Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-10-10
BUDGET OF SOUTHERN NEWS.
Desert,on on q Large Scale.

From the Richmond Wing, Oct. IL
We Learn from an Ashyille, N. O., paper that
50 deserteTs from Virginia reglmenL In tne
Army of Tennessee, passed through that place
ON the 18Th September, all well mounted, and
armed with Mississippi rifles They repre-
secuted themselves as belonging 10 q cavalry
c,mi,npy in Virginia, and as being on their way
~ their command, aud thus succeeded in pass
ing upmoIested. They were afterwards de-
tprted on The Wa:auga river, their camp sur
rounded, by Il Confederate regiment encamped
near the place, and the whole party captured
The Siege of Charleston.
The Charles on Courier of Saturday last
saws:
There has been no material change since our
last report. The fire from Gadberry Hill has
been slow bat steady. Out CT seventy-four
shots fired at Fort Sumter yesterday, forty
four struck, twenty four went over, and six
fell short. No casualties are reported, The
enemy, 1t is supposed, is endeavourlng to
widen The breach on the south wall. A number
OF the Ell, m S shells We're also fired at Battery
Simpkins and Fort johnson, but did no DAM
age. our works are progressing stead lily, not
withstandlng the enemys fire, and those VINO
have had the pleasure of witnessing them are
enthusiastic in their praise OF the engineers en-
gagged III experimenting the construction OF
new Notifications. .- Ea..a .t...s
Forts Moullie and johnson, and. batteries
Cheves and Simpkins. kept up regular fire
and did some excellent shooting, causing ire
quent retreat, IT the Yankee working parties
on Battery Wagner. A dispatch from Major
O. BlanGing commanding artillery on James
Island. to Capt. Nance, yesterday afternoon,
reports that ga shell from battery Cheves
knocked down the enemy's lookout at Wag-
ner.' .- .s.
Two guns are reported to be seen mounted at
battery Gregg bearing on Fort johnson, and
IVY 0 cmbrasures opened al w agner bearing on
the same point. No guns. however, can be OBJ
served rs yet mounted on the latter battery. A
gun in the Marsh battery is also reported as
plainly visible, but whether the enemy's
Swamp Angel or not is uncertain and left to
conjecture.
The fleet remains in the same position, and
have not fired gun for several days.
The general impression seems to be that it
will Re week or ten days before the enemy
will be ready 10 open in full. ..ls.az- Il. S..
The Richmond Wing calls for the sstrial, con-
domination aud execution of Col. d F. Dula-
ney,said to the bog us Governor Pierpont" cap
tuTed by NJ oseby, lately, near Alexandria. A
disgraeefsi tact III connection with this cap
ture Is the admssioD by the Richmond Sentinel
that Col. Du!auey was betrayed by one OF his
sons in the Confederate service, who assisted
in his capture.
The Sentiael of the sth, hos the following
paragraph, conveying information of the ar
rest by Gen Bragg of Gems. Polk and Hind
man, charged with disobedience CT orders in
reference to the lats battles in Georgia.
IFrom the Knoxville ReglsterI
The Appeal of yesterday alluues TO the fact
that Gems. POLK and Hindman had arrived in
this city uader arrest by order of Gen. Bragg
We were cogniZan' Of the fact, bat lid not deem
j necessary 10 allude 10 II. There can now be
no lnproPTiety in stating that the cause tor this
procedure en- the part OF Gen Bragg is said to
be IN alleged dIsobediPnc6 Of orders BY the two
generals named Gu >untay, the second day of
the battle OF ChickaIGausa. such is our con-
fdeDce in the soidieI1y qualities of Gen Polk
that we believe hC Tril be enabled to Justify
himself before a court If inquiry: but the fact
tha, lie cid not bring on he battle, rs ordered,
three hours earlier than 1t began, is said to ac-
count fer The alleged barrenness Of the victory.
1t is, however, believed thfI Gen. Polk could
hot possibly ia We dOna otherwise This is one
issue, ard thai her more Wrighty one is in
VOWED in th1 tjisobadienca of orders. If Sun
days fight At ChIckaniaura had begun, as
Bragg ordered, at daylight, nightfall would not
have Interviewed 10 save Rosecrans' beaten
aImS. and lie never could have reached and
eIiiIenlh he'd ninse II in Chattanooga
The Appeal complains .'that the late victory
will prove but Dead Sea trnit in our hands,
The arrest CT the officers named may enable
Us to account for the alleged deplorabie fact.
From North iaroIina
The Raleigh Standard has again made its ap-
pearance, since having its Office damaged by
mob. The Raleigh State Journal, which was
much greater sufferer, has not as yet re-
stunned. The Raleigh Register has been re-
moved to and is now published at Petersburg,
Virginia