The southern aegis, and Harford County intelligencer. (Bel Air, Md.) 1862-1864, 1863-11-06
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Az official despatch from Chattanooga dated
Thursday night week, states that no Citing had
occurred since Wednesday morning, the cap
ture Of Lookout Mountain the Confederates los
three hundred and fifty in killed and wounded
and four officers and one hundred and three, ,pri
Yates taken prisoners. The Federal loss is moi
reported. A Louisville despatch reports q Con
federate force of cavalry fifteen thousand strong,
prepared to operate on the line of Gen. Grants
communications They are, now in, the neigh
borhood Of Decatur and Tusqdmbia, Ala, op tbs
south side of the Tennessee river A despatch
from Knoxville states that the Federal forces
which for some time held the town .of, london,
Tennessee, have retired to the heights, on the
north side Of the river; where their gums COM
matnad the place. Some, ,seyers diminishing has
taken PLACE near Pipey Factory, ip which the
Confederates lost some twenty killed and sixty
SIX taken prisoners. ,lm Laa 9god 81 .s'J
BY Ricbmpnd papers received at Fortress Nom
roe!we have Charleston adviqes to Friday last
On; that day the bonbardment Of Fort Sumter is
represented to haTe been the heaviest that had
yet,taken place--twelye hundrel and fifteen shots
being fred against it during the twenty-four
hours. The FIRE was. kept up in the evening
against the northeast angle lof the fort hut not
so heavy as duriag the day. The confederate
batteries fired slowly The Federal batteries en-
gagged were, Gregg, Wagner, Centre and Cum
mings Point, assisted by the monitors 4 ,-rao
Guarillaa TO go ~, d. hall. Al =
Mississippi. The steamers Crescent City, Cheek
Adriatic and City of Pekia.were all fred into on
their way up to Memphis. The Cheek was set
on fire by the explosion of she'll, but the flames
were soon extfnguished. The Adriatic had one
man killed and eight wounded, but on the other
sboats there was nobody Injured.
Intelligence has been received in st. Louis of
the occupation of Batesville, Arkansas by q
body of troops detached from Gen. Steeles force
at Little Rock. There were three or four hum
dred Confederates in the place, but they evacua-
ted the town.
A correspondent of New York paper SAYS
that Maj. Gen. Butler has been assigned to ac-
tive service. He is ordered to relieve Mai Gen.
Foster Of the command of the Department of
Virginia and North Carolina, and will at once
enter upon the duties. la's
despatch from Cincinnati gives brief ac-
count of a conspiracy by certain parties in Ohio
to release the Confederate prisoners at Camp
Chase, and let Gen. John Morgan out of the
penitentiary. 7''" A
1t has been ascertained by reconnaissance
sent out from the Army of the Potomac that the
Confederates, 10 small force have recently forti-
fed the approaches to the Ra1ppahannnock on the
NORTH, side Of that FLYER Itistfep6tted thatsucf
information VI the position and stfeGgtt Of Gen.
Lee'sarny has been gained as to enable Ger.
Meade toassutne Offensive operatiohse "A CORES
pondent of the New York Tribune says that there
are indications that hetivse; mJyemtnts wifi soon
commence and battle be Brought On: "iTfS ~
A Charleston despatch, dated Wednesday
last states that thfee Or fJat Shells Charged witt
Greek Gre elli into the city on Tuesday, But did
no damage as they aid not expiodea.R' az A''h;
1t is stated that The First Alabama (Federal)
Regiment, recently sent TO destroy cer:ain rail-
road communications, were surrounded BY j sy-
psIar force Of oSpfsst 7 a F nqst Of them
IN III III attack sas 4 LOO lookout a
mountain, near Chattanooga was three hundred
and fifty killed and, wounded The casualties
o. ths side Of the haa MAJ nq S1 been re-
pSnssSSs ~ sailnzh doOS .3tids q