Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-10-22
From Fort Monroe.

FORTRESS MONROE, Oct. 20.-The steam
boat Commodore arrived to-day from Aikens
Landing, bringing down over 600 parOled
Union prisoners, many of whom came recent
ly from Macon, Ga, and were captured at
Cedar Mountain. There were but few Off
GERS. Among them are the following: Capt.
W. L. Foulke, 4Gth Pennsylvania, Capt.
Samuel NJ. Quincy, 2nd Massachusetts, and
Henry Z. Holloway, 9th Connecticut. Most
of the six hundred will be sent to Annapolis.
The Richmond Dispatch of the 10th says;
''From the remarkable consistency of the
three reeorts published by us yesterday, it
seems that our forces under Gen. Bragg have
gained great victory over Gen. Buell.. Our
loss was 5000. The present position of our
army is not known, but doubtless they are in
pursuit of the enemy. The Hon. W. H. Field
formerly of Kentucky, was murdered in Mis-
souri, by the federal soldiers. A number of
sick soldiers arrived in Richmond yesterday,
on the Central railroad. Included in the num-
Der were some of those wounded by the rail-
road accidental Charlottesville, on Wednesday
last, by which over forty were killed and
wounded"
The Examiner of the 18th, says: awe have
some intelligent advices from our army in
northern Virginia, but as they refer to antici-
pated movements, we suppress that portion of
still at Harper's Ferry The federals on
Wednesday last were destroying the railroad
between Charleston aad Winchester. All the
information from our army is burdened with
the complaints of the wretched and shameful
arrangements for the sick and wounded.
From Winchester to Staunton, a distance of
ninety miles, there are no accommodations
provided for the sick and wounded. The
fault is not with the subordnates, but lies at
the door of the medical director here at Rich
mond. The ill-treatment of our sick and
wounded is a crying abuse. Nothing damp
ems the ardor of our soldiers so much. 1t de-
moralizes the service and dsgraces humanity,
the government, and the officers in the field.
1t is fact that none of our generals, except
Beauregard, has ever visited one of our hos
pitfalls.
"Reports from Winchester say that General
Stuart is on another foray, and that a cavalry
fight occurred at Charlestown on Thursday
last No particulars are received. The COM
missary department is the most corrupt branch
of this government. The system of contracts
by this bureau, and the fashion, which all Mr..
Northrup's assistant commissioners seem to
have of leading that official by the nose, have
given rise to speculations on the army and the
country that will be found, when fully devel-
Oped, to rival the corruption of the Washing
ton government
''Gen. Pemberton, who has been appointed
to supercede Van Dorm, and has recently
been putt in command of the department of the
Mississippi belonged to the Yankee army in
the spring of 1861. He was in command at
the siege of James Island, Charleston, S. c.,
and has reputation for large share of eau
ton. The Yankees scarcely know what to
make of Stuarts dash into Pennsylvania, it
!. was so bold and daring. Our burial party OF
three hundred sent to COrinth, were seized
and returned to Mobile prisoners The
fight in Kentucky continued three days, the
9Th, Sth and 9th. Bragg was successful each
day, capturing many guns and over 10000
prisoners, besides killing and wounding many.
We have heard of no general officers killed.
''The drafting of negroes for military is
strongly recommended. Our exchanges speak
with great anxiety of the prospect of an attack
upon Mobile by the enemy, which attack
might involve important consequences, as the
capture of this point would give the enemy
Immediate possession of Alabama and Tom
bgbee rivers. A march into the interior of
Alabama would succeed in cutting the confed-
eracy more comepletely in two than the enemy
could hope to do, even by the possession of
the Mississippi river throughout its entire
length, as it would destroy the line of COM
munication now passing through Montgomery
which has been of incalculable benefit to the
people of the entire south.