Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-09-28
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Night Report



Nrv YoRx, September ga special to the
Post SAYS:
The Army Of the Potomac Is In motion
Transports are loading with great activity and il
is expected a considerable body Of troops will
embark with rs little delay as possible Their
destination only be coujectured
Meanwhile there Is equal activity shown in
forwarding troops in another direction.
The Government has taken possession Of the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad, aud no more travel
for civil purposes will be allowed on IT, Some
important movement is contemplated.
Ii Is currently said here, and such, in fact, il
the purp0rt of the Information that we receive
from various sOurceS-that the reinfOrcemeuts
sent Of 10 the help OF Bragg against Rosecrans
have left Richmond almost detenseless There
is but handful Of troops lett for the security of
the rebel capital.
The late battle Of Chckamauga would have
had different result il the orders Of the Govern
ment had been more promptly obeyed The
Government was aware Of the design of
the rebels to reinforce Bragg, to over
whelm our armies by superior numbers, and sent
a message by telegraph to Gen. Burnside, order
ing him To reinforce Rosecrans with the men IN
der his command Burnside replied that he was
OIL his way To Jonesboro, and would Join Rose
Grams soon as he had occupied that place. The
Government then repeated the order in q per
emptOfN manner, OFuerliR nun 70 reinforce Rose
Grams Immediately Two days afterward tele-
gram was received here from Burnside, to the
effect that he had taken Jonesboro, and should
now proceed TO the assistance Of ROsecrans At
the last advices the main body of the troops with
Burnside was at Athens, the advance at Cleve
land The Government II not satisfied with this
proceeding Of Burnside. and il is vet 10 be seen
what necessity there was for his neglect to obey
the order given him in such express terms
l.. L n n
NJ with the delegates sent from Kansas and Mis-
souri, TO Washington TO Otest against General
Schofeds policy
By the arrival of the steamer Cahawba from
New Orleans. intelligence is received that the
troops which had been engaged in the Sabine
Pass expedition. had been di>embarked and are
to compose part of the expedition overland to
Texas
The troops were, on the departure of the
steamer moving towards Brashear City and Der
wick By as rapidly rs railroad transportation
between Algiers aud those points does allow
them To- be sent forward. The force which
originally was to 60 by that route will thus be so
much strengthened To render the expedition "A
formidable one.
Ii is said our forces crossing Berwick Bay
with their tr n, and that part of the troops are
on the march westward
| The occup ton OF Texas by troops is re
garde' in New Orleans as fixed fact
A Nashville dispatch Of the Odd gives report
from rebel pris 'ners that Joe Johnston was killed
in the late b,rtles.
Advices b, b Cahawba report tire capture off
| Ship Island {. e rebel blockade running steam
er Alabama. from Havana to Mobile, and the
rebel blockade running steamer Montgomery
also the deSti uction, by the guns of our feet of
the rebel step mer Fox. This all occurred in one
day, the 18th in e.
Gen. Barnes of Massachusetts, is to command
at Norfolk vice Gen. Naglee ordered to report to
Gen. Grant.
| special to the Tribune from Washington Of
| to dav says:
| Fifty Of Mosbey's men made descent on the
Orange and Alexandria railroad last night above
Fairfax. tearing up the track, firing popes
bridge and cutting the telegraph The bridge
has been repaired and trains are again running