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AMERICA. 1 DEFEAT AND RETREAT OF ROSENC&ANZ. NEW YORJt, September 21st, Morning. — General Rosencranz has been defeated and compelled to retreat to Chattanooga, after two day.' fighting, by General Bragg, who bad been heavily reinforced by Lee, Beaare- gard, and Joe Johnston. NEW YORK, September 21st, Evening.—The detail* of General Rosencranz's defeat are meagre. The follow- ing is an account of the first day's battle:- On the morning of the 19th instant the Confederates attacked General Rosencranz, near Chackatnanga Creek. A fierce musketry engagement ensued, the wooded nature of the ground preventing the use of artillery. 'Early in the engagement, the Confederates captured five guns of the celebrated Loomas battery. Fierce fighting continued till two o'clock in the afternoon, when the Federal centre was pushed, broken and retreated, in disorder, pursued by the Confederates, who were, how. ever, afterwards checked and driven back. *The Confederates then drove General Davis's division back, with heavy loss, capturing every gun of the 8tb Indiana Regiment; Davis, however, succeeded in rally- ing forces, and re-took his guns. 'General Reynolda's division suffered severely, but maintained its position. Palmer's division lost two guns. 4 Van Cleve's division lost ground, and did not regain its position. 4 A general fight continued till long after dark. At its termination both armies are said to have occupied the same ground as at the commencement. The Federals captured ten guns, and lost seven.' NEW YORK, September 22nd, Morning.—The New York World asserts that information had reached New Orleans that the French had occupied Matamoras, with 6000 troops. A collision is expected to take place at the mouth of the Rio Grande between the French and Federal gun boats on matters connected with cotton and supplies for the Confederates. Cortes, the Governor of Sonora, has arrived at Wash. ington. It is rumoured that his ohject is to establish a Mexican alliance with the Federal Government The New York Herald says:—'It is reported that Vice President Stephens has gone to Europe with an offer to cede Texas to France in return for French assistance to the Confederate Government.' NKW YORK, September 23rd, Morning.-The follow. ing are the details of the battle fought on the 21th inst. between Rosencranz and Bragg: 4 The engagement commenced late on the morning of the 20th. Soon afterward General Thomas, holding the Federal left, called for reinforcements, and at noon was compelled to retreat. The second line of reinforcements, with M'Cook's corps, which was on the right, and in- tended as a reserve, was sent to reinforce Thomas. Van Cleve, holding the front centre, and Crittenden's corps, were also ordered to the left, their places being filled by Davis and Sherridan, who had hardly formed in line before the Confederate line buret upon the Federal centre. This lasted twenty minuteg, when Van Cleve, on Thomas's right, gave way. Sheridan and Davis's corps broke in disorder, borne down by Bishop Polit', corps. Negley's and Van Cleve's divisions rallied, and held their plaett on the right and left of Thomaolt corps. 4 Davis and Sheridan late in the day rallied 8000 men and joined Thomas, who, being cut off from the right, took up an independent position, where he was rein- forced by two divisions, and maintained a stubborn fight till after dark, retiring at night to Rossville, where he received orders to join Rosencranz, who was concentra. ting at Chattanooga. 4 It is reported that the Confederates engaged TLomas again on the 21st, and it was doubtful if he could reach Chattanooga that night. There were indications on the night of the 21st that the Confederates contemplated a demonstration on another part of Rosencranz's line. 4 Bragg's army is variously estimated at from 70,000 to 96,000 strong. 4 The Federal loss in killed, wounded, and prisoners is estimated at 12,000 men. 1,300 Confederate prisoners have been sent to Nashville. 'Intercepted Southern dispatches state that General Bragg engaged General Rosencranz on the 19th and 20th capturing 20 guns and 500 prisoners. General Burnside is moving to reinforce Rosencranz. Three hundred of Burnside's troops were surrounded on the 9th near Knoxville. News has been received from Charleston to the 20th Sept. It is reported that the Monitors were unable to pass up to Charleston. The erection of Federal batteries in Fort Gregg and Cumming's Point was proceeding slowly, on account of the annoyance from the Confederate batteries, which fired every 20 minutes. The Confederates were reported to be repairing Fort Sumter. General Lee's and General Meade's armies are con- fronting each other on the Rapidan. More frosts have damaged the Kentucky tobacco crops. Another telegram makes the following statements -— It is estimated that 30,000 men of the two armies were either killed or wounded. 'Other accounts assert that the fighting was again renewed at two o'clock on Monday afternoon, the 21st, and was still progressing at five o'clock, but no mention of the fact is made by General Rosencranz. 'The Government and the Ministerial press are en- deavouring to give the best possible colour to the result of the battle of Sunday, and assert that General Rosen- crans will soon be sufficiently reinforced to assume the offensive; but these assurances bring no comfort to the minds of the people. Considerable alarm is felt for the safety of General Burnside, who, it is thought, will be intercepted in his perilous march from Knoxville. 4 The expedition to the Teche country, of which the first division under General Franklin met with such a disastrous repulse at Sabine City, was undertaken with- out the consent of General Banks, the orders for its dis- patch being issued from Washington. 'Letters from New Orleans of the 11th state that a great fight had taken place between the 2d division of. the expedition under General Herron, and a large Confe- derate force near Morganza, south of the mouth of the Red River, in which it was believed that General Herron had been defeated. The third column, under General Washburne met with no better success, and had been unable to advance into the interior, from the want of gun boats to protect his crossing of Berwick's Bay. The same letters state that it was reported in New Orleans that the Confederates were then in possession of Grand Gulf and Fort Adams, on the Mississippi, both of which places they were fortifying.' NEW YORK, STFR" 24l' Nooif.-Fartber details of the battle fought on the 20th mat. between General Rosen- cranz's and Bragg have been received. Rosencranz's right and centre were driven from the field. General Thomas, though temporarily repulssd on the left, stub- bornly maintained his position until after dark retiring during the night to Rossville. On the following afternoon the Confederates attacked General Thomas, but were repulsed, and Thomas pro- ceeded to Chattanooga, where Rosencranz had concen- trated his forces, and was awriting reinforcementa from General Grant. General Rosencranz announces that he will be able to maintain his position until he is reinforced. The Confe- derates continued active in his front. Southern journals state that fighting was rea umed on the 22d inst. General Bragg officially reports to his Government that after two days' fighting the enemy has been driven from several positions, but still confronted him. He captured 20 guts and 2500 prisoners. The Richmond Whig estimates the Confederate loss at 59UO men, including six generals (? killed) and seven wounded. The Federal loss is estimated at 12,000 men. A portion of General Meade's forces have crossed the Rapidan. His cavalry have reached Orange Court House. There were no signs of the Confederates, who are sup- posed to be at Gordonsville, where an engagement is ex- pected. Advices from Charleston are to the 22d inst. Operations f' T were being actively carried on by tn" Federals, notwith- standing that the Confederate firing continued The Richmond Dispatch asierts that the Confederate Government has effected a loan of 100,000,000f. in France upon the security of the cotton now in the South. Two mere Russian frigates have arrived at New York. The steamer Jupiter has been captured. Nzw YORK, SEPT. 24, EVENING.—General Rosen- cranz telegraphed to Washington on the night of the 23d that he could not be dislodged from his position. There had been no further fighting. It is semi-officially announced that the Government have received advices from England that the Confederate rams would not be allowed to sail. This has created a kindly feeling on the part of the Federal Government towards England. Five more Russian vessels are expected at New York. 0- DESPERATE GARROTTE ROBBERIES. On the 28th ult., John Ryan, a notorious thief, who has been repeatedly convicted of robbery with violence and a number of other offences, was charged at Westminster police-court, with having attacked, in company with two others not in custody, Charles Gilbert, a poor labouring man, and robbed him. From the evidence of the prosecutor, whose face was frightfully disfigured from the brutal violence to which he had been subjected, and other witnesses, it appeared that at about one o'clock on the morning of the 27th he was proceeding along the Marlborough-road, Chelsea, and had arrived at the corner of Oxford-street, when the prisoner and two other men came up, and one of them asked him for a light. He replied he was not able to give them one, and proceeded on his way home, but bad not gone many yards when he was suddenly seized by the npek, knocked down, kicked about the head, and robbed ot all the money he possessed, 3a, prisoner being the man who rifted his pockets. Two or three minutes before the robbery prisoner and his associates had accosted a labour- ing man, named M'Donald, with some inquiry, but they had permitted him to pass on, and hearing a scuffle im- mediately afterwards, he witnessed the attack upon Gilbert, and going to his assistance, seized one of the men, who struck him a violent blow and escaped. Cries of' Police' brought M'Gettigan, 307 B and a civilian to the spot, when the prisoner and his companions made off, but the former was overtaken and secured, when he further assaulted Sergeant Young, 1 B, who came to the constable's assistance. After the first examination prisoner was remanded until Thursday, when it was found that the prosecutor was not in attendance, and Mr Butler an inspector of the B division, stated the reasons. He said that on the prosecutor's leaving the court after the previous examination, be had been followed by the friends of the prisoner, who had told him that the ill-treatment under which he at that moment had laboured was nothing to what he would get if he again attended before the magistrate to prosecute the charge, and by dint of threats and a bribe he had been induced to remove from his lodgings and absent himself from the court. Mr Arnold said he could not permit so flagrant a cane as this to be withdrawn. His public duty required that he should compel the prosecutor to attend and give evidence, to further the ends of justice, and he therefore granted a warrant for bis immediate aprehension and the warrant having been promptly executed, prosecutor was brought in custody to this court on Friday; and an order having been sent to the House of Detention for the prisoner, the necessary witnesses were fetched and the case proceeded with. The depositions having been read over. The Prisoner said he was drunk, and did not know what had occurred. The Police proved that he was perfectly sober. The prisoner was fully committed for trial at the Central Criminal Court for highway robbery, and the prosecutor bound over in a recognisance of X40 to appear against him. In Shoreditch a still worse case has occurred, where an itinerant vendor of German sausages was knocked down and robbed, and has since died from the effect of the blows. The murderer, who secured a booty of about 9s., escaped, and there is no clue to him. FATAL RESULTS OF GIRLS' QUARREL.-An inquiry was held by Dr Lankester, the coroner for Central Mid- dlesex, on Friday at the Middlesex Hospital, respecting the death of Caroline Hamlin, aged seven years who ex- pired from the effects of excitement under the following circumstances:—Mrs S. Hamlin, 12, Cleveland-street, said that on Tuesday the deceased had a quarrel with her sister, because the latter bad slapped her on the back in play. Deceased flew into a dreadful passion, choked in it, and expired in ten minutes. Deceased was in perfect health up to the time of the quarrel with her sister, Dr Lawson said that he had made a post mortem exami- nation, and found that the deceased had expired from a fit of apoplexy, pr. duc3d, no doubt, by the excitement of the quarrel. In his experience he had never met with such an extraordinary case before. The Coroner said that the present was the third case of apoplexy that he had met with in persons so young as the deceased. In one case a young lad had expired from apoplexy produced by a surfeit of pears. The other was that of a child that literally cried himself to death from a fit of passion, brought on by being separated from his mother. The jury returned a verdict of Death from Apoplexy, pro- duced by the excitement of a quarrel on the day of her death. A SUMMARY JURISDICTION ACT.—Within the sound of the Newcastle time gun lives a family in whose service was a blooming young waiting maid: whom, for want of a better name, we shall call Jeaaima Hann. Her charms attracted a suitor who perfidiously repre- sented himself as a single man, although he had already given six pledges to society for his good behaviour, but showed by his conduct that he had no intention of re- deeming them. Jemima Hann becoming, however, aware of the fact, got ready a plentiful supply of white- wash in anticipation of his next visit. In due time it was paid, and the family Jeames taxed him with coming there under false colours. William saw the game was up, and endeavoured to make his exit as speedily as possible, in obedience to an order to that effect. He was stopped on the way, however, by his Jemima, who blandly inquired, in apparent surprise at his haste, 'What, William, are you going already?' William muttered something about not being well, and endea- voured to pass on, when down came a white deluge upon his devoted head, poured with unerring aim by the fair hand of the outraged Jemima. He gave a gasping yell, and blindly sought the door. His appearance was most ludicrous and ghastly, and if Professor Pepper had seen him he might have mistaken the strange object for his own mysterious illusion, which on its route from the theatre, had lost his way. His troubles, however, were not over, 'for Jemima, fired by her wrongs, belaboured him with the empty pail and other weapons of offence so vigorously that his yells for mercy brought a member of the family to the rescue, and he was then permitted to make his escape in a miserable pickle, a wiser but sadder man. Newcrutle Chronicle. A PREACHER IN A DIFFICULTY.—4 When Greek meets Greek,' &c., we are t Id, was nearly receiving a curious ilustration at the late meeting of the British Association in the North of England. On the Sunday morning a goodly number of the 4 wise men' made their appearance (as it was expected they would do) in the choir of Dur- ham Cathedral, attracted doubtless by the far-famed excellence of the choral service there. The story runs that it was the duty of a professor of the University of Durham, who is also a canon of the University of Dur- ham, to preach on the occasion, and the sermon prepared is said to have been one in which the theories of a pro- fessor of the University of Oxford were very 4 freely handled.' The preacher ascended the pulpit, looked around, and to his dismay saw in an opposite stall the very professor against whom his no doubt very excellent discourse was levelled. Strong nerves were required for the occasion, and the intending preacher's n5r7e8 Wer? 8a"* t0 ^ave failed. He descended the steps of the Pulpit, and held a consultation with the attendant Te^8er- That experienced official knew that one of the other dignitaries made a practice of carrying a sermon in his pocket-one probably on the 4 vanity of human wishes,—in case of accident. To him therefore he wended his way, and the professor being ushered out of the pulpit, the archdeacon was ushered in, to the as- tonishment of those who were not in the secret, and the amusement of those who were. It was certainly a posi- tion of some delicacy; and we cannot doubt that the northern Greek would be quite prepared to try the 4 tug of war' with the southern, when the terms were more fair for the latttr.- Guardian.

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