Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-11-01
Correspondence Between Generals
Grant and Lee.
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From New York .

Nav YORK. Oct 81 BY arrival o. the
mail. via Fort Monroe have North Caro- iu,
dates Of the 9th
The late frosts have materially check Ell the
yellow lever. Medical authorities say il will not
be safe for parties 10 return who have not been
exposed 10 fever until cold weather let's IL per
manently.
The reported death 81 Col. Heaton and son j.
incorrect Both have recovered Tie number
of deaths from yellow fever will no, exceed = 900
consisting mostly Of citizens and refugees The
fever originated from a ship at the foot of era
ven street. in NewbeTn, which was flei ~ last
June by Capt Brady with manure ard barrels
OF rotten meat.
Rebel papers appear 10 Ice unanaOgs in iavot
of srming the blacks The editor of the South
err Confederate writing 10 lis paper from Rich.
moud sSys. tho pressure brought upon authoIi
Ties here lavoring the armihg OF the blacks has
been too strong To resist, hence. with gratitude,
am able to state. officially. that arrangements
are now being made to arm. FOR the spriug
pacn, 300 900 slaves, whose masters are To be
compensated bv The Coriedera'e Governments
The slave. thus armed are to have then freedom
and fits acres vi land each which assures them
permanent home in he South
The Richmond Epqurer of Friday contains
the following:
Official news cOin,s at si attack by Mosby
upon a heavily guarded wagon train oil the ere
ny near Bunker Hill in which. although unable
60 bring of any booty on account Of the heavy
guard which attended. he killed one general.
captured AMI wounded various others. and made
good his retreat
Oar readers viii remember that Gen Dufle
was captured, seen alive and well afterwards by
a prisoner who escaped i tead as the above
rebel dispatch asserts. re murdered IN cold
blood
The Richmond papeJ- give 0ut few div.
since thsi Mosby would hereafter murder aDy
Yankee prisoners whom he mi ght take ia retail
alton for the murder OF several % his oan men.
Gen Dufie was the son of Rev Dr. Dufhe, sa
eminent Presbyterian Divine Of Detroit and Ell
tered the service NJ the hrS' outbreak nj the
helOn
The Times Washington special ~avs. Govern
ment transports having been fired into the
Potomac All expedition was sent DOM in the vi
unity OF Wvcomoco lule' landed, and all the
licences known a. harboFs for rebel SVmpsrhScfs
and gueFrillas DESTROYED
The Times coIrespondeus With Butler. afIay
details now Two OF gu; bngades fell into rebe
trap on Thursday last: When Gen Weitzei
reached be Williamsburg road lie found vide
open space anil disconnected tedoub,s ou either
side OF the high~sY The place seemed tavors-
Die fOI demonstration, aud toe works seemed
only ieebly msnned--,he enetny using but one
gun IN the Teioubt "a tie right oi the read Gen
NeiIzel deemed it advisable 10 a,temp; the cap
ture of the work and -ent into the assault Cul-
tones aud Fairchld's brigade The troops adj
vancej gallahlly. with j sheer To within few
hundred wards at the works the right. when
suddenly other works Opened deadly cross fire
OF GRACE and strapped anJ our troops were IN =
sfap from which there vas LITTLE chance OF escap.
+ ing majority ~ hoth hfigadas made
urisOners.
Brig Gen T = Ransom commanding the
18th army corps ia sherman srmv, died a;
Rome, Ga on St,nfia, last,
vessel arriving here reports speaking, Oh
Thursday 'a. with the cunboat Mobile in chase
OF the pirate Tallahassee
Another vessel reports tina, the steamer Ticon.
deroga visited The British West India Island OF
Granada on the 22d ult for = supply Of coal, but
the authorities would not -, her have i, ard OF
tlercd her - leave.
According 70 the Richmond Examiner the lss,
Jas filter in that city coascTipted the other
day He made an effort So get inside OF the
Union liie-. hnt Wa ctp,urei ard sent 20 Castle
Thunder.
Inc Commercials Washington special saws
the tfsl of Col North. New York State Agent,
charged sith completely in the recently discover
cd election frauds, commenced today before =
militsry commission.
Judge Portet VIM Kelly and / r. Allen,
commissioner, appointed by Gov. Seymour 70
investigate the action Of the government are in
-essiOn 81 WillaTd's Hotel
some Of the shareholders in loNer Maryland
afe holding their slaves 20 trv The question Of
emancipation ia the courts.
Ga the 18Th instant. General Lee wrote 10
General Grant complaining of General Buffers
placing reoe prisoners uuder fire in ret aliatiOn
.or rebels putting coored soldiers, captured by
them in like position. and proceeded 81 much
eueth 10 show that il has always been recos-
nized that owners OF -laSes were entitled "a
their slaves when fecaptured. J. VAS % under
me Cated Ststes CONSTITUTIONS. ~ even after
tue var of 1912: Engleui paving indemnity Tor
slaves capiurec. hence when cOlorsd soldiers
we're captured their owners could claim them
and they bsa been put 81 WORK the forti6cs
tons, be GenGsl Lee, bai however ordered
them 20 be siihdraWn from her exposed posi-.
ton and sent 20 ,he rear
General Grant N reply informed General Lee
that these prisoners Of var having been removed
from their exposed position tue rebel prisoner.
. hsd been also removed he also informed hin
that be had nothing 10 do with the diseu sion Of
the slavery question aud declined 10 answer biz
: argument. bu, he sssured him that though b.
would regret the necessity. whenever he was in
: formed OF our pfisouers being treated unkindlv
: be would il dict ike treatn-E' unon At s.ius
number OF rebel prisoners.