Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1863-09-26

property of citizens within the limits and ii,
the outskirts of the city Of Memphis.
Brownsville, (Ark.) Sept 2-Gen. Steele
arrived here last night. The rebels are in
strong position IL miles this side of Little
Rock, their right resting on Arkansas. Gen.
Price commands, Kirby Smith having gone
to Red river. Marmaduke was wounded in
the fight at Bayou Matoe Aug. 90.
| Intelligence from Bragg via Memphis Aug.
18th. reports him as falling back to the
mountain range 40 miles back of Chattanoo-
ga, where it is reported he will make a
stand. 1tsis also reported that the whole of
Johnston's force except one Or two regiments
have gone to reinforce Bragg.
Judge Caruthers is elected Governor of
Tennessee. Until 1861 no was a staunch
Union man. After his State sided with the
South he became revolutionist and attached
himself to the Southern cause. AS member
of the Peace Congress he exerted himself to
avert the ACKNOWLEDGMENT of the Union.
| Fortress Monroe, Sept 15.-Ihe transport
from Hilton Head. S. G., reports the arrival
there of the relief boat Cosmopolitan. which
left Morris Island Tuesday evening the 18th,
at which time our forces had captured half of
James Island. Our monitors We're lying
between Fort Sumter and Moultrie.
Richmond papers say the publication of
the Raleigh Standard will be resumed in u
few days.
| The Richmond enquirer has the following:
Gov. Vance, Of N. c., has issued proclama
ton call forth by lawless and reasonable
! mpnaces, made at the so called peace meetings
, held in that State. He warns the people of
the dangerous consequence Of PERSISTENCE
in their course beseeching them to abstain
/ from any further resistance to the enforcement
of the CONSUMPTION and the law for the collec-
, ton of taxes, and exhorts them to abandon
the miserable demonstrations they are max
ing of resistance to the laws which will DO
enforced.
! Cincinnati. Sept. ;5-In the capture of
Chattanooga, we took two steamboats,, and
thirty pontoons, very few stores and no artil
lerv or prisoners. The works are very strong.
i New York, Sept. l5.-The Times special
dispatch, says it is reported that the rebels
have six vessels of war at Richmond. some of
which are said to be clad with railroad iron,
and nodded like the lcvimac.
| Cairo, Sept. 15.-From below we learn
that the marein brigade captured Mt Boliver,
three rebel paymasters with thirty men and
S2,OOOO0O, to pay the troops at Little Rock.
Rappahannock, Sept. 14.-Citizens of Gull
pepper say that Stewart with 5000 rebel
cavalry was there on Saturday.
Cincinnati, Sept. ia Levenworth dis
patch says Gen. Blunt at last accounts was
at Fort Gibson, preparing to start for Fort
Scott. In the recent campaign he marched
$50 miles in nine days. fought two battles,
and reclaimed from the rebels 100000
square miles of territory. Refugees from
rebel conscripti,ns were coming into Blunts
lines BY hundreds. More than 100 Union
men have been shot and hung at Fort Smith
since the rebellion broke out. Fort Smith
will be the headquarters of operations during
the coming winter.
Washington, Sept. 15.-Prcsidcnt Lincoln
will soon issue proclamation suspcnding the
writ of h0Jc0s corpus in all cases arising in
military circles. This matter was considered
and resolved upon at a Cabinet meeting
to-day.
New York, Sept. 15.-The Roanoke with
dates from Havana to the 9th aud Vera Cruz
to the 9TH has arrived. There was great
scarcity of food in Mexico. The Peruvian
Minister had received his passports and was
ordered to leave the country for having writ
| ten to Junrez. 1t was rumored that Minister
Corwin had been rendered his passports. This
is not confirmed The French convoy from
the City of Mexico to Vera Cruz was captured
by gueirillas near Solidad. The greater part
of the guard were killed.
A dispatch from Cyrus w. Field, dated
London, Sept. 9Th. says ut a meeting of d.
rectors Of the Atlantic Telegraph Company,
the offer of Glass L. Elliott to manufacture
and lay down in the summer of next year. a
good submarine telegraph cable between Ire.
land and Newfoundland was unanimously
adopted.
Last evenings Post says. we heard to day
Of the shipment for Palmyra Of the first ono
hundred tons of railroad iron for the Union
Pacific Railroad, eastern division.
A late Charleston Mercury says the rebel
casualties in the struggle for the possession
of Morris Island amounted to 700 killed
wounded and missing.
A special says the department feels as
surcd that the late pamphlet on Mexican af-
fairs, written with view Of the recognition
of the Southern Confcderacy, did not ema-
nate from any important parsonage in
France.
Washington, Sept. 15.-Gen. King has ar
rested all male scccsh at Fairfax Courthouse
and vicinity, and sent them to the old Capt.
toll prison. Among them are several leading
men, who took active part in forcing the
State into rebellion. ~. i .54
Last Monday morning. as a party of flgi-
tive negroes were making their way to Wash
;nOton from their masters homes in Ann