The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-11-25

The Augusta tGa.) Cavpssc,., Of the aad last,
says:
From a grnileman who Iefl Rame yesterday, ths
Rl leans that bmt little o,sAs Il (,tt a. f ehe
crossing of shesMaB's Gosce ~ WhiteshsSG las,
saturday. Ills fnsce h vasioasfy estimated scuc
placing the figures n twenty tso shes,sand. ~
sas Mot exceeding eight ten thousand men ss
that Il the fosce he was sepsiei % have when be-
low Inscnmnia. II - nsa likely that he has been
reinforced. lie !. said tn hc coming towards Roue
hat II Is than protahle that his main olirc, n
tn cut the Wtstsvn aud AttaniIc Railroad. Our
auih0vities are aware 0f hls movements, and will
doubtless be prepated 10 receive hia.
A letter fiom Sweet Water, Tenn siyes some
intelligence from Lonsstreet's army. Il says:
A tran arrived here With coniu,issary s,ures for
the army, which should lave been delivered The
day before. The train about half an hour b.
hind its schedule tune, AID the conductor was
about 10 unload the stores ~ this point and setnrn
the train To Dalton, when an officer attached to
Gen. L0ngstreet's staff demonstrated with hsR,,
acquainted him with the nature Of the case, aud
begged him I" carry the provisions 10 The troops At
Loadon, only twelve miles farther, and Offered 10
send man with q flag ahead OF thest train To pre-
vent any chance Oi an 7ccf lent, there were nj
ready couple 0f engines on the upper end of the
road. Bnt no. if the ts0nps Were starving he
would mt depart from his schedule time
The officer then produced an order from
the chief C9mmissary Of the corps, saying
''send up the stores As soon as they arrive,
-, aud, II Necessary, use Gen. Loagstreet'ss
cars" The commaHdani Of the post was then ap-
peaied To and he placed the irain under guard,
but did not unfortunately, have thu nerve TO order
the guard TO shoot the eltgtneer and conductor II
they stli refused. The consequence was, the
train still remained From half past II A. M. un-
I'll r. NJ. was consumed In vain entreaties IL
send the train the twelve miles. fiIaiiy the con-
dactor s!lggesisd that Major Wallace, the Prest-
dent 6f The Fust he tsse1s Da,ton, and, ~
he Was acting under his positive lhstfaettaus the
ease might be settled. so urgent was the case
that any accommodation Of the matter was eagerly
sought, and Major Wallace was autographed 4 fui:
statement Of the facts. He declined making any.
reply The officer Insisted that the dispatch should
again be presented to Major Wallace, and in few
minutes he received reply from the Dalton opera
tor that Wallace positively declined answering.
About six O'Clock the two trains from above came
down, and the road was perfectly cleaT-but In
cTeduto'is As 1t may appear, these 'conscTpts" re
fused even now To move up with the provisions,
hut Insisted that they must remain at the depot
until i0x O'Clock to day, In order to he schedule
time. The engineer, man Of Northern birth, af
ter night faii, seemed to reient, aud sgnifed his
willingness to carry the train up the twelve milcs.
provided he was released from arrest. tie was
inine diately released, and hi ten minutes had ab
seconded. His name Is Worrell. Finally, Captain
He'll, OF The I'd Tennessee rea imcnt, volunteered
his services, aud was put in charge Of the train.
leave IL your readers 10 draw their Inference
spcctRg the spirit of accommodation Of the man
ayers Of the East Tennessee and Georgia Rail
road
Every word o. the above statement AN, pre-
pared TO substantiate, as was ye-witness.
Besides commissary and quarferm stores there
were number Of troops On their way to join their
commands.
LounoN, Tenn, p. M.-Our forces this MORN
Ing advanced as far as l.enOirs Station, capturing
a large nnmber OF wagons and prisoners. They
are pressing the enemy considerably. Heavy and
CONTINUOUS firing has been going all day. Tn.
result OF the cannonadng has not yet tEanspired
Gen. Wheeler sent back abOlt one hundred aud
fifty prisoners, captured near Marysvilie.
Esher unlr .f3sr 10 xfnu
to cIucc him The conflict between the military
and railroad authorities Is still pending. No train
has cGnse up the road to day, and am informed
the President of the railroad positively refuses to
allow another train To come up the road unless the
rebeliOms agents are uncona.iona.iy frlensed.-
TIE train which came up yesterday Is still at Sweet
Water. Consequently no mails either way, nor
any certainty when there will be one.