The Shasta courier., 1863-11-28
EASTERN DILIGENCE

Washington, 2lst-It is officially announced
| that Gen. John G. Eos er will relieve General
Burnside of the command of the Department
and Army of the Ohio. That Department will
hereafter consist of the State of Kentucky, uorth
| of the Tennessee river, and such parts of Ten
nessee as may be occupied by the troops Of that
| army.
An important official order was issued to- day
which announces that all regiments rc-enlis,ing
are giren thirty days furlough before their ser
vice expires to return home.
It is said that Gen. Rosecrans will go, or
rather has been assigned, to the command OF
the Department of Baltimore. Gen. Schenck
will give up that command on the lst of Decem-
Der and take his seat in Congress.
New York 2lst-The Evening Posts Wash
ington correspondent says: The War Depart
ment has advices from Burnside of en- our
aging nature He has no fears of movement
from the South.
Onr forces occupied Madison Court House to-
day. This looks like flank movement. Our
cavalry are said TO be already in the rear OF
Lees fo.ces. There is no doubt as to The result
of an engagement between Lee and Meade
should one occur.
Washington 22d-The Times special dis
patch says: The recent capture of tho block
adc runners off Cape Fear RIVER On. C.). has SO
frightened the North Carolina authorities that
they have given up the business and let out the
privilege OF importing contrab md goods 4
private parties.
A gentleman who has arrived from Fortress
Monroe saws the correspondence Of the respeo-
tive agents for the exchange of prisoners has
degenerated into personalities and loss of mu-
tual confidence. which impairs their usefulness
The payments for all branches OF the puolic
service for the fiscal year ending June next
will reach $903, 900, 900, of which amount
5000, 900, 900 are for the army, and 6O,0oo,ooo
for the navy. A sufficiency of money has been
placed in the hands of Paymasters to pay the
troops during the present month.
New York, 2lst.-A Tribune letter from Bra
zos, Texas dated November Sth, says: On the
arrival of the Banks expedition being made
known the rebel sympathisers threw the guns
of Fort Brown into the Rio Grande, and burned
the greater number of the dwellings at Browns
vile, leaving the Unionists in possession. The
rebels took the cotton on the Texas side across
the river. After ferrying over all that was
owned by the Confederates, there was general
destruction of the cotton remaining. The 9th
Illinois Regiment raised the flag over Browns
willie on Thursday Mt 0 o'clock A. NJ, November
5th. Gen. Banks arrived soon after. At last
accounts seven regiments hao arrived there.
The Posts New Orleans correspondent says :;
Gen. Banks entered brownsville. Texas, Novem-
ber 5th. A small force of rebels had burned
all the United States barracks there, large
amount of property and part Of the town, and
fled on the fourth. Our prospects were good.
Banks, however. needs $4,000 more troops
The people are generally favorable to the Union.
The Mexican General Cabas, who was refugee
in Brownsville, on November 6th was called
upon by the civil authorities to organize the
cif the Numbering relplS and Dut
out the conhagration.
After the entrance of General Banks, Cabas,
with his forces, advanced on Matamoras, drove
out Ruissa, who WAS favorable to the Unitei
States, and sought refuge in brownsville. Caoas
then hosted the French flag. On the follow
ing day Cabas was attacked by the Ruissa par
ty. Cabas was shot RuiSsa was again re-
instated, but was again compelled to fly by
Cortinas, who has seized Matamoras and has
issued a pronuhciamento re-establshing &e
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