The Sun.
London, England, 1863-10-03 00:00:00

late hour on the morning of the 20th September by
a concentrated attack of the Confederate forces on
the left wing of the Federal army. Gen. Thomas,
who commanded the Federal left, finding it impos-
sible to withstand the Confederate attack, gave way,
and about th© same time the divisions constituting
the right wing of the Federal army and the reserve
were withdrawn from their original position and
despatched to the relief of the shattered left. This
manceuvre had, however, scarcely been effected
when the Confederates shifted their line of attack
and fell upon the centre of the Federal army, now
deprived of its supports on the right, and, as it would
also appear, weakened by the withdrawal of one of
its divielens. which had been despatched to the relief
of General Thomas. After endeavouring in vain to
hold its ground the centre at length gave way, and
fell back on the rear of the left wing, which, with the
reinforcements it had received, was enabled--not to
regain its previous position—but to make a stand
against the advancing Confederates. At this junc-
ture two of the divisions of the Federal army, com-
manded respectively by Generals Davis and Sher-
ridan, seemed to have been seized with a panic,
for " they broke up in disorder and were born down
by Bishop Polk's corps." The troops composing
these divisions literally fled from the battle-fleld,
for it was not until late in the day that their gene-
rale succeeded in rallying some 8,000 of them and
rejoining General Thomas. This officer, completely
cut off from the main body of the army, had taken
up " an independent position," and, after maintain-
ing "a stubborn fight till after dark," zetired to a
placed called Rossville, where he received orders to
rejoin the main army at Chattanooga, at which
place General Rosecrans was engaged in " concen-
trating" the shattered remnant of his army.
Whether General Thomas succeeded in obeying
these orders is extremely doubtful, as by the latest
advices the Confederates are reported to have
attacked him on the following day, in which event
his troops had probably no alternative but to lay
down their arms. In this battle there is no ques-
tion that the Federals were " out-generalled, and
that their defeat is mainly attributable to the in-
capacity of their leader.

Vacancies, Promotions, and Appointments

in the Civil Service.

(From time Civil Service Gazette.)
THE POST OFFICE.—Mr, Allen, surveyor's clerk, has
been promoted to be inspector of mails in Ireland. Mr.
Bradford has been promoted to be Ist clerk at Derby. Mr.
Brassington has been promoted from the 2d to the Ist class,
and Mr. Meginley, from the 3d to the 2d class, of the ma-
jor establishment at Derby. Mr. Mathews has been pro-
moted from the 3d to the 2d class of the major establish-
ment at Belfast. Mr. Gascoyne has been promoted to be Ist
clerk at Nottingham. Mr. Dickisson has been promoted
from the 2d to the Ist class of clerks, Nottingham.
GENERAL REGISTER OFFICE.—Mr. W, Henry Walter
Titheridge, superintendent of the 3d class, has been pro-
moted lo be superintendent of the 2d class, in the room of
Mr. Co H. Anderson, retired. Mr. Thomas Oakes, senior
clerk, has been promoted to be superintendent of the 3d
class, in succession to Mr. Titheridge. Mr. George White,
assistant clerk, has been promoted to be senior clerk, vice
Mr. Oakes. Mr. N. A. Humphreys, junior clerk, has been
promoted to be assistant clerk, vice Mr. White.
C-usToms.—Mr. G. Gregory has been appointed an out-
door officer at Stockton. Mr. John Orr has been appointed
at out-door officer at Greenock. Messrs. W. Vine, J. Win-
ter, and J. Attwooll have been promoted to be out-door
officers of the Ist class at Weymouth.
INLAND REVENUE.—Excise Branch.—Mr. L. Peake,
supervisor, Dover district, Canterbury collection, has been
appointed supervisor of Worcester, 2d district, Worcester
collection. Mr. Jos. Brown, supervisor, Ashford district,
Canterbury collection, has been appointed supervisor of
Dover district, Canterbury collection. Mr. G. Scarborough,
examiner, has been appointed supervisor of Ashford dis-
trict, Canterbury collection. Mr. Robert Belt, supervisor,
Ballygawley, districi, Newry collection, has been appointed
supervisor of Carlisle district, Cumberland collection. Mr,
Robert Peers, officer, Dundalk, Ist division, Drogheda col-
lection, has been appointed 3d clerk, Middlesex collection.
Mr. D. Gough. officer, Dundalk, 2d division, Drogheda col-
lection, has been appointed officer of Dundalk, Ist division,
Drogheda collection. Mr. Patrick Quinn, Middleton divi.
sion, Cork collection, has been appointed officer of Dun-
dalk, 2d division, Drogheda collection. Mr. Wm. Stock-
ings,dropped officer, Wexford, sth division, Wexford col-
lection, has been appointed officer of Middleton division,
Cork collection. Mr. Adam Nisbet, officer, Greenock, Ist
division, Ayr collection, has been appointed officer of
Wakefield, 12th division, Leeds collection. Mr. J. Clemens,
officer, Ilkeston ride, Nottingham collection, has been ap-
pointed officer of Greenock, Ist division, Ayr collection.
THE EAST INDIES.—Mr. F. Macnaghten, assistant com-
missioner of Chindwarra, has been appointed to act as judge
of the Small Cause Court at Jubbulpore. Lieutenant-Col.
R. Macpherson, resident councillor of Singapore, has been
appointed to officiate as resident councillor of Prince of
Wales's Island. Captain J. Burn, resident councillor at
Malacca, has been appointed to officiate as resident coun-
cillor at Singapore. Capt. F. L. Playfair, assistant resident
councillor, has boon appointed to officiate as resident coun-
cillor, Malacca. Mr. W. Palmer, assistant accountant Ist
OW, Public Works Department, N. W. Provinces, has been
transferred temporarily to do duty in the office of the secre-
tary to the Government of India in the Public Works De-
partment.
CAPE OF Goon HoFE,—The office of deputy surveyor-
general has become vacant by the death of Mr. George Mon-

tague.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

TRAFFIC RECEIPTS FOR. THE WEEK.
Miles Opened. Receipts.,

Railways.

1863. 1862.

1863. 1862
2,061 2,350
629 834
1,987 2,260
7,039 7,669
17,722 17,075
296 270
372 316
204 207
432 400
1,802 1,401
344 330
1,461 1,438
1,629 1,699

Belfast and N. Counties ...... 136 136
Belfast and County Down.... 49 49
Blyth and Tyne 2B 28
Bristol and Exeter l2l 1214
1
BristolCaledonian ... . ... .. ... 23lt 4;341
•
Cockermouth &Workington• • 84 84
Cork and Bandon .. . 2O 20
Cork, Blackrock, & Passage.• • 61
61
321 824
Cork and Youghal ...... ... • •
Cornwall ................... . 654 531
17 17
Deeside .........Junction 63 63
.
Dublin & .......
63
23 23
Dublin and Drogheda 75
Dublin and Meath
Dub. & Wicklow and Wexld 514 484
gh and Glasgow 1691 1
69
Edinburl
Forth & Clyde Junction
Furness, &c
Glasgow & South-Western .• 198 198
Gt. Eastern,Nrik.,&E.Union
Great Northern
Great North of Scotland 5B 58
Gt. Northn. & Westn. (Irel.) 714 661
Gt.Southn. & 10564 Westn.(lrlnd.) 3544
10321
329
Great Western ... .
Inverness & Aberdeen Jum 864
145862
Irish North-Western
395
Lancashire & Yorkshire 3951
Limerick and Ennis... 241
25
241
Limerick and Foynes 264
Llanelly 464 464
London & North-Western 51
London and Blackwall 54 1
London & South-Western
Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast 2614 241
London, Chatham, & Dover 721 72#
Do. Metropolitan Extension 104 24
1 Loud., Tilbury, & Southend
i N ecwi
tat
andienal
adtl
Alan.,Sheffield, &Lincolnsh
Manch. S.Jun.& Altrincham 9l 91
Maryport and Carlisle
Metropolitan 34
Midland (incl. N.-Western) 641
Midland Gt.Westn. of Irind 2591
Monkland 7ll
Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44
North British, Edin., Perth
and Dundee ... . . 414
N-Eastern and Stock. & Darl 1095
North London 9
North Staffordshire 254
Oswestry and Newton... 5O
Rhymney.. • l9l
St. Helen's Canal & Railway 52
Scottish Central
Scottish North-Eastern 13380#
Somerset and Dorset 391
South Devon ... ..... ....•
South-Eastern ...• 306
Taff Vale
VII
Waterford
Waterfordal sl te e
or ....... • • 64 i
Vale of Clwyd.
oLliri,imezlkeerinenky lO
324
West Cornwall
00l II arbrE.trßmanili: : "27377711
Whitehaven Junction l2
Whitehaven & Furness Jun 35
FOREIGN AND COLONIAL.
Antwerp and Rotterdam 62
Austrian B2B
Belgian Eastern Junction... 2e
Bombay, Baroda, & Cen. India 185-
Buffalo and Lake Huron l6l
Detroit and Milwaukie lB9
Dutch Rhenish ..... ...
Eastern of France....... lO7B
East Indian • ... ..
Grand Trunk of Canada lOOO
Great Indian Peninsula 538/
Great Luxembourg 134
Great Southern of India _ 79
Great Western of Canada 345
Madrid, Saragossa &Alicant 499
Northern of Canada ... .....
Northern of France 67
Norwegian Trunk
Ottoman
Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn 1491
Paris and Orleans 1340
Pernambuco 771
Royal Danish 69
Sambre and Meuse 6B
South Austrian
Southern of France ..... 777
Victorian 196
Welland .— 25
West Flanders 75
W. and N. W. of France, 758

'l9O 120
2,331 2,106
8,373 8.079

234 282
2,954 2,727
8,481 8,393
33,616 32,763
34,565 32,725
1,669 2,2 3

724 628
10,382 9,415
65,064 66,086
1,599 1,540
1,644 1,755
36,780 35.274
253 169
203 139
639 694
101,759 100,572
1,005 1,889
23,073 25.461
20,141 24,819
5,954 5,704
1,330 60
2 006 2,204
16,711 15,000
1,425 1.262
1,359 1,267

1,713 -
46,729 43,921
4,829 4,557
1,660 1,191
2,762 2,46/

13,340 12,471
58,710 5),341
3,252 3,148
8,372 8.514
1,266 1,134

924 857
2,060 2,096
5,308 4,920
5,450 5,416
750 396
3.953 3,822
29,388 29,292
5,992 6,393
1,957 1,851
222 253
2,409 2,028

442 459
1,456 1,162

910 'BB3
4,887 3,663
652 472
919 705
801 663

1,667 1,656
30,180 40,010
361 320
1,665 860
1,64 1,331
4,202 4,181
5,932 5,613
60,257 60,574

17,266 12,951
4,410 3,909
4,942 4,630

519 331
12,595 11,437
20,976 17,507
1,262 1,590
61,460 63,479
1,174 1,659

761 50
146,681 142,949
72,433 63,393

886 885
1,353 1,026
58,011 56,021
33,373 3e,012
8,561 5,716

1315
777
151

452 41:5
1,124 1,099
57,891 51,154

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