AMERICA.

Southland Times, Volume III, Issue 21, 24 December 1863, Page 3

AMERICA.

SNew York, Oct. 15. On the Bth inst., General Lee's army, j ■J..,-^ >,000 Blrong, crossed Uie Kapidtm, i 'i •incenvring to turn the right wing of the ' v - . jdcrals. In a cavalry engagement on v J. a 10tUj^.the Federals were defeated „-: -'.'. i -'.'.i ;(1 relisted to Culpepper, and thence '" : I foss the Rappahannock, closely pur- .:| :ed by the Confederates, who on the . , j ;ch attacked their rear gunrd. The '•'■> - : -'| jilerals then fell back, on Fairfax, to . j astrate Lee's attempt to cut ihem off :- X iva "Washington. '*■ Bd.h armies were ... | en confronting eacli : other on Bull's Run I jttfe field, and a gencal engagement aplared imminent. The objects of Lee's vfliiee, and of Meade's refusal to accept . i battle, firm the subject of much con- "- i iclure. ] The position of General RosencranZ in i." | ennessee is. becoming critical. The Conl .derates are concentrating artillery on ,-ife'J !i*"ion Ridge, to shell Chattanooga, and i |icy are operating in all directions to mr ( jrcept Roscncranz's comihunica'tions, in \ (iiich they have succeeded, General Burn--1 ide being completely iso'ated from Rcsenfiirjy/s army: The Confederates have & ■owerful ari.ny in front of Chattanooga, ; nd astiong force of cavalry in their iear. hey do not in'end to attack the Federals :■ ut to hnra;.s them, so that they wi'l be Ililiged either lo capitulate or retreat upon Cnoxvillc and Nashville. At Charleston, notwithstanding fhe fiery ngines prepared for its destruction, the iege liiigers «n. An attack was to be • «nade on '.the "llth 'inst. by the combined ' . and and naval forces Great preparations rere being* .made by the Federals for the emoval of ohstrucfions in the harbor, arbich was completely closed against the iron-clads. The Confederates attacked he enemy's fleet «i'h rafts, having torpedoes ittached, hut did little damage. IH Three hundred. wng'^oi'S of Felera! niiiitciry stores were capiuied by General. I The late bat-tics at •Chiekamango, in Ten nessee, lasted three, dsys. and the Federals admit a loss of 15,000 tnen. llosencranz attributes his defeat to disobedience" of order.--. Ceneral 'tJ'irnside ftttae'ked the Confederates in Tennessee on tlie lOih Gctobor, and was repulsed alter hard' lighting. The movement of tlie Federal troops from New Orleans into Texas has been interrupted by ihe capture and desfrirction of the Federal gun boms -in an engagement about Fort Hudson. 1506 Federal prisoners were captured. President Lincoln is urged to demand I from England an explanation of ths conduct of the Cape Town authorities respecting the Alabama A political society, eKisfing in the United States, for the purpose of establishing an Irish Republic, and aiming at the • liberation of Ireland f com 8 1 i tioh rule, - has suddenly collapsed. It is reported that General Meade has „. I)een superceded in his command by ':;, General Sickles. The British consul at Savannah h:ts 'called the Governor of Georgia to account foL^^'the enlistment of Britis-h subjects TWfh gave rise to a denvind for the expulsion cf the present Ijritish consuls in the Confederate ports, on the ground that they are^CJr edited to Pre^idetit Lincoln The Confederates are i rale at the detention of the" steam ranis nt Liverpool, and •declare that if England would stop the Irish emigration to. the Noithern States, the war would end in three months. Three Russian steam "frigates have arrived at New York, and been received with ;' gfe&t 'enthusiasm. Sixteen Russian war vessel? were expected there. Public manifestations were made, in'ended to be offensive to the English and French. The steamer Africa has put into St. John's in distress, having struck a reef near Cape Race. Gold has been fluctuating since the 12 h inst, between 50 and 5>7 per cent, premium Latest quotation sof. Exchange — London Bankers' Bills, 171. Wheat declined. I Cc-rn and sugar /inn. Coffee advancing.