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or
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LARGE AND COMPLETE STOCK OF FOREIGN
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PHILADRLPHIA.MADE GOODS.
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LINEN IMPORTERS and
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Are receiving dally, frem the I'UILADiELPIIIA and
NEW YORK AUCTIONS, a general amortment of
MERCHANDISE* bought for CASH
CASH BUYERS are especially invited to call and ex
amine our Stock. ees-tf
CARPETINGS.
CARRET STOCK
i.*,.- BELLING OUT
AT
G&SATLT REDUCED PRICES,
TO
CLOSE BUSINESS.
BAILY & BROTHER,
No. 920 CHESTNUT STREET. :
aeTT-tilths 2m
JjJEW CARPETING.
JAMES H. ORNE.
Chestnut st., below 7th,
SOUTH BIDE.
Now opening from the New York Auction Rooms, a
forge lot .of OROSSLEY’S ENGLISH TAPESTRY
BRUSSELS, which •will be sold from
87i.OTS.TO igl PERYDI
Also, a complete assortment of all the varieties of CAR
PETING, of OUR OWN IMPORTATION, com
prising
GBOSSLEY’S WILTON A VELVET CARPETING;
TEMPLETON’S AXMIXSTSR do.
HENDERSON’S DAMASK AND
Also, a large variety of ENGLISH BRUSSELS, im
ported under the old duty, which will be sold at low
pricus.
Includes in onr etoct win be brand a comnlete Msort-
Kaent of INGRAIN AND THREE-PLY CARPETING.
OIL CLOTH FBOH 1 TO 8 YARDS WID*.
JAMES H. ORNE,
cae CHESTNUT STREET, BELOW SEVENTH
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jjIOUBTH-STBEET
CARPET STORE,
No. 4T, ABOVE CHESTNUT,
I am now offering my stock of
ENGLISH CARPETINGS,
EMBRACING EVERT VARIETY AND STYLE.
Imported expressly for City Retail Sales, at Prices
EiESS THAN PRESENT COST OF IMPORTATION.
J. T. DELACROIX.
Q.LEN ECHO M ILLS,
McCAIXiUM & Go,
MANUFACTURERS, IMPORTERS, AND DEALERS.
»«» CHESTNUT STBEET,
CARPETINGS,
OILCLOTHS, AO.
Ve have now on hand nn extocslve stock of Carpet*
frigs of our ora and otter msfcos, to which wo call the
Mention ofeaah and short time buyers. sell-2m
- OAR P STINGS.
J^-EW
J. Fa & E* B. ORN ill,
80. *l9 CHESTNUT STBEET—OPPOSITE STATE
HOUSE,
Aro now opening, from Onetom Bonn Stone, their
PALI, IMPORTATIONS
NEW CARPETINGS
1,000 pieces J. OROSSLEY A SONS' TAPESTRY
CARPETS, bom
75 CTS. TO ©1 PER YARD.
0-4 TAPESTBT TEL VET;
FRENCH AUBUSSON;
VINE AXMTN3TEB:
ROYAL WILTON:
EXTRA HNGLISff BRUSSELS!
HENDERSON A CO.’a VENITIAN;
ENGLISH INGRAIN CARPETS;
ALL 01 NSW CHOI OB STYLES,
in
BATING BEEN INVOICED BEFORE THE LATE
ADVANCE IN THE TARIM,
• Win be eold at
MODERATE PRICES.
LOOKING CLASSES.
JMMENSE REDUCTION
HOOKING GLASSES.
OS, PAINTINGS, ENOEAVISfiS,
PIOTUBE AND FHOTOSBAPH FRAMES.
JAMES S. EARLE A SON,
SIS CHESTNUT STBEET,
Annonnee the redaction of 2* per cent. In the Maw «* all
the Manufactured Stock of Looking Glasses; also, in
Engravings, Picture and Photograph frames, OilPalpt*
frigs. The largest and most elegant assortment in tha
eonntry. A rare opportunity is now offered to make pur,
*hasM In this line For Cach, at remarkably Low Pri«H
EARLE’S GALLERIES.
ir9-tf BIG CHESTNUT Street
CABINET FURNITURE.
riABINET FURNITURE AND BUr
KJ liabd tables.
MOORE A CAMPION,
No. 201 Bonth SECOND Street,
WBBMtidh With (Heir exiensivo Calilßet fiailnON AT#
BOW manufacturing a superior article of
BILLIARD TABLES,
**fcd lww now on hand a full supply, finished with tha
IfOOBX A CAMPIONS IMPROVED CUSHIONS,
which aro pronounced, by all who hawo need them, to ha
superior to aU often,
For tha Quality and finlßh of these Tables tha nano*
Bactnrers refer to their numerous patrons throughout tha
Union, who are familiar with the character of their work*
auflß-to - .
Best quality roofing slate
always oh hand arid tor sale at Union Wharf, Ub
BEACH Street. Kensington. -T. THOMAS,
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IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS.
Importers and Jobbers of
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NO. 30S MARKET STREET.
We have just received a full line of
CLOAKING CLOTHS in UNION and ALL-WOOL,
Comprising, in port,
PLAIN BLACKS,
BLACK BEAVERS,
BLACK TRICOTS, *O.
Also a small lot of
lIPILIASfI.
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OFFER FOR SALE
BROWN AND BLEACHED SHEETINGS,
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CANTON FLANNELS,
, vitox tb»
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PHILADELPHIA-MADE
GOODS.
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MILITARY GOODS.
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SUPPLIED WITH BRUSHES at tho lowest ratos.
Always on hand, a large stock of
CAVALRY BRUSHES,
Government standard;
WAGON BRUSHES,
Government standard;
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KEMBLE & VAN HORN,
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WOOLLENS.
WELLING, COFFIN, & Co.,
116 CHESTNUT STREET,
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Sky Blue
CLOTHS AND KERSEYS.
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JNDIGO BLUE KERSEYS.
INDIGO BLUE CLOTHS,
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BENJ. L. BERRY,
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WELLING, COFEIN, & CO.,
116 CHESTNUT STREET,
Ar* prop Med to make contracts, for immediate delivery,
or .
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INDIGO BLUE FL4NNILS,
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Hie
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' gar It Is carefully put np ready for immediate use,
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drugsMaMldcentSP^^and^w^o,
Druggists ud TgMinfactaria^CTi«MJ|»fa^^
And iy rffcffid to llic probiibHitiua of any social
(lihtnilmnccs should the war concilium I would say that
there is not the slightest probability of any such thing.
I have seen no signs of such coming events anywhere—
not even in New York, where the largest roving popula
tion Is gathered. Least of all are there such signs in
the manufacturing districts. On the contrary, here arc
to be wflt tlu> smitefitcvidenccß of thrift and prosperity.
ThP large wpll-tillpfl barns and comfortable farm-houses
and well-stocked taatures, tell their own story for the
fanners. The mills (with the exception of the cottou
mille, which have either stopped or are running on short
time) mid the mechanics 1 shops are in full operation,
giving constant employment to all the operatives; and
the slinpK of the country traders appear to be well
stocked with goods and with purchasers, which is, per
haps, AS good tt proof of prosperity as can be given. In
■ nil Quarters I hear the same story of recent prostration
i and depression and of reviving prosperity. The funds
i in the savings-banks, representing the accumulated
! millions of the working classes, aro untouched, except
as drawn out iu some few cases for investment in the
new Government loan. The rate of wages of the day
laborer liny been reduced, OWing tO the failure Of em
ployment in tlie large coimnurcml tPWIISj but thei'C IIUS
been n corresponding reduction iu the expanse of living,
so that it is not accompanied with suffering. One does
not see litre the unemployed men, the vac mt shops, the
handbills, and the piles of goods exposed for sale and
begging purchasers at any price that may be seen in any
thoroughfaic in New* York.
The enlistment?, ton, are going on throughout JVfew
England as fast as the Government am supply the men
with arms, and put them into service. The county of
■Worcester, from which I am writing, an agricultural
county, with a population of 150,000, lms two regiments
at Washington, one in camp, almost under my window's,
and another about to be raised. Ono of the officers of
the latter tolls me that they cau fill it up iij a fortnight.
With all t!»is the farmers have not yet begun to enlist in
earnest, having boon occupied rill now with their crops.
The dot* of men going into the army from this part of
the county is a superior material — strong, hearty men,
with intelligent minds, educated in the public schools,
‘understanding the great principle involved, and , to a
large extent, enlisting from asense of duty. If the Go
vernment can command from the other sections of the
country uii.Uintl «t nil be compared with that which
it gets from ihu Puritanic elements of New England, it
nmy to into the next year’s campaign hopefully.
Nor is it alone in men for the army that New Eng
land Ims done its duty by the wise institutions that have
so much contributed to its prosperity during the long
yours of peace. The State of Massachusetts alone is said
to have furnished 10,000 sailors fur tho nnvv which has
been improvised for the blockade, and the naval State of
Maine to have contributed its uuota as well. Iu the time
of trial the fishermen of these two States have been true
to the Government that by its helping hand has assisted
to sustain them in times past. They know by experience
the importance of a great nationality, able to assert its
power and defend its rights on (he high seas as well as
on land, and are not to be deluded by any nonsense
about states' rights into an abandonment of their fiag.
The Cotton Interest Clamoring tor British
LYMAN,
DWIGHT,
The most alarming of the Times' editorials is th.it per
taining to the cotton pressure upon the English Govern
ment. The Thunderer, of October 21, says:
Two yearn ure probably the shortest time that would
suffice lo bring the world’s energies into play in the cul
tivation of cotton. It is calculated that not fewer than
5,000,000 souls, or a sixth of the population of the British
Isles, are interested in one way or other in the cotton
manufacture. All these, it has been certain from the be
ginning, must one day begin to feel the scarcity of cotton,
and 10 cry out t if not from actual siiflmngi at least from
apprehension, There may be cotteu at sea from India
and other parts of the world, and it may bo proved by
complacent statisticians that after a certain timo the miiia
of Lancashire and Scotland will be independent of tho*
slave grown produce; but to hat it to become of Jht
millions of operatives in the meanwhile? Whfrfis to
become of the unhappy families who see .“two-thirds
lime” dwindle to "half-time,” and then .the factory
gutcs dosing one after another, while tliev themselves
arc left to wmider to the poor-house or “ clem 4 ’ iu si
lence ? Then tluro are the manufacturers themselves,
whose great establishments must be kept up at a loss,
v, hm, with all their burdens, except wages, the same,
theic are only the proiits of two or-unwwuftnu-
the week. 7 1 in not to be expected) that the
laar wilt pass a way without aome agitation on the part
of the anxious and half-terrified cotton world of the
North.
Even now it Is said that there prevails among certain
classes in Lancashire a wish to see our Government take
a more active part in American affaire. The manufac
turers are beginning to be indignant that the great sta
pie o/ the world should be wiMeM, and all Europe
brought into discomfort or actual want , in order that
the ambitious Slates of the North should extend their
sway over apeople who fittee rejected it t and wko t ac
cording to the canons which American writers the mselves
have laid down, should be allowed to choose their own
institutions and work out their own destiny. As the in
terest of a people is, bo, for the most part, will be ttoir
principle?. ' \niotevtr may have been the reelings
of the Manchester world on slavery, whatever may
have been their opinions on English interference in
foreign quarrels, they take in' this question the part
of the cotton-growers of America. If the North does
not emancipate the slaves , why should it forbid the
transmission of the produce which slavery gives to man
hind P No principle if invoiced in the contest) arid so
Englishmen, they think , may with a safe conscience take
which side they like. Their interests bid them to assist
the South, in getting their cargoes across the Atlantic,
and, as wo keep up a large navy, it will be better em
ployed in raising the blockade of Charleston atid New
Orleans than in cruising between Mediterranean ports or
lying at anchor at Spithend,
To break the blockade of tbe Confederate ports is,
therefore, likely to be the counsel of the extreme party
among the manufacturers. That such a stop would be
taken by our Government they will, perhaps, hardly ven
tu)e to hope, but they may think that a loud outcry, pro
ducing a chance of a collision between the two sountries,
may dispose the people of the Northern States to come to
tems;-Abdimtftnehdt6tlid>var. * #
The whole course of the war has shown that the Con
federate Statesaro ruled by men who have deeply studied
these questions before they raised them, and who have
accordingly Bhown themselves generally quite right in
the judgments they have formed. # * #
It may, then, be conceived that the to break
the blockade, spoken of for tie present in whispers, but
likely shortly to be discussed in a louder tone, will be a
strong encouragement to the Confederates to persist in
their resistance. At the present time, when it seem 9
likely that a campaign is to begin on a Beale sush as Eu
rope has seldom seen, and when it is possible that the
North illfty AVMlgft Dull 'Ktifi In one or two’bloody bat
tles, the attitude of a party in England which holds out
hopes of foreign interference c.unnot fail to bo a matter of
great importance. Adverse fortune may be forgotten, a
doubtful fight may be turned iuto a victory, when it is
thought Ibut the South has only to hold out for a few
months longer, and to keep its. cotton Bate on its planta
iioiiF, in order to bring io its side the largest navy in the
world. * # • - * * * *
We would remind the Government of Washington that it
is only a real blockade that foreign nations aro bound to
recognize. But, we must also remind our Lancashire
friends that theevent also shows thatthi* cutting off of the
cotton supplies is the work or the South as much (to of
the North, if ships can get inj they can also get out;
'and, if the South desired to send us cotton, it has not
lacked the opportunity. But it seems to be quite true
that all cotton exportation has been forbidden by the
Confederate Government in order that foreign nations
may be forced to take a side in tbequarrel. It would ill
become England to make herself the tool of such machi
nations.
The Times, of October 17, devotes a long leader to a
speech of General Peel’s, (see an editorial-in-to-day’s
Press,) wherein our strength and weakness'were very
ignorantly canvassed. It says: -
There is no doubt that the volunteers of tho United
States suffered materially from tbe incompetency of
their regimental officers; but,. considering that at least
nine-tenths of the officers on both sides have adopted
their profession within the last six mouths, and that they
have been plunged into the active duties of a regular
campaign without so much as a week’s training in bar
rack gftPri£6ii, think their performances are not io
be disparaged. It is wonderful, indeed, to observe what
gome, of these regiments have done. An expeditionary
force marched a thousand miles without transport, Qr
sufficient equipment of any kind, and took a strong city.
When we read that wooden dummies
instead ofreaj guns ware pipunted on the Confederate
redoubts in front of Washington It is plain that an army
so ill-provided with artillery could not prudently have
advanced. No doubt the advance, under the actual cir
cumstances of the panic, might liave proved successful,
but the same has been said of the tactics of the Allies
after the battle of tbe Alma. Perhaps, if we hud pressed
on without delay we might have carried Sebastopol by a
rush, and saved ourselves a sanguinary and exhausting
siege; but perhaps, also, we might have found ourselves
in a trap, and liave lost everything at once. There seems
no lack of .military aptitude about the American offi
cers, ana the very suspense, indeed, of operations shows
their judgment and caution . General Scott was once
forced, against his own convictions, into a foolish ad
vance, but since that time both armies have been so
hflbdkd that -neither could gain any success except by
the fault of the other, and that fault was never com
mitted. * # ~ * #. # *.*
One remarkable difference between the Americans and
ourselves is to be found in the vie«rs taken of the regular
service. In this country the regular army leads the way.
The grand object of every militia regiment and of every
rifle corps is to make itself os much liks & battalion of the
lino as possible. The best men of the militia volunteer
into the line, and the smartest officers are only too glad
to get a commission in the line at the cost of a step in rank.
No volunteering would stop recruiting, but would rather
give it nn impulse. In America, however, though the
ojfivers.of the regular army are spoken of in high terms,.
1k& ** Mi lokbiil point iti public favor.
The utmost difficulty Is found in reinforcing even the
small regular which the American Government has
hitherto maintained. Mon will volunteer, perhaps even
for an indefinite length of time, but they will not enlist,
and, if the difficulty cannot be overcome, it will be ne
cessary to hare recourse to a permanent embodiment of
volunteers.
Infantry, though the real stable of oUr army, is the
easiest kind of force to form. Artillery, which, in these
days, perhaps,'may decide campaigns, must be tho
roughly organized beforehand, if its service is to be
available at all.
The American! have prdmMy got upwards of 500,000
volunteer infantry actually in the field, raised for the
most part within the last six months, but it seems doubt
ful whether they have got half-a-dozen regiments of ef
fective cavalry, or anything like the requisite proportion
of artillery. Three or four field batteries of Armstrong
guns well served would probably git e either General
McClellan or his antagonist a decided advantage!
Lord Russell on the American War.
The Times of October 17th, referring to Lord Russell’s
speech on the American war, says:
|nss,
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1861.
ENGLAND’S POSITION UPON THE
AMERICAN WAR.
RUSSELL’S LETTERS TO THE TIMES,
THE “THUNDERER” ASTONISHED WtTH
AMERICAN ENTERPRISE AND COURAGE.
“THE NATION INVINCIBLE.”
We have received late files of the English papers,
particularly of the London Times , containing Mr.
Russell’s letters, and divers editorials, spoechcs, and
dissertations upon American affairs, including the
cotton pressure and foreign opinions of QUt reSOUKSS
and eventual success.
A Hopeful View of tlie American War.
The Loudon Times* regular American correspondent
writes that journal a hopeful letter from Worcester,
M ass. AVe extract as follows:
Interference.
The American Volunteer Armies,
Lord Russell considers the quarrel between Notify agd
South to have orlgihated'iii the question of slavery, but
to have passed from slavery into a struggle on the one
Bide for empire,-and on the other for independence. This
way of stating the case seems to he thoroughly correct.
The North are not fighting to put down slavery, nor the
South to maintain it, but the North are fighting to sup
port the Union—that to, to force its continuance upon
the’ South, and the South to emancipate themselves
from a Confederation - which they no longer con
sider advantageous. This being bo, what good can
poß6ibly come out of the contest 1 If separation
is to be its result, separation now exists, and every drop
of blood that to shed in endeavoring to prevent It is Bhod
' in valPt a wicked and miserable wnote. ’ If, on the other
hand, the South are to be readmitted into the Confede
racy with all tlieir privileges, the two parties are only
placed in the positions which they respectively occupied
PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1861.
before the election of President Lincoln, and the some
causefl which called forth the preselt civil war will, In
all probability, give tho signal for another. Again: if
the South be entirely subdued, tie prosperity of the
South would bo destroyed, the lott of liberty, and the
dread of despotism would be weakened, and a harsh sys
tem of repression would take its plate. # # # # *
It is the duty of this country to me whether this san
guinary contest cannot be put an eld to. We have no
right, no wish, perhaps no power t to interpose force;
and, as for persuasion, we seem to lave every reason for
thinking that ours is the very last ioice to which Ameri
ca would listen. Still, these words were probably not
spoken at random, and we are snsc the whole country
will agree with Lord Bussell that, if it is in our power
to pul an end lo the civil war in dmerfca, wc ought
certainly to do so, * *= * # #
That our Government should act for the purpose of ob
taining freedom for foreign countries is now considered
highly praiseworthy. May not tli* time come when it
will be considered still more creditable for Government to
mind its own business, leaving its neighbors to manage
theirs us they please ?
American Courage Astonishes
the Times.
The Times of October 23(1 says the war is as popular
as it is hopeless. The Northern States arc pouring bat
talions after battalions into the Federal capital, while it
is said that even these incessant raufortemontsstill leave
tho army under McClellan inferioi in numbers to that of
the enemy. Tho magnitude of th» forces-either actuully
under arms or shortly to bo raised is almost incrediblo.
After nu tlio abutomimUi dowamlufl by the exaggerations
of tho American journals, the residue of probable truth,
ns computed by our special correspondent, is enough to
astound us. iVonc of the regular armies of Europe
make any approach to the scaU of these levies, all of
which, be it observed , arc for active and immediate ser
vice The aggregate imputation <f the States adhering to
tlio Union ia very nearly that of ireat Britain, tho ad
vantage being rather on our side. Out of our population
wo maintain an army—consider*! a large one—of some
230,000 mon, being in the proporfon of about one soldier
to every 100 inhabitants. The Northern States, from an
equivalent population, nave pluctri 350,000 troops in the
field, are on the point of incivtsinj there numbers to
600,000, and could, in the opinion of our corespondent
on the spot, raise at least 1,001,000 ** without any re
markable pressure.”
The population of the South is about 9,000,000, but
from this aggregate must be deducted 3,000,000 on ac
count of the slaves, who do not bear arms. This leaves
6,000,000 to be drawn upon for the supply of the army,
and wo are assured that from tills population—a popula
tion less than tlmt of Ireland—t'ue Confederate (rOYtril*
ment can maintain a force of GOO,OOO men. This would
be one soldier to every ten inhabitants of the country—a
proportion never reached before*
America, in all its gieat centres of population, is one
vast camp. A Democratic Republic, with a standing
army oflefs than 15,000 men, has been transformed in
the space of a few short monthi into something very like
a despotism, acquiring more anil-more of a military cha
racter day after day. France twdor the First Empire,
was not more completely merged in its .army than the
Northern half of the Union id at the present moment.
The Unionistshave neither been disheartened by defeat
nor disconcerted by delay. The war fever hasflprcal till
nil classes are embraced by the contagion. Soldiers, are
everything, and everybody is a soldier.- No party or"sec
tion of u party ventures to talk cf peace. Tiie only kind
of business thriving it that springing out of the war.
Army,contractors, manufacturers of warlike,; imple
ment?; and purveyors of nnlittry stores are driving a
prodigious trade, but all other peaceful pursuits are
either languishing or suspended. Excepting in the re
moter States there is little actual fighting, but drilling
serves for excitement and occupation till the collision
occurs. The two Bccticns of the Union are creating
their armies before marching out to battle. The abstnee
of a standing force has not proved the least preservative
against war. What other countries kept really-made the
Americans are now making as fast as they can, on an
enormous scale, at an extravagant outlay, and for the
most-terrible of combats.
Neither Seetteh Capable of Being Con-
quered
Wbat may be the issue of the conflict, says the Times,
we cannot attempt to conjecture, for we know little or
nothing of the strength or quality of the Southern army.
In numbers it is said to equal, if not surpass, the Fede
ral army, but with that information our intelligence
ends. The Unionists hiay find either &o easy victory or
another defeat, but neither the one event nor the other
is likely to terminate tho strife. The North will continue
the struggle, even if again repulsed} while tho forces of
the South, even if vanquished in the field, cin retire in
security before the face of an embarrassed enemy. No
victory is likely to bring Gen. McClellan the submission
of the encoders.
The impracticable nature of the dispute is shown in the
incidents of the subsidiary expeditions. In Missouri And
Kentucky separate wars are pending, almost irrespect
ively of the grand operations in Virginia, and all but in
dependently of the chief Governments. What command
General Beauregard may retain over his lieutenants we
cannot say, but it is distinctly intimated that General
Fremont might pjssibly refuse obedience to President
Lincoln, and continue the campaign even if ordered to
resign. If he were to win a battle, be *ould, it is said,
become absolutely Ills own master. But thongh in these
remoter districts the armies are smaller, and the com
manders, as having less at stake, less circumspect in
their movements, yet nothing decisive can be accom
plished. Cities are taken and evacuated, battles won
and lost, wonderful marches achieved) and pm*.
<mih>undertaken; but Missouri ieno nearer being a Con
federate or Unionist State than it waß at first. Kentucky
is similarly divided, and in these sundered States we see
the image of the whole Union. Maryland, though cer
tainly in the hands of the Federal Government, offers no
example of better things. The Unionists --do- contrive
there to hold in subjugation the disaffected portion of the
population,but at what cost] r Thiß little State, compara
tively unimportant in all but position, is only kept down
by an army of 35,000 mon quartered within its limits.
Let the render' look at the size of Maryland on the map,
and then say what force would be required to occupy awl
overawe those vast States of the South which have re
,-licuiictd their allegiance to tho Union.
- no doubt, have a distinct and intelli
gible purpose DClOnrlkiuu nud oic—
elude nil intervention of the Northerners in tCurtr tvmtfrs;
but to do this they must defeat the efforts of a population
of twenty millions bent upou coercing; them at all ha
zards. Against this cry of Independence the Northern
ers set up the cry of . Unions but how'the Unbn can pos
sibly bejoconsolidated. after \ihat has happened nobody
appears to Know or to think. At present tliejv Iftyiit one
feeling throughout America. Jtotb-elde»are resolved to
fight, and in this destructive audhopglesastrifethe whole
resources of a mighty nation will be absorbed.
Improvement in the Loyal Soldiers.
Russell’s letter, of October Ttb, is TMiblished in tho
Titites of the 2SH, end Mtf Ms Close SOIutOJM. WtroulL
the most important passages:
It is, to my mind, very doubtful whether there are at
this moment as many men arrayed to fight for the Union
as there are fighting against it. • Human nature requires
something more solid than abstractions to depend upon,
and, after*3l that can be said about the beauties and ad
vantages of the Union, the idea of it to an absksactiim
compared to the actual materialism of the independence
of the tenure of peculiar property, of the free trade and
freedom from liedvy tariffs, for which the Confederates
are contending. “ Uncle Saul” is more tangible than
the Union. # #! * * #
There is an utter ‘ want iof what our officers call
" rmnnncss’’ about the American citizen soldiery, that
ihiltfliiftble Bdineihing -vrhichj.tnakefl a man button fris
coat, cut his hair, keep, his dothes clean, hold himself
erect, and walk with a brtok, tiastic, yet rigid, regulari
ty “ light in front.” But of ttis, which is a bigger mat
ter than it looks, more by-and-by. Fighting is a very
essential point of a soldier’s bminess, but to be offectiv©
it must be done with regularity and in concert by all the
fighting men when they are ordered to do so. The Ame
ricans will do their fighting individually as well as any
men. It remains to be seen in what fashion they will
execute their campaigning. # # . ># #
Thereto and there has been a very g reatTimpro vement
in this army since Washington saw itself deluged by its
united defenders on tbe memorable morning of July 22,
but tbo work to be done U still enormous before these
battalions can bo regarded"as an effective machine which
will not full to pieces when set to its work. The « army,”
nevertheless, if victorious, is master of the hour, and
whoever is its master vrillhold the United States in the
hollow of his hand. Who shall 'dispute the will of the
man who liob 500,000 men under his control for the next
three years to come, whdfyas saved the United States, or
is preparing, as their best man, to do so I It was whis
pered the other day that General Fxemonl, if he were
ordered to do so, would not resign until he had beaten
Price, and there was no disapproval expressed of any
such conduct on his part. “If fa whips Price said
one in reference to .the rumor that h& was superseded,
li l should like to see either the President or Simon
Cameron venturing, to Fremont.^
ijncoln aNd THcClellan.
It is significant enough the relations between the
State and the army to see Mry Lfficpln walking over dally
more thou to Visit General IcClelUn’s quarters.
Fray do not tfyink I desire to iminsate that the General
is in any way desirous that the chief of the Btato should
adopt that course, or that he would‘consider it beneath
him to wait on the Executive, instead- of the Executive
waiting upon him. Young ,as he ii, and suddenly ele
vated to such a giddy height,.he is perfectiy modest, uh
assuming, and uninflated, tlroujj£h quite seff-iKWseflsod,
calm, self-respecting, and reticent*. Bat his reticence to!
very severely,taxed, foythe. President desires to know
all things. “ And hang mejdf Xwere HcClellanvif I’d
tell him or any, man my The gre'at abyaß which
lies betwi mi the onrd&laded
and ridiculous old countries Apes hot e£jst over here, and
the President and thc .trarq*. touch onthe
same plane. The ftffiffiF'ffifritfrjrs iidw thn dmri
ing-roomq of' the Whito Haase oiireoeptiop. nights, and
shakes hands with Mr; FrciJdettt ak affably‘as "if He were
not a Sovereign and Tam.boUnd to
add, the private soldier in.lis
self perfectly* f' 5 -"":
McClellan and Beanregard
To my mind there is something of resemblance between
the men. Both are below the fltfddte height. They
arc both squarely built, art famed for .muscular power
since their college days; 'Beauregard* indeed, is lean and
thin-libbed; McClellan i&fyiU and round, with a Napo
leonic tendency to mVonptilfo subdued by incessant-ex
ercise. Beauregard sleeps. little; MoOlolton’s tempera
ment requires a full sham of rest: both are spare and
Spartsn in diet, studious, ftuiet. .Beauregard to father
saturnine, and, if not mefencholid, isofa grim gaiety;
McClellan is genial even iruhto reserve. The density of
the hair, the* squareness* of the jaw> the firmness and
regularity of the teeth, aiUl the outlines of the .features
ere points of similarity/ Iff beth, winch would ho more
striking if Beauregard were not of tbe true Louisianian
Creole tint,while McClellan iafair-camplexione<l..B©aure
gard has a dark, dull gtftdent’i eye, the dultoossof which
arises, however, from its formation, foritis fall of fire, and
its glances are quick andstfirching. McClellan has a deep
clear eye, into which you! can look tor and deep, while
you feel it searches far add deep into you. Boftyregfipfl
something vf pretension in his manner—not hauteur,
but a folding-armed, meditative sort ot air, which seems
to say, “Don’t disturb mo; I’m thinking of military
movements.” McClellan seems to be always at leisure;
but you feel at the same time you ought not to intrude
too much .upon him, even when you seek in vain for the
grounds of that impression In anythingthat be is doing
saying. Beauregard H more subtle, crafty, and as
tute; McClellan to more- comprehensive, more learned,
more Impressionable. Beauregard is a thorough soldier;
McClellan may prove he to a great general. The former
only looks to military consequenoes*~auadtoregards popu
lar manifestations; the latter respects 'the opinions of
the outer world, and sees political as "well us military
results iu what he orders. They are ‘the'cre&turCß
of accident, so far as tbfeir present positions are con
cerned. It remains to ba seen if either can control the
current of events, and it in either the artilleryman or
the cavalry officer of thiwld United States army'there
is the stuff around which history to moulded, sack as that
or wliicli tile fU'tilloi'yjtiun of JBririiM orths lsadtir of the
Ironsides was made. .r : :
The Devotion of Ae North to the TTnion.
For my part, the determination of the North to subju
gate the Boutli, even if it toils to hold it, appears perfectly
natural; for what terms could the former expect now, if
proposals of peace wefs made 7 Admitting that the Bouth
would not >demand Maryland, or would be content to
leave the question of her adhesion to a popular vote,
which would be carried .by Union men, beyond that, iu
their present successful career, the Confederates would
not yield a point, but would Insist on' the line of the Po
tomac, the Ohio, and thonorthern frontier of Missouri as
their boundaries. Famjy the great Republic narrowed
to less than in any partof its territory l
And yet from Beaver beyond Whetting* in Virginia, to
the shores of Lake Erie* near Cleveland, there V not
more than ninety and some odd miles within yhich the
stars and stripes could flaunt the breeze.
Tfy e id «*9 f tfe* Vftivu iB, in plftin Rngllsh, the idea of
one H-*fl4oßtinant Power in the whole contiuefit of North
Amer. .v 'T\nd if I were a native of the United States of
North I would fight for that idea. The con
trary notion may.Bproad. rapidly if tlie ’ South succeeds.
Already wo hear a Gulf Bspublic and a Texan Confede
ration spoken of; long-ago there was talk of a party in
California any ions for! a separate national existence for
that State, which will probably increase If It Is found that
the United States can are it no more ot the national pro-,
perty in ronds, oxpresrts, and postal expenses." And now
there, are hints that in the fullness of time the States in
the West and Northwcit may think.lt expedient to form
a republic of their own, inasmuch as U(py have np par
ticular interests in common withihe other States. At all
events, the people of flip Northern States are going to
fight their battles In their own way and on their own
ground, without interference or control. Mediation and
compromise were rejected long ago. Even tho Czar’s
friendly letter produced from Mr. Seward only a briof
acknowledgment, and has not led to any suggestion of
arbitration.
The Great Expedition.
As »n evidence of how well Kusrelt ha? been posted re
lative to Government operations, see his account of the
Great Expedition, written Oct. 7th:
The expedition which will sal! soon after the despatch
ot this letter will proceed from tho Northern ports and
from Annapolis to rendezvous off tho coast of North
Carolina. Tlie force from this place will consist, as I in
formed you, of 4»fioo men, under Brigadier General E*-
???» J e M orlner !i' In Untt ' 4 States regular army,
mm ft subaltern officer of the Mexican war, and the re
giments composing it are already on their way to Anna
polis. Tho rest of tho force will consist of 9,600 mon, di
vided into two brigades, the whole directed by General
Sherman, The superior officers know their work, and
suT.'immh, Mobile, Fernandina, and Pensacola may well
fifißfrsy &nd hurry on thoJr forilffcationsr Wherever
the eye rests there is the din of preparation for war. AH
oier the vast continent moulds are running lead and iron,
forges are blazing, hammers clanging on anvils, the
ploughshare taking tho shape of tho sword. T)u*liat
tcras affair lias nroustd the South to their danger they
are throwing up earthworks and battoriep, and drilling
their coastguards ail along tho seaboard. Tho report
that the Federalists hod taken Mississippi City, between
Mobil* and New Orleans, is not confirmed, but New Or
leana need not fear just yet, nor can the expedition bo
intended to do more than prepare, by the occupation of
points on the coast, for tho operations of larger forces
later in the year.
Forward Lana Movement.
The talk in the army indicated hii atlvunco against
Newport News and against Fortress Monro* ffOßl Hump*
ton. The latter must prove a tremendous blunder.
Nothing abort of a Biege can rsdnc&thc work. The Con
federates do not fight because they do not wish to risk
the fate of their Army on a single battle in front of
Washington, and have the übnogt confidence in delay
why it is scarcely possible to show conclusively. Their
troops are not to be trusted in an attack on th? line of
earthworks *»«d batteries which cover Washington and
extrnd from Alexandria to tho Chain Bridge at Little
Falls. They are just at present on the defensive,
and hope to entice the Federalists to attack them.
No one knows what Is the real position of their
right on tho Potomac, but I begin to doubt if they
have the means or the guns to command the river,
though I can scarcely think that any of their generals
would wilfully abandon the plan of doing it. With cam
aud men enough, it is perfectly plain they could com
mand the Potcmac completely, and crossover an army
urder their fire, Bhonld it* bo please them, much more
readily and safely than by any lording of the Upper Po
tomac. As I have had occasion to point out, the ground
occupied by the armies is unfavorable to fighting, and it
is no disparagement to the men to say they eould not be
relied on to march across tlio open up to well-served
guns in heavy and take them at tho point of the
bayonet. The Federalists hare a welb founded dislike to
make another advance on Manassas.
The 4 * Conservative*” of Essex on Ame
rican Matters.
The Conservatives of North Essex, at their recent an
nual meeting, in a report to which the Times devotes
throe solid columns, took the following view of the Ame
rican question, tlirough Major Beresford, M. P. After
commending neutrality, the Major said:
Of late years the institutions of America had been
livid up highly in competition with our own, and had
formed a staple commodity with ultra-liberal statesmen,
who had praised them &a securing a greater amount of
liberty, freedom, and equality; but the present catastro
phe had completely falsified their prediction- and sub
stantially overthrown their theories. . The bubble of re
publicanism had burst, not from external pressure or
tho overwhelming force of monarchical power ; not from
the united efforts of other nations joined together against
it, but from natural weakness and internal disunion ; and
lie trusted that its failure would read an impreasivolesspn
to Utopian Reformers as to the vanity of their doctrines,
and recall to all sane and sober minds tho solid bias rings
of Ibis happy land in which we lived under the mild
sway of n limited monarchy, in peace and prosperity,
despite the gloomy predictions and forebodings of the
Manchester school. [Hear, hear.] Although from
feelings of general philanthropy wo might lament tho
disruption which had taken place, and while from feel
ings of sympathy of race and blood we utterly deprecated
the unfortunate conflict now' prevailing, we must not
overlook the fact that another niotivemust strongly add
to our interest in the subject, because it was intimately
connected with our manufacturing and commercial pros
perity. From theprestnt embarrassed state of the cot
ion trade he very -mwttfcared that great distress icouid
arise irithe manufacturing districts, and if there were
a deficiency of employment , and the expenditure of mo
ney were restricted in consequence, the whole country
must be affected by it . The Northern States of America
had Instituted'a close blockade of the Southern ports
from which we had drawn oar usual supply of cotton,
and the Southern States, instead of endeavoring to break
the blockade, were willing, of their own accord, to with
hold from us the crop lately secured. Under these cir
cumstances, the mill-otmcrs of Lancashire were alarmed
at the prospect before them as to the supply of the raw
material. He was a little surprised that they had waited
till the catastrophe actually took place before they set
‘ themselves to w f ork in earnest to look out for some other
Quarter from which to gain a supply» but, however the
evil had come upon them, the catastrophe had occurred,
and it now behooved them to look it boldly in the face to
remedy it. Another market for cotton must be found,
and that speedily.
. Ho was inclined to search a little more deeply into tho
primary cause of this di&strous convulsion, and to as
cribe it to tbe cause eloquently assigned the other day by
Sir Edward Bulwcr Lytton, viz: to that inevitable law
of dismemberment, which seemed to guide and direct tho
progress of nations after they bad attained a certain
strength, America having been fostered to a preternatural
greatness by the forcing influences of democratic insti
tutions. He inclined to think, also, that the separation
we lately witnessed, jvas destined to be a perpetual one ,
and that thi gainer this conclusion iw, accepted at the
basis of negotiation and peace, the better would it be for
the American continent aml the whole civilised world .
The disasters of. America should be to ue no subject of
uuseenriy exultation (hear, hear), for we arc bound to
America by every tie, social and commercial; and lie
feared that every blow struck in America might be felt
in the- homes of thousands of our fellow-country
men. No calamity was aa great but th&t it w&a
sent from on' High for; our ultimate good, and
the ; interruption of the American cotton supply
might lead to ttio opening of fresh fields aud pastures,
new to manufacturing and commercial enterprise; but
he'dreaded to see last- year’s distress at Coventry re
peated throughout tho length and breadth of the manu
facturing districts. Wbatover miglit bathe future in
store for ns, onr reflection, both as .regards the paut aud
the present, mast come home to the heart of every Con
servative. American institutions had been somewhat
ostentatiously brought before us and lauded, of late
years; but when we saw those institutions suddenly
melt into air, while democracy gave place to a military
degpotiHD) we were justified in saying, Mr, Canning
did in days gone by; ” Thank God that we are born un.
der the British monarchy; that we are not prepared to
sacrifice the efforts and experience of centuries , and
the struggles of more than a century , for a liberty as
perfect as ever blessed any country upon earth , for
visionary schemes of ideal perfectibility , or doubtful
experiments tf possible improvement [Loud cheers.]
Books, Art, and Amusements.
The Times, October 17, devotes two columns to a
critique upon Dickeus 1 “ Great Expectationß.” It says in
Bubstnnce:
Give us back the old Pickwick style, with its contempt
of art, its loose story, its jumbled characters, and all its
that made -us laugh bo lustily 5 give us back Sam
Weller and- Mrs. Gamp and Bob Sawyer, and Mrs.
Nlckleby, Pecksniff, Bumble, aud the rest, and we are
willing to sacrifice serious purpose, consistent plot,
finisht d writing, and alt else. Without calling upon his
readers for any alsrming sacrifices, Mr. Dickens has iu
the present work glVeh ii» more of his earlier fancies
than we have had for years. “Great Expectations” is
not, indeed, his best work, but it is to be ranked among
his happiest;
J6hn BrongUara has produced “Pocahontas” and
** Playing With Fire 11 at the Royal Princess’s Theatre*
The “ Cbllegh Dawn,” being played by Boucleault &nd
lady at the Theatre Royal Adelphl, has been cleverly
burlesqued at the Surrey Theatre, under the name of the
“ Coolen Dawn.” Of “ Pocahontas,” the Times says:
The succesaof the work in America, where the people
could not hare seen many pieces of the Kindt save, per*
haps, soma English
intelligible out of London, and where a story universally
known was clothed with appreciable fun, may readily be
imagined, but even the pains which the author has taken
to spice hiß .play with cockney jokes, and to prefaoe it
with an address spoken by Miss Rose- Leclercq, in the
character of who appears with a crape spread
over her etai-spangled banner, will scarcely suffice to
qualify it for its new soil.
The All England Eleven cricketers have finally de
parted; for Australia. -
The Monitewr publishes the official return of the re
ceipts of . the taxes and indirect revenue for the first nine
months the present year, which amounted to 794,456,-
OOOT, befog an increase.of 6,552,000 L, &a Compared with
the* corresponding period of 1560, and a decrease of
4;738500f. on that of 1850. *
The Frencfrwar steamer The Imperial will be added
totlfe naval force to wot to .Mexico; The Jmperial
will carry the flag of Admiral Jurien de
isdaily eipefted at Totttori, tho c'oast of Syria.
Wni. Otibitt, F. B- S., just d&ftj; the architect
which serrice -he received the
; order 1 pf; kid^tAood^'He'llkewise superintended the
Of some of theleaditag railroads iu England
find France.
(For The Press.]
You did well 'to publish in The Preu there
marks of M; E. on the’ erroneous sptilitng in the
names of some of our city streets. With regird to
Dickinson street, it is long since the attention of
the authorities, and' of the public generally, has
been , celled to the ridioulous blunder of spelling
the same, on the corner-boards, Dickerson street.
Nothihg,.bowoyer, has been done in the matter.
The finger-boards are not altered, and, indeed, it i.
quite probable that the new signs are atlli painted
in the same erroneous way,. This neglect is inex
cusable. Why should Philadelphians suffer the
memory of the eminent author of the “ Farmer’s
Letters,” and of. other patriotic writings in Revo
lutioMry times,, to be so slighted ? Governor
Dickinson is as much entitled to having his
name handed down to posterity in correct
spelling as Governor Wharton, Governor Reed,
or any of the others. The street extendi from
river to. river, being a length of three or fbn?
miles, and will no doubt,.at some not very distant
day, hq an important thoroughfare. It was re
corded, as Dioktwson. street, and has always been
correctly spelled on the maps or plans of the city
until quite reoently. No doubt, in all th, ggpvcy
ances of properties situated on it iho name is
written- Dickinson. The correction should be
made at once by public authority, and all the signs
at the corners should be altered to the proper
spelling. An Old Philadelphian.
I observe that Bayard street is painted on the
corners Ryard street. 'lathis the blunder of the
sign painter,. or of the publio officer who di
reotedit?
October JO, 1861.
Gwr.' Hbintzelman. —The citizens of Buffalo,
olaiming Gen. Heintzeiman as a townsman, have
petitioned the President to appoint him Major
General- 'The list of signers, beginning,with Mil
lard Fillmore, is such ns any man might be pread
to receive a oompliment from. The citizens of Al
bany should have an interest in. tlio welfare of the
gallant'General. Bis ‘‘better-half” is. a full-.
Blooded Albanian-. Many of the middle-aged ia
<li«B and gentlemen of Albany, who frequented the
dancing patties at Stanwix Hall some twenty-odd
years ago, cannot have forgotten the amiable and'
beautiful “Maggie” Stewart. She is now the
wife of Gen. Bcintzclman, one of the bravest gene
rals in the army. Why should .not Albanians in
terest themselves in his behalf as well as Buffalo*
mans? Let a movement be made at onoe in be
half of the gallant officer. He has the experience
and capacity for the position. —Albany (N. IT.)
Knickerbocker.
This is n very proper compliment to Brigadier
General Heintzeiman, but he happens to be a citi
zen of Manheim township, Lancaster county, Penn*
sylvania.
THE REBELLION
INTEREBTIK. SOUTHERN NEWS.
FURTHER REBEL ACCOUNTS OF
THE BALL’S BLUFF BATTLE.
ARRIVAL OF THE FEDERAL PRISONERS AT RICHMOND,
WIGFAEL- A BRIGADIER GENERAL,
MORE ABOUT MASON AND SLIDELL.
IE GREAT NAVAL EIEDiMV.
NO RELIABLE NEWS YET REG.EI.VEHi'
IMPORTANT FROM THE SOUTHWEST.
Threatened Attack or the Bear of the
Rebel Army in Arkansas-.
THE CREEK INDIANS m REVOLT AGAINST
THE JEFF DAVIS GOVERNMENT.
MISCELLANEOUS WAR NEWS
FLOYD SHELLING ROSECRANS IN WESTERN VIRGINIA.
McCLEMjAN’S VIEW OF STONE’S REPORT.
&c. &c. &c.
NEWS FROM THE SOUTH.
The Leesburg Battle.
[Fr/m the Richmond Dispatch, October 25.]
If the assertions pf the prisoners, that there were
not more than 1,200 Federate engaged in the bat
tle near Leesburg on Monday last, be entitled to
any credence, it would follow that almost the en
tire force was either killed, drowned, or captured.
The number of prisoners already arrived in Rich
mond l 657, and it is reported that more are on
their way. The actual casualties to the enemy, on
the field and in the river, will doubtless reach the
number previously stated on good authority. We
do not, however, place any confidence in tho re
presentations made by prisoners in regard to their
numerical strength. Our own list of killed and
wounded has not yot been accurately ascertained,
but wo learn from persons who wero in the imme
diate vicinity of the fight, that the first statement
of 300 was an exaggeration.
Col. John E. Scruggs, of Fauquier, who arrived
yesterday from Leesburg, informs us that the fight
ing on both sides was terrific, and that the enemy
contested every inch of ground with our forces.
The opposing armies were at times brought into
close proximity. The Yankees once charged upon
our men, but were repulsed by a volley of musket
ry, which was followed up by a counter charge of
great bravery and gallantry. The death of Wen.
Baker, who commanded the Federate in lliu battle,
is confirmed by a statement of a prisoner, ono of
Baker’s “ California Regiment.” He says that he
was very near him when he fell, pierced through
the head with & .bullet. This man alludes to the
circumstance- with apparently sincere regret, and
manifests considerable respect for his memory.
The Arrival of the Federal Prisoners.
The announcement in the newspapers yesterday
morning that a large number of Federal prisoners,
captured in tbe battle of Leesburg, would arrive
some time during the day, excited the curiosity
of the inhabitants, and by nine o’clock a considera
ble crowd assembled at the Contral (Jeppt with &
determination to wait for the cars, no matter what
time they came in. A guard of soldiers, under
Lieut. Bradford, was stationed along the track of
the railroad from Broad street to the engine house,
and no one, save a few privileged characters, were
suffered to pass tbe line. The number of specta
tors was constantly increased, until a dense mass of
humnn beings, of all ages, sexes, and conditions in
life, filled the adjacent streets and crowded the out
side platforms, the freight cars, and every other
eligible spot in the vicinity.
Shortly before half-past ten o’clock the distant
whistle announced the approach of the train,;-which
soon rondo its appearance, and it was .witKthegreat
est difficulty that the sentinels were enabled to
keep tbe impatient throng from trespassing upon
tbe reserved territory. Files of soldiers extended
down Broad street'for..some distance, leaving an
avenue between for the prisoners to passthrough.
The train consisted of several burden cars, at til?
doors of which aimed Confederate soldiers were
stationed, as custodians to the “ foreign element”
within. The escort from Manassas, consisting of
eighty-four men, was under command of Lieut. Col.
T. C. Johnson, of the Nineteenth Georgia regi
ment, aad Capt. J. B. Andrews, of the Fourth
North Carolina State treepi.
Some time elapsed before the public generally
was permitted to see the prisoners, and the latter,
meanwhile, were treated to afewbuckots of water,
which seemed to he quite acceptable. In one of
tbe cars the privilege of getting a drop of the fluid
became a subject of controversy, and while one
fellow got a kick in the stomach from a comrade,
which somewhat deranged his powers of suction,
another was interrupted in the process of drinking
byagruff order —‘‘Don’t slabber in derbucket!”
The guard interfered, and stopped the row before
it became general. The arrangements for the
march being at length completed, the first detach
ment of prisoners, composed of the following
twenty-two commissioned offioers, passed through
the lines:
W. R. Lee, colonel, Twentieth Massachusetts
regiment.
Col. Cogswell, Twelfth New York. ,
E. J, Revere, major, Twentieth Massachusetts. '■
Chaw, L. Pearson, adjutant, Twentieth Massachu
setts.
E. H. R. Revere, assistant surgeon, Twentieth
Massachusetts.
Francis J. Keffer, captain, First California.
John M. Studley, captain, Fifteenth Massachu
setts.
Henry Bowman, captain, Fifteenth Massachu
setts.
Chas. S. Simmons, captain, Fifteenth Massachu
setts.
John Makali, captain, First California.
Timothy O’Meara, captain, Forty-second New
York.
Geo. B. Perry, lieutenant, Twentieth Massachu
setts.
J. E. Green, lieutenant, Fifteenth Massachusetts.
Samuel Givcrson, lieutenant, Forty-second Now
York. -
Wm. C. Harris, lieutenant, First California.
J,. H. Hooper, lieutenant, Fifteenth Massachu
setts. . 1
C. M. Hooper, lieutenant. First California.
Frank A. Parker, lieutenant, First California.
Henry Vanvoast, lieutenant, Forty-second New
York.
W. H Kearns, lieutenant, First California.
G. W. Kearney, lieutenant, First California.
H. B. Vassal, lieutenant, Fifteenth Massachu
setts. '
These officers are generally men of fine personal
appearance, , and as they passed along in the pre-
Sence'of the crowd they', seemed, to regard their
situation asanythingbut agreeable. 'The' remain
ing prisoners,'non-oommissioned officers, and’pri
vates, were then marohed out in detachmCStt, UBd
formed, on Broad street, 7 between files of soldiers.
The whole number of captured Yankees was 525
viz: 22commiasioned officers, 149 from the Fif
teenth-Massachusetts Regiment; 93 from the For
ty-second Mew York; 131 feom the First Califor'.
ei» i 78, find 1 negro front the TfrratidthiiuM*
ohusetts; 1 from the First New Jersey; 1 from the
Fortieth New York; 1 from the Pennsylvmria Ca
valry,' and 1 from the Third Rhode Island bat
talion. They were very well dressed, and maqy of
them wore comfortable overcoats. Same few'nadi
lost their hats, and soino were barofooted, haviiA
pulled off their shoes to swim the Potomac during
the panic, and were rescued from watery graviify
our advanced forces. a
" The juveniles among the crowd indulged in some
derisive remarks, and a portion of the prisoners
displayed considerable impudence. One fellow
' said that their turn would come bj-ahd-by, and
that Lincoln add Scott would both be in Richmond
before a’great while. Another remarked to a by
stander that they had to hunt for the Southern sol
diers to make them fight, and the bystander Ten
oned that they fought pretty well when they were
found. The negro prisoner wae an objeot of no lit
tle curiosity, and be seemed quite uneasy. He saw
his name is Lewis A. Bell, and that he was ffeeln\
the District of Columbia ; but some of our citizens ,
thought they, had seen him before, and it Isvery.-
probabie that he is what the Yankees term a “ con
traband.” . .....
The paid, commanded by Captain O’Neil, of
Georgia" termed a square, and, with the 1 captives
in the centre, marched down Broad to Nineteenth,
thence to Main, and down Main to Twenty-fifth
street, followed by an immense multitude of per,
sons. After some little delay, the prisoners were
marched into Mayo’s factory, comer of Twenty*
fifth and Cary streets, where they will have ample
opportunity to reflect upon the uncertainties of war.
The occupants of another prison in the .neighbor
hood orowded the windows to get a view of this
large reinforcement, but the spectaole did hot sedm.
to afford them much gratification.
The special train in the morning brought in
formation that another lot of the Leesburg pri
soners mere behind, and preparations were acoordh
ingly made to receive them. A guard, commanded ’
by Lieutenant Laws, of the Eighteenth Georgia,
repaired to the Central depot In the afternoon.
The midi train arrived at quarter past four o’oiook,
with three ears full of Yankees, numbering 132,
two of whom are commissioned officers—Captain OF.
W. Rockwood, of the Fifteenth Massachusetts, add
Lieutenant Charles MeFberson, of the Tammany
Regiment, New York, They were attended by a
guard of twenty-four men, under Captain Neal, of
the Nineteenth Georgia Regiment. The crowd
about the depot conversed freely with the prisoners,
but no rudeness was exhibited towards them. They
were very 'soon marahed off to the factory, tq join
their comrades in captivity.
Four prisoners were brought up from the Penin
sula yesterday, by the York river train. They
claim to be deserters from the Federal anny, and os
we regard this a very.sensiblo proceeding on their
part, wo give them the benefit of a publication of
their names: Augustus Blaney, First Massachu
setts Battalion; Dennis Gleason, New York Vo
lunteers ; A. L. Hartwell, Sixteenth Massachu
setts, and John Tclyear, First New York. There
are now nearly two thousand prisoners in Rich
mond, and the sooner some hundreds are sent
South the better. We are in a situation not un
like the man who got the elephant as a prize in .a
lottery—he didn’t know Whitt to do with it.
TWO CENTS.
The leeittirg Battle,
(From' the Kicliiuend Exaarkier, Oct, 25KJ
Col. Featherstose, who commanded aaO of the
Mississippi regiments* in the late- battfe at Beea-burg,
hag made a statement,- giving the result *t' the
action anjlsome additional' circumstances adding to
the lustre of our victory. He states that we Wok
726 prisoners, 4 pieoesof artillery, l,6W‘musßefs,
and a quantity of clothing. Ohr forces engaged in
tho action did’ hot exceed 1,500 men. The enemy
had from seven to twelve regiments-. Our loss wne
not rooro than 160 killed and' wounded. The ene
my’s loss in killed, woundsd’, drowned', and priso
ners, is stated to Have been net less than'l^OOffmen-
Messrs. Mason acudSlideM:
[From the lticbmond Examiner, Get. 29.]
By this time our able representatives al.ri.Ml,
Messrs. Mason and SSdell, are pretty wall! over the
briny deep towards the* shores of Europe. We
commit no indiscretion in' stating: that they have
embarked upon a vessel ’which wilj be abundantly
able to protect them against most of the Yankee
cruisers they may hnppca to meet, pad-the chances
are consequently a hundred to one that they will
reaeh their destination with safety. 'JEhc malice of
oar Yankee enemies Will thus be foiled, and the
attempt tQ capture them fail of success. Great v.»ill
be the mortification of the* Yankees when they
shaD hare learned this resirtt. Our ministers d«8-
not ofcwwe to leave at any other port than ono of ouy
own, or under any but tbe Confederate flag.
We believe that, at no distant drty, Mr? Mason
will hare the pleasure of eigmng a, treaty *>£ atuity
on babalf of the Confederate States with one of the
oldest and greatest dynasties of : Europe, and • thus
cement those relations of commerce upon • which
our future so largely depends.
Ex-Senator WigfalK*
[From the Richmond Examiner, Oct. 29. J .
Wo have been much gratified by hearing-that*'
Col. Lewis- T. Wigfall, late Senator from Texas,
baa boon promoted to tho rank of brigadier general•
of the Confederate army. He is a man of energy*
daring, great resource, and untiring activity. Let
him bare but half a chance and he will distinguish
himself; and render services of the most’ valuable*
nature to our causoi In all the stops of the move* -
ment for secession last winter Col. nigfall was ever
on the- watch to detect every move or the enemy;
sagacious in council, and industrious and intrepid
in taking those steps which, from time to time, be
came necessary to protect Southern interests. He
was one of the most useful friends we had in the
Senate.- Wliatover ho undertakes to do, he does
with his whole heart, and he possesses those quali
ties of nrind-snd character which fit a man tor an
important command, and for dealing with unex
pected exigencies.
The Great Naval Expedition.
[From the Richmond Examiner, Oct. 20.)
The objectof the naval expedition just fitted out
by tbe Yankee Government is of course a matter
upon which we can only conjecture at present. If
tne- object be to secure a supply of cotton, it is pretty
certain to fail. If to effect a conquest of any con
siderable portion- of country, it will certainly
fail. The force is -not large enough to enable tho
Yankee Government to hope for any great results.
IVe believe at all the principal points of the South
our people are tolerably well prepared and suffi
ciently on the alert. In the absence of definite in
formation, we cannot help thinking that the expedi
tion is destined to some point on the coast of South
Carolina. Tliero is-no State to which the Yankees
hear so much- malignity as this, and none where a
temporary triumph would afford them greater gra
tification. If, however, a point on the Gulf be the
object, we think it more likely the essay will be
upon Mobile or the coast of Florida, in preference
to an encounter with, the thorough defences of Now
Orleans. Simnltaneous-with the landing of this ex
pedition, an advance by-McClellan is a sufficiently
probable event. We arc assured that it is the ex- -
pectalion of our generals at Manassas that this may
be looked for at any time in the next ten days.
The Produce Loan.
The office of - the produce loan is, as we are in
formed, very much burdened with letters from the
planters, suggesting and requiring modes of their
relief under the conditions of their subscriptions to
the Government.. Nearly all these letters give the
same account of.the necessities of the planting inte
rest, and hold out the certain prospect of largo ad
ditions to the subscriptions to the loan, in case of
the Government making small advances suitable to
the actual necessities.of the.planters.
THE. GREAT NAVAL EXPEDITION.
No Reliable News Yet Received—From
Fortress Monroe.
Eqbtress MonnoE, Nov. 3, via Baltimore, Nov.
4. —On account of the late arrival of the Baltimore
boat, no flag of truce went to Norfolk to-day.
No intelligence whatever concerning the fleet
has reached here.
This has been the most quiet-day of the soason
at Old Eoint.
The Fortress Monroe correspondent of the Trr
brine, under date of October 31, saygi
The tug. Pettit and ferry-boat Ethan Allen,.
which left with the Southern expedition, returned
last night in a disabled condition. Little less could
have been expected, and if others got off as well it
will be a matter for sincere congratulation.' The
fleet stood almost directly out to sea, and was fojrly
in the gulf strcam .whcn the crippled craft put back.
The sea was very rough, and,, as- was predicted
would be the ease, every swell striking under the
wide guards of tho ferry-boat threw her about
fearfully, although the precaution was taken to.
displace some of the planks of the guard. When
not lifted by thfe Swell iindor her guards, she was
submerged, and, it was not long before she began to
leak badlyat the same time,, her guards were,
loosened so aa tv rice and.foil.quite one foot. The
Pettit had similar experience. In this .con
dition tho signal of distress was hoisted, when
two gunboats bore down and attempted to com
municate instructions, which it was impossible
to understand. The signals they hoisted were
meaningless to those on board the distressed boats,
since thoy had not been furnished with tile code or
koy, nor had they any instructions where to ren
dezvous, ox other instructions, save to follow tho
lead. Comprehending clearly that by so doing
they would certainly go to the bottom, and doubt
ing whether that was the intended destination of
the expedition, notwithstanding many things very
much favored that idea, they put back and reached
the starting point in safety. Those on the Allen
report that the other ferry-boats which left with,
the fleet parted company and lost Bight of the others
at 3 o’clock on the morning previous. What will
be their fate is left to conjecture. The Allen
was the strongest pud best able of them all to live
at sea.
It geems almost astounding that boats built to
navigate smooth inland waters Bhonld have been
required to follow the Watash in the Gulf Stream
on the heel of a ten-days’ storm, while the wind was
yet blowing iittleless than a gale. Butfor the return
of these boats with intelligence establishing the
fact, we eould scarcely have believed that, under
such circumstances; the entire fleet had been led
as far out as the Gulf Stream, instead of taking their
way under the lee of the coast, where, with the
wind as it then was, from the southwest, they would
have found smooth water instead of the billows
of the open sea. Instead of dividing the fleet, and
allowing the lighter and weaker oraft to hug the
shore and the safe route, while the frigates and
stauncher vessels stood off to the open sea, they
were ail, without regard to their capacity, and
as though .ferry boats and river craft wbto as
fit to navigate the open gea as a 5,1100. ton
frigate, required to follow. Hie Wabash “id three'
grand columns, .at the distance of a cable and half
apart. ’ It would be as reasonable to expect a
mouse to tread in the tracks of an elephant, and it
is almost incomprehensible that any suon folly
should have been attempted. But the folly-and
shortsightedness of commodores and muatar-aailora
may be ovcrruled, snd safety and suooess ensue
when there is grOnnd for apprehending other re
flilte.. '.
If‘lt was the wish, as was doubtless the ease, of'
the Officers of the expedition to avoid, being ob- •
served from tbo coast, the fleet might hftVC sept
.out of sight of laud, and still in smooth water.
Practical men of the sea, while the fleet was lying
here, did not hesitate to express the opinion that
some of the transports would never reach their
destination, but it is to bo hoped thaf tfoeji.4id.not
judge rightly, though it cannot be disguised mat, in
taking the Gulf-stream route, extreme hazards were ’
run without apparent reason.
The Objects "of'the Expedition.
The Washington Republican of yesterday says.:
We have good reasottfl for believing that .the an-,
counts in the. New Yotjfcpapers greatly
the magnitude of theexpedition whichleftHamp
ton Roads last week. The number of ships is nob
moro than half of what has been represented, and
we doubt if. the number of soldiers taken on board
exceeded fifteen thousand. If we are correct in
this, no attack can be intended nponNew Orleans,
or any other {dace capable of a strong resistance,
bnt only snob a lodgement upon some part of the
Southern coast as may be made the base of future
operations.
The storm of Friday night has excited-great un
easiness as to the safety of this fleet, bat as storms
come from the leeward, this southerly storm will
hardly have reached the fleet before it hes made a
landing, unless destined for some port in the Gulf
of Moxico, which is not a general or probable sup-.
position. _
IMPORTANT FROM THE SOUTHWEST
Threatened Attack on the Rear of the
Rebel Army m Arkansas by the Creek
Indians.
[Corresroiritece pf Rpsublteu,]
We have some interesting and important infor
mation from Arkansas, received through newspa
pers of that State, which, though a couple of weeks
old, contain some items that webave not had from
any other source. The Little Hook ,3 Vue Demo
crat of Oateber 17<h; publishes * letter to General
Albert Pike, the Confederate Indian Commladoner,
from the rebel Colonel Molntoeh, iu oommaad of a
regiment at Camp Pleasant; expressing great alarm
on account of,an apprehended attaok from a party
of Creeks. Colonel Mclntosh recommends that W.-
forees in the CbSrokee und Choctaw nations be im
mediately sent tohia assistance. It appears'tiutt
the Southwestern Indians are by no mea&s'tinani
moua in hostility to the Federal Government, not
withstanding the seductions of General Piko and hie
Secession eoadjutors. The Creeks, under the lead
of Arpoib*lo*bo*la, one of the chiefi of the trike,
have been the first to revolt against the tcuattSß
whereby their loyalty has been attempted, So be
transferred from tbo Union to the Richmond dy
nasty. Ar-noth-le-ho-ia, gathering afercevenous
ly estimated MfrPP l s,ooo to 6,000 v lately
40 the Creek Agenoy at North Fork, and tearing
down the Confederate flag hoisted; there, by Mcln
tosh's regiment, ran up the Btar&ajid, stripes of th*
Union. Great consternation, was created among
the disunion residents by tiiK. urrieing. and iqm,
women, and children left ikiHeav numberß. Gan.
McCulloch, then at Fayetteville, ordered out 1,100
Cherokees, 500 Osages, and a battalion of Colonel
Cooper’s regiment to “crush the outbreak. ” The
expedition started about the !sth, but we have no
means 4>f knowing the result at present,
A despatch from General McCulloch, dated Oe
[ tober -loth, at Fayetteville,,gives one Captain Da
vidson, to whom it is directed, Some instructions as
1 to movements of troops) hut contains nothing front
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T n 'Wmu PKJJBS,
„ ’hieh can be inferred that McCulloch himself in
ter 'tied marching into Missouri to the aid of General
Prk 'e At any rate, it is certain that several thou
sand .Recession soldiers will have to be kept in Ar
knnsafi t 0 hold the Indians in ctl#ck, so that the
rebßl fo.'ocfl will bo somewhat distracted and divi*
ded in tb. °-> r operations in that quarter.
Southwestern Missouri,
Tho occupation of Springfield, by the Federal
troops, extern Is General Fremont’s lines far down
towards Arkan. las, and regains a large amount of
territory lately ifl possession of the rebels. Gon.
Priee’s occupation’ i*. indeed, from what is believed
to bo the most relia hie advices, confined to but two
counties—Newton a,Hi McDonald—lying in the ex
treme southwest, whe.’w our boundary touches Kan
sas and Arkansas. We do not anticipate any new
movement immediately the part of either opp©-
tNDgfirmy- It will be .wflie day» before
FVeinont can concentrate trio columns for an offen
sive movement from Spring'flbld, and he is now so
near the enemy as to require the exorcise of the
greatest deliberation-and pruebmee.
General Price will, we think, with the knowledge'
that some of tho Federal divisions are yet to come
jrp, piteisc in his retreat, and, Ehofc'ld he be com
pelled io cross over info ArktSJVt - w ‘ a delay
sutii n jTocedure as long as possible*: Jfte will not
ifndentakw to attack General Frenn»b at Spring
field, alt&cugh his force is largely'superior-—for
Genera.' Fremont has a powerful reserve to fell
back upon. Therefore, qur opinion fn that, al
though tho- two hostifo armies are r. truest, as' it
were, foof fo'fice, it does not follow thefra battle Is
imminent. A week or mor® may yet elapse before *
there ire any RMtiuil figMng beyond mere picket
skirmishing ;• bud General must, in les3 than
wentydays, eitlncr fight oriupioimniously abandon
tae Stute, never- to-return. Should he corn! tide to
ninko a stand, we* lave no dbuJbt as to the "result,
H!b diUimvn 5* an* awkward 1 dne at boat, eatf we
aboil Eee wbicli born he will cfcoieae.
MISCEJLIiANBUS WAR NEW&
Tile Vfnp in Western Virginia,
Cis-ixS-'ati, Nor. is—sue Crar«i«.hns received ‘
the following despatch : ‘
Galeipoias, Ohio, Nov. 2.—The* rebels undo? •
Floyd opened fire on General Rosssrauis’ forces'
yesterday morning from two-points, opposite Gauley
Bridge and**Oamp Tompkina.
The telsgr&ph office and* qsiartcrninrtcr'e atom
were, no doubt, destroyed.
When my-informant left <s®«lcy yesterday, their
thells - were aimed at* the ferry-boats and t&e
buildings abovefnaiaed.
Thc enemy-has-heavy guns-and a large body of
infantry.
Chased By Pirates.
Nxw- York? Oct. 4. —The berk Rapid, which
arrived at this port this morning from New Orleans,
reports that she was chased* by a pirate schooner off
Cnpe Carnaveral.
The schooner Typhoon, of Bo stop, wag alfo
chased- on the same day and' escaped.
The brig Lotus, nt New York, from Arrozo.
Porto Paco, reports that October 21st, lat. 28, long.
70, she was -spoken by a fore-and-aft schooner, of
about 160 tons,-shewing tbe Confederate flag, the
captain of -which- inquired whether thoy had seen
any American vessels, or. left any in port when she
left. ISe took in moot of her sail and lay to, head
to south' and -west. She carried one pivot gun
amidships, and had a crew of about fifty men.
Gen. Fremontfo Command Transferred to
Gen. Ilumer.
Tho New - Y'ork* Times says:
The Prosident has sent out the order to the
Western Military. Department transferring the
command-from Gen. Fremont to Gen. Hunter. Tho
order is absolute and unconditional, and has
reached Gen. Fremont by this-time. It is based
on. the President’s--thorough conviction of Fre
mont's incapacity, as a general,, and of the great
profligacy of the expenditure of public money un
der his administration.
Not Going; into Win tec Quarters.
The New York. Times says:
There is .-no foundation whatever for the im
pression that tho national army is about going into
winter quarters.-!* front.of Washington. General
McClellan has- no - such thought, and he is in the
unembarrassed control of. tho army of the United
States.
The CJa-y; Family, lit Kentucky,
The disunion of fjmilißS-causad by the war in the
Border States islillustrated by the present attitude
of the Cloy.family.
Captain Henry Clay,, who has just received a
.commission as assistant adjutant under Brigadier
General Richard,. W.- Johnson, is a young man of
fine abilities, & .Watt Pointer, though hot a gradu
ate, and of undoubted and strong Union senti
ments. His position is a very strange one, and is ona
among the many ronwntia>tories. of the day. His
grandfather was .the sage of Ashlnnd, and his father
died at Buena Vista. His uncle, James B. Clay,
is a violent Secessionist, now under bonds to appear
for trial for treason. Another uncle—Thomas, in
the United States service—is responsible for the
appearance for .(rial of James B. Clay. A brother,
Thomas Olay, -Jr.,, is on the staff of General
Beauregard.. Bis. sister’s husband, with whom
young Clay resides, hoc lately entered the United
States attviCt, With tWO.Othef brothers, for the war;
and now comes young Henry’s turn, and he accepts
the unsolicited commission which Gen. John on has
tendered him..
_ Rebel Plans.
The last pjan.ascribed, to tho rebels by their cor
crapondente at Washington is, that tht-y intend to
cross the Potomac near Occoquan creek, march
upon Baltimore and winter there. They are be
lieved to have boats there sufficient to carry a large
number, of. troops. There is reason to believe that
the rebels have constructed a railroad from a point
shout fire miles bach of Acquis Point toSumfreos,
in the rear of.the fortifications at Shipping Point.
Officers on. the Track of Rebel Agents.
Government officers are again on the track of se
veral distinguished individuals in Now York, Phi
ladelphia, and Baltimore, who aro known to be se
cretly aiding and abetting the rebels in more trays
than one..
Efforts of Rebel Agents to Obtnin French
Interference m American Aflairs.
Letters received at W ashington by the last mail from
Europe, from high and reliable sources in Paris, men
tion the tact that strenuous efforts are being made,
through the Chamber of Commcrco and other orga
nizations, by rebel agents and others, to induce the
Emperor Napoleon to interfere in American affairs.
It is alleged, also, that Prince Napoleon is using
his influence in this direction, and that in his inter
views with the Emperor, since his return to Fraqoe,
be favors the rebel cause. The writer,-who is on
intimate terms with the Emperor, asserts positively
that there is not the slightest danger of an interfe
rence in any manner whatever by the Emperor
with affairs on this continent. Hiß sympathies, ha.
says, are ail ah the side of the Federal Govern
ment.
The Battle at Ball’s Bluff.
THE EXPLANATORY UK PORT OF GENERAL M’CLEL
LAK TO GENERAL STONE’S REPORT.
The following is General MoGlellan’s explanation
in submitting the report of General Stone to the
Secretafy of War. It will be seen, as previously
stated in this correspondence, that General Mc-
Clellan never ordered General Stone to cross the
river, and only directed him to entrench himself
on the Virginia side, and to hold hie position at alt
hazards, when, to his surprise, he teamed that
nearly ml of General Stone’s force had crossed tha
river when not fifteen men.were over there:
Headquarters Abut of the-Potoxac,
Washington, Nov. 1, 1861.
The Hon. Secretary of War .*
fiiß; I have the honor to forward herewith Bri
gadier General Stone’s report of the engagement
near Leesburg jon the 21st nit. I also transmit a
copy of the despatch sept by me to -GeaeraTStehe
on the 20th ult.ybelng the same mehtiasiafl r in the
beginning of bis report as the basis M his more
ment. I onploee a copy of his despatch mreply, of
same date. My despatch did not contemplate the
-making an attack upon the enemy, or.the crossing
of the river in force by any .portion of General
Stone’s command; and, not anticipating s.uch
.movement, I had, upon the 20th, directed Major
General McCall tor^qrn u with hja divishni, pfccfoe
forenoon of the 21st, fnumittainßviir»Ui.the camp
from' which he had affvanbeS, provided recon
noissancer nntrh*ted*4» h|miJ>h<mld'Five bden then
oomplefed. -Beibg advised By
Stone, received duiing.thfl.duy and evening of the
Hist, of the crossing or the river, of Col.
Baker, the cheek sustained bv our troops,' and that
nearly ail his (Stone’s) force had crossed the river,
I Bent to him, at Edwards’ Ferry, the following
despatch, at naif post 10 P. M.:
Intrench yotuself on the Virginia side, and await
reinforcements, if necessary.
I immediately telegraphed Major,.General Banks
to proceed with, the three brigades.of his division
to the support of General Stone; and advising the
latter that he would be. thus snpppited, I directed
him to hold his position at all hazards- On the 22d
I went personally to the seene of, operations, and
after ascertaining that the enemy, were Strengthen
ing themselves at Leesburg, and,, that out HeMWOf
crossing and recroßsing were veiy insufficient, I
withdrew our forces from the Virgjuia Side. I am,
sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
George B. McClellan,
Major General commanding Gutted States Army.
DESPATCH MO. 1, EECEIVESii QSTOBEE 20, 1861.
To Brigadier General Stone, FoolesviUe:
General McClellan dcsiry3,me to inform you that:
General McCall occupied DraSnaville yesterday,.
-and is Btm there. Will send out hoary ftwonagfe-..
84fi44S S64aS 18 idl dir«tlsBifi»m tlmt pomt.®l»
. generalideairte that yokkeap a good lq?yflMnyyt,-
Leesburg to see if this movement cffttPt.to.
driva them away. Perhaps a aunt demonttntiou.
HEAnQUASTBES or THE A,BMT Qr t THg l
JoaoMACj Oet. 20,J$(|.
RECEIVED AX FROM PQftWMJIWJt.
JIo Major Qxerral McClellan r. Mad® •
hist 9f ?roesffl|[ m ftispUM, this ijferawfc ••*
at the ssi»B .t*q>« <MM a reccjimjnnf iwty
towards lifteafeom firoin Harrison's. Islaott. The
enemy's ipatat&nttfed to entrenahtyonte. Report
of reconnoitring party not yet rpoeiyect. I have
means of, crossing one and. twenty-five
men ip ten minutes as) qaqh if two points*
Rivejn rtiUing slowly- _ . v-JK won*,
General*
Thq Ei»al Departure oC Qweral SocM
from M&dMJlQfaNft.
Altboagh we have bawtofote, sefbrred to thfe inf
foresting event, the following detailed description
mill Ike found interesting
On Saturday morning, at the depot in Washing
ton, at five o’clock, the darkest hour bes*e d»}-, In,'
the midst of & raging storm, the retiring and the.
Incoming chieftains of the United Sts#C3 army bade
each other an affectionate farowelUrthe onejin hia
age, returning his war-worn sword to the seaward,
and the other, in his youth, wttsheathing ids Steel
to measure strength with a desperate and un,
Ptf Mlpltd foe,
general Sooti end staff reached the depot half an
houT Vefere the train started. Quite a number of
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