The New York herald., 1863-10-02
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do f mt stcf and cgerr ~ mem sli tie season Is
btcunns b. "a uuicr, 900 General STE hensos nai
sccc gy.u lie order I5lroti 70 tho base Q. opes
:: ne,fc les cs -esre .'es 80 pfec'pitst
a ", Gdvaused were lrowas ~ Var iesr ard s" rp-
ing back TO ths orignaILglItf t9 TAPER pd,1 'oA o.
Ioui. c1ealy rourned To ch, Cue dy aitor We eva
cnatod 1t. COL P.ssas Texas caysiry back at their
old camsg ground which eiestda!y rausacked and
cesroyei at oak Ridge. and commences basying them
selves la reoonstrucns Other aeconmodatons for per
stay Gen. Walkers division OF Texas troops re-
appe red the bank OF wsehts opposite Monroe,
nearly as soon out OF sight, and commences
cpgthenlng their fort'ncatss at the time they
reooeupiedthe Town. The Whole rebel thst evaca
aed 80 hastily approson. followed ls on tho return
respectful distance. aud old and occupy ell the
territory they did before tho expedition was planned
Nothing but tho permanen. occupation by federal troops
Of all that country will relieve Of tho presence Of
these g bold rdors and marauoess' Tnoy 1.-Two on tho
country prey on It, and return 20 II WHOM driven away.
as our troops depart.
ooNsoarrroN MALES BETWEEN SIXTY YsARa
YEARs or AGE.
Refugees arc coming within lines occasionally from
that eeotion and from these learn that Gen Klrby
Smith has been appoiAted Military Dictator Of tho Trans
Mlssssppi Department by the Confederate governmout.
and has issued order conscrpting all whto males be-
tween the ases Of sixteen aud sixty The rcSc cavalry
for protection that nothing eiso would hayo thrown IN
They all prooss loyalty, ali have favors 70
ask, all have cotton they wish tho privilege OF ship
ping Suoh day repentancos at iess suspicious
ENROLMENT or Nxosos,
They briag tho that at confcrcn,c OF the Gov
errors states composing that department II resoly
cd 10 Lorganlse and two hundred Thousand negroe
troops aud that General Smith will proceed ut 70
put it n execution The negroes promised thets FREQ
fA.. M1Ft
How far they be depended 10 0gh. for thsr
masters, time alone detsrmiue. As long a. the mas
tor whose aeress Is greatest stakes all on his slsves
fidelity must await the actual trial before assuming
they wit desert TO stand dard aud 0ght 10 bsha
SMITHS OPERATIONS
O1 receipt or General 3teeles ocia notification OF tho
fall Of Little Rock ARK. tho division OF General John
T. Smith, sent from here 10 reinforce him, wss
ordered to return General Smith 70 debars a.
Napoleon, Arkansas, 0nd march from thai point
on Little Rock The intendcd passes through rich
and fertile section OF the state but io dsvastatei by
war. As General. seoe no longer neeas their coo2ers
toa they VIII bo back in thei, old quarters this
place
General Logan has returned from his v5. 10 Illinois.
bu. will the oNlce Of post comnnntant irnme
datey IT i. said. Since General Smiths departure
Aransas General Macarthur has discharged tho duties
faithfully aud well He may be retained In tho place
General kiiby Sraith will relieve Gsnersl Ransom in
command Of Natcsz. The latter goes homo on short
leave OF absence. General Shermans array corps (the
Fleenth) is still at Big Black, and suffering severely
fsom sgae and maIsriai foyer.
MICRO RE0MENTs.
Tbs negro regiments here being decima.ed fcarly.
As high ss twenty four Per day have died Colonel Gil
chFsts regiment alone aud still the carnival Of death
goes less than three hurdrei are now ias out Of
more than thousand