New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-09-10

take with him Capt NoHrg, captured Fedora. ohcrT'
and deliver 10 Can't Marshall. of the gunboat TIE ness
agc-copy OF which Is appended and numhcicd 3. '~
the boats and skfs having been tken of ny citi'
escaping from tie fort during tho engagement TIC
message could not be Delivered, although every effort
made 20 induce Cartlin Marshall 10 send Us Lost
ashore by raising white flag, with which Capt Young
walked up and down The river in vain. signaling ncr "a
%, Jr send out boat. She finally moved OH ana
disappe rcd 1rcund the bend above tho fort.
'cu. Gilmore with're~ his forces fiom the Fort be.
fore d4ik and camped few mles east Oi it. On the
wurainc u The l3i again dispatched Captain Amber
sYs 20 Foi. PILLOW FOR the pui pOse O placing. II DOsl.
hle toe Federal wounded on board their Transports.
end report 10 me- his return toe condition Of atairs
the river respectfully refer you to his report mum
bcred G.
/ Ny loss in the engagement was 90 killed and 80
wounded. That ct the enemy unknown; 22S we're
barred on the evening u the battle. and quite number
were buried the next day by dciaIl ron the gunboat
He't We ptured six pieces Of artillery viz, two 10
paUudef parrOft guns, Two l2pOundcr hoHItzeTs and
tyo brass 6p0anger gins, and about $50 stand II small
Gfms The balance Of tue small arms had been thrown
into the river. A i tie email arms we're picked up
where tie enemy threw them d0wn--a few IN the
trt the bGce scatterd from the top o the hill o the
wrters edge.
40 negro women and children and after removing every
thing ~ yalue fer able 10 do so, tue warehouses,
tents, &c, were des' rnyed BY fire.
Among our severely wounded Is Lieut.. Col. Wiley
NJ Reid, assigned temporarily to the command Of the
5th Mississippi Regiment, who fell severely wounded.
while leading his Regiment When carried from the
field he was supposed to be MORALLY wounded but hopes
are entertained OF his ultimate recovery. lie is brave
and galltt officer courteous gentleman, and con.
sistent Christian Minister.
cannot conrment 800 highly tho conduct OF Coils.
Bel and McCuOes and the officers and men OF their brig
aides which composed the forces OF Brig Gen. Cha mcTs
They fought with courage and nrepidity and without
b. assaulted and carried of the strongest for
ttcatlous in the country
On the 18TH. ut Brownsville received orders which
rendered u necessary 10 send Gen. Chalmers In COM
mGnd Of bis own division and Bells brigade. south.
ward Hence. have no official report from him, but
WILL soon ~ il can be obtained forward complete
let Of k led and wounded which has been ordered
70 b. made out and forwarded at the earliest possible
moment.
In closing ny report desire to acknowledge the
prompt ard energetic action Of Rrg.-len. Chalmers,
commanding the forces around Fort Pillow. HIS faith
al ,xccutJu IL al movements necessary 10 the success
ui nccCmp went Of the lects 81 he expedition, en-
titles him 10 SPECIAL mention He has 20 be proud
Of the copduei OF officers and men OF his commauA
for their granty and rolrase IN assam ting anu carry
ing tie eBemYs works. without tAe assistance oil arI
lery or D-yonets
10 any staf ns heretofore, my acknowledgements
are due, for their prompt and iathfdI delivery of all
am, Colonel, very respectfully.
Your ob5dient scryant.
(Slgned.) =, n; B. FORREST,
Mai. Zen. Commanding
From the Richmond Examiner, sept. :, 1861.
rnB WAR NEWS
The most interesting item OF news received
yesterday is tie following aspaieh from Cen. Hood;
"Gen. BRAGG: The enemy itndFew fron ny mont
in the direction Of JonesOoFc. lat ngnt; ,r
Sherman may have withdraw 20 JOnet Oor0 with the
intention Of remaining there until ss rIroad conmn
ulcaton clA &c Completed up tor hin; OF he may be
pro .ecting nnOther extensive flank movement similar
10 the one that has JUS: given him Atlanta without
IA general engagement. lie may Try IL throw q heavy
hody Il HIS troops between Hood ahc Atlanta. IL
Is plain irom his recent operations. that It Is more
on object with him 70 throw hase.i in Hoods than
10 storm positions lie no doubt reasons thai. colld be
succeed fn efecling Judgment between Hood and
Macon Hood would lie compelled TO attack hin or
abandon Macon wthcut blow. very few days VIII
disclose his piaps-ve hope our general VIII penetrate
THE EVACUATION OF ATLANTA.
We have learned little IN alton 10 TIE abandonment
Of AtIluta which tie intelligent reader nsbt not nave
red from General Hoods official despatch, published
on Monday. IL appeared from that despatch that At
lanta Lud been abandoned suddenly ana IN the night
and q inference inevitable that everything III The
as Of stores and munitions Of war. excerpt wnat our
men could carry their Jacks had been destroyed To
prevent is falling into the haLds of the enenystOres
had 20 DO Dasnt 9lInuHliion blown up oSeh was the
ease.
We have what We deem authentic information that
our whole loss III killed aud wouDGed Ia the tights at
Flint River and the next day Jone.b oIo was rot
thonslnd uen kiIei and wounded. his TACT has one
bad aspect hose hghts lost Us Atlanta anu the small
% loss Killed aud wounded proves tnat by gem
,rasip lone the enemy got possession Of the city, IN
defn Of which Hood had intended rs all the world
knows deliver desperate battc. Tho fact s while
Hood thought the bulk Of the Yankee army was IN lis
front at Atlanta ii was twenty niles in his rear Oh the
Macon ruad We hope he III be on the Lookout for O
repetition Of tie movement
FROM PETERSBURG.
All quiet at Petersburg. The enemy throw an ocoa-
so mai smell into the town without Any special object that
can be OWNED.
he ,neI, ore reported be massing the Davis
house on tie Weldon ruad, two miles south oi the city.
IL suppo,e 10y some they mediate an aitick n thia
point. TINS Is, however. all speculation.
JouN MORGAN.
The telegraph communicates Intelligence that the
brave ana chiyplIic chief John ii. Morgan, ol Ken
Luci v e. 1t Grecnyile. East tennessee. on the 81
lust.ut Tae circumstances VI his death have not
reached Us. lie lact that he las fallen Will be sum
Gent 20 pnelFte every patriotic heat Ia the land
u nth the Gcutfst ,rltI
This Is hot the line TO write account OF his life or
serv ces An ADLER pen wh DO juttcc 10 the subject,
lur tcy offer to the boaraphei Ia, dchls when WIZ III
to- ct Wherever patriotism AiS Vutiry AID galahtiy
mn ud nifcr Gen. Morgan HG e. d secluded from VIZ
GINA AID keamcsy par rt1ge-sai eofr IN HUNS
yc Aiban June at, 4o-o. aud hao Jnsl entered t1e
thlrtY-s,y MI YER II Ais ago ms mhitiry framing
" a acauir d Ia he Wal with Mexico, and bi his own
plar ice subsequently IA captain "i hentucAy 'oin'
ieprs but IOs ssed inuitsey tie genius oi sue.
ie ro, t., his own genins and brillilnt exploits from
Tue command VI a pad Of IN, neignOors with whom
I entered the Of tio Confederate Stetes 10 tho
mi. al l,iignliel .tfuefaL lie had enslrlned bmseli
l., ,1 aae.,,rs of III trle mCa OF Kentucky. among
,yhoui intelligence ons ulinely death wl DC received
a, A., an emotion no h3gu igc cal portray lie was a
al tte true so ulci--SSniu Ill MS ulSusl-
,,,Y aneeonae and tcuder among his friends. india.
er and Kind 10 hs soldiers, energetic and brave as a
p dor wise la cDunsel va-ient in bitte-he mas carved
a bright which VII. aaOfn one OF the proulest
icbes in temple I'll ttmc
AFFAIRS IN MEMPHIS, &c.
MOBILE, sept. ga special dispatch to The
Pegisier. from aelatobie. to-day. says;
Scouts report tie nai tnfe " Davai.s Bun, Ark,
.,it, twO Gu blnis ini seven transports.
Gen Gficfson. With cavalry and artillery. has gone
,c,oss the river from Memphis
Twelve Transports loaded With troops passed down
he river from Nempois Friday night. Their supposed
destination ~ Waite River.
NJ, .ir.ul,fion in ncmphis OF III, M,orpoIi,a, d..