From the Greenaborough Times.
A LETTER FROM ONE OF CAPT. MOREHEAD’S
(0U1LF0H1>) COMPANY.
Dear Frieml:—After guarding the Yankee
prisoners in the Fair Grounds at Kaleigh for two
or three weeks, we were ordered, not to our Kegi-
ment in Virginia, that of Col. Tew, -d Kogiment
of State Troops, but to Washington, N. C. We
left Raleigh early in the morning on Monday,
2.‘id of Sept. and readied Newbern on the even
ing of the same day.
If the Yankees were to take that town, and
■hould be treated by the citizens of that place
with as much indifference as we were treated,
they would freeze them out in a few days.
We Icl’t Newborn after twelve, came up the
Neuseabout ten miles, and from thence, we niarch-
od ten miles to Swift Creek, where we were en
tertained in the most hospitable manner by Mr.
Colbert, who is a type of the true ?ons of Caroli
na. 1 need scarcely say that such a man is
blessed with a wife, and she, as noble and gener
ous !Ls himself, sends him on every good work.
We started on our way, the next niorniiii-'.
THE SANTA ROSA AFFAIR.
The Montgomery Advertiser relies upon an account
furnished by Dr. Manly, of which we subjoin the main
particulars:—
There were 1200 to 1500, under command of
Gen. Anderson. The men were jueketl, gener
ally from fourteen to seventeen in number, from
the companies of the regiments from Alabama,
Florida, (Jeorgia, liOuisiana and .'Mississippi—»o
full company being taken, except, perhaps, the
Clinch liifies, from (Jeorgia.
Landed on the island, they wcmc divided into
two squads, one proceeding directly acro.'^s to the
Southern beach, beyond Hilly ^ catnp, and
the othei jiiarched tlown the .N»ir(hern beach, op
posite each other. I'hey killed the sentries Jis
they went, some six in number, spiked the guns,
set fire to the cabins in which the Zouaves were
camped, and ."bot them as they ran out. All
a-Tee that the /ouavos ran incimtinently lor Fort
IMckcns. They rarely looked back or stopped to
lire at our boys, but shot as they run. Our men
ttuik over a goodly (juantity ot rat-tail tiles, with
which they securely spikel every gun except two
much refreshed, and with the gratitude and friend- ' ’I’hey burnt all the houses and stores, except the
ship of soldiers, towards Mr. and .'Irs. (’olbert. j hospital
After an unpleasant day’s march, we haltcil near
Washington; the men being much iati;rued, and
toot-sore. I'Ut we were soon made to forget all
our toil and woarinc.s; the Ma}'or of Washington
luot us over the Kiver and requested u-i to wait,
as till Lailies were jireparing a dinner for us.
and had but a lew hours nptiee to do >o—it was
now about o a’clock, and we were soon marched
over to a most sumptuous dinner. Whilst march-
inu throuixh the streets, we forgi>t the dreary way
we had pa.'sed, who would not at meeting surh a
kind welcome, so many bright eyes, sweet smiles
and beautiful face."/ This was to tnost of us, our
first visit, but if our lives are spareil—it will not
bo our last Often in our pilt;rima>:e throuirh
'fhe onlv formidable resistance was from some
C- S. rei^nlars. sent out from f'ort I’ickens ti> re
deem the >j:round which the cowardly Zouaves
had abandoned. 'I'he rt'gulars, however, finding
t»ur force larger than they had ex{H'cted. seemed
to become canie-stricken, and retreated until our
men were in the act of returning troni tlic island
in obedience to the signal fron. the navy yaril.
They then advanced and tired deliberately at our
men, luuMled u}> in the boats, and did them nit)n
BRILLIANT ENGAQ2MENT WITH A FEDERAL
fleet—GLORIOUS SUCCESS.
New Orleans, Oct. 12.—A naval engagement
bc>Mn this morning at 8.4,T o’clock at the head of
the Passes, and la.sted an hour. It was renewed
a"-ain at 1> o’clock. The following meassage has
been sent by (Commodore nollins to the Navy
Department at Kichmond:
Fuut Jackson, 2 1*. M.,Oet. 12.—Last night
I attacked the blockadcra with my little fleet. I
succeeded after a very short struggle in driving
them all aground on the Southwest Pass bar,
except the Preble, which 1 sunk. 1 captured a
prize from them, and, after 1 got them fast in the
sand, 1 peppered them well. There were no
casualties on our side. It was a complete success.
.VDDITIONAL I’ARTICULAKS.
Nkw Orlkans, Oct. 14.—The expedition-un
der (\uniuander Hollins consisted of the Manassas,
the iron-clad marine battering ram, with one (>4-
])Oumler |)ahlgrecn gun; the steamer Calhoun,
^the flag-ship,) with one 24-pounder and t vo IS-
pounder l>ahlgreen guns; the steamer Ivc}, with
one eight-incli :J2-pounder, rifled; the steamer
.lackson, with two eight-inch columbiads; the
steamer McHae, with a tU-pounder mounted on u
pivot, four eight-inch columbiads, and a 24-
]K)under, rifled; the steamer Tuscarora, with one
eight-inch eolumbiad, and a o2-pounder, rifled;
anti the cutter Pickens, with an eight-inch eolum
biad and four 24-p(»und carronades.
The blockaders had the Hiehmond, \’incennes,
Preble, Water Witch, ami the schooner Joseph
II. Toone—in all oJ) guns.
Ih) Friday night last our fleet started from
I’ort Jackson, the Manassas leading the way.
From the Richmond Dispatch.
ARMY OF THF POTOMAC.
Fairfax, Oct. 10, 186L
Federal Attack on the Eastern Shore—Fi/- | From Europe.—Cape Race, Oct. ,5.
Th,
teen KUM awl a Number Wounded.—We learn Bavaria has arrived with Liverpool advices tr,
i from the Norfolk Day liook, that an unsuccess- : September 25th
Desertions arc becoming very frequent from j
the Federal army. Yesterday three men came j
into our lines. From a young man of inuch in-
telligencc,lrom New Jer.-iey, 1 succeeded in getting
a few factii that may be interesting.
Ills name is Win. S. (’lark, of Newark, belongs
to the 3d New Jersey regiment, and has been five
months in the service. hile on p>ck*‘t near
IJailey’s ero.-!s roads, he was letected in giving
iul attem])t was made" last Friday week, hy a par- j The London Times, in its city article, of th
ty of Federals to latid a force at (’hingoteague, on ^ 25th September, says that great excitement .J
the Eastern Shore, for the pur]>ose of destroying . vailed in foreign markets consequent on the dj'
a vessel on stocks that was nearly completed, tinct repetition of the announcement that Sr,a^
They came up in a steamboat, and a portion ot j and France would intervene in the affairs of **
them effected a landinir, but found to their cost j ico. Mexican stocks advanced more than *
Lfll'4,
tOt(4
that a force had gathered there to give them a | per cent. The downward tendency in
welcome ('’apt. Fletcher, a militia officer in that i iunds continues. Consols closed at fron)D3^tQ(,
vicinity, had gatlu're*! some of his boys, with their
and with these
papers to ouv men, and was ordered under arrest. | duck guns and fowling pieces, and
He was court-martialed, but the result of the trial | they attacked the vandals, wh. sought
was not known to him, and lu> was immediately
returned lothe guard-house. As there had been
so much shooting going on for trivial olTences, (1
I’ive his own words,) lu* et'ncludt'd the safest way
was to ‘‘slope for the land of Dixie. ’ 'I he next
business was to obtain an opportunity, and (’lark
says:
“1 want* (1 to wash, and got permission from
the officer of the guard to go to the stream and
return iti three hours. A guard was sent with
me, but we procured some liquor, and in a short
time he got very drutik, and, while 1 w:\s washing,
fell asleep midi’r :i tree. 1 took advantage of the
chance, and ran to where 1 had seen ome ol your
I pii l^ets. 1 \v;ived my havt rsack to them, and
sail 1 surrendered and was :i d«*sertev.
“Soldiers are coming th's side the river every
dav. 'i’hey are fresh arrivals, >>ut are nearly all
shelter in
the ship yard behind the Iranie of the vessel,
liut notwithstanding this, they were so roughly
handled by the Fitistern Shoremen that fifteen of
them came in for thi;ir allotment of land in \ ir- j been a slight advance in all descriptions of
«'inia, besides a considerable number carried olf
from the scene of action wounded. Only one of
The sales of cotton at Liverpool on the i
were 55,000 bales, of which speculators and'c
porters took ,SO,»(K) bales. The market is nnj^i
excited, and prices \ to higher since i'r„j.
At the clo.sc prices still had an upward tendfnc^
Advices from Manchester state that th(r
At Liverpool, breadstuffs tending dournv,ir!j
i^’lour dull. I’rovisions were dull. Sui;rir
Flour
our men slightly wounded. They were finally ) firmer; coffee and rice had advanced
driveti off and effected their escape by the steam- j
er amidst a shower from ('aj>t. Fletcher’s men, j hiterextuKj from Europp.—We get, thr
who then detcrmin‘d to bum the vessel them- ^ our latest Northern papers, new.s from Huni]
s(dves, and did so a‘Cordingly. 'I’his is reliable. ! an important character.
The Hn |uirer, ol
"lal.
1,1
damaire than they had receive.l .luring the li-ht ,'fhe night was intensely dark, and the Manassas
on the island. It was at this time that (len. .\n-
derson w;ts wounded in the arm.
(Uir men supplietl tlu'ui.-elves well with sni;ill
arms tViun the enemy. I'lu-y :ilso killed itne ne-
life—in war and in peace we will, in imagination, i mo awd ca]ituri-d :inotlu r. Seventeen prisoners
wander back to \\ ashingtt^n as to a irreen o:i'is in ; tbev broimht baek; how many, it any more, is not
the dosort of the Past, around which our hearts ' known, (hie :'.cco\int said the noturious (’uloiiel.
will love to linger , l>illv Wilsi>n, had made a straight run friun his
After dinner wo took boats for vnir destinati.'u, j innn^mi to the Fort An''lu‘r aeeuunt tr'ui one
and whilst waiting for them to ‘-wood up." a tew : of the captured }>ri.oners stated th:if he h:id not
ol us tiKik a stroll, to look once more at the beauti- i sle]'t at camp that niuht, as usual, havinu remain
ful Town rendered dear to us by the kind wel-; ed at I’ort Piekens All st;itements troiii our men.
come and generous hospitality of its citizens. On | who p:irticipateil. agree that rl.ey killed betwi'cn
our way, we learned that tlie Ladies were making j two and three hundn d of tlie Vaiiki e~. )ur loss
cartridire.-i, aiid went to .see them, in our dirt, dust in killed and missini: is fni tv. and thirtv-five
and fatigue suits They met us with that kind
ness which has over characteiized the i>lace; wo
soon felt at home, and found the L:ulies :is pleas
ant and sociable, as they were pretty; they acted
:is our Ladies at home do. and you know that
pleased me. I was much pleased ti> meet an ac-
(juaintance, who was at our l'’d«j:ewiirth a short
woumled. five of whom died yesterday. Muf-t ot
our losses in the skirmish are attributed to cross
firinir, when our men were shootinir at the Zou
aves from opposite sides, :inil to their not beitiLr
able to distiii'.ruish the bailLre of'tlu ir comrades in
the darkness of the niuht.and shoiitinironeanother.
Xotwithstandiiiir the death i>i'many ot our
rime since; and after spending a very j^Ieasant af- ; brave soldiers, the object of the e.xpedition wa.s
ternoon. we wetit aboard our Hoafs. and were s-nm | ciimjiletelv aiconqilislietl. and the result was hi.:h-
steaming down the old 'Far or 'i'aw IJiver. Wc Iv s:iti>facti>ry and iiispiritin.' t>> the othcers and
witne.ssed Jo xt ni'^rning, a beautiful sun-ri'C. : nieti "t onr ;*miiv The "nlv objeet eonteuijilated
and the lovely scenery on the Pamlie,. S.nuul , was the brealvini: up nf Hilly Wilsnii's eamj> -uid
After breakfast, with the ('aptain of the lioat, to j i|.»t the takiiiu .d' l-'ort Piekeiis This was dune
whom we are all indebted for many favt'rs. we ! complett Iv.
Mfirr liumors
has the following:
\ gentleman who arrivel here yesterday Irom
Haltimore, states that on 'lliursilay there were
fifteen l-’eder.il war vessels lying at Annapolis,
:ind ten more vessels were expectt'd in a few days
It is supposed bv sfune persons, that these vessel^
drilled. '1 here is a great deal ol cavalry some j intended to c(uivey t» its destination the long-
ay as many as fifteen thousand, and sovne^ mi»re. i ,,f Yankee expedition to the South; other
came ashore at Juniper liay, and entered ujton
some Ilf the finest land in the world—belunirin:/
to Judge Donnell: the weed.' are about ei-ht feet
high, the corn so hii-h, that they pasture cattle
in it and the ears cannot be reached by cattle.
The ears are not proportioned to the stalk, this
year, on account of drought. anl yet the gr^Mind
is covered with water. We found Mr. Jones the
Superintendent a very kind man. and return our
sincere thanks, for the many favors received at
his hands. We acknowledge our inilcbtedness to
others, for a good dinner. After a ^oml rest, we
started to this place, passinir throu;:h firm:- just
like the first mentioned, all along the shore of
Lake Mattarauskeet. a beautiful sheet of water,
about twenty-five miles hmijr. We found the pt*o-
ple, along the road, as clever as we eouM wish,
turning out to aid us in every possible way. A\'c
are now encamped on the shore of the i.ake.
Leaving out the white tents, bristlinir bavonets.
and soldiers, the place reminds me of the “Hap
py Valley” in lta.iselas, not only in appearance,
but we are cut off from the world, and like that
valley, we have a little world in ourselves 'fhi.-i
is a land flowing with milk and honey, and we
have found the people all hospitable and kind
We had an alarm, a few nights since, that the
Yankees were landinL'. tive miles below us; we
went down in quick time, but found no Yankees,
and had to return without our mornin:: sport.
We had (juite a storm here, oi la-t I'riday, had
to prop our Tents, and the rain poured down.
e have eleven eases of Measles in camp; witii
this exception we are well and doinir well. We
wish the men of Guilford would raise a company
for State defence, come take our post, and let us
go to our Regiment where we belonL'.
H. (,\ ;. Kx- )fficio.
A ^ AXKEE CoLOXi-iL.—(>f what siuH heroes are nia'te
in Yankecdom may be learned from a short biography
of Col. McCunn, who commanded one of the N. V. regi
ments at W ashington, ami was tried for ilrunkonness and
profanity. It is from a late N. Y. Herald: —
“The newspapers are making forcible use of
the sentence of the court martial on ('ol. Mc('utin,
and of the witherin': reprimand administered to
him by lien. ^leClellan. They all concur in re
garding his punishment as deserve*}, and the ex
ample made of him as well calculated to pnxluce
the beet effects among our volunteer officers.
Some think the sentence too mild for the offence,
but what it i« deficient in is likely to be reme
died by the officers of the regiment, who have
called on him to resign—a request which we per
ceive he has compliccl with. All this shows the
folly of basing any great national movement or
effijrt on the services of low politicians. Mr. Mc
Cunn was originally a carpenter’s apprentice, Irom
which occupation he passed as an erranl boy into
a lawyer’s office, where he acjuired a smattering
of the legal profe.ssion. By the force of impii^
dence and of his connection with Tammany 11 all,
he tLrust hini.self into the important office of (’ity
Judge, thereby displacing one of the .sounde.it
criminal lawyers and most dignified magistrates
that has ever occupied that position—Judue llus-
V. needle.ss to say to those who have
watched Mr, McCunn’s course on the bench, that
It has only served to make the public appreciato
still more highly the merits of hb predcce.ssor.
Not content with the position thus gained, he as
pired to win distinction in the military line.
1 hrough hi.-? Tammany connections he got him
self elected colonel of a regiment, and his conduct
in this capacity has been such as to justify the
anticipations formed from liis antecedents and to
bring him under t’oe Ptrongly marked censure of
his military superiors. 'I'he inq.udence and cor
ruption that have hitherto /ivcn to Tammany a
potential voice in such matters can never a-ain
exercise the same sway over them. With^^the
outbreak of %he present struggle the days of that
and other similar profligtite organizations were
numbered.
A (7oot Story.—The Athens ((Jeo.) ISanncr
relates the following:
A gentleman, who was in Augusta when tlic
1 ankee prisoners passed through there on their
way to New Orlcun.s, relates the following con-
one of (ho prisoners anl a
versation between
“cnliud gemnian:”
Yankee, from car win.low, t., darkie on plat-
lorm—Arc you a slave or frei i„:,ny
Darkle—Well 1 ain’t what you might call a
free n.gger, but I am right smart freer dan you
• bout dia time. ^
Another accunt s;iys, —
hir men pursued them with a deterniination
never excelled in hi'tory. pausing for :i mtmient
only, now ;ind then, to fire u )>uildiii_: ir camp, or
drive honn- a "rat-tail tile" in the hu^e l'UIi- that
met them at aim --t every sti p. (>ur troops ad
vanced to within a mile, or p-'rh:ip' h-ss. of 1'.irt
Piekon?—nt»t a gun from whose r;inij>arts w:is
tired to tay our on ami on .‘idvanein/ column:
and near to the verv mound that 'e^ down to her
heavy '.vi''::inir crates Federal ~ rtrii - were ent
to their li iig account
'file expedition h:iviuL: now succeeded beyond
the hope of it' most sauLruine advocates, our brave
and da hio'.^ suldier' turm'd their f'aet‘; to the
Kastward. the rising suti wtdeiiniiuL; their entT-
prise with a splendor found only bene;i^h a Flori
da sky I >n their return, corpse alter corji^e met
their eye-. :ind not a few of the wounded
Ml’N'Ml.Vl SFNI.^M
The following inirvoliui'- si,iry is pajiied into the
Hichiiion 1 papers tVoni the N. V. Tinit*« of the loth. th>
latest dxte received It is nocdU'-j' to -iaj- that tht-
whole siory is a fat)ricaiion: —
Fi-'ijtt lilt .V i- -■•f Ifi. ]ivf.
HKJHLY 1M1’(»KT\NT
Mote Brilliant \ ietorit's lUi the .N'nrth Carolina
(’oa.'t—Attempt to recapture the Fort'at Hatter-
as Inlet—Attack by Six Rebel .''t amers with
Three thousand .Men—'fotal Failure of the Kxpe-
lition—'I'wo of the Steamers Sunk—Seven Hun
dred liebels Supposed to be Drowned—A Lririre
Number killed and wounded—'I’he Imliana Hetri-
ment attacked at ('hicamiconiica—'fhe liebels
Shelled from a National «un-boat—Two or three
Hundred of them Killed—Imjiortant News from
the South.
Sl'Ei lAL DlSI'ATCII FR(»>J WASIII.NiToN.
Asm .\(i I'dN. Wednesday. ()ct. I*,
(’omniander t’hauncey arrived here this evening
from Hatteras Inlet. He reports that on Monday
the rebels oriranized an ex])clition to attack and
re-ca]*ture the forts occupii’d by our forces. The
expedition consisted (d’ six steamboats and abotif
three thoui^and :nen. 'fhe steamers were armed
with heavy rifled cannon and mortars for throwini:
shells, 'fhe attack was simultancou.- but inei-
fectual.
1 he forts fired shell, and were a.ssisted by fhe
vessels stationed oft'the Inlet. After a time the
rebels retired, though not before two or three
steamers had been stink, going down with all on
board. Judging from the crowded appearance d'
the vc.s.sels, it is estimated that abfiut seven hun
dred men were drowned IJesides a large loss
must have been sustaiticd from the bursting f*f
our shell and the plunging of our shot, as fhe
guns were served in a most masterly manner.
The Nortliern [i;ii)er.s contain lotig accounts of the
above Mtmchnusonisni, even to tlie oHicial accotiiit of
Lieiit. Draine of tlie Navy Tiie f'uct isi notorious, how-
evei', in refiitation of idl tliese jankee Uph, thai om'
men brought off I’.l prisoners, and lost but one man,
and he died of exhaustion in chasing the tlying ras-
calx. tell of killing Col. Hat tow of (Jeorgia, and
two or three htmdred others killed pnd wounded. ^ et
their whole story is full of contradictions. It calls for
reinforcements, saying tli;ii “no advance can l>e made”
without additional forces. Also that “Col. llrown nar
rowly escaped wil h the Twentieth Indisin.a Regiment,
lie was shelled from the ('onfedenvte ve.ssels. and troops
were landed both above and below him, j-et he managed
to escape with comparatively small loss. The particu
lars of his niaslerly movement h.ive not yet arrived.’'
Puch things don’t look much like a yankee victory.
Iiicoiisistcnt.—The New York Herald occupied
nine columns in announcing the particulars of
the capture of Haftcras.
(Jen. Ueynolds’ victorj/ over Oen. Jackson at
(’amp Bartow on the :5d inst., is thus disposed of
by the same paper;
**iph( received a despatch
confirming len. Reynolds’ victory in Western Virginia
tha was achieved yesterday, lie was reconnoitering
with two of h.H regunentH, when he came upon a con-
s.derab e rebel force, which he utterly routed, with con
siderable loss on their part.”
H (ion. Reynolds had achieved a vUtoru as
the above paragraph represents, does any one sup-
j)os(? that Bennett would luive so summarily dis-
pos(;d ol it.'' It was just sueh a victory as Lyon
and Stiir-ris achieved at Spritiglicld»-most di.sas-
trous to the \ ankee^ and the h,*a,st said about
it the better for \.\niiu.—I\tcrsUiiry Ejj^trcss.
ran into :i ve.ssel, striking her near the bow, and
cutting into her tipwards ot twenty feet. Appall
ing shrieks were heard aboard fhe doomed shif;
signal rockets were fired; the enemy beat t(» t|Uar-
ters, and a perfect iron hail tell upon and around
the Manassas, during which her machinery be
came deranged. 'I'he 'I'uscarora and the Watson
came up with five ftarges, which had been cut
loose and set adrift on the stream.
When the morning came our fleet commenced
to pursue the retreating enemy, ami a heavy can
nonading began, whiidi lasted till eight o’clock.
Several shots struck the Kichmond. The shots
from the Yankees were badly aimed, as they diil
not touch one of our vess«ds. When the firint:
emieil the fleet returnel to the city with the prize
schooner .loseph 11. 'I'oone, lo:idel with coal, and
wliich had been deserted during the night. .V
hirire (ju:intity .of lumber, which had been intend
ed for the construction of a fortification at the
he:id ol the I’a.sses, wa.s burned.
Nkw Oklkans, Oct. 14.—'fhe prizes captured
were the Joseph H. 'foone, and launch f)elongin>r
to the Fed»'r;il steamer Richmond, which latter
was laleii with cutlasses.
The vessel 'tink w;i* not the Preble, Imt the
Vineennos
Throe vessels of our expeditit)u arrived on
.''aturilay nii:ht
X'lKi/ u>.—'I’he Nav}’ Department
has received a dispatch from ('ommaiider Hollins,
briefly announcing the result of an attack bv the
{'oiifedcrate gun-boats, upon the Federal block-
:i'lin_' fleet at tho mouth of the .''1 i.-'si-sippi. 'I’lie
slitop-of-war Preble, which ban been in the Pnit-
ed States service for many years, was sunk, and
her consorts were run airround on Southwest Pass
Bar. We have been antieijiating some brilliant
achievement of fhe sort at the hands of the i.'al-
lant Hollins, and events have proved that he is
the ri'_^ht man in the riL'ht place We hope this
ilemonstr.ition will be fi>llowed up by olhers equally
eflcctive, for we have waited lorn: enough for for
eign irovcr^iinents to break up the blockade, and
if is time tor fhe South to take the matter into
her own hands. On the '?th itist. tiie Federal
vc-sels at Southwest Pass were the Niairara, Sa
bine, a sloop-of-war and two transports 'fhe
Richmitnd, Vincennes and Preble were at the
head of the Passes, and this is where the enirage-
nient tojk place.—Jiirh. Dmpatrh, 14^/.
\\ ( regret to .say that the report that the
Steamship Nashville, with the Confederate Com
missioners accredited to Kngland and France, had
run the blockade at (’harleston, going to sea on
Friday night last, is incorrect. Were she once
clear, fiothing in the Navy could come near her,
but five heavy war steamers outside the bar ren
dered the attempt to get out too hazardous.
WHmitijton Journal.
Welcom*' Arriral.—A train arrived at the Pe
tersburg depot on Saturday evening, from the
South, with the most valuable lot of freight
whieh it ha.s been our good fortune to see since
the commencement of the war. It includes a
large number of cases well packed with Enfield
rifles; bales of blanketsj kegs and boxes of cart
ridges, and many other articles unnecessary Jto
enumerate. It matters not whence this valuable
supply was obtained—whether from England,
France, or elsewhere; but the style of packing is
as unlike anything we have been accustomed to
see in America as a hawk is to a hand.saw. We
consider the arrival a very important event in
the campaign, 'fhe arms, munitions, and stores
will be transported to the point where they are
most needed, and we expect to hear a good account
of them hereafter.—Rithmond Dhpafch, Wth.
'fhe news from Pensacola is regarded by many
persons as somewhat conflicting. \\ esee no room
for doubt that a very hand^Dme success has been
achieved there. If we have lost men killed, and
wounded and prisoners, this is only what hapj)cns
in every large engagement, especially in night
attacks, (ion. Bragg in his telegraph speaks of
the affair as a complete success, and says he
“chastised the enemy.” This is his report to the
Dc'partment. ft is suj)po.sed, at the War De
partment, that our troops, elated by succe.ss, pur
sued the retreating fugitives too far, and that a
.sortie from Fort Pickens led to the lo.ss of prison
ers mentioned in the last dispatches; but that the
loss of the enemy was much greater than our own.
Rich. Examiner, 14^A.
A Spunh-t/ CujI'ce!—The best joke of the sea
son is the arrrest in New York of a stalwart son
of Africa for delivering a vehement speech in
favor of Secession. After he was taken into
( ouit, he insisted on continuing his harangue and
offered to prove to the Rati.sfaction of the Court,
that the \ ankees were guilty of a monstrous
crime and folly in insurrecting against their le
gitimate masters, the gentlemen of the South.
W e have been long convinced, that the negroes
are a far superior race, far more high-toned and
aristocratic and gentlemanly, than the Yankees;
and if the North country was fit for a civilized
being to live in, we should be in favor of driving
the present inhabitants into the Bay of Fund/,
and giving it over bodily to the negroes. ’
litchmond Whitj.
Preventive of Typhoid Fever.—The Macon
(Georgia) Telegraph says that the Medical Facul
ty of London, several years since, decided that
those who live on mylasses as a part of their diet
never have the typhoid fever. The experience
of a M.ssissippi plantation, referred to in the
same journal, confirms the decision.
We learn that the cartridge factory in this city, un
der tin* superintendence of Lieut. J, W. Smith, man
ufacturing cartridges at the rate of 200,XX) per day.
The factory employs 500 women and 300 men.
Hiehmond Etamincr.
It is generally thought th:it (leii. Mc( lellan has j su]>pose that the fleet is only eom]»oscd
0(1(1 men under him. (!eii. McDowell has j prudent not to
the army now in Alex- ; Potomac, owing to the ap]trebension
maskt'd batterio's on
command of'a divi'ion of the iirmy now lu Alex-
:indri:i. P.riL'adier (leiterals Kearney ami 1’’ aiik-
lin have command ot the advanee.
I cannot notice :my diminution in the war feel-
iti'-T, judiiiir..r from flu* papers, but 1 know oi
manv l.»ri'j:a(ies th:if are o[>posed to the war. .\1I
the New Jerst'y jvipers flcit spoke against if have
been tlesfroyeih I recolleet three now that have
been mobl»ed. fhe‘New:irk Kvening Journal,’ the
‘Burlintrton Democrat,’ the ‘Trenfttn Journal,’
and ::ome otlnTs. but fhe iiamt's have escaped
me. 'l'h(‘ general impres-ion amotig the men is
that they ar»> going to whip in the next fiirhf. and
that it will -ettle the war All believe they will
be at home by the Clirisfm:is holidays,
“'fhe exctise ofb-rel by those men who are
ashamed of the whipping they Lrot at .^Ianassas is
fh:it tht' troops were all enlisted for three month.
and as their time w;ts out. ur ne:irly so. they diil
n d care to li;:hf.
“M.d'leliaii i' verv L'en r.illy liked by the men.
He is so kind t' everybody :ind does not only
bow and touch his hat. but will converse famil-
i;irly with his mt-n. 11 e often rid('s abuut aiiUMiiist
them examiniii;.: the tent- and j>r(ivisions. 'fhe
mornin- th:if your men left Mutisnn's liill we
heard that .'lc(iell;tn h:id slv]»t in l':iirt:ix (’ourt-
HoU'i'. and there was ( hoerim: at tho news.
1 ha\e heard it said that .N1 ct'lellan i.- not re:idy
fu ad>'ance and will not be for two months, and
that he will resign if the Aiiminisfration insists
upon it He wish»'- to drill his c:ivalry.
“ Mir men ;ire well [irovided with all kimls of
equipments. :ini of the be^t quality ()iir tents
have floor' W’e are not allowed straw, but liavt*
our heavy over-eo.its and the lar^re army blankets,
'fhe men crumble most at the meat. We Iiavi*
of their eneounteritiir sonit
the route.
AI :r TA, (I A , ()ct. 15.
('ii niiniitidi )iif on tio' ('(mat.—\ special de-
s]'.it(h to the Savtinnali Rejiublicun, says that
heavy firing was heanl on yesterday, on the coast,
in tlu‘ direction (d Dewes, which created some
excitement in (’harleston.
Nasmvilf.k, ()et. 12.
Th ll’a/- in Kruturhji.—A spocial despatch,
dated Bowlini: (Ireen, rejmrts that the Louisville
Journal of the '^th says that (len. Sherman suc
ceeds Sumter Anderson in commaml at Louisville.
Larire bodii's of Federal troops are daily pa>s-
itiL" through Louisville to Muldrouirh’s Hill.
Fifteen S>utb('rners had wbi]>ped seventy-five
of fhe enemy at Kasf Kane city, killing three
Federals ;ind cajdurinir thirty hortes (>ne South
erner was mortally v.oundod.
Inti«>rtn nf fnnn K'rutJar n
ri'lhf lit Fidnr,ih.—(’lllCAdO, Oct. '.I—'fhe
'fribune’s (’airo sj.ecial advices from Paducah re
present that our troops are prcparintr for the re
ception of the rebels, who, in heavy I'orce, are said
to beadvancintr :igainst the place. The women and
children of that jdace are being sent away. Every
thing indicates an approaching sfruirgle.
Loi is\ iLbK, >et. 12.—A special dispatch to
the St Louis Democrat, dated Jefferson (’ity.
()otober ttth, .-ays that little doubt is entertained
at .lefler-on (’ity that (len Price is on his way
South with the main Inidy of his army.
Fommti to he Sup> rstd>,l. — WAsmxti-
^ : snbaltcn officers ol the rrench 'o////»-,y
been offered great advantages if they will
fhe Federal army. Some have been .
much as tiOOt.) Irancs for their outfit, and j.aj
•JO,100 francs a year guaranteed for year- to c.iine
It was at first said that the French (jOvrriini(.D,
did not a]»jH‘ar inclined to refuse f}ic>.-
Permission was demand‘d, but on tho l.Vi,
September the Minister of War, l,i/ „,l,r u.
E/nj» rof, omdi A'tiotrn fd ij)pllcinits
iron til imf j 1(1 Ilf 'ny pernus.i(/ii ti,
Fidi rtti (irmj/.
Ton, ()ct. *).—Nothing but an imperious demand
nothing' but salt junk, that appears to have made j from the }iublic interests induces the Government
sevt ral vovaL'es around (’;ipe Horn :ind back. | to .-upor.>ede Gen. Fremont.
U-casionallv we uet tresh beef. .^lost of the bri
gades h:ive a Icikery. 'fhe eompinies are ;illowed
three ct>ok' e;th. fhe livinu' is not very irood
We '.et but little liquor. If any person iscauirhf
sellinL' it in .\lex;indri:i hi' is banished — that is a
new modi' of puni-hmenr tbev h;ive ailopfed
Neiiroes are ;it once j>ut to work a-cook-. othc(>rs'
servants or ft.;iinsters 'fhey are L'l iierally very
hanl u[>on them, and are less merciful, 1 believe,
than their Southern m;isters 'fhe fortitications
around WasliiiiL'ton :ind on this side are very
strotiir. Heavy '.^uns are mounted on them.
Some are mined. 1 ii.^.'isted in dijLTin;; about
one hundred teet under Fort Ellsworth, 'fhe
New York men now seem the most rabid tor flu*
war Our tiun are uettini,'a little sick of it."
A Brifi'h noblem;in is now the truest of (len
lieaurci^ard. He is ,'>ir James Fergu-^on, ol Scot
land, a young man of prepossessitiLr appearance,
agreeable m:mners. a member of Parliament. h:is
a fine milit.irv eiiueation. ;ind 1 learn, distin-
guisiied himself in thet’rimean war. His object
ii' to LTain :» knowh dire td' the American war in all
its pluises. by jiersonal observation.
The Rrtnaf of Itnxruiriiir.. — We have at
length received an authentic account of the re
treat of Ilosencranz and his I'ederal army from
Hig Sewell .^lountain. On the morning o>f fhe
t)th instant, it was discovered that fhe enemy,
who had been encamped about a mile and a half
west of our forces, on the fop of .'sc well, had re
moved his tents, and, so far as appearances indi
cated, retreated. ’olonel Savage, of the 7th 'J'en-
nessee Keiriment, instantly made an advance with
three companies of his command, and the I'liyette
Dixie Rifles, 'fhe gallant 'olonel deployed two
eonijianiof^ upon the right and left ot the road to
stir up the eiu'iiiy, should he be concealed in the
underbrush with the object i>f ambuscading, while
he advanced cautiously along the pike. No eno-
niy was found, however, and in due time (’olonel
Savage, with his little command, clambered up
the declivity into the centre of the Yankee en
campment. Rosencranz had departed with all
]>ossible diligence, under cover ot daikness, leav
ing several wagons, horses, a large lot of cooking
utensils, and canqi ejuijvaj:e of every description.
Looking to the westward, some seven or eight
miles away, tho enemy was discovered in lull re
treat, making, in all probability, for Dogwooil
(5ap or Gauley river. He was evidently much
alarmed, as—beside the wastage in his camp—
flour, sugar, coffee, and other stores were strewn
from the summit to the foot ol the mountain, a
distance oi five miles. 'Ihe enemy had thrown
up no fortifications around his camp, but lay for
two weeks within cannon shot of our force, and
completely exposed. H:id this been known in
time, the Federal army would, ere this, have been
on the way, as pri.soners, to Richmond. This is
a remarkable fact, inasmuch as Itosencranz has
enjoyed a considerable reputation as a (Jeneral;
but no military man would be guilty of the blun
der of leaving his camp exposed, for such a length
of time, to any attack that migdit be made upon
it, and the enemy constantly in sight.
Rwhmouil I)ispitfcii.
1"rom \\(tnhilu/ton.—A reliable gentleman,
who has^ just arrived in Richmond, made a visit
to fhe I'ederal Metro])olis very recently, and had
good opportunities of hearing private discu.ssions
of popular topics. He reports that William IL
Seward has been almost constantly dri k since
the battle of the 2lst July, and that his son, the
Assistant Secretary of State, has to attend to all
matters of public busine.ss, even of the most ordi
nary kind. There is no little apprehension in
Washington in regard to the construction of a
third “Ivepublic” in the West. The Germans of
St. Louis have held a great meeting for the pur
pose of denouncing the course of the Administra
tion towards Fremont, and, as they are all rally
ing around his standard, the ijineolnites fear that
ho will become the leader of a faction, and take
possession the whole Western country. We
have no rea^ion to doubt the truth oi this state
ment, and therefore record it as one of the si'^ns
ot the times.—Hiehmond Uisj)atch, lAth. ^
'file Attorney-loneral is unreserved in the ex
pression of his opinion censuring (lon. Fromout
He does not hesitate to pronounce his retention
in office as a public crime.
ii>n M'liisf'i'/d (h-thml to Hntfcrns—tiiii.
i, II furii tv I’dnt.—We learn trom
\Vashini:ton that an order hits been i.ssued, since
(len .^lan'field has been sent to (.Hd Point, that
he take command at Hatteras, and that Gen.
Wood, who had expected a position in the West,
probably to aujiorscde Gen. I'remonf, has been
sent back to take command of Old Point.
Xorfnlk Dfii/ li'tok, X'lth.
hnp'.rtout Arrivnl.—SAVANNAH, Oct. 14.—
'fhe Republican of this morning, says that a Bri
tish vessel has arrived in a Confederate port /■-
rtntly, with a valuable cargo, chiefly army sup-
I’lics
Arrical nf l/> asiuii.'.—'fwelve Hessian prison
ers, lately attached to the Eleventh Regiment of
New York \'olunteers, recently taken in custody
by a scouting detachment of (.’obb’s Georgia J..e-
gion, near Newport News, arrived in Hiehmond,
riit York River rail road, yesterday, and were put
in one of the depots on Main street for safe keep
ing.— A*t( h ttioitd E.camiin r.
Ex- O’uc. 11 isi .—We learned yesterday that the
condition of health of this distinguished gentle
man was still very precarious, and that tears were
entertained that he might not survive his sickness,
which has been induced, as our readers know, by
the exposures, hardships, and anxieties of his
Western campaign against the public enemy.
li ich mull 11 Exa m in er.
It was rumored on the streets last night that
Lord L^'ons and suite had left the Federal capital,
and were stopping in Baltimore, and that Lord
Lyons had reqiio'sted his (lovernment to recall
him. This action on the part of Lord Lyons is
owing, it is said, to the fact that the liincoln
Government has repeatedly detained and im
prisoned Lord Lyons’ bearers of dispatches.
Thf (jfl'i r of IIH Auierirnn ''Hnniissii.u f,,
ri/xi/di—Fnifis^/i iipinxm uj tli>
thr ('iihiili t Alnri-ini lit.
[Fr.)m the London Times, ,'^ept. ]7 j
But here comes amjther “let down.” reallv
worse than any before. As if dosjpuirin" of na
tive genius or enterprise, the President at ’\Va.t.
iiiirton has actually sent to ask (laribaldi to ac
cept the post of (’ommander-in-Cliief. It co't^
an effort to take in the extravagant oddity ani
the humiliating charact*“r of this proposuf Tw
send for (laribaMi is to confess a failure in th.
element sujiposed to be specially American. J-
is to confess that a man is wanted who will
the enemy, and advance into his torriforv ai:uin>;
overpowering odds. On any view of the cxsc.
Garibaldi is not the man the .\iiierican. want
He has never yet attempted or desired to cmiu-
m.md a large army.
[I'lom the London Herald, Sept. is.]
'fhe whole army of the North is, in fact. Jiv
honored by the advances that have been uiaJet
(iaribaldi; and the terrible humiliation which .Mr
Seward shuddered at when the idea ot KnL'lan'l>
mediation in fhe American quarrel wa.s Lrovtchei.
sinks into insignificance compared with tlie death
blow dealt by this grandiloijuent politician at th^^
pride ami self-consciousness of every Anieriian
patriot. What must be the effect of such mani
fest want of faith and courage in the Cabinet u:
Washington upon generals and soldiers':'
(laribaldi’s refusal, for his own sake, wouii
have pleased us better had it been more direct
No doubt the plea of ill health is perfectly valii
lint it lo(.iks like an evasion.
linpnrfmit inttUhj4:i)rrfrom Spain—
tUtiiiij nut ai/iti7i.( Mexico.—NE\V YoRK, (Jct .
—'fhe Washington correspondent of the Timr'
under date of yesterda}’, says that highly iuijior
tant advices have been received from Cuba.
'fhe Spanish war steamer Leone was waitine'
('adiz for the result of the Cabinet conferenm
relation to an European coalition against Mexic
and that the advices of the ultimatum of >pa:r.
might he immmediately dispatched to the (.lov-
ernor-( Icneral of ('iiba. In the meantime an ei
pedition is l)cing fitted out at Havana for Mosi
under the pretext that its destination is San I*
mingo. 'fhe expedition will consist of six ba:>
ries, howitzers, and 10,(X>0 men, and they willi
ready to start the latter part of next month
It is given out that Spain is taking these step-
against Mexico on her own responsibility, bu:
advices state definitely that England and Fran
send their (|Uota of men, and will co-operate witr
fleets in the gulf.
The whole country will be startled by this niov •
ment, and the public will view the regulation *
Mexican affairs as the least impoitant fhe ■
ject evidently looks further North.
The Canadian Government and the Yard''''-
—Dktkoit, Oct. 7.—A special dispatch froa
'Poronto, C. W., to the Free Press, says that IV
Rankin, member of the Canadian Parliauier.:
who was lately authorized by the U. S. (loven
ment to raise a regiment of lancers in that Pr
vince, was arrested yesterday on the chars*;
violating the neutrality «t our(jovernmentinti-
war between the Northern and Southern sect! '•
of the late Union.
A correspondent of the Chicago “Post.' ''i*
claims to have participated in the battle ot
ington, says there is not the shadow of trutb
the statement of certain newspapers that '
Mulligan, in reply to General Price’s summ-'
to surrender, told him “to go to h—1." "T-
first summons we had from Price,” says the wrir '
Rich. Examiner, l-ith. “was a cannon ball: the reply to it was another
Neither is there any truth, says the same writ-’
in the report that Gen. Mulligan refused to ^
up his sword when it was demanded. Ili??'^ ■'
was not taken from him while the writer
ed. 'fhe further statement in the papers tb-
Col. Mulligan challenged Pri^e to a fa'^ “-
four to one is also denounced as false. Coi.
Fiijht Jii tween Xorthern Citizens and Suldicrtt.
—Nkw \oiiK, Oct. (5.— A serious riot occurred
at Hudson City, on Saturday night, between the
Barney Rifles, (juartered at the V. S. Arsenal,
and three hundred citizens, whieh, it is feared,
will lead to serious results. A number of persons
were seriously injured, including the Mayor.
Capture of a Federal Olficer hi/ a Boy.— But
few ol the readers of the Dispatch know the fact
that one of the first prisoners taken on the field
ot Manassas was captured by (ico. H. Burwell, a
boy of 13 years, son of Mr. N. Burwell, of Clarke
county, Va. It was on this wise: 'The boy “had
heard of wars and longed to follow in the train”
ot some bold leader to avenge his country’s wrongs;
but being too young to enter regulaily into ser
vice, he accompanied his father as an independ
ent volunteer, to the plains of Manassas, and with
fowling-piece in hand, held him.scdf ready to bring
d->wn Northern vultures at sight. ^
About the commencement of the famous rout
George saw a \ ankee Lieutenant making a re
trograde movement, and, putting whip to his
horse, made after him. “Kiekapoo’’ (who was a.s
keen to catch a iiessian as his young imister)
cleared the fence at a bound and .soon showed the
retreating officer that one pair of legs are of little
avail against two pair, he stopped short and dis
playetl a flag of truce. George then took posses
sion of him, buckled his sword and pistols around
his own waist, and marched him off’to headquarters
in “dcmlde qui«jk .” When he was sent with other
pnsoneis to iiichiiit>nd, George took leave of him
and offerctJ to return his pistols; but he declined,
saying, “Y^ou are a brave boy, and have treated
me like a gentleman; tell me your name, and when
you go home send me your likeness.” Our young
soldier is now in camp—a member of Captain
^^m. X. Nelson’s “Rifles.” We shall hear of
him again on the field, where valor wins a rlnri
ouo name by deeds of daring. Sucu arc ttu ivy'
of the South. How can such a people ever bs
^ eoniiuertd? q.
ligan had enough to do, says the corrospu*Jl6l'‘
the “Po.st,” in conducting the battle like a sold'-^'
and a brave one; “he had no time to
buncoiube exhibitions of valor for tho linuii'
sensation reporters.”
A lady of Chunnenuggee, Alabama,
N. 15. Powell, who.se name we take ttie
mention, has finished one hundred pairs ‘'f ' ‘
for the Southern Rifles at Norfolk , and 111 •'*
days will have fifty additional pairs ''
Such instances of the sympathy of the la'iK> ■■
our gallant soldiery, encourages them
their hazardous duties of more than half
hardsh ips. — Colu ni hus Sun.
An Incident oj' the ITtir.—Two brotli' ''
living in Portsmouth, N. li., the other m
Orleans, owned four ship#. 'I'he South' ti'
ther hoisted on two of the ships the ('out'
h lag, and the vesseln were captured by *
States Navy. Tho Northern brother h'
two of the ships the Stars and Stripes -i
vessels were captured by the Southern i
An exchange gives the substance of t
of a recent coroner’s jury of a man w'
a state of inebriation; “Death by hungi
a rum shop.”
•A 3fdlennial Anniversary.—The oil
Brunswick, Germany, has this year
its thousandth anniversary. The first
bration took place on the 20th of Amr'i'' ^
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