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FROM THE NORTH.
from the Richmond iVa.) Dispatch. Oct. S - !
We are indebted to the courtesy of Lieutenant |
V. Bossieux and Mr. K. J. Wiley, for New York
papers of the 22d, and Baltimore papers of the |
evening nt that day. The following is the “riitn- j
atioh” article puhl.shed in the Baltimore Amen* '
can, of Wednesday evening :
An expedition from Gen. Slocum’s division of I
the Army of the Potomac went into Loudoun
couDty vesterdav for the purpose of intercepting J
a rebel cavalry force, under Capt. Dug, which has
been forngmg there. The expedition was entire !
Iv successful. Thirty-two prisoners, including
Capt. Dug, were captured, and ten killed. Our '
lose was only one killed and four wounded. Mrs.
Gen. McClellan and Mrs. Gen. Marcy left Harper’s
perry yesterday for Washington.
A party of our cavalry went from Centreville
to the vicinity of Catlett’s Station on Saturday,
with the intention of capturiug a rebel train on
the Orange and Alexandria Railroad; but the j
euenav, having been apprised of our approach,
look means to prevent the success of the expo ;
ditiim. The whole country between Centreville
and the Rappahannock is reported to be swarm* j
ing with rebel cavalry.
A regiment of infantry, with a battery, has !
been sent to Island No. 21, on th* Mississippi, to !
punish the rebel’s for tiring into two Government J
transports last Friday night. Gen. Sherman in- j
strucled them to destroy everything in the vicra*
tty. He also sent ten Secesb families from Mem
phis, in retaliation for this outrage of the gner J
lias.
Gen. Schobeld has established his headquarters {
at Klkhorn Farm, Ark. He telegraphs that the '
enemy are making for the Boston Mountains.
The guerilla Morgan is still continuing his
depredations in Kentucky; bat report says he is
actively pursued by our cavalry uuder General
■nmont.
The result of the election in l’ennsylvama, so
far as the State ticket is concerned, is still in
doubt.
The schooner Admiral Blacke, reported to have
beeu captured by the rebel steamer Alabama, has
arrived safely in Boston.
The President has issued an order directing
that all persons, who bare been actually drafted,
claiming exemption from military service on ac
count of alienage, will make their applications
directly to the Department of State, or through
their respective Ministers or Consuls.
The total number of drafted men in Camp Cleve
land, Ohio, on October 17th, was 1,6(17. TheCum
missioueis reported 2,112 ns drafted. Os these,
102 were exempted by surgeons. Three hundred
and eighty ot the entire number furnished substi
tutes.
From China we learu that Colonel Ward (the
American Mandarin) had captured three more
cities from the Rebels.
A I’ortugnese brig, the Acasco, has been char
tered at Fayal to proceed to Flores, to take the
pnsouers released by the Rebel steamer Alabama
U> Boston.
Eight thousand signatures have been appended
to an appeal from the women of the loyal States,
praying for the removal of all negligent, incompe
tent, drunken, or knavish men, who, in the first
hurry of selection, obtuiued for themselves posts
of responsibility; uud that the President will res j
tain in the army only capable, honest, and trust- ;
worthy soldiers.
wur M YI.KI.LAN S AKNY DOBS NOT ADVANCE.
The reason of McClellan’s inactivity is genera j
ally discussed in the Northern papers. The New
York Commercial says:
General George B. McClellan will advance, both j
himself and his army being in good and excellent
spirits, just so soon us bis men are furnished with j
the proper clothing for so long a march He will '
■ot attempt it while his men are in need of pro
per clothing.
To movetorwurd while they are without drawv
•rs, socks, overcoats and shoes, would necessitate
the keeping up of an ambulance tram to the rear
srenter5 renter ihuu the advancing train of the army.
uchatrain would have to be deleuded, and the
■ick protected from capture. Medical depots would
have lobe established every few miles, and guards
wust be left to protect them. And all this because
the noble soldiers composing the Army of the
Potomac lack the clothing pledged to them by the
Goyermnent.
A dispatch in the Philadelphia North American
dated Washington the 21st, after announcing that
there is no probability ot a forward movement of
the army at an early moment, says :
To be plain, the chances are that masterly mac-. ;
tivity will bo the order of the day for weeks if not
months to come; and if a battle takes place sooner I
n will be oue brought on by the rebels themselves j
and uot because of any forward movements of our
own.
I should have stated that rumors are current to \
the effect that the blame for the non.advance of !
the army is laid to McClellan—and these rumors ■
even go so far as to assert '.hat if he does not put I
his army in motion, a commander will be put at j
the head of the army who will move, let the conse
quences be what they may. 1 must confess iTiave
not much faith in these rumors, however, and give '
them for what they are worth.
There are those who assert that the true reason ;
why the army does not advance is because of a
want of clothing and shoes, and that as soon us j
these are secured offensive operations will be com- j
msuced. This, I will add, is the very generally
received, opinion and belief, and, if the statements 1
are correct, the question narrows down to the !
time it would take to re-ciothe the army, and ren- ]
der it in suitable condition for marching and j
fighting- Will this be a week, or fortnight, or
three months ?
lu reaoing the above statements it should be
remembered that McClellan’s army did make a
forward movement on Thursday of last week,;
which was promptly checked by Gen. Lee.
TUX NEXT BATTLE TO EE IN PENNSYLVANIA.
A correspondent of the New York Tribune, ;
writing from Hagerstown, Maryland, on the 19th,
says'
All last night the rumbling of artillery, and the ,
solemn tramp ol infantry, was heSTii passing,
tbiough the main street uud hundreds wondered
and speculated what movement was ob foot. The
nsornwsr dawned, but the mystery remained un
solved. Two brigades of Gen. Couch’s Division,
which,since the great battle, have been laying fout
miles from Williamsport, on the road to Sharps*
burg, suddenly, last Saturday evening, left their
encampment, and, with ten days rations, inarched •
up the Potomac to Clear Springs uud joined thv ,
brigade of Gen. liowe, which hud been occupying
that post siuoe the raid of Gen. Stuart.
This movement of Couch’s division created bu:
iittie comment, for it had been anticipated s-vei i ,
days; but the movement of two brigades ot Smith s ;
division from the vicinity of Aagerstown, where
they had jnst arrived to wash and dress them- !
selves in preparation for the winter, instantly gar* .
us ah to understand that either the light wing ot !
the army of the Potomac was about swinging over 1
to Virginia, or the left ot Geu. Lee’s army was on i
the’pomtjof paying us a visit. At this hour, 10 P. i
M., everybody looks as if another great battle |
would be fought before long on tins side of the j
Potomac, but not on the soil of “My Maryland,” :
but on that of our Pennsylvania.
KttOH KhMliCkl.
The latest intelligence from Kentucky is con
tained in a dispatch dated Louisville,Oct. 21, mid- *
ngbt. It says:
Gen. Jeff. C. Davis, who shot Gen. Nelsju, has >
been released from arrest, and ordered to report *
for dutv at Cincinnati.
Gen. Dumout passed through here this evening !
en route for Indianapolis.
One hundred and fifty rebel prisoners from ;
Frankfort and Islington, and 300 paroled Union \
pnsouers from Cox’s Creek, arrived here to-day. 1
They left at 3 o’clock on Monday morning, and up 1
to 2 o’clock this afternoon had had nothing to eat, I
Morgan having destroyed all the captured provir ‘
sions that he could not carry away.
Morgan’s men changed clothes with many of
our prisoners, and his band are now said to be •
clothed in Federal uniforms. j
Doubtful rumors say that the bridges over Koll
ing Fork and Bacon Creek have been destroyed ;
by the rebels.
r Eight Commissioners, sent by the Chicago Ham- j
tary Commission, who were captured near Cox’s I
Creek, have arrived here. Morgan’s men took all '
j their supolies.
The rebels at Cox’s Creek captured Capta :i T. ,
I ]>. Lewis, postmaster of Wood’s division, with
his mails, containing several thousand letters, the '
I money from which the rebels took, and then ae- j
, stn»yed all the letters.
THE NEW YORK MARKETS.
Gold was quoted in New York on the even!n 2
of the 22d mat. at 134, having risen from 1311;
ion the day before. The Herald, of the 2‘2d inst.,
! Kays:
Exchange was quoted at 143 in the morning;
| but in the afternoon, when gold began to move
onward, n i<>B* of the bankers refused to name •*.
rate. The committee of the Board on the gold
question reported this morning that it was the
wish of »he Government that the speculation in
geld should not be fostered by the Stock Exchange,
I and ♦hat, in tb* 3 opinion of Government officials,
the traffic in gold at the Board was culcuiated to
j stimulate speculation therein. It is understood
' that the Boar 3 will act upon the subject to*mor«
j row, and will exclude gold from the regular list.
| The immediate effect of this will probably be to
j stimulate the price of gold. But eventually it
! cannot but diminish speculation in the precious
j metal.
MISCILLANCOnS.
I’ It is reported in St. Louis that a challenge has
passed between Major McKinatry, wl
trial before a court martial m th.it City, and lion.
Frank I*. Blair, Jr., member of Congress.
i Two men were tried last week in Cecil county,
Maryland, on the charge of treason, for displaying
secession flags on the public highways. Verdict
—Not guilty.
United States Senator James A. Pearce, of
Maryland, is now lying so low at his residence in
Charlestown that uo hopes are entertained of h s
recovery*
LATER FROM EUROPE
the KNGLI9U PRESS ON THR EMANCIPATION PROCLA
MATION— LINCOLN’S TUCNDBB LACOHKIt AT, AC.
The steamer City of Manchester, from Liver
pool on the 7th inst., arrived at New York Tues*
day. Lincoln’s proclamation relative to emanci
pation of the slaves was still the theme of uni
versal discussion in England, and its importance
was fully realized. Hyde Bark, London, on Sun
day, the sth, was the scene of a meet disgraceful
riot Then was no meeting called, but an im
mense crow l assembled, composed largely of ,
roughs, Irish and English, apparently intent on j
finishing the row of the previous Hunday, or
making a sequel to it. The brutal proceedings
continued for some two hours. By three o’clock (
about one hundred thousand people had entered ,
the l ark, many carrying sticks. The Irish made {
the best preparations for the shindy. When the ,
melee was at its height, sticks were being used, j
and stones were Hying in all directions, and at (
least two thousand people were battling in differs (
eat parts of the park, and in som? cases knives .
were used. Several hundred soldiers off duty !
took part in the fray. The Irish were at lust
' overpowered. t
I The aggregate expression of the London news*
papers c.uy be summed up as uq unqualified con
demnation by the English people of the principles i
I and policy of the extreme Abolitionists of the .
United States, who are classified as “fanatics, ’ ,
wishing to perpetuate au “outrage on Humanity'’ .
i by the initiation of a negro insurrection. The \
: plea of a gradual abolition of slavery, or even its ,
immediate extinction, was still entertained with
I 1 favor, but it is evident that England doubts Mr. ■
Lincoln’s power to enforce his decree, aud thinks '
it can he carried out by force only.
The London Times and Post are hostile to the
i President, his Cabinet, and the Union at large, ,
while ibe Loudon News, the organ of Exeter Hall, j
writes an editorial treatise against slavery, but
avoids all reference to Mr. Lincoln or the nrocla- '
nation. The Loudon Htar tfiinks that Mr. Lincoln
has accurately calculated his power to carry out
emancipation on the Ist of January, and antici
pates, meantime, the negroes “meeting in war
council,” and then “striking” for “freedom.” The
Manchester and Liverpool papers express the
opinion that the North cannot perfect the design
of Mr. Lincoln.
Lord Enfield, M. P., delivered a speech to an
assemblage composed of noblemen, tanners, aud
operators, at Hounslow, England, on the 6th in
stant, in whice, after expressing regret at the ex
istence of civil war in America, he said : “It is
to be boped that by some means—by some honor*
; able understanding between the contending par
’ ties—the seceded Slates may be recognized, and
j that the two great Republics, or perhaps three,
1 may arise out of the wreck of that great Repub
! lie which, whatever its faults may have been, was
| one worthy the respect and esteem of Englishmen.
We may further hope that those Republics may
i he able to prove a blessing to the civilized world.
! More than tnat I may feel, but more than that I
i will not say, because the members of the House
! of Commons have, by mutual understanding,
• placed a restraint upon themselves iu the desire
1 that no vote or expression of theirs should carry
I either defiance or insult to the people of America.”
| The United Slates steamer Release, at Cadiz, on
j the Bt'th ult., from Fayal, reports that there were
1 two rebel steamships in the* waters of the Azores
and that when the wualeship Ocmulgee.of Edgar -
town, was taken by the “No. 290,” the OcmuTgee
| had a whale alongside in addition to the oil on
boarc.
The Independence, ot Brussels, publishes the
1 following letter;
Actcn, Sept. 30, 1862.
! I read a letter dated lrorn Paris, in your mim -
! ber of the 27th, that “President Lincoln proposed
the command of the armies of the North Gen
Changarnier, who refused it.” Your correspond
• dent has been led into error. I have never re-*
ceiled any proposition from I’resideut Lincoln or
from his agents. I- request you to insert this
1 letter in your next number, and accept beforehand
, my sincere thanks. Changaknibr.
FROM THE ARMY
j Toths Editors of the Richmond
W IKCHESTER, OCL 21, 1962.
| Gentlemen : There is uot much of interest tre m
! the army of Northern Virginia to record. The
! enemy has crossed the river and engaged in skira
misfit # -.nd artillery duels with no important can
! sequences. General Jackson’s division is destroy*
i.ig the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, as rapiuiy
..rid effectually as possible. Colonel Isubodenhas
advanced to Moorefield, Hardy county, and the
. evolutions of the enemy in that direction are car. -
■ sally obsci red.
Every precaution is used to prevent the progress
- ut small -pox in this army—a few cases ou'y have
i appeared. - Proper provisions tor • sick, disabled
, aud convalescent soldiers on the Staunton Valley
I Turnpike, to and from the army, is said not to
! ho e been made. This complaint requires early
and particular attention.
l.atgc supplies of clothing, &c„ to meet the ne*
! cessities of cur army, arrive continuously. The
j ; ,;Ler is very fine, and God, as usually, favors
| nur cause. The news from the battie in Keu
i tucky is very encouraging to i ur troops, who are
l in fine life and spirits.
; lu the dissensions among Yankees and in foreign
I intervention and all isms, we put no trust—we
i believe in et man droit." lied and Right is
I the felicious eonoep-iou of our cause..
It seems to me the neg oes on this border should
be appropriated, as o military necessity, and re*
i moved to the interior, “«■&.’» just compensation to
i th tr owners." As it is. they are not merely use
l less, but far worse— “.toßt eousum*r» fo/./.-*” —
i ruthless bread-eaters! Index.
The Washington correspondent of the New York
World savs :
\ “A leading General in the Arno- of the Potomac,
one who is noted for saying very little, and that
I little very reliable, said yesterday that he should
| uot be surprised if the war was virtually terminate
! c-ti by Christmas.”
The correspondent of the Evening Post ass.es
substantially the same statement.
pjf Beauregard is said tobequiteiil, and more
! evi. than ill. —Louisville (Et/.) Journal.
At all events, his Abolition enemies have res*
i son to think his ways quite evil.
VERY LATEST FROM THE NORTH.
From the fitchmond Framiner. OcI.SS.
We received last nigb\ through the kindness
j"f a I:;**r.d. New York r opers of the 20th rnstan*.
IWe !. ;m taem the following summary of
j news .
TIL ;th • .MTi. .;OF THE confederate states by
EUBOPE.
The latest advices from Europe bring encourag
ing news of our early recognition by England.
The New York Tribune, ot ihek'Uh, m ua edito-
The uigt advices from Europe render it moral!v
certain that France and Gr|at Bri’.aiu will recog*'
nise the South iin Confederacy on or about the
Ist of January next, provided the *,fruition shnli
remain unchanged tiil that time. In other words,
if our Generals should henceforth stand on tie
deienoive, and in due time subside into winter
quarters, they decide ta give up the Union. If
uur armies go into winter quarters without
acbieviug further and more decisive successes,
Western Europe fli* -»to the r -cue of the rebels.
The Washington crresgondcDt oft.,, .-aim,
paper writes:
| ‘ i/idles here of rebel proclivities, who are on
intimate terms with the Belgian Legation, Conti*
dently assert that Belgium is about to recognize
the Southern Confederacy, and that her example
will be followed by the largest powers of Europe.
THE NEWS FROM KENTUCKY.
The news from Kentucky and the southwest is
given by the Northern papers iu the following
paragraphs.
There are countless rumours froru the'south
west concerning war matters. As,.for instance ;
Bragg, on Tuesday, w ith 40,000 men, was in Camp
Orchard, intending to camp a few miles below.
He is rapidly retreating toward Mount Vernon.
Kirby Smith was going out of Kentucky on the
road to Manchester, Clay county; thence by the
road whereon Bragg is retreating, toward Cum
berland Gap. In Mississippi county, Mo., the
rebels are very active, and the sccesh in the 3ur
rouodiug neighborhoods are decking into the
rebel camp, twenty miles from New Madrid, in
large numbers. The rebel force in that vicinity
is from 1,000 to 3,500. Oa Thursday the steamer
Emelte was taken possession of at Portland by two
hundred guerillas. They passed Linn, Osage
ounty, on the following morning, on their way
North. Gen. Price is said to be gathering a la r ge
number of troops at Holly Springs, with the view
of attacking some point on the Mobile and Ohio
railroad. There is a rumor at Cairo that an at*
tack has been made by the rebels rn the Union
troops at islaud No. 10. No boat bts arrived at
Cairo from Memphis iu three days, and trouble is
feared on the river.
The rebel, John Morgan, made a dash into
Lexington, Kentucky, ou Saturday morning, but
did not stay. Onr men fought awhile, but he
was too strong for them; we had six killed and
one hundred and twenty*tive were tbken prison
ers, but immediately paroled. On Hvndaj, when
between Versailles and Frankfort, Morgan was
met by twenty-five hundred of General Dumont’s
cavaiiy, who, after a short fight, routed and dis
persed the rebels. Lexington is now in posses
sion of Union troops.
The Louisville Journal has the following arti
cle on the situation in Kentucky :
Our hopes are not realized by the n*»ws from
Buell and Bragg. It appears that, in passing
through or beyond Crab Orchard, Bragg wan
about seventeen miles ahead of Buell. We doubt
very much now whether Buell can catch Bragg at
all, unless the latter deliberately chooses to be
caught. They may, perhaps, make a stand at
some stronghold iu the Cumberland Mountains;
yet it does seem Itkelv, considering their num*
bera, that they could subsist there for any length
of tune. We think the present probability n
that they will attempt to get across the Cumber
land river into Tennessee, this stream being now
so low that it may no doubt be forded at many
points, ’f, however, Buell pushes on with fiery
speed, bragg may fail in the attempt to put the
river be;wr*en them. «*v
If Bragg gets B.tfe into Tennessee after me late
terrible spoliation of Kentucky, we cannot even
conjecture what the programme of action on either
side will be thereafter. Bragg may go into Vir
ginia to join Lee, or he may establish himself at
Chattanooga and other points in East Tennessee;
or he may strike for the capture of Nashville, and
seek to get back into Kentucky by nearly the
same route he recently traveled. Meanwhile,
Bue.l, at the head of his magnificent army, a host
capable of mighty achievements, will no doubt be
governed in bis action by the logic of events.
Os affair's in Arkansas, the Northern papers say:
From East Arkansas, intelligence is received
that the rebel force, about 7,000, has been con
centrated under Mcßride, at Pocahontas. General
Parr, in command at Helens, reports Holmes and
Hindman with a considerable force on the west
side ot the river, threatening to attack him, their
object being to do so before he could be rein
forced
TEE NORTHERN STOCK MARKET.
The Northern stock market report says;
Stocks were irregular aid tending downward
on Saturday. At the Second Board the feci in g
whs stronger. Governments were iu demand ana
firm. Gold went down to ISO; Exchange to 143,
10 perceut. below the highest point.
From the Wilmington (S. C.) Journal, Oct. 2*.
THE FIVER.
The officer who got the reports yesterday as
sures us that all the phvs ciaus did not report any
more than six new cases fir the day previous,
(Thursday.) so that we must set that down as the
! official statement.
; The new cases reported as having taken place
! yesterday, amount) to 17; the number of luter*
ments at Oakdale Cemetery to 10.
The weather to-dav is soft and balmy, with no
j hope of frost m it. From a statement which we
publish to«dav, the result of observations made
tor a series of years by a highly intelligent citi
zen, it would appear that experience does not jus
tify us in calculating iipoa a kill ng frost before
about the 20th of November. Wo may have it,
but as we said before, we cannot calculate upon
it with any certainty. The following is the sum*
tiling up for the
New Ca: ?. Deaths
Saturday, October l&th 40 17
Sunday “ 19 th 45 23
Monday “ 20th 36 25
•Tuesday “ 21st 33 33
Wednesday *' 22d.. .. .i 6 7
Thursday “ 23d .... «> 11
Friday “ 2Lu-., ..17 10
194 111
The mortality was gmiest at the beginning of
the week, and fell off npidly towards the middle,
owing probably to the nere favorable state of the
weather. The numbir of deaths given for Sim
ilar and Monday rathe exceed onr own informa
tion received at the tin?, but accord more accus
lately with the numbs* of coffins issued and oth*
erwise supplied on thfcse days. There* is not much
variance, however, aul we hardly think that our
summing tip for the Week will differ far from the
exact truth. We hav« tried to verify it as careful
ly as possible.
It will be seen that the mortality has been very
heavy in proportion to new cases. This is no
doub r to be accounts! for by the ver}* large num
ber of eases on handor taken down last week,
and by the coolness cf the weather affecting un
favorably those already *ick, while it probably
retarded its spread fr now cases.
What effect the warm change this morning
may have we are not able to say. We will be
able to tell better on Monday. We do trust that
to-morrow may do nothing to add to the melan
choly reputation attaching to every Sunday since
the epidemic commeiced.
A singular hysterbal panic among factory girls
is reported in a Manchester paper. Upwards of
300 girls were empoved in sewing in the large
school room under Dr. Munro’s Chapel,and oue or
two of them were sabject to tits. One afternoon
recently everything was proceeding in the usual
manner, when suddenly oue of the girls was pros*
trated by a fit. There was considerable alarm
created in the school by this circumstance, and
almost instantly another girl was attacked by what
the superintendent believes was hysteria, and then
another and another, until quite a*panic prevailed,
altogether nineteec'girls becoming effected in less
than an hour.
STILL LATER FROM THE NORTH.
From the liichmjitd Enquirer.
We received late last night New York, Pbiia-j
’ deiphia and Baltimore papers ot Wednesday eve
| nine, tue22d inat. We make room this morning !
• : r tie subjoined selections:
I II farters Army or the Potomac. Tuesdav
evenicg, Oct. 21, 1962.—An expedition started
from Gen.. Slocum’s command this morning for
■ t;.e purp of intercepting and capturing a force
cf rebel cavalry under Capt. Day, who were for
a.iirg near LovettsviUe, Loudon county, Va. It J
was ia every respect successful, but the details are !
not known.
W»* took thirty«itwo prisoners, among whom was •
the Cupta.D, and killed fifteen f the enemy. Oar
! loss was one man killed and four wounded. It ;
. w. - v.n independent c impaoy raised by Cant. Day j
in Loudon county.
Mrs. Gen. McClellan ana Mrs. Gea. Murcv. hav- j
j inj.finishwi their visit to ihe army of the Potomac, .
j left lor Washington tosday.
• j oca PICKETS BEYOND U ALLTOWN JACK So X VT I
HONKER HILL—ORDER NO. 154.
Special Dispatch to the Inquirer.
| Harper’s Ferry, Oct. 21, yP. M.—Our cavalry
| i pickets have been extended two miles, and are
| some distance beyond Halitown, now held by our
i infantry. A balloon reconnoissancv, last Monday
night, discovered ihe enemy this side of Charles
town. Deserters coming in report Jackson with a
large force, still m the neighborhood of Bunker
Hill.
Great dissatisfaction exists rn the army respect
ing Order No. 154, authorizing regulars to fill up
the.r regiments from those oi volunteers.
IMPORTANT FROM CAIRO.
STEAMERS ATTACKED BY REBELS—REPORTED CAPTURE
OK ISLAND NO. 10.
Cairo, Oct. 21.- The steamer Catonhala was
fired into by the Rebels on Saturday morning,
thirty miles below Memphis, and one man wound
ed. The steamer Gladiator wan attacked by a
b nd ot Rebels while loading cotton, twenty-five
miles below Memphis, the a.me day. Two per
sons were killed ai d some wounded’. The Rebels
then tired the boat, but the flames were extins
gui.-hed without doing much damage, and the
boat escaped.
The Rebels continue to burn cotton in the
neighborhood ot Memphis.
It is said tb it Price has been reinforced by fif
teen thousand Texans, and that men are arriving
daily.
Steamers from Commerce, Mo., report all quiet i
there. The Rebels sacked the town, and carried !
off three thousand debars’ worth of goods and a
number of horses.
A report is in circulation here to*day that the
Ifebeis had attacked and captured Island No. 10,
Ifut the report is not traceable to any reliable
source.
FROM THE YANKEE CAPITAL.
Washington, Oct. 21, 1562,
EXECUTIVE ORDER.
Executive Mansion, Washington, October2oth,
1962 —lt ia hereby ordered that all persons who
may have actually been drafted into the military
service of the United Ststrs, and who may claim
exemption on account of alienage, will make ap*
plieatian therefore directly to the Department of
State, or through their respective Ministers or
Omuls. Abraham Lincoln.
By the President,
Wm. 11. Seward, Secretary of State.
Pursuant to the above order, the proper sfficors
are directed to report to the Department cf Slate
the cases to which the order refers.
Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War.
(TRIOCB PEACE OF RESORT.’
Pisgah Church, m Charles county, Maryland,
has become a noted place for the secretion of con**
bruband goods, it is said, as well as a sort of
“headquarters” for spies and dealers in contras
band goiqdg. Benjamin Bowles, who was captured
there day before yesterday, has been put in the
old cap tal jail. He seems to have dealt with the
&>u*b I'TOttjr Kou wily in .jitinin oH nd UlOrph Uie. ,
krom Nashville.
From the Cincinnati Commercial.
Mr. Charles H. Green, Claim at Nash
ville, Teun., arrived in this city on Friday evening,
direct from Nashville, bringing news which will
give the greatest satisfaction to all who have been
uneasy about the fate of thal city. His intelligence
is up to the 13tb, on the morning ol which he left
Nashville. The fight at Lavergn<- had taken place
before he started, and also the demand for the
surrenderor the city, which demand was all a
hoax, and considered as a good joke, for there
were no Rebel forces anywhere in the vicinity of
Nashville to enforce the demand, none in fact but
the guerillas under Bennett, who fly about here
tad there, scouring the country in every direction !
and picking up any unlucky stragglers, and they i
are not strong enough to interfeie with the arms
ed foraging expeditious sent out from to is city.
Nashville «as never safer than the day Mr. Green
left it, and there are 7,000 of our troops there
under Gen. Negley.
* We copy the following paragraphs from
ibe Richmond Enquirer oftjie 23d instant:
From the Army of the Potomac.—Reports from
the Potomac, on yesterday, place a portion of our
•army m Maryland, opposite Shepberdstown. We
have no particulars of aev such movement, but
think it probable that such is the case. From
present indications, Ibe winter c impaign in this
qu .rttr w ill be ouduc ed . s the campaign of Mi.-- I
uussis during the winter « f 1561’2, should events
not be interrupted by ary decisive battle. The
season will soon btgiu when the condition of the
r ads will render military op-ra: ons extremely
difficult, and especially among the hills and
mouu ains of the lower Valley.
A battle n ay be fought so a, and both armies
are aware of the nectssiiy of i s speedy consum
mation. The' “game of s rategv” may poss.fc v
lead both into a compulsory quit* us lor tl;e wimer
before the blow can b. struck.
The Fight at Charlestown.—We are indebted
; o hfr end ft r the ! o 1 » \mg extract from a letter j
from Capt. B. IJ. h, Jr., of the 3d Richmond •
Howi zers, received by his faih r und dated at j
C mrlfsmwn, Va., 19tii .ns .
“Day before yt-terday, we ergigcd theereuy j
place a
have ever been yet; and wbat was worse, had to !
do all the fighiing, having only a cavalry support ’
aud they remained under cover ci the woods.
“Lieutenant Carter was .‘•lightly wo nled in J
the shoulder early in the engagement. Pnv. • J
R. B Brown was killed, .j. L Vumuv w -und .d ia ;
the thigh, and Private Mann, of Cd co: pacy, in
the teg. I was strut .
returning from the tiel *, by a fragment ot shell, I
my horse killed, and the whole upper part o. my j
left loot shot off. It has b en amputated .b we
the wound by skilful! surgeons w h • hope to save ’
half of it. lam in Mr. nutherf ri*s house, and *
receiving the kindest attention, and am, 1 nope,
doing well.
The rumors of an engagement in the street : of
Warremon, on Saturday l ist, have only this foun
dation ; On that day a party o! the enemy advanced
near Warrenton by the read from the A ,• Haiti*
more. Our troops at Wat ronton upon
them with a cannon. At the first discharge, tbe
enemy fled with precipitation. Nobody hurt.
The Military Despotism in the Ncmtit.— There
is a great deal of discontent being manitested in
the North over the wanton lawlessness of tbe acts
of the Administration at Washington. The New
York “Express,” after noticing rhe arrests of cer- !'
tain pariies, purely from political r-.asons,
What wicked, * cruel lawlessness is all this?!
What an utter outrage upon all the pretences of ■
our Republican forms of Government! Wba: a
redvetio ad ahsurdum of the hitherto r oed
boast—
“l am an American c uzan,” —
■ to the crueller condition of an Austrian subject or
a Turkish serf. Oil, Liberty! Liberty! as Madame
Roland dying exclaimed—
“ What crimes are committed in thy name!“
Z It is said that Bragg has a good many
raw troops, but Buell's fire will give them a good
roasting.— Zauuville (Ky) Journal.
And it is said that Bragg’s raw troops very se
riously affected the digestion of the Kentucky
Abolitionists. His fire kept them in a continual
j TEE NEWS FROM THE COAST.
From, the Charleston i ~ icr , Oct. **;.
! Tne enemy’s boats lef' r : "er, Friday, a:'---
| it :s said, burying a unaib-j- <i *heir dead
j Mackey's Fomt An .1 au .meliigent ust'
wL >*hu.d b&ei wiihu: their states that their
officers esv mated their e.ts* >:es at fully thre*
! hundred killed and *oundeu. A Lieut. Colon-?
was brought back on a l.t'er • dying condition
Captain Hamilton. of the7' *n Pennsylvania, wz?
lef* dead on the field. The ni'si of their deuu,
f >and oc the s’: 4 .: the head. Tit
prisoners say that ; . r artiiler- mad-? great fcurr
I in *he:r hues, ::r i 'hit a' vie spot where thei
j forces had rnassu ! together, oIU were unable :
g •; into p-.s’tioc, * ie daughter \v*s terrible. T;
j u Hamp A , 7th Coot • rtjcnt, 97th
■ -vlvuma aud one :p» /0! 7d Rh de loiu.ru
battery suffered L* »*i'.y. . ....? t: pa we e
i mostly from Hilton LL?A
; In the light along t; * ro- . . a. lee’s Creek ?
l C < iiwbntchi the ba’talion sharpshooters,
i’ . -ock’s regia.- it .-d cavalry, ..a i the forces un
der ibe command of Lieut. C i J ibaion, were
engaged. V Ge’a'-hui* nr of • Lafayette Artr
lery, unde; th : 0. i.:n..ud u: L ut. F. Le Bi-?r.x
d:d go>>d f-ervice, aid scattered >cverui scouting
parties of 1 ? enemy.
In tbeir retreat they *vere fo!’ »wed by Colcock*
cavalry and Captain Alston’.- company of sharp
shooters. As ikey were going abourd their gur>
boats our troops peered in volleys of muskeiry
doing considerable execution. On the return tire
PrivateFripp, of the Ashley Dragoons, was killed
and Lieut. T. G. Buckner, of th- Beaufort Distric*
Troop, and a xeiatlve of General Buckner, severely
wounded.
In our last account, we were »n error in stall ki
tha t all the commissioned officers in Major Ab
ney’s battalion were wounded. It should have
been in Captain Allston’s company, which fought
the enemy from the landing to Coosawhatclue.
Among those conspicuous for daring and ga s
lbntry, and who rendered most valuable services
was Major Eugene D. Bell. We regret to learn j
that he was w ounded m the left arm, but trus'
that he will soon be ab*e again to take the lie id
We expect to publish in to-morrow’s issue an
offic al list of the casualties.
The battalion engaged a’ i'ocotaligo wu-- Co!
I*. H. Nelson’s, and not E. Neis< n’s,as was stateo
Colonel Nelson was not present, and the battalion
was commanded by Captain Slvgh. C aipanv fc
and not company C, was commanded by Lieuien
an; A. Sanders. Corporal C. E. Frost, and not
j Private E. Frost, was dangerously wounded in the
! breast.
ENGLAND AND THE CONFEDERATE NAVY
The New York T ones devotes some attention :<
an article from the Liverpool Post, showing thar
“an iron-plated ram for the Confederates” is being
built on the Mersey, tbit a vessel was then lying
at Brunswick dock with a cargo of iron plates ou
board to be brought out to Charleston, to be fast
ened on other vessels, and that “other contracts’'
had been committed to “English ship-builders” of
a like character. In reply to the Post’s remark,
that “seems very clear, from toe present vigorous
conduct of the Southern Confederacy, that the
South, at no distant period, will possess an iron
clad fleet capable of coping as successfully with
that of the North as its armies have triumphant;*
met those of the Federal Government,” tne Times,
says;
There is but one observation ’hat will spring tc
every lip in comment ou these extrordinarv tacts,
and that is, that Confederate energy, Confederate
talent, and Confederate money, are not producing
these Confederate war ships. Confederate money
has not sustained the Contraband trade of Eoglisf
ships to Southern ports hitherto; for the nume--
OUB prises made of such by our gunboats have
bankrupted some of the heaviest shipping <;!
England,and made others shake in the wind.
No, no; this pretence will not do. The fact
must stand apparent to the world, that a grea
combination of British capital has beeD made,
embracing, without doubt, the shipping, the mao-
and ***** political interests of the king
dom, for the purpose of giving success to it»-
American rebellion. And to make sure of then
work, so gigantic a scheme as the creation of an
iron plated navy, equal to the task of effectually
raising the blockade, is boldly entered upon. Ti
reward for thi» enterprise will pay wed for
hazard.
We have no words of warning or exhortation •
offer our Government iu view ot these discourse?
of the Liverpool Post. It may suit optimists to
discredit the story entirely. We do not. The
case of No. 290 is too iresh m m od for that. How
can we conclude that the sending out of that ves
sel portends nothing of the course the Eughsz.
enemies of ocr country are taking ? However
• lious the duty, nevertheless wt* hold it is thedtr.-
of our Minister ju England to demand the me*
explicit understanding with the English Govern*
meat on the threatening preparations to break
the Southern blockade, so boldly admitted to b*.
in progress under the British flag, at British sim
{ yarns, on British waters
: A DESEEIER F2LO&I THE YANKEE FLEE;
f rom the Churl : '*< r t .- r O.e.C'7.
A deserter from the Yankee fleet was trough,
to the city Saturday th vrno-a in charge c. 4
officei from Camp r<t ;:m. B gave bis name ak
Alexander Russell, and -ays he is from Nova
I Scotia. 11“ desert* d Ust Thursday morning Iron.
tLe Isaac P* Smith, Capt. Den a:.-on, .aboard ot
which he was engaged as a seaman, and at tee
time of his desciuou w.:s lying inside of Sloto
bar. (Ju Thursday he was s?nt ashore with mnt?
others tu kill a cow ou one of tb small islands,
and, taking advantag ftheocc sion,madei
excuse to the rest to g u u distance, when
Lvei
At the time Le left there were lour vessels
outside the bar oflf St no, b; the Isaac '
1 Smith, inside the lie kaew the -arnes f,
ouly two of those ouiaidv—*hc Marblehead an c
| the Wine Flarbor.
- . •
j termaster, and uv**: h i 1 --. i u-saiiou be:wtea
j Captain Dennison and unoth-.- 1 -.'iMc-.-r i-u thejVv l
•
j additionalvess !s with an e.xpec*-.a reinforcemec^
• w the land forces * . h ?at.''.'U L u.*-' :
men. They expected t-; teak. :! c attack by lane
• and w.-.ter b.tween the ' ..c-i 1 *•'.;» <-fN vt ni
t ihe r iigbt draught guuboa*-; were s o :' nup n--
j Stono, shell the woods and attack the batter
j -.dong the banks, while the r u clads .ui J
and the city,
j The officers nb f . he svy.*, did not apf ••
1 to be at all sanguine of succe: • bhouid t >eeL
I tail it was thought bv them that the reaction
1 New York would be *0 rvgwrb-hring us 10 1 ao
to an almost unacinrorr demand l pep.
Th-» deserter who appears to be an tuteaiger
F-'"l’shu! • s Cap‘.ai a Deunison Lav 1.
d-.ctived hih white r.n* f the influence of nqoor
to ship on 1> ard *?.e b»cP Simtb. H -
that he had just preTious.r rewrae4 j
age from Cienfuegcs D ?r
Scotia, on a ves.v-’. commando. bTt«] ; ■
latter being offered t
resset, he iadneed most of -.Wca ar: : '
pretence of gmeg "n another voTag-, • --K
c!es, th> nature and coatea.se. * c ‘
peared net to know. Lnaer deter
!*and having parents ;n N « ' <• * offered,
j mined to desert the first opporturm.. _ - je rioes
! which occurred as above smea. nJ
not wish to tase CP "Ml®® fa, always beiie
tietilarly against toe .couth. - , . rights, H
them to be Sgbtiug 0 Ujb
savs that alargenumber At ~.,,i !v ;; , b
fleet are dissaufied, aoe _ d ,,, liaTe , rnt
any good opportunity* “ obliged to i siociate
more respec-able of them p c3:U3 . ary
with men vho enlisted • d * akiirks u • other
and State conrtforsome misdtmeascr
are sentenced by a
thev are released op cn* - £
vessel or upon joiti' _ * J
Cra^ forli ;, , Man"t g ta. d S' Z£t