Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-10-14
The Army of the Cumberland.

Mountain. where they have had about ten
pieces IN position, and appear to have some
what Withdrawn their forces 1t is supposet
they will concentrate their artillery on Mis-.
sion Ridge. Some of the enemy's pieces are
heavy, and all seem to carry well. They hold
both Lookout Mountain and Mission RIDGE.
from which they threw shells on both the An
and 9th inst. On the latter day about 1870
shells were thrown by the enemy. They,
however, Inflicted no damage beyond wound
ing three men and killing one horse.
We have several lines Of entrenchments,
ana extensive earthworks are still going up.
Inc plan OF the enemy appears to be not to
make an attack in front, but to compel us To
abandon Chattanooga by simply holding us in
our present position, with their army in our
front, annoying US with their artillery, and
breaking our lines of communication by cav
airy raids in our rear. The last part Of this
programme is now being carried out by tho
Wheeler cavalry which managed to cross the
Tennessee at Cotton Port Ferry, near Nash
vile. Alter crossing, the nam body moved
right ON in n0rtherly drcetian. part of
the force tell in with the train of the 18th
corps, near Anderson, in the Sequatchie val
ley, stampeded of the transfers. and destroy
ell between two and three hundred wagons,
about thirty ofwhich were loaded with ammu-
ton, and the remainder with clothing and sup
plies.
The mules they could not run off they
shot, to the Number of several hundred as
they were leaving the scene of destruction
Col. --, commanding cavalry division
came up with part OF his command, con-
sistng of the I'd Indiana, LIST Wisconsin and
LIST East Tennessee cavalry, attacked them
at once, and had running fight with them
IN ia, 4,
rebels were killed and wounded, and sixty
ot'on men, including nine officers, were
Killed and wounded. Our men used their
sabres alone. On the 9TH general order
was issued, in accordance with instructions
from the war department, consolidating the
10th and 2lst corps into the 4th corps, and
ordering their commanders, Gems. McCook
and Crttenden, before a court of inquiry at
Indianapolis.
The same order announces Maj. Gen. Rey-
noId5 rs chief OF staff, in place of Gen Gar
ned, who vacates the position to assume his
seat in congress. All the divisions of tho
army will be consolidated into six 10 form the
l4th and 4th corps, with Gems. Thomas and
Granger as commanders. The three under
under the former will be commanded bv
Gems. Baird, Davis and Rousseau, and those
under the latter by Gems. Wood, Sheridan
and Palmer. Gen Brennan will be chief of
artillery. Gen. Rosecrans denies officially
to have brought any charges against Gems.
McCook and Crittenden. 1t is generally be-
lieved these officers will show much better
record than the reports circulating IN regard
TO them warrant With the assistance OF re-
Inducements already arrived movements will
soon be made that, it is hoped, will drive the
enemy from onr front. -uy- our rurres- IN |
the direction Of Fayetteville, overtaken, and
three hundred more prisoners lost by them
At last accounts they were making their way
into the interior, closely pursued by our cav
airy, which is regarded sufficient to take care
of them. Roddy has crossed the Tennessee
with thousand men. de passed through
LArkinsylle, on the Memphis and Charleston
railroad, and made off in the direction OF Win
chester. On Friday night they drove in oar
pickets at the tunnel, this side of Cowan.
Some damage was done by throwing down
stones, but to no great extent, and the OBJ
structions have been removed. Gen. Hooker
sent a force last night to that point, but the
rebels did not venture an attack.
There seems to be good reason for believ-
ing that the rebels had fight among them
selves last Monday, in which five or six hun
dred were killed and wounded. Descrters
who have come in confirm the statement, but
C''S
version is that the Georgia troops refused to
cross the Chickamauga, and that Withers' d.
vision was sent down to compel them; and
the other that Tennessee troops had refused
to obey orders, and that Longstreet's forces
were sent against them with the result in
dicated The lines Of battle and the flash of
the guns could be distinctly seen from the
mountain tops. IG will be remembered that
this occurred at the time of their cannonadng
on Monday, by which we concluded this was
the nature of their trouble.
The army is still well supplied with every
thing but clothing and blankets, the want of
which in the unusually cool weather causes
considerable suffering. All the wounded able
to bear removal have b.en sent north. The
casualties in the late battles will not be less
that 10, 900. On Thursday the rebels from
the opposite side of tie river fired into our
wagons and ambulance trains passing over
the Valley Road, wounding two men and
killing and wounding several mules. They
seem determined on embarrassing our tran
sportaton in every possible way. The forces
of Wheeler, after burning portion Of Shelby
vile, were attacked by Col. Crook, not far
from that place, on Wednesday. We killed
l20 Of the enemy, took 800 prisoners, and
three pieces of artillery.
Truth Stranger than Fiction Tender
MercIcS of Slavery.
From The New York Evening Post.
Forty years ago wealthy planter came
from Florida or Louisiana to reside in WASH
ington for time, bringing with him son,
a fine, manly boy of thirteen or fourteen. At
the leveeS of his father, which were then
fashionable, lie received the caresses of the
ladies and the encouragement of the gentle
men that his age, Intelligence, and his faith
ers position naturally elected. of his family
none accompanied his father besides this son,
in his visits to Washington. In due course
of time the boy, on whom his fathers af-
fections were evidently conferred was sent
north, and was there educated, graduating
at Harvard or Yale, with an honorable
standing in his class. On his return to this
city he ayowed love for the north, ac-
CURED during his college life, which was not
restrained in its expression by his father,
who fostered and encouraged it zealOusly,
aud readily consented to his permanent res
idence there He desired however that his
son should remain with him here during his