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lOLUUTT & WAKKKV Proprietors,
Volume XVI.
OOLOMBI7B, TI KftDAI .OCTOBER 20. mi.
THE CHEAT NAYIL EXPEDITION.
From the N. Y. Commercial, Oct. 14th.
one of tbe most extensive naval expeditions
in which tbie conntry ever engaged, is nowin
preparation, and a part of it is already on its
way to m common rendezvous.
The larger'portion of this fleet has been fitted
out at this port, but several vessels have been
prepared at Boston and Philadelphia, all inten
ded for the same object. The fleet has been fur
nished with every necessary yet all has been
oonducted without bustle or confusion Mer
chants have offered*!heir vessels, aud they have
been aoeepted by the United States .Quartermas
ter with promptness. The transports have been
rapidly lost ed at our wharves, and then hauled
into the *lreaui or off the battery, waiting the
signal to start. Large steamships that have won
themselves renown as ocean palaces, have been
stripped of their gilding, loaded heavily with
cannon and death dealing missiles, and takeu
into the ranks of the transports and war vessels.
The expedition as composed iu our harbor a
few days ago, presented a somewhat novel ap
pearance
The Baltic, loaded nearly to her guards, tbe
Atlantic, Vanderbilt, and other oceau steamer*,
all bearing valuable freight, lay in the stream
with aaucy guuboats, aide wheel and propellers,
aud eveu the diminutive tug, with anew coat
of black paiut, lay proudly with tbe war fleet.—
By tbe middle of last week this expedition was
so fWr advanced that people began to speculate
up *n i'a pritbsh e destination. The very curi
'us did not hes.taio to take un early walk
upon the Battery, and to u vote an hour to the
critical exxui natiou of the fleet, to see if any of
them had itft during the night. Tbe wonder
lovers were gratified ou Saturday by the de
parture of tbe Coat tac<mieo*,Cahawba, Roanoke,
Empire City, Parke■ sburg, I nadilli and Allan
U. The id Rhode Island Regiment was iratiH
ierred from Fort Hamilton to the Cahaba, and
Colouel Serrell's engineers were taken on board
another vessel.
Yes tenia v tbe battery was tb rouged uearly
all day by a crowd ot people anxious to see (be
departure of more of the vessels. Luring the
day the Star of the South, Ocean Queen, Daniel
Webster, Ariel, Arago, Vanderbilt, Oiiential und
Rhode Island left their several anchorages and
sped their way ou of port. The Wabash hi and
several gunboats and transports remain iu the
harbor, but, in all probability, will sail during
(be day. Three ferry boats were purchased on
Saturday, the Kthan Allen, ‘'oinuiodoro Perry,
and Stepping Slone. Tbe.-c a ill be dispatched
to morrow or Wednesday.
Tne entire fleet will have left this port by
Wednesday, hu i probably by Saturday will
hav j received ihe troop* who are to take part in
tbe expedition.
W r e commit no impropriety when we declare
(hat the first destination of the vessels compos
ing the expedition is at Hampton Hoads and
Auuapoli*. Toe naval vessels will rendervous
at the former place while the transports are o
gaged in taking on board troops from Annapolis,
it is stated with so me semblance of truth, that
there were 16,000 men aunt to Annapolis on
Thursday. We also learn that the Continental
Guard, Col. Ferry. Washington Greys, Col.
Moore, and throo other regiments, have orders
to join the divisions at Annapolis. It is there
fore provable that an aggregate of 26,(MM) men
will be sent oil'. Those will be fully equipped,
armed in the best manner, and supplied with an
ahundauce of pro vision*.
The ultimate destination of the expedition is
known but to tbe government aud Gen. Scott;
and even when the fleet sails, the general iu
command of the troops will probably receive
sealed dispatches, which he will be instructed to
open when in a certain latitude.
Tae utmost euro had been taken to ensure the
success of this expedition, and we are safe in
averting that when the blow is struck, the tfleet
upon the South wi.l be terrible.
Our readers and contemporaries may aoeuse
us of violating the express .commands of Gen
McClellan, io making public so much of toe
above as may appear to hare been within the
scope of the instructions referred to. We will
say that we this morning obtained pertnhsiou to
publish the above facts.
tm m
i&irt at ibe .\urth.
From an interview with a gentleman who bus
just arrived rrom the North, we have learned
some facts relative to the existing state of aflairs
there In New York the wholesale merchants
are literally doing nothing, except those who
have goods to sell to the (Jovernmont, for whieh
they receive in return Chase’s “promise to pay.”
The tailors and shoemakers are to some extent
employed upon work for tbs army; but the me
chanics generally are Incensed in consequence
of the action of the administration in sending to
Europe for many articles of supply. In Phila
delphia there are Cl,ooo women who can find no
emp.oyment, and charity alone will keep them
from sUreation lbere is not as in toll business
done in that city in a month as there is in Kiuh-
mood in a day. Thdn ran soaroely be called a
cheering pronpect at the outset of a long and
dreary winter. ■Germans and Irish in the
cities, who are generally working people, enllfct
in the army for the sole purpose of getting some
thing to eat; but tbe country people hare ceased
to feel any interest in the war, and it baa passeJ
into a proverb among them that no decent man
joins the army. Event* point to increaiing din
content among the lower classes of the popula
tion, and it would not surprise us to bear at any
moment, of the breaking out of a fearful civil
war an the soil of abolitionism.- Kichmoml Di*
patch, 2S. _
i-so clever correspondent of the New Orleans
Delta communicates #>e*e pleasing facts eon
earning sn important point about which a great
deal has been said of late:
“Our.battery at Kvansport
the river and cuts off the Pederals at Washing
ton from water communication with the sea.—
The construction of this battery, situated so far
from our lines, and o well concealed, even as to
ita position, from the enemy, although all the
faets eonnected with it must have been known
to at least 20 000 people in oor army,is axtreme
ly oredi able to the skill and to the good seme
of our soldiers and of ear people generally. So
thoroughly have the enemy been deceived as to
this battery that, no longer ago than Friday last
the Washington Star declared that the ns/igs
tion of the river was unimpeded, its
shores from Alexandria to the Chesapeake there
was not a single commanding battery; and that
a great many ve-els were on their way uj> te
Washington.
By this time qutte a large fleet must be con
gregated above our battery I believe that at
least seven ship* of war (steamers) are cruising
about the mouth of the Ocoo-)uan amoftg them
ia the Pawnee. These will nver again find
their way out to the sea. This result alone
makes the closing up of the Potomac an event
of great imp rtance, and forces the enemy to
make some demon* ttion against the battery.—
OtherwM they lose tne use of e number of effi
cient vessels; be*idee being cut off from the wa
ter communication with the sea. Hence it is
anticipated that whatever operations ensue with
in the next few days will take place on our
right wing, which reaU on the Ocoquan, and
which must be turned or forced by the enemy
before he can reach Evan sport.
Ike Cslseftm 9Heeit(y limes.
From ('vlmibih. Ky.
We learu Irurn the Colombo*, Ky., Coofeder
ate Nows, a now daily,tbo first number of which
is before us, that on the ‘24 h, the day of its pub
lication, a Hag truce from the enemy came
down to Coiumbfei on t e Lincoln propeller
‘Sampson.’ It was supposed that the object
was the negotiation of an exchauge of prisoners,
as no intelligence could be obtained prior to go
ing to pres*.
Inconsequence of the advaeco of tbe euernj :
from Paducah, the News states, the force of
the Coufederates uuder Ooi. Bowen, at Camp i
Beauregard, was being strengthened. This 1
position holds the raftruad line.
From a private letter from a Mobilian in tbe
service we learn that last week no toss
twelve thousand men were dispatched from Co
lumbus to reinforce Geo. Buckner at Bowling
Green, and that Gen. A. S. Johnston had him
self taken a trip to that place.
The News says that oue of the Parrot ft poun
ders in Capt. Bankhead’s battery, during an ex
perimental firing on Wednesday, accidently
burst aud wounded one of the meu. This gun i
was manufactured in Memphis,and was supposed
to have been sufficiently tested.—[Mobile Regis
ter A Advertisor.
NORTHERN ITEMS.
A Mother and three Daughter . Oeardted by
Lincoln's Hirelings.
A beautiful Government is that over which
the Illinois ape presides ! ‘ Let even a lady un
dertake to change her residence in h s domin
ions, and immediately one of the graceless
scamps who hang around at his beckon call,
are put upon her track, so afraid is he that she j
is about leaving in disgust that loathsome re
gion where tyranny rules the hour, for a more
congenial clime of happiness and freedom,
such as the South afford**:
Last evening Mr*. Parmelia Smith and three
daughters, two of them grown, were arrested
at the boarding house of Mrs. Waters, Calvert
street, near Lexington, and their effects
searched by the Provost’s police. Mr*. Smith
recently left Washington, where ahe kept
a boarding bouse, and was en route lor Rich
mond, Va. The whole family were released,
nothing contraband or ofa treasonable nature
being found among their effects.
Arrest of Alleged Deserfeis.
Desertion* from the Federal army ure be
coming quite frequent, and it baa been assert
ed by one of our Yankee cotemporaries that
more desert from their ranks than voluntarily
join them. The following from the Baltimore
Sun, of the 19th, is but oue of the many install
cea which occur in that oppressed city every
day:
.Tame** Ray and James Bond, said to belong
to the Kleveoth United States Infantry, atl'er
ryvilie, were arre*ted in this city,on Thursday
evening, mm deserters. They secreted them
selves un a canal boat a Havre de Grace, and
!>y that means reached this city, with the in
tention to go to Virginia and join the Confed
erate army. They were arrested on Canton
avenue, while in the act of providing iheiusel
vea with citizen’s clothes, and immediately
m*nt to Fort McHenry.
Sent to Fort La Fayette.
The Baltimore Sun of the 19th instant, says:
The arrests of Robert Renwick and Isaac
C. Mask on tbe charge of treason against the
Federal Government have been noticed. Oil
Thursday afternoon l>r. Graves, collector of
the city, called on the Provost Marshal and so
licited a permit to visit Mr. Mask at Fort Mc-
Henry, Mr. M. having been employed in his
office. Dr. Graves was mlormed that it would
be useless to go to Furl McHenry, but il he
desired to see Mr. Mask he could do so by go
ing to the President street depot in the after
noon. Both Mr. Kenwick and Mr. Mask were
sent to Fort LaFayalle. Messrs. Wm. F. Me
Kewen, cierk to tne board of police, and R. 11.
Biggar are said to l*e still at Fort McHenry,
but are likely at any moment to be sent to New i
York harbor.
He-Art oat 0/ Senator M'Haig.
The fickleness of the Yankee Administra
tion it truly amusing. If they should liberate
one of their prisoners to day, iu all probability
before he reaches his place of residence he is
re arrested and incarcerated in one of their fil
thy dens. We take the following from the
Sun of Saturday :
On Thursday evening Hon. Thomas J. Me-
Kaig, &tale Senator of Allegany county, Md.,
who w as arrested just previous to the assem
bling of the late Legislature, and released on
his parole not to leave the State of Ohio,
whither lie was scut, without special order,
arrived in this city on a furlough granted him
by Qen. Kelley, with permission to viait New
York, Philadelphia and Baltimore. Mr. Me-
Kaig stopped at the Kutaw House About 10
o’clock, before he had yet retired, he was ar
reated by the police. Without further ado
Mr. McKaig was placed in a hack, aud driven
off with his baggage to Fort McHenry. Up to
yesterday nothing further had transpired in re
lation to the case.
The Missouri Democrat says tbo friends of
Frank .Blair are responsible for the publication of
the papers in the case of Fremont and Blair.—
The Democrat says the papers “ had for several
days become a matter of public talk in this city,
persons *having read the copies in Col. Blair's
hands.”
The Cincinnati Enquirer says that lumler
dealers have suffered severely by the sudden
flood, an immense quantity of timber having been
swept away.
The Cincinnati Gazette says The Ohio Legis
lature will be overwhelmingly Union. According
to old party lines, the Senate will be Republican
and the House Democratic.
The Commercial* of the 11th says Mr. Green
wood has shipped to Columbus, the present
week 100 cases of his rifled muskets. This mus
ket is now generally considered nearly at good
as the Minnie or Enfield riflle.
The Cincinnati Enquirer states that the Lincoln
Government has already began to pay pensions
to families of soldiers who fell at Bull Run.
The Ohio State Arsenal, at Columbus, turns out
cartridges for small arms per day.
The steamer Nashville was loaded at Cincin
nati on the tilh, with a large number of boats for
the use of the army in the vicinity of Cairo.
The Philadelphia Bulletin (Republican) states
that the Government was issuing lsuit week to
the army of the Potomac two hundred and fifty
thousand rations. From this we can form an
idea of the magnitude of tbe host we have con
centrated at the capital. Washington ought to
be safe.
Tbe Missouri {State Convention met at Bt.
Louis on tbe 10th, and adjourned in consequence
of a quorum not being present
The List Tulm Itowratioi.
The Philadelphia /Ves# says an effort is being
made by parties iu that oity, to induee the Gov- j
eminent to confiscate the Mt. Vernon estate,
with tbe hope of realisiag money of wbieh they (
were defrauded by tbe bad management of tbe
Ladies Association for its purchase. A mun
named O. T. Dsvereux, who was employed by
Miss Cunningham to engrave the record, forged
her band writing, and by this means succeeded
in swindling her and several brokers out of ntarly
$20,000. He has departed for Europe with his
ill-gotten gain.
We have oily to say, let them confiscate away.
They will find a vast difference between confisca
ting ML Vernon and keeping it. There is not a
drop of blood in the South that would not be
cheerfully shed to rescue the grave of Washing
ton from vandal hands.— Sav. Hep., Oct. 27.
Oipptnj; thf fathers from Fremont.. The Great
Mosul.
The New York llorald, ot the iust., says, edi
torially: “Tho Secretary of War has found that
his visit to Missouri to look into the affairs o
that military department was a good idea, if we
may judge from his consequent instruction*. It
appears that he has ordered Gen. Fremont to
| suspend his fortifications of St. Louis, to suspend
! the work on the barracks he was building near
: his residence for his body guard, (the groat Mo
gul) of 300 cavalry: and.that his military debts
! accumulated to the extent of $460,000, must re
| main unpaid until Cey can le investigated; aud
’ that some 200 of his officers, appointed withont
the President’s authority, need not expect to
bo paid for their services as officers, and that all
of said Fremont’s contracts must be made here
after by the regular disbursing agent of the ar
my, Ac.
The reader will agree with us, that in these
instructions, Secretary Cameron has done good
service tothe Treasury. We dare say, too, that
i unless Freemont, with tho abundant army and
! facilities at his command, shall soon clean the
rebels out of Missouri, there will soon be an end
of the splendid uud costly military arrangement*
of Fremont, and very much to the satisfaction
ot the country. As an emancipation philanthro
pist, upon his own responsibility, Gen. Fremont
i went pretty far; but when he assumes the air*,
i graces aud grandeur of the Great Mogul, U* n
Cain non serves him right in clipping isl his
peacock feathers. So fine a bird, left to his owu
discretion, would be too expensive for any conn
try to sustain except the oiupire of the Indies.
No wonder Fremont has failed to become rich,
with all the goldmines of Mariposa iu hi* hands
when his ambition is to eclipse iu barbaric sj len
ders the Great Mogul.”
Tbe Eighteenth Oeorgis Kegiment.
The Richmond Dispatch say* that this Regi
ment is still stationed on the banks of Bloody
Run, near Richmond; but ready aud waiting to
enter upon more active service. For six weeks
it has furnished a constant and faithful guard < n
the Yankee prisoners. In chargo of four com
missioned officers and eighty four men, two hun
dred of the prisoner* were conducted to New
Orleans: a responsible service which the detach
ment performed with fidelity. A good many
have been sick; but nearly all are reooveiing,
and at no time Tims the fatality been gteat. Un
der competent surgeons, nurse- 1 , and attentions
fr< ru the ladies, the hospitals have be* n well
managed. It hus been often remarked of this
regiment, by strangers, that it is well officered,
well manned, we I drilled, and well conditioned,
Ibe mutual devotion between the excellent Col
Woff >rd and bis regiment, and their marked pur
pose to abrink from no duty, will make them a
potent force against the enemy. The religious
interests of tbe regiment are not omitted
Prayer meetings, for several weeks, have been
I eld nearly every night in some part of the cninp.
There is preaching also twice every Sabbath;
Mini the general moral tone of the nun appears
to *• g‘"'d.
Affairs iu Missouri,
We have late and authentic information from
Gen. Price, by which we learn he was at Neosho
iu Southwestern Missouri, on the 21st, to which
be retreated before Fremont, who wns pursuing
with all hia forces. It was thought probable
Price would be forced to fall still further back in :
the direction of Kayettoville, where McCulloch
was awai iug reinforcements.
Whether Price's retreat was a matter of ne
cessity, or only a strategic move, to draw Fre
mont out as far as poa ibie from St. Louis, so as
to extend and thereby weaken bis line, before
giving battle, we can only surmise. The proha
hility is, that the superiority of the Feiera! force
; ha* made a retreat necessary. If so be may fall
, back until he meets reinforcements from McCul
loch, wht I* we may expect another severe tight.
It is hardly possible, we think, for the Feder
al General, with such materials ns compose his
army, to escape defeat at tbe hands of tho tried
and gAllan, uien he will encounter. But specu
lation is idle, now, when the questiuu of superi
ority has perhaps already been submitted to the
bloody arbitrament of the sword, and decided.
Intelligence from Missouri will he locked for
with gteat anxiety.— Mem. Ap. 2fi.
Religion Revivals A none our Soldier*.
For more tbsn a week a revival has been in
progress among the soldiers stationed at Ash
land. Services are held every night in the
Baptist Church, and the scats set apart for the
anxious are frequently well nigh filled by the
soldiers who are asking for the prayers of God's
people. Rev. W. K. Hatch, of Manchester
preaches every night. At Aquia Creek, thirty
have professed conversion within 9 few weeks, a
number of whom were baptized in the Potomac
by Ittv. Geo. F. Bagby, a chaplain. The entire
regiment with which the converts were connec
ted turned out to witness the ceremony. Our in
formant says he has never looked upon a more
lovely and impressive scene. We understand
that a protracted meeting is in progress in Col.
Cary’s regiment, sod that Rev. Andrew Jiroad
dus, of Caroline, is officiating. We hear of
another revival in which twelve soldiers profes
sed conversions five of whom united with the
Methodists four with the Baptists, and the re
inumder with the Prosbytensns. The religious
community of (he Confederate Htates ought to
feel encouraged by tbese tokens, of the divine
power to pul forth still greater efforts in Lehulf ot
| the spiritual welfare of our army. Fully one
third of the soldiers are destitute of a copy of
the New Testament, and of all other religious
reading. —Richmond lHapatch.
lore about tbe Fremont Imbroglio.
New York, Oct. 21.
The Tribune ssys of the various stories afloat
regarding Fremonts command, we know this to
be true, that Secretary Cameron took out with
bim to Missouri, full discretionary power to su
percede Fremont, and tarn over tbe command of
bis army to General Hunter, and that be did not
see fit to exercise that power. All beyond this is
idle speculation.
m • ■
Tbe Raleigh Register says that Adjutant
General Martin, of North Carolina, bas given
notice that tbe Legislature having authorised
him to do so, be is prepared to pay to the wives
and children of the officers and men belonging
to the volunteer forces of tha* State, captured at
Hatteras, half tbe pay they would have received
if they had not been captured.
[ Kx ami wan.—We learn that the examination
I of Dr. Rosvslie, a somewhat noted character,
1 arrested on suspicion of complicity with tbe
I Lincolnites, bas taken plane before Commission
er Lyons, and that a roport has be* n made
thereon, the nature of which bas not transpired.
Rick. /fit.
Tbe Linchburg Virginian ssys:
In answer to the numerous inquiries which
< hare been made of us concerning tbe disposal of
Mrs. Keith, wo will state that alter remaining in
! jail several days, she was discharged by au or
der from Gen. Winder, at whose instance she
was arrested the second time Upon her dis
charge she appeared in tbe apparel of her sex,
and we suppose will not again soon undertake
to play the “bowld soger boy.” She immedia
ately left here for Memphis, which she claimed
as her home.
TH K SUYKH KIGNTY I) *’ I’ll K STATES.
COLUMBUS, UKOKGIA, MONDAY, NOVEMBEIt 4, IStil.
COLUMBIA, WIUiNKMHI. OiTUttKK JO. I*l.
Congressional Rcpresi'nlatioi in thr Confederate States
The tifsi Congress of tho Confederate States,
under the permanent Constitution, will be com
posed of twenty.two Senators and eighty seven
Representative*.
The representation will be a* follow*, being
in the ratio of one member for every ninety
thousand of population, on the Federal bnai*.
counting three-fifth* for slave*.
We add, in a separate column, the electoral
vote of e -h State in she Confederacy :
Representation A ole*.
Virginia 16 18
North Carolina 10 I '2
Bouth Carolina fl 8
Georgia 10 ?
Florida 2 I
Alabama 9 It
Louisiana..... t* 8
Toll*. 6 >
Arkansas 4 ('•
Mistippi 7 y
Tennessee 11 l.'f
87 109
The Hduse, as constituted now, is composed
therefore, of 87 members, and the whole eler
torial vote is 109. This last number will not
be altered between this time and the election
next month. The number of the House may
be increase*! by the accession of new State*
before the meeting of Congress in February.—
There are some Hate* which may be in the
Confederacy then.
H.\t\vs or AN ah A committee from some of
tbe Chailcstou banks started for Richmond a
few day* ago, with one million of dollars for the
Government. Another committee representing
the remaining hunks, will leave to-day with u
similar amount in their charge.
Richmond Gossip.
We get the fuilowing item* t orn the Rich
inond paper*
We hear, from gene al report tu the city,
that it ha* been determined by President Davis
to invite Mr. Breckinridge to a sent in bin
Cabinet, aud that it is generally understood
that he will be placed in (lie Cabinet naSecre
of War Mr. Benjamin, the acting Secretary at
present, retiring to take control of the Depart
ment of J uetice.
The War Department hn* determined some
new a*signmeuls of command* in the Depart
ment of Virgiuin. The command of Gen. Lee
i* divided, lie will hnve command of the N.
\V. portion of Virginia—Gen. Jackson taking
command of the Valley. Gen. Holmes will
have command of the army on the l<ower Po
tomac.
Col. Richard Taylor (eon of the Die Pre i
dnt Taylor, und brother in law of President
Davis.) he* been appointed u Brigadier Gene
ral of the Provisions! Army, and ha* been ten- |
derd the nj poinlinenl of Quartermaster Gen- j
eral at Kichmoud.
lion. T lomas C. Reynold*, a native ofChar
leaton, and who i* al present Lieutenant Gov
; vrn i < f Missouri, has arrived in Richmond [
Kv binaimalit'u of (lie Army of Ibe Pototn&r.
Tim correspondent of tht* Richmond Dis
patch wri’esin follows, iu relation to tlm re- j
organization of the Army of th Potomac :
The fores of which Gen. Johnston is the
Commander iu Chief, have been re organized.
They.have hitherto Been known us the Ar
mies (.Shenandoah mid Potomac, Asa sub
stitution the Department of Northern Virginia
has now been created, which comprises the
armies of the “Potomac,” the “Valley,” aud
the “Aquin.” The first is under the command
of (Jen. Beauregard the second under the
command of Gen. Jackson, familiarly known
as “Stone Wall Jackson"— him) the last under
the command of Gen. Holmes. Gen. Johnston,
of course, remains Commander in-Chief of the
whole. “The Army of the Potomac,” under
Gen. Beauregard, is apportioned into four di
visions, which are commanded respetlive'y
by Major-General* Earl Vau Dorn, Gnstavua
W. t-’mith, l.ongsireet and Kirby Smith. To say J
how many brigades are contained in each and
vmion would he to furnish an approximation of
the strength of Gen. Beauregard's force, ami
as this might he useful to the enemy, it isbe'-
tcr t< omit it. I may state, however, that Gen.
Van Lfnrit commands all the cavalry iu the ar
my, as a part of his division; and the Hampton
Legion is also attached to the division com
manded by that General.
The troops a ratio he brigaded according to
their State origin, and placed under the com*
mund of Brigadiers likewise selected from the
Htates where the troops belong, as far as prac
ticable.
General* Johnston and Beauregard have
long felt the necesaity of placing the forces in
and higher slate of organization, which has thus
been happily accomplished. Th# changes will
no and ,übt give satisfaction to the whole army,
as well in lo the citizens of the different
Htates.
The ksntn.h Home liosril.
T here is great complaint that the member* of
the Home Guard will not enlist In the Lincoln
army, A Louisvi lo correspondent of the Cin
cinnati Gazette says :
” Three weeks ago, when the uprisii g of the
Secessionists, under Buckner, placed Louisville
in Imminent danger, ahout twelve hundred, most
ly young men, Home Guards, went out on the
Nashville road to check tbeadvance of the rebels.
They were sworn and served for ten days, at tha
expiration of which they came back to the city
Upon their return there was a good deal of talk
for several days about their ro-enlisring on mum
for the war. But up to this tune, of the twelve
hundred, hardly a hundred, as I was informed
last night by a recruiting offioer, have thus far
made good their word.
Loss or a Btkamer.—A telegram from Balti
more, dated 1 Oth October says:
Passengers from Old Point bring thsannounee
ment of tbe loss of the United States steamer
Baranac off the month of tbe Mississippi In a
storm.
The Saranac was a side-wheel steamer of tbe
second -lats, carried six guns, was of fourteen
hundred and forty-six tons burden, and was
built s* Kittery, in 1848.
The Knoxville (Tenn.,) Register, of Thurs
day lest, says:
(apt. T. H. Creed, of the Hawkins County
Rille Company, of Col. Carroll’s regiment, was
drowned in the lloiston river, in Hewkiris Cos.,
oil Tuesday. Captain Creed had returned home
to look after some recruits, and returning with
one, attempted to ford the river, which is much
swollen, with the young man behind him. ‘The
horse getting beyond his depth fell, and both
were washed off. The Captain, according to
our information, swam to his companion, and
succeeded in getting him so near to shore that
he was able to wade out in safety, while iw*
generous preserver, exhausted by his noble
efforts, sank and was washed under by tbe cur
rent. He thus hist his life in his heroic effort*
to save that of one of his men. His death bas
ast a shadow ofgloom over his company, who
were ardently attached to bim.
M hen and How art frorfitttd 1) Kccvgoitiaa.
The Richmond Kxainlncr, In discussing tbe
policy of the leading Power* of Korops with re
gard to onr independence, uy*
Why then this delay in recognising our inde
pendentv'f Os oourao we cannot pre end to know
the exact line of policy that controls their ac
tion, but within certain limits we may specu
late without risk of mistake. In the first place
the mere recognitb nos our independence at
this time would boa brut am fuhnrn. It would
not make us more independent than tve now
are. Il would not add to our armies a single
soldier or musket, or impart more heroism to
the spirit which a love of count*y already In
spires iu our legions, it would not open the
blockade or lesson the iuconveniencict resulting
from it. It would leave belligerent tights pre
cisely where they stood before Nor would it
at this u. incut favorably act upon Northern
opinion and dispose (heir psof 1o to e relaxation
• (heir schemes of conquest.
Tn the present condition of nrndness, mortifi*
• and by the d.eats of Bethel, Manassas, Sprlng
r.t-bl and Lexington; hoping, by uumhors, yet
to retires* the balance of victory and to give a
more favorable aspect to the summer campaign,
the advice embodied in the act ot recognition
would not be heeded. It would hut Stimulate
them to fresh folly and obstinacy. it would be
viewed as a gratuitous interference with a diffi
culty, which, in a mouth cr two, they hoped to
settle iu their own way Put while such would
be ti e present effect ot au immediate recogni
tion, It Is .bvims that when winter ihall have
set in amt tho utter failure of the Northern ar
mies to accomplish our subjugation shall have
been demonstrated beyond peradventuro, doubts
will occur to their minda whether their true in
terests would not bo best promoted by an abau
doninent of the war. At that lime the official
recognition of our independence by France and
Kngiatid might be used with groat efleot by the
triends of peace as an endorsement, by the high*
est Authority, of the soundneas of their positions
and the folly o continuing the war for another
campaign.
No Kauai- taosi rna W ah. The universal
siHgiitt ion stares all in the face without hope
of recovery
There are those who pretend that the Gov
ernment expenditures will afford relief. Let
us examine the idea. Before, the 12,000,000
people of the bouth, were buyers of shirts,
shoes, clothing aud manufactures of nil des
criptions. 10,000,000 of the West were selling
their produce freely and buying what they
could, und the 300,000 men who are now en
gaged in military aflairs were then employed
in productive industry, aud each one was buy
ing his own clothe* aud food All these people
gave active employment to 0,000,000 at the
East and North, in importing and manufactur
ing. All ul once the woi cuts off 12,000,000
Southern customers, destroys the value of 10,-
oOOfOOO more in the YYot, mid puts 300,000 in
the pny of the Government. The 0,000,000
Northern und Eastern men are then told that
they will gel rich by clothing 300,000 soldiers,
111 return for the paper dollars of the Govern
ment ‘ Really the prospect is not good.—New
ark (N. J ) Journal.
Alumni.
Tha Chicago Tribune in anticipation oi the de
feat of Gen. Fremont by lien. File# saya “ the
; first and most serious consequences would he
that Ht. Louis would fall iut*> the h inds of the
Confederates almost without a struggle, aud the
lllinoisiaiis w mid be compelled to provide for
their own defence, ugsiust a poworful enemy
having St. Louis as a base of operations. With
St Louis iu the possession of the Confederates,
there is nothing to prevent them from dontroying
the Illinois Central Huil Hoad, cutting off the
Yutikee force* in and around Cairo, burning
i’ooria, Fekiu, Quincy, and Kook Island, aud
what means could be adopted to make hpringlield
and Chicago safe.
*’ There are not fifty military companies in
(he ,ctie of 1 llmois, and probably n<>t one half
armed ’’.
“ There is not a battery of artillery, a ball
cartiidge, tor a cavalry turbine in the Ktate,
j unless at Cari j there aie not five bunded mus
j beta of which an rmuj should be afraid;
ihcie i not a test, there is no oamp equipage,
there is not a bsgguge wagon. The land is bar
ren of everything save meu. and they have no
training or oigatmation.”
Anvuikb Cauhb ok Ai.arm. The N. York
Express, oi the 9th, says :
About a month ago, it will be remembered,
the privateer Mcßae (steamer) succeeded in
slipping out from New Oileauaand putting to
* sea, smee which time nothing has becu heard
of her. Commander Palmer of the U. J. a'eaiu
or Iroquois, in a dispatch to the Naty Depart
ment, expresses the belief that she has goue
to the Mediterranean to overhaul Ainertoan
vessels in that quarter. We incline to the be
lief that this theory is correct, uot only because
the Mcßae has not shown herself on the coast
or in the Gulf, or in South American waters,
hut because she is likely to fall iu with easy
and atiiurtive prey in tha Mediterranean where
wa have now few or no men of war to took af
ter such marauders.
A statement is made by tbe Chicago Tribune
that Illinois bas ‘*7,000 men now in tbe field,
with 20 regiments of infantry and 8 of cavalry
now organised. The Tribune adds: The quota
of Illinois is only 44,000 men, and when bar 6ft,*
000 men are in tbe field, as they ougbt to be
soon, she will have 21,000 more men In the ser
vice of the Ooverment than she bas been esk
ed for.
Peniijlviiift Election.
The Harrisburg (Fa.) Patriot and Union of
the 11th instant, says of tbe recent election in
that Btate:
“ From tbe complexion of the eleotion returns
from various quarters of tbe State, we have little
doubt the Democrats have a majority of tbe ag
gregate popular vote, and probably bare elected
a majority of members to tbe House of Repre
sentatives. The vote in Westmoreland county
is a revolution to the western part
of the Btate.”
It further adds, in another artioler
The returns of the eleotion are not sufficient
to determine the political complexion of the Leg
islature; but it is certain that the Democrats
have gained largely, and possibly elected a ma
jority to tbe House of Representatives. We have
never known an election of which it was so diffi
cult to obtain tbe retures. Tbe Democrats have
gained a Senator in Philadelphia, one in Bcuylklll
and in all probability ona in Montgomery and
one in Bucks. The current of the vote through
out tbe Btate is decidedly in favor of the Demo
cratic party, and indicates that if is destiued to
control tbe politics of the Btate in tbe future.”
Danmbbou* Counterfeit.— We hat* seen
* $3 counterfeit note on the Bank of Whit
held, Dalton, (ieorgia, which is very well ex
* uted, and liable to deceive persons who are
not familiar with Southern'curreury. On oae
coiner is a vignette of a female head, and on
the omiosite corner a dog, guarding a key.—
it will be well for citizena to look out for
these notes, as an attempt may be made to
eiroulate them m this community.
POL I'M Rl'N, Till KM) IV, 0; TOBER 31, IH6I.
Our Next Cougim
•‘Speaking of the next session of the Confed
erate Congress, the Richmond Examiner says;
‘‘The next session of this body is not expected
to lent but a few weeks, and it is more than
probable that ita deliberations will be conduct
ed in secret The old Stale Senate Chamber
has been enlarged, repaired and improved, and
is nearly ready for occupancy by the Confed
erate repreaentativea. We notice that no
provision has been made for the accommoda
tion of spectators. This, iu the nature, of
thing*, was nearly an impossibility.”
A Lise of Sttamm_l>otwmi Ssaaunab ami tu:o|io.
We invite the attention of the friends of di
rect trade to the advertisement of Mr. U. B.
Lainur, in another column, inviting subscrip
tions of stock to a company for the establish
ment of a lino of steamers between this city
aud some port iu Europe. We are pleased to
see that a movement for the opening of a
channel of direct trade with Europe ha* been
set on foot, and that the enterprise ha* at its
head a gentleman whose high character, per
sona! energy, and large experience a* a mer
chaut and financier, will command the confi
dence, and, we trust, enlist the cordiat co
operation of our public spirited merchants and
planters. Direct trade is an essential element
of our independence, without which the sever
ence of our political connection with the Yan
kee States, coat what it may, will be achieved
in vain. Indeed, until we have established
direct trade and an independent commerce
with European nations, our recognition by for
eign States would be nn empty formality.
We sincerely hope tba’ the stock neces
sary for the establishment of a line of steam
ers between Savannah and Liverpool, or
some other Europeau port, will be promptly
subscribed.— Ha van nah AWi.
Card from Capt. Shepherd.
I’ahi- Pink Cmkkk, 1
Nuar Fairfax 0. H, Oct. 14th, 1861. j
Ahnnbeis of the L. S. A. .S’., FU>rtHce t Qa.r
Ladikh : It giviK me groat p) insure tu inform
you that the box of clothing torwurded to my
care, oamu safely to baud, several days ago. 1
distributed as direoted through your Secretary,
each garment to the young ujau for whom it was
intended. The ocene which occurred when tho
olothing wo.* received, was pleusanl, aud oouid
tbe kind, geueivu* and patriotic Ladies of Flor
ence and its vicinity, have been near enough to
have wiluessed it, they would have been amply
repaid for their trouble, settiug aside the feeling
of duty that prompted their labor. The thoughts
that they were as kiudly remembered at borne,
oaused pleasant emotions as the mind revertod to
the generous donations. “Who wouldn’t tight
with such rlothiug on/” was the remark of a
listener. 1 think 1 oau safely say, Ladies, that
when tbe “shook of battio” tomes, the “Stewart
Boys” will never prove themaeives cowards, for
tbe thought that the Ladies of their county re
moinbered them so kindly, would be a sufficient
talisman to urge them on to victory. I accept
the “thank offering” aent mu by “A Florence
Girl,” with a heart full of emotions of gratitude.
Time oouipels me to bid you adieu—hoping that
each of you will accept tbe sincere and grateful
thank* of myself and command, lor your kind
remembrance.
i remain yourobMt servant,
W. biIKPIILRD,
Capt. Beiiiuie* Guard, Cos. C.,
2d Reg’t Ga. Yol.
Columbus Flying AriiUtrj.
T he above Company, under command of Oapt.
Croft, is being rapidly reived,and and in officered
by as efficient men as any company that has
yet left our city. Capt. Croft we all know to be
a man of superior judgment, fine military Talent,
and bravery sufficient for any emergency. He
nnd his subordinates des rve and Hh<>uld receive
encouragement in their noble undertaking. Lt.
A If. Young is a gentleman of fine promise, and
as second officer is worthy of ami suro to receive
the respect mid confidence oft he corps. Only a
a few men are now wanting to complete the
ranks of the company. Ail who euu, should
rally to Oapt. Croft’s standard, nud let him have
an early chance, with his six “baby wakers” to
show bis hand in expelling the insolent, invader
from our soil.
MkDIGAL t’ I'PoINT M ENT IN THIS All Ml.— We
ure pleased to uvi ot the Hppoiutuiuiit as Assist
ant Burgeon in i'i Confederate artcy, of Dr.
Benjamin M. .uw*U’ late of t thc Fourth Geor
gia regiment, aurgoon Cromwell has passed, iu
aoredttabls manu or, the usual examination anil
has been assigned to duty at Norfolk.—Rich
mood Kraminer , 2fl.‘A.
This gentlomau will he recognized as the son
of Mr Warharn Cromwell of this < ily. lie left
Columbus, several years ago to pi action bis pro
fussion iu South Western Ueurgin, whence he
went to Virginia wiih one of the military com
panies from thut section of the htatc He is a
young man of unblemished character and un
questionable talent aud we rejoice to know from
bis recent promotion that iu both respect* he
is approbated
Our Legislature, in pursuance of the Govern
or's proclamation, convened at 12 o’clock M.,
to-day. We have only time to stale that Mr.
Patton of Lauderdale, was elected President of
the Benats; Mr. Taul of Talladega, Beret ary of
the Senate Mr. Screws of Montgomery, Assis
tant Secretaiy of w tbe Senate; Mr. Padget of
Jackson, door keeper.
A series of resolutions were offered by Mr. Rice
of Montgomery, informing the Governor that
the Senate was ready fr business, and to reosive
his communications; and authoring reporters
for the press of the Confederate States to t*ke
seats within the bar of the Senate, at a table
provided for tbit purpose.
In tbe House, Mr. Crenshaw, of Butler, was
eleoted Speaker; Mr. Clitherall, of Montgomery,
Clerk; D. A. Hendricks of— Doorkeeper.
- Mont. Mail, 28.
Arkansas Naws. —Tbe Fort Smith Times, of
the lfltb, says that tbe news of apprehended
hostilities in the Creek Nation turn ont to be a
false alarm. It is said that Opotbleyoholo is at
horns and bas no intention of attacking Col. Mo
Intosh's Creek Regiment. John Koss has sent
a delegation to Opotbleyoholo, who is a warm
friend of Mr. Ross, to put him right on the ques
lion. We may, therefore, look for matters to be
fully and agreeably settled soon.
Masse*. Mason a.v Slidell.— -We are pleaded
io learn, says the South Carolinian of Friday,
tha”. our Ministers have arrived safely where they
ere not in danger of being disturbed by Lin
coln's swift steamer. Our next news of them will
be that they are safe In England and Frsnoe,
< ffirialJy engaged.
( £#*’Tbe Boston Traveller says letters have
recently been received in that city from the South,
which bad been sent to the British Provinces In
vessels that run tbe blockade, and from there by
mall.
BeanrrgariT) Report of the Battle of laaasua.
The correspondent of tho Richmond Dispatch
“A. Al. G.” writing from Manassas under date
ot October 24th, gives the fo.lowing interesting
synopsis of General Beauregard’s Report of the
battle of .Manassas, lie says:
I have been favored with a brief synopsis of
portions of General Roauregard’s report of the
battle of Mnnaasas, which has been forwarded
to the NVar Department, and whioh will doubt
less be published iu a short tiino. Gen. Beau
regard open* with n statement of his position
antecedent to the buttle, and of the plan propos
ed hy him to the Government of a junotioo of
the armies of Shenandoah and Potomac, with a
‘ view to the relief of Maryland and the capture
of tho city of Washington, whioh plan was re
jected by the President. Gen. B. states that he
tologrnphed the War Department on tho 13th of
July of the contemplated attack of Gen. Mc-
Dowell, urgently asking for a junction of Gen
eral Johnston's forces with his own, and contin
ued to make urgent requosts for the same uutU
tbe 17th July, when the President consented to
order Genera! Johnston to his assistance. Hen.
Beauregard goes on to state that his plan of bat
tle assigned to General Johnston an attack on
the left or near Centerville, while he hlmselt
would command In front; but the condition of
the roads prevented this. It was then deoMed
to receive the attack of the enemy behind Bull
Run.
After the engagement at Blackburn’s Ford, on
the 18th, Gen. Beauregard was convinced Gen.
McDowell’s principal demonstration would lot
made on our left wing, uml then formed the
plan of throwing lor ward a sufficient force by
converging roads to uttuck the enemy's reserves
at Contrevillc, *o soon us the main body of the
latter became in* xtrb ..b'-y engaged on the left.
Late iu the day fiudiug that Gen. Ewell, who
was posted on the extreme right of our line, bad
not moved forward in accordance with the pro
gramme and the special order which bad beot*
sent to him, Ucn. fc ß. patched a courier to
Gen. Kwell to Inquire the reason why the Uttor
had failed toadvun •*, and received a reply from
Gen. K., stating lie had not received any such
order. Tho enemy's uttack having then be
come too strong on the left to warrant carrying
out the original (dan, as it would take time
hours fur Gen. Ewoli's brigade to roach Centre
fills, it became necessary to alter the plan,
change front on ’ho loft, and bring up our re
serves to that part >f the field This movement
was superintended in person b> Gun. Johnston,
Gen. Beauregard himself remaining to direct
the movitnents in front.
At the time when Ucu. Kirby Smith and Gen.
Early came up with their divisions and appear
ed on the right of the enemy, our forces on the
left oooupied the cord of the arc of a circle of
which the are itself was occupied by the ene
my—extremes of their lines flanking ours. The
appearance of Smith's and and
their oharge on the enemy's right, broke the line
of the latter and threw them into confusion,
when shortly afterwards the route became com
plete.
Gen. Beauregard highly compliments General
then Col. Evaus—(commanding a brigade)—and
now the hero of Leesburg—for the extraordi
nary military aptitudo aud great gallantry he
displayed in his moremont from Stone Bridge to
Smiley's Ford, after receiving the enemy’s first
onset at Stone Bridge. Gen. Evans had only
about 1,000 men, but divining that the enemy’s
movement was a concentric one, and that his
columns had gone through the woods to the left,
and would attempt to cross at Sudley's Ford, he
left at Stone Bridgn four hundred men,and filing
ofl towards the ford ut Sudley's with GOO men,
kept the enemy at bay there for nearly an hour,
although in force several thousand strong.
Qeneral Boa uregard sett lea forever the va
rious questions *0 much disputed respecting
this battle. He acknowledges the great gene
rosity ofGenoral in fully according
to him (Gen. B.) the right to carry out the
plans he had formed with relation to this cam
paign, in yielding the command of the field af
ter examining nnd cordially approving the plan
of battle, and in the ellVctive co-operation with
Gen. Johnston so chivalrously extended to him
on thul eventful day.
He remark* that the retreat of our forces
from Fairfax, immediately previous to the en
gagement of the 18th, is the first instance ou
record of volunteers retiring before an engage
ment and with the object of giving battle in
another position.
The number* tinder his command on the
18th Ju y are set down at 17,000 effective men,
and on 21sl to 27,900, which include* 9,100 of
Johnston’s army, and 1,700 brought up by Geo.
Holmes from Fred^ricksbnrg.
The killed ou our side m this ever memora
ble battle are stated in tbe report to have been
in number 303, and tfie wounded 1,200.
Tbe enemy's killed, wounded and prisoners
are estimated by Gen. Beauregard at 4,400,
which does uot include the in.using.
The report is rather lengthy, and Is accom
panied by auoilur from Gen. Johnston, giving
an sec uni of the movements of hi a army el
Winchester and march to Manassas, also by
the reports of Brigade coni in aud ere. It will ba
seen that the hero of l it £ll ruler and Manas
sas can WMle us well an lu* can light—that he
wields the pen of at w-sur us well as the sword
of a Wellington. In modesty and bravery he
exemplihe** the highest type of’ a true soldier,
and has eurued undying Units. ’I lie grateful
tribute he paid to bin brave troops is well mer
ited, and will endear him more and more to
men who are proud to rally under bis standard,
ll ia none the least of Beauregard’s merits that
he was willing to encounter an army so much
better appointed than his own, and that he en
tertained the most unfaltering confidence in
troops which were ns worthy of their cbivalric
commander as be was to lead so noble, so brave
end so high inuuled an army.
The victory ofCleu. Evsus, st Leesburg, bas
added new lustre to our arms. All honor to
the unconquerable spirit of the Mississippi and
Virginia troops, whose achievement has In
fused new spirit into our legions, who pant as
if held in leash to administer to McClellan as
completes repulse as was given to his prede
cessor, McDowell. When the clash comes
they will make memorable once more the now
classic banks of Bull Run.
All Tlkfl.
The Meoretary of tbe Treasury, says ths Rich
mond Whig, has uotifled tbe Commissioners for
the Confederate Fifteen Miiliou Loan that all of
has been taken, and that future subscriptions
| must be taken under tbe loan authorised by the
ct of Congress, approved August Itftb, 1861.
The Commissioner* would do well to bear the
above facts in mind.
Another valuable prize has been captur
ed by an armed Confederate vessel, end we
are pleased to *uy that, notwithstanding the
i very effective blockade, has safely arrived et
a neighboring port. We have not learned the
name of the vessel, but she is a herniaphro-
J dite brig, is liuleu with sugar bouse machin
ery, apples, onions, cheese,Ace., aud was bound
from Boston, where she was owned, to Cuba.
Tin* vessel had been hovering outside the
port she entered for three days, without beia
disturbed by any of Lincoln’s fleet.—Char
•mlon MtrcuryUbth
PEYTON H.COLQUITT, )
JAKES W. WARREN, [ Editor!
Number 42
A Ski/misk is Barren Cobblj ... ABU M.
From the Columbui [Ky.] News, 26th.
We have information which we know to be
reliable, of a skirmish whioh took place recently
in tbe county of Barren, in this State, in wbiob
u few Southern Rights men displayed deeds of
daring and yalor unexampled in tbe annals of
war.
Cyrus Huultiusun a well known oitir.eu of
Barren, having .heroine obnoxious to the Feder
al furoes at Gieensburg, on account of hia po
litical opinlous, it was determined to arrest him.
Mr. Uutohiuson hearing of thoir kind intentions
towards him, and that a troop of 60 cavalry bad
been dispatobed to arrest him, prepared himself
in the best manner he oouid to give them a null
able welcome, rallied among Ida neighbors a
few men who promised to stand by him. Hs
also procured a few Southern soldiers. The whole
number of the Southern force was 14.
After dark, the Fodoral force arrived at his
bouse, aud leaving thoir horses in chargo of a
portion of tlie troop, they entered tho dwelling
Finding their intended victim wr.s out, they in
tended to search for him In the plantation and
outbuildings. Uutohiuson, in the meantime,had
drawn up his men around the yard fence, and as
his foe left the houso, let them have a salute hy
a discharge of rifl > shot. This the enemy re
turned promptly. At tho first fire six of Hutch
inson's men left hint, and at tho third or fourth
four more deoamped. This left him with only
four men; but this li tie Spartan band mudatsin
ed the unequal fight until the foe retreated. —
After the buttle was over, there were eight dead
men found in tbe yard and adjacent grounds,
four more wore ascertained to have died on the
road back to Groonsburg, aud fuiir who enured
[ tbe town are understood tube mortally wounded.
Tbe party left in charge of tbe horiea, seised
with fright, fled in tiie panic and left thirty b >r
net behind, all brauded U. S. These the vioto
rlous Koutuckiau* captured, and will let tbe
Lineoluites have them when ibny eau get
them.
Urd l.joti tad tiie Blockide.
Wo confess our inabilby to comprehend the
priuciple upou which the British Minister at
Washington Is regulating his official conduct with
regard to the blockade. His government him
plainly laid down the well established doctrine
that a blockade, to be respected, must bo effective
—that It must put a stop to commerce—and It
has announced its intention to regulate Its oon
duT by that principle, and any government
would Lava the support of the world in uphold
lag It.
And yet, what do we see done by the represen
tative of tho British governmental Washington)’
Lord Lyousknows as well as the people of tho
South do, for it baa been brought officially, time
and again, to his attention, tha; vessels uro every
week passing in and out of the Confederate ports
iu spile of the aliedged blockade—in dee I that
theblookade itself la but a farce, and an insult
to foreign nations interested in our commerce—
and yet we fiud hiut, notsileut, but aotively en
gaged in supporting the wrong by issusng circu
lars to British Consuls at tbe South that such a
blockade must be respected,and that oven British
commerce rnurt give way before it I Tbeir ves
sels must not only not attempt to run’the block
ade, but they are instrueted that an “attempt to
load” in a blockaded port, is a violation of the
law.
We cannot comprehend this; but to ua It has
very muoh the appearance of knuckling to Lin
coln. — B*v, Republican.
Thu Flkht ckk thk Bar —Yesterday having
been very clear, and tbe atmosphere in a condi
tion to show objects plainly at a distance, the
Flag Ship of the blockaders was prominently in
view lroui the whrtrve*, even her <raoke pipe be
ing visible t the oyc. iShe tnay be seen at an
chor, from the lower part of the city, just north
ofCamniing’s Point, with tbo Lincoln flagflying
from her spanker gaff. During tbe day,a report
was very current that a Federal fleet of thirty
sail had passed tbo bar, but no one oould be
found who suw them, and it tnay be considered
entirely unreliable, up to the moment of writing.
About inidduy two steamers approached the Flag
Ship, supposed to be the Flag and Montioello.—
Tbe former, after making her report, stood south,
and the Montioello rt mained in sight, off the port.
The sailing vessel lormerly stationed near here,
has not hr on in sight for some days. Spyglass
es were brought constantly In use,by curious ob
servers, and muoh strong foeling expressed, about
ike war fleet; but, as they were not very chari
table, we will not report them.— Cknrioston Mor
art/, tH'b.
Bio Discovert—A Heavy Haul.—The Ga
sette of Nashville says: One of the Mississipp,
regiments now encamped near Hopkinsville Ky.,
made quite a discovery a few days since. While
engaged in digging, they came across a brass
aannon and about six thousand Lars of leadi
which no doubt had .been buried by tbe Lin*
oolnltes. A pretty good baul.
Hukknan's Lincoln Troops Preparing pot
A RsrnsA i. —Tbe LouisvLle Courier of the
26th ssyi The Ltuaolnites under Sherman are
confident that tbe Southern army will soon re
treat from Bowling Green and abandon Ken
tucky. Tbe p re: eud cot to inter tain tbe slight
est doubt that the Confederate soldiers will take
to their heels like frightened wild deer at the
sight of the redoubtable Rousseau and bis hero
ic com pan ions. But it is asignifionnt fact that
they have mined the long trestle-work beyond
Muldrough’a bill, and prepared to blast tbe
tunnel there full <*f rocks at tbe approach of an
enemy! They are assuring tbe cowardly crea
tures whom they are trying to reduce into tholx
ranks that there Is uo danger because Buckner
is going to run sway with bis forces; end at the
same time are preparing to destroy the railroad
beyond Elisabethtown to obstruct hiawnarch on
Louisville long enough togire them an oppor
tunity to escape across tbe Ohio river General
Buckner is fully aware of tbe advantages of
Louisville as winter quarters for his troips.
Compliment to Hardeman's Battalion
The Noifolk correspondent of tbe Charleston
Courier, says, on the 25th.-
The Independent (leorgia Battalion, station
ed near this city, came in town yesterday and
paraded in splendid style, through some of ihe
streets, presenting a truly military and warlike
appearance. The Battalion ia under tbe com
mand of Major Hardeman, a most accompieh
rd officer; should this body of well drilled sol
diers be called to battle, they will certainly be
among tbe most formidable and effective fight
ing men in tbe Southern army.
Without claiming to have official or de
tailed information of tbe approaching move
ment cf the National Army of the Potomac, we
may assure our readers that the grand contest
is indeed close at hand. It is impossible to
say with accuracy when it will begin, but it
must be within comparatively a few days. Our
army now stands so that a single intelligent
glance shows its attitude to be one preceding
offensive movements. If tbe projected naval
expeditions and the forward step of the army
should be simultaneous, tbe effect can be but
crushing However it may be as to this con
cert of action, there need bo no doubt about
tho operations of the army, and hardly any
thing short of a miracle can delay our speedy
advance —A". F. Trihuuo,