The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1863-09-18
THE WAR FOR THE UNION
FROM ARK ANsas.
MArrnRs IN TDxAa
BREAD RIOT IN NOZZLE.
rHn ARMY OF THE POTOMAC.

Gcncral steele lrit Brownsville, Ark.
snsas, on the I'd ias,., and arrived q,
Cairo on Sunday hist Hc reports that
the rebels are ir strong position near
Little Post. with rhcir right wing resting
upon the Arkansas River. Their force
is estimated at 1900, with from thirty 10
hny pieces Of artillery. Kirby Smith
has gone to Red River, end lcfi Price in
command. General MsrInadukc, n rebel,
was wounded short time ago in an en-
gpgcmcnt at Doyou Meteor.
TsxAs.-A dispatch from Mobile, on
The 7,h, gives the following in reference
10 affairs In that Stntc;-" Excel rnt
wages are paid in Texas for field hands.
Negroes sell at from $4,000 10 $4,000
each. Upward of 100000 slaves have
nviycd from Louisiana and Mississippi
Planters aud spectators are going be-
ycnd Shreveport TO purchase or hire
Good beef, on foot, &c per pound; vcgc.
tables cheap; cattle bring $50, coffee.
3oc; silver. 3 per cent, in currency, a,
brownsville, Texas.
"pchdlcton has been elected Governor.
by small majority. Herbert, Sexton
and Branch are elected Ia Congress-
Military matters quiet. The people aud
troops are prepared TO repel invnsion.-
The Indians on the frontier arc trouble.
some. An average Of fourteen vessels
nre constantly or Galveston, blocksding
the hsrbor. Grcut confidence IA felt In
General Magrudcr. The crops In Texas
nre unprcccdcntsdly large. or wheat
and corn, snough has been ruiscd to sup
ply the western bank Of the Mississippi
for two years TO come, " not grain Is
sowu IN the interval. The summer has
boon very dry. Contemplating com.
mcnecd In August. About $50 900 bales
uf the old crop arc now In III, State.
FRca MoBiLr. - Dispatches dated
Memphis. nth inst. reports that there
was a terrible riot of soldiers wives In
Mobile on the lih. About coo women
aud children collected at Spring Hin
armed with Clubs and hntchcts, and
marched through the principal streets.
carrying banners inscribed, Bread or
Biood.' " Bread or Pcecci" aud similar
other inscriptions. The riot being CON.
posed Of soldicrs's wives, the proceed
ing were winkcJ ut by the soldiers, who
made but feeble resistance. Several
stores were broken open. One mcr-
chant. n jew, struck one OF the women.
Some policemen present arrested the
Jew, aud beat him severely. Many citi-
xens len town; among them our infor-
Inant. who -nys the riot was increasing
when he len.
THr poruMAo ANY, Dispatches
from that quarter 10 the Iiih, states that
Gen. plcssanNH has udyaaccd 90 the
Rspidan. The rebels were in position
with infantry artillery and cavalry, To
dispute our crossing. Our casualties
Yesterday were three killed md forty
wounded. Among the latter was Gen.
Custer. not seriously, however. He
commanded brigade IN Gen. Kllpat.
rick's division, Ind was wounded while
cal'anily charging battery on the
euemy, IN which attack three guns were
captured. Sunday night last. n small
party Of the rebels crossed the Potomac
at the mouth of Seneca Creek, aud help.
cd themselves 10 horses and other pro-
perry. The owner followed the thieves,
and reported the facts to White, the
partisan lender, who denounced the act, !
instituted n search. recovered the mules,
md sent the .dendors Ia Richmond for
trisl. The owner Of, mules did not
fare we'll on this side. Ne WINS arrested
and Is now IN prison foe holding inter-
course with tho enemy.
FROM CHARLEsros.--R Reports from
Fortress Monroe 90 the 10th, states TINT
an Friday evening last, rhih Rag was
nying over Fort Moultric,. and our for
e"s had captured half Of James Island.
The monitors were lying between Sum.
ter and Moultric. Capt. briggs, Of the
relief boat. passed Charleston Bar at 4
y. VI. Saturday, and saw the white flag
still lying over Moultric. Tho las, gun,