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: I YOL. 1. anted a free pard. n to private Miles I jReilly. 47th regiment New York Voluu- i >rs, now a prisoner 011 Morris Island, lh Carolina, The President takes the j '>at the origual offence was but "an J *">ke" in his own eyes, however j - ve letter or spirit of the W' itions for the Army." ordered north, and is he next steamer. Mr. instructions to Col. E. stant Adjutant General, er of pardon, referred b about "making the . and allowing any one ^BHse to make the laws." It is believed iPVfthat Miles will be confidentially employed at the White House in rendering into popular verse the stories and traditions of the great Northwest; and no doubt such ; a volume?the materials and anecdotes fnrniahed by Mr. Lincoln, and the verses { . by the bard of Greeb Erin?will be quite equal to anything in the same line sine# the days of ASsop's Fables, translated by the pdet Gay. A few days since Mosby visited a house near tbe'heodquarters of Gen. King, and sent in his Compliments to the general, but before the cavalry sent after the guerilla chieTfeiwhed the premises, the Major had escaped! His wounds in the arm and thigh have ellirely healed, and he is again at the heaoBof his gong, ravaging the country.' ABnmber of civilians who have ?een passitiglo and from Washington on jh roups at Centre villo, 4i^MH^HRiomp1icty with the guerI illas, ana^^f-'tdave been taken for their j 1 detection SKf-punishment. The Battle of Chickamanga. Among the incidents of the battle of' Saturday, Col. Wilder described the fearful slaughter of Longstreet's men at the time they were driven brfck by our left wing. " " " * * A _ I This celebrated corps, as desperate soldiers as ever lived, attacking two divisions, Van Cleve's and Davis's, to the right, and a little in front of Wilder, separated them, and pushed on through the open space, ' S^jelping?the rebel shout is a yelp, instead of a civilized hurrah?and confident of victory. A portion of them had to /cross a small field, behind which, in the bordering woods, Wilder lay, and through I which ran a ditch five or six feet deep, to I -carry off the adjacent stieam ML or flwamp^y wttk As Bio rebels enterstrrrnsTnTTcl, in heavy masses fully * exposed, the mounted infantry, with their seven shooting rifles, kept up a continuous blast of fire upon them, while Lilly, with his Indiana Battery, hurled through them double-shotted canister from his 10-pounder rifles, at less than -SOOyftrds. The effecct. was awful. Every sho^ seemed to telL The, 1iead of the column, as it was pushed oh by those behind* .:*pp?t*rihg to melt away, or sink A into the earth, for though'continually ^xmoving got ho . nearer. It bro^e at laJll and fell back in great disorder.* It " S ?! was r&Uied and came on again, ana wicn desperal& resolution pushed through the solid fire\ to the ditch. Here all who eould get iMpok shelter. Instantly BilJy^vvhirled two of his guns And poured, light, down the whole length of the ditch Kis'hcrtribls dodble aaiister. Hardly a man got otit of it alive. "At this point,"; said Wilder (who has been acaaonedto slaughter by being 200. times, ' under fire], "it actually seemed a pity to kill meneo.' They fell in heaps, and I had it in my heart to order the firing to cease to end'the awful sight'% But the merciless seven-shooters and canister would not stop, and again the boasted dower of Lee's army was crushed into a disorderly mob and driven off. > When the firing ceased, one could have walked for 200 yards down that ditch on dead rebels, without ever touching the ground. Of course Col. Wilder does not olaim that his brigade defeated Long: street. His statement refers only to that portion of the corps which entered the field in his front. He thinks that no less Al ? /W1 -~.Kr.la rtrara killpd and WO 11 tied UIHH JDyVW iCl/C/io V*v?v ? in this-.fiftld. r It wan probably the most JisasfcfaS fire of the two days' fight: on ^ -either aide. ^ ^ On Sunday Col Edward A. King, of j 68th regiment, then commanding a igade, was killed by a rebel sharpshooter Jjpi > a tre& The shot struck flHRKne forehead, killing him instantly. Grose, reported killed, was not hurt, ip a skirmish of Wilder's brigade with Forrest, a few miles from Dalton, Ga., three days before the battle, Forrest was ao badly wounded that he was unable to take his command during the*battle.' Gen. Joe Johnston accompanied Forrest's brigade, end narrowly escaped being captured. That same day Lee, Johnston^ Bragg, and other rebel Generals, were in Ballon in consultation. THE FREE SOUTH, SATUI Late Telegraphic News. Washington, Saturday, Sept. 2G, 1863. A bend of fifty of Moseby's men made a de . *L. A I 11 J 1).!1 J sccni on me urange ana ^viexananu juiiruau last night above Fairfax, tearing tip the track, firing Pope's Bridge, and cutting the telegraph. The bridge was partially consumed. They forced a resident to pilot them. They left numerous tools behind, showing careful preparation for, bnt a failure to finish the contemplated destruction. The damage will be repaired, and trains running again to-day. A steamer 1ms jast left for Point Lookout loaded with confederate prisoners. Nothing of importance from the front. Louisville, Sept. 26, 1863. Gen. Bnrnside was at Knoxville yesterday. . .Military authorities here say that Burnside did | not know of the impending battle between Rosecrans and Bragg, a nd could not have re-enforced Rosecrans if he had. The battle had been long concluded when the news reached Burnside. A Kentucky ex-official left Morristown Mon, day night. Gen. Barnside was then forty miles cast of Knoxville. Gen. Iliirtsuft is at Knoxville. There are no rebels this side of Greenville, Burnside is entirely safe in his present position; and by concentrating at Cumberland Gap can repel any force. His supplies arc abundant "and not liable to lie cut oft" The rebel telegraph line from the Gay to Morristown is not in order; bnt there is telegraphic communication between Knoxville and Morristown. The Greenville and Athens line, between Louisville and the Gap, is expected to be in working order to-morrow. There is no news from the front to-day. Cincinnati, Sept. 26, 1863. Yesterday's Nashville Union says: Gen, Burnside has reached the point where he was expected to prevent the flank movement of the enemy. Col. Wilder, of Gen. Rosecrans's cavalry, has arrived at Nashville. He reports that matters in the front are much more favorable than is believed at the north. Col. Wilder says tliat Gen. Longstreet's men arrived on the cars from Virginia while the battle was opening. He estimates our loss as very heavy. The city of Nashville is fall of the relatives of wounded soldiers. Passes to Chattanooga arc not easily obtained. Mr. Bloomer, bridge builder, from Chicago, arrived with sixty men on Thursday night, and will proceed to bridge the Tennessee River at Bridgeport, which will open railroad communication all the, way to Chattanooga. Brig.-Gen. Frazcr and 116 rebel officers captured at Cumberland Gap by Gen. Burnside, i hnvn nrrivivl At Johnson's Island. 11 > New Oilbaks, Sept. 16, 1863,) Via Cairo, Sept. 27./ t Gen. Grant has recovered sufficiently to be removed to Vicksbnrgh, and leaves for thnt place to-day, accompanied by Adjutant General Thomas. It will be some time before he can resume active duty. Several steamboats from St. Louis have arrived within a few days, laden with produce, and have greatly relieved the markets. Military matters are active. The expedition of Gen. Herron has been heard from. He has cleared the country between Red Rivlrand Port Hudson of the guerrilla parties who have been firing on our transports, ami driven Gen. Green I west of the Atcbafalaya with considerable loss. | Among the prisoners captured was a gentleman from the rebel government with important ph])crs. An officer of the command states that Gen. Herron is quite sick, and will l>e brought to New Orleans. Gen. Banks's order removing the restrictions on trade is received with great satisfaction. The health of the city is good. Washington, Saturday, Sept. 26, 1863. The government has received giorioos news from Gen Rosecrans, bat the details can not be stated. The rebel army, frpm the latest telegrams, has not, it appears, molested Gen. Rosecrans in hU present position. . There is in Washington a general spirit of cheerfulness regarding future military movements. ' Washington. Sept 27, 1863. From what can he ascertained, the latest dispatches from Gen. Rosecrans shov/ the condition 1 of affairs to be more hopeful. IDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1863. Fortress Monroe, Sept. 1. The Richmond Examiner of the '26th inst. says: After two distinct efforts for the recapture of Chattanooga, we have now the intelligence that the enemy is still in possession of that stronghold, and strengthening its works. While events linger in Tennessee, the sitnation in Northern Virginia has become critical. The enemy is preparing for a general attack on the line of the Kapidan, and massing hia forces I at Culpepper. He is also reconnoitering and encroaching on tlif railroad and river, and indicates a determination to tight. Spencer Lee was hong as a deserter and spy at Camp Lee yesterday. Atj-akta, Ga,, Sept. 26, 1863. Several trains with wounded and prisoners have arrived. Reports of the condition of affairs above are conflicting. We are inclined to believe that the enemy are fortifying Chattanooga. Our lines arc within four miles ot that place. There was no fighting yesterday. Gen. Hoseorans has sent in two flags of trace, asking permission to bury their dead and relieve their wounded. Gen. Bragg rejected both of them. - Sr. Lopis, Sept. 27, 1863. A dispatch from Little Rock, Ark., dated the 21st, to The Republican, says: Col. Cloud, with 100 of the 2d Kansas Cavalry, had arrived at Little Rock on the 19th, between Pcrryvilkf in the Indiun Territory (where Gen. Blunt defeated the rebels under Steele and Cooper,) and Fort Smith. Col. Cloud, with 500 of the 2d Cansa^Cavaliy and Robh's Battery, attacked 2,000 rebels under Gen. Cabell in a strongly fortifled position, and routed them with considerable loss. The rebels retreated toward Arkadelphia. At Dardonville, on the 9th, Cloud attacked 1,000 rebels under Col. Stirman, and defeated them, capturing their camp and a large amount of commissary stores. Over 2,000 Unionists had joined Cloud's com mana, anxious to serve in ttic defense ot tneir homes. The first train on the Memphis and Little Rock Railroad started on the 21st. From ten to fifty deserters reach Little Rock daily, who take the oath of allegiance and are then released. ^Washington, Sept. 28; I Reports from the Army of the Potomac to this evening represent affairs as being all quiet. There is no truth in the reports published in the New York papers relative to a retrograde movement of Meade's army. Washington, Sept. 28, 1863. The latest advices from Gen. liosecrans, dated yesterday afternoon, state that the enemy has made no attack since the 21st inst., and Gen. Rosecrans is not now in any fear of being attacked. Qnartermastcr-Gen. Meigs arrived at Rosecrans's headquarters on Saturday, and upon invitation examined the position of the anny. He declares it cannot be taken short of a regular siege, which Brpgg does not seem to be attempting. Fugitive frcedmen continue to come within our lines in large numbers. The attempt of their former masters to send them south increases the exodus it is designed to prevent. Yesterday Gen. Mcado and a number of other officers dined with John Slinor Botts. He is living quietly on a recently purchased farm near Culpepper. Confederate paper to the nominal amount of a million of dollars, recently captured in the West has been received at the Treasury. Both | paper and engraving are wretched. A letter from the Army of the Potomac says Gen. Meade, accompanied by the Mexican General Cortez, yesterday reviewed the 5th Corps. The weather was splendid and tho review passed off in a most satisfactory manner. ' < Cincinnati, Sept., 28 1863. The Oomtnfrdai of this morning has a seven mlntvm letter descriptive of' the 'Chickamaoga battle, from its^orrcspondeDt, giving the sort complete report yet publis hed, and one much more encouraging than those previously published. He says that the arm y is not. whipped. It is not disheartened. It has lost nothing so long as it holds Chifctanooga, and nothing fatal to the cause has oocnrrecL If it did retire from thr Chicknmanga, it has still plenty of food ar a plenty of ammunition. The trains, w ith trifling exceptions, arr. 8tj intact. Some artillery is gone, say twe atv-fi\ NO. 40. | guns, but all that can be served to advantage mat 1 now pointed toward the by no means eagctly (' curious enemy. i-r Lkavk.nworth, kept. 29, 18G3. rtnv liAvinir authorized Col. Mowof Liberty, Mo., to arm men in Platte and Clinton Counties, he has armed mostly returned rebrf soldiers and men under bonds, and his men are now driving Union men oat of Missouri. Over 100 families crossed the river to-day. Many of the wives of Union soldiers have been compelled to leave, and fonr or five Union men have been murdered by Moss's men. St. Louis, Sept. 29, 1803. A special dispatch to The Democrat of Leavenworth, says: , Col. Moss's men arc disarming the loval en... rolled militia of Platte Connty. Seven! Union men were killed. A perfect state of terrorism ? exists there. , Five days later advices from Western Aifcamsas say the rebels Coffee and Htmter are encamped on Cowskin Prairie, with 1,000 men. Kirby Smith is at Arkadelphiawith the main body of the rebel army, which is said to nnmber 2i,000 men. Gen. Cabell, with Texas troops j and Arkansas conscripts, has joined turn. , A jKjwder mill at Arkadelpbia, containing | 100,000 kegs of powder, exploded on the 16th. The loss is regarded as fataUhy the rebels * - i Cincinnati, Sept, 30, 1863. The Gazette says an official dispatch, dated yesterday afternoon, says/jbe situation u n( kitncrivl Am* nrmv KaMa a ctntner Anfanai'im position. No attempt has been made by gm enemy to distarb it No special news has been recieved from B?e ? crans this morning, and we hare no rumors by the gni{)cvine telegraph. Wamiisqtok, Friday, Oct. 2, 1865Th e Republican of to-night says that official ! dispatches of the 1st inst., received to-day, represent the military situation before Chattanooga. # to be as satisfactory as the most hopeful coakt wish. Brugg makes no advance, ami does not. dare do it. The statement in the rebel paper* that Gen. Bumside has retreated fVom J ones- ? boro, East Tennessee, to Knoxville^ is not true. The First Bale. The first bole of new cotton this season. ! was sold by George E. Tyler, on the 20th. | nit, at his auction room, No. 2 Magazine - street. It was not only the first bole of ' this year's production, but the first bale ever raised and sold under the free l&bir ! system, instituted by Major General Banks, in the State of Louisiana. It wm ! grown on the plantation worked by tha i well known firm of Brott Davis, mer| cliauts of this city, and the announcement ' of its intended sale drew a large crowd to to Mr. Tyler's store. The bidding for a - | time was quite spirited* and the prize was anally carried off by Mr. Geo. M. CliapI man, agent of the Boston house of Carlos Pierce & Co., it bringing the high price of 67 !& cents per pound. Mr. Tyler had provided a plentiful sup-* ply of champagne and other drinkables, with which to celebrate the happy event, and his hospitality was re wared Jby th# merry party with numerous > bumpers drunk to his long continued health and success. This bale is but the forerunner of numerous others, which wiJ 1 sooga be offered, for sale in the New Orleans market, cultivated by free labor : but as the first fruits of the new sysbjm, this one possesses an interest which will attach to no other. It should be preserved as a symbol of the burial of Vae great oligarchical institution of slavery, and of the revolution which is now t iking place in the condition of this gree'j nation.?A?ic Orb mm Ra. , ,, * | A friend of or us says, that in reading the descriptor of Braxton JBruggs rcr i treat, or ratbej flight, before Roaeoraus, as detailed in the correspondence of the , Mobile Attn rtiser, it recalled, tp mind * popular son/ > the Confederate soldiers in Brugg's anrjy are in the habit .of singings the burthe n of which runs: BefCitoOflMEalBrsegf . Double qulctl aouble quick; , ' ' , With not a Wte to <*t 1 ' Nor a *boe to roar feetDouble quick J doable quick: Tliis song is frequently sang in the . ?s. axu ,y of the invincible Bragg, ami nevac 7 ^ in appropriately. r , 11 A burglar who broke into a ho* ^ Euclid Creek, Ohio, during the . of the family and pocketed spc /Cns tt|W^ other " portable property," in jotting out of the window st<?p{wd on insecure 11 cover of a cistern, broke thr ^u^ and was e drowned. V