Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-10-12
DAILY SENTINEL.
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NEw YoRK. Oeioher 9 Gen Wadsworth left
this afternoon tor New Orleans. where he is to
have All important command. He will 20 by the
inland and Mississippi route The non exchange
OF Surgeons. usually regarded non combat.
tants arises from the detention OF one named
Rucker. 10y the rebels who proiessed To have
chatges against hun. Our Government thereuDOn
de,ained rebel Surgeons as hostages. The rebels
then kept other Surgeons as fast As captured. and
rebel Surgeons consequently were held. There
are now about twenty five Federal Surgeons in
the rebels hands. and we have still larger nun
Der Of theirs in our hands.
The Herald has the following from Nashville
October ::
We are again in uninterrupted communication
with the front
Specials this morning are almost entirely de-
void Of ANYTHING new
The Tribune's dispatch has the following:
The / resident has completed his reply 10 Mis-.
sour and Kansas delegation, and the manuscript is
in the hands of the copvist. and will probs
bly, be handed tn the Chairman. Mr. Drake, TO
morrow The Kansas delegates presented dis
tinct address. asking. first. that the State be
made INTO separate department, or. secondly
that Gen S.hoheld be rempvei and a General
who better understates the requirements OF the
department be sGb.tituied 10 the first prOpl-
sition Mr Lincoln : renorte 10 have replied that
he could see no objections 10 making Kansas
into separate department provided there were
no obstacles from military point ol view. oev
eral consultations have ,nken place upon this and
other points between the President and Secretary
of War Nothing + positively known "a To the
conclu.iou- of the President. but those most III
teresiei incline TO the belief thtt X ans - would
be nude a sepirate Dc, ,artment and that General
Schofisld would not be removed, but thlt orders
will be issued directing GOV Gamble and his CO.
adjutors 10 carry out some. f not all the reforms
asked for by the committee I'm the course of
the conference with the committee. the President
assured them that The election ot Judges ia Mis-
sour in November should he protected The
delegates therefore sanguine OF success nj the
polls.
Secretary Chase started this evening for Ohio
The Worlds New Orleans corres spOndence has
the following important news:
Gen Logan h0vers around Baton Rouge. aud
clouds of mounted partisan rangers hover along
the uyer on the rigat bank. from D1nadSonvilIe
tO the mouth 0t Red river, and ON the left bunk
from Baton Rouge and often below that point To
NatcheZ and beyond
Gen Herron's division. At Morgan's Bend. on
the right bank, about twenty five miles above
POrt Hudson, had been for several days engaged
in skirmiShing with "a body, "A they supposed. of
guerillas The rebels becoming more daring
and annoying, Gen Dana. now in command OF
Gen. Herron's division, sent out a number Of
regiments To feel the enemy and ascertain his
strength The enemy was felt aud proved him
self much too strong for the force sent against
him a severe engagement ensued. resulting in
loss 10 the Union army OF several hundred
killed and wounded. aud some 500 prisoners.
This took place on Tuesday. the 29th ut.
Since then the rebel forces have assumed the
offensive. and pressing Dana'S men with such
vigOr that the gunboats have been called in to
ad in repusIng the enemy All the sugar houses
and other structures standing in the way have
been leveed to the ground but it i reported the
gunboats can be of little service. owing TO the
numerous bluHs in that vicinity The rebels are
still there. and will do greater mischief ii Gen.
Dana is not reinforced. This body OF Confeder
ates Is said to he under command of Prince Po-
lignac, nov Brigadier General in the provisional
army OF the Confederate States
The truth j. reniorcementS are sadly needed
here, and until they arrive the people OF the
North n"el not expect 80 heir Of anything being
done in his department beyond the mere holding
OF the same