" he shouted, " are you the soldiers of the
6th Ohio, who fought with me at Cheat Blountain
You never turned your backs upon traitors in Vir
ginis. Will yOU do it here I"
"No ! no P they screamed, almost frantically.
"Lead us back ! lead us back !,,
_ .
From every quarter came rushing up the scattered
fragments of the regiment ; with magic- swiftness
they reformed the ranks ; with General Reynolds at
their head they charged the insolent enemy, and
after a moment's struggle every rebel in front of
them, not killed or wounded, was in confused re
treat.
The example of the 6th Ohio was communicated
'to the flying fragments of other regiments, and it is
a fact, which will long be memorable in the history
of this battle, that these rallied stragglers, princi
pally from Palm er'a division, reformed ranks almost
of their own accord, and drove back. the enemy who
bad been victoriously pressing on.
THE LOOMIS RATTERT—DEATH OF . VAN FELT.
But, alas ! the guns of the immortal Ist Michigan
Battery were left behind—those black, stern-looking
rifled cannon, each one of with& I had come to re
gard with a feeling of almost reverential awe, be
cause-upon a dozen battle fields I had seen them
flinging destruction into the ranks of traitors, and
never knew them once turned against a legion of my
country's enemies which they did not scatter like
leaves before the blast. Even in the opinion of the
rebels themselves, Loomis had made these guns in.
vincible. They were commanded now by a young
man who, possessing naturally the noblest qualities,
had thoroughly learned the lessons of his teacher,
and promised to prove a most worthyaucoessor to
even Loomis himself—Lieut. Van Pelt.
Van Felt loved his pieces with the same unselfish
devotion which he manifested for his wife. In the
desperate conflict which broke around Scribner's
brigade he managed the battery with much dexterity
end coolness, and for some moments racked the very
trees over the heeds of the rebels by the fiery blasts
from his guns. But his horses were shot down.
Many of his artillerists were killed or wounded.
The ineantr y supporting him had been compelled to
turn and cut their way through the enemy, and a
horde of traitors rushed up to the muzzles of the
now harmless pieces. Van Pelt, almost alone, eta-
Boned himself in front of them and drew his sword."
"Scoundrels," said he, - "dare not to touch these
Rune !" The miserable barbarians, unable to appre
ciate true heroism, brutally . murdered him where he .
stood. The history of the war furnishes 'not an in
cident more touching or more sublime than.the death
of Lieutenant Van Pelt.
VTR LAST SPARTAN STRITOCLE—TROUAS' CORPS.
Just before the storm broke, the brave and high-
Bonier] Garfield was perceived making his way to
the headquarters of General Thomas. He had come
to be present at the final content, and in order to
do so had rode all the way from Chattanooga, Mus
ing Through a fiery ordeal upon the road. His horse
was shot under him, and his orderly was killed by
hie side. Still he had come through, he scarce
knew how, and here he was to inspire fresh courage
into the hearts of the brave soldiers who were hold
ing the enemy at bay, to bring them words of greet
ing from General Roacrans, and to inform them
that the latter was reorganizing the scattered troops,
and, as fast as possible, would hurry them forward
to their relief.
"At last a shell came hurtling through the air, and
burst with a loud explosion over the hill. This was
the signal for rebel attack, and at once the bullets
flew thick and fast amongst us. Ms - companion, the
correspondent of the NW York, Herald, was struali,
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by s spent ball and tumbled from his horse, and, al
thou,,lb both he and I thought the chandes were bad
age mot our living to describe the contest, we felt
that wit could not do aught than watch it to its close.
Just Vpon the side of the hill to the left, and in
the rear. of the still smoking ruins of the house, was
gathered a: group whose names are destined to be
come hisietteal—Thomas, Whitaker, Granger, Gar
field, Steaditcsn ' Wood. Calmly they watched the
progress of tThe tempest, speculated upon its dura
tion and strenglh, and devised methods to break its
fury. The future' annalist will delight to dwell upon
the characteristicaand achievements of each mem
ber of this group, and even the historian of thepre
sent, hastening to the completion of hie task, is con
strained to pause a moment if only to repeat their
names—Whitaker, Garfield, Granger, Thomas s
Steadman, Wood.
The fight around the hill now ragedwith tame
inexperienced before, even upon this terrible day.
Our roldiera were formed in two lines, and aa each
marched up to the crest and fired a deadly volley at
the advancing foe, it fell back a little ways, the men.
lay down upon the ground to load their guns, and
the second line advanced to take their place ! They,
too, in their turn retired, and thus the lines kept
marching back and forth, and delivering tifeir with
ering volleys till the very brain grew dizzy as it
watched them. And all the time not a man waver
ed. Every motion was executed with as mach pre
cision as though the troops were on a holiday pa
rade, notwithstanding the flower of the rebellarmy
were swarming around the foot of the hill, andl a
score of cannon were thundering from three sides
upon it.
Every attempt of the enemy to scale it was re
pulsed, and the gallant Harker looked with pride
upon his lines, standing or lying just where they
were when the fight begun. But our troops are no
longer satisfied with the defensive. Gen. Turchin.
at the head of his brigade, charged into the rebel
lines, and cut his way out again, bringing with him
three hundred prisoners. Other portions of this
brave band followed Turchin , a example, untilthe le•
e,ions of the enemy were fairly driven back to the
ground they occupied previous to commencing the
last fight. Thus did twelve or fifteen thousand men,
animated by heroic impulses, and inspired by worthy
leaders, save from destruction the Army of the
Cumberland. Let the nation honor them as they
deserve!
THE STATES IN REBELLION,
The Troubles in North Carolina—The Peo
ple Resisting Rebel Soldiers.
The Charlotte (North Carolina) Bulletin of the
10th instant contains the following significant para
graphs:
" We most sincerely regret to learn that there are
a large number of conservative (i. e.) submiesionista
to Lincoln rule, who prefer fighting their friends'
and brothers, and even their fathers, with the de
serters from the army, than meeting Yankees on the
battlefield, now banded together to the number of
about two hundred at Fraileyss,e twenty mites
above Statesville, reisieting the constituted authoe
Aries.
"Yesterday, as we have been informed, a !levers
battle was fought by Lieutenant Roberts, with forty
Confederate soldiers, at that point, resulting in the
capture of four and the killing of two or three of
the traitors, who have sent to Trap Hill for rein
forcements. Colonel Sharp, of the 71st North Caro
lina Militia, having been called on to sustain the
Confederate authorities, is sending forward the mi
litia to the. support of Lieutenant Roberts, who ex
pected a pitched battle yesterday."
DESERTERS IN ARMS.
The Raleigh Register of the 10th says:
" The 21st Regiment North Carolina troops left
this city on Monday for tome point west of
here. Their mission, we presume, is to arrest
deserters, who, in organized bands, are in some
counties bidding defiance to the law. Another regi
ment, we hear, is soon to be brought to this State on
the same errand. These men, who ought to be in
place with either Bragg or Lee, to help them to se
cure a victory over the accursed Yankee foe (one
real victory on either line would, we believe, secure
us peace on the basis of independence,) are sent
away from the army to hunt and catch men who
been encouraged to desert. Such is the fruit
of the lessons of bad men and toiler!, of peace-on
any-terms men and reconstructionists."
The following also appears in the Charlotte
Bulletin:
" VIGILANCE COMMITTEE OF CHARLOTTE : There
is work for you to do. We are in the midst of a
;evolution. We have tories in our midst. Meet at
the Town Hall tonight, at early gaselight.
"By order of the Chairman.
" September 11, 18p."
SPEECH FROM GENERAL T7AUL, OF TEXAS.
[From the Richmond Dispatch, Sept.
On Tuesday night Smith's band serenaded Be`
Bier General T. N. Waul, of Texas, at the S.
wood Hotel, at the instance of a number of
General's friends, who, perhaps, desired to obtain
from him, in the shape of a speech, an expression of
his views touching the surrender of Vicksburg and
the conduct of General Pemberton, his brigade
forming part of its garrison. After an.air or two by
the band, and repeated calls, the General appeared
at his chamber window, in the second story, and,
without being introduced, addressed the assembled
throng for about twenty minutes, reviewing first
the past and. present condition of the war and the
country, and contending that there was really no
cause for gloom - when events were looked fair lit
the eye by the patriot who had made up his mind to
win or perish.
EiVre had won so many victories over the Yankees
without having the lone Hat broken by a single
defeat, that when a reverie comes, as come reverses
must in a mighty war like this, some are ready to
cry peccavi, and. prepared to submit. They thought
all cone in Mississippi and Louiaiani when New -
Orleans fell, and more recently, when Vicksburg
followed, after one of the most brilliant, bloody, and
gallant defences of the war ; and yet the Mississippi,
Lincoln to the contrary, does not go !eurivexed to
the sea." The surrender of Vicksburg, after such a
defence, *as no dishonor. Its taking cost the Yan
kees twice as many men in killed and wounded as
they took 'prisoners, and then the terms of our sur
render were such as were never before in this war
accorded our arms. We marched out with drums
beating and flags-Hying, and. 'stacked our arms, The
Yankees, as they gazed on us, did not look like con
querors, and they were not. The speaker had the
lasting honor of commanding a brigade in that
siege, and he presumed he ought to know the facts.
All, every man and officer, acted nobly, and to the
last, defying hunger and thirst, and the elements of
heaven, and the elements of tire enemy—the one
pouring rain, and the other shot and shell upon
them. •
In this connection he would say a word of Gen_
Pemberton. [Rime.] A more gallant man was
never shut up in a fort. He would say another
thing. Gee. Pemberton was one of the last to con
tent to the surrender. [A. voice "How do you
know that We He knew it from the fact that he was
there, and privy to the council of war held to deter
mine the question. [Another voice: " What did
you surrender on the 4th of July fort"] He would
tell them. [Stentorian voice: "Why not on the
fifth]"] We preferred the fourth, for on that day
Gen. Lee fell back from the heights of Gettysburg,
and we never want to celebrate the same day with
the Yankees. [Great_laughter.] That's why we
surrendered on that day, my friends. [Voice in the
.crowd,
crowd, " Three cheers for Pemberton!" Another
voice:'"D—n Pemberton."] The speaker, finding
Pemberton a rather warm subject,, dropped him,
and touched on Charleston, Tennessee, defended the
trsnenlississippians from the charge of disaffection,
and doted by a general peroration, eulogistic of Vir
ginia ladies, Texas soldiers, and Arkansas bush
whackers. '
A YANKEE PRISONER REVERSES HIS. POSITION.
On the night of the 6th inst. a Yankee prisoner,
named lelyram Little, Co. F, 6th Pennsylvania Regie
meet, escaped from Belle Isle by swimming the
river. On the 16th he was overhauled by some Con
federate pickets, at Bother's dam, at the nine-mile
lock on the canal, and was turned over to Obediatr.
Gordon, a member of Robbins , ' (late Wren's) caval
ry, to bring to Richmond. Obediah got along well
enough with his prisoner, until he arrived within
about a mile of Richmond. The Yankee had pre
tended to be a little lame, and was allowed to pick_
up a big cudgel to help him along. It was night,
and, wat ,
ching his opportunity, he turned the tables
on Ohediala compelled him to vacate his horse and
aims, and the bold Yankeeemounting the one, and
buckling on the other, bid the trembling Mediate
"good night!' and put out. -Richmond Examiner.
VICKSBURG PRISONERS EXCHANGED.
The Confederate prisoners paroled at 'Vicksburg,
belonging to Stevenson's and Bowen's divisions,
have been officially notified of their exchange. The
other Vicksburg prisoners were not exchanged,
owing to the absence of their muster lists. General
Stev eeson's division are rendezvousing at present
at Decatur. Bowen's division are at Demopolis'.
Net a hundred (if this division, we learn, are absent.
—Augusta (Ga.) Constitutionalist.
JOHNSTON AND PEMBERTON—INFORMATION
WANTED.
An Atlanta paper makes the following pertinent
inquiries:
Can any one inform us where General Joseph B.
Johnston now commands; and if not, can any one
tell us why thecountry, and particularly the army,
is, at this critical juncture, deprived of his invaluable
servicest
Can any one tell us why the court of inquiry on
Lieut. Gen. Pemberton's campaign in Mississippi,
which was to have met at Montgomery, and war
transferred to thus city, has been .postponed; and it
not, can any one tell us what foundation there is for
the rumor that orders from Richmond, both before
and after the surrender of Vicksburg, were the re•
mote cause of the sail postponements.
We are asked these questions so frequently that we
have become desirous to satisfy the public curiosity.
WAR MISCELLANY.
EARL RUSSELL.—The - London Morning Herald,
the tory organ, thus bitterly comments on Esrl Rua
selPs boast that he has preserved peace with honor :
"In the Italian business he shuffled about until it
was clear that the King of Italy would win. He
backed out of Mexico when he found it was getting
hot. He desisted from the Polish intervention at
the instant that Russia seemed inclined to show her
teeth. He has preserved peace ; but has he done it
with honor? The result of his administration has
been that the French Emperor is now undisputed
Lord Paramount in the world. It is his opinion,
his arbitration, his interference, that is looked to
by nations east and west, for the settlement of great
questions. England is not thought of in comparison
with France ; she has subsided, for the present, into
a Power of the second rank."
NrL DEsr EnAlMll3l.—Under this title, the Rich
mond Examiner contends that no rebel territory has
been conquered by the Federal Government. It
says, "if we admit that they have conquered one.
rquare mile of it, they will soon have it all, and us
along with it." It still claims Mississippi, Ken
tucky, and all of Virginia. If Robespierre had pos
sessed the philosophy of this editor, he would never
have allowed hie head to drop into the basket after
it bad been cut clean from his shoulders by the guil
lotine.
VICICSntRu.—A late letter from Vicksburg to the
Chicago Tribune says that the fortifications have
been entirely changed, so that a small garrison can
defend it. Some fine houses hare been torn down.
to make room for them. The splendid 17th Army
Cores, General McPherson, is in charge of, and en
camped within and around the city. Its labors
have been as great since the siege as its deeds were
heroic during its progress. It has placed the city
above pestilence and given it the inestimable boon_
of health. Streets have been made and houses
built, storerooms erected, and fortifications exca
vated. A railroad has been built to Big Black ri
ver to furnish the 15th Army Corps with supplies
and the legion round about with food, and engines
rebuilt to work it. whiclvwas no light labor, as the ,
machine shops and engines had all been dearroyed.
Ramin TnioAs.—A deserter from Lee's army soya.
be was present when Kilpatrick , s mails were cap
tured by the rebels and carried to their headquar
ters. He there saw them opened by the Colonel and
Adjutant, who selected some twenty or thirty let-
I ere, and opened them carefully, so as not to injure
the envelopes. The communications so contained
were then destroyed, and forged letters, manufac
tured for the Purpose, were put in their place. The
letters so prepared breathed undying Northern
hostility to the South, and were filled with bitter
end scurrilous abuse of the Southern army and.
people, with threats of what the North would do to
the South when she was conquered. These letters
were then read to the troops at division inspection,
as specimens of the correspondence carried on by
the Northerners, showing how necessary it was, for
the South to tight to the last man for independence.
The effect of this on the minds of the ignorant
soldiery is a pernicious one, as it inflames all their '
hatred and detestation of the North, and nerves
them to continued resistance.
MISVOMER.4.—A correapondent of the Congrega
tionalist says : "About seven miles from Alexandria
is Annandale. balled a '''dale.' doubtless: from ita
being situated' on an elevated plain, just as the South
calls itself , chic,*alric , because.it whipi women
cells babies." • • • • • .