The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-10-29
EAs LA.L.GsT NEWS.

The following is from the rebel pa
pers: lI4 t..t f..H
ChielaBtaagd, Oct 21-Gen. s. Cooper
The following dispatches we're received
from Major. General Steyenson:
Charleston, Tenn, Oct 20-Our caval-
ryunder Morrison and Dibbord attacked
the ehemy's cavalry in force AT Philadel-
phih TO day, capturing about 400 prison.
ere, their artillery, small arms camp
cquipage, &C. Our loss nothing. They
are entirely routed.
Charleqoa, Tenn, Oct. 81 The enemy
were pursued TO their defences ut London,
and arrived there after dark. The force
is not known. Their loss is seven humid
red prisoners, five wagons loaded with
stores, ten ambulances, six pieces of ar
tilery, a lot of horses, mules, and other
property.
ClNoINNATI, Oct. 26-Gen. Rosecrans
said in o speech before the Merchants
Exchange yesterday, that it was his firm
belief, that, if the forces recently sent to
Chattanooga had been ordered there be-
fore, as they ought TO have been, the back
bone Of the rebellion would have been
broken. The General left last night for
his home at Yellow Springs.
KNOXVILLE, Oct 25.--Col. Crawford
has returned from the expedition TO dis
tribute arms through Virginia, North
| Carolina, and receive recruits; was sue
ccssiul in both. The people ATE rising
every where.
Maynard and Brownlow spoke TO TWEEN
| tY thousand people. Their ultra radi-
calism was received with enthusiasm.
CAIRO, Oct --ThesteAmer Liberty,
No. 2, Conner Captain, Hart clerk, ar
rived last nightst eleven O'clock with
Memphis dates OF the Oath,
From the Bulletin take the following
account of the opera ions in Gen. w. Il.
Sherman's new depar ment:
= Fhe advance OF the Union forces east
ward met with stout resistance on
Wednesday, the 2lsl inst, at Cherokee
Station, on the Memphis aud Charleston
Railroad, about eight or nine miles this
side Of Tuscumbia.
The troops of the 18th corps meet the
rebels with their usual bravery, however
and soon made themselves masters OF
the position. On the day previous bril- 1
cavalry fight took place near the same
spot between a considerable body of il.
fantry and cavalry, in which six rebels
were killed and fifteen wounded and lef
on the field. Our troops went into thu
rebels with . shout, cuttipg and slashing
right and left, and cleared them in shor
order, loosing only two men and fy,
horses killed. dsud 0G~ ,Us
The Sd Regular Cavalry also went for
ward to participate, but the Ohio boy
had completed the job. This was OF
Tuesday. The cavalry then fell back I,
the rear of the advance of Gen. 0ster
hau's division, Next morning (Wednes
day) broke dark ar d lowering, with rail
and fog. The movement of the first di
vision of Gen. Osterhaus, which was Il
have been at 6 O'Clock, was delayed I'll
. 8. Tho I'd division, Gen. Morgan L
smith, lay close up to the first, waitin
until it shalt move ahead before striking
camp. Maj. Gen. Blair commanded bot
divisions.
II When General Osterhaus moved for
, | ward toward Tuscumbia he had not pro
ceeded far before the advance, consistin
of the 4th, 9th, 25lh, Goth, Both, aid th
[ 21st Iowa regiments, encountered lArg
force, estimated at between four and 81
thousand, under the csmmand of tn
rebel Generals S. ID. Lee, Roddy, an
Richardson. A heavy musketry fir
was Immediately opened, and the hgt
was furious for an hour, when the rebel
, fell back with heavy loss in killed an
? wounded. Gen. Osterhaus hurried u
several "a pounder Parrots hich mad
havoc In che ietreating columns, and on
whole divisions were soon on the grount
The loss on our side will not excee
100 killed and wounded. ft
. A rebel dispatch from Johnston wa
! recently captured, in which the reb,
! officers have been coniured not to PERM
our forces TO open up the road betwee
! Memphis and Decatur tHtD
WASHINGTON, Dot. GA lady, IL
wife Of an officer in the Southern army
recently arrived in Norfolk, says that sh
came from Mobile, Ala, and reports thi
the city was threatened by the Federi
troops, who were near enough when 81
4 left 10 watch the movements Of the reb'
! garrison, and the inhabitants were b.
. ginning 20 think that the city would soc
!. fall into our hands, as there were fe
d available troops, and they were resortir
\ 10 deceptive measures to keep up the OIL
4 pearanee of alarger force than they ha
d even the women dressed up in mon
n clothes and parading in the outskirts
! the city az soldiers, and should the eli
> be attacked, no resistance could be mat
Il by the present force,
b. Major General Buell., who is in h
= city, states that he has had no intim
'f ton Of being appointed as Chief Of Ge
p Grants Staff or TO any other duty
3 CiR. Inquire, 2Ih n rL
y HEADQ'Rs U. s. QUARrERMRs DrP'T,
CHATTANOOGA, TENN, Oct ~, 1863
GENERAL ORDERS no. go.
l. Il is reported that Officers of this D
" partmont have demanded aud recsiv
re from their subordinates receipts for
ao greater weight Of forage than they la
be- actually received Such practice is
p. violation Of The regulations, aud opens
door for extensive iraNds, and is m,
reprehonsible.