The free South. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1863-1864, 1863-10-10
sr-T,AETNEWS.

ner steamer Alice Vivian had been captured by
the Do Soto. Another female bread riot occur
red in Mobile on the 4th of September. The
18th Alabama Regiment was ordered 'bS Gen.
Msury to put down the disturbance, bat they
4 rsfased to do duty. The Mobile Cadets then
tried their hands, and were defeated and forced
he ay By the women. Peaceful measures finally
|au;esed the famine stricken women. The >,
~ Openly proclaimed their determinat.o n
pne naesns were net mpidly devised to relieve
Adr Offerings or to stop the war, to burn the
Ghols city. % The psrded vieksburg prisoners at
Mobile arc suffering the greatest hardshiPs for
j want of care and food, and openly declare that
iethey are forced into the field again they will
leave in .the first, battle. 1t is supposed of the
$1,000 men, paroled at Vicksburg, not more
than s. 600 will ever be forced into the ranks.
Gold had declined at New Orleans to 37alO per
cent premium. The bar pilot who brought the
Morning Star out of the S: ". Pass reported
that the small tug Leriathan, then lying under
the gums of the De Soto, was boarded the night
before tSept. Ply by party of men wfo!came
ont in a small boat from shore, took possession
of the tug and dcarried her outt sea. Two or
thre-Sualoats were living by when the tug WAS
taken. but the loss was not discovered, till the
J.ev;athar was several miles out in the guilt. AT
daylight the DC Soto signaled ono OF the other
pv,boats and both put out for the tug. They
- .uled her twenty miles out, captured, her her,
and drought her back, with all Oh board, to the
Pass. The men who attempted to "confiscate"
she tug were brought back in irons.
The Richmond E.raminer. Of Saturday, is un-
happy over Chattanooga. 1t says: After two
saistiuct efforts for the recapturc OF Chattanooga
~e have now the Intelligence that the enem! is
sill in possession of that stronghold, and
strengthening its works. While events linger
in Tennessee, the situation III Northern Viz
-. Mas become, critical. The enemy, is pre-
.r;na sSr general attack on the line OF the
f,.,;dsn. and massing his forces at Culpepper.
ua :. also accommodating and encroaching on
...ra;lroad and river, and indicates deterlni-
,..ion to fight" The same naper has des-
pssch from Atlanta saying "Reports of the
condition of affairs above are conflicting. We
.re inclined to believe that the enemy are for
! .ifying Chattanooga. Our lines are within four
miles of that place. There was no fighting yes
,erday. Il Gen. Rosecrans has sent in two flags
of truce. asking permission TO- bury their dead
,na relieve their wounded. Gen. Bragg reject
ed both OF them. "A. .....". .,a. :. =, 49,.
A,e,ter was received In this city oh Taesdsy.
from Waschalrigue, Sept. 'eth' which states
that rebel raid was made on the vessels in that
inlet. previous to the oSd ins'., as follows The
scbooners Irdaad, Capt. Davis and John j:
Hoxse,aaa, {since picked up and taken into
Newport, Capt. Peatstll, were plundered, taken
nm, 70 sen. and set aArift. The schooner Aier-
n.d,;o was aio ptundercd, and run OF, a sand
&or ;ugidc the inlet. The Government schooner
aV;snce loaded with provisions and sntler stores,
S.lued at s&9o, 600, was also captured Ihe
crevs of NH the above vessels were pnt on board
.he A. as ,@isoners. She was last seen on
.srlHEss1asss ,pound South, 81, NJ ~. 49,.
rt,.liL,. .NnItesates steamer Connecticut, Capt,
ximsy reports reports hat on the ssd inst, she dr0'e
,on,shcrc and DESTROYED the Confederate steamer
1,scStom loaded with arms, &C., intending to
r,,, the blockade at Wilmington. She was
bu;lt in England. aud is supposed to have been
intended as privateer. The Connecticut chased
her about four hours, and finding that she was
.bout being captured her officers ran her ashore'
4ooh To their boats and escaped.