Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-11-20
Reports Of Rebel Desertera,
Dedication at Gettysburg.
ITO the Chicago Tribune.l
WASHINGTON. November Is

ITO the Chicago Tribune.l
WASHINGTON, November IS.
The question Of retaliation for the man
ner in which our prisoners are treated in
Richmond is slbject under discussion
here. The President inclines tc oppose,
while some members of the Cabinet are
said to favor it. AS yet, no conclusion has
been resched, but efforts will be continued
to alleviate the sufferings of our captive
soldiers as far as possible. Among the re-
turned prisoners from Richmond, is Mr..
Wslthers of Indiana, taken at Chicamsu-
gs, who confirms the statements of the des-
titut on there. He says there was not a
beef in all Richmond, for two days before
his release, and that those which had been
there for some time before had been
impressed from the farmers, under Gov
eminent authority; that the Union people
had sometimes smuggled in loaves Of bread
and other provisions to our prisoners, but
that they were still suffering greatly and
dying at the rate of about forty a day
Some 5000 prisoners recently confined in
the tobacco warehouses, throughout the
city, had been sent to Danville and Lynch
burg. Other persons from the South rep.
resent the Southern feeling as at a much
lower ebb and the enthusiasm of their
army to a great extent gone.
Norman B. Judd, Minister 10 Prussia, is
here on briefleave ofabsenee, he arrived
in the Hansa from Bremen last Saturday,
and expects to visit Illinois before his re-
turn. Schuyler Colfax arrived this eve
ming and is receiving his hosts of friend.
The President accompanied by Private
Secretaries NicOlsy and Hay, has gone to
Gettysburg. No members of the Cabinet
accompanied him but Usher, Blair and
Seward. The Secretaries of the Treasury,
Navy and War, are too busy 10 60.
The President has recently remarked
that on the question of the State recon
struction, he should take radical grounds.
He says that, in Missouri, those for whom
he did everything went against him, while
those whose requests he had denied sup
ported him.
The Richmond Dispatch of the 10th inst.
uses tbs following language respecting
Chattanooga:
All eyes are now turned upon this CEN
trail poin. Of the Confederacy and Of the
war. 1t is useless TO deny that the enemy
are about to make their supreme effort on
this field. They are consolidating there
their greatest strength. The flower Of
their armies is called there, with the best
of their Generals at its head. In numbere,
in equipments and in munitions of war,
all their preparations are of the most co.
lossl kind. The stake at issue warrants
the magnitude of their efforts; for if they
are defeated, then the backbone Of the Wnr
is broken, and all hope of the South van
5ohad apH auan from thair
mad cOunsels. If they are successful, the
South will be overrun, and it may be
many years before we can recover from
consequences. 1t is an hour of fearful
moment. The destinies Of this generation
and of the generations ye1 to come may be
involved in this battle.
Three hundred and fifty prisoners re-
leased by exchange, arrived at Annapolis,
to-day, from Richmond, in terrible con-
dition. Six died on the passage from Fort
ress Monroe and others are scarcely alive.
Most of them are nearly naked and starved
to mere skeletons.
ITO the Cincinnati Colnmerciall
WAsHIEdTox, November 18.
HEADQUARTERS Army OF THE PoToNAc
November 18.-No movement has occurred
ss yet. Everything is quiet along the
lines. Small bodies of rebel infantry are
yet north of the Rspldan, in the vicinity
of Cedsr Mountains. The country is full |
of rebel deserters, whom our cavalry are
picking up constantly, bringing in from
fifty to one hundred daily. Our regular |
cavalry pickets are two miles beyond |
CuIpepper, and cavalry patrols go down |
to the Rapidan. The cars run yesterday
through to Culpepper. The road this side |
Of the Rappshannoc is uninjured.
An intelligent deserter has arrived in
our lines, VINO left his regiment (the I'd |
Louisiana Tigers) on the 7th inst, it be- |
ing then stationed between Brandy Sta
ton and Culpepper Court House. The |
Tigers, he says, now number but four hun |
dred men. The whole rebel army now in |
front Of US he estimates at from forty-fiVe |
thousand to fifty thousand, consisting of |
A. P. Hills, EHelpa and part Of D. H. |
Hills corps The other troops have been
sent westfrom Lees army since the de- |
parture Of Longstreets corps and part Of |
D. q. Hills.
The talk was in the rebel army that |
troops would be brought back to Lees |
army, now that Hill has been suspended |
from command. He thinks Lee does not |
mean battle this side his entrenchments |
upon the Rapidan, which he describes as
rather formidable, but susceptible of being
turned
The President declines to accept Burn
sides resignation.
The rebels have refused to accept Gov.
ernment rations for our prisoners at Rich
mond, but express willingness to deliver
private donations Of provisions.
HARRISBURG, November 18.
Governor Curtin saluted the States rep
resented here by generous welcome, and
provided q special train to Gettysburg,
which left at two o'clock this afternoon.
The orator, Hon Edward Everett, went
down this morning. Governors Tod and
Morton are in their glory. Cows Brough
snd Anderson are in the Ohio delegation.
Governor Seymour viii be on board, as al
so Generals StOneman and Doubleday.
The President and Cabinet are to be there.
There will be an immense demonstration
Of the military in honor Of the brave
dead.