The Sun.
London, England, 1863-09-30 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY

ROSE, Mayor.—ln a Meeting or Assembly of
the Mity.or, Aldermen. and Liverymen of the several
Companies of the City of London, in Common Hall assembled
at the Guildhall of the said City, on Tuesday, the 29th day
of September, 1863,
Resolved unanimously—
That this Common Hall take this opportunity of recording'
their deep impression that the past year has been oue of vital
importance to the City of London, as well as to the nation in
general, by the Harrias,,e of his Royal Highness the Prince of
Wales with the l'rincess Alexandra of Denmark, and by the
imposing and friendly greeting which the Citizens gave to
the Royal Pair on the occasion of their Royal Highnesses
passing through this ancient City.
And that this Common Hall have ranch pleasure in ex-
pressing their estimation of the distinguished mark of Royal
favour by the presence of the ltigldlionourable the Lord
mayor, Wiliam Anderson Rose, Esquire, end the Sheriffs,
James Clarke Lawrence, Esquire and Alderman, and Hugh
Jones, Esquire, as the Representatives of the Citizens of
London at the Marriage of their Royal Highnesses.
Anxiously desirous that no circumstance should occur to
mark the year with other than pleasurable feelings, this
Common Hall deeply deplore that an attempt has been made
to deprive the Citizens of one of their most valued i'rivile,ges
by amalgam ting their Police with the Metropolitan
Force—an unconstitutional and dangerous proceeding.
This Comnion Hall, nevertheless congratulate their fellow-
citizens in having had a gentleman as Lord Mayor who has
manfully defended, not merely the constitutional rights of
the City, but those of the Kingdom, both in and out of Par-
liament, and cannot allow him to retire from a position he
has so ably filled without tendering. in the name of them-
selves and their fellow-citizens, their best and warmest
thanks, at the same time expressing their regret that his
Lordship has not received that full meed of honour which his
conduct so justly merited.
Resolved unanimously—
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That the best thanks of the Citizens of London are due,
and are tendered, by this Common Hall, to James Clarke
Lawrence, Esquire and Alderman, and Hugh Jones, Esquire,
Sheriffs of this City and Sheriff of the County of Middlesex,
for the exemplary manner in which they have discharged the
varied and important duties of their office—for the firm and
judicious manner in which they have defended the rights and
privileges of the Citizens -f, r the munificent aid they have
afforded to numerous charitable institutions of the City and
County—for their endeavours to relieve the destitute, and for
their liberal hospitality during their year of office.
- - WOOD THORPE. -4-

MINERALOGY.--King's College. London.--
Pr:Aessor TENNANT, F.G.S., will commence a
COURSE OF LECTURES on MINERALOGY, with aview
to facilitate the study of Geology, and of the application of
mineral substances in the Arts.

The Lectures will begin on FRIDAY, October 2, at Nine
o clock, a.m. They will be continued on each succeeding
Wednesday and Friday at the same hour. Fee, £2 2s.
R. W. JELF, D.D., Principal.

CAMPAIGNING IN TENNESSEE.

The following is a letter dated Cam, near Win-
chester, Tennessee, Franklin county, N.A., 22d Re-
giment. Indiana Volunteers, Department of the Cum-
berland, July 18 :----
" My dearest, --,—Four days since I received your
long-looked for letter of the 21st ult., and indeed did it take

a heavy load off my mind, for I got not a letter since the 26th
February, and none in answer to my sketch of Stone River
(Murfreesborough) battle. However, yo,t did write, I see
by your note, but unfortunately it went astray. I have had
hard work. 1 had to learn the manifold duties, details, and

business connected with the position ; yet I've overcome
them all, and am now nearly au fait with everything con-
nected with it; application, system, and tact are the three
great requirements, and these I employ diligently, having
a thorough confidence in myself and my abilities, which an
American author whose wLrks I was lately reading says,

' Irishmen ere apt, too apt, to underrate themselves-' I
have done so, but, judging by the standard around me, I

shall never again be so confoundedly silly.
" You see by my address, as you have before this in the
papers, that our army has mad© a grand movement, sudden
and unexpected to us as to the enemy, and in the course of
a short time forced strong positions, taking some of them
by surprise and superior tactics, passed rapidly where we
anticipated a siege, viz., Tullahoma, and now occupy the
rebel capital of this State, after traversing a country for miles
upon miles, wild, barren, mountainous, full of defiles, and
such roads as man never saw. Yes, dear —, by the superior
skill and generalship of our commander, Gen. Rosecrans,
many a life has been saved, to, I trust, return and gladden
the anxious hearts of those loved ones at home. But to recount

a little of my own regiment's doings. On the 17th ult. our
brigade went out on ten days' grand picket, five miles frcm
camp, and south on the Shelbyville pike; on the 23d got
orders to march next morning, 5 o'clock, with three days'
rations, &c. Weather really beautiful for weeks previous
but rather too hot at times. Next morning up and ready
but detained waiting on General Sheridan's and Johnstone'
divisions, which marched past; we followed, 0= '-
kept straight on towards Shelbyville, but Joh
Davis's (ours) filed left, and marched over v
through ploughed fields, mid tol rents of rs:
(ono of the passes to bo forced to go

stone's men surprised the rebels Inn,
them, and by evening they were fi- •

awaiting, them. We stopped and h.
nonading, xtr 1,-,4:6-oing on in front;
it, nor did it disturb our appetites, for

come—so does war blunt the finer feelings
dark we pushed two miles further, and c.
again silent. The rain deluged us out tho
lowing morning we marched through the
two miles, and again halted to draw ratio_

tie noise of the dire conflict which is ,still progressing on
our immediate left. Then rain, and S.,,partial suspension of
hostilities, and more humbug. Got, sny coffee, Secesch r

' No, don't care about it; ain't used to it now; but have you
got the whisky ? ' Nary drop. ' Will you poor Yankee
devils cease shouting for awhile,land, let's meet by the trees
below (a clump about half-way 4,3, the hill, and we'll have a
game at cards, 'euchre,' seven up old sledge. We're at home

as anything, the whisky against pecoffee: Wish I could
old fellow ; I'd like a dram wer,„ but it can't be did ; it's
against orders." May be MikeeGoading would come and

take a hand, eh ?" Can't well g 4 back to ask him. . Then
take that, curse you,' and again Haw open on each other.'
As the afternocn wanes into e *l* their fire slackens,
our fellows making it too danger for them to show a bit
NE,
of themselves, as showers of bul are seen to fly where
the least disturbance of branch or uuderbush would indi-
cate that a the lay hid there. Threof our men were slightly
wounded that day, but many is` he narrow escape several
of us have had. I've now in my cootridge boo a bullet that
missed a man in front, grazed my second lieutenant's face
(he felt the windage), and it struck' s flat rock on which I
was reclining talking to him, glanted, hit a large loose rock
next my side, and then whirled rousit like a top. I grabbed
it, and having it shall try and keepit.
'Twas every narrow
escape, but none more than what *eve had, though with-
out the bullet or piece of shell to show for it. The bullet is

conical, and has in the hollow part'of the base a plug of
hard wood, English make, to increase the expansion of the
lead to fill up the rifles of the bartal en the explosion of the
gunpowder. All day there was t. and determined fight-
ing on our left, the thunder of heavy guns, and crash
and rolling volleys of the rifles, eta*the wild cheers of our
daring boys, boldly answered by,tha rebels, as they—our
men—charged a battery and brikade,'eap,tated two cannon,
the bisttery flag, and the Pattle_ flag of the td Arkansas, both
taken in one fell swoop by the 35th Illinois, in Carlieiba=
wade, our division, and the 30th Indiana. Here Col. Miller,
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Acting Brigadier-General was shot over the left eye leading
hii brigade in the charge—another gallant and talented Irish-
man gone, beloved by his men, who wreaked a terrible
vengeance on the enemy, driving all before them, and re-
turning with scarcely a prisoner, all slain or wounded. That

night we slept on the battle-field, and the enemy having by
this time discovered the ruse, Gen. Rosecrans played on
their left during the night. Here let me explain. Besides
this Gap there was one other south-west, Hoovey's GET,
where the enemy were very strongly massed with batteries
masked by brush, &c., thrown up on hills high and steep,
and in full command of the road leading through the said
Hoovey's Gap. When we marched for Liberty Gap and
Sheridan, by the Shelbyville pike, the rebel generals sup-
posed, not only by the heavy cannonading, the stubborn
and determined fighting to force our way through (we hear
It is 7 to 10 miles long), but by the rapid and secret move-
ment
of what amount of troops they knew not, that it was
through here we determined to get and avoid the heavy
siege guns erected in forts at Tullahoma, and terrible
defiles, &c., between us and Winchester, and moved large
bodies of their troops acres to oppose us from Hoovey's
Gap; taking quick advantage of which `Roney' advanced
with great rapidity, brigades and divisions of cavalry, with
infantry, artillery, &c., clearing the way, and with but
little fighting, pushed his whole army through the Gap.
The mounted infantry having swept far round to the
left of Tullahoma, burnt the railroad bridge over the
river in the rear of the town, thus cutting off all chance of
Bragg (who promised his men a big battle and victory
there) getting away his train of artillery, and so confound-
ing and terrifying him that they left their forts and breast-
works, three heavy 32-pounder guns, and skedaddled.
Thus ended the capture of a place that we dreaded ; from
all reports fearing that when we did move down south many
of us would bite the dust ere the strong defences erected by
the rebels could be taken. 'Twas a splendid piece of strategy

quickly and daringly effected, and as I reniazked saved
a number of lives, while the Southern army is thoroughly
disheartened, disorganised to some extent, and Bragg hated
for a tyrant, coward, and liar, so the conscripts who gave
themselves up in hundreds and the prisoners and deserters
inform us. NVe countermarched, and a wea- y suffering time
had we; holes in the reads big enoug'. • ngulph an army
waggon, so through wheat, ,ad. rye fiele we,
waggons, artillery, &c., re°. ae a.tea soon made enpo-
rary roads through el- -- t length we reached the
Manchester Oro. . -21iits marched briskly along
throurb. - es Gap. Camped that night
one, steep :11, when our train came up,
a L time of it. I had to draw rations for
them ; get shoes, socks, whatever I could
•ounds-40 the usual amount—cartridges
up in the pile of knapsacks, deg-tents,
sud a change of clothes, so that it was be-
. y k a.m. before I lay down, and had to
-ed march at 4 a.m. Indeed, the prin-
Vlt were little cared for when search-
kem 4&e. We in the rear Alf auktrain

`Vey teared --e
th liripted fury, and cowing
, throug WI ran a stream that
• of trout and old times fresh to the me-
ad eating a hasty dinner, sought the
About 3 marched gradually, getting into
• 1--the road like a bed of a mountain torrent,
higher and higher, mile after mile. Long halts
-rtillery and waggons getting stalled; then up
hort distance, and another halt—the most
t etful, and annoying thing that could occur when
,re anxious to push through and get over whatever
was before us, have supper, and rest. Thus passed the weary-
ing hours into night. Fortunately, a bright silvery moon
shone torth with true southern lustre, and on we pressed,
regiment got mixed with regiment, for we had to keep in
the woods which skirted the road, till we halted on a high
flat hill, which had been camped on frequently, we could
plainly see. Here we rested far half an hour, our pontoon
train having got so badly used up from the miserably
wretched roads, which train had to be got out of the way to
permit artillery and our ammunition train to pass, and we
hoped we were to camp for the night. But no, eight miles
further, it was now half-past 9 o'clock, and pressing on,
parsing waggons, everything, we marched with a rapidity
you would not believe, and with loud cheers, yelps, crowing
of cocks, chuckling of hens, barking of dogs, all mimicked
admirably by the men, we and our old friends the 59th En-
nuis marched side by side over the bridge at Duck river,
near Manchester, at a quarter past 12 o'clock, muddy, filthy,
and wet, and waiting for no supper, cut brush to lie on, and
with oil-cloths under us and three blankets over us, we soon
were fast asleep. Marched 27 miles that day, and in all my
marchings never travelled on worse roads, nor ever did I
see such an enormous amount of waggons upset, broken,
smashed, mules killed, and barrels of sugar, flour, meal,
&c., and bread lost. Passing camps where our troops had
been, we could get almost anything we wanted, but if we
did require them we had no means of bringing them. Next
day, the 30th June, had usual monthly muster, made out
muster roll, &c., and on the Ist of July we marched, suffered
much from the hot sun, and 12 miles from the town camped
at Tullahoma, where a vast amount of stores were captured
by our men. Marched 12 miles next day to the Barrens,'
a wild mountainous district, and crossing the Elk river next
morning we reached here about 2 o'clock, in a wretched
plight. For three days our rations had run out--what little
we had saved the rain destroyed in our canvas havresacks
—crackers went to paste—sugar, coffee, and salt melted
away; but potatoes, hogs, chickens, corn-meal, to which
all helped themselves when the chance offered, kept life in
us. The high water in the river from continuous rain,
bridges destroyed, prevented our train from coming up, so
five men from each company, in command of a commis-
sioned officer, were every day detailed to go foraging.
But that was a trifle. All hours of the day and night
were soldiers passing in and out of camp with havresacks,
buckets, and camp kettles, so that by this time potatoes.
onions, apples, blackberries, chickens, &c., are getting
:are and scarce. Every man round here is rank rebel,
and the men say they don't mean to starve while the
rebels have plenty they can help themselves to. And, indeed,
they are right. Now, however, w e are beginning to get
enough of meat, bacon, beef, sometimes fresh pork, coffee,
sugar, and bread ; before long we will get the extras, rice,
beans, dried peas, and compressed vegetables. Everything
we had was lost or destroyed. I have nothing now save the
clothes on my back and one blanket ; have to go without
while I wash and dry my own shirt. What knapsacks,&c.,
we sent back to Murfrecsborough in charge of some cavalry
were all burnt or destroyed, the excuse being that the mules
gave out and could not haul them. May be so, but indeed
I doubt it very much. I should not be surprised if we re-
mained here for a long time yet. The engineers have been
out surveying the country round, to put up works of de-
fence, I learn. Nearly all the churches and academies (four
or five academies there were here). are being converted into
hospitals, frame houses are being pulled down, and large
buildings are being erected out of the old material for com-
missary and quartermaster's stores, and every preparation
is being made to occupy this place as a military post. Ano-
ther satisfactory feature in the matter is that our General
Davis is in command here, so should there be any forward
movements, which are yet uncertain, it is possible our di-
vision will be left here to guard the post. Thank God,
everything is looking favourable for the Union cause—.
Vicksburg fallen, Port Ilulsou also; Johnstone whipped
by Sherman, Meade driving Lee out of Pennsylvania and
Maryland with enormous losses-33,000 killed, wounded,
and prisoners-91,000 prisoners Union troops Lick this
July, the simultaneous advance of all our armies and at
about the same time, and from every direction, the attack
on Charleston, South Carolina, the intended assault on
Mobile, the revolutionary movements in our favour in
North Carolina, and oars and other large armies threaten-
ing an advance any time that suits us, will give the
Southern fellows more than they have Inca or time to
attend to ; and I do pray and trustfully hope that by
this day twelve neont4o the South shall be crushed, the
1 arch-traitors who camed this fearful staugglo in dead or