The weekly Butte record., 1863-09-12
News of the Week.

1ne news from CIT UiOSOui luuidD ltTIi-
tory, has been received to the 29th of August.
Gen. Blunt, with an army $500 strong, and
twenty pieces of artillery crossed Arkansas
river on the 22nd, and offered battle to Steele
and Cooper, who had massed on bis front H.
600 men. After faint show Of resistance the
enemy commenced to retreat, which was soon
turned to disorderly fight. They abandoned
all their property. General Blunt pursued
them one hundred miles south of Arkansas to
Perrysville, which is only fifty miles from Red
river. At this point he captured and destroyed
their commissary depot. They continued their
flight to Boggy depot on Red river. Good
for General Blunt.
The Charleston news on September 4th was
that the rebels, some days since, made sys
tematic effort to blow up and destroy the gun
boats in Stono Inlet by means of torpedoes.
No serious damage was inflicted on the vessels
by their Internal machines. One torpedo ex-
ploded little astern Of the Pawnee aud blew
her launch, which she was towing, to frag
ments. Another exploded on board the Key.
Six torpedoes have been taken up in the har,
Dor. The object of the Monitors is to cut eff
supplies from Wagner Federal cruisers dur
ing the last month have captured the steamers
Planter, Neptune, Kate Dale, Bardley, Joseph
Battle, Alice Vivian, Crescent and Warrior,
With about 5000 bales of cotton and a large
amount of merchandise.
The Vermont State election was held on the
lst inst The Governor and Congressmen are
said to be Republican.
The schooner Eta, from Nassau to New
York with pine appless, has been seized. She
Is aid to be the pirate Retribution.
Our cruisers in the Gulf have lately sent in
several prizes. The Sangamore sent in five
small schooners loaded with cotton. The De
Soto has taken two very valuable prizes.
Burnside has occupied Kingston and Knox
vile, in East Tennessee. The rebels are evac-
uatiug Tennessee, except Chattanooga and
vicinity.
Reports show that the capture nf the gun
boats Reliance and Satellite, by the rebels in
the Rappahannock, was owing to disregard
OF instructions by the commanding officers OF
course, Secretary Welles and the Admiuistra-
tion are infallible in Instructions That the
rebellion was not crushed in ninety days was
lowing to a disregard Of instructions"
Reports from the South are that, Johuson's
army is scattered along the road between Jack
son and Mobile for hundred miles. He has
fonnd it impossible to support them all in one
body. Fifteen thousand of Pemberton's troops
refused to report at Demopolis, the rendezvous
for paroled troops. General ID. ii. Maury is
in command of the forces at Mobile. The
whole male population, white and black, are at
work on the Qualifications.
Attempts have been made in Alabama to
hold meetings TO agitate the subject of recon
structoD. One held in Greene county was
dispersed at the point of the bayonet. These
reconstructionIsts are in bad luck. Neither
jeff nor Abe will recognize them.
General Steele has routed rebel force of
1000 at Bayou Metoe. Arkansas. The rebel
loss was hundred killed and wounded and
two hundred prisoners. Our loss was thirty
one killed and wounded.
II Is reported that Governor Andrew John
son, iu speech at Nashville, Tennessee, q few
days since, avowed himself unequivocally in
favor Of the abolition of slavery. He said the
system of negro slavery had proved banefu to
the nation by arrying itself against the inter
esis aud institutions of the people and that the
time had clearly come when means should be
furnished Tor its total eradication He was in
favor Of immediate emancipation if he could
get 1t. If that could not be obtained be was
for gradual emancipation emancipation at all /
events He believed slavery to be ourse.
and wanted to see it wiped out without delay.
The report goes on to say that the speech was
enthusiastically applauded,
Reports 10 the 7th Instant state that Lees
army is being rapidly depleted by dersertion.
portion Of Buiord cavalry crossed the river
on Friday, at United States ford. and trav.
erSed the rebel country some distance overland
but saw 10 rebel troops. except a few picke,s
who fled when our cavalry approached 1t is
not thought the rebels have any troops, bat
few cavalry pickets. between Rsppahanuock
and Rapidan rivers.
The movements against Mobile are reported
abandoned \ movement is however. being
made against the rebel forces at Martinsyille
New lbera, Franklin and Camp Bristan The
plan of the rebel campaign is to march into
La Fouche, once conquered by Weitze and
very recently in the hands OF General Banks.
\ He-lphis telegram of the md gives ru-