The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1863-09-22

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intcety Mobile are So unpaBlat.
Is tbak MORE 81 tr1 HsH Of
Sado .u5ap uc On 'he ah
Of S Wember. about uomca and
cb1bea assembled IS spring I'M
aal mecb through ibr principal
streets. armed ulih clubs and ha'eh-
It, ard carrying banners 60 which
were Inscribed nraa 81 nj
Bread ar Piece soldiers jo not
G.l.t with mash spirit 81 Che feld when
their vi,c. and children ave starving
a home.
Gen. Gilmore, whose position IN
Tie Regular Army has been ilat q
Captain ia Che Engineer Corps, has
recently been promoted % a Majority.
Another promotion awaits him. Be
fore he SET ont Cor Charleston The
President offered 70 make him 4 Ma
ior General Of Volunteers, bat Cen.
Gilmore expressed lis mwalingncss
to accept Dhai rank until he bad eavu-
Ga Il ~ taking Charleston. When
he enters that city he will receive The
double star Of a Major General.
While Gen. Grant was reviewing
troops in company with Gen. Banks
at Carrolton, his morse took fright and
ran against a wagon, bringing the Gem
eral to The ground AN Secessi0nists
being extremely anxious 70 got rid q
Gen, Grant a rumor was instantly
started and spread through Secesh
circles with that rapidity with which
good news always goes, that Gen.
Grant had been killed by fall from
his horse. They were doomed to dis
appointment however, for the Gen.
eral was only slight y injured.
The Richmond Examiner Of re-
cent date, urges upon the Confederate
Government the duty Of making an
other raid into Pennsylvania, alledg-
ing that The success Of the Northern
Democratic party would be no longer
doubtful should Gen. Lee once more
advance on Meade Thus, in the
opinion Of the Examiner, The triumph
Iot the Democracy depends upon
1.-The triumph Of Lee and lis rebel ar
my. The success Of the one includes
the success Of the other. Although
the idea Of the Examiner is q very
mistaken one, the fact that rebels con.
slider their cause SO intimately conncc-
ted with the cause Of Northern De-
mocracy, should set Democrats to
thinking.
Mat-G Gen. Wihers, Of the Rebel
army, graduate Of West Point, who
has commanded tho Alabama troops
since the commencement Of the war,
has recently resigned his commission.
Rumor assigns Gen. IIeinialeman
! TO a command in Texas, Gen. Hooker
10 a command in the West, Cen But
Ter to the Department Of the Nilsson
ri, Gen. Hunter 10 a command in the
West, Admiral Farragut to the com.
mand Of the feet at Charleston. How
many Of these rumors will prove true
remains to be seen.
Cummings Point, now in our pos.
session, is the most westerly point o.
Morris Island, and is distant three
miles and thrce.q quarters from the
wharves Of Charleston, one mile and
half from Fort Sumter, and ono mile
aud thrce-qnarlers from Fl. johnson
which is the next important defensive
point for the rebels.
Blockading is paying business Gor
/ the successful ones. The commander
Of the De Soto, on that service, has
already had 100000 prize money as
signed to him.
Gen. Cass, who, il viii be remem-
bered, was too feeble TO attend thc
great meeting Of the War Democrats
Is 10 his 8lst year, aud is not expect
ed to live long.
The First Maryland Colored Regi.
mem, recruited in Baltimore, bad q
dress parade and marched through
/ the city, 1000 strong, with a bras.
band 81 colored musiciuus, making q
dne appearance aud attracting great
attention. Another colored regiment
7 Is il process Of formation in Balti-
more.
III bis spirited speech to the acres
Of people a Springfield. Illinois, Sen.
alor Chandler, Of Michigan, passed d