New-York daily tribune., 1863-10-28


joicing doubt il an official dispatch announcing the
fall Of Charleston would have produced more enthusi
asm The Joy was not confined to the Ohio troops, but
was participated in to equal extent by men from I'LL
nois, Wisconsin. Iowa, Indiana, and Kentucky. The
soldiers vote gave g coo majority for Brough and
about 800 for varandgham. The 59th Ohio gave II
votes for Vallandgham out Of less than 600 1t was
raised in Of the Coppcrhead districts and did ever
better than was expected. In All Irish regiment from
Cincinnati the 10th, Brough received 20e and Vallan
dgham 70. Considering that there is scarcely man in
II who ever voted against the Democratic party think
this ia doing very well. IL remarked to me by a
gentleman who superntended the election in this army
that not of the 600 soldiers who voted for Broug
was unable TO write his name, willie large proper
tion OF the Vaandghamcrs made the autographic X.
About Thousand votes were lost TO the Union party
owing to the nonreception Of poll books in which
cording 10 the soldiers voting law the ballot OF each
organization must be recorded separately
Ii has been raining necessarily during the past three
days--a genuine drenching pouring Southern Autumn
Dai rain storm The result will be rise in the Ten
Dcssee and Cumberland Riyerr which will more than
compensate for the destruction Of few bridges by af
iodng us two additional lines Of communication with
the North Hitherto We have been dependent upon a
single thread Of railroad from Louis vile TO seveson-a
distance II moro than 300 milessdbject the incur
sions of Rebel cavalry and guerrilla b0nds who could in
few hours destroy bridge that could not bc repaired
IN week. With good stage of water in the Cunber
land supplies be- forwarded from Cincinnati and
Louisyiic to Nashville In immense quantities. The
Tennessee can be ygated 10 Florence whore there is
railrood. vhleh i being opened 20 Stevenson.
The high water has compelled the removal OF one o
the bridge, Gt this points tf6ste work Put have
still good pontoon bridge which withstand any
pressure bu, that Of drft wood which only in very
high Spring foods Tie first cnent Of Ike reSn.
forcemsnts row arriving Il, Bridgeport frm the east
will be a. take possession 81 Wils Valley the south
side Of The Tennessee and compel Gen. Bragg 10 rcts
from bis present position. At cast L Is nior that
q. 't~ Ur
ish railroad communication between Bridgeport Grd
Chattanooga.
Drscrtions from Brsgr's army are a; numerous IL
ever The hgeTa Of comm.ssiuhed officers iron a..
Confederate army IL greater than have known It,
Capt. Dckalb of tbo 3d Arkansas tGyary into
lines day before yesterday. Heisa phiadephan by birth
IA weil educated and Intelligent young man. he WAS
doing business in Little Rock when the broke
and raised company for the Rebel service Al frs.
b. believed the South would certainly and speedily
coed IN establishing her Independence eni it required
two years experience IN the field to change his opinion.
He now thoroughly convinced of the exhaustion of the
South. and af.lms that tie Con!edsracy cannui exist
Xix months longer He did not abandon TIE : uthcin
cause from motives Of patriotism. but f ola firm
,icion that there was nothing 10 he gained b. aAsrI
10 any longer, regarding the contest 10 already de-
cidrd againtt tue stakeholder and thsir allies.
Capt. D,kalb furnishes some important information
IN regard 20 the Rebel Girny our front. HI denies
the statement recently Tcb.hed IN the northern papers
that Braggs foroes now number i750Q He asserts
positively ilht II does not hcr 0v 10 reinforce
monts have arrived since the hsile ~ Ch.cAAuauga.
except one brigade Of LongstTect- corps hirh had
been u; thareston The railroad ID running hr as
Chick amanga The bridge tsis cfY-aruf dsfr. -
by our forces recently Is not being rcbN. The Amy
il ON bal. raons ~ beet. Neal and rice md IN
scnnty fare IL the cause Of much grumbng and dseon-
tent Tie men have tents and few blankets Ind tie
late heavy rains have occssoned great deal Of sufer
ing among them. Atlanta Is crowded to excess with
refugees and wounded soldiers Hotels ehnrge go a
day for very poor accommodations and tie demand
" excess Of the supply even at snch an enorbitan
tariff The Captain paid ti0 for meal the day o
his departure from the Southern lines.
JEFF. Davis has been for several days pest guest
Gen Bragg lie reviewed the troops III our front OF
Saturday last the 9th inst and made speech to then
consrstuhtng them upon their recent victory Toward
uterance to the cheering prediction that in six days the
Southern people would hear glad tdngs Of greater sig
cace than that have greeted their ears since the
inauguration Of the war He gave 10 intination OF the
character OF the invgorating in perspective and
left his auditors in state OF profound wCnderment as to
what he meant Had he received encouraging advices
nom the exile the Canadian border How his hopes
this head will vanish like mountain mist before
MONDAY when the electric fluid conveys from Gen.
Lees Headquarters the startling integence-V allan
dgham dcfen,ed-Brough's majority very larger
zen. Forest the Prince Rupert OF the Southern army
has resigned Ia consequence Of what he deemed An in
dignity IN ordering him 10 report 90 Gen. Wheeler as
his subordinate. Wheeler and Forest Malor Gen
erals Of Cavalry and not little enyious of each
other II We question who should command the cav
airy recently sent to interrupt railroad communica
tion between here aud Nashville Bragg decided in
favor of h"cer and ordered Forest Ia report 10 him
Forest in TT of indignation threw mp his commission
and bio resignation was accepted. lie Is now IL
Atlanta
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II Capt Dcha'b says that desertions would be of muc
inore Frequent occurrence bat for the precautions take
| by The Rebel Generals 10 prevent them lie had gre:
dirulry In getting out. He tried to through Nv
or threc nights ago bgt was arrested and taken
Bragg hoadqusIters. No evidence Of an intention
/ desert could be- brought against him and he was di
charged On the following day he succeeded in ge,tn
through the lines pretcns, Of wanting 10 cxchane
papers th our pckcts.
The following table Of distances on the Western an
n Atlantic Railroad. between here and Atlanta may be
II interest lust now: