Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1863-12-12
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MORNING REPoRr-The rebel prison
ers captured on Mustang Island, Texas,
including several officers, have arrived
at Cairo. General Hamilton, Military
Governor of Texas, had reached Bra,
+9'aio' near Richmond, have been fur
hlshed tents, and that he thinks the SIM.
plies sent have been distributed among
al classes of prisoners as requested
rebel accounts say that brisk firing was
gong on between Fort Moultrie and
Battery Gregg on the Sth. General Gil
more had ceased firing on Sumter. and
was changing his batteries for more inn
portant work....-..Rebel dispatches from
Bristol, Va, represent that Longstreet
having raised the siege of Knoxville
had reached MOrristown, where a stand
would probably be made. Morristown
IS about 40 miles east of Knoxville. on
the line ofthe railroad, and almost d.
reetiy south of TazwelI and Cumbarlond
zap. The rebels acknowledge a loss of
oOo IN the assault on Knoxville. inelpd-.I
ing several valuable officers They i'm
pute their disaster to the fact that Gen
anderson had been recalled from their
assistance by forged orders. .Guer.
= ,,iAa outrages are becoming qnite trou-
Dlesome on the Cumberland River above
Nashville, supposed to be the operations
OF rebel citizens, who take this metbod
70 rob and murder Union men Cen
Hooson, who commands at GLASGOW
viii doubtless soon make the country ton
not to hold them.......Substantiai evil
denees OF Grants recent victory on Mis-
SION kldge, have reached Louisville in
1ne s FORM OF four thousand two hundred
reoei prisoners captured there. 1T is
thought that Gen. James Guthrie will he
elected U. S. Senator in Kentucky t
70 suPercede Lazarus B. Powell
from Chattanooga we learn that Gen
I. Z. Blair had arrived from Knoxville +
81 f0ate to take his seat in Congress e
Ten Sherman was expected from Knox '
vile IN few The mortality !
among our soldiers in the hospitals a+ I
chattanooga has been quite heavy near. i
y three hundred having died in II DAYS .
BY disease and from wounds. Gnerril. !
as are said to be active between Knox :
nile and Chattanooga. Rebel televrams q
that our advance cavalrv :
we're again at Ringgold, and thopob tboy n,
'iaim to have driven them back we shall at
expect to hear that our army has pushed o o
Onward to Dalton......The President bos
'ardOned E. W. CAN'T. of Texas. who. =
lad accepted commission as Briead;er ).
General in the rebel army, but who az =.
erwards deserted the rebel cause and !. z
oW zealously working to restore Arkan. :.
as to the Union...... Efforts are making s7
J Congress to improve our relations
18th the British provinces on opr nortb A,
m border..-...The Army Of the Poto
lac IS still on the South side of the Ran Is
ahannock, and it is rumored that t. r
IS asked an armistice for 5 months Ne
hich, if true, will of course not be grant WI WI
L....-The Presidents Proclamation is Of Of
Hng rise to many speculations. Not goo
e least important IS, whether it viii in boa
ade the rebel prisoners now in our s snd
s''"'.congrsss, it is believed, will nb e
crease the tax on liquors and tobacco u
Thirteen vassaIa l., ley
OSeeia nave been started Day
pursuit of the stolen Cbaso.., d c
dpeake, GER Sam