The southern aegis, and Harford County intelligencer., 1863-10-02
WAR NEWS, My :

by tne afrlvh Oh ,fhe steamer ChheWDa at
New York, newsis received that our troops en-
gagged in the Sabine Pass Expedition have been
disembarked, and are to form part of an over
land expedition 10 Texas. The occupation of
Texas was regarded in New Orleans as fixed
fact. H' 10 pns1rhpqar.s o8i tsaa
VI The advices from, Arkansas are interesting.--
The Confederate General Cabell has been attack
cd in % strongly fortified position by Colonel
Cloud with an inferior force; and routed with
considerable loss. Following up this success,
Colonel Cloud, on the 9Th, attacked a Confeder-
ate camp at Dardoaelle, under Coll iStirman, cap
turing all the camp squipage and putting the
enemy to f1ightn,s 3ao q .gE tc4 ti 'nrF
cfThe expedition to Texas has not been abau-
doned Ia consequence of the hate disaster at Sa-
bine Pass. The movement Will now be made
overland. iAsdespatch'via Cairo states that the
expedition to the Red River region, under Gen.
Heron, had been perfectly successful in clearing
out the guerrillas that have infested the banks Of
the Mississippi, between vicksburg and Port
Hudson. 1.. = letHA \ iHl ,H. ~ #7"
The q. s. transport Daniel Webster arrived
at New York on the 26th from Alexandria. She
reports that on the Gath September, at P M,
passed Matthias Point saw all the buildings at
that place on fire from the United States gum
boats. One transport was lying off the Point.
Several hundred Confederates entered Win
chester, Tenn, on Thursday week, and captured
some army supplies. Winchester is in Franklin
county, on the line of the Nashville and Chatta-
nooga railway, about forty miles northeast of
the latter place.
COL Wilder, of Rosecrans's cavalry, has ar
rived at Nashville. He reports matters in front
much more favorable than is believed NORTH
He says that Longstreet's men arrived on the
cars from Virginia while the battle was opening.
He estimates our loss as very heavy. b.
1t is stated in despatch from Washington
that there is now no prospect of conflict be.
tween the armies on the Rapidan, which recent
accounts predicted as imminent
a despatch was received in Washington on
Saturday stating that bridge on the Orange
and Alexandria railroad had been burned by the
Confederates.
Adyices, BY the Cahawbaj from New Orleans,
report the capture off Ship Island, of the rebel
blockade runner steamer Alabama, from Hava-
ma for Mobile, and the rebel blockade runner
steamer Montgomery-also the destruction by
the guns of our feet of the rebel steamer Fox
This all occurred on the l2th.!a- raoou. aa ii
John Tunlin, company D, l4bth New York,
Twelfth Corps; Daniel Sullivan, company e,
lsth massachusetts,, First corps, and Charles
Williams, company ID, a4th Maryland, First
Corps, were executed for the crime Of desertion.
TAs7Others, who werp toohaye been shot were
respited by the President. g99R5s5 ta' a'' I'D
Gen. Erastus B. Tyler, has been appointed to
the command of the Middle Department, during
the temporary absence of Gen. Schsnck.
Western accounts Of the battle of Chickamau-
90 state that the Federal loss in artillery and
baggage ,has been greatly, exaggerated. The
army generally 10 said to have fought we'll, the
forces being drawn up on Monday in good order
around, ,Rpssville awaiting an attack, which the
Confederates didi dot see fit toyofer. Consee
quently the Federals1 fell back to Chat,anooga, i
taking q strong position, the troops being in
good spirits, and wanting neither guns, provi4
sions nor ammunitien. The Federal loss in Off
GERS, so far as known, amounts to one brigadier
general, six colonies, two majors, five captains,
and eight lieutenants killed Generals Stark
weather and King, and two Ahundred and sixty
eight other officers. were wounded! "A large
number Off the wounded have arrived at NASH
villa, and also some thirtecn hundred Confederate
prisonera,t ,ssi" 3}0f n7 stnsB ~ a3a NJ
Confederate dispatches dated Atlanta, Ca, on
Friday last report the lines 0fathei Southern ara
my te1beswithin four miles Of, Chattanooga
Gena Rosecranss itisasaid, ,psent in two flags Of
trace OH Thursday ssking permission to bury
tbs dead of the Federal army and to relieve the
wounded b The request was not granted. - "a
A Washington despatch to ) New York paper
says there viii be new draft for six hundred
thousand lmenf from which the egovernment ex-
pects 10 get two hundred thousaad. g 4
Both Federal and Confederate accounts from
Z Charleston TO Friday last say all was quiet.
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WnlGHTY JUnY. The Mount Holly (N.sJs)i
Herald publishes the name and weight Of each
hiemberio lot the Grand Jury at the late term of
the Burliagton county Court by which 1t ap-
peass thst Mr. Charles vansciser, the heaviest
man On the jury, weighed as4 pounds, and Mr.
Charles Ellis, the lightest, weighed 2lo pounds.
The total weight Of the jury was i, 5,s7s pounds,
and ihs average waiebt 245 pounds. Whatever
may besaid Of this jnry, no uiah win deny that
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