The weekly union record., 1864-02-27
The Legislature.

Tne Legislature.
unsurveyed lands, an Act to amend an Act te
provide for the location and sale of the unsold
portion of the lands granted TO the State fol
school purposes, and an Act supplementary to
an Act in relation to suits for delinquent taxes,
we're passed, on the 18th
An Act to divert the sum of $4,000 from
the Library Fund to establish District Libra
ries was Indefinitely postponed and the Senate
refused to concur in the House resolution to
print 5000 copies of the patriotic resolutions,
on the Goth
Both branches Of the Legislature adjourned
over, on the Goth. until Wednesday, 24th-to
celebrate WashiDgton's birthday.
Upon Resembling, on the oath. bills were
introduced in the Senate for Nautical school
at San Francisco, and to tax mines on private
lands, and bills were passed granting right of
way to canal companies, to amend the Sabbath
law, and to allow Provost Marshals and T. S.
Revenue officers to carry concealed weapons.
Also, Smiths bill 10 extend the time for build
ing bridge across Feather river at Oroville
In the Assembly, bill was introduced
amending the militia law. and bills passed to
create the county Of Alpine, and to provide for
adjourned sessions of District Courts.
In the Senate, on the 25th, the Committee
on Claims recommended the passage of the bill
to pay the old Indian war bonds and coupons.
Smith introduced bill to pay the expenses
incurred in the Honey Lake border difficulty,
and another to amend Act concerning official
fees in Butte. The fence bill, which came from
the house, was amended and passed.
In the Assembly several bills of no general
importance were passed.
LETTER FROM CHArrAyooGA.-Weh have been
permitted to read letter written by Capt
Sullivan, of the First Brigade, 1st Division of
the Fourteenth Army Corps, to his father, Mr.
David Sullivan, of this county, and dated
Chattanooga, Dec. 23d, 1863, giving a sketch
Of Rosecrans' operations from the battle of
Stone river until their conclusion at Chcamau-
ga, and a brief account OF Gen. Grants subse-
quent campaign. We make few extracts:
We crossed the Tennessee river at Bridge
port, Alabama, then crossed Sand Mountain
and Pigeon Mountain, aud at Dug Gap we over.
hauled Bragg, routing him with heavy loss on
our side the loss was slight. About this time,
Bragg was reinforced by all the available force
OF the Confederacy, getting force of two corps
from the Virginia army under Longstreet. On
Sept. 10th, we came upon the whole force at
Chcamauga, Georgia, where we bad one of the
most desperate fights of the war. The rebels
outnumbered US at least three TO one and, af.
ter three days hard fighting, we cut our way
through them and got to Chattanooga. will
tell you how we managed to avoid being cap
tured. At several different times, our Brigade
would charge the woods or any place where
the rebels made their appearance-and gener,
ally there would be Division of them together
when of course they would be too strong for
US, "6ve to one; :" then we would have to break
and run back four or FIVE hundred yards, when
we would form again and come up yelling like
devils, when the rebels, thinking we had been
reinforced. would give way and run; then we
would gobble lot of them in and send them to
the rear, but toward the last, we got into such
close quarters that we would send them back
into their own lines, for, when we would make
charge toward the east and rout them from
their position, we would have to turn right
about and charge force who were coming up
in our rear. Our Brigade was the first in the
fight and the last out, and our loss was very
heavy; but l think that fought over about
the hardest part of the field, and | am sure |
saw three dead rebels to one ,rhHe man.
As soon as we got into this place (Chatta-
nooga), we began to fortify, and managed to
hold the rebels n check until we were reinforced
by the ii th and 18th Corps. under Fighting
Joe" Hooker, and the 9TH Corps, from Vicks
burg under Gen. Sherman. At the same tme
Gen. Grant took command of Our whole force
at this place On the 23d of November, we
went again in search of the rebels; and, inside
of one week, we had three battles, to-wit
Lookout Mountain, Mission Ridge and Tavlor's
Ridge, in which we routed the re bels completely,
capturing fifteen or twenty thousand prisoners,
and about one hundred pieces of artillery. We
had to take Lookout Mountain by storm. In
taking the mountain, our regiment fought about
all night but hereafter want them to to ex-
cuse me from all night fighting, as it is very
unhealthy to be out late at night in this country
REBEL RAMs.-The stories of refugees"
about work on the rebel iron cads having been
suspended, their armament sent to Charleston,
etc, ETC.. would readily lead one in the least
acquainted with the rebels regard for truth to
expect about these days spasms OF activity and
divers desperate raids by these rams from Jeffs
fold.-Bee.
Our friend Peleg Brown thinks they don't
like the Federal cues age well enough TO
attempt many "spasms of activity" hereafter.
The last Issue Of the American Flag in
Sonora was run of " last Saturday. 1t will
be published hereafter in San Francisco as a
daily and weekly. The subscription list of the
Flag is retained BY its proprietor, while its