h the weapons of the guard, they were narch on Colobus, and seize the ning theselves completely with the ates arms stored there. From then who has paid constation as the are to be on the Penitentiary citizen had gone person farming Morgan and his men, by ender to! Ohio was to be offered fe anity to receive the rebelge in Ohio was te Beast proceeding as the part of who has paid the thres hindred dollars coms fien money, receiving no credit therefive Or contrary, the State resins the lease and the rs was the cutting of the tag who had the being of the railroad-ridges, rev revent the arrival of National onge rties iralrod in the matter DIARY. NOVEMBER 1, 1863. A PLOT to liberate the rebel prisoners in Ohio was discovered, and several parties to it were arrested. It was concerted that on a given night, which had not been definitely fixed, a sufficient number of the conspirators were to assemble in the vicinity of Camp Chase, and at a known signal were to overpower the guard, (which was far from being a strong one,) and at the same time the prisoners, who were to be apprised of what was going on, and who numbered about four thousand, were to make a rush from the inside, and thus secure their freedom. Having armed themselves with the weapons of the guard, they were then to march on Columbus, and seize the arsenal, arming themselves completely with the United States arms stored there. From thence, their next attack was to be on the Penitentiary for the release of John Morgan and his men, by whom the rebel army in Ohio was to be officered. Then the rebel campaign in Ohio was to be commenced, and the first proceeding on the part of the traitors was to be the cutting of the telegraph wires and the burning of the railroad-bridges, in order to prevent the arrival of National troops. The parties involved in the matter were very numerous, and were to be found in almost every part of the State, some of them occupying positions under the United States and State government, which rendered it a somewhat easier task for the detectives to gain access to the nest of traitors. The leading man in the conspiracy was Charles W. H. Cathcart. reported the sales of over thirty-six millions of five-twenty bonds during the previous week. -THE following official communication from Provost-Marshal General James B. Fry, to Colonel Robert Nugent, Assistant Provost-Marshal of New-York, was made public: "The representations made by Dean Richmond and Peter Cagger, in a printed circular, dated October twenty-seventh, 1863, in respect to the action of the Provost-Marshal General, are untrue. "It is not true that the State of New-York is charged as with a deficiency for every citizen who has paid the three hundred dollars commutation money, receiving no credit therefor. On the contrary, the State receives the same credit for a man who has paid commutation as if the drafted citizen had gone in person or furnished a substitute; and in like manner towns which had raised the money to pay their quotas receive the same credit as if actual substitutes had been furnished. "And the President has ordered, that every citizen who has paid the three hundred dollars commutation shall receive the same credit therefor, as if he had furnished a substitute, and is exonerated from military service for the time for which he was drafted, to wit, for three years. "As the misrepresentations of Dean Richmond and Peter Cagger have been published and circulated for electioneering purposes, it is proper that you give them immediate correction." -THE bombardment of Fort Sumter continued without cessation. Yesterday morning, a A PARTY of guerrillas, under Campbell, entered portion of the wall fell in, burying beneath the Charleston, Missouri, night before last, and after ruins some men of the Twelfth Georgia and robbing the stores and private houses, retreated, Twenty-fifth South-Carolina. Thirteen were carrying away with them Colonel Deal.-CHARLES buried by the falling in of the barracks on R. ELLET, commanding the Mississippi Marine Bri- the sea-face of the Fort. Over one thousand gade, died, at Bunker Hill, Illinois, on Thursday two hundred shots were fired in twenty-four last, October twenty-nine. -JAY COOKE, the sub-hours the shots averaged four per minute. scription agent of the United States Government, The firing was from two monitors-two heavy and two light rifled guns at Fort Gregg, four teninch mortars at the middle battery, and four rifled guns at Fort Wagner. ment price, about one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre. -MAJOR-GENERAL GRANGER reported, from Nashville, Tennessee, that he sent a detachment of cavalry from that place, under Colonel Shelby, to pursue Hawkins and other guerrillas. He overtook Hawkins near Piney Factory, and routed and pursued him to Centreville, where he made a stand; routed him again, and pursued November 2.-President Lincoln replied to the letter of Governor Bradford, of Maryland, on the subject of the election in that State.-W. G. SPARROW, SON of the Rev. Dr. Sparrow, formerly principal of Fairfax Seminary, was arrested, on his arrival from Staunton, Virginia, with a rebel mail, containing letters of importance, and com-him until his forces dispersed. The rebel loss mitted to the Old Capital Prison, at Washington.-A PARTY of rebel guerrillas captured two trains of cars near Mayfield, Kentucky. JEFFERSON DAVIS arrived at Charleston, S. C., from Savannah, and was escorted to the City Hall, where an address of welcome was made by Charles Macbeth, the Mayor of the city. Mr. Davis replied, in a speech setting forth the reasons of his visit, and urging upon the people the necessity of "harmonious coöperation with the commanding general. He who would attempt to promote his own personal ends in preference, would not take a musket and fight in the ranks, was not worthy of the confederate liberty for which we are fighting. He trusted the Yankee's desire to possess Charleston would never be gratified; but if Providence ordered otherwise, he desired for her what he wished for his own town of Vicksburgh, that the whole should be a mass of ruins. He believed that Charleston would never be taken." November 3. - Colonel Fitzgibbon, of the Thirteenth Michigan infantry, overtook the combined forces of Cooper, Kirk, Williams, and Scott, numbering four hundred men, this morning, at Lawrenceburgh, thirty-five miles south of Columbia, Tenn. After a severe hand-to-hand fight, he defeated them with a loss on his part of three men wounded, and eight horses killed. The rebel loss was eight killed, seven wounded, and twenty-four prisoners, among them one captain and two lieutenants. General Bragg's forage-train, sent up Lookout Valley, in front of his | position, was captured. The train was sent to camp. The train-guard was also captured.-Official Report. -GENERAL SAXTON issued a circular to the freedmen of South-Carolina, authorizing them to locate in the lands in that department which were about to be sold by the Tax Commissioners, not exceeding twenty acres for each head of a fainily. The description of the land, when located, to be accompanied by the deposit of the Govern was fifteen or twenty killed, and sixty-six prisoners. The Union loss was slight.-General Thomas's Report. -THE battle of Bayou Grand Coteau, La., also known as the battle of Bayou Bourbeaux, was fought this day.-(Doc. 7.) COLLIERSVILLE, TENN., was attacked by a body of rebels, belonging to the command of General Chalmers, who was repulsed with some loss, by the Nationals, under the command of Colonel Hatch. November 4.-The troops belonging to the National expedition, under the command of MajorGeneral Banks, successfully landed at Brazos de the Rio Grande del Norte.—(Doc. 6.) Santiago, Texas, nine miles from the mouth of -THE bombardment of Fort Sumter continued.-JEFFERSON DAVIS visited James Island, Forts Pemberton, and Johnson, and all the rebel batteries around Charleston. -THE rebel Generals Chalmers and Lee attacked Moscow and La Fayette, Tenn., on the Memphis and Charleston Railroad, this day, at noon. They burned La Fayette, and some small bridges on the road. The Nationals repulsed them at Moscow. Colonel Hatch's cavalry followed their retreat, and forced them to another fight four miles out, and again repulsed them. Between twenty and thirty of their dead were found on the field, among them three officers. dead and wounded were scattered along the road. In addition, three wagon-loads were taken away. Their loss probably reached one hundred. The Union loss was three killed, forty-one wounded, and forty-one missing. Colonel Hatch, of the Second Iowa, commanding the brigade, was seriously though not dangerously wounded, a ball piercing his right lung. Their November 5.-The United States transport Fulton captured the rebel blockade steamer Margaret and Jessie, this morning, at seven o'clock, when off Wilmington, N. C. The look-out at |