Mtbss of tag laag.
. .
beeisive Enough from a liiiir.
The London Post of th il th' uf ul -
Lord Palmerston's organ ''., as a lend
er on Mr. Seward' A eir, : .r on our
coast defences, frOV wh ' we quote
the following unequivocal para
graphs:
, l.f tke *Alai. of M. Seward is
t 5 be teen as the delitierate expo
nto4 the intqft i io,ps and apprahen
sioeplaW the Gt. 1641 Governinetit, we
Ifhtsf de dtkl frail% two salient facts
which invest with an entirelyy fresh
ammeter the policy - a the Cabinet
at+ Watelringten. The first-- unmis
takeably is, that the• recognition of
tbe Southern Confederacy by any
of the maritime Powers of Europe
NAM. be regarded as equivalent of
the declaration of War against the
Northern States by the European
"wet- so recognizing the separate
Confederation of the South; and the
Second is, that it is from Great Brit
ain, at least as much as from any
other Power, that such a recognition
&lon:thorn independence is appre
hended. Now, even if a European
Power thought proper to acknowl
edge this 'Southern . Confederation,
there irtrelpthing to' indicate that it
would take any step more directly
bestile t6' the Northern Government;
Nutt it must be assumed, therefore,
mat the Northern Government it
self would take the initiative against
the EurOpean Power which should so
interfere m an American quarrel.
Great lerithin is assuredly the
Power against whom there is a dis
tinetiye precaution here taken. Now,
we must say that the American Gov
ernment, in our jridgment, never I
took a stop more uncalled for and
mete unwise. We have at once as a
nation and a government, resolved to
titkeno part whateVei, in the ques
lionf while we hope to remain friend
ty.-isaith both parties. Mr. Seward,
therefore, altogether miscalculates
'the intentidne both
of the British
GOvernment and the British people
ithe thinks that any design exists
(unless it be among a few forward
and iminfluential niembers of Parlia-
Inentl to recognize the South. Such
a resolution of neutrality upon our
part is recommended on grounds both
ofpolicy and justice. The only in
' eentive of either this country or
France to take an opposite course
would be to re-establish the supply of
Cotton. But we believe that such a
.hypothesis is altogether delusive, and
tkat, while the Northern Government
cohtfatted its blockade there would
Belie more expert of cotton from a
reeergidited than from an unrecogni
zerk
Confederacy. It would also be
at present altogether to recognize a
body of States which cannot be said
to - have yet demonstrated their ca
pacity to maintain their own inde
,pwsudenee. If the prediction of the
Worth should be realized, and their
armies should, before spring, "march
right over" the Southerners,
what
would become of a British ors French
recognition ?
-toe think, therefore that Mr. Lin-
Coln and Mr. Seward are providing
against a danger which can hardly
l said to exist, and that in doing so
they are wasting upon useless objects
itt'onee men, money and material,
"which it should be made their aim to
ceneentrate upon their real and im
inediate enemies. The Washington
Clarinet themselves are deliberative
-11 allowing the Southern Confedera
tion the advantage of their schemes.
The Southerners care for European
recognition chiefly, as we have said,
At order to divert the military power
of the North. Although there is no
"likelihood of such a recognition tak
ing place, the North nevertheless dis
sipartereits strength, as though anx
ierketo evince its power by extending
the number of its enemies. They
might make sure that we shall not
recognize the South, and still less
shell woattack the North, and there
fore that the only enemies they have
to contend with are those already be
fore them.
The Rebel Ministers td Europe:
For soake time past, says the
Charleston iferegry of Nov. 2, the
Opera of the interior have been in
dulging in sly hints as to the where
abdits of Messrs. Mason and Slidell.
We havephitherto made no allusion
t 6 their movements: but, the causes
which induced our retinence being
*hayed, we may now, without indis
cretion, narrate the facts of their
embarkation. The Commisseciners
brikig resolved to' make the venture
o rttnaing the blockade of Charles
ton, inature determination, se
lected for the experiment the staunch
and swift little steamer Theodora,
which was, therefore, got ready for
sea with all despatch. The prep
-aiations having been completed, they
embarked a little before midnight on
Friday, October, 16. The party of
passengers Ni-ho were starting on the
tray unusual and somewhat hazard
ous trip consisted of the following
pei%ons : Hon. J. M. Mason, of Vir
t.it Mr. Macfarland, Secretary to
Masoa,_• _lion. John Slidell, of
Lamisians; Ars. Slidell, Miss Matilda
Siti4l.l, Miss Rosind Slidell, Mr. Ens
-BSeretary to Ati. Slidell; Mrs.
Ahlth — ,s who is daughter of Mr. Coch-
TIC, the Washington banker, now in
*A Lafayette; Col, Le Mat,. of Lou.
a,the inventor of the grapeshot
r and two or three other gen
t i'irhotia it will be best, for the
f, not to Name. The night
was 21011, 'dirk, and about .did
nigitt a light rain : began falling,
rendered die chances of 'being
deed by the blockaders extremely
SOW
IAA etas (Mock enSaturday morn
. _
sea. On the evening of the 11th she
reached Nassau in safety, where, had
the) po tunity been aflya able one,
oillild. ' Al!
47m11 ° r•• , , t 'el l ': n' g,
:- coils et : hat th n st
dondee , '. ittil t 'ht. to ' lied
011ie ..--.' '.. ev SI: a
eight of New York mil; have en :
. 108
c urate* other cireuniStances, the Com
missioners determined in this instance :
to fonegn the pleasure.. - i
I Sc, the Theodora left Nassau. and
liteamed.,toward Cate.. On . the, - I,43fai '
inii. she arrived at . Cardenas, wbeiti
the Commissioners lflnded. The
i news that a Southern steaxu,er had
I arrived with Messrs. Mason and Sli
dell on board, which was telegraph
ed from Cardenas to Havana, was ;
scarcely credited at the latter place.
But when, on the 17th inst., the The- '
odora came up the harbor of Havana l i
displaying the Confederate flag, the
quays were immediately thronged 1
1 with thousands of spectators, and a
most cordial and enthusiastic recep
tion was given to the adventurous lit
' tle craft. The Yankees in Havana
were, as a matter of course, much
disgusted at the welcome given to
the Theodora. But, on the other
,I hand; the ladies of Havana prepared
la splendid Confederate flag for the
steamer, which was presented to the
Captain with appropriate ceremo
nies. the ladies of Matanzas also
took advantage of the chance to send
I hither a splendid flag for the Hamp
ton 'region.
The steamship Columbia, formerly
a CharleStoir vessel, hut now in the
armed service of the Yankees, was
at the time in the harbor of Havana.
Luckily, however, she was not ready
to put to sea. Her consort, the Key
stone State, had gone to New York
with a Southern vessel, loaded with
a valuable freight of arms and muni
tions, and which, fortunately, had
been captured while endeavoring to
make he run to Tampa, Florida.
• So the Theoddra left the friendly
port of Havana unmolested, and with
a freight of coffee, sugar, saltpetre,
sulphur, acids, lead, ilbn, shot, block
tin, &c., ran quietly in t
won't say where, bringina b a numb,
of Charlestonians, who bad reach
Havana from Southampton about tl
time the Theodora made her appeal
ance. It is ascertained that the - 1 - 1
bees kept a fast yacht constant
plying between Key West and -
vana, simply for the purpose of ga,
ing intelligence of our naval move
ments: The Theodora is a prival
vessel and unarmed.
The Arrest of Slidell and Mason--Biffiri
Accounts of the ljapture.
The first intelligence received
Saturday, concerning the news
Mason and Slidell's capture,
thought too good to be true, but su,
sequent reports have confirmed it.
We find in the New York Post of Sat
urday evening, several different ver
sions of this highly important arrest.
The most plausible account says they
were taken from the English mail
' steamer on the Bth instant off Ber
muda, by the San Jacinto, Captain
Wilkes. Lieutenant Fairfax and
thirty-five armed men went from the
San Jacinto with five officers, who
boarded the steamer and picked out
the Commissioners. Messrs. Slidell
and Mason made feeble resistance,
but were induced to leave with Lieu.
tenant Fairfax. The Captain of the
steamer raved and swore, called the
United States officers "piratical Yan
kees" and other abusive names. One
of the Secretaries of the rebel Com
missioners, named Eustis. also ithowed
resistance; but himself Ind colleague
accompanied their employers to con
finement.
I Mr. Slidell had his wife and four
children on board, who were allowed
to proceed to Europe. Commodore
Wilkes went ashore at Old Point,
and had a lengthy conversation with
Gen. Wool. He expressed his opin
ion that he had done right, and said
that, right or wrong, these men had
to be secured, and if he had done wrong,
he could do no more than be cashiered
for it.
Other reports state that Mason
and Slidell gave themselves up un
der protest ; that the Captain gave
them up under protest, that they
were surrendered under menace, &c.,
&c. We need not have been su par
ticular as to the mode of their ar
rest, since their bodies are in federal
possession. All documents and pa
pers of Messrs. Slidell and Mason
were seized. Their families were al
lowed to proceed. Gen. Wool has
granted the distinguished prisoners
permission to send open letters to
their friends. The officers of the
steamer Trent state that they took
them on board not knowing who
they were, their destination or busi
ness.
There seems to be a fear entertain
ed
that the arrest of these persons I
on board a British steamer will lead
to trouble with England. It cannot I
be denied but that our country has
always opposed the right of search ,
as warmly as England has advocated
it. If that Government adheres to
the principle it so long strenuously
maintained, that one nation has a
right to search the vessels of another
and take from them its own subjects,
there will, according to the New
York Post, be no difficulty; it must
concede to us the right which it
claims for itself. But if the rule is
not to be applied in this case for
which the American expounders of '
international law have contended,
then the ground will be taken that
on the high seas a British vessel rep-
resents the sovereignty and jurisdic
tion of the British Government, and
the American frigate had no right to
interfere with the - prosecution of a
voyage from Cuba to England. It
will be urged that Governments can-.
not take these freedoms with each
otheetraiitininneevithout impairing
the •getknoliPerheod be
brew" libeiligfr • • - •••
Iffeirtifigalail seam >neer toy
*sing
the
I
cinto . oc, asio •of any V• ry serious '
quarrel , ..
- - .. t ~ It, inas
much
as t• •• 'her ractice,
Et.
s ' s i d a e . ; ;.: he 7 - r mti . , things
.ler il t:
. ~. P.r 1
ti b ' verviy aiponsion of equal
i t an* . arrne. It may be that
t infilvill-4eein so elesr to our
government that it will be deemed
proper to make an apology to Great
Britain. What other reparation the
ease will .tailait of wa cannot see, an- i
less, perhaps, a pecuniary compensa
tion be matte to &he . cavilers of the
Udell steamer, in case their inter=;
ests have suffered any prejudice.—
the two ringleaders of the ,
revolt, cannot be given up. Once
prisoners they are prisoners to the
end of the war. Besides, we may
want " to h,
dat— Jeotalig - o, the 12th, says tha
a detachment of light dragoons visit
ed Beaufort at daylight. Two gun
boats lie a mile and a half below the
town. The place is unoccupied by
the enemy. Negroes report that Fed
orals visit Beaufort daily, but return
at night.
xpedition Against Mexico -- The
French Fleet Ready to Sail
The
(Paris, Oct. 28, Correspondence of London Post.)
The French expedition for Mexi
co is ready to join that of England
and Spain. It is generally under
stood that a United States frigate
will accompany the naval force of the
Powers, I believe, have by this time
signed the Convention for joint action.
THE LAND FORCE OF FRANCE-HER OB-
JECT IN GOING TO MEXICO.
(From the Brussels Nord.)
The Expedition against Mexico is
not only decided upon, but what is
more, the French government is very
busy in preparing for it. Our expe
dition will be composed of sixteen
companies of marines taken from the
ports of France and of the American
colonies; they will be eommanded by
the cheffs d'bataillon D'Arband and
Campion. It will be thus seen the
the expedition takes larger propo,
tions than at first was supposed. I:
fact we are not alone going to el&
with the strength of our guns,
idemnity which the Mexican goVeri.,
ment always refused to pay ; but we
are informed, that our soldiers are go
ing, if possible, to put an end, once
for all, to a Monstrous state of things,
which renders Mexico uninhabitable
to any one.who is not a robber or
a leader of robbers. To restore that
country which is so very fertile and
so admirably situated, to a normal
condition, would be to render all the
world, and first of all to the Mexi
cans themselves. The same univer
sal sympathy which has followed the
combined fleets of France and En
gland when going to China, will fol
low the expedition against Mexico.-:-
The three powers will have each in
Mexico an extraordinary commissary
provided with full powers, and who
will have to act in concert with th
commanders of the squadrons..
France will, it is said, be represent
by Count Dubois de Saligny, Fren.
minister in Mexico, and Spain by Mr.
Josey Rente, a politician well known
for his liberal opinions.
The Rebel Army.
It is not beleived at headquarters
in Washington that any considerable
number of troops have been with
drawn from the rebel army opposite
Washington, in consequence of. the
invasion of South Carolina. Beaure
gerd had gone to Charleston.
iwrlh' . The rumor, Ins
its iiipates to hAn
Latest from Port Royal--Arrival of the cont.
stiooaleos.
Info
i t
mation has besn zecOv by
c
the - ellonliaitiliroWaft *fly cif,
date .. ost4rmfler. V, Alilt,.: then cr
ae,...i
had Beatty ce - . 4led; wring.. t ' Oa/
.
prour totion of Lillateikan* *ink:*
hea -4aoriak Watmoug* PO4daft . had 1
been Secured in the light-house and ;
the 'channel buoys recovered. A!
large force of South Carolina troops
was goeheri Ng st, Port Royal Ferry ;
variously estimated at from three
thbumond to ten-thonsand; At ,lIF A..
M. of the 11th, daring a., fog; &On' six
to eight musket shots were fired at
the gunboats from the shore below
the town. It was the expressed in
tention of the owners of houses on
the island to send persons to burn
.)m. The reconnoitering party
it from the fleet to Beaufort report
that
they found the river banks
;erted except by squads of negroes,
regarded the troops with curios
and fear. One of the gun boats
boarded by a boat's crew of ne
3s, who stated that many of them
. been shot by their masters.—
ey were assured that the troops
I not come to take them from their
sters, nor to hold them enslaved;
tt they were free to go to Beaufort
to Hilton Head. They said they
ild go to Beaufort to make ar
.gements, and they thought all the
:,eks would.come in to avoid being
-dered.
The officers of another gunboat re
nted that they found Beaufort de
•ted by every inhabitant, with the
eption of two, to one of whom the
ptain was conducted by the ne
ws, who were rejoiced to see him,
reading around him in large num
;rs. and cheering the flag. Their
.asters had been firing at them, and
'king them back in the woods, to
.event them communicating with
le United States forces. It was
Aged from their manner that the
aves would commit any act of re
liation that opportunity offered.-
2). , also stated that the forces for
,rly occupying the St. Philip's for
[cations, with the Beaufort artil
had retired to Port Royal ferry,
n miles distant from the town.
Mr. Allen, an old inhabitant of the
tee, but Northern by birth, met
officers at- the entrance of his
ore, much agitated, and holding a
tg of truce in his hand. He said
iat the negroes were perfectly wild,
•eaking into every building, and
estroying all portable property, and
the light boats had been burned
immediately after the surrender of
the batteries. An intelligent mulato
boy dismounted from a horse he was
riding, and, coming toward the Cap
tain, said, " the whole country have
left, Sir, and all the soldiers gone to
Port Royal Ferry. They did not
think you could do it, Sir." The sen
sation story that two millions of cot
ton bales had been seized at Beaufort
reached the government for the first
time in a New York journal of Sat
urday.
Cost of the Late Battle.
The Wabash fired, during the en
ire action, 900 shots, being all 8, 9.
.0 and 11-inch shells, with the excep
on of a few rifled cannon projectiles
-new pattern, and which was
used simply as a matter of experi
ment. The Susquehanna fired 500
shots, the Beidville 185, and the aver
age of the gunboats and the other
smaller ships may probably be set
down at 150 each. There were, in all
16 vessels engaged on our side, and
probably from all of them were fired
not fir from 2,500 shot and shell at
the two forts, Walker and Beaure
gard, the four-gun battery and the
three steamers.
The average cost of each shot, reck
oning shell, round shot, and rifled
cannon projectiles of peculiar make,
and taking into account the value of
the powder used to fire them, may
be set down at about $B. Thus the
:burned powder and the broken shell,
iron of the battle of Port Royal may
be set down as having cost the coun
try not less than $20,000• Reckon
ing, then, says the New York Tri
bune, a few items of this battle, be
ginning with the immense cost of
this fleet, which has been preparing
since August, the pay of the soldiers,
the value of their food, and the ex
pense of the two lost vessels on a
very moderate scale, the entire cost
is
Hoisting the Black Flag. Im fro t Europe--The Expedition
The Norfolk Day Book of the 167 -VMko--An Invitation to the
cpntains the follow in • coy, ' , Willa -The " Thanderer" Re
) veal 14,.
' a vin ' Itikleastruotion Impossible-40as
iiiivaikdotet ioondors-
mg the dolt
en ve .e•
of: f 7•Aminarasse.. &co &c.
s4 l l
• _ k , ILTIASD Me November 18
ern ment*d ;tee m dllag a m jpidgr , ' 7
enty pi* &k i k; : on „ steamshiporwecri an from Liv
b
the productions of the 'Melted States. eool on the tith inst., arrived at
t
It was also resolved that . if the war' this port at 9 o'clock to-night. The
should continue and the present crop iU. S. steamer James Adger was at
. Southantpton. The English Govern
should rain- undispesed of, the-
meat has ordered a large shipment
planters should not plant next
.cartriges to Can:l4a, but the
swing beyond. the -,Workts of home ;
cansunaptinn. t : - ishipment of the AriustrolEigguns has
The Richmond Dispatch :says : hi'en countermanded. -
We have informatiouthat-the author- BELGlum—Monsieus Soloms has
ities of South Carolina have common - been appointed Belgium ministerto
cated with the Government upon the ' Turkin. This is considered as a re
subject of hoisting the black flag, to cognition of the Kingdom of ltaly.
which allusions has been made since FRANCE.—It was stated that the
the attack upon the coast of that arrivals of grain in France had lately
State. It is believed that General been so excessive that some wheat
Lee has received orders from the War was about to be re-shipped from Mar-
Department urging that "those cap- seilles to England. The Paris ourse
tured must be regarded as prisoners - was firm and higher; Rentes ß were
of war." It is said that this will be quoted at elBf. 64c. Several heavy
disregarded by the authorities of commercial failures had occurred at
South Carolina; that the same course Paris.
will be pursued which Govenor Wise The Constitutional has been re
adopted at the time of the John commended by the Minister of the
Brown raid, and that when South Interior to be less positive and
Carolina is done with the invaders less peremptory in its articles
the Confederate Government can against the temporal power of the
have them. Pope.
The Paris papers give the partien
lars of the convention agreed upon by
France, England and Spain relative
to the Mexican expedition. The
Patria says the three powers are to
right to send the same naval strength,
while the strength of the forces to be
landed is to be apportioned accord
ing to the number of subjects each
power has in Mexico. Spain, there
fore, will claim precedence. The
cabinet at Washington will be invi
ted to join in the expedition, and it
will be left optional with them to
send such number of ships and troops
as they may deem advisable.
The Debats says: " The powers
are at the commencement to impose
a suspension of arms between the
belligerant parties in Mexice. They
undertake not to occupy permanent
ly any part of the territory, and to
obtain no exclusive advantage over
Mexico. They engage to leave Mex
ico entirely free to choose her own
form of government. England gave
up the conditions which she wished
to have inserted in the treaty, name
ly, that the three powers should
pledge themselves not to accept the
throne of Mexico for any princess of
their reigning families. If a mon
archial form of government prevails,
the three powers pledge themselves
not to use their intervention to the
profit of any Prince in particular."—
The Patrie : "The contingent force
of France will number three thou
sand."
GREAT BRITAIN.—The frigate War
rior has arrived at Queenstown, after
a sea trial trip in which she realized
the highest expectation. It is re
ported that her speed reached seven
teen knots per hour under steam and
canvas.
The London Times treats in an
editorial on the ill feeling of the
North towardsEngland,being ground
less. It says : "We shall, nev
ertheless, continue to express our
conviction that secession has des
troyed the Federal Union, and that
to whichever side victory inclines,
its reconstruction on the old basis is
impossible." The Times also repeats
its convictions on sundry other points.
Another Victory on the Gatdey--The Rebels
in full Retreat--A Pursuit,t, Useless.
CINCINNATI, November I.6.—Advi
ces from Rosecrans' headquarters
state that on the 10th General Cox's
brigade crossed the Kanawha and
New rivers, and drove the rebels
back three miles from all their posi
tions.
General Schenck's column intend
ed attacking them in the rear, but
was prevented from crossing the river
from high water. Gen. 'Benham's
brigade moved up and began to feel
their front, when a sharp skirmish
took place, lasting from four o'clock,
P. 11. till dark. While Benham's force
lay on their arms waiting for the
morning, the rebels began their re
treat, and were well on their way to
Raleigh before the movement was
discovered.
General Benham pursued them
twenty-five miles amidst a drenching
rain, but seeing little chance of over
taking them turned back. In a skir
mish with the rear guard, Col. Gro
gan, of the rebel cavalry, and a few
others were killed. The loss on our
side was two.
Children of the Late Senator Douglas
A gentleman has arrived in Wash
ington from North Carolina for the
purpose of obtaining permission to
carry to that State the two children
of the late Senator Stephen A. Doug
las. It appears that these boys are
entitled to large estates in North
Carolina and Misissippi, which, un
der the recently enacted law of the
rebel confederacy, are in• danger of
confiscation on account of the non
residence of the children, although
they are infants. The relatives of
their mother are anxious- that they
shall be brought south to secure their
rights in this property.. They are
desirous also that Mrs. Douglas shall
accompany them, if she, will consent.
The government has recently conclu
ded not to grant passes to go beyond
the lines of the Federal army for such
purposes, as it intends to take such
action as will render utterly null and
void any of the confiscations un
der the acts of the rebel usurpers of
authority in the Southern States.
Getting Ready.
The Navy Department has ordered the
immediate fitting out of the following
named vessels, now at the Philadelphia
Navy Yard : Sloop-of-war, Prrooklyn, at
present on the sectional dock ; the St.
Louis, lying at the principal pier ; the
steamers Keystone State and Mystic, ly
ing at the northern pier ; the sloop-of-war
Tuscarora, lying at the southern pier ; the
despatch steamer Delaware, recently pur
chased in Wilmington; and the gunboats
Wissahickon, Itasca, Johanna, Stars and
Stripes dnd io Chambers, eleven in all. This
does not inelude the State of Georgia,
which is now ready to sail, and will leave
in a few days.
Invasion of the "Sacred Soil."
The Richmond Examiner, of latest date,
says, intelligence was received in this city
night, and conveyed to the War De
ment by Mr. Fisher, a member of the
, ention, who arrived yesterday from
~ern Virginia, that a large force of the
my, about four thousand strong, had
•aded the Eastern shore of the State,
ossing from Somerset county to Acco
. It is stated that our available force
the defence of the Eastern Shore, in"
(ding Colonel Smith's regiment station
there, is about 1,820 men. It would
btless be impossible to send reinforce-
Its across the water.
Siiir - The St. Louis'Evening News states
at while Gen. Fremont's train was on its
ty from Springfield to that city. it was
A. between Warsaw and Springfield by
pt. James A. Swain, of the Quarter-
aster's Department, with the United
sates mail for Springfield. One of the of
*rs in the train of the returning Gener-
took two of the bags from Capt. Swain,
in spite of his protestations, cut them open
and overhauled their contents. When
Captain Swain remonstrated against this
'rage the perpetrator threatened him
ith arrest. The desecrated mail bags
.ve been brought back to St. Louis and
posited at the Post-office.
The National Intelligencer of Mon-
LI contains an elaborate article fully
laying the capture of Mason and Sli
t It cites authorities to show that
ler the acknowledged Jaw of nations
tain, Wilkes was, authorized to board
F 4 nglish steamer and demand thelle
-14 'of persons OttrAed with rebellion
. 3° " l : l P a rk 41114) s l O i rliV ri
tile thisforssA. st*ir
4 ti r
I t- •
.11 b Xthe
.rwoJzapti
se this qiissigion:
Latest from Rort Royal--Beaufort still In
occupied—All quiet at Port Royal,
NEW YORK, November 19.—The
United States transport Atlantic has
arrived. She left Port Royal at 3
o'clock p. m., on the 16th inst. The
town of Beaufort had not, up to that
time, been occupied by the United
States troops. The Atlantic brings
home a number of passengers and in
valids from the army and navy, and
six prisoners.
Everything was quiet at Port Roy
al. All the troops had been station
ed, and were in good health. Sever
al visits had been made to Beaufort
by a regiment or detachment, but
they retired, leaving the place de
serted. There had been no commu
nication with the opposite side of the
island confirming the report that the
Union pickets had been attacked. The
stores and ordnance had been nearly
all landed.
The despatch relative to a fleet be
ing seen off Fernandina bound South,
is uudoubtedly an error, as the fleet
remained at Port Royal on the 16th
inst. The Atlantic brings a number
of rebel trophies, and one bale of cot
ton.
Troops Moving South.
SALISBURY, MD, Nov. 18, via Balti
more.—All the U. S. troops except
the Purnell Legion and Second Del
aware Regiment left Newtown yes
terday morning for Dixie. A mes
senger with a flag of truce had arrived
at Newtown and communicated to
General Lockwood that those in arms
in Accornac county, Virginia, had laid
down their arms and claimed his pro
tection. Captain Richards' cavalry,
advanced as far as Drummondtown
and left there on Sunday morning
for Northamton county to learn the
determination of its citizens. A
messenger just from Newtown arriv
ed as the.boat was leaving Salisbury
and informs your correspondent
that Captain Merrill had returned,
and the cavalry did not go below
Drummondtown, but that the Stars
and Stripes are waving over the place.
News from Hatteras Inlet.
FORTRESS Morino.; November 18,
1
, via Baltimore, Nov,. 19.—The U. S.
I steamer Rhode Island has returned
I from Key West and the Tortugas,
bat brings no news. She came up by
the Gulf stream, and saw nothing of
faistioniv e
i the fleet. The steamer Span!din is
; expected from Hatter , ' "ore=
i row. Three amen ' . ats have to
art
1 0 1. 14, srrivedt • tatie for Hatteras
1 ' , Lawman alsoit Old
IPoint or m the South.
f Belpre of Miller's Hotel, Baltimore:
ailirlitell!R; November 20.—Some:
whafifof a . sensation was produced
this niornitig in -the western section
of the city, by the Provost Marshall
sending a large force of police to .
Miller'slfot9l, at the Corner of Ger
inan and Paca Streets, seizing the
whole establishment with all its con
tents, including a large number of
horses. and the contents of the bar
room, safe and vault.
The object of these movements
_is
said to he to prostrate the 'nail ar
' rangements of the rebel sympathi4era
here.
It is supposed that from this ho
tel there has been a regular commu
nication kept up with teams to the .
West river, and thence to Virginia.
The proprietors of the house are
not suspected, being generally regard
ed as - Union men; but it is supposed
that certain employees or lodgers
have been receiving and transmit=
ting letters forward to Secessia. A
number of letters were seized, but
have not yet been examined.
Two parties, William Hart and
John Earl, were arrested. The na
ture of the evidence is not known.
From Missouri.
JEFFERSON CITY. NOV. 20.—Two'
old terror has settled down upon
the counties of the South West since
the retrograde movement of our
army and refugees beginning to
arrive are again driven from their
homes. They fear Price's rebels,
who arc reported as again advancing..
Mr. Gravely, a member of the State
Convention, arrived here last night
from Springfield, which place he left
on Friday last. He says that a body
of 30U0 of Price's rebel cavalry have
made their appearance at Sareoxie
and that foraging parties followed up
the track of our receding army, plun
dering Union citizens and renewing,
with impunity, every species of out
rage. lie pasi4ed a train of emigrant
wagons a mile ion(' containing Union
4n.
refugees, and another train of five
wagons arrived here to-day. Five
prisoners were brought in to-day from
Calloway , county, the first fruits of an
expedition which was sent into that
county yesterday. These prisoners
are charged with repeated oubrages
on Union men.
Federal Property Recovered.
KANSAS CITY, November 19.
Captain Bell, of Jamison's command,
who left here on Saturday morning
for Pleasant Hill, succeeded in recap
turing twenty-two wagons and two
hundred oxen be onging to the gov
ernment train, reported burnt by the
rebels of that place. A rebel force
of twelve hundred men, encamped
three miles off will be attack to-night .
Mother and Daughter Murdered.
BOSTON, November 19.—1 n Holie
ton, Mass., an eldery woman and her
daughter, named Reeves, have been
murdered by Alvin Finch, who beat
out their brains with a flat-iron and
then burned the house dtrwn.
was thought he was laboring under
delirium tremens when he commit
ted the awful murder. He has been
arrested.
Price's Whereabouts.
An officer who had just returned
to headquarters at Springfield, from
a scouting expedition, reported that
the main body of Price's army were
the north fork of Crane Creek.
about forty-five miles south of Spring
field. He estimates the force under
Price at 25,000. Ben McCulloch was.
on Flat Creek, with about WOO men.
Price's position is considered favora
ble for defence; and it has been
strengthened by batteries planted on
cliffs commanding the approach td
the place.
A Captain and Seven Privates Drowned.
POINT PLEASANT, Va, Nov.
sad accident occurred at Cainp Pi
att, twelve miles above Charleston,
this morning. Captain Bell, of com
pany K, 44th Ohio, and eleven of his
men, while crossing the Kanawha in
a skiff, ran under the steamer Com
modore Perry. The captain and sev
en of his men were drowned—the re
mainder escaping.
Seizure of Government Stores by the Rebels.
LEAVENWORTH CITY, November
18.—The steamer Sunshine arrived
yesterday from St. Louis. A lot of
commissary stores and Government
wagons, destined for Fort Leaven
worth, were taken from her at Wa
verly by a gang of rebels under the
command of Joe Shelby.
GREENE COUNTY HOMICIDE CASE.-+
In the Supreme Court, at Pittsburgh,
on Monday, the following order waa
made:
It having been brought to the
knowledge of the Court that there is
a homicide case standing for trial on
the third Monday of December next,
in the Oyer and Terminer. of Greene
County, and that the recently elected
President Judge of that District can
not try the said. cause by reason of
having been heretofore counsel.
therein; therefore
It is ordered, that the Court of Oy
er and Terminer of G-reene county
for the trial of said cause beheld by
the Chief Justice and Mr. Woodward,
or either of them.
,The contiguity of General Kelly,,
the hero of Phillippi and Romney, to
Winchester, appears to have frightened
the rebels considerably. A person whd
has reached the national lines frbin Mier -
tinsburg, which place she left on. Idanday
last, reports that troops are crowding Into
Winchester to oppose General Kelly's
progress in that direc9n, end the de
fences of the Place are being strengthened.
All the militia of Berkeley and Jeffers9n
counties have been congregated theriimith
such arms as couldbagathered:
jA ma* 41 (.11**hester, N.
Y., 104 3 t sinks wad` two ne , hews
at the la of Belt's B
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