New-York daily tribune., 1863-10-28
NEWS OF TIE DAY.
THE WAR.

Gy,ra,ch iroh Knoxville announce fight
somewhere in ths vicinity occurring on the s5th inst
IL reads ,oncwhai ii il wRs the engagement officially
reported by Bragg. End printed in III. TRIBUNE oi
Tu.siay a. taking place at Philadelphia. fc-ncssre
But this agh according to Bragg. took place on the
ah inst. and he claims 70 have taken 700 prisoners
beside 50 wagons ambulances horscs and mules and q
battery q. .;x pieces. In tie fight reported roh Knox
vile 1. appears that cnr forces lost their wagon train
rnd ree,,Crcd l. but lost their battery Beside. our
= hole loss is set down at scariy 900 The Rebels
Claimed iat they had driven our forces nom Philadei
pho 10 loadoun. and the Knoxville dispatch say. tha
Gea Sanders hd the day before lihe 2iih) driven The
Rebels below Philadelphia The explanation rAy be
that astr the Rebels bad driven Tces the, say
and capued onr wagons aud battery, the 6e,irg was
resumed AID troops succeeded ~ iecapinring lie
wagon tr,ia but not the battery The dspo',i. now
ever reads as if il 70 De rcs3 in hnoKsll, NJ TO
where else and i, a waste of ;shtuiug TO send II
abroad.
The report Of the Judge-Aivocate- -(;oneTsl,
together with tie evidence elected before the Cont Of
Inquiry in Tie case OF Major Gen. Miroy have satisfied
tie President that Court Martial is necessary 1ne
los, Il :he division at and Winchester the re.
su Of Gen. Haeck negleoiing to issue positive orders
fr its Withdrawal and misconceptioh of lis safety on
n. psrt of Gems. Schenck and Milroy. SIN the last
order received by Gen. Milroy from Ger. Schenck wa.
to cot withdraw nnlil he received further orders.
The reports from the Army Of the Potomac
are somewhat exciting 1t is said that column OF
Rebel inlnrv was seen crossing the RappahannocA on
&ioudsy afternoon occupying 10 mnnie- in the passage
and that our cavalry had been soundly whipped. Heavy
and rapid firing was heard Tuesday il .he direction
of Cen,reyille which lase too long for practice
firing And finally. il rumorsd in Washington
that our army is again performing retrosrade
ment.
woman, the wife of an officer in the Rebel
army recently arrived at Norfolk. from Mobile says
there great anxiety the latter city concerning the
expected attack by the Union forces. She says there
few asaabe troops there and that the women have
beeu'dressed in mems clothes and psraded in sight Of
onr forces near the city with view TO delaying
'he attack as long possible.
e .. n. Osterhaus, in the advance from COrInth,
-. on the 2lst inst, encountered two brgades
:, ps,a, -. airy under Gens Lee and Forrest. near
-. .,a., >. The fight lasted hour when the
po,o,. ,v.,. drvs, back with serious loss. Our loss
r,. 49,, I,ued ana IN, "ty-scyen wounded
TIE Rebel authorities ~ hichmond have d.
,ec,ed that gold seat to Union ?. 'ons5s IN ,ha city
shall be delivered hut that Treasury oes wren are
10, re ,rded As money by the Rebel Goyefpmcnit sha
% exchanged Rebel scriphus forcing our men 10
.xpend what they receive in the city.
The steamer Mist was boarded by guerrIlas
neen miles above Helena the 2lst inst robbed OF
.2O)) and ysuablcs and then fred and burnt together
eh lumber Of bales OF cotton. One Of the guerrias
aas shot and three others captured The mex, day.
Col. Crawford, who was sent out TO distribute
I'm. in Virginia and North Carolina, adjacent to East
tennessee has returned to Knoxville. He Was per
fctly successful in both States The people al rising
everywhere against the Rebels.
Gen. Rosecrans. in his Cincinnati speech, sad
was his firm belief that if the forces recently sent to
Chattanooga had been ordered there before the back
bone Of the Rebellion ere this would have been broken
An official dispatch states that all OF sheIbys
force have been driven beyond the boundary Of Missouri
and tla, Gen Mcneil hss crossed the Boston Mountains
in pursuit.
Parson Brownlow and Representative May
nard are doing good service in East Tennessee addres
sing the people, They are enthusiastically received