The weekly Butte record., 1863-11-28
News Of the Week.

Iiaitt uocAIl!lc- Ils ll.efFu pea tne exchange
# prisoners, aud Union soldiers, under this
amnabie abolition programme, will have TO
tarve, suffer and die in rebel prisons-all for
he negro equality doctrines Of the Internal
anatics who have corrupted the various de
,artmeats Of the government, and forced this
Dolicy upon the country. May the breath OF
very Union patrio: who dies in rebel dun
icon, freight the air with curses Of the fell
pirits Of aboitionism aud rebellion, and cause
mildew to fall upoa those who sustain them
Until returning seusc ard reason shall place
craftsmanship again at he head Of the govern
nent. The rebels have probably carried out
herr threat to sell into slavery oil captured
negro soldiers and are holding the white off
.ers Of such soldiers to be tried under the laws
ef the States where they were taken, for incit-
ng insuuection. It is uow stated b, telegraph
hat the War Department viii not consent TO
otny further exchange of prisoners, until an
Srrangement can be made which shall include
,Aegro soldiers The President agrees with the
Var Department in this We thank God
hat the period IS approaching when the people
,an constitutonalIy dismiss cruzy and fanati
al War Department, and wax nosed Pfcsi-
lent and place in their stead men who will
lsc the vast resources of the nation 10 crush
he milithry power Of an insoent rebellion,
ustead of wasting them upon the crack
Drained theories of faAatical zealots and
morbid philanttropists. ~ shame upon a peo-
Die claiming to be free, yet SO lost to all sense
of manhood as 10 endorse with their suffrages
policy that consigns the Union patriot to a
hopeless Imprisonment for an object so con
.emptible. They are ready to suffer iucarcer-
alton or death, for the preservation Of the gov
srnmeut but they are now left to rot in dun
geons for the exaltation Of the negro. The
promise must be kept" Was this the promise
TO the patriots who rallied at tie call Of the
government 10 put down the rebellion?
judging from the meagre dispatches from
Burnsides command, that General has lost sey
eral outposts, large number Of his troops
maintained a fight at Knoxville for TIVE or
three days, against Longstreet, and finally made
a successful retreat towards Cumberland Gap
We know not how much reliance may be plac
ed on these reports, but fear they are too true.
The report Meade's army had advanced to
cross the Rapidan is coutradicted, and again
stated that it is ready to advance.
Bragg telegraphed to Richmond on the 10Th
that Burnsde's forces had been driven into
Knoxville, AID three hundred of them cap
tured. The retreat from Knoxville is said to
have been on the 2lst
Rebel reports from Mobile state that the
Federas under Franklin, in Louisiana, had
been defeated, losing SIX thousand prisoners
and large quantities Of stores.
special despatch to The New York Times,
dated Washington, November 24th, saws The
latest news from Grant is most satisfactory.
An engagement in cur immediate fgont had
continued throughout the enre day The reb-
es, though steadily resisting our advance, have
been gradually giving way. Thomas ana
Sherman have ga. well ahead. ~ every point
Ialong the line we have forced the rebels back
There is nothing further from Burnside, but
the success Of Grants movement IS expected
speedily to relieve him from the pressure OF the
rebel colnmns-Graot'S advance compel ing
them TO retreat to prevent their capture or
destruction.
The news from The army Of the Potomac IS
up to 2. NJ. OF the 9th Several changes
of positions have been made. Fredericksburg
nights are held b. one division Of Ewens corps.
which is the extreme light Of The rebel army.
The left rests lear Madison Court iIoGsc, oa
the North side Of the Rapi1lu. This Is most
ly cavalry. The rebel army seems TO have no
faith at all that Mead, Nil advance and GgLt
before May next They are forufyipg aca
preparing winter quarters near GordonsyilIe
Lees forces are At present stretched from that
place 10 poInt or the Richmond and Freler
icksbarg road-peobably Hanover Junction,
The President is said to have resolved full
advices from Burnside bu, the information is
not considered proper for publication while the
fortunes Of the campaign axe liable 10 be affect
cd by the news.
y rebel despatch dated Charleston, Noyem-
Der Goth, states that Gilmore oont:nues throw
ing shells into the city, but says nothing of the
results Of the bombardment. The city seems
to be completely at the mercy CT ihe Union
guns.
Gold, in New York on the 24.h. was up 10
5Oa5S
MeCuan has be ID declared elected Judge Of
the Superior Coarf of New York.
Reports assign Sigel or RoSccrans to Gen.
Scheuck's place in command o. Baltimore.
after the latter shall take his sea. ia Congress.
\ Knoxville letter Of The 18Th ius.aut to the
Tribane, states that most Of tie lIsh and st
Kentucky cavalry, stationed at Marysyiile.
have been surprised and captured by The rebels.