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The New York herald., 1863-08-18
Rebel Recon noissa nee IN Fsree.
Mr.. r.. e. wilson's Despatch.
HEADou mrErs, ELs,xsm AExr Cores

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rEsEs.
In lieu Of something more important 10 do, we have
actually sunk into the "utor nsgnncaGcc' ~ feeding
the citizen rsbcs or this neIgbborhood say ohi,es
rebels because matter how apparently man
may be- he Is native, he looked upon In ti,e light
u areoe or asympahzsr with those who openly eight
against The arrival or this corr, here. in aci Tie
arrival Of the whole army is the country for miles
around, was providcntnl blessing " many southern
families. These made early application for articles u
subsistence and gct them but did t1e ay-
piieations become that round necessary adopt
regular authorized system n the matter Hence rsics
aud regulations have been established whereby the ua
tvcs prorure subs tence for her faaiios
able prices. Ali alicalous 10 thla corps have 10 10
made " oifcer--ileg Bundy stationed a corys
headquarters. Hste the cltxeus appear and lnnke thar
Applications u they take tho oath u Alegals Ihoy
well Huppied aH0wod ~ puscbase 81 Iensonalic
Quantities for their families Nany take the oath
lhsy appear 20 take Willingly IL n thought they
sincere al least u f,y this means those
uho live and hear where age favofsbiy
every day.
snrRgSs
1hs adams Express Company has Opened offco 70
faciitrte the forwarding u mouey packages NORTH 10
The rea'ives and friends of officers and men IA the
tal commands.
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Corensr's Inquess.

Coskp 10 prAru VI Az os.-Gsorss Bough, . native Of
Ireland aged twenty ave years died Al Bellevue Hospital
yetsrdsy from the effects OF INJURIES accldentaly re
ceyed tbe 18th mstant under ths following srcum
stances - eceased aprssrs, vas passing zscng First
ryenae xhen bis attention called inurtzted
which dasbing msdly Along the street 10 thu great
danger ol several and chlhren Ths animal bad
already xnoched down man ami q child and wx pro.
cc~dng hroush the street Al iurt0u. rate ~hcn d.
ceased volunteered IN pscs ropo around It's borns The
necessary fastening procured 81 n@gnhofing
grocufy .torc, and Boogh the of sppng th~
ice over ihe horns ef animal when II turned uyn
49,. aealepce of The turSrSs
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News from san rraneasos.

DiSC0vRHY or NEW AMP VERY KfcH GOLD MINES.
lwr#W SAN rsAsusCo, August Is 1865
Accounts come via Los Angeles cf tho discovery 0
vwy rsoA and gold mining region IN the San
yranoseo MsuntAns lying east H the Colorado river.
rAs II Pas and osss recsnsy formed minss companies
,bs ossssdo havs bssa dsserssd for mines Ths
Alssr ars Assssibsd - . sew California.
Thsrs sssssa osnplaiss among me growers Of vess
iasss and fruits, ihs sspyty beng greatly eross of
the demand Basksa q pans and sxcsIisnt peaches are
cold for about twc osnis pcssd vhcA vu scsrcey nay
shs coat Of shcrns and ssodins 10 market Every day
.rse quantities q fruits and vegetables are thrown s~ay
Tor the want Of buyers.
Sailed IGN ship eodeD Gate, Dslsso, csiso, and
lsss, shi, rrjanphss,, Ts.s, fos ~
The New York herald., 1863-08-18
THE WAR IN CENTRAL AMERICA.
Nicaragua Preparing to As
sail Honduras.
PROSPECTS or THE NICARAGUA CANAL.
Commissioners from Honduras
to Washington.
FAILURE or The INDIGO CROP,

The steamship America, Jcn Maury commanding, from
Grsytown ON tho sth msl, arrived al this port Lst
evening
We subjon correspondents letter containing tho
latest Intelligent
The New York herald., 1863-08-18
Military Affairs.
rHE IAIKTr-sEyxs xsrr FAC IsErf.
svsTRAi a~uEk.

Hs.n-stsspsas 1mKrr sryrsr~ EsGrs~r,
ssfI0sAi Grsrp, Ar3 ium Ahsvst ~, 1874
Tb~ order lSsuec p@Fsde mr rcstinHAt "a
Wednesday n'ornpgs the issh lnsl, lcgebg osutst
mAndsd.
in obdeDce 70 dlyycn ana bfigads grfsrp lhs aais
hs regiment van assemble as ths ufy no bfs3i.sy
FsnSfay, the 18th Dsi.. AZ seven oSlggk z n, a.
fgn fatigue viii naysrt@c = atd cns day'a -Aats. ~
order - t1iJnsa fJAfIlsi klBnN
q n6srcosrrY ydlalMnl.
The New York herald., 1863-08-18
SHOCKING CATASTROPHE.

Burning of . shsady NM as Cohsss-
Twsmsy-nve Females Mtssing-Fineen =
Reported Buwned 20 Death.
Ataasr, august IL, 1858.
Information reached here this Afternoon Of tbs de-srao
ton by nV @ Hursts shoddy mills At cobee., and the
burning 70 death % nsen ot the female opersys The
nassss spread With fs~al rapdsy and the ooiy
q escape Isft The girls we're the windows some wsvs
- ssvrw STRICKEN that they abandoned themselves 70
heir fate ssd psrshsA tbs building Others fell from
tss v'sdcvs into ths Gre below ssd many wers badly
injured by jumpsns 10 The ground Twenty i've are np
sing, nfesn q whom are reported 10 have oe bsrpsd
~ death M
The New York herald., 1863-08-18

Proclamation by Governor seymour.
AiHsKr, August II. 1863.
Governor Seymour has prepared proclamation, warn
ing all citizens against any dsoerly conduct when tho
draft Is made iu New York and Drockyn.
The New York herald., 1863-08-18
TTIE SIEGE OF CHARLESTON.
Hl fe4MaNNM3
Arrival Of the s. b. 6paulding
at Fortress Monroe.
NEWS TO FRIDAY MORNING LAST.
Operations Of the Combined
gose Forces.
Our Batteries Have Breached
. Fort Sumter.
The FAN Of Charleston Deemed
Certain.
The Grand Attack 10 Have Taken
Place Last Sunday, the 10Th inst,
Ae., &es, &es
FORTRESS MONROE, August 10, 1858.
. Spaulding arrived this morning from

FoRrRDss MoNRoB, August 10, 1858.
me steamer g. r. Spauding arrived this morning from
o0 Charleston.
me spaulding repors having left Morris Island at ten
o'clock on Friday morning.
On Thursday evening tho Monitors were all stripped
and prepared for action, and at daylight Friday the
batteries Morris Island opened their fire, which lasted
IN hour or two and then ceased.
The Monitors did not fire o shot, and soon the
batteries ceased firing the Monitors put up awnings No
explanation is given for this movement
The strongest confidence IL expressed Of . favorable
result.
Our informant that during the short engagement
sn Friday morning he several shots strike Fort
Sumter causing bricks and mortar to fly profusely.
One Of our officers, who left Norris Island Friday,
that receiving instructions In regard TO
ing news BY Quartermaster Dunton he asked him. "What
sha tell friends at Fortress Monroc The Quarter
master replied, rell them that great battle will
- here on Saturday, the 15h Sunday the 10th inst
md that we shall be Victorious
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Incs,ciency or the Blockade.

u, NukuhS IoUo
conscrpt, just from Wilmington. N. o. reports that
within the past low days seventeen large have
arrived Al that port having the blockade, loaded
with stores for the rebel army among which o0s
Eoglsb rites 10000 army blankets 1871 900 ready
uniforms, 23 900 0 ready made army Shoes eleven
locomotives, six rne cannon heavy csbre Ave cargoes
of railroad iron and skiliu accompanying them.
The New York herald., 1863-08-18

Second Lieutenant Elisha b. Gregory Company Sixty
ntn regiment New York Volunteers, ITO be dismissed
The service of the United States -
III beioro general court martial, convened II head
quareass second brigade First diviop Sxth corps, by
virtue o. special Orders No. ~, July "a 1898 OF which
Colonel u D Edwards Fifth Maine Volunteers, 10 Frcsi
sent, was Mraigned and tried private Thomas Jewet,
Compsny v, fnth regiment Name Volunteers.
Finding-Guilty.
And ths court does therefore seatencs him. the said
wwsto lRomas Jewett, Company ID, Fifth Maine Voun-
teeTs 10 90 shot 10 death with musketry at such time
and place ~ the Commanding General may direct Two
thirds OF tho members OF the court concurring.
W. Inc proceedings Of the general martial tn
me foregoing cases having been transmitted the Msor
6enerai commanding, the following tho orders
thore0u:- ~
The proceedngs finding and sentence In the case or
Lieutenant Hitchcock approved That officer accord
ngly ceases 70 belong 10 the military service OF the
United States from August 1865 the date OF tho special
order Issued In his care
The proceedings, findings and sentences in she Of
Second Lieutenant James II. Van NcstrAnd Company T.
rst regiment Long Island Volunteers Second Lieutenant
William H. Tanner, Company B, sixty nth regiment New
CORY, Company sixty NTH regiment New York volun
teers, arc approved These officers accordingly 10
belong 70 the military service Of the United States from
this date
In the case or private Jewett the proceedings finding
and sentence are approved The sentence will be carried
into ebc In presence u tho sion on Friday tho I4h
inst, bstwecH thc hours Of twelve n. O'Clock r.
~ sa vsaa .,.t9fI 9-lT ,
by command OF Major General MEADE.
8. WILLIAMS, Assistant Adjutant General olts III
Omcial-CHAs T. PEasE, Assistant AdJutant General
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The Cssss Dsssness - masse.

nxssAu, Me-. August H. iss3
Ths erectcr " t~o hsetsvses ~ 6sfsShs cor hsrbsv
sommenscd W day BY he govevnmsnt Tbey are 20
consist " ssrshvorhs, ooanLns rlfed thirty t~o
pousasr
The New York herald., 1863-08-18
Invitation 20 Attend the Draft.
TO the BDlT0R or TUE HERALD.
HsADQr AKrxRs, Pnovosr MARsnAL


Srrrn Drsrscr NEW YoKK.
1sS sryvH AvKsuR NEW YoKx, August II, ise3
Tho drafting Of persons liable 10 military duty 70 Oh
the quota required under tho orders OF the prden VI
ths United States win place tho Headquarters Of
O'Clock A. u. You invited TO be posont. Very
spectfully, yours, JAMES W. FARR
Captain and Provost Marshal sixth district New York.
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Nebraska and Dakota Exempt from

The adm sHratlop has dsserrnnrd % suspend eli oJs
rstious gnaer tse pt,n ia Sebasks aud Dsk0
There viii bo irsft Ia those Territories Tia order
win br imme1latesy forward~d. Tho reAsase has b~en
granted Wow u the posed cobdIicn " the oDlar
20 LdisD fepTedatignf tbe already barge popor ~
troops furnished by Nebraska and tn spssa npoIatoo
The New York herald., 1863-08-18
E1snptios Frauds IN Maias.

AraUsrA, Ne, Aug ust n, 1858.
I'm saturday last young Who had charge
Of the records Of exemption IN tho sasgeon's ae-
parsmens, and . ssrysan, who employed IN
The onlce arrested by order ~ the Provost
Marshal, on the charge 0 having been engaged 10 filing
odt and dNpoxne ~ fraudulent csstncAixs Of exemption
FOR peoanAry Consideration Bat ave ot sbsse certificates
In all issued, aud be whois rsosyed therefor
did not srcssd $50 The oiosders sil he bror sht
speedy TRIAL.
The New York herald., 1863-08-18
The Broskiyp Onc Million Dollar Con
II tsa scrlUtkOn Loan.


0onsral Jackson has come on from tho army % take
conmand ~ Rikess Island, whsro the conscripu from
this STATE located Captain John Conpery of the
One Hundred and ssvsnsth New York Stale voluutssrs
and Captain u L. sullivan, of The Sixty ninth New York
state Volunteers tboth or the corcoran Isyon) hsvs
rived in town being sent on 70 oox after tbs courips
They report III Rik0S'n island
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-10-05

FROM the Richmond Examiner. Oct. 2
For week the country has been holding It's
breath to catch the sound Of elashing srns On
the Tsnnesses snd Rspi5sn. Bat, o. yes, tbers
IS no renewal Of conf e. in either qEsrter. The
fdug reported at GsFmalua on Wednesday
which was believed By mauy 20 have been the
prelude of a great battle, turns out to have besa
imaginary. Thsre were no guns fred there.
Gen. Les slill remains in the camp he'd during
the past month, and his antagonist i8. to all sp
poasanCe, equally insrs. Ths last report con
cerBing Nesds's sTmy is that twenty-five thou.
sand Of his troops hsvs been sent 70 Rssscraas.
Snd that Of ths remainder some thrtV thaussHd
men ar 10 b. Transferred 10 the White House,
0H tie York Peninsula, frem which point they
are, under the leadership of Joe Hooker, to me
race tbs Cgnfsisrsta capital, aud thereby keep
Lee in Virginia. There is nothing iDpFobabie
in this ssCry, though We are unable 70 learn It's
origin-
TdeTs is 40 fighting e. Chsstanoogs. Loose
kilograms IRON irresponsible parties Woald have
had rs belisvs that Bragg had cut R0secrans'
colsmuGications, holding L0Ok0Bt mountain ard
the read 60 Nashville, and that, having him
ps1ned up in Chattanooga, he had nothing to
do but shell BIN into 3 surrender at his leisure.
Bat rom BsAgg's failure 70 resume the cffsnsive
since the battle of Chicksmsuga, we fear there
Is 100 much Truth ia Rosecrans' dispatch to his
GSvernmsGl that he held an inpreRna6ie posi-
ton" Il is said Burnside has succeeded IN
reinforcing him with al Of his Kentucky and
TsRBessae army, and we have no reason to doubl
It. Burnside left Jones front long enough ago
70 have accomplished the march.
From East Tennessee We have, Of course
nothing. Thsrs is no enemy, thsR, except tss
Bristol rsiders, who, being content With The
taste they bsd Of Corse's msn At Zlljeohcr,
have since bssa glad 10 give CJufsdsrais troops
. vile berth
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-10-05

From she Richmond WhiE, October l.
Dasarters from the army OF tina Potomac state
hat two corps have recently been seal to Ten
masses 70 reinforce ROssefans, and that Meade
IS fof.iiFiug at CRipeper Court House, and HIA
eovcsntrsss Eis infantry 81 that point. We have
s6vieSs Of reliable character c0niTm2tOry Of
.bess rep5,ts The following letter came to
GORpOgsC ULE, Va, Sept 80, 1868.
The enemy, II considerable force, occupied
Madison Court House y>Sterosy. They 10
doubt design attempting to cIcss the kapldsn
riysr At or above Liberty mills with ss1ge force
Of cavSIry supported 0y artillery and iHls6ssy,
tor the purpose Of making q rand in the rear oi
Gen. Lees srmy, in order thai they may destroy
tus railroads., and thereby cut Of bis supplies /;
but l am satisfied from bis position thsE he is
ready 70 deal them serious blow whenever and
wherever they mag endsavof to make an sd-
vance upon his lines.
The gallant Stuart Is ever Yigilsnt with nis
cavalry, aud eager to Eeet the enemy ~ any
point they may select and desire to give him
battle. However much she cavalry Of the
army OF Northern YugInis msy have been
abused a. the beginning Uf the war, every one
is now ready to give them credit tor their recent
numerous and heroic deeds.
The Yankee camps IN Culpeper, IS seen from
Clark's mountain, in this county, extending
from the Court House IN al eastward direction,
as tar as the eye eau reach, present an unusual
~ quist appearances. l undets5snd taas shsy
are building Tg hospitals and houses for quar-
tsrmaster aud commisssry stores AZ that place,
showing thereby Enat they sasi2iPsts making
that point base for operations fOr s5Rs lengts
Of time. MEDIOUs.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-10-05

Freul he Army and Navy Mssasngsr.I
Gen. WiEfNii IN his admirable address to the
people Of Albemarle, stated il as q fact, within
his own knowledge, that there were now 5OO,-
coo names On the muster ard pay rolls Of the
Confederate army, and the President has de-
eltred, thst if al the sbseutees without leave
would return TO their regiments, the Federal
army would be outnunbered by our own.
These statements are most gratifying, and far
Tssneoursging than anything we have heard.
recently We have been enabled to verify.thsir
accuracy BY an suiysi5 OF the army of the
United States, prepared from official reports,
aad we regard Is Of sufficient inp)rtsncs to
warrant its publication in our MssseRger to the
army.
Mr. Stanton claims that his army consists at
this tins Of twenty e1rp5 OF iufsatfy snd one Of
cavalry. They ara distributed a. follows:
The ist, 2 ,, 81 Ssh, 6ih and IL b. commanded
respectively By Gems, Newton, Hanc1ek, War,
rem, Sykes, So6gwiek sEd Siceum, together with
Pisasont0n's cavalry, constitute the army ol
Gen, Meade, tho 3 h corps, Undsc SchsEek, %
eratng ia Maryland and Western Virginia, aud
the Is a under FJstei, fr1n Oh Point to VII
mingten.
The IA CTboTa,sl, 2O.h (MeC ,ok). and 2fs
(Crittenden), }, aud Stauly's division Of cavalry
are the army Of tie CUMBERLAND which Is fs *
Cd on its LEFT by tas 3 h corps (Paks) Of Bum
sides, Ksntucky, aud the lon (1ePhsgson) o
Grants Mississippi army
The 18Th (0,d) il at N.tehcz the 18Th (SIer,
man) At VieSs5urg, the 19.h (B4nks) al n
0,leans, ard the l6h (Hulbut) aad TIE
tHsrssu6 J. are at Msmphis and st. Louis.
These control the navigation Of the Mssisi 30
and operate along It's banks,
The l0sh (GHn0Te) Is attacking Charleston
and the - (Heinizeimaa1 defending Wash
| ing,on.
IsWdn bs seen alta glance how large !. Dor
hon OF this force is rot employed for offensive
| operations against our armies in tha Geld. an
what large dstaehmsnts are required for holdn.
the country arssdy occupied by tho Invaders
| 70 ascertain the numerical strength Of th
| Northern army, It Is Necessary 70 know What
| the average number of effsceivs m5u ia Gh
army corps. This we can lsAn sppFoximsle
| 5y calculation.
| The Assistant Secretary Of War TuckeF} les
| dhes before the senase committee that HcOlsliA
had one hundred and ffty-eight thousand ms
on his rolls whea ths peninsula campaign bS
guR, Gcd the army consisted Of fiTs corps. Tn
maximum of new corps, never engaged an
never raised, then wss thirty thousand. s.
hundred bh01ssnd men GA the muster-re Is (
the tweaiy corps would be the maximas
strength OF tho eatire army, before entsrIn
upon = campaign
Mcclellan estimated bis eHsetivs force 4
oae hundred sad twelve Thousand before Il
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battles around Richmond, IS shawn By his
morning reports. His corps az thAt time diC
not exceed twenty-five thoasaHd.
At ShsrpshuTg he Commanded six CORPS, and
bis testimony is thzt they amounted to I05 600
msn-less than 2l000 IN each eorps
The Distinctive battles srould Fredericks
burg and IN Pennsylvania, and tho expiration
Of the term OF service Of msnY regimenfs, have
plo1sby reduced MszGe's coTps 70 y coo men
each exclusive ef new recruits.
The Western regiments ags said TO be fuller
than the Eastern.
Grant h4l 60 OO0 men in his three corps AZ
Fie!ssbGry; Rosserzns claims 1900 sloug the
Nsshviiis and ChAssanoCER road
? TDs corps of HuTl5ut, HETtsaf, Park8, Gu
more, Fos1er and Hsiniz almsn are regarded as
weaker than thess. of Graus or RJsscfsns, and
perhaps do not sxcsed Msads's-
A very largo estimate fsr ths twenty corps
thea would be 20,OO9 EACH OF q total of 400 600.
Bot c0neqdHZ tAs 600, 600 men 90 he muster
rolls Of the Federal army, we have 500 000 upon
the C0nted5rste r0li = very small portion Of
or army Is required fer dstselsd service; and
in wsr Of defense the militia reserves are a.
car disposal
We frankly confess that thsrs may be many
errors 10 the above calculation, bat our isisn-
ion has bean n fBds the truth, and We have
made On honest effort to be accurate.
Ihs COnsenptiOn, II enforced IN the North,
will materially strengthea the Federal army.
Oar c0nseripti0a, too, has been extsHd1d; but
the power OF the SoUth is in her reserves Twas
tbs LaNiWehT that saved GsgalAuy IN 1913. ani
..r-7 -A-z-l.1 .1n Mzsse which enabled Frederick the
Great b triumph over mo SJv-l..ilza
II we would win our Liberties, and avert the
awfdt doom OF sUblusalous We should lose 10
time ia making every msu s1iiier, either in
the regular army, or lor home defense.
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The Battle in Ea.s Tennessee.

TINS iac Gen Bragg seems to be- complsssly y
FictGrioas. The re5Hl1s 6rs greater than those
Of any battle fought BY the Dake Of WaHng
ton in Spain, so far As the loss CT men inflicted
upon the enemy Is concerned will the siugls
exception Of StlamsHcs, aud, so far as artili cry
Is concerned, with the single exc ptiou Of VII
toFja In no enc battle in the Peninsula. az
eppt Saamancs, did wellington ever capture
1000 prisoners, aad in no one battle, save Wit
toria, did he ever capture as mauY as thirfy
pieces Of cannon. Whist the loss Of the enemy
ia killed and wounded amounted to, we have
no means Of sseeTtaiEingi bGs when We con
sidsr that Rlsscrans bad sixty thousand msn, Il
is not to be supposed that he W0Rld hsvs
yielded, altsr two days fight ng, a1d LEFT
four thoUsand mon, thirty pieces CT artillery,
aud sll bis dead and wounded in our hands U ul-
loss be had sustained a loss Ia tie lst.eg of at
least Is 900 men. His eusEe loss, therefore, can
fail very little short ef 20 900 msn--killed
aoanded and pTisenefs-And these are Western
man, the very flower OF the y hole Yankee army.
There can be nc doubt, therefore, thst thus far
Gen. Brsgg's success has bssn brilhast, and
that il gees far ID redeem all the errors imputed
to him on former oceasioaS,
Nevertheless, there Is still Ealing of uncer-
1 tsjnty IN this community, who bat too well re-
/ member MarfFseshoTo, and hosy the glcrious
Drerpiss Of ere dag vas tuned to sorro9 by
l the dispatch Of the next They see Chsttaooogs.
/ ia sll is strength, directly in front Of Bragg,
aad they wst to sac it Esiakea before thsy give
asv to 10y. For the relief OF such daubtsrs, wa
are happy to announce thas ohsttano0gs is de
I lensibis Oaly against an enemy on ahe opposite
si3s OF the nEeF. Asa;ass a. enemy ca tie same
side with itself, especially Il he came from ths
east Is BcsEg does, it IS altogether indsiensibie
! Tne noanssins terminate just tLare, and pre-
ssnt numerous elevated positions, which eOu.
msnd ths plses. The probability ther5foge is
/ tbst Rosecraas viii not attempt 70 make a stand
! thsrs, bus viii e0naRas his rstrsal to Nashville
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IL vii al depaud, however. on the vieoT with
which be IS pushed BY Bragg. That general
vii shaTtiy recelve, or possibly has rsesiysd
hssvy rsinlorcensnis, and he Bas had bitter ex
periencs Of the evils resulting from dslayin this
WaT, ia 8hsca proerastinssian has always been
the object of the enemy We trust and believe.
therefore, that The enemy win Be allowed no
time to rest Every consideration points
70 continued 0Deralions- The enemy
evidently dOrs nos mean 20 sdvanea from
Ten0cssPe into Alabama and Geo7gis
during the present season. Rosecrans' plan Is
70 get possession Of the whole of Tennessee, and
render il imPregaabls in the first place. Thsucs,
h>Vlng tha hsst possible base, he gill advance
next summer upOn Georgia and Alabama. he
had si-eedY stolen ten thousand horses, upon
wren re Designed 70 mount nfaHtyy this winter,
ana sco9f me y hole north Of Georgia and Ala
oama It i8 to b9 hoped that be viii BE- diuD-
pointed IN these views Sen. Bragg has q least
made 8 good start il the attempt 30 di.supoint
him Unless, however, he be driven hack across
tbs river eur late victory viii have been Of no
vaUa.- IliGhn0Hd Dispaich
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From Rast Tenressse.

COrreapondsRss OF ths Richmond Dispstehl
BRIsTOL Tenn, Sept. 25.-In order to give
genera idea OF The situation hereabOuts, viii
stats that the main body Of our forces held Z Jl-
leUser aud CATERS depot on Wednesday last.
On thai day the forces as Caters depot or Wa
tsuga bridge were ordered to tall back to Z0l!i-
coffsr, which they did, The enemy then took
possession ot Csstsr's depot, and held it until
late Saturday avonIag, ~Aaa they burned the
dopot and tie bridge, which is s5-arRl hundred
yards long aud hiEy 0F sixty test bgh, ssEs svae-
Hated the place, retiring "a Ehe dreeti0a Of kuOK-
vile. Early Sunday m0rmng our forces Al
ZJlleotf5r moved forward II pursuit, and jones'
boro vas Oceu2ied by oar cavalry last night
The affair 81 Bl0unlBTile on tuesday lass IS
resrsssnisd 10 haYe been Rsl contested on the
uart Of our forces, numbering only soma six or
seven hundred in ali. Three pieces OF David,
sons Lynchbu,g battery were engaged, snd be-
/ haved gsstsnty, and It Is conhdehuy esseEssd
thss II thsy SSd bsoa properly supported, they
would have repalsss the enemy, nuaeeliBg
2 500 or 700. The courthouse AID ali she bess
/ buildings were burned st Bioantsviils. Oa last
/ Wednesday heavy skirmiSuiIg took Pisco be-
/ tween Z1lncUfsr aud CATERS dop5G
Tls.e Is Z lsrgenumbsr Of Tennessesns hsrs,
/ who are t0loWng up the army m order 80 &c.
| back 10 the homes they have Leit Al seem u
/ Be greatly encouraged, and ieok foIH aTt ior the
I day uh8l they can Tescn thelr homes IN rePoSe
| And safety. " n