New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-07-28
Sixty-three thousand-no lees than one-third q
the forces 10 the field on the lot Of November last.

Inc iorcos III the uelo on the Let Of November jaS
That the above ettimats Of the losses BY dssase n
not too high is proved by the official count lately
made in the Army Of the Ohio, which shows liz
of absentees on account Of sckncss Of no ess than
fourteen thousand. That the greatest number Of
these is now able to ret1m TO duty, but prefer to
LITTER at home is certain The efforts Of suthortiss
directed to secure enlistmeuts, but compef tbs
recreants to join their commands.
There appears to be lull in the operations of the
guerrlas along the line of the Memphis and Charles.
ton Railroad. No new depredatioDs have besn
Railroad the enemy has also been quiet during the
last fortyeight hours, that may well repeat the
stereotype phrase: I" Everything quiet along the
lines"
learn from Northern Alabama, that Gen. Bneli
is about opening the campaign against the Rebe!
forces in East Tennessee. The successful foray OF
the Rebels upon Murfreesboro Ia said to be quicken.
ing his movements. It is to be hoped that he will
disray more aacrity in following up the enemy than
be did last Spring 10 Kentucky aud Tennessee Thai
the army Of the Ohio il equal to any emergency
know. Whether its COMMANDMENTS chief has changes
to the better remains TO be seen.
Tho Murfrees boro' surprise and disgTacefal sur.
render OF 81 NJ infantry and battery to 1000 Rebes
cavalry-our estimate, 1t must be remeDbered-has
satisfied everybody here that the Union will survive
the loss Of the services Of Gen. Cntenden. He 10
sec0nd-rate Indiana politician, 10 whom biz euperOG
in the Army of the OHIO never took much stock.
His appointment to Brgadiersbip was exacted W
the stupid ard miscbievous rule authorizing military
rs well US civil commissions among Congressional
Districts. BY its working most Of the calamties In
the form of incompetent Generals have been Sa0dle4
upon the army.
Inquiries at the central office of military railroads
in this place, disclosed to me the encOaa aging fact,
that during the lat ten days cotton bias been gong
TO the Northern market very freely from along tho
line of the Mobile and Ohio and Mississippi Central
d.; in, Tam M ls<aa han
car loads have been shipped fro various stations On
tue two roads to Columbus since Monday last. The
limit TO shipments Is, indeed, only the scarcity OF
rolling stock. Thousands Of bales are now piled up
at the several stations, with their buyers axiousiy
awaiting their turn for transportation. Quite
flock purchasers OF the staple from Western cities
are now travelling through the country adjacent TO
the railroads with bags of SPECIE met several Of
these Q, jackson yesterday, and they state most con-
dently, that Royal cotton IL rapidly succumbing ~
Imperial gold aud that the greater part Of the crop
of Western Tennessee will find its way to market IL
course of the Summer. The prices paid are from 70
to rs cents per round at which rate very handsome
profits must be realized by the purchasers. From
this vicinity. they are still somewhat deferred ~
the fear of guerriss, known 10 be lowering along
the Mobile and Central Railroad. The planters are
for the same reason anxious to dispose OF their
stock lest il might be burned, and hence, saw
dozen bales sold mere only the day before yeserdsys
ut NJ low as l2i cents per pound Tor gold.
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Grand Junction and Memphis were abandoned, az
heretofore stated some ten days ago, owing to the
swarms OF guerIias lnfesing the country through
which it runs. Strange TO say, while the railroad
was being destroyed in every possiole manner, the
telegraph line from Grand Junction and Memphis
was not inlerfered with, every morning the oporx-
tors had expected to find Memphis slleuced, but al.
WAYS elected electric responses from that point Inc
Rebel magnaninity toward the line was too extra.
ordinary to be suspicious, and upon close investl-
cation IL was found that enterprleing telegraph
list in the Southern interest had tapped the line be-
tw cen Moscow and Memphis, and was very leisurely
ptiug military correspondence Tor toe benehs
of Rebel Generals. But smart ~ be wac, the ian.
KEGS 70. the better of him 10 the end. by clever
between the two ends OF the lne IN
of bogus dispatches, by no means cacu-
lated to give aid and comfort TO the enemy VIII Pass
daily over the wires until the Rebels Will see lit 70
abstain IRON tamperipg with them. l have seen
some specimens of correspondence carried on by tho
Union operators for the edication OF the Rebel SPY.
If the Rebel Generals hot kept in state OF con-
slant excitement and alarm, it will lot be for tho
want OF the sensational element In it.
Block houses and other means OF protection OF Inc
small detachments stationed Tor guarding purposes
along the railroad lines now being constructed 10
Large numbers.
Rebel Forsys as FIsrence, Ala, snd sIss6
the Tennessee River.
CAIRO, Saturday July %, 1862
The steamer Evansville, from the Tennessee Rivs
ar brings the news of Rebel raid 1t Florence Ala,
On Tuesday last. They entered the city and burned
III the warehouses used for our commissary and
stores, and all the cotton in the
vicinity.
They also seized the United States steamer Co
onna, used for conveying army supplies over the
shoals. They took all the money belonging 70 tho
boat and passengers, and then burned her,
The property destroyed is reported to be OF greas
value.
small detachment of Gen. Mitchels army wa
,aptured.
The Rebels then proceeded down the Tennessee
River to Chickasaw, Waterloo, and the vicinity o.
and burned all the warehouses which CON-
tanned cotton.
Another band Of forty Rebels attacked wagon
train near Pittsburg Landing, and captured sixty
wagons containing commissary and quartermasssr
stores.
Tho War in the sssth-West.
CAIRO, Ill., Saturday, July d. is62
Tho steamer Wilson, from Vicksburq, arrived Last
night. When in Princeton Bend, 80 miles above
yicksburg, she was fred into from the Mississippi
side by several six.poundes and score or two OF
muskets and was hit about 10 times, mostly by mus
ketballs. One shell burst directly under the ooies'
No one was hurt.
MxspHIs, Tenn, wednesday July ., 1852.
Two hundred and forty persons took the os'n yes
terday, and 100 received permits to 60 South
The news from Vicksburg il unimportant' Inc
bombartment was renewed from the upper meet.
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