Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1863-11-26
Fron the Cincinnati Gazette, sd.
NEWS or THE DAY.

was q panic among the East Tennes
scans. and much excitement generally
The rebel force was variously estims
ted at eight to twenty thousand. Ou
advices from Washington indicate al
easy feeling at the War Department
regarding Burnside's situation. 1
will be observed by our letter from
Lookout Valley that Gen. Howard
sent word to General Thomas on th,
9Th inst. that Longstreet had movet
against Burnside. There was no sur
prise, therefore. about it; and we neec
not be surprised to hear of importan
movements from Chattanooga. There
were rumors in the city yesterday
that Burnside had captured four thou
sand prisoners, but it was not traced te
any reliable source.
The army of the Potomac appear,
not to be doing much. It has not sd'
vsnced lately.
The Leavenworth Kansas Conservs'
tive publishes a letter from General
Blunt's train, dated on the 10th inst
The train was then safely encsmped
about fifty miles from its destination
Fort Smith. Its progress had been
slow, bnt with the exception of two
men who had been killed by bush.
whackers, 1t had met with no accident
or trouble.
The quota Of Kansas is officially
stated at 1859.
Admiral Milne, Commander,in-cbief
OF the British navy Oh our Eastern
coast, 10 his reply to an address of the
merchants of Halifax recently, paid q
high tribute TO the naval commanders
and authorities and the Government Of
the United States, for their uniform
Kindness and courtesy toward himself
and bis officers. He also stated that
the government of that country acted
honorably and promptly with regard TO
every communication sent to it by him.
This reply has been "gsll and worm
wood" TO the rebel sympathisers in
Halifax. and they would glad ly sup
press tiff they could.
We have recently published General
Hurlbut's order. impressing all the
able bodied men 10 Memphis into the
military service. He has issued a
second order, by which they are per-
mitted 10 join volunteer companies,
who will be supplied with arms for
home defense. and subject to the orders
of the commanding officer Of the dis
trict. Failing to do this within ten
days, they will be put into the various
regiments and batteries to fll vacan-
cies. The Memphis pspers say there
is great CONSERVATION there, and multi
tudes of would be non-combatants
are besieging the rovost-Marshal's
Office, to get passes TO come North
We infer that they are not granted, ex-
cept to the old and disabled.
Mr.. Busted. the newly-appointed
Supreme Judge of Alabama, has been
journeyman printer, lawyer. corpora
tion counsel, brigsdier-general, and is
now about to assume the "ermine. -
In politics he has always been Demo-
crat. and during the war has labored
hard in support of the Administrat ion
and Of the unity of the States.
Our Saturdays dispatches contain
very important news from the Rio
Grande. Our troops occupy Browns
vile, bat did not get possession until
the rebels bad sent all the Confederate
cotton there into Moxico, and burned
the United States barracks and part
of the town. Banks force (IO,OOO)
were too small for his objects, but we
presume he has been re-enforced be-
fore this, as we have notice Of the de-
psrture of some of bis Louisiana
troops for Texas from Berwick's Bay.
The Mexican commander at Matamo-
ras has lent General Banks three fine
steamers.
The European news by the steamer
Persia, which we publish in another
part of this paper, contains among
other important matter, full report Of
the Emperor Napoleon's speech. at the
opening Of the French Chambers.
On the 18th inst, the United States
Marshal at New Orleans seized all the
cotton in the city, by order Of the
United States District Attorney
Most of the cotton, it is believed, had
been purchased from disloyal own
ers.
Gen. Robert Andersen will not, as
has been stated, remain at Newport, r.
l., until the close Of the war. Having
been retired from the army and or
dered to report to Gen. Dix. New York
will be his place of residence. His
physicians are Of the opinion that his
health can only be entirely restored by
q complete abstinence from service for
some years to come.
Thirty-six prisoners escaped from
Castle Thunder, Richmond on
the night Of the 18th by mining un-
der the northern walls into private
lot. Twenty.three were afterward
caught.
Flour is arriving slowly at Rich.
mond and commands 800 bsrrel.--
No arrivals of wheat are chronicled.-
Corn is quoted at s14tO sl5 bushel.
Cornmeal SIS to S16. Butter is firm
at So rs. Cheese Sc to So so. The
Wing thinks the approaching Christ
mas will be q bitter one. The Wing
mentioning the loss Of Generals Polk.
Hill, Forrest, Cheatham and Buckner to
Brsgg's army, says that it would be
willing to spare even Generals as able