, 1864-03-09
CHICAGO, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9. 1861.

eho~ OF Resistance. 1t Is thought thst th.l.--..
part Of Long streets army has reinforced Johnston
and that only enough are left behind to ccver tho
tranBfcr.
Gen. echofc1d's head quarters are at Morsistown.
In three weeks tic bridges at Loudon and Straw
henry llsius will bo repaired, and new era In
East Tennessee military operations will beftn.
Better health is prevailing among the troops, tho
report Tor February showing decrease oii4D3 On
tie sIck list since the previous month, )
KNOXVILLE, Na,ch e.-Thc county elections yes
terday passed of quietly. The whole number o
votes cast In Knoxville Is 281, agunst an average
vote In peace times Of 700. Making allowance for
nbscutecs in the army, and. the vote IS fall aud
larger than anticipated. In tho country districts It
Wae fuller. 1t0 votes wcro po1lcd In the neshbor-
Ing district, In Seyefr county, against usHi vote
of110. The returns ofKnox county will n0t all be
In until tomorrow. No report ut all as ut from
adjacent counties. The vote wouId havf been
much larger, bat many. undoubted loyal MEN Oh
}eccted to the oath required by GOV. Johnson a.
condition, and did not vote. !
There ID nothing neH in army affairs to-.report,
except the capture ut Chllnhavo Mountaln Of elxty
rebels by the 4th Indiana cavalry. A brigade Of
rebel cavalry dashed Into our lines today at MISSY
Creek, but we're Handsomely rcpu1sed. Wetook
few p1tsonc1s. =:
LATEST.
Especial Dispatch to tho Chicago Ttibune,1
KHoxS1LtE, Tenn. March 9, 1861
All the laboscrs On the Loudon Bridge hare been
sent below to work On Dolton Railroad. !
4 Bristol citizen, one Thomas Mepham, left here
today, going North. He ran tho blockade into tho
confcderacJ with thoufand pounds sterling to
speculate in cotton, sc,ipted into the rebel
army, passed through several sere.e battles, md
finally escaped Into our lines wiser man.
From Our Own Correspondent ::
-. KNOXVILLE, Ma1.ha.
The bridge over Flat Creek, three miles from
Strawberry Hains, WAS carried away by the tcshet
few days ago. Capt. Whitman has q detaM Of
men ready to replace 1t, and no time will be 1utt in
getting the materials to tho spot. The bridge at
Strawberry Plains could scarcely hare been hid,
It has Eained for about thlrtysix honrs In =eces.
sion. aud the roads are niry and the streams swol.
len. Though this viii rctatd our advance, yet 1t
cannot fall hut tend to our ultimate advantage by
improving the navigation Of the rivera which were
very low. :;
Thercbe1s were at Bristol, near the yireiuia line
when Last heard from. Their present whereshout,
cannot he sseeftained by our coarfecs. There Ia
consequently dea1th Of military intelligence and
not ayeu rumor worth recording.
~ Daily trains rim on schedule time to Strawberry
great amoant 81 b:sinesa IL done By the differ.
ens departments at this poat; and there csn he no
doubt Int that Knoxville will be the great haze Of
military operations in this important aEena Of the
On, bcllieesent facilities are on the increase our
tLes ate strong and In every direr1foh
bic, 1ongstreet said he would haTc STACKED ia
bet he had no confidence In bis men." His op-
poitnnity 1e gone hJ forever. We have cnnHdence
scripture, re "thow our filth By our works-r Our
cavalry under Gen, 6turgs must now be close on
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