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MTHEj NEWS W?
have Now Orleans dates bv sea to the ^2d., '
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Therein little, i^ws. The rebel, blockade run- 1
aer steamer 'Alice Vivian had been captured by 1
the Do Soto. Another female bread riot occurred
in Mobile on the -ith of September. The
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UUI AUUJHIUtt IK^inicni n ?r> viuvivm Viv... |
Maury to put dovm the disturbance, bat they .
J Jo duty. The Mobile Cadets then j
muds, and were defeated and forced :
t women. Peaceful measures finally (_
famine-stricken women. The
proclaimed their detenu inati!"*1
were net rapidly deviled to relieve
igs or to atop the war. to burn the
The parked Viekaburg prisoners at
sobering tiic greatest hardships for .,
, wantageud food, and openly declare that
if they are forced into the ticld again they will
leave ip the first battle. It is supposed of the
J?7,OU0 men; paroled at Vicksburg, not more
than 5.000 will over be forced into the ranks, :
Gold ha?l declined at Xcw Orleans to 37<$40 j<cr '
<*nt premium. The bar pilot who brought the j
Morning Star out of die S. TV. Pass reported '
that the small tug Leviathan, then lying under f
the guns of the De Soto, was boarded the night I
before (Sept. 21) by u party of men wlw> came j
out in a small U?at from shore, took posuONsion i
of the tug and'carried her out to sea. - Two ori
-threegunboats were lying bv when tbo tug was |
taken, but the loss was not dibcovercd till the j
Ixnriathan was several miles out in the gulf. At f
daylight the ])<i Soto signaled oi>c of the other |
gyiboats and both put out for the tug. They !
hi* twenty miles out, captured her, J
L and brought Tier buck, with all on board, to the {
l'ass. The men who attempted to "confiscate" i
the tug were brought tuck in irons.
The Richmond Keamiaer, of Saturday, is un- j
happy over Chattanooga. It says: After two
distinct ert'ort* for the recapture of Chattanooga,
we hare now the Intelligence that the enemy is
still in possession of that stronghold, and
jtreugthening its works. While events linger i
* in Tennessee, the sttnatiou in Northern Vir- j
become critical. . The enemy is pre- j
Aj" a gc"cml attack on the line of the
jhipidAn, and massing his forces at Culpepper.
He js <dso locconnoiteriug and encroaching 011 ;
thrrailroad and river, and indicates a detenui- J
?atioa to fight." The same r*per has a de>- j
patch from Atlanta saying: "Reports of the
condition of affairs above are conflicting. We 1
are inclined to 1*1 ieve that the enemy arc for- I
Viifying Chattanooga. Our lines arc within four !
miles of that place. There was no fighting yes- j
terday. Gen. Rosecrans has sent in two Hags j
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of trace, asking permission w uurv men ut.u* ,
#?A r$?v<? wounded. Gen. Bragg reject- /
trd both ttt them.
A letter was received in this city Oh Tuesday,
from Wntchajirigue, Sept. *0* which states t
that a rebel raid wits made On the vessels in that j
inlet, precious to the U&l as follows : The |
schooners Ireland, CapK Davis, ami John J; j
JJousfiH'u), (since picked up and taken into
Newport), Capt. PeatWdl, were plundered, taken
oat to sea, aild &t adrift. The schooner Akxamdria
was also :phindercd, and run on a sandbor
iaside the itik't. The Government schooner
Affttmre loaded "with provisions and sutler stores, ,
ymlded at fJtt.OOO. was also captured. Tlie
crews oNll'thc above vessels were put on board j
the A. h* hjfisoncrs. She was last seen off
uml South,
es steamer Connecticut* Capt. j
Ww?- -rpnnrts Vhat on tlie 23d inst., she drove (
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on shore and destroyed the Confederate steamer
I'/Htriioiu, loaded with arms, &e., intending to
rim the blockade at Wilmington. She was
built in Kngland. and is supposed to have been
intended as a privateer. The Cwneclicnt chased !
J her about fonr hours, and finding that she was J
about being captured her officers ran her ashore, J
took to their boats and escaped.
From Washington we have a report of cheer- I
ing news from the Army of the Cumberland,
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S. C., SATt)
but the details are withheld. The rebel army
lias not attempted to molest Gen. Rosecrans in
his prc-ient position, and Col. Wilder, of his
cavalry force, reports matters in the front to be
more favorable. He says Longstreet's men arrived
t? the cars while the luwtle wa? opening.
The bridge over the Tennessee river at Bridgeport
is to be rebuilt, and will thereby open, railroad
communication with the North, via Nashville
and Chattanooga. It is reported at Nashville
that Gen. Bnrnside has reached the point
Hrhcre he was expected to prevent the tlank
movement of the enemy. The St. Lonis Ref?ibficaa
of Thursday states that Gen. Smith's division,
of Gen. Grant's army, left Memphis several
days ago to reinforce (Jen. Kosccrans, and
thatorlter troops arc doubtless en route. Adi-rpatch
from Cairo to the the Chicago Tribune,
dated Sept. 23, states that the Government had
taken up SO steamers for the tran-jK>rtation of
t FOODS.
We copied the other duy from a Washington
paper a statement that Oapu. Sawyer untTFlynn
(the men whom Davis had set apart for execution,
in retaliation for the rebel recruiting officers
hung bv Gen. Burn side), were kept in a cage.
W e are glad to state thnf such is not the fact,
A gentleman very lately front Richmond says
that they are treated in all respects the Ifcme as
other prisoners. To invent such stories of barl>arity
shows a mind rmwr wicked; the man
who did it deserves the punishment he atygjes
others of inflicting. / :
On the 2Jkl nit., a train arrived from JfYnnkfort
at Louisville, Ky? containing 1,162. rebel
prisoners, a part of this captured at Cumberland
Gap by Gen. llurn>ide at the time of the surrender
of that place. The prisoners were a very
common looking set of fellows, and dressed
in every costume coueeivable. The remainder,
nearly in number, were to arrive ou the
20th, and be sent forward to Cump Douglas.
The prisoners arrived represented four regiments,
from Virginia. Georgia, North Carolina, and
Tennessee.
The expedition to Texas has not been abandoned
in consequence of the late disaster at
Sabine l'ass. We learn from New Orleans that
the movement wiH now be made overland, and
the large force to be engaged in the undertaking
were going forward as rapidly as the transportation
facilities imM admit, by war of Brxsheur
City and Berwick Bay.
From the New Orleans Era of September 17,
we learn tbat the blockade runners, h'oj\ A/.ibitiim
and Monh/omrrif, were all captured on lift;
12th ult., hv our cruisers, in the vicinity of Ship
island. These priitcs are all valuable. The
Montfiomcn/ was taken hy the gunboat lb Soto,
and the Tennessee tvas conspicuous in the capture
of the others.
The United States steam fraiisjiort Daniel
Wtbster, reports that when passing Matthias
l'oint, on the 24th inst.. all the buildings at
that plaeo were discovered to be on tire. Four
Union gunboats and one transport were lying off
the port.
The Secretary of War directs that colored volunteers
from New .Jersey und Deleware be mustered
into the regiments forming at Philadelphia,
credit taring given therefor to those Statesjc*
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Fifteen
thousand of the Coi^w d'At'riqne,
under Gen. Bank*, have been mustered in, and
recruiting is acthrc. Tiie maximum strength
is 23,000.
Letters for ^nioft'jprifconers in Richmond
should be directed ?o '-Gentle Thunder instead of
Libby prison.
Moscby now a Lirtncnant Colonel has recovered
from his wounds, and led the raid upon
Burke's Station wn the 24th.
Captain Soawn vof the 1st Indiana Cavalry,
Gen. Howard's Body Guard, while on a scout
to Wurrenton, succeeded, after a hard fight, in
capturing Charles Withers of Warrcnton, one
of Moscby's l??st scouts, and sent him in a prisoner.
RDAY, OCTOBER 10,186
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I It in under-rood that the draft is contr butin :
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' tnbre men proportionally to the army from New
1 York City than from any other part of the coun'
. f
One of the rebtri Captains taken prisoner by
j Gen. Kilpatrick at* Madison Conrt I loose says
j that uone of Gen. Lee's soldiers have been sent
; oat of VirgiAia since Gen. Meade commenced
| to advance ; that, on tire contrary, Lee has reI
oently received considerable reinforecmcuts of
i fresh conscripts. This captaiu confirms the report
that Gen. Pemberton's men composed part
of the forces n^jthich (Jen. Bragg sought to
; overwhelmn Kv rans.
1 When asked on^what pretext they were pnt
j into the ranks btrfd-c they had bceu exchanged,
| he replied that on^flie second day of the buttle
i of Gettysburg, "sOO^of our men who liad been
: taken prisoners and paroled on the first day
| were recaptured in arms,
j Advices from Bermuda to the 18th in?r. are
, received. The steamer fired into in Charleston
! Harbor some time since by Fot^t Mcjnltrie, by
- mistake, and s unk, was the famous Sumter.
' She was convcying^rebcl soldiers from one point
' to another, and had (>30'souls uiionrd, 20 of
| whom were lost. The merchants of Bermuda
continued thetr ovations to the officers of block 1
ade-runners. There are now some 20 vessels
engaged in the business. The railway liuc to
Plantation Clonhrook was opened on the 1st of
August. The outrages in the parishes of Sr.*
Thomas, St. James, and St, George had been
suppressed. Toe / land of Antigua was suffering
greatly irom drouth. It was rumored that
! the Duk^ of ^ to Ik; made governor
of the inland of Jamaica,
l'rovost Marshal General Frv officially inI
torms (for. Yates of Illinois that that State is
credited with an excess of 44.Bo I men on all
calls up to June II, 1863. The quota under
the present call being dG,700, there will be no
draft, and the balance, 8,151, will be credited
in an future call.
About 280 rebel earalrymen, who were captured
at Gettysburg and hare since taken the
oath of allegiance, hare nrrired at Baltimore.
I They arc to join the .Id Maryland. Among their
otth'ere in ('apt. A. J. l'embertou. a brother of
the rebel Genenil reniborton.
| Mr. C. W. Whitney, the designer and bnildj
cr of the Keokuk, associated with Messrs. J ohn?son
A- Ilig^i'W of >"cir York, has entered into a
| contract with the Government to raise the above
vessel, now lving sunk off Morris island. The
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I work is to be pro-ecqted at once.
An oftieer attached to the fleet in Charleston
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| harbor, in speaking of the New Ironsides, says
; "she has been mulcr steam forpvef, a year and
I has never needed repairs. The iron plaring,
j dented a# it is. is still as sornid as ever, the ut{
most damage being a port shatter or two kuoekj
ed away, which arc canity replaced. 1 have
I seen ball* strike her and spin vertically up in the
' air from her slanting sides. We should have
more of just such vessel?. The sick lis; of the
'Ironsides is hot larger than that of a wooden
I frigate and she has never had a man killed or
j wounded."
Brig.-Gen. Robert Anderson, 1*. S. A., has i
been ordered before the Army Retiring Board, j
and it Ls exerted that lie will be retired from j
service,'aaf'wnce the bombardment of Fort Sum- '
tor, iiyf$ l, he has not been equal to the fatigue <
and exeitemeqt incidental to serviee in the field, j
Col. Trnstcn Folk, formerly United States |
; Senator from Missouri, with his wife and two i
ilmurhj/MN wwv ranturcd neaf Bolivar Landing, i
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Ark., on the 18th inst., and delivered over to
Gen. But'ord, commander at Helena.
A movement is on foot in Massachusetts to |
procure an elegant sword for presentation to
Gen. Banks, as a special recognition of the tak- !
ing of l'ort Hudson.
A letter from Nashville, 27th inst., says:
" Since Thursday last reinforcements have been
pouring down o Chattanooga, a d on at day
some twenty and thirtv-poun c PArrot gnns,
ii NO. 40.
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lying here unused since NushvUle ico, wue lutwarded.
The finest troopn which have passed
I through the city were the 1.1th Regulars. They
1 111.? ? ? I I i .m.V .'Iff/uul filth un.l
. rumen cu iiku iiiuuiiuu^ **tgyk ttVxe v^f1
1 erect as staincs."
; Of the 8, (XX) Union soldiers wounded in the
i recent battles in Noathern Georgia, only 2,000
! received serious hnrts.
i Romantic Escape of laion foldleni.
We copy from northern papers the following
acconnt of the escape of three meu
of the 7th Conn., who armed back to
their regiment last week :
Yesterday four men in the rough uniforms
of rebel soldiers, arrived at the Fortress
from Newport News. They proved
to be four of our own men who fiad thus
disguised themselves to facilitate their es~"
: cape. They were cuptured on the 18th of
July last, in the first terrific chartre of our
t troops on Fort Wagner. Three of theui
belong to the 7th Connecticut regiment.
They represent their sufferings during 41
their weary journey toward their freedom
ns terrible: They left on the e.voning of
the i>th of September, without being peri
reived or molested in any manner. The
i fortifications of Petersburg they state to
i lx> quite formidable; They -passed three
lines of these and weco not interfered with,
! doubtless on account of their uniforms,
i Though they were successful ig their bold
1 undertaking, they did not lack hair breadth
crapes and persistent pursuit. Beyond
tlu? rebel lines and on the neutral ground
between the contestants, they were in
more danger of capture than iu the very
} midst of their enemies ; for now their
. uniforms, which had been before a jr- "
pert and safeguard, became the most h _
means of their betnral back to captivity.
Rebel devices for the capture of deser!
ters rendered the position how a very
I ticklish one. Men are engaged specially
by the rebel government for the apprcI
hiinainti fk4 uiu.ti nf tlioii* n. m..v
I UVUOAVU V* OU? U V/X V UVU WV*bAX&XO ? > 1U(>^
I have taken "French leave," und the far:
mers roundabout combine, for the same
j purpose. . Although this brave little party
was fully aware of these dangers and difficulties,
hunger finally forced them to stop
at a house for food one evening. Unfoitunately,
this happened to be the rendezvous
of one of these same rebel government
! detectives, whom, above all things, they
i wonld have chosen to have avoided. In
! liew of having their wishes gratified, they
! were questioned and cross-questioned by
I their host, who in short, claimed them a*
' deserters from the rebel armv. They
! were not long in taking to tlacir hechj p.ftoi"
' this new chapter in the history of their
! misfortunes had been opened. A vigorous;
j pursuit was made by several armed men,,
assisted by bloodhounds, who were immej
diately put upon their track. Weary t<v
1.,/? oinoolvoc
; r.MlilUMifil) lilt J tuuicftitll bUtiiiO^ A ? %mj
after a Ion# race. in a slight furrow in the|
earth. The (logs missed their scent neor.
this spot, aivd were called oft' by their
1 master, and put on a new track. Thus
these daring fellow* escaped, by perliaps
: the. luckiest chance in the world, and soon:
thereafter reached our lines, to relate their*
kale of dangers, daring deeds and fortunate
escapes more romantic than romance itself.
The names of the men are as follows :
Sergeant B. A. Hall, 7th Connecticut
i Volunteers.
Everett Bailey, 7th Connecticut Volunteers.
Thaddens R. Butter, 7th Connecticut
Volnnteers.
Sylvester H. Thompson, First East Tennessee
Volunteers.
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a luliait'lou ncoi ijuun, lu uaiii;aniinr) t
one George Sharp, had bis name painted
on his door thus?G Sharp. A wag of a
painter, who knew something about
music, early oue morning made the following
significant undeniable addition?in
Aflat.
4* Biddy," said a lady, I wish you would
step over and see how old Mrs. Jtnes is
I this morning."
In a few minutes Biddy returned with
the information that 44 Mrs. Jones wtm
seventy-two year*, seven months and two.
days old."