, 1863-11-20

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Friday. NOVEMBER 20. 19o5.
TTEE NEWS.
Ae most exciting feature in this mor,
"E's dispatches Is the condition announce
~ hnoxV1'1e, where IN eager and nume
ous enemy have invested Burnside and hi
9rry, having driven in his advance oost.
13c Dispatch Of yesterday DOES not COZ
ee"1 the fact taat the enemy l1uve slrcal
gained great advantages, and are in fore
cutnan'bcring ouza. This, then, appcsr
10 be the impending blow ut our line. an,
N its light We feel little gratitude for IL,
encouraging news from Chattanooga tha
al is quiet there. That statement Of i" de
liberalization" in the rebel army has ,
Strangely familiar sound. WAcre bav,
we read something like it befores Briefly
1Ec rebels In the Tennessee reeiou
mean mischief, and have machfnated
II by crafts upon the whole force OF
The CoIcderacy. There E1l1 be sharn
stffn work before they are crushed. as
crushed they must be, but our present
Pressing need is for more men 4 years
delay in the draft is yet 10 prove how un-
fortunate it is. The people in their un-
nlnching loyalty already know how need.
1ess was such postponement. There is no
ground for disheartenment. The aituation
Is not necessarily alarming, but the stake
Is grave one. Burnside driven from
Last Tennessee lets In the rebel horde IN
rATsge atrcsh in regions their feet burn to
1Iess. The rebel defeat will be their ruin.
= For this 1e may hope and pray, but it viii
only be done by, powder sud steel.
Our later dispatches from Knoxville
sAow that it is Lonsstrcet's column that
LIS lallen upon Burnside, and evidently
will great fury, since. with heavy lois 10
both sides, our forces have been driven
back until they are penned in at Knox
vile, with Imminent prospect Of great
battle, On whose issue much depends.
an important review OF Treasury mat
:ers il contained in our dispatches,
Gen Grant is certainly strong in trooos
aid position, Gen. Sherman having Joined
A4!n with Ills column by movement
across the country from iIcnplis. There
Will be no idlencss in that rceion. and
he news Of Burnsides' danger viii have
sci force moving toward Knoxville from
Chattanooga, a distance Of little over one
hundred a.ilcs.
The 1oca1 curiosities Of the income tax
a1e slightly stirred BY our Washington TO-
porter, With the promise Of more to come.
Agus's prayer in his own behalf Tor
neither poverty nor riches" must have
been answered in numerous instances now
a-days, Of ta'se who are not poor enough
to pass as such, and yet are not rich enough
to show returns at the hands Of the asses.
Str. That Agur couldn't have been
popular with publicans in his day.
The WET in Virginia presents no new
: phase, and no certain evidence that but
lc is near.
The conservation Of the last restinr--
! pluce Of our honored dead at Gettysburg.
look place yesterday with appropriate Ger
c1nonies, participated in by the President
and other leading men Of the country. and
witnessed by multitudinous throng from
Ill parts Of the North. The dead of eieht-
cen States Lie buried in that cemetery, it. |
. SELF the eloquent monument Of a great
bstuc for the Union.
4 meeting Of United States Assessors is
announced to take place at Cleveland
EEoztly, for purposes and objects SGT forth !
: in our Philadelphia letter elsewhere.
From Idaho We hare thrilling descrip.
aion Of the operations Of banditu, in rob
3'ing a stage coach near Bannock CITY.
Another rebel pirate is discovered half
! iledged in Glasgow, and strong Scotch
sense and justice is all On fire to see the
Thing stopped. Their memorial to Eerl
Russell Is one he cannot Ight,y overlook
Or ignore !
We copy FROM contemporary rcfcr-
cnce 10 the incidents Of the recent mr.
CHASE Of the Emancipation Proclamation
BY Mr Bryan, from which it seems, that
only caring to possess the original docu-
,,.ncnt, he purchased it On an agreement
'surrende1ing to another party for a sum
equal to the entire purchase money, the
privilege Of copyrighting and sale Of fac
smiles. If our Washington dispatch is
correct, it looks a little as if somebody else
had "got spigot into the other end Of the
'@,rrel," as Photographic lac smiles are
spoken Of and praised for their faithfulness
-and beauty. The main public interest
will follow the original document, which
S in excellent hands, and "What will he
do with it," may be safely LETT to Bryan.
Important advices ere received from St.
Paul, announcing that two noted Indian
chiefs desire to come in with their rough.
red, ragged rascala. to be fed. They don't
Like running Ground the rough rocks on |
short feed, and prefer the rations Of the
Great White Father.
: The latest intelligence regarding our
Suffering boys in the Richmond prisons is
10 the effect that On the assurancc Of the
,rs bel Commissioner ou1d, everything sent
10 Federal prisoners will reach the person
TO whom it Is directed. We hare some
;1niFgivings on the point, but it should not
lessen the chances Of getting relief to our
boys.
The news from Louisiana shows the re-
lpulse to Gen Washburne's column more
:severe than originally reported. Daddy
Price is said to be at Alexandria, a., with
! I15, 600 rebels.
Dishonest Quartermasters, pcculating
public servants in shoulder straps, over
greedy feeders ut public military cribs
will find something to their advantage in
our Washington news. Of course, it is to
their advantage to abe warned in time.'
Peuitent and penitentiary are two words
pt serious meaning.
'RAtlrcad Conamun tcation with the
Far West.
Our special dispatches OF yesterday from
151eayenworth give a most encouraging ac'
count Of the progress Of the Kansas Pacific
Railroad. Chicago, as we'll Us all the Lake
cities, is deeply interested in the enterprise.
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