The weekly Butte record., 1863-12-12
News of the Week.

after the telegraph had captured the rebel
zen. Wheeler's division of FIVE thousand at
Knoxville, be had battle with Gen Foster
pear Cumberland Gap. Longstreet bas really
concluded that be don't want Knoxville, aud
is retreating into Virginia, on both sides Of
the Holston river. not being able to run fast
enough on one side Foster telegraphed Hal
leck on the 9Th, that Lougstreet was retrea.ing
pursued by Cavalry, and another report of the
same date, says that Sherman has him hem
med in with poor ehauce for escape. The
President, esteemiDg these reports to be true,
and believing that the Federal forces canno,
be dislodsed from Eastern Tennessee, aud
considering it high national consequence, rec
ommends that all loyal people repair to their
places of worship and offer special homoge and
gratitude TO Almighty God for this great ad
vancement of the national cause.
Frauds to over o-e million of dollars have
been discovered in furnishing supplies to the
Army of the Potomac, aud several arrests have
been made. All that is new in this item con.
sists in the discovery of the frauds by the gov
eminent. Frauds are nothing new, and this
discovery looks as though the government was
throwing off on some of its friends-those
whose 'hearts" were really iu the war.
Officers who are direct from the army of the
Potomac concur in the opinion that an attack
should have been made upon the rebel works
at Mile Run, and Gen. French has been ar
rested on charges connected with failure to
give battle at that place.
The rebels are in possession of Ringold,
thirty miles South Of Chattanooga Joe John
son is to take permanent command Of Bragg's
late army.
Gilmore continues TO throw occasional shells
into Charleston, and is mounting more guns
bearing upon the doomed city.
1t seems there are Members Of Congress
present from Louisiana, and the question of
their admittauce had provoked considerable
discussion. The subject was finally referred to
the committee on elections. a convenient
way of dsposing of them for the session.
The Richmond Wing of December 3sd, calls
for reconstruction of the rebel cabinet, and
says: "We have Department of State that
has not been able, for nearly three years TO
establish any relations with any other country;
a Treasury Department that has failed to keep
ITS hnance> from ruin War Department in
the hands ola chief whose studies and course
OF life have been purely and peculiarly civil .
NAVY nanartp,o
Office Department with a very shocking sys-
teu of mails The Wing adds: I'VE are
getting into deep waters, and feeling of dread
is shaking the people. There is nothing
the President can do that will so reaumate
their hearts as calling to his Cabinet the wis
est and most experienced men il the country.
The time is propitious aud the occasion is ur-
gent. The people anNiously expect such &C
ton. For the sake of his (Davis0 own capac-
ity for usefulness and future fame, us well as on
account of the sorely neceSsitous condition of
the country, we earnestly press this recon-
mendation.'
Letters say that the rebel force interfering
with the navigation of the lower Mississippi is
estimated at four thousand, and is unaer Dick
Taylor. 1t isa flying corps which appears
from time to time at different points on the riv-
er. Traders generally are seriously alarmed
ann have applied to the military authorities to
have all the river boats armed and manned by
few artilleriSts.
General Washburnes command IS moving in
the direction of Matagorda (Texas.) with
every prospect of capturing the place. Our
forces will then have a footing on the main
land with a tue hatbor, aud good base Of
operations.
Tho President message, according 10 tele-
egraphic accounts, is rare document The
most important and interesting portions Of it
are those which deal with the subject of slave.
ry and the restoration Of the Ulian. Regar
ding the former topic, the President considers
the Emancipation Proclamation as 4 fact He
holds that the procsmation has liberated all
the slaves within the territory which it en-
braces, and all future action must be based
upon that supposi,on. In word the Presi
dent does aot and viii not adopt policy which
fails to give slave vested right in himself
The plan Lincoln proposes for the restoration
OF the loyal people of the truAnt States to their
former position in the Union, is represented to
bepurely bis own, and unlike any now before
the public Not coudning himself to general
outlines, he enters with some minIteness into
details
A letter from Usher, SPECIAL Agent 10 con-
fer with the Baekfeet Indians, In the vicinity
of Fort Benton, says: From Information ob-
taiued from the miners direct from Saltwater
mines. he learns that the Indians are quiet
No difficulty is apprehended with them during
the winter. unless il be with the Mountain
Crows, who claim all the Territory on both
sides Of the Yellowstone, from the mouth clear
TO the source. and are determined thai the