New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-12-05
TRIPLE SH Z IT,:
NEWS OF THE DAY.
TUE WAX.

Dv steamer 10 Philadelphia we have adVlces
from Charleston TO tie afternoon OF the Isl luS' "en
Gilmore was tossing shells into Charleston at Inc rate
~ tventv ncr day. The inhabitants of the doomed city
Rad heen removed beyond the reach OF the explosive
visors Sumter is longer worth trngi 1t is nero
wreck no flag flies there and Gilmore is busy Win
halter game The Rebels have earned another Ger
s6cate for heightened aliiy in the Mouitre House
dodge This large building once watering pace
hotel has for a long time been decorated with the
universally respected hospital flag " course our guns
were carefully ranged wide Of it, according tothe prac
tice Of all civilized people Well. after months OF hos
pita immunity down goes the Mou'tie House ono hne
night and dscoses powerful battery which the TRAIT
ors had built and armed under protection OF that hos
pital tag Win the Copperheads and other traitors
please make note of this fact-they Ray hear of 1t
hereafter.
Ex-Goy. Pratt, who was sent to Richmond by
order Of Gen Schenck is violent. consistent Disun'
ionist with son in the Rebel service, with whom ne
has been corresponding. At the late election he re-
fused TO take the oath of allegiance After the election
he made one Of a large number who attempted to ge'
the Judges of Elections indicted Tor having faithfully
performed their duty in rejecting disoyal votes Fail
iug in this they threatened and abused Tie Judges to
such an extent that Gen Schenck ordered their arrest
Al except ex.Gov Pratt thereupon tool. the oath Of
allegiance and were released.
The War Department has agreed, so far as
New.York is concerned. 10 allow each town and Ward
credit for all volunteers they have raised since the
last draft the number raised to be deducted from the
quota under the call recently made. The Governor Is
also authorized TO raise complete companies OF ihahr!
for regiments now in the field that have less thah 'her
proper number of company organizations Dlt 'heIe Is
no authority to consolidate regiments.
We have news from Cumberland Gap TO the
Sd inst On the previous day there was sharp fight
between ours and Rebel cavalry while our men were
trying to cross Clnch River. We were repusod with
q loss of fifty men but captured -four guns. Knoxville
dispatches Of the Goth ult. report al well and say that
An the assault on the 2h the Rebels lost 900 in killed
and wounded.
Talk about ground railroads; leave the
Rebels alone for that. John Morgan made one. and
now we learn that seyeny-eght Rebel prisoners es'
capped from Camp Douglas (near Chicago on Wednes-
day night BY digging tunnel from the barracks 10 an
outside fence. Between twenty and thirty Of them
were retaken up TO Thursday evening.
A dispatch from Cairo Of the Sd inst. says
shat II Rebel prisoners from Columbus Ky, passed
throughthat place on Thursday for Indianapolis. Re
ports prevail to the effect that the Rebel force threat
ems Columbus. Sixty tuns of sanitary goods were
shipped from Cara on Thursday for Chattanooga, by
the Illinois Sanitary Commission.
Rear-Admiral Farragut, commanding the
West Gulf BockadEg Squadron who has been for
some time on leave Of absence, reported on Thursday
morning to the Navy Department in person.