il marks.
Mr. K. came in with Mr. Randolph, but declined to follow his patron any
further.

SEPTEMBER 25TH.--The latest dispatch from Gen. Bragg states that he has
7000 prisoners (2000 of them wounded), 36 cannon, 15,000 of the enemy's
small arms, and 25 colors. After the victory, he issued the following
address to his army:

"HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF TENNESSEE,

"FIELD OF CHICKAMAUGA, Sept. 22, 1863.

"It has pleased Almighty God to reward the valor and endurance of
our troops by giving our arms a complete victory over the enemy's
superior numbers. Thanks are due and are rendered unto Him who
giveth not the battle to the strong.

"Soldiers! after days of severe battle, preceded by heavy and
important outpost affairs, you have stormed the barricades and
breastworks of the enemy and driven him before you in confusion,
and destroyed an army largely superior in numbers, and whose
constant theme was your demoralization and whose constant boast was
your defeat. Your patient endurance under privations, your
fortitude, and your valor, displayed at all times and under all
trials, have been meetly rewarded. Your commander acknowledges his
obligations, and promises to you in advance the country's
gratitude.

"But our task is not ended. We must drop a soldier's tear upon the
graves of the noble men who have fallen by our sides, and move
forward. Much has been accomplished--more remains to be done,
before we can enjoy the blessings of peace and freedom.

"(Signed) BRAXTON BRAGG."

The President has received an official report of Gen. Frazer's surrender
of Cumberland Gap, from Major McDowell, who escaped. It comprised 2100
men, 8 guns, 160 beef cattle, 12,000 pounds of bacon, 1800 bushels of
wheat, and 15 days' rations. The President indorsed his opinion on it as
follows:

"This report presents a shameful abandonment of duty, and is so
extraordinary as to suggest that more than was known to the major must
have existed to cause such a result.--J. D. Sept. 24."

The quartermasters in Texas are suggesting the impressment of the cotton
in that State. The President indorses as follows on the paper which he
returned to the Secretary of War:

"I have never been willing to employ such means except as a last
resort.--J. D."

The Secretary of War is falling into the old United States fashion. He
has brought into the department