, 1864-11-12
Chicago Qrtbn1tc.


All was quiet in the Army of the Potomac
on election day. Lee did Lot ATTEMPT to dis
turb the ba1lotting In our lines, thinkinr.
doubtless, that he had friends there az else.
where throughout the North, who wou1d do
the best that could be done In his behajf
And 80 he had, indeed-ouly there were not
enough ot them.
Our Cairo dispatch reports imnortant
mlht:1y changes in command below that
point. An of1eial order from Washington
assigns MI. Gen. Dana to the command Of the
10Th Army Corps, now Gen. L. J, Smiths.
Our adVices from Louisiana give an impor.
tsnt and gratifying correction Of tho recent
rumor concerning the capture Of Morranxia
BY the rebels. On the contrary, quite the re.
verse Is true They have put up a saw mul
ut Morganzia and the town is gro wing apa1e
IN Yankee bands.
There Is no longer doubt about New York
We hare carried 1t By from 5000 to 1000.
The rebels and their allies have sustained q
severe loss In the fall Of Seymour, whose rc.
dnstatemept in official position won1d have
been the preservation Of live coal Of trea:
son IN the North. Seymour is dead, po1ttf.
ca1l5 and morally. Without one honest or
loyal thought or deed for his country. his
memory will rot among honest men. and be
q blot and warning in history.
The town Of Chester, Randolph county, In
This sthte, on the Mississippi 1iyer, midway
between Cairo and st. Louis, WAS visited by
. terrific tornado On Tuesday, destroying
property to the amount of $50, 900, and sew
erA lives. The nelghboring town Of Ran.
dolph was also visited, though it suffered in
a less degrre.
Our news from the Tennessee river is of
the most gratifying nature. The reports con
ceraing the destruction Of Government
property, on land, at Johnsvtlle, were great
j exaggerated. HALF q million dollars will
cover the whole loss. No apprehensions
are entertained in regard to Its safety. The
destruction Of Government and private !
property on the river, however, is complete, |
Involving immense lois Our latest adv1ces |
report the rebel force filling back, and that
the blockade is only temporary.
We give elsewhere Major General Blupt's !
official report to-Gene1al Lane, of the defeat |
OF Price at Neosho, in Newton county, the |
jumping of place in South western Missouri. I
Good accounts have been received at Depart |
nent Headquarters, in st. Louis, from the !
columns under Generals sauborn and Mcneil,
fhat have been engaged in the pursuit OF
Price since the defeat Of bis main forces at the
Osage.
Conhrmato1y reports have been received |
that the retreattng rebels were struck at Sex-
to0ta, and had not less than four hundred
and ftty men put hor9 du combat. TIE; also
destroyed their remaining wagons, about |
fifty in number, to prevent them falling into
our hands.
The rebels were again oyertaken at Fay
ettcvtlle, Arkansas, and their retreat mate
rally hastened by Sanborn and Mcneil.
Ihey are now probably ACROSS the Arkansas
River, unless Gen. Steele las tntercepted
them.
Advices from Fort Smith, in our special
dispatch Of the 8th, give the reason why our
forces in th1t department will probably allow
Price to escape.
Glad Missouri may clap her hands for toy,
Price and his tatterdemalions are driven pell-
mel out of the back door, sans booty, sans
order, taos everything but the sans they
came with-sans culotte; and the State has
risen ard bo1ted the door. By the passage
by the people Of the Amended Constitution,
On Tuesday 1ast, Missouri ts free, and though
Eaunt and grim with the wounds and bruises
OF her painful encounter, herrugged strength
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ter das Of Freedom bless her people with
more prcgress AID development ia one de-
cade than Slavery could have brought in half
q century.
Mac pronounced the war E failure, and has
"got out" BE reminds us Of an individual
We once read OF, who upsily tell from the
top Of q stage e~coach, striking on his head.
Jehu got down In haste to attend to his
s1r{nTfnrs3n fare ard fha nthar r,aEsPnreYs |
gathered round with anxious faces "Drt-
@er," said the fallen one, regaining his scat
tered eepsea, "that was bad tip over"
The 6zHer disavowned the tip over,
and 1.-The passengers sustained the
dtiver. "Wen,'' exclaimed the victim, t'lf
! had known it wasn't tip over, driver,
4 toossld,.I Aasv got OUR The dispatch else.
where says Little Macs letter Of resignation
Was "pointed.' Or course It was; the |
whiting down the people gave Its author
nm Tnf k1.v wGntd hare that Rfffet