Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1863-10-31

The hlChmOnQ E&amlnci says oo'''
missioner Ould returned ON Saturday from an
interview with Commissioner Meredith, VINO
gave oar Commissioner to understand that ne
had no power 10 negotiate ior any further e2-
chances; that Secretary Stanton had been op-
r,nSed to any exchange Of prisoners during the
war, and that his policy had come to be the
7,1jirv Of the Government Commissioner
Guild endured why he Meredith had not
answered his last correspondence, and he re-
nlied that he bad sent the letter to his Gov-
erpnent for its action. The interview here
ended and il is probable that 1t Will be the
last. unless the desire for It's renewal comes
from the other side The Confederate Gov
eminent holds now prisoners equal IN number
and rank to the L. s. Government.
The ENQUIRER discusses the question, " nat
are we to do tor provisions this winter!
and advocates the removal Of certain depart
1nents to the country, and lhus relieve the CITY
Of Richmond Of several thousand consumers;
The ENQUIRER says that Gen. u. H. hill and
not Gen. Polk was to blame tor the non accom-
n}ishment by Gen. Bragg OF all that was antlcl-
1.ated at the battle Of Chickamauga, aniQuotes
from CORRESPONDENCE of the Savannah kepub-
]ican TO prove that Gen. Polk ordered Hill to
move 10 a certain position, and that the latter
refused because his troops he aueged1 had
been without ratioDs for twenty four hours
II this is the fact the Enquirer thinks kill
should be promptly cashlerod;; 49,,
The Richmond Dispatch Of the 9th thinks
the decapitation Of RoSecrans augurs well Tor
The Confederate cause-frst because 1t lndl-
Gates the thoroughness OF his defeat, AND,
second az indicating an immediate advance
upon the lines Of Gen. Bragg which It (the
Dispatch "most ardent1y hopes Tor.
,I ut an
are reported to be busily engaged in removing
The iron from the Orange and Alexandria rail
road Occasionally they are interrupted by
the enemy when skirmish occurs resulting
in nothing decisive on either side. On Sunday
last We understand there was a considerable
cavalry fight north Of the Rappahannock river
between Gen. Stuart and portion of the enc
nv S cavalry. Of the result OF the tight We
could learn nothing last night
The Dispatch SAYS that eight Federal pn-
goners escaped from batch Of three hundred
arrived by the Central train at Richmond.
The Richmond Enquirer, Raleigh Progress,
md other papers, complain that the offices OF
the Contederacy are given TO refugees from the
North, and these papers warn the Government
10 Beware Of Northern men with Southern
principles, for nine tenths Of those who come
into our lines from the North, and profess to
be 50 intensely Southern in their feeling, are
spies
The Richmond Examiner and Richmond
Dispatch regard the seizure OF the steam rams
in Highland, accompanied by the late speech OF
Earl Russell, as, in spirit be most untrlend
" act yet done 10 the South, By the British
Government.
Gen. JEFF. Davis arrived at Mobile on the
oath, and reviewed the troops there: II IS
denied BY the Macon Ga. Telegraph that hr.
4, H. Stephens has gone to England, out as
yarts that he is still at his residence in Craw-
louisville, where be has been for many months