Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-10-20

FORTRESS MONROE, Oct. 1.-THE captain
OF the tug boat White, Just arrived from fort
Monroe, reports that yesterday, while passing
through Currituck canal tlOm Norfolk, bound
to North Carolina, his boat was captured by
gurnlaS, together with the small propeller
FawD, which was IN company with him. The
tug-b0at was burnt, but while the guerrilas
were busy dividing the spoilS the crew of the
Fawn reganed posse ssiOn OF the propeller
and escaped. The crew OF the White were
par0led.
E&RrREss MONROE, Oct lS-The FLAG. of
truce steamer, under Maj. milford, arrived
as eleven o'clock this morning from CITY
Point. Last night the schooner Planet ar
rived of our guard ship Morse, and reported
having three stow-aways on board. Captain
Babcock sent boat and took them off They
say that they had been employed by Joseph
johnson in the cOntraband trade, and had
landed cargo of liquors, &C., on the beach at
Ocean View. A heavy wind coming up, they
were blown off shore, and their boat being in
sinking condition, they took refuge in the
Planet.
Last night Captain Dodge captured three
wagon loads Of boots and shoes, undoubtedly
intended to go south, and probably part of the
above mentioned cargo
The Richmond Examiner Of Oct. II says:
correspondence has occurred between Mr..
Ould and MIR. Meredith, commissioners for
the exchange of prisoners, from which it an
pears that wide difference exists between
the parties as to the number of prisoners with
which each should be credited, and that all
arrangements for further exchange are, for
the present, knocked in he head
The Richmond Wing, of the 18th, contains
the following:
"MoBILE, Oct. 12.-The steamer Mary
Wilson, connected with the Mobile and Great
Northern railroad, was burned on Sunday.
About seventy lives were lost. The mails.
freight and steamboat are il total loss
The Examiner of the 18th has the following
dispatches =:
CHARLESTON, Oct. 16.-This is the ninety
eighth day of the siege. A grand review of
the troops by Gen. Beauregard will take place
to-day. There is nothing new tins morning.
LYNcnBURG, VA, Oct. 16-Twenty seven
regiments OF Yankee cavalry and mounted in
tantry, estimated at IA 900 men, passed Green
vile, Tenn, bound eastward, to make a raid
on the Virginia and Tennessee railroad, and
attacked our forces at Bible Ridge, six miles
west of Greenville, on Saturday, the 10th
inst. Our forces withdrew to Henderson, ten
miles east Of Greenville. The enemy having
succeeded in reaching our rear our men tell
back on Zolicotier until the Yankees, heavily
reinforced, advanced upon them, when
they were Withdrawn to Bristol Our
loss in both days fight were three hun.
dred killed and wounded. Our wounded fell
into the hands of the enemy. On Wednes-
day night the enemy arrived at Bristol, and
are reported to have advanced toward Ablng-
ton with Il heavy force, supposed to number
frnm eight to ten thousand.
Joe Hooker is in command of East Tennes-
see. Burnside has left, having resigned or
been dismissed. Three regiments of Tennes-
see renegades have been organized and 1000
refugees are following the Yankee army.
The enemy destroyed no property in East
Tennessee, as til expect to hold the country
permanently.