Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1861-10-23
L1TELEGR APHIC.

(iks MNtNlhs
I n Jfears That Iion,J. C. DTeeLlnridge
bnd &her promineni ken,neklaRs are
elugess at Knoxville, Tenn. Mr.. Breek-
Inrdees presence at that place was the
Oeeasisn Of great demonstration hy its eiti-
Ieas. f1n response TO numerous aud loud
calls, hr. nreskinrldge addressed the eill-
,eas islcay, in " Nllieh he declined to discuss
Tie aqnrs,lon of the peculiar eiFeum-
/ s,anofa Ia which he fennd himself which
faraas, The expression OF his feelinge until
he e0uli 60, haelv TO that home frOm which
h. was now fugitive without u crime,
hut Lehssnred the people OF Tennessee that
kensa1klnns woull yet preserve the liher-
tics bat State aud rcpel the Lineoln in
I yadsr< who outraged her soil, and would
1 yc, s--,.4te Tennessee ~ q sister Nho had
t5meo Der assistance o. hu hour " deep
est - v hen Mf, Brrckinrdgo paused
I q Loa.t .toi hhs thrown hlm from one OF the
wfedsts cg tie hon.c, for which he return
od'tiSlhanks in few eloquent woris and
,tsiiGf = ~ lir i,hss &C
saa,e PAPER has Tie following taken from
an extra Of tho Norfolk bay Book on the
"a inst;
awe ARE informed ny Mr Henry D. Crock
ett Que Of the prisoners taken at the battle
OF iilci Mountain, who came up from Old
Point Yesterday afternoon In the fiag OF
truce steamer, that q severe battle had been
fought in the western part of the State at
the Big Swell Mountain, between Gen. Ice
and Rosencran,hs forces, and that tho lat
ter lad been defeated aud was ~ Wheeling,
Va, on Saturday last mortally wounded
and tia. the whole federal army was then
ON ID, retreat fron, the Boil Of Western Yir-
Tin a. Mr. Crockett was formerly from
Washins ston, d. c., where he held the posi-.
rion IN q-r OF the departments as clerk.
On tbs breaking out OF ihc YER ho len the
federal service and made his way into vir-
ginia, where he joined The 2e.h Virginia
regiment, and was made prisoner at tho
battle OF Rich Mountain. lie informs us
tina, ON his way IRON Columbus, Ohio, and
while at Wcllsyille, in this State, on Satuv.
day last he had the news from the editor
of n paper in that place, that the federal
army was then rctreating from Western
firg mia; that RoscncrAntx had attacked
Gen. Lee in his entrenchmei.s on thu Big
Mountain on Thursday last, aud after a
severe fight was repulsed, and that he
(Rosencrantz) renewed the attack again on
Friday and fought all day long.
The los, Oh the federal side was reported
to him as very heavy indeed, willis, tho Con-
icderatc loss was but triing, owing TO their
being behind their entertainments. The
icerpl army was reported as rctreating ON
TO Wheeling, ut that time on their way out
OF Virgnia. On passing through Bellair
about ,our miles from Wheeling on the op-
posire side or the Ohio river on saturday
night, Mn. Crockett aud the returning
Southerners heard a confirmation of this
news, IogeiheN with the additional particli-
lars, that Gen. Roseucrpnts vas then at
Wheeling mortalIy wounded. This was
told him Bya gentleman in Bellnir 10 whom
he thinks he can phce perfect confidence,
an WHOM ho thinks was with our side.
Mr.. Crockett also states he saw an account
ofthis fight in the Pitisburg Dispatch of
Monday morning, in which it was stated
that tho fight had Commenced by Roscn-
crantz attacking Ice. That Rosencrantz
had been repulsed, and that they were
fighting again the next day, reinlorcemcnts
were then coming up for Lee, and would
reach lin before the fight WAS oveI.--IIc
was no, at liberty to bring apapcr through.
4 NASHVILLE, Oct. THE Tennessee legis-
lature met to-day, Edward s. Cheatham was
elected speaker Of the Senate--Edwin A.
Keeble was elected speaker of :he House.
John C. Breckinridgc and Wm. Preston
! arrived here yesterday Tho Kentucky
legislature on the 3D. inst, passed resou-
4 tion inslructing Breckenridge and Powell
to resign their seats in the United States
Senate. ss~ ri
! The following is from the Memphis Ap-
peal of to-day; t8th) A Especial dispatch to
4 the Charleston Conricrfrom Richmond bear
ing date the 4th inst, says 10000 United
I States troops have landed at Occoquan on
tho Potomac. This indicates a general
/ advance of Mcclellan on our lines.
The New York Times of Monday received
J here repor.s the United States forces occu-
pying the points abandoned by the Con fed
eratcs. 1t thinks these movements of the
Confcaerates very mysterious, and fears an
1 advance into Maryland.
/ Two regiments of United States troops,
! b,< mieta ke, fred into each other on Sunday,
I killing ten and wounding sixteen. Gov.
Morgan of New York has been made a
Major Genl of vclurreers. The Times fears
that A. Sidney johnson will triumph in
I Kcntucky, and winter in Cincinnati or
Louisville. 1t complains that recruiting in
the North is dead failure. Prince Napo-
!. leon has departed FOR Europe.
STANTON, Va, Oct. 9-An intelligent
gentleman Just from Green Brier river
furnishes some additional details of the
battle on the Sd inst; Gen. Jacksons bri-
g..da still holds its ioeuler position, with
pickets stationed rs bcttrc the battle. The
brgade consists OF Jackson,s Scotts and
Ia iafero Yrginia regiments, and Hans
borger Virginia battalion, Rusts Arkan-
saa regiment, 5hrec companies OF Virginia
a tiiefy v th Two batteries eeinpaaded BY.
Capl AuGcs:s;i, Shoemaker AMI Rice and
the Is, ardi2,h Georgia regiments Capt
si.ocnaker Was wounded by u boab burst
ing Capt Il cc had Il portion OF his foot
o. off. The GcoJgians killed and Wounded
were David Brown of Gate City Guards,
Atlanta, killed; . member of the Dallonsga
volunteers namc not remembered, was
severely wounded Richard Cry, of the
Marion Guards, killed; John Dean, of-the
Muscogee rifles, had three flesh wounds a
member of the Lowndes volunteers was
wounded in the thigh name is not rcmcm-
bcred one man in the Arkansas regiment
WAS killed. The total killed of the Confed-
crates was seven, wounded twenty missing
twelve. The loss ofthc enemy was evidently
severe.
New 0RIEASs, Oct. .8.-Charloston papers
say that the bIockading steamer of that
port had in low yesterday small schooner
apparently black without foretop mast,
supposed to have been captured. Several
vessels have been seen lately off Port Royal.
Some seamea have de.erted from vessels at
North Ediste, " c., and ii is supposed have
gone to the oBeuiy's feet. A schooner
which left Southern port with cargo OF
rice it is reported has been lost on the
Bahamas. giie cargo was saved with but
slight lamagr. Arr vals from foreign ports
with cargoesiof useful articles have lately
taken place.
LrvERPooL, Sept. 22.-Tom Saycrs seve-
rely whipped Tom Mace, the champion Of
England. in recent accidental fight.
51,.i,.r. Alfred came over in the Niarara