The free South. (Beaufort, S.C.) 1863-1864, October 10, 1863, Image 3
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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| 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.
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