The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-12-10
From the New york Tribune.l
Ksoxv1LLE, Monday, November 1872 p.I

KNOXVILLE, Monday, November l0--2 PM
General Burnside, It is said, received &
dispatch from General Grant yesterday, at
LaEoir, stating that Geuerrl Sherman had
arrived with bis com mand in Bragg's rear;
that he had thrown heavy column between
Bragg aud Longstreet, and that if we could
hold our position until Wednesday, all
would be well. The substance of this mes
sage was 1 learn, read to the troops, and
caused much enthusiasm.
Since this. however, affairs have been
steadily growing worse. Loogstreet. whose
whole division crossed the Tennessee on
Saturday night, has been steadily and
boldly crowdins our troops, who have to
fall back toward Knoxville, An hour ago
a wagon-masterr reported to General Manson
that the entire wagon train of the Twenty
third Michigan had been abandoned and
destroyed. This report has grown into the
more alarming one that the whole wagon
train, amounting to about seventy teams
had to be burned, to prevent them from
falling into the hands of the enemy. Some
cannon have also been captured. Our Ninth
Army Corps are reported at half-past two
o'clock to be within fifteen miles of Knox
vile, closely followed by the army.
There is, Of course, great excitemens here
The streets are crowded with citizens who
try, the road out of town is throngsd with
vehicles of every character and description,
conveying away the families of Union peo-
pie and their household goods. The sutler,
are in great trbulatioD, and vaiuly trying
to escape from impending wrath. The sol
diers only laugh at their calamity, and mock
when their fear cUmeth. The rebels, who
have thus far kept shady, stand grinning
along the sides of the Streets manifestiUg
their irrepressble pleasure a: the prospect
OF our being driven out, while the little rebel
widows impudently faunttbeis white fsath-
ers along the sidewalk, and openly Tejoics
with exceeding great joy as the hour of
their deliveraLce -draweth nigh. Truly,
these are the occasions to test the true char
acter Of the people as well as of the soldier
All the surplus army material has been put
in state to be destroyed at a moments no
tice. The paymaster who brought hiiher
between two and three millions of dollars
with which to pay off the army, and who
have not yet had an hour OF quiet to com
meDce payments, are aHsiting General
Burnside's order TO com nit their greeDbacks
to the devouriDg flames.
Should it finally be decided that we fall
back, large amount Of material must needs
be left behind for lack of transportation, but
this will be destroyed, and will in no way
contribute to the suStenance of the incoming
rebel army. To add to our em barasme nts,
the roads are execFable, and will render it
next to impossible to move over them with
any decent dispatch. The most painful
feature tc contemplate is the large number
of sick and convalescent in our hospitals,
who must be left to the tender N ercies of
the Confederate army. Our own surgeons,
however, wsll stay by them. Probably one
half of the twelve hundred now in hospitals |
will contrive to get away, provided we are
to leave. General Manson is
sued an order this forenoon to arm all the |
convalascents, to assist in defending the /
place.