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MOOHE’S EUKAL EFEW-YOEKEE. 
npon your once happy and prosperous State. Indeed, 
can yon pursue this fratricidal war, and continue to 
imbrue your bands in loyal blood of your countrymen, 
your friends, your kinsmen, for no other object than 
to disrupt the Confederacy of a great people, & Con¬ 
federacy established by your own hands, in order to 
setup—were it possible—an independent government, 
under which you can never live in peace, prosperity, 
or quietness? 
Carolinians:—We have come among yon as loyal 
men, impressed with our ConstitnUonat obligations 
to citizens of vonr State. Those obligations shall be 
performed as far as in our power; but be not de¬ 
ceived; (be obligation of suppressing armed combi¬ 
nations against Constitutional authorities is para¬ 
mount to ail others. If, in the performance of this 
duty, other minor but important obligations should 
be in any way neglected, it must be attributed to the 
necessities of the case, because rights dependent upon 
the Jaws of a State must be necessarily subordinate to 
military exigencies created by insurrection and rebel¬ 
lion. T. W. Sherman, 
brigadier General Commanding, H. Q. (». C., Port 
Boyal, S. C\, Nov. 8, 18G1. 
Dethronement of the Southern King. 
We learn from the Richmond papers, that Mr. 
Memminger, the Secretary of the Treasury of the 
Confederate States, has issued a circular relative to 
the produce loan, and the appeal of the cotton plant¬ 
ers for relief. Mr. Memminger, in the name of the 
Cabinet, declines to grant any relief, either by the 
purchase of tho cotton crop or an advance upon it* 
hypothecated value. lie declares that the South, 
being now engaged in a gigantic war, needs money, 
and no planters’ notes or produce, and explains that 
what the government requires is a loan from the 
planters, secured by Treasury Notes, which now 
form the currency of the Confederate States. He 
advises the planters to apply to the hanks for relief, and 
recommends them to apply themselves in future to the 
cultivation of grain and other products, rather than 
to that of cotton. 
Thus we find to what a lame and impotent conclu¬ 
sion has thiB wonderful scheme advanced! The 
planters are gravely told that they have been nnder a 
wonderful delusion; that so far from the government 
■wanting the burden of their crop on ita hands, they 
want their money! and Mr. Memminger, their wise 
financial Secretary, is requested by the Cabinet to 
Bay to these sagacious plantera (who have been flat¬ 
tering themselves that by some hocus poms, the 
modus operandi of which they could not very dis¬ 
tinctly understand, trie government was going to aid 
them to buy their stock of provisions and inulea, and 
implements, all of which they have been obliged 
heretofore to get from the raacally North,) that, good 
easy souls, they were moat egregiously mistaken 
the hoot ia on the other leg! We want you, says 
this grand financier, to go into hank and borrow 
money and loan to us, (the government,) to carry on 
this “ gigantic tear.” And still worse, and more 
shocking than all, too, tho Secretary Is the medium 
for tho announcement of the death and downfall of 
their King, for he cooly advises that his majesty ho 
Bet aside just now, and that they must exalt that 
poor, despised King Com, of the fertile WcBt, in his 
place. In plain terms, stop planting cotton and go 
into corn! A full acknowledgment that all their 
hopes of Europe interfering with the blockade have 
been “knocked into a cocked hat,” and that they 
must now set to work to raise bread to feed their 
Btarving negroes! So much for poor King Cotton ! 
and in I860 were $63,843,917 in value; an increase of 
exports for 1861 over I860 of more than 40 per cent 
We also find that the receipts of gold from Europe 
and California aince January 1st, 1861, have been 
$66,739,000; and the exports for the same period 
only $3,260,000; leaving ub a balance of *03,478,000 
for the first eight mouth* of the year. 
Hence, we see that for 1861, over I860, sixteen of 
our Northern railroads have gained in earnings 13 
per cent; that there is a gain of 60 per cent in the 
amount of grain delivered at Chicago during a cor¬ 
responding period of the two years; that there is a 
gain of 40 per cent in the amount of grain delivered 
at tide water by the Erie Canal during corres¬ 
ponding periods of the two years; that there will be 
ft gum of nearly 600 per cent, in the export of bread- 
staff's to England and the Continent for 1861 over 
18G0; that the grosB export of New York, exclusive 
of specie, for Corresponding periods give 40 per 
cent in favor of 18G1; and the excess of the impor¬ 
tation of gold over the exportation leaves us a bal¬ 
ance of $03,478,000 fur the first eight months of the 
year. 
In i860, the nation was at peace with itself and 
with all the world. In 1801 it is agitated by a great 
civil war. Why these indiceB of prosperity? It may 
bo said that they are tho surplus results of the pros¬ 
perity of last year making their appearance in the 
markets of the world. This war, In its immediate 
effects npon production and trade, are felt more par¬ 
ticularly in tho South than in the North. The agri¬ 
cultural products of the North will not be percep¬ 
tibly diminished by the war, for the supply of labor 
will be sufficient both for the work of war and that, 
of tho farm. The quantity of the manufactured pro¬ 
duct* of the East will not he so great in the general 
directions of trade, hut in the manufacturing of sup¬ 
plies for the army, they will find a large use for their 
manufacturing power. 
Inercnwo of Army Oilierr*. 
The war has of course greatly increased the 
number of the regular army and its officers. There 
arc now seven Brigadier-Generals—Wool, Harney, 
Sumner, Mansfield, McDowell, Anderson, and Rose- 
crans, an increase of four, Gen. Twiggs having been 
stricken from the roll. McClellan, Fremont, and 
Ilalleck, have beeo appointed Major-Generals—in¬ 
crease of three from the old regime — General Scott 
formerly standing alone in that rank. The volunteer 
army, to serve for threo year* or the war, is designed 
to consist of a half million men. There are four 
Major-General* for this array Banks, I>lx, Butler, 
and Hunter. The following is an alphabetical list 
of the Brigadier-Generals now in tho volunteer 
service, and appointments are still being made. 
About thirty Colonels are acting as Brigadiers, having 
received tho title by brevet. The Brigadiers are: 
Abercrombie, John J. 
Denham, Henry J. 
Blenker, Louis 
Brooks. Win. T. H. 
Buell, Don C. 
Burnett, Ward B. 
Burnside. Ambrose E. 
Butterfield, David 
Casey, Silas 
Cooper, James 
Couch, Darius N. 
Cox, James D. 
Crittenden, T. L. 
Curtis, Lewis R. 
Davie, Jefferson C. 
Denver, J. W. 
Duryeo, Abram 
Franklin, Wm. B. 
Gorman, Willis A. 
Grant, (Ulysses S. 
Hamilton, C. S. 
Hancock, W. S. 
Hatch, John P. 
Heiutzletuan, S. P. 
Hooker, Joseph 
Howard, O. O. 
Hurl but, 8 A. 
Jameson, Charles D. 
Johnson, Richard W. 
Kearney. Phillip 
Kelley, Benjamin F. 
Keyes, Erasmus D. 
King, Kufus 
Lander, Frederick W. 
Lockwood, H. If. 
Mai'tiudale, J. H. 
McCall, George A. 
McCook, A, McD. 
McClornaud. John A. 
McKinstry. Justus 
Mitchell, O. M. 
Montgomery, W. K, 
Morrell, George 
Negley. J. .8 
Nelson, Win, 
Oakes, .lumen 
Paine, Elenr.er A. 
Peck, John J. 
Phelps. J. Wolcott 
Pope, John 
Porter. Andrew 
Porter, Kitz John 
Prentiss, Benjamin M. 
Reynolds, John F. 
Reynolds, Joseph J. 
ItieJiardsou, Israel B. 
Rosseau, Lovell H. 
Shenck, Robert C. 
Sedgwick, John 
Sickles, Daniel E. 
Siegel, Franz 
Sherman, William T. 
Sherman. Thomas 
Bmilh, Charles E. 
Smith, William F. 
Slocum, 11 . w. 
Sprague, William 
Stahl, Julius 
Stevens, Isaac I. 
Stone, Charles P. 
Strong, William K. 
Sturgis, Samuel D. 
Stun chain, George 
Stykes, George 
Thomas, George H. 
Thurston, CbarleB M. 
Todd, John H. S. 
Vide, Egbert L. 
Wadsworth, James S. 
Wallace, Lewis 
Ward, William P. 
William*. A. S. 
Wood, Thomas J. 
Wright, George 
Prosperity in War. 
We see by figures in the New York Times that 
the earnings of sixteen Northern railroads for 18G1 
are $29,6-1:1,707; for I860 they were but $26,242,568, 
making a gain of thirteen per cent, for this year. 
During a Certain. period of 1861 there were 33,214- 
294 bushels of grain delivered at Chicago; during a 
corresponding period of i860 the amount was 22,- 
860,088; and in 1859, 9,735,682 bushels; a gain this 
year over last of 50 per cent, nearly. 
During n certain period of 1861 there were 31,304,- 
019 bushels of grain delivered at tide-water through 
the Erie ( anal; and during a corresponding period 
of 1860 only 22,632,836 bushels; and during a cor¬ 
responding period of 1859 only 6,234,388; making a 
gain of 40 per cent, nearly for 1861 over I860. 
Tho exports of breadstuff's to England and the 
Continent have been equivalent to 54,682,639 bushels 
lor 1861; and during the year of I860, 11,191,799 
bushels; and for 1859, 1,644,662 bushels; a gain of 
exports of breadstuff's for 1861 of nearly 500 per cent, 
over that of I860, 
We find that the imports of New York alone, 
exclusive of specie, since the 1st of July, isci, were 
only $90,81 i,2US; and during 1860, for a correspond¬ 
ing period, they were $175,292,275; a falling off of 
nearly 100 per cent 
The exports of New York for the same period, 
exclusive of specie, have been in 1861, $91,246,351; 
About General Reynold’* Column. 
A correspondent of the Cincinnati Gazette 
writes from Camp Elkwater, Va., under date of Oct. 
28th. We quote:— 
Health op the Troops.—1 am growing ex¬ 
ceedingly skeptical since I came here. The gen¬ 
eral destitution and distress which I expected 
to find among onr forces in Western Virginia, 
will not become visible to my eyes, in spite of my 
utmost effort* to discover it. The weather, all 
expectations, predictions, and fears to the contrary, 
still continues as beautiful us the month of May. 
The troops continue to lie as cheerful as I ever saw 
people at home; and I only state what half a dozen 
of them told me to-day, that, us far as provision* are 
concerned, they have as much or more than they 
want to eat. They go on drilling, more or less, from 
day to day; hut that, and the mere fact that they are 
living in camp, instead of dwelling in cities, or 
being dispersed through the country, furnishes the 
only evidence in this valley of the existence of a 
Htate of war. 
The Face of the Country. — Nothing has sur¬ 
prised me wore since I have been in Western Vir¬ 
ginia, than the apparent utter absence of animal life 
in the forest*. Thi* is exactly the contrary of what 
one would naturally ex’pecL In a country where 
there are such vast reaches of woodland, covering 
the summits of so many almost inaccessible hills, a 
country but. thinly inhabited, and in which tho origi¬ 
nal dominion of nature is unbroken over bo great an 
extent, I should have looked for an abundance of all 
kinds of wild animals which arc found in the central 
portions of America, but not a rabbit rustles the 
leaves on the ground, not » squirrel jumps among 
the branches, and not a chirp of a bird has greeted 
my carssluce I first set foot in Virginia. I asked a 
“native” If there were no birds lu the State. He 
said there were certain seasons of the year when the 
birds flew over in large number*. I was satisfied; 
and for some time was lost in admiration at the good 
taste of the birds In “flying over” this desolate, 
dreary region, instead of Btopping and making it 
their abode. In my opinion it would have been bet¬ 
ter for man had be imitated the feathered race; and, 
instead of settling in this seemingly irreclaimable 
wilderness, had passed on, until he reached the level 
and more fertile country beyond. 
The Cheat Mountain Camp. — T have just returned 
from a visit to the summit of Cheat Mountain. I 
went in company with Major Keifer, of the Third 
Ohio, who has thoroughly explored all the country 
about here. I dare not tell the number of troops I 
found up there, nor how they are situated; but one 
thing is certain—the fortifications are of the most 
formidable description; and if it were proper, under 
any circumstances, to pray for the enemy, I should 
say heaven help him if he has the temerity to assail 
our position there! Every man, from the General 
commanding down to the officers’ servants, would 
rejoice In the prospect of such an attack. But they 
are not likely to he gratified. No rebel General in 
Western Virginia has sufficient enterprise to attempt 
it, nor are there any rebel forces in this section which 
even a Napoleon could lead within a quarter of a 
mile of these works. Experience has abundantly 
proven that they cannot he induced to Murid fire; 
and that with equal or with inferior forces, we are 
able to heat them, even when posted behind their 
intrenebments. This is no vain boasting. It is the 
unvarying history of the war in this region. In the 
comparatively recent attempt of the rebels to surprise 
our troops at Elkwater, they did, beyond all question, 
exhibit what, can only be called despicable cowardice. 
They came toward onr position in overwhelming 
numbers, and were, at the same time, in onr front and 
upon both flanks; and yet, with all these advantages, 
they fled iu every direction at the first sound of onr 
guns, flinging away, in their wild consternation, all 
their equipments and clothing, even to their pants 
and shirts. The articles which they left behind them 
in this mad (light can still he seen scattered all 
through the mountains. Bnt enough of this. 
The troops upon Cheat Mountain Summit are 
busily engaged in the construction of huts for winter 
quarters. Perhaps it is a misnomer to call the build¬ 
ings they are erecting “ huts;” for they are really 
strong, comfortable, and commodious log houses; 
each one forty feet in length and twenty iu width, and 
sufficiently large to accommodate half a company. 
killed, shot through the head, and Gen. Hawes cap¬ 
tured. We are still without full particulars of Nel¬ 
son’s victory. The following is all that is known in 
regard to it: After occupying I’n-stonburgli, Nelson 
proceeded towards Piketon, commenced the engage¬ 
ment at about 4 P. M., which continued till night 
Both armies slept on their arms, and the next A. M., 
the battle was renewed and continued till ten, when 
the rebels unconditionally surrendered. The rout 
was complete, and it is probable that the whole of 
Williams’forces will betaken in the mountain gorges. 
The Louisville Courier, dated Bowling Green, Nov. 
8th, contains Richmond correspondence, saying that 
Colonel, now Brigadier General, Humphrey Marshall 
is to’commund the eastern division of the rebel army 
in Kentucky. Brig.-Geti, J. C. Breckinridge returns 
to Southern Kentucky this week to organize his 
brigade, and put the provisional government In Ken¬ 
tucky In motion. 
A corrospondentof the Cincinnati Gazette, writing 
from Gen. Sherman's array, says the bridge across the 
Cumberland river,, on the Louisville and Nashville 
railroad and in the rear of Buckner, has been burned 
by Uniou meu, causing great consternation among 
the rebels. 
Missouri.^ The following order from headquarters 
was received at St Louis on the 17 inst.: 
Headquarters ok Army, Adj’t. Gkn. Office, ) 
■Washington, Nov.12,1861. j 
Special Order, No. 30.— Major-General John O, 
Fremont having been relieved from the command of 
the Western Department and from duty in the field, 
those members of his staff who have been selected 
from civil life under trie authority of the act approved 
Aug. 18th, 1861, cease, from the cute on which he 
relinquished his comrnund, to be connected with the 
service. All persons, with Hie exception or the 
regimental arid company officers, who have been 
appointed in the military service by Major-General 
J. C. Fremont, and whoso appointment* have not 
been sanctioned by the President, are hereby die- 
charged from the service of tin- United States by the 
command of Major-General McClellan. 
L, Thomas, Adjutant-General. 
Upon tho arrival of Gen. McKinstry in St. Louis on 
the 13th inst, in conformity with the orders received 
at Springfield to repair to St Louis and report to 
Washington by letter, lie was met at the ears by 
several officers, by whom he was arrested and con¬ 
veyed to the arsenal under instructions to be allowed 
to hold no communication with any one. His 
cashier, Hahn, was also arrested. Gen. Sturgis now 
commands McKinstry’s division. 
Hunter, Pope and Sturgis’ division of the army 
left Springfield, on the Kith, for the north, and 
Siegel's and Asbotb’s commands left for the south on 
Friday evening, with Instructions to the camp ten 
miles below Wilson’s Creek. Since the departure of 
these divisions of the army nothing of interest lias 
transpired. Gen*. Siegel’B and Asboth’s divisions 
have returned from their position south of here, 
which was merely a feint to protect their withdrawal, 
and will march for St. Louis, via Rolla, in the course 
of a day or two. Springfield will be entirely evac¬ 
uated, and a large number of Union meu from the 
city and surrounding country have left, and will 
continue to leave with the army, not being willing to 
risk their lives lu the hands of the rebels. 
Sterling Price began to move with his army, num¬ 
bering 27,000 men and twenty five pieces of artillery, 
ou Saturday the 16th, towards Pineville, McDonald 
county, in the extreme south-western corner of the 
State. Ben McCullough broke up his camp on the 
night of the 16th, and the next day was marching 
towards Perryville, Carroll county, Ark. A gentle¬ 
man, recently a prisoner in the rebel camp, says that 
Price designs to go into winter quarters at Cross 
Hollow, Washington county, Arkansas. All his rebel 
followers who intend to go home have already 
returned, and those now with him intend to fight 
outside of Missouri. 
f Jhe following order has been promulgated: 
teamsters are all prisoners. Jennison marches imme¬ 
diately for Pleasant Hill. 
Gen. Hunter has sent a letter to Gen. Trice repudi¬ 
ating the treaty between Gens. Fremont and Price, 
entered into Nov. 1st, and addressed to Adjutant- 
General Thomas his reasons therefor. 
The creating a new military department of Kansas, 
with Major-General Hunter In command, gives great 
satisfaction and confidence to the citizens of Kansas. 
Hkadqcartkhs Wkstkrn Drj-artmk.vt, ) 
8 t Louis, Nov. 10, 3861. j 
Commanders of troops in this Department will 
avoid extensive movements which offer battle, or 
divide and prolong our lines until further concert 
and concentrations can be arranged, »ud instructions, 
giving a full and concise report, he forwarded to 
Brig.-Gen. Curtis, giving the strength, position and 
condition of every command in the Department. 
These reports will be consolidated under his direc¬ 
tion, and a weekly abstract forwarded to the com¬ 
manding General. By order of 
Hitntbr, Major-General. 
Department of the West. 
Kentucky.— Gen. Buell arrived at Louisville on 
the 15th inst. 
A letter to the Louisville Journal from Crab Or¬ 
chard says that Gen. Zollicoffcr retreated on Wednes¬ 
day, the 20th inst., blockading the road from Cum¬ 
berland Ford to Cumberland Gap, by rolling immense 
rocks from the hills into the roads. 
The latest dispatches concerning Gen. Nelson’s 
victory at Piketon, which have been sent forward to 
the War Department, represent the number of pris¬ 
oners at 2,115. The number of rebels found dead on 
the field was 400. The rebel Gen. Williams was 
nenry W. Clements, chief clerk of the Quarter¬ 
master’s office, under Gen. McKinstry, was arrested 
by order of Gen. Curtis, and sent to Jefferson bar¬ 
racks to await an investigation into the affairs of 
that office. 
Gen. Hunter and staff arrived at St. Louis on the 
16th inst. Redftlia and Rolla will ho strongly garri¬ 
soned, and sufficient, provisions, stores and munitions 
sent to each point for an army of 15,000 men should 
necessity at any time require the presence of such a 
force. The hulk of the array*will come to St. Louie 
and be held in readiness for the movements in Ken¬ 
tucky, Southeast Missouri or down the Mississippi 
river. 
Kansas. — On the 10th inst. Col. Anthony, with 
150 mounted men, was attacked on an open prairie, 
about twenty miles from Kansas City, by (100 rebels, 
under command of Upton Hayes, and after a desper¬ 
ate struggle retreated, seeking shelter in the woods, 
from which they were again routed. Col. Anthony 
fell back about six miles to await re-enforcemeuts, 
which will speedily he forwarded to him. This is 
supposed to he the same band of rebels that captured 
part of Captain Shield’s company of Fremont Huz- 
zars, near Little Santa Fe. It is said there are 
upwards of 1,000 armed rebels in this county. 
Nebraska.— Fort Laramie, Nov. 11.—Two com¬ 
panies of the 2nd Cavalry left Fort Laramie on the 
12111 inst. for the Ftales, under the command of Capt. 
John Green and Lieut. .1. K. Wesner. Weather cold 
and stormy. Fonr inches of snow fell yesterday. 
The telegraph this (Monday) morning brings us the 
following additional intelligence: 
The rebels under Gens. Price and McCullongh have 
retreated into Arkansas. It is understood they have 
gone to Fort Kmith, where supplies have been col¬ 
lected aud winter quarters built. Before leaving 
Missouri they fired hay-stacks, corn-stacks, Ac., iu 
the vicinity, to prevent our forces from obtaining 
forage in case we pursued them. Previous reports 
regarding the imminency of a battle on the 2d inst. 
origiuated in a large foraging party of rebels on 
Wilson’s Creek being mistaken for an advance guard 
of the enemy. 
A special dispatch to the Chicago Journal from 
Cairo, says it bus been ascertained that the loss of 
the rebels at Belmont was 2G1 killed, 427 wounded, 
and 278 missing. 
A wagon master, who 1ms just arrived at Kansas 
City, gives information of the capture by rebels, at 
3 o’clock this morning, a mile and ft half from Pleas¬ 
ant Hill, Cass county. Mo., of 59 wagons and 500 
oxen, on their way to Sedalia. When the wagon- 
master escaped the yokes were being burned, and 
preparations were making to hum the wagons. The 
Department of Western Virginia. 
Advices from GeD. Rosecrans’ headquarters to 
the 12th, state that on the 10th Gen. Cox’s brigade 
crossed the Kanawha and New River, aud drove the 
rebels hack three miles from their position. Gen. 
Schenck’s column intended attacking them in the 
rear, but was prevented from crossing the river by 
the high water. Gen. Benham’s brigade moved up 
and began to feel their front, when a sharp skirmish 
took place, lasting from 4 P. M. till dark, when Gcd. 
Henhura’s force lay on their arms, waiting for morn¬ 
ing. The rebels began to retreat, and were well on 
their way to Raleigh before their movement was dis¬ 
covered. Gcu. Benharn pursued them twenty-five 
miles under a drenching rain, but seeiDg little chance 
of overtaking them, turned back. In the skirmish 
with the rear guard, Col. Crogan, of the rehel cav- 
aby, and a few others were killed. The loss or our 
side was two. 
A sad accident occurred at Camp Platt, 12 miles 
above Charleston, on the 16th. Capt. Bell, of Co. 
K., 44th Ohio regiment, and 11 of his men while 
crossing the Kanawha in a skiff, run under the 
steamer Commodore Perry. The captain and seven 
of his men were drowned. 
The following order has just been issued: 
general order 99. 
Hkadquartkrh of tub Army, j 
Adjutant General's Offier, Nor 14, 1R6L C 
Complaint, has been made to the President of the 
United States that certain persona within the State of 
Virginia, in places occupied by the forces of the 
United States, claim to hold civil office?. State, Coun¬ 
ty, and Municipal, hv alleged authority from the Com- 
m on wealth of Virginia, in disregard and in violation 
of the declaration of the people of Virginia, repre¬ 
sented in Convention at the city of Wheeling, on 
Thursday, .June 13, 1861, and of the ordinances of 
said Convention, and of the act* of the General Ab- 
sembly held by authority of said Convention. It is 
therefore ordered, by the direction of the President, 
that if any person shall hereafter attempt within the 
State of Virginia, under alleged authority of said 
Commonwcaltli, to exercise official power* of a civil 
nature within the limits of any of the command* of 
occupying forces of the United States, unless, in pur¬ 
suance ot a declaration and ordinance of the Conven¬ 
tion assembled at Wheeling, on the 13th of June, 
1861, and the act* of trie General Assembly, held by 
authority of said Convention, *nch attempt shall be 
Ireated a* an act of hostility to the United States, and 
such person shall he taken Into military custody. 
Commanding officers are directed to enforce this or¬ 
der within their respective commands. 
By command of Maj.-Gen. McClellan. 
L. Thomas, Adjutant-General. 
York regiment The place where they were taken 
was beyond our lines, and their loss the result of 
their own carelessness. 
Lieut Geo. W. Snyder of the U. S. Engineers, first 
assistant of Gen. Brownel in the construction of the 
forts on the line of the Potomac, died in Washington 
on the 17i.h inst., of typhoid fever. He was a very 
valuable officer and deservedly esteemed. 
Department of the Last. 
The work of raising a brigade, to be composed 
entirely of VirginiaD*, is progressing finely both in 
this city and Alexandria. The brigade will consist 
of one regiment of cavalry and two of infantry. 
There are several thousund refugees from Virginia 
who are anxious to enlist themselves in the defense 
of the Government. Recruiting offices are being 
established iu both cities to forwurd the design. 
General Stoneman has been appointed to the com¬ 
mand of the whole entire cavalry force of the United 
States. 
About 4,000 troops, including Nim’s Boston bat¬ 
tery, marched from Snow Hill, Maryland, into Ac- 
coinae and North Hampton counties, Va., on the 16th 
inst. Accomac Is prepared to array itself for the 
Union, but North Hampton shows fight. The follow¬ 
ing proclamation of Geu. Dix wuh sent in advance of 
the expedition: 
To the People of Accomac and North Hampton Coun¬ 
ties, Virginia. 
The military forces of the United States are about 
to enter your counties as part of the United States. 
They will go among you as friends, and with the 
earnest, hope that they may got, by your own acts, be 
forced toliecome your enemies. They will invade no 
rights of honor nor property; your laws, institutions, 
and usages will be scrupulously respected. There 
need he no fear that the quietude of any fireside will 
be disturbed, unless a disturbance ih caused hy your¬ 
selves. Special direction has been given not to 
interfere with the condition of any person held to 
domestic service; and in order that there may he no 
ground tor mistake or pretense for misrepresenta¬ 
tion, commanders of regiments and corps have been 
instructed not to permit any such persons to come 
within their lines. 
Tho command of the expedition ia Intrusted to 
Brigadier General Henry H. Lockwood, of Delaware, 
a State identical in some of the distinctive features 
of its Bocial organization with your own, A portion 
of his force comes from counties in Maryland, bor¬ 
dering on one of yours. From him, and from them, 
you may he assured of the sympathy of your near 
neighbors, as well as friend*, if you do not expel it 
by hostile resistance and attack. ’ Their mission is to 
assert the authority of the United States; tore-open 
your Intercourse with loyal States, and especially 
with Maryland, which has just proclaimed her devo¬ 
tion to the Union hy the most triumphant vote in her 
political annals; to restore to commerce its accus¬ 
tomed guides by re-establishing the lights on your 
coast; to afford yon free export for the products of 
your labor, and free ingress lhr the necessaries and 
Comforts of life which you require in exchange; and, 
in a word, to put an end to the embarrassments and 
restrictions brought upon yon by a causeless aud 
unjustifiable rebellion. If Hie calamities of the intes¬ 
tine war which are desolating the other districts of 
Virginia, aud have already crimsoned her fields with 
fraternal blood, fall upon you, it will not he a fault of 
the Government. It asks only that its authority may 
he recognized. It sends among yon a force too 
strong to he successfully resisted in any other spirit 
than of wantonness and malignity. If there are any 
among you who, by rejecting all the overtures of 
friendship, provoke retaliation, and draw down ou 
themselves the consequences which the Government 
is most anxious to avoid, to their account must he 
laid the blood which may be slm-l, and desolation 
which may be brought upon peaceful homes. On all 
who are thus reckless of the obligations of humanity 
and duty, aud on all who are found in arms, the 
severest punishment warranted by tbe laws of war, 
will he visited. To those who remain in qniet pur¬ 
suits arid their domestic occupations, the proper 
authorities assure they can give peace, freedom from 
annoyance, protection from foreign and internal ene¬ 
mies, and all the Constitutional and legal rights and 
blessings of just and parental Government. 
John A. Dix, Muj. Gen. Com. 
A foraging party went oat from Gen. Wadsworth’s 
brigade on the 16th inBt, and having found a large 
supply of corn they started back in the evening. Five 
of the wagons were detached from the main body. 
They halted in the road two miles and a half from 
Falls Church, aud stacking their guns moved toward 
| farm house to get something to eat. A party of 
rehel cavalry, who had been scouting in the neigh¬ 
borhood, suddenly rushed between our troops and 
their guns, thus rendering them powerless for resist¬ 
ance. The consequence was the capture'of the five 
loaded wagons and the thirty men made prisoners. 
About ten of the Federal party certainly escaped, and 
it may be that some of the ethers may yet return, as 
it is not improbable that they sought refuge in the 
woods, They all belonged to tbe Thirtieth New 
Affairs in Washington. 
The Government has issued permits to parties 
in Rhode Island to trade with loyalists along our 
Southern coast, and vessels are now fitting out for 
that purpose, loaded with supplies of various kinds, 
among which are salt, clothing and other articles of 
prime necessity, which it is expected will be at once 
exchanged for cotton. This is a new feature in 
government, aud may lead to important results. 
Senntor Simmons, of R. I., it is said, has been the 
principal mover in this matter. It may be, however, 
that these vessels, and others now fitting out, will 
follow the expedition; and as soon a* an opening is 
made and a permanent footing is obtained, cargoes 
of cotton will be at once shipped to Liverpool and 
other points. This is a very important movement, 
and bus the full sanction of Government. 
The Convention for the adjustment of the claims 
of citizens of tbe United .States against the Republic 
of Costa Rica, having been duly notified on both 
sides, the ratification of the same was exchanged. 
There is a provision that no claim of any citizen of 
the United States who may be found to have been 
belligerent during the occupation of Nicaragua by 
the troops of Costa Rica or the exercise of authority 
hy the latter within the territory of the former, shall 
be considered as proper for the action of the Board 
of Commissioners, who are to meet within the next 
nin^y dayB in Washington. 
A gentleman occupying a high position in Mexico, 
has arrived in Washington with important informa¬ 
tion, which he has laid before the Government, from 
the west coast of Mexico and Sonora, It appears 
that the whole west coast is greatly excited at tho 
contemplated intervention of England, France and 
Bpain in their affairs, and they have applied to our 
Government to know whether it will sustain them 
in their stand against the intrigues of Spain. The 
rebel agents are now very busy in that section of 
Mexioo. They have thus far found little sympathy, 
the people nearly all favoring the cause of the Fed¬ 
eral Government. This ia also the case in all of the 
States throughout Mexico. The rebelB, however, 
hold out (lattering promises, and offer to make any 
kind of treaties and to aid them with money. 
The Government has contracted for the manufac¬ 
ture of a large number of the best Springfield rifled 
guns and a large number of breech-loading arms, to 
be manufactured in this country. These, together 
with contracts authorized abroad for immediate use, 
will give a sufficient supply for all present and future 
wants of the army. 
The Secretary of State has issued the following 
order: 
Circumstances which recently occurred, render it 
necessary (4) repeat previous regulation, that no per¬ 
son, whether citizen or foreigner, will be allowed to 
pass tho lines ol the United States Army in any 
direction, without a passport signed or countersigned 
by the Secretary of State; and if any person shall 
attempt so to pass, he will he liable to urrost and 
detention by military authority. Wm. II. Reward. 
It has been further ascertained, on application, 
that such passes will only be granted to persons upon 
business for the Government of the United States. 
The Secretary of the Treasury had an interview 
with a committee of tho associated banks on the 15th 
inst., at which arrangements were made for the 
taking of the third $50,000,000 loan. 
Misapprehensions having existed touching the 
Postmaster-General’s order of October 31st, Postmas¬ 
ters will recognize it as follows: 
Certificates of soldiers’ letters may he signed by 
any field or ttaff officer in the service of the United 
States, as well as major; and, when so certified, 
letters may he forwarded without pre-payment of 
postage, which must, however, he collected at the 
office of delivery aB before. John A. Kasson, 
First Assistant Postmaster-General. 
Generals Halleck and Duel left Washington for 
their commands in Missouri and Kentucky on the 
13th inst. Both are fully possessed of the plans and 
policy of the Administration and of the Ccmmander- 
in-Chief. Henceforth, it is believed there will be a 
thorough unity of action among the Generals com¬ 
manding the several departments, and all their 
actions will form part of one campaign. 
Lieut. Kurtz, the Uuion prisoner released from 
Richmond ou parole to find an exchange for himself 
on this Eide of the Hues, is successful, the Govern¬ 
ment having promptly furnished the exchange in 
response to this overture of the Confederates. The 
Government has resolved to release on parole 250 
prisoners, part of those captured at Hatteraa, to 
proceed to the South on a similar mission. If they 
succeed, 250 Union prisoners now in the South will 
soon be returned to us, and the principle and manner 
of the full exchange of prisoners will be fully estab¬ 
lished. Gen. Wool has been instructed to communi¬ 
cate with the proper rebel authorities, under a flag 
of truce, in reference to facilities for supplying the 
prisoners in their custody with clothing and other 
necessaries. 
A now arrangement of War Departments has been 
made, as will he observed by the following order: 
Headquarters Army. Adji tant General's Office, ( 
Washington, November 9,1S61. j 
General Orders, No, 98.—The following Depart¬ 
ments are formed from the present Departments of 
West Cumberland and Ohio: 
1. The Department of New Mexico, to consist of 
the Territory of New Mexico, to be commanded by 
Col. E, R. S. Cauley, U. 8. A. 
2. The Department of Kansas, to include tbe State 
of Kansas, Indian Territory west of Arkansas, and 
Territories of Nebraska, Colorado and Ducotah, to 
be commanded by Major-General Hunter; headquar¬ 
ters at Fort Leavenworth. 
3. The Department of Missouri, to isclude the 
States of Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illi¬ 
nois, Arkansas, and a portion of Kentucky west of 
the Cumberland River, to be commanded by Major- 
General H. W. Halleck, U. S. A. 
4. 'The Department of Ohio, to consist of Ohio, 
Michigan and Indiana, and that portion of East 
Cumberland and Tennessee, to be commanded by 
Brigadier-General D. O. Buell; headquarters at Louis¬ 
ville. 
5. The Department, of Western Virginia, to consist 
of a portion of Virginia included iu the old Depart¬ 
ment of Ohio, to be commanded by Brigadier-General 
W. 8. Rosecrans, L r . S. A. 
By order. Julius P. Garescue, 
Assistant Adjutant-General. 
The intelligence of the capture of Slidell and 
Mason has difl'used the greatest possible joy among 
all classes, including, of course, Government officers, 
from the President down to the humblest messenger. 
The brilliant exploit at Port Royal was certainly not 
more if quite as electric in its effect on the public 
mind, as the taking of these generally regarded un¬ 
principled and dangerous emissaries. 
Capt. Taylor, who has arrived in Washington with 
dispatches, reports that when the Kan Jacinto stopped 
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