, 1862-08-13
IHlpor.aut fFom Baton Rouge
Reported Attack on eur: Forces by
Breckinridge.
ne is REpulsEp WITH HEAVY Loss.
an Improbable Story Concerning a
:. Second Attack.
The Rebel Ram Arkansas.

The Rebel Ram Arkansas. I
Important Order by Gen. Sherman
goaee1ning Slaves. |
[speSiel Dtepatch to the Chicago Tribune
,hsnrn1s' r., Ang4st e .: 1zSsm9p;%.,l
Late adgices from the South represent that |
on Tuesdr5 last, at noon, Gen. Brecklnridge |
teIegraphed to Grenada that he had attacked |
the federal forces ut Baton Rouge and was re-
pulsed with heavy loss, and in his loas WAS
Gen. Clarke Of Missouri, and Col Thomas
Hunt Of Kentucky, among the killed; hut in
the same dispatch be sisted that in about one
hcur he should renew the attack, as his re-
pulse had been occasioned by the delay OF the
Ram Arkansas, which had failed to reach
Baton Rouge to make a Simultaneous attack
upon the gunboats with the land attack The
Arkansas arrived two hours behind time.
She promptly assisted the fleet and Brec}zin-
ridge at orce renewed the land attack, ats
O'Clock in the afternoon. General Breckia-
ridge Is said to have again telegrapaed to
o'aneoa lnA' .ne 0tA4aeae l'3a oss1o} you t*o
boate Ct the federal fleet, and had severely
damaged three others and that tha leet had
left Baton Rouge, passing down the river for
eS1eEJ' ooo tAa' o.n' ".ssA4114 'n'o eap.
luteo the entife 1eaeral FORCES s1atoaeo a.
ha'on nous"' ~ - anu 1aco e4>s A@15e
pof11on o1 Hen. Fan uolns contnaao ID CO.
=, .
operating VIII b1ech1n11oge 1o1 al mmeo-
ATE atfact upon 1ae cisy ot Ne" osieans'
LEE stea1nel "h1te c'oua alf17eo from He-
| lena To-Day. ehe Drought information OF Da-
s's' neala. Ihe hses las just returned nom
reconnaissance sonth 10 napoleon. Ark-
| Nothing "ari1he was seen thefeaoouts.
| Rumor has reported that the new rebtl gun
boat Star OF the West which mas been some
time building in the Hazoo River, had got out
OF that atrearn Into the a1ssl7slppl and joined
the Arkansas, Ahd Was ready Tor uses
| On Wednesday the gunboat AouisVllo and
United States transports White cloud and
| latan, with the Sd btlssour1 infantry, went
down the N1ss:s61ppl to tie mouth or White
River. aud at:enpted to make . reconnoi5-
saree OF that stream. After ascenaing Three
quarters OF nile, the gunooat Louisville ran
upon bar. After much diiisult9, she got
Of, aud tie expedition returned to Helena
| yesterday. Whether the attempt will be re
aunaed is net k'oTn-
All qnitt On the river In the vicinity of He
lena.
The rCnor that the ram Arkansas had beef
seen there is probably incorrect
We hare the following news dated Nsw Or
leans, July 80: The flagship Hartford ant
: fHgatGs Richmond, and several sunooaes o
IL Com. Farragut'e fleet, which we noticed o.
Mordsy n5 on Their way down the river fton
yieksburg, arrived that afternoon, aud au
cho1ed in t1oat Of the city.
Antoine biichand an old lnhAbitant An
: eccentric man, formerly Sandman consul q
New OIlean5, is dead. He was knight {
! :ha order of ST. Maurice. He leaves no nea
T relatives and large fortune to be clai1ned b
: parties in France.
! Gen. Bragg's army vas last heard from nes
E Chattanooga, marching toward Nashville, :
least such report reached Memphis tn
: afternoon.
J, The BRIDGE of the Mississiopi Central raj
.s ,,,.,as 5000 ,,r,a 80, hes haan -on,;ra
!, ard trains are ROW passing from Holly SpIin!
s' te noiuts below,
! p.,,.~,as 1,,+,,-o.- ho,-o ,,,f,,eoa r. n,7 an
8 teleAue0 oatAe'a n"'e 'e'oo0o ~ po1 a.
Is t5'lg better tnah tennessee currency l
;, drafts CT Northern and Eastern cities, whit
IL o,a sct,,e11v un,+b = r,ra,n;nm Tenness
se'.1''5 "o'A P 49,,
l. money i WORT seventy -nVe cenls on 1ne dall'
J Opening liquor saloons in this city Is havll
The 1ag7t;,nat. ef1..ct of haxinu the streets fiji
u 80, -, .a,a7,-, ~ .f,;,g,e ,na h,r
T. We'll o'ohe'" eo'oaeia auo e.s'A0no' Nuo AL
II II night passes without witnessing soma
CT violence
J Ie,,.c4a7 n7sn.tcb i, the f!h7c.oo 1,r.hune7
. te~-+ ' ~ rsrro m AHenst ~ 1siz
Z H.Nrt ~ 20 .,.s =. ~, w.
"a 1t is rumored Aere to'nlghs taat tns TEX
" ram Arkansas has been destroyed ny our Gu
y 1,oats.
~a~ao, 1,,arou d;o5 ,,,,, 9,
20 oens'1. o. D. t4u1e.aet u'eo wy 0'
ae denly Of congestion OF the bra,n'
General Rosecrans' hesdcuariers, near G
n" 80 -. So. .ao~.,;a, ri. r.,,,.
Sc 1hsn lass ouhoa5 ln'fu!pg. re"a
IL *ere to be taken to st. Louis. he ?
y formerly colonel Of the Missouri 18th.
H. The rebel ra1n. Little Rebel. captured
p LIZ .s'1A Asn, '1'N0 '
he nov July repaired.
e MEMPHIS, Aug. 6, via Cairo. Aug. II
ut Gen. SHERMAN has ISSUED al order that
~ Cd Is laborers on Fort Pickering. Suca
he .r$,es shall bo entitled to draw ratioas, {
+ viii be supplied with necessary clctaiu2
re one pound of tcbacco ;,er month. No va
riS will be pail until the cour,s deteEm
lp- whether tae negro is slave OF free, but
7ed counts will be opeue3 and each negro {
19e | p1eSed will be credited With tho amount
Gu his wagxs. Negroes thus employed
er! labore.s Will be credited with
ord amount OF their wages. Negroes t
III euclp7ed Is labsrers will be allowed to
On tarn 10 their masters at til. close Of
week. Suh-cwnets ara not allowed to c,
the lines in eearch OF slaves. THE post q
tefr,as5er is a,sa authorized 10 employ
eroes On the came conditions, aud, "
Of necessary, to take them by force. Divis
,;uartcrmastcrs maY employ negroes to 4
teams and attend horses. Commanlef:
~n,1 RIO i,ncu1s nav Gauss to be etnployed,
~ coos and feautsters. negroes not
IN. crcdipp eixty.tiya TOR each reuiu1
IT, In 10 Case vii any negroes, emp.o5e1 u;
ia tne above conditions, BE- permitted to
eset ar1us or wear uniforms, Officers Of the q
har are forh!dden to eMploy fuxIt;yes as SCI "
ent as the allowance for lie latter is ample fo,
;n,' hire Of free ueu. Gen. Sherman adIs t.
" people Of Memphis ard vicinity, that it is
+hn4 1hcr his dutf Of pleasure to disturb the
fn~ | tious Of xnzster and slave: that Is for
thcr courts which. having been DESTROYED
eh1v the enemy, are fnope1ati9e at present, bu
tion due course OF time tribunals will be
ner established, which will Judge and ds
ian cases wbfch have already arisen and
ex- a1te, nut y Is unuetssooa .aas ~ mas ss
ed to opfn nos'H,t@ W sue epneAso1pn % 1p ~. y.
1enfs which only exists bY force OF the constis,
3-a4 thcy SEEK 10 destroy. No influence mn!
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