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Burnside's March. There have been many remarkable achievements during the war. McCleDan's masterly retreat to James river?the glorious passage of Forts St. Philip and Jackson by Farragut, and the splendid campaign of Grant in Mississippi, are the most noteworthy. To this list must be added the march of Burnside from Crab Orchard to Knoxville. Burnside, as lie has twice told us since his arrival, has desired to lead an army to our deliverance from the moment that he took command of the Department of the Ohio. Many things beyond his control delayed the expedition beyond the spring and early summer. In the first place his movements were dependant upon Rosecrans. The army of the rebellion must have its attention fully occupied before any army, no matter how large, could venture through the defiles of the mountains. Rozencrans, it will be remembered, was far from being at Chattanooga as late as June last Bragg was then endeavoring to make the fight to save the Southern railroad as near to Murfreesboro as possible; but the wiley Rosey, by rapid flank movements, was so constantly putting Bragg in a position where he must fight ?n at least equal terms, that the latter was at last obliged to fall back within his defences at Chotta nooga, Rosecrans following closely on his heels. Middle Tennessee was cleared of the enemy, and the way at last open for the advance of Burnside. During this time Burnside had not been idle. His army had "been concentrated at the southerly terminus of "the Kentucky Railroad, and fitted out especially for foroed marches and hard fighting. All superfluities were cast aside, but eve^y necessary for a mountain Campaign was secured with wonderful foresight. Large droves of pitch mules were secured and loaded with the essentials of the commissary departmei^ great numbers of wagons were prepared to follcm the ?rmy as closely as possible. A oprtioF^of the army was mounted on horSes pickgafgr endurance to form the advance. The troops* df *th? Twenty-thfrd Army Corps, Majo^-Gexfera^Jp-tsuff commanding, led the advance "of th!s*^fert army of deliverance. A large paft of the cavalry of this corps had but just returned from the pursuit and capture of Morgan and his band in Ohio, when the order for this advance was received. The alacrity and enthusiasm which the men have exhibited on this rapid march is beyond all praise, and reflects great _ orodit fia ?fftmimmfciwyi " With an army thoroughly organized and equip? ped for the work before him, Burnside left Crab Orchard on the 21st of August At about the samejime Hartsutf commenced the onward movement from Somerset with the infantry portion of the army and with artillery. It may not be propper at this moment to particularize the roads travelled, and we must oe content with giving the timfl and distanPA Th#> armv arrived at Knox ville on the 3d, being the /onrteenth day since leaving Crab Orchard, but only having eleven marching days, and the distance travelled was, on the route pursued by the main army, two hundred and four miles; some brigades marching on branching roads made the distance much further. This made an average, by the main army, of a little over eighteen miles per day. The march was compact, too. The mounted division in front did not run off and leave the infantry out of sight and hearing in its rear. If any army during the war has made better time we should be glad to ehronicle the fact It was this celerity of movement that completely disconcerted Buckner, and sent him flying in disgraceful haste across the Tennessee river within Bragg's -protecting folds at Chattanooga, without hazarding a fightarith an enemy under whose feet the grass never gfows. The effect upon Buckner ] was very funny.1 He evacuated this place with ! Huch indecent htete that he forgot his forces in Cumberland Gap entirely, and left them to be surrounded and cut off. That this is the fact is proven by the circumstance that three days after the entire rebel machimety had gone southward from there at a neck-or-nOthing speed, the rebel commissary at the Gap arrived for the pa-pose of Graving rations, and on his arrival fir-t learned rpb^l gc vf inment had departed tnis realm. $ The wonderful.- march of General Burnside is not yet completed, as the rebels are learning to their cost Like the, men of Khoderic Dhu, who rorang into life in the most impossible places at rie sound of their leader's bucle call, the federal j uniform suddenly appear at points where they are ; least expected, and then somebtdv is surprised * and brought, much against his will, under the regis of the'American eagle. It is as yet too soon to go into the history of this campaigh with particularity, and we have merely sketched the outline of the march, in order that our readers may see that the army started to our deliverance at the. earliest parcticle moment, and made the best time on record when it did start?Knoctvilk # Slightly Acquainted.?Several years ago a certain Regiment of United States Regulars were Siartered at A , near Niagara Falls. Among e privates of that gallant regiment was B , a tan, lank, red-haired Vermonter, who was always iu some scrape or other. One day he obtained leave to take a day's shooting on the Canada side. He went early in the morning, and hunted all day with very poor success. Late in the afternoon he was slowly wending his way home, ill pleased with his poor success, when he saw seated on a tree within easy shooting distance a large crow. To level his gun and fire was the impulse of a moment, and down tumbled the crow almost at his feet Now it happened that the crow was a tame one, and a pet of Gen. C , who was one of the wealthiest land-owners in Canada, and wHlr> owned the property on which B stood. ?And it so happened that the General was an unseen witness of the death of his favorite. Enraged at its loss he determined to punish the offender in a way that he would be likely to remember. So coming forward in a friendly manner, he nodded to B . who saluted him in return. " You've gotafine gun there," said the General. " Yaas " said^jp" , handing it to the General; "that's just the neatest double-barrelled gun around these diggins." The General turned the gun round and examined it carefully, then putting the barrel, still loaded at full cock, to his shoulder, and pointing it at B , said, " You have wilfully shot the greatest favorite 11 had, and now v&u'vc got to eat it" B explained, and begged and prayed but to no purpose ; -the General was unmoved by his entreaties, and told him he must eat it or die. Efe?r? once more turned his eyes piteouslv toward the General, but the cold, wicked eye looking along the mm barrel convinced him, as he afterwards said,>hat there was fire in it So with a groan he picked up the crow, and, shutting his eyes, commenced his disagreeable meaL He worried -down three or four monthfuls, and then stopped, unable to eat more of the disgusting carrion ; and the General, thinking that he had cone far enough, told him that would do ; and after advising him to be more carefnl in the fature what he shot, handed him his gun and told him he could go. As soon as B? got his gun in his own hand he turned fiercely upon the General, and said, " It's my turn now. You eat the remainder of In vAin the General stamped, and swore, and finally prayed to be let off. B?? was as firm as he himself had been a few minutes before. Nothing would satisfy the enraged soldier but that the General should eat the whole of what was left, and which he had to do before B let him off. The next day the General went to B 's Colonel, and complained that he had been grossly insulted by one of his soldiers the day previous. The Colonel inquired what one. 44 Why," said the General, 44 he was a tall, lean, ill-favored fellow, with red hair." 44Ha! " said the Colonel, 441 know him ; he is always in some scrape. Orderly, bring B here immediately." In a few minutes the Orderly returned, bringing B , who was wondering what scrape he was in now. 44 B ," said the Colonel, "do you know this gentleman ? " 44 What! me?" said B , looking as amazed as possible. 44 Yes, "said the Colonel, 44 do you know him?" 4 4 Yes, we are slightly acquainted, "said B (a happy thought striking him.) 41 lie dined together yesterday ! " ' The General could hold in no longor; but bursting into a hearty laugh he told tho Colonel to let him go, as he heartily forgave hint Cro8Rixo the Lookout Mountains.?A correspondent of the Cincinnati Commercial claims that the passage of the Alps by Napoleon was a pleasure excursion to the overtoping of the Lookout Mountains by our gallant Western army. He says:? "Lookout Mountains are twelve miles across and two miles in ascent, by a road which rises one foot for every two passed over. How much worse are the Alps? Loose, huge, and rugged stones obstruct the road; where there are no stones, there are roots and stumps. Trees hem in and narrow it; where there are none, there are nnu<ini(<M in T-i finer fVlfl flumRV *.TTY1 V ucnuuvvnv ** ? *w""" O - - . vehicles to a speedy decent If you could have seen those slow ana Atlas-like labors, you too would call Napolbow's passage the exploit of a pigmy. If you could have seen a gun dragging its slow length up this mountain-side, with a dozen panting horses hitched to it, and a cloud of men tugging at the wheels; if you could have tbo oitiwuwty iu*Al]kobfc cm fusion of sp?gJr 4* modic wagons and struggling teams; of shouting and sweat-dripping soldiers; of dead horses and wrecked-wheels thrown over the bank; of dust knee deep, and rocks knee high jumbled together, and called a road, you might exclaim with me that, aside from the historical sanctity of the feat, the 4 barelv Dracticable' Alpine achievement of Napoleon will not look well beside the quadruple passage of the Lookout Mountains by Rosecranb. This campaign is the most remarkable of the war. The Right Corps, since crossing the Tennessee river, has already marched 120 miles?over | mountains, I wish you to remember?over mountains. Since the country has been explored, this prmy no longer condemns Buell for tardiness in moving south of tha. Tennessee river last year. It would have been fatal to his small army." Greek Fire.?An English writer, in a recent article upon "Greek Fire," thus expresses his views of the probable results of the use of this inflamable preparation:?"Liquid fire 1 as found [ its way into Charleston, and the question to be asked is, Will its application stop there? It is I folly to rest content with saying that the practice | is barbarous. Barbarity pertains to the use of bayonets and swords and granades, and all else ; I the points to be recognized are the facts?that the Americans are using this liquid fire; that they will soon find means of improving their first at1 i-??4-la omnlotnyiniif nf all44 Itmpift, liint U1C OUVHOOi lit ViU|/ll'J 1UVUV vr* VUIV liquid will^uggest others, and that suddenly we may be roused to the unpleasant conciousness that all our great annaments, all our forces, all our ships, all our men, are at the mercy of a foe who has learned a new art of war, in wliich seience has sapped courage, and in which brute force stands but second in the contest Let us have, no mincing of a matter so essential to British interests as the application of liquid fire in warfare. The worst cannot be spoken too early; if shells charged with liquid fire were to be used by America in a war with England, there is not a wooden ship in the whole of our marine service, royal or mercantile, that would ever be absolutely safe after a single shell, even from a rifle, had thrown the terrible combustible on to the sails, decks, or quarters; while there is not a town or fortress within the range of American canon that might not be destroyed by fire from a few well-directed shots. It behooves us, therefore, to be up and doing. "We must learn either '"to meet fire with firo ' and to 'threaten the threatener,' or we must acquire the gentler art of effectually neutralizing an of dt-ouL action -which wo m?y ?cora to employ, as beneath our civilizationADVERTISEMENTS. TUST~ftECEIVED AT THE NEW STORE, UNION J Square, next to the Post Office a large lot of .Stationary,. Boohs, Ac., in part as follows : Army Regulations, 1863. Vlelle's Hand Rook. Webb's Pay Digest. Monroe Comp. 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