The Sun.
London, England, 1863-11-11 00:00:00

AMERICA.

REUTER'S EXPRESS.

NEW YORK, Oct. 31.

A dispatch from Chattanooga, Oct. 28th, states
that Lookout Mountain was taken by the Federals,
on the 28th, the Confederates falling back without
resistance. The Federals occupied the South bank
of the Tennessee River from Bridgeport to Chatta-
nooga, and the river and railroad were unobstructed.
Yesterday morning Major-Gen. Thomas tele-
graphed to the War Department as follows :
" General Hooker was attacked at 12 o'clock,
midnight, and a severe fight ensued, which con-
tinued for two hours, with lighter work until 4
a.m. Gen. Hooker reports (7.30 a.m.) the conduct
engineers
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Nothingu itne sa t . under of our troops to be splendid. They repulsed every
attack made on them and drove the enemy from
every position they assailed."
Nothing additional to what has been telegraphed
has been received at headquarters, concerning
Hooker's victory.
The fight took place at Brown's Ferry, on the
Tennessee River, near Chattanooga, and the result
is considered of the highest importance, as it re-
moves the rebel obstructions to steamboat naviga-
tion to that point, and opens the way for army
supplies.
A Nashville telegram says .
" Lookout Mountain was taken on the 28th by
our troops under Gen. Hooker, with the eleventh
corps and a portion of the twelfth, and Palmer's
division of the fourth corps. There was no serious
opposition. The river is now open to Chattanooga,
the Army of the Cumberland is relieved from any
danger of interrupted communications. General
Palmer has been promoted to command of the
rnth"
Fourteenth Corps, over Rosseau, Reynolds, and
Shridan. Gen. Mitchell has been relieved of the
cavalry command. The Tennessee is four feet high
on the shoals.
samt teen:. og a , t wo information
movement,
planned
l that
anne ond
at
nhde
nbdyera direction of Gen. Smith, chief of
waggon roads and the
use of the river as lines of supplies were acquired,
thus relieving Gen.
The Washingtobnrifleiaa
Thomas's command from its
of unusual interest is reported from the
Army of the Potomac. The repairs on the Orange
and Alexandria Railroad have been completed to
Catlett's station, and are being rapidly prosecuted.
Some of the Federal troops are said to be at the
chief embaartreahs
point where Turkey run crosses the Warrenton
Railroad. The Confederates hold the burned bridge
across the Rappahannock in great force. A similar
official despatch says :—" It is not true, as has been
reported, that General Meade is retreating. He
has moved his headquarters front Warrenton, but
not towards Washington. Military men view
Gen. Meade's position as highly favourable in the
event of Lee making a general attack."
General Buford's cavalry was attacked by in-
fantry, near Bealton Station, on the 27th, at noon,
and was forced back to within one mile of Ger-
mantown• The Confederate cavalry scour the
country as far as Stafford Courthouse. A number
of citizens along the line of the Orange and
Alexandria railroad have been arrested, charged
with harbouring guerillas.

Charleston dates to the 27th October have been
received. On the 26th General Gilmore opened
fire on the rebel works from Cumming's Point, and
on the following day he opened upon the city, using
the spire of St. Michael's Church as a target. The
fire on the Confederate works is said to have been
very destructive. They responded slowly, and
without effect, from Forts Moultrie and Johnson.
A special despatch to the New York Times, from
Morris Island, Oct. 27, says Three heavy guns
have been turned upon Charleston, and each had
thrown Greek fire into the heart of the place. Four
Monitors are in position off Sullivan's Island, and
it is reported that they will.engage the rebel works
this afternoon. The range of the guns on Sumter
and Johnson is one-third less than before the cap.
ture of Wagner and Gregg. The firing on our side
is excellent, every shot seems to tell. The object of
the fire was to get the range of the rebel works.
It cannot be put down as the commencement of any
vigorous attack."
A despatch, dated Chattanooga, Oct. 24, via
Nashville, 28, says :
The enemy's action indicates that Bragg is
moving in large force upon Cleveland, Tennessee,
with the evident purpose of breaking through our
by way of
lines in that direction. It is generally believed here
that this movement is co-operated in by a portion of
LVirginia,
moving down
with the intention of driv-
Tennessee, and turning the
flank of r
compelling its retirement
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Advices received in Washington state that the
Federal position at Chattanooga is perfectly secure
against any direct attack—the line of defences
being short, but very strong. The rebels held the
mountain encircling the town (on the 24th) both
their flanks resting upon the river. The greatest
embarrassment was the difficulty of getting sup-
plies—the roads being in such bad condition that
the trains got through with great difficulty. The,
troops had been several days upon half rations, and
the 'animals suffered greatly for want of forage.
The common animals have died by scores of hun-
ger. Foraging parties were out in all directions.
The expedition under General M'Pierson has
accomplished
returned to Vickaburg, having fished its
object, which was to scatter the rebels on the Big
Black. They came up with a large Confederate
force, which retreated without risking an engage-
ment. _ _

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Confede-
rates under General Cooper have been reinforced
from Price's army, and threaten Forts Smith and
Advices from Fort Scott state that the Confede-
rates
Blunt. Price's force is estimated at 9,000 men.Quantrell is with him.
marching with 3,000
General Blunt has gone to Fort Smith, where he
will turn over the command of the army of the
frontier to General IVl‘l\leil. Brooks having been
joined by Shelby is
rates against the union force at White River.
The union forces, under General Sherman, ad-
vancing eastwards from Memphis, met with a
sharp resistance at Cherokee station, about 9 miles
west of Tascumbia. The Confederates fell back
upon their fortifications, which are said to he very
strong, at Tascumbia. They had
about 6,000 in-
fe.ntry and 1,000 cavalry, and were commanded by
Generals Loring, S. D. Lee, Roddy, Richardson,
and Forrest.

T►he following is from the Macon (Georgia) Con-

PRICE. ....-....4-d.
STAMPED ....sd.

The r, Toned insurrection
federate of the 14th :—"
of the blacks, in Hancock County, was more serious
than was at first supposed. netr organization
was complete, from a major-general down to a cor-
poral. The plan was first to kill all the old men
and women and children,
approp.riate the young
women as wives, and then joinitosenoranz when he
captured Atalanta. To this they were instigated by
designing emissaries from Lincolndoti. The ring-
leaders have been arrested."

The Columbus (Georgia) Sun gives tht' following
as the results of General Wheeler's recent raid
against the communications of Rose= ranz :
"General Wheeler captured over 1,160 waggons
in the Scoquatchie valley, 1,000 of which ha' de-
stroyed, bringing the remainder safely across the
river. He shot upwards of 3,500 mules, and
brought away with him more 1,000 horses and
mules. At M'Minnville he destroyed 30 days'
rations forßosencranz's entire army; also two trains
of cars loaded for Chattanooga, and 15 miles of the
railroad.. He also destroyed the track of the
Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad for nearly 20
miles below Murfreesboro. His loss was three
pieces of artillery, and about 1,000 men, mostly
prisoners.

The Provost Marshal General has announced that
forty per cent. of those drawn in the present draft
are held for service; of these one half paid commu-
tation, one-third of the remainder went into service,
and two-thirds furnished substitutes. Over forty
millions of dollars have been uselessly expended in
bringing into the field two hundred thousand men
who have been discharged for disability.
Senor Don Matiar Romero, Envoy Extraordinary
and Minister Plenipotentiary from the Juarez Go-
vernment of Mexico, has been recognised at Wash-
ington. He presented his credentials on the 28th.
Twenty-five hundred soldiers arrived here yes-
terday from the Army of the Potomac, Washington,
and Baltimore. They came to vote. The Demo-
cratic papers allege that they belong mostly to the
Western or Republican portions of the State, while
the Republican papers state that they are mostly
sick and wounded men to whom short furloughs
have been granted irrespective of their politics.
The Russian Naval officers continue to receive
municipal and private ovations. The Grand Rus-
sian Ball is to take place at the Academy of Music,
on the bth of November. Invitations are to be given
to other foreign officers in port.

The Speech of the King of Prussia.

BERLIN, Nov. 3.

The King opened the Session of both houses of
the Prassian Diet in person, at one o'clock this
afternoon, in the White Hall of the Royal Castle.
His Majesty made the following speech:—
"Illustrious, noble, and beloved Gentlemen of
both Houses of the Diet,—The Diet of the
Monarchy in its last Session was closed before the
termination of the deliberations on the Budget, and
the Lower House was subsequently dissolved be-
cause a satisfactory result could not be expected
from further discussion after the declaration ad-
dressed to me.

" It is my urgent wish that an end should be put
to the discussions which have arisen between my
Government and a portion of the representatives of
the country. My Royal duty enjoins upon me to
maintain and protect the power and rights of my
Crown, no less than the constitutional privileges of
the representation of the country. Conflicting
conceptions have been brought to bear upon the ex
tent and limits of the uncontested right of the re-
presentatives of the country to co-operate in the
legal establishment of the Budget. In order to effect
its settlement a bill will be presented to you, which
is intended to regulate the rights of the Government
in case the Budget does not obtain a legal establish-
ment, and to meet the fear that my Government in
such a case intend to lay claim to an unlimited con-
trol over the State funds without regard ,to the
right of the representatives of the country.
"I have, hoWever, to care not alone for the inte-
rior welfare, but also for the exterior security of the
State; and I must be able to reckon on your co-
operation in both respects.
The new formation of the army arose from wants
which could not be neglected if we were to keep
pace with the increased armed force of our neigh-
bours, and to take into account the economical in-
terests of our own population by a more just distri-
bution of military service.

s' The army is, after its reorganisation, as I already
said in this place in the year 1860, the Prussian
people in arms, and this, indeed, with greater truth
than before, for while the strengthened organisation
of the Line renders an alleviation possible for the
elder classes of the Landwehr, the united strength
of the Landwehr remains unaltered. This formation
has grown in past s ears, on the basis of the-approval
of the Diet the Sessions of 1860 and 1861, into a
permanent institution of the State, the continuance
of which can no longer be brought into questi
on
without serious danger to the most important
inte-
rests of the country. The knowledge this danger
of
imposes upon me the duty of giving my consent,
requisite in accordance with the Constitution, only
to such a Budget as will secure the maintenance of
the existing army arrangements. In order at length
to bring this affair legally to a close, a remodelled
Bill on the obligation to
military service will be
laid before you.
the exp
carrying
" U tothe
of
the
present,
reorganization of the army
would meet with 0°
obstacle in the financial re-
sources of the State has been fulfilled.
"Last year the revenue, as is known, was so
large that it
not only sufficed for the complete
State expenditure, but even gave a
for the employment of which
•11 be made to you. This year's revenue
proposals will
ho e
s ; , as far as can be now
allows of sinvlar
nt ample means to cover the whole State
seen, press
expenditure of this year without having recourse to
treasury,
the State
my Government will present to you without de-
layßudget for the current year, together with
the
a
supplement. In the Budget for the year 1864,
apparently existing deficit is, it is true, not yet
ccoonvesirdinergabofletshnevPinn,
It nevertheless presents the agreeable
which will also soon be ready for your examination,
the
rperVettat the revenue, without departing from
sound principles in its estimate, might have been
put down as considerably higher, and would offer
the means to satisfy in all branches of the admini-
stration numerous and fresh requirements.
"The estimate of the new :ground and house
taxes has already been so far proceeded with that
its conclusion may be looked forward to with cer-
tainty at the beginning of the year 1865. The sur-
plus revenue expected therefrom will shortly afford
the means to close without deficit the Budget for
the year 1865.

generalB6o accounts ,
years h1e859,1 and
dlB6l
wofintbhee
submitted
otfo
you
for the approval of outlays in excess of the Budget,
and for the voting of the bill of indemnity. A bill
for the establishment of the revenue and expendi-
ture of the year 1862 will likewise be submitted to
you as the basis of the general Budget of this year.
" The agricultural condition of the country is
satisfactory. The position of the working classes
has been alleviated by an abundant harvest, and the
cultivation of the country is making gratifying Po'
gress in consequence of the growing assiduity of
the landowners.
pportuni-
" Activity of trade has increased, and o
ties for remunerativellabour have not been wanting.
The traffic upon railroads also continues constantly
developing itself. My Government has unceasingly
endeavoured to promote the further extension of
this means of communication. While railway cota_
munication with the
province
eingeneal fy
lately been opened,importantP°7ler an
ial- has
Ines
have been commenced, and new bills with reference
othe'vlo

egotittions with regard t
the Zollverein have been ope'
vernments of the Union. M,
ring to the commercial po,
sues in fall unanimity
sentatives of the country, has
negotiations with the earnest
while maintaining the treaty or
with France, the tie which connects the materia,. I
interests of the greater part of Germany, and shortly
to regulate the relations witii the Austrian Empircv
as soon as the maintenance of the Zollverein shall
have been seured.c

" The associations having for their object the
amelioration of the condition a the labourers re-
quire, for the full development of their social effi-
ciene.Y, the legal establishment of their rights. Aly
Government is now occupied with x bill for this

purpose.

" Tile bills relative to the rights of shareholding
companies and of sailors, as well as the bills /elat-
ing- to the ordinances provisionally issued wit'.h re-
gard to the charge in the tariff of duties, and for the
avoidanee of the collision of vessels at sea, whi ch
were
not passed during the last session, will bk.-
came tike subject of your deliberations.
"To n,'•utralise the excitement that was produced.
in the country in a dangerous form by the press of
the day, it Ni'm necessary to issue a provisional
ordinance agaiost suchtransk,-"Lessions on the basis
of Art. G 3 of the Constitution. This ordinance, in
conjunction with the bill for the modification of
some stipulations of the press lowa' and criminal
code, will be submitted to you for .1-our constitu-

tional approval.
" The insurrectionary movements ha-v ing for ob-
ject the re-establishment of the former 1-singdom of
Poland have threatened the tranquillity eour fron-
tier provinces. We may congratulate 01. m-selves
that the mobilization of troops ordered by nu', and
the vigorous action adopted by my officials,. have
protected Prussia from serious disadvantages. The
German Diut was resolved upon making respgol'ed
by means of execution those demands, based upo n
Federal right, with regard to the Duchies of 110.-
stein and Lauenberg, which the Government of hitr
Majesty the King of Denmark has up to the pre-
sent left unsatisfied, or shall not have satisfied at
the time fixed for the carrying out of the execution.
"The co-operation of Prussian and Austrian mi-
litary forces has been held in view, in case the army
of execution should meet with superior opposition.
Should this be the case, and the employment of ex-
traordinary means be required, my Government
will submit to the Diet the necessary proposals for
that purpose.

" My Government will lay before the Diet com-
munications respecting the course of the negotiation
with' regard to the Federal reform initiated by the
Austrian Government. I have never failed to ac-
knowledge the faults of the existing Federal Con-
stitution, but was unable to consider either the pre-
sent moment or the course adopted as opportune
for its reconstruction, I shall deeply regret, should.
the fears expressed by me to my Confederates prove
true, that the weakening of the confidence required
by the Federal arrangements for the fulfilment of
their objects, and the depreciation of the advantages
afforded to the members of the Confederation in
the present situation of Europe, be the only issue
of attempts at reform which were undertaken with-.
out a guarantee of success. This guarantee, however,
can only attend those reforms which secure to the
Prussian State its proper position in Germany by a
just division of influence according to the relation of
power and service.
"To protect this good right of Prussia, and with
it the power and safety of Germany, I consider to be
my sacred duty.
" Gentlemen,—We stand in an excited time, per-
haps an the brink of a more excited future. I address,
therefore, morcurgently to you the request to under-
take the solution of our interior question with, an
earnest will to bring about an understanding.l his
object can only be attained if the power of the Royal
Government, indispensable for the Prussian Monar-
chy, be maintained unimpaired, and if in the exer-
cise of your Constitutional rights I be supported by
you in t he fulfilment of my duties as

" We have to labour in common for the honour
and welfare of our fatherland. My endeavours are
exclusively devoted to this task, and, with unshaken
confidence in the loyalty of my people, I hope to
perform it in such a manner as to be able to answer
before God."

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