New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-09-07
NEWS OF THE DAY.

THE Nt-AI:.
The Board Oi EAlo,l.n. lax "a tic several Dis
triots Of t.s city busy nj work from morning III
evening. examining applicants for exemption. Eac
case is patiently investigated and the utmost courtesy
is shown to the conserpts they in tie order m winch
they we've notified present themselves before tie Board
for examination. None but sound men are accepted
and they are allowed reasonable time 10 procure sub
sues if they do not wish 10 enter the service Hthey
desire to respond personally to the roll call aurou Is
granted BY the Provost; Marshal giving them III oppoi
tunty to arrange their business before Their departure
to the Camp of Instruction. Substitutes who are &C.
cepted and paid for their prospective service are u
formed at once and sent directly 10 ElkeFs s.and'
whore they Immediately placed IN charge 81 eoApe
tent military teachers After few NeeAs discipline
they are forwarded to the seat OF waE 10 III Up thc
wasted RANKS o. our volunteers Conscripis are
treated In the same manner undergo ue
same discipline and are sent with the substi-
tutcs TO perform the same service 1t tie Mta! pss
whore they are most needed CohoTpts ndsubsutuies
are entitled the bOunies and pay accorded to VIOLIN
teers-and i'll most cases if not In every instance The!
are permitted to scee, the regiments and even tie com
paies they wish join During the past week not less
than regiment VI men each day has passed the Board
of Enrolaent. Exemptions for physical disability e1
coed ia number all other cases; next follows Gennge.
over age &C. On Saturday in the Eighth District a
colored man furnished a substitute also coored. he
was accepted aud Will be sent to one Of the cOiorcd
regiments. Now that the haryes. Is nearly over Ia
some parts Of the country large numbers Of hale and
hearty mel tempted by tho e3CJ bounty are Fastening
90 the city to offer themselves as substitutes Thus lar
however the demand has been greater than the supply.
We have some additional newsfrom Arkansas.
Gen Steele writes from Clarendon, 10th ult. Our ad'
vance under Davidson, has driven Msrmadukes cav al
~ about 1900 out of Brownsville. capturing Col Bur
bridge and some privaes At the date OF the dspGtci
frors David son. Uloyers Brigade Wa pushing tie onen,
toward BAYOU M.tiare." Gen. Fish te!esraphs ron
piio: Knob, No.. I'd inst. y deserer from Bui
bridges command reports tina; our forces FTc'
Oh the 18th at Brownsville and bayou Miiiare. lie
Rebel forces were driven back acrcs Tkansas H' 81
ON Wednesday forenoon hast. The eDtns force Was ~
full retreat Steele and Davidson hoiy pursuing them
Hundreds are deserving. MaT,nadukes command Was
wholly routed and scattered. Little Rock was "!iili
the grasp Of the Union army Tie people Of Arkansas
north OF White River, praising God for tie pros
pectiye deliyerance nom tie JEFF Davis despoisE An
Other 6ispach reports the driving Of the Rebels across
BAYOU Mltiare. They were 100 strong they burned
che bridge behind them; 200 were captured and 10,
killed and wounded; lOSs 80. Gen. steele was
at Oavslls Blum On tie 3lst alt.
Adviccs to the ith inst. represent nearly the
whole Of Eastern Tennessee evacuated b. tie Rebel
and open to troops with tie exception o. Tie Chat
tsnooga e,ion; and from all the indications afforded
by the position Of armes II is probable that ber
many days sa learn that this region has also beeL
abandoned. The ODjuacion Of the forces d Generals
Rosccrans and Burnside at KngsiOu-portions Of both
commands having entered the town together at it, cap
ture Cd Wednesday-pIoYcs that a combined movement
OF the two armies is Lot only in progress but that TIE
irtiatory action develops plan of the forthcoming cam
osign IN Eastern Tennessee which presages success
General Burnsides troops reached Kingston from Lex
ington. Kentucky moving soutnEarJ, and Gen. Rose
crnnss forces marching eastorly from Tuahoma'
formed JUNCTION which leaves Knoxville IA imminent
peril
We have dates from New-Oroans TO tie 10Th
uit.. BY the steamship George Washington Iniorma-
eon was received ut New Orleans On the 27th tia, the
Rebels In the A,takapas country had crossed Grand
Lake to the lumber Of 5000. II WAS not known what
their designs were but it was thought that descent
upon BrasAea- City for The puposc q obtaining sup
rles. of which they stand 50 much in need the
principal object q the sudden movement.
A gentleman at Vicksburg writes private
letter 10 TIE S. Lar Ee0s TO the effect that the negr'
regiments. now In process Of organization down th'
river being flied up very r'pidy He thinks abon
60 OF these regiments win he ready for service by the
Ist VI October He gies it al Lis opinion formed nom
what be has seen " these sable sodcr and the spiii
with which they cnbt Tie; they will be very efficient
Element In the service.
A letter from Mr.. Edward Simpson Of New
srk, n j.. dated Oh board the steamer Vanderbilt July
e. was received by his father Friday The vessel at
that time was ut IO Janeiro ard tie letter makes no
mention Of the fight reported by the Rebel ournals All
On board we're wel aud in good spirits.
Since Burnsidcs army moved into Tonnes
the Rebel guerras have been threatening an inya
sion Of Eastern KeatGeky. Nothing serious has oc
cnrred asyet
Dispatches from Memphis represent all quiet
In that region good supply Of cotton was coming
Into the city.
NEWS FROM EUROPE.
BY the arrival Of the City Of NcwYork and
tas Germania, We have news from Europe to August
Qs. four days later than tina: previously received.
Tho Executive Committee Of the Emancipation Socie.
~ have addressed urgent memorial to Earl Russell,
alleging that the builders Of tie Alabama are about to
launch two powerful iron plated steam rams for the ser
vice Of the Confederate States. One OF these yes.
ses was said " be on the point Of sailing The GoJ.
tMnstsrisI organ thinks that the memoralsts have
nsde out no case; that they do not forty their
tfns BY single affidavit declaration or even the re
bit Of sngle fact Lx reported that vessels Oh tho