Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1863-11-11
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Inc force under Lees command il nos;,ix-s-
~ stated to be now only 81. 900.
A special TO the Herald saws tho, ;,
TINT advices are anticipated lust now in -
eT quarters from Cen Gilmore -
\ party of Wheeler's scouts war, ,.a,,.,,uo.,
IN Aaury county, Tenn, recently, and Sent 10
Nashville. -'' ~
Brig. Gen Hatch has been assignee: 70 du-
ty al St Louis in charge of the cayaIrx
department TO be established at that point
Arkansas adyices say that Marmaduke at
tackled our forces at Pine Bluff on the 2st
and was repulscd with considerable loss
The Lhotator, the most powerful iron-clad
yet constructed In this country, will be
launched this week 1t is believed to be
more than match for any now ahoat.
Gov. ANDREW JOHNSON, of Tennessee. is
OF OPINION that an election can now be safely
ana fairy held for members of the State Leg.
isia'ure. Until that IS accomplished Tennes-e
see cannot be represented IN Congress.
\ I'71cs' dispatch says: In contrast TO the
oiukruptey and financial lunacy which rule
aud ruin In Richmond, Secretary Chase's adj
ministration of the Treasury will show clesn
balance sheet on the lst of November
MAJ. Gen. Butler has been assigned to COM
mand the 18th army corps Department of
virginia and North Carolina in place of Gen
Foster, who is ordered TO report here to the
Adjutant General
w u. Sparrow, son of Rev Dr. Sparrow.
formerly Principal of Fairfax Seminary, was
arrested on his arrival from Staunton, Va.
with rebel mail containing letters of i'm.
portanee lie Is now in the oil Capitol
The appointment of Gen. Butler to the De-
partment of which Fort Monroe is at present
the headquarters, Is considered an earnest of
Il a no in, IL,
on what are known as Buffers principles
- The President has recognized NJ F..
Rodriguez Consul of the Mexican Republic
at San Francisco, thus giving another official
Acknowledgements of the Juarez Government
without regard to French Intervention vi
- Gov. BUCKINGHAM, of Connecticut has
called an extra session of the Legislature, to
meet at Hartford, or the Sd of November
The object is TO have some plan adopted by
which the quota of the State under the Pres
ide1t's last call for troops may he promptly
filled.
- Mrs. Jessie Fremont, with her daughter,
was in Amesbury, Mass, last week, to visit
the poet Whittier; and with him they made
visit to the top of Powow Hill, where is one
OF the most lovely views of land and ocean
TO be had in America.
Cornth dates OF the 29th ult state that the
Ist Alabama cavalry QoyaD about 500 strong
recently sent 10 destroy the railroad comGuu-
nIcationS OF the enemy, when near Talladeea
were surrounded by the enemy in superior
force and the most of them captured
- The rebels hold Union officers prisoners
at Richmond as follows: l Brigadier General,
Il Colonies, % Lieutenant Colonels, % Sur
geOns, - Assistant Surgeons, % Majors, 246
Captains, 264 First Lieu.enants, 297 Second
Lieutenants.
The receipts at the Internal Revenue Blu
reau IN October are fifty per cent in excess
OF those for September, and include about
100000 as the tax deposits and circula-
ton OF banks. The entire receipts since the
Bureau went into operation are nearly
S63, 900, and nearly $4,000, 900 for the
last month.
- There Is young women in Nova Scotia,
seventeen years of age, who is seven feet two
inches in height. She measures forty-three
inches round the waist, thirty-three inches
inches from her armpit to the tip of her fin
gers, weighs PA pounds and has a foot thir-
teen inches long. She IS good looking, quite
social, although difdent, not being accustom-
ed to see the public, and her name is Anna
Swan.
The Trib11ae's Cape of Good Hope cores
pendent states that the -1la5aDta had been
with her two prizes to the Guano Islands, but
returned to Simons Bay Oct 10th The
GeofYta left Simons Bay Aug. 2lst. and was
supposed TO have gone to Maurtius for re-
pairs The Tuscaloosa had gone east and it
expected the Tdndey6iH fell in with her.
\ special to the Tribune. from the front.
SAYS: We learn that there are indications of
a disposition on the part Of Gen. Meade to
obey the enemy's orders by attacking the en-
envy, and to ascertain the truth as to whether
Lee intends TO fight; if not, it will soon be
settled. There Is no need Of hunting for the
foe, as they are all around.
The Ij75,0te's Washington special of the
4th inst. says: The Commissary General of
prisoners has received intelligence that
clothes and blankets sent to Richmond by
our Government, have been received and
distributed to the prisoners for whom they
were intended. Nc further progress had
been made by the Commissioners toward an
exchange of prisoners.
Washington dispatch saws that Secretary
Chase and others have made efforts to have.
R0secrans sent to Missouri, to take the place
of SchoheId, Who is now conceded to be only
a BrIgadIer, and, consequently, not competent
TO command Department where Major Gen
erals must come under him, but it is not be-
ieved that there is any hope for the success
of the attempt. 1t Is certain that he cannot
be appointed to anything, except in defiance
of the opposition of some of the highest au-
thorities in the management of the war
Efforts are working 10 have Generals Sted-
man and Cox, of Ohio, promoted to Major
Generals.
- The news from Chattanooga is encourag-
Ing. Though the rebels still hold part of
Lookout Mountain. We hold possession of the
Tennessee river to a point within two miles
Chattanooga, across bend, and the supplies
are sent up from Bridgeport by steamers
The position of the army at Chattanooga Is
safe, and plenty again reigns in our camps
Hooker has cleaned the rebels from the south
bank, as far up as the position taken by the
blockade runners. and repulsing a fierce at
tack by Longstreet +ntrenched himself The
question whether the Army of the Cumber-
land could hold Chattanooga was, when Gen.
Grant took command, dependent upon
the speedy reduction Of the length of the
road over which supplies must be wagoned.
The question Is now answered and the army
is safe.
\ refugee from Richmond. a northern
wooden spinner, brings the intelligence that
at Manchester, near Richmond on the James
river, a gunboat clad with three thicknesses
Of two-inch iron is within six weeks of com
pletion, that At Rockets at the foot of
Main street, two other ironclads are on the