The southern aegis, and Harford County intelligencer. (Bel Air, Md.) 1862-1864, 1863-10-23
sWRAR1 NEWS y


Maryland infantry captnred at iCharlestown or
Sunday; three have. escaped aud have arrived
safely at Harper's Ferry. Colonel Simpson and
several other officers succeeded in escaping with
their men. A number of the troops are reported
killed and wounded, but the list of casualties
has not vet been received. A Washington des-
patch says that official information has been re-
ceived there to the effect that the entire loss Of
the regiment is not more than one hundred and
fifty, but does not give the proportion of the
killed, wounded and prisoners. 81 .sd
A despatch from Chattanooga October 18th,
announces that both armies had remained quiet
for the preceding three days, in consequence Of
the heavy and increasing rains The Tennessee
river and all its tributaries are rising rapidly,
and the roads are becoming greatly impaired
1t is believed that the Confederates intend ma
king demonstration on bridgeport, Cooke eoure
ty, Tenn Reports through Confederate sources
have it thatItwo corps from Gen. Grants army
are mosngt to reiaforce Rosecrans, one over
hand from Memphis, ahd thetqtlier by water.
aGGomplete bftial returns, from the infantry en-
gagged IN tbeobattles rGhickahauga have iheen
ksceived, Showing loss ofpihe hundred and fE
ty-fve officers and fourteen thoasafd eight hum
urea and ninefys5Re ihsn. The losses Of ns cav
any viii sHeIlo theegraaa total to aBodt siSteeh
tE6dsandeed OF fo#r5 thousand sixthundfed' and
eightyEfite: missisg, two thousand fseehandfed
were wounded. a1Fbift yasi& piecegiof artillery
We're iost'shd "a few wagons! Southern PAPERS
give SOME ace6unts Confederate losses, insist
ing that they viii ibe,iess thantw twelve thousand.
The Confederate Ieadersswere to meet-on Friday
hight lAtl Poplar Corners, MADISON county for
thetptipposeof making aTdescena ION Fort Pillow.
observation-disclosures they Gcouh 2mbstert apwafd
oftfrree Thousand mepand onebatterys 2 Qt
-:l.,s command moved south to the fetitYYii siti
Gen. Rdssoransaas a LynchburgJ Ya. despatch
Of the isth, aays that fourteen Thousand Federal
troops have passed. Greenviile, Tennessee moEing
eastward, with the ihtenaion, it was supposed;
diminishing demonstration on the line of the
Virginia and Tennessee Railroads. On Wedness
da{ theadvance reached Bristol, fon tbsYHgtnia
llne,E ahd from thence moved towardsIAb ingaoni
iniWashingtoAsceuntys eight miles eastt of iBris,
TOLD Gen! Hooker is Said to be in command.-++
Dnrlng the Advance, some severe .skirmishing
took place, the C0afeaefates losing three hundred
id kilied ahtwodnded. ,tHoaasiAo7sa Hm ~
dtNChahgston DESPATCH sof' Thursday last'states
aiat thefe was 4tihgifrom one Of the Confederate
baitteries6n that day, the ,Federalso making nd
fepiy!92a humber Of TRANSPORTS are reported at
Folly Island, Indicating that reinforeements fol
Gen. Gilmore HAZE Extraordinarily last was
the ninety eighth day ofthe siege. a- s 2Y'2f
A Cincinnati despatch reports that all of Gen.
Johnston'sforees; wifi, the exception of one di-
vision, have been aentnto keiuforce Gen. Bragg,
and at'there'Afe not now over ten thousand
Confederate troops in Mississippi q Gen. Johns
ton is at present at Holly Springs; on tour of
inspection 5amGfb8 aaiiuginaa sI5 81
II is reported that a large Confederate force
under Gen. Buckner is moving into Kentucky
from the southeast, apparently with the design
to strike the Ohio river near Gallipolis. i54ul
The quotas for the several States under the
Presidents call for three hundred thousand vol
unteers are prepared, and will be furnished at
once to the Executive officers. 9Ht iatt
tits reported from Washington that the Con-
Tolerate army lately menacing the capital is re-
treating towards Gordonsville, followed by Cen
eral Meade. "a want of supplies, coupled with
the advance of General Burnside In Southwest
ern Virginia, is believed to be the reason for the
retrograde movement! There were many ru-I