nary of subsistence in March, 1837; first lieutenant 
of artillery in March, 1838; captain in May, 1846; and 
brevet major In May, 1848, for “gallant and merito- 
riona aervicea at the battle of Buena Vista,” on the 
23d of February, 1847. Gorilncr** Military Dictionary 
fays that he was distinguished by his prudeooe and 
firmness in preventing a war with certain of the 
Bioux Indians, 1867. He has for years been in com¬ 
mand eT the light artillery well known aa Sherman's 
battery, and baa always stand well in the estimation 
of the array for his skill and attainments as ap artil¬ 
lerist. On the breaking out of the rebellion, when 
the new regiments were authorized to be added to 
the army, be was appointed a lieutenant colonel of 
the fifth artillery. His waa among the first appoint 
incuts of brigadier generals of volunteers, and soon 
after the battle of Bull Run he was assigned to the 
important duty of organizing the land forces of the 
present expedition, and established hia camp of 
instruction at Hempstead, I* 1- Hia entire force was 
transferred to Washington some weeks since, in con¬ 
sequence of an anticipated advance of the rebels. 
Thia accounts for no troops having embarked at 
Annapolis. 
Capt. !J. Pelouze, Gen. Bherman’a assistant adju¬ 
tant general, entered the Military academy from 
Pennsylvania in 1819, and was graduated and pro¬ 
moted to be aecond lieutenant in the fourth artillery 
in July, 1863. He waa appointed first lieutenant in 
May, 1866, regimental adjutant in December, 1857, 
and captain iD May, 1861. He joined Gen. Sherman's 
command aa chief adjutant, at Annapolis, a few days 
before the embarkation at that place. 
Capt. Rufnu Baxton, chief quartermaster of the 
command, graduated at the Military Academy in 
1849, and was then promoted to be brevet second 
lieutenant in the third artillery. He waa promoted 
to the fourth artillery in 1860, where he served till 
made a captain in the quarter master’s department on 
the 13th of May last ne waa instructor of artillery 
in the Military Academy in 1859 and I860, and was 
on Gen. Lyon’s staff in Missouri from February until 
June of 1861* He was then ordered to General 
McClellan, and served with, him as chief quarter- 
master through the campaign in Western Virginia, 
Capt. Baxton has also served and re.udered efficient 
service aa assistant in the coast survey. He was 
assigned to his present position when the organiza¬ 
tion of the expedition was first projected, at Hemp¬ 
stead, L- I., and has had entire charge of the 
purchasing of all quartermaster’a supplies, and pro¬ 
viding transportation of the material of the army of 
this expedition, laboring iuccssantly to bring it to 
ita present state of efficiency. 
Capt. Quincy A. Gillmore, chief engineer of the 
command, ia from Ohio. He entered the Military 
Academy in 1846, graduating at the head of hia class, 
a large one, in 1849. He waa then breveted secofid 
lieutenant of engineers, was promoted to a first lieu 
tenant of engineers in 1856, and to a captaincy in 
1861. Capt Gillmore served as assistant engineer on 
toe fortification in Hampton Roads, Virginia, from 
1849 to 1862; as assistant instructor of practical raili 
tary engineering at the Military Academy, from 1852 
to 1866—during the last year of which he was also 
quartermaster and commissary of the Academy. On 
December, 1856, Capt. Gillmore relieved Msj. George 
Dalian, of the engineers, of hia duties as commercial 
and purchasing agent for the engineer's department 
in New York city, In which capacity he Rerved until 
assigned to his present position. Capt. Gillmore has 
with him Limits. Tardey and O’Rourke, of the engi¬ 
neer corps, and a detachment front a company of 
sappers and miners, recently from Fort Pickens, and 
is also well supplied with the material and Imple¬ 
ments necessary in the construction of field works 
both offensive and defensive, and for carrying on the 
operations of a siege. 
Capt. Win. R. Morgan, commissioner of subsistence, 
and chief of commissary of the command, was ap¬ 
pointed a cadet In I860 from Louisiana, graduated, 
and was appointed second lieutenant in the 3d artil¬ 
lery, July 1, 1859, and was promoted to a first lieu¬ 
tenancy in 1860; wdb appointed a captain in the 11th 
infantry May 4,1861, bnt declined, and was appointed 
a captain and commissary of subsistence Aug. 3, 1861. 
Capt. Morgan was distinguished in several conflicts 
with the Indians in Washington Territory in 1868. 
U»der hia control the commissary department of 
the command has been phioed in a very efficient con¬ 
dition. Being from the extreme South, Capt. Morgan 
deserves great credit for bis loyalty at a time when 
treason among the Southern officers of the army was 
the rule rather than the exception. 
First lieutenant Francis J. Shank, chief of ord¬ 
nance of the command, is from Pennsylvania. He 
entered the Military Academy in 1849 and graduated, 
fifth of his class, in 1853; was then bru vetted second 
lieutenant of ordnance, and promoted to a first lieu 
tenancy In 1850; was acting assistant professor of 
chemistry at the Military Academy from 1856 to 1857, 
and in 1858 joined Gen. Albert J. Johnson’s Utah 
expedition at Camp Floyd, aa chief of ordnance, in 
which capacity he served till I860. He has recently 
served in the Washington Arsenal, from which place 
he joined Gen. Bhermnn’s command at Annapolis. 
He has with him Lieut Porter, of the ordnance corps. 
Lieut J. H. Wilson, chief topographical engineer 
of the command, graduated at the Military Academy, 
fifth in his class, in 1860, and was then appointed 
Becond lieutenant of topographical engineers. He is 
from Illinois, and joined Gen. Sherman’s command a 
few days before it embarked at Annapolis. 
Department of Missouri. 
General Hpnter relinquished the command 
of thia Department on the 19th inBt, and General 
Halleek immediately assumed the same. General 
Halleck has issued orders that, in consequence of 
important information respecting the number and 
condition of our forces being couveyed to the eueroy 
by fugitive Blavea no such persons shall hereafter 
be permitted to enter the lines of any camp or any 
forces on the march, and any now within such lines 
are to be immediately excluded therefrom. The 
General also calls the particular attention of all the 
officers commanding posts, or troops in the field, to 
toe importance of preventing unauthorized persons 
of every description from entering or leaving our 
lines, and of observing the greatest precaution in 
the employment of agents and clerks in confidential 
positions. The General also directs all staff officers 
of this Department whose staff duties have ceased 
under the recent special order from Washington, but 
who still hold commissions in the regular army, or 
volunteers mustered into the service of the United 
States, to immediately report in person if in St. 
Lonis, or by letter if elsewhere, to his headquarters. 
Advices from the South-West, received on the 21st 
inst., are to the effect that Price has abandoned his 
position at Cassville, and is moving toward his old 
camp at Neosho. About 4.000 of hia army, under 
Gen. Harris, were on the Kansas iiue, directly west 
of Carthage, with the evident intention of entering 
that State and scourging its southern counties. 
Harris’ force was principally cavalry and Indiana. 
Gen. Lane ia in that vicinity with about 3,000 infan- 
trv, and it is not improbable that an engagement will 
take place between his and Harris' forces. 
The rebel Btate Legislature, in session at Neosho, 
had passed the ordinance of secession and united 
the State with the C. B. A., and elected Gen. Ralnea 
one of the Senators to the rebel Congress. It whs 
thought Gen. Parsons would be the other Senator. 
It was said that Gen. Frost, of Camp Jackson noto¬ 
riety, would take the command of Gen. Raines’ 
division of the rebel army. 
The old terror lias settled down upon the counties 
of the South West, since the retrograde movement 
of our army, and refugees are beginning to arrive 
again, driven from the fear of being taken prisoners 
by the rebels, who are reported to be again advancing. 
Mr. Growclly, of the Btate Convention, arrived in 
Jefferson City on the i9th inst., from Springfield, 
which place he left the Friday previous. He says a 
body of 3,000 of Price’s cavalry have made their 
appearance at Barcoxle, and that foraging parties 
follow up the track of onr receding army, plundering 
Unionists and renewing, with impunity, every species 
of outrage. He passed a train of emigrant wagona 
a mile long, containing Union refugees. 
The President has appointed Capt. N. H. Foote 
Flag-Officer of the fleet In the Western military De¬ 
partment. He thus ranks with the Major General. 
This arrangement will prevent any possible conflict 
between the commanders respectively of land and 
water forceB. 
A train of eighty wagons, with an escort of 200 
men, left Bedalia a few days ago for Leavenworth, 
but they were attacked near Knob Noster on the 19th 
inst. by COO rebels, and the train captured. On the 
20th our cavalry, under Major Hough, attacked the- 
rebels, recaptured the train, and took about 160 
prisoners. 
Passengers by the train from the west, to Jefferson 
City on the Ulst, report that the rebels burnt Warsaw 
the night before last, to prevent it being used a? 
winter quarters for onr troops. The intelligence 
reached Syracuse just before the train arrived, and is 
considered reliable. A quantity of Government 
stores was destroyed. 
The gunboat Conestoga went on an exploring 
expedition up the Tennessee river on the 19th inst., 
and discovered a rebel battery near the Tennessee 
line. Bhe threw one shell, which drove out the 
rebels by which it was manned. Still further up 
another battery was discovered and engaged. The 
rebels were again routed, with a number killed. 
The Conestoga was but slightly damaged la the 
encounter. 
The Memphis Appeal of the 14th acknowledges 
the rebel Iohm at Belmont to be 626 killed, wounded 
and missing, and reports the Federal loss at 1,000. 
We glean the following items of interest from the 
telegraph of the 25th inst. McCulloch, with a large 
force, is encamped between Springfield and Lebanon, 
and hia pickets were extended last night over a 
space of fifteen miles this side of I*ebanon. It was 
rumored in camp lust night that the advance of the 
rebels, 18,000 strong, was at the Gasconade. 
The burning of the principal part of the town of 
Warsaw is confirmed by gentlemen who arrived in 
St. 1-ouia. The main business part of the town, 
consisting of one large block and several smaller 
ones, was in flames when the gentlemen left The 
town being scattered, it was thought nearly all the 
residences escaped. The Quartermaster ai_d Com¬ 
missary Departments were located in the large block, 
but the greater part of the Government stores were 
removed. It is supposed to have been the work of 
the secessionists. The troops which were there at 
the time were on the march to Be<1 alia, and left the 
morning following. The fire occurred on Thursday. 
Later intelligence states that all the business por¬ 
tion of the town is in ashes. The troops left about 
8 A. M., and are now in Bt. Louis. A portion of the 
commissary stores, for which we had no transporta¬ 
tion, were burned by order of tbe commanding 
officer. It is thought by the commanding officer 
that the town was fired by the citizens, as a man 
dressed in citizen clothes was seen coming from a 
building in which the fire commenced. 
Gen. Halleck has issued lengthy general orders, 
making the entire allairs of this Department conform 
strictly with the army regulations, and reducing 
everything to a complete and easily understood 
system. 
Department of Kaneaw. 
The appointment of Major-General Hunter to this 
command has given great satisfaction to the people 
of Kansas. 
A party of Col. Jennison’s men who left Kansas 
City on Saturday the 16th inst, for Pleasant Hill, 
succeeded in recapturing twenty-two of the wagons 
and two hundred of the oxen belonging to the gov¬ 
ernment, reported to huve been burned by the rebels 
of that place. The rebel force is 1200 men, posted 
three milcB from Pleasant Hill, and will be attacked 
to-night 
Captain Blanchard, with 240 men of Jennison's 
regiment attacked Capt llayes, with 160 men, at his 
place of residence, on the 20th inst, and succeeded 
in driving them away, and in burning Hayes’ house, 
and the house of a man named Gregg, both captains 
in the rebel army. Capt. Burchard and Lieut Boat 
Wick were slightly wounded, and two horses killed. 
The rebels had 60 killed and wounded. 
The steamer Sunshine has arrived at Leavenworth 
city from Bt Lonis. A lot of commissary stores aud 
governnent wagonB, destined for Fort Leavenworth, 
were taken at Wiiverly, Mo., by a gang of rebels 
under the command of Joe Bhelby. 
Department of the Hast* 
It is not believed at headquarters that any con¬ 
siderable-number of troops have been withdrawn from 
the rebel army opposite Washington, in consequence 
of the invasion of South Carolina. Beauregard has 
not gone to Charleston as has been reported. The 
rumor, however, which imputcB to him an inclina¬ 
tion to resign unless a more vigorous policy be 
adopted in tbe conduct of the war, has been 
confirmed. 
The grand review of the federal army, on the 20th 
inst., was witnessed by from 20 000 to 30,000 specta¬ 
tors. As no passes were required, it was free to 
every one who could procure a conveyance or who 
chose to walk —the distance being about eight miles 
by the route which they were obliged to take. The 
roads were guarded the entire distance, so that civil¬ 
ians, without a written permission, c-onld not diverge 
from the prescribed limits of travel. Just previous 
to the review, a salute was fired from fifteen batteries 
of artillery. The Divisions, seven in number, when 
in position, occupied four miles, a dense body of all 
arms of Bervice. Gen. McClellan and staff, in com¬ 
pany with the President and Secretary Seward, all on 
horseback, rode rapidly along the line, meeting with 
continuous and enthusiastic cheers from the soldiers. 
The divisions passed in review to 14 o’clock. They 
moved in the following order, closed by Massachu¬ 
setts:—Gen. McCall’s division, twelve regiments of 
infantry, two batteries, and one regiment of cavalry. 
Gen. Helntzelraan's division of seven regiments of 
Infantry, two battirifcB, and one reginu-Dt of cavalry. 
Gen. Bmitb’s division of ten regiments of infantry, 
two batteries and one regiment of cavalry. Gen. 
Franklin's division of twelve regiments of infantry, 
three batteries and one regiment of cavalry. Gen. 
Blenker’s division of eleven regiments of infantry, 
two batteries and Pickett’s regiment of mounted 
riflemen. Gen. Fitz John Porter’s division of thir¬ 
teen regiments of infantry, three batteries and two 
regiments of cavalry. Gen. McDowell’s division of 
eleven regiments of infantry, three batteries, and one 
regiment of cavalry. Making a total of seventy-six 
regiments of infantry, seventeen batteries and seven 
regiments of cavalry, perhaps in all about 70,000 meD, 
forming only a portion of the army of the Potomac. 
The time occupied in passing was three hours and 
a half. This was the largest body of troops ever 
reviewed on this continent They were, all fully 
equipped and in every way sopplied, with forty 
rounds of cartridges. Each division was accom¬ 
panied by ambulances so, that every branch of tbe 
service might be represented. Tbe general appear¬ 
ance and movements of the troops elicited the 
highest commendations from all observers. 
Wo have reliable information that when the news 
of the capture of Port Royal reached the Confederate 
camp at Manassas, three Bonth Carolina regiments 
demanded permission and declared their Intention to 
return at once to the protection of their own State. 
Orders were issued from headquarters to prevent their 
departure at all hazards, Tbe doctrine of Btate sov¬ 
ereignty and the right of seccsssion does not seem to 
find as much favor with the Confederate authorities 
as it did at the outset of the rebellion. 
Gen. Dix received dispatches on the 22d, advising 
him that the disorganization of the rebel forces was 
general in the peninsular. Capt. Richards’ cavalry 
had been dispatched before the messenger left, to 
take poHaeselon of six brass cannon, known to be 
near the town of Olney, «n Onancock Inlet, Gov. 
Wise’s old residence, and had no doubt done so. Cel. 
Brnith, commander of the rebel forces, and some of 
his officers were trying to escape from the lower ex¬ 
tremity, but flag officer Goldsboro has put the whole 
shore under surveillance, and It ia believed that they 
will all he captured if they do not surrender. 
On the way up the Pocornoke, a boat was sent 
ashore with Gen. Dix’s proclamation. It was read to 
a large number of Virginians In a farm house, who 
declared it entirely satisfactory and claimed protec¬ 
tion of the Government Irorn secessionists, who are 
forcing them into the rebel ranks against their will. 
Later dispatches received in Baltimore, from the 
eastern shore of Virginia, bring the gratifying intel¬ 
ligence that the se^ssionists of Northampton county, 
to the number of 1,800, have laid down their arms 
and tbe Federal troops have now full possession of 
that county as well as Acoomac. As the expedition 
advanced, rebel flags disappeared, and tbe Unionists 
hoisted their flags which had hitherto been concealed. 
The proclamation of Gen. Dix had been scattered 
through the country, aud when received in camp 
where Unionists had been drafted and forced into 
service, they rebelled and the commanders were coin 
pclled to disband the whole force. The rebels said 
the force coming against them waa so great that they 
thought it foily lo resist, and the Unionists met them 
with hearty cheers and tbe greatest enthusiasm. As 
tar as the expedition had progressed, there was every 
evidence that the people were opposed to secession, 
and tbe troops were hailed ub deliverers from tyranny 
and oppression. Tbe people are suffering for many 
of the necessaries of life, and were rejoicing at the 
prospect of restoration of trade and commerce with 
Philadelphia, on which they depended for livelihood. 
The information received from Northampton county, 
narrates the belief taat the rebels will all disband. 
They have destroyed bridges and felled trees across 
the roads, bnt tbe proclamation has given boldness 
to the Unionists and satisfaction to tbe people gen¬ 
erally. All disloyalists will be disarmed. The Union 
men who had fled into Maryland, to prevent being 
forced into the militia, are returning to their homes. 
The soldiers at Beaufort, and tbe slaves on the 
island, will soon be picking the nugathered cotton, 
the former under an order from the War Department 
and the latter upon the impulse of wages, directed to 
be paid to them by Gen. Sherman. It is also prob¬ 
able that the cultivation of the sea island for the next 
crop of cotton will be contracted for with some 
responsible Yankee who will be required to employ 
the slaves abandoned by their masters upon the seve¬ 
ral plantations. There is sufficient cotton on Poke 
Island, uninjured, to make 3,000 bales; and corn- 
houses are filled to the top — say 10,000 bushels in 
the ear, 
Advioes from Port Royal, per Atlantic, say the po- 
positiou of our troops is now considered safe. Exten¬ 
sive works are rapidly progressing and guns being 
mounted, and entrenchments extended to Sebille, 
about five miles from the fort on Hilton Head, and 
are under the supervision of Capt. Gillmore. 
Tbe Richmond Enquirer, of the 18th, publishes the 
correspondence between the Secretary of War aud 
Gen. Winder, telling the latter to make a choice of 
Federal prisoners as hostages for the C. B. privateers. 
As hostage for Smith, condemned at Philadelphia, 
this lot fell on Col. Corcoran, who was ordered into 
close confinement in a felon’s cell. The other host¬ 
ages are Cols. Lea, Coggswell, Wilcox, and Wood; 
Lieut. Cols. Brown and Neff; Majors Potter, Revere, 
Vodges; and Capts. Richland, Johnson aud Jeffer. 
Gen. Wise is convalescent. 
A letter from on board the gunboat R. R. Cayler, 
off Ship Island, has been received. At the date of 
writing, the 14th inst., there were in New Orleans 
some 6,000 rebel troops, all very well armed, but 
poorly clad, and an order had beeu recently issued 
compelling every man capable of bearing arms to be¬ 
long to some military organization. The city had 
been environed by defences on every side excepting 
in the rear, upon which the rebels appear to appre¬ 
hend no attack, but which in fact can be easily 
assailed by a well-appointed force. The laud on that 
side is swampy, and the city is unapproachable 
except by the shell road and the railroad, yet it is 
believed that a force of ten thousand resolute men 
could overcome all difficulties, aud capture the city 
in fifteen hours after leaving the deep waters of Lake 
Borgne. The only fortification in the way is the old 
fort at the main passage, between Lake Borgue and 
Ponchartrftin, which ia represented to be in a very- 
dilapidated condition and poorly provided with guns 
and men. Once in possession of the city, our forces 
could hold it against all assailants, and would doubt¬ 
less have the assistance of thousands of its citizens, 
who love the old Union, and who are waiting with 
patience for an opportunity to strike a blow at the 
power which now oppresses them. 
The telegraph this (Monday) morning f .mights the 
following interesting items of news: 
It is now definitely ascertained in military circles 
hereabouts, that Beauregard recently tendered his 
resignation as a General of tbe Confederate army in 
consequence of bis differences with Jeff. Davis as to 
the conduct of the war. Violent parties have sprung 
up among the Confederates on this question. Beau¬ 
regard represents the offensive war party, who be¬ 
lieve in invading the North and wintering in Balti¬ 
more, Philadelphia and New York, and Jeff. Davis 
represents tbe defensive war party, who trust to 
time and the patient defence of their own soil to give 
them independence. The Beauregard party complain 
that the policy of Davis has led to the invasion of 
South Carolina, and will fill the cotton States with 
the horrors of war and end in their destruction. It 
is believed that Davis has succumbed to their war 
policy to prevent South Carolina and Georgia from 
seceding from the Southern Confederacy* Gen. 
Beauregard was induced to withdraw his resignation. 
Bix thousand stand of French rifled muskets ar¬ 
rived on the 23d inst., and are already distributed 
among our troops by Cul. Kingsbury, the ordnance 
officer of Geu. McClellan’s staff. 
Several regiments have arrived at Fortress Monroe 
from Baltimore and Annapolis, during the last twenty- 
four hours, and Old PoiDt has assumed an unusually 
hurtling appearance. Formidable preparations are 
being made for active operations, the theater of 
which Tifcs not yet beeu disclosed. The ferry boats in 
the road-4 are being heavily armed. 
The gunboat* Cambridge and Heitzel proceeded up 
the York River some distance and have opened a hot 
fire of shells on the rebel camp at Warwick. The 
attack apparently was unexpected, as only a little 
resistance was made. Between forty and fifty shells 
were fired, and tbe rebel camp was entirely demol¬ 
ished. It is the supposition that a large number of 
rebels were killed. Gen. Mansfield liai assumed the 
command at Newport News in place of Gen. Phelps. 
Col. Weber was at. Camp Hamilton. 
Get). Havelock has been appointed Inspector of 
Cavalry, an office which he filled in the British army. 
The prize barque Prometheus has arrived from 
Gr.lveston, captured by the U. 8. sloop of-war Santee, 
off Matamoras. She has on board the crew of the 
schooner Maggie Mitchell, taken by a U. 6. steamer 
off Bouth Carolina, now assisting as a tender. 
Affairs at Washington. 
Advices received by the government from Great 
Britain represent that though much sourness of feel¬ 
ing exists towards the United States, yet there was a 
manifest feeling of aversion to a war, and that the 
sentiment in favor of maintaining a strict neutrality 
was daily strengthening. 
Advices from France indicate that’tbe feeling on 
the part of that government towards the United 
States was more cordial than ever. 
The government has no evidence of any rebel 
privateer steamer being on the sens except the Sum¬ 
ter, and Bhe is endeavoring to elude capture. 
Much speculation continues to be indulged in rela¬ 
tive to the Mason and Blidell question. So far aa can 
be ascertained the Minister of Her Britanic Majesty’s 
Government baa taken no action whatever upon the 
subject, but will probably await instructions; uorhas 
there been even an informal conversation between 
him and the proper department concerning it Those 
who are acquainted with Lord Lyons, believe that in 
this, ns in other matters, he has observed his usual 
discretion in refraining from premature expressions 
of opinion. 
Tenders of troops continue to be made to the War 
Department, and it is probable that before the meet¬ 
ing of Congress the 500,000 authorized to be accepted 
will be supplied. Offers of additional regiments of 
cavalry arc declined, owing to a sufficiency of that 
bran, b of the army. 
The War Department will soon issue a circular 
addressed to the Governors of the loyal States, 
requesting the withdrawal of their agents for tbe 
purchase of arms, both at home and abroad, as the 
Government lifts received advices to the effect that a 
sufficiency of arms will be received through ita own 
agency to meet the demands which may from time to 
time arise. This arrangement will very much facili¬ 
tate the speedy delivery of arms, and remove tempta¬ 
tions to speculators to withhold for better contract 
prices at the expense of the government. 
The papers in the case of Gen. Fremont have for 
some days been in the hands of Major I*e, Judge- 
Advocate of tbe Army, who, ou the 21st inst, made 
his report to Gen. McClellan. Accompanying the 
report were charges substantially the same as those 
preferred by Col. Blair. 
A new punishment of Virginia is at hand. Con¬ 
gress will probably be called on to recognize the 
territorial boundaries of Delaware so as to give the 
little State all the land between the Chesapeake Bay 
and the Delaware river, and to change tbe bounda 
ries of Maryland so as to give her all tbe eastern 
counties of Virginia, and leave to the State of Vir¬ 
ginia, as organized by tbe Convention at Wheeling, 
the territory between the Blue Ridge and Ohio. 
Frivate but trustworthy advices from Europe in 
relation to Mexican affairs, have been received. 
Spain, aud the Spanish party in Mexico, have resolved 
to impose a King upon tout country at tbe point of 
the bayonet Of three Princes, Montpensier was the 
favorite. Whether England or France have acceded 
to this is doubtful. 
Soon after the announcement had been made of the 
contemplated intervention of England, France aud 
Spain in Mexican affairs, our government dispatched 
a man-of-war, commanded by an experienced officer, 
to the Gulf, to look after our interests there. Another 
vessel was also dispatched as far up tbe coast as 
Tampico, with a view to prevent tbe transit of pas¬ 
sengers from the rebel government across the coun¬ 
try, apd also to prevent the shipment of cotton and 
other valuables fiorn tbe rebel States. This wise 
precaution, it is said, has resulted favorably, and 
suddenly put a stop to the extensive traffic which 
waa about to be inaugurated. It will also be remem¬ 
bered that at about the same time, Secretary Beward 
sent a respectful communication to England, France, 
aud Spain, respecting the alleged intervention of 
these governments iu the affairs of Mexico, but up to 
the last advices from Earope, no satisfactory answer 
has been received by our government. They appear 
to be quibbling upon this matter, and seem rather 
disinclined to state their objects and designs. Our 
government is, however, keeping a most vigilant 
watch, and will not permit this formidable European 
combination any advances or aggressions on this 
continent. 
Commodore Dupont has sent to the Navy Depart¬ 
ment the original South Carolina Ordinance of Seces¬ 
sion, beautifully engrossed upon parchment, with the 
autographs of the South Carolina seceders, headed 
by Gen. Jameson. The photographs of all the mem¬ 
bers were also found at Beaufort with tbe Ordinance, 
and a large number of other important documents. 
An expedition sailed for the Southern coast on the 
20th inst., that will be as effective as any yet sent in 
that direction. A fleet of old whalers, some fifty in 
number, have been purchased by the government at 
a small cost, loaded with stone, and are to he used in 
effectually sealing up some of the rebel ports on the 
Southern coast. They are arranged, we hear, to 
“sink quick.” 
Tbe Navy Department make no concealment of the 
fact that dispatches are expected daily from the Gulf 
with an account of the opening of tbe guns of Fort 
Pickens upoh the rebel batteries. Colonel Brown 
has repeatedly written for orders allowing him to 
blow Bragg and his batteries off the opposite shore. 
He has been chafing like a bound iu tbe leash, sad 
according to all accounts hia desire for action has 
been gratified. 
Tbe Department has established a Post Office at 
Port Royal, to be called by that name, and has sent 
out a blank commission to Gen. Bhcrman, to be filled 
up with the name of a suitable person, who will give 
the required bonds. Letters designed for Port Royal 
should be sent to the New York Post Office. The 
Navy Department has instructed the Commander of 
the Navy Yard at Brooklyn, to inform the Postmaster 
of the departure of vessels for Port Royal in time to 
dispatch mails. In the course of a week, probably, 
the Treasury Department will take definite action in 
regard to custom regulations at Port Royal. 
Mr. Savage, onr Consul at Havana, wbo had been 
to Key West on business, and returned on the 16th 
inst., reports that 1,660 rebel Iroops were discovered 
by the Union patrol some twenty miles from Fort 
Pickens, oo Baum Rosa Island. 
The patrvl immediately informed the Commodore 
of the Fleet, who sent a force and shelled them off 
tbe island with great loss. It is supposed the object 
was to get together some 6,000 or more rebels, and 
with a forced march to Col. Wilson’s camp, make 
another night attack upon them. 
By a letter from Hatteras Inlet, of the 18th, received 
in Washington, we learn that North Carolina, by B 
convention of delegates representing forty-five coun¬ 
ties, has passed measures for a Provisional Govern- 
raeut, and lias entirely repudiated the secession act 
of the State, and reaffirmed her loyally aud devotion 
to the Constitution of the United States. There are 
eighty six counties in the State. The convention 
met at Hatteras. The act passed contained several 
sections, the substance of which is: 
The first declares vacant all the offices of the State. 
Tbe second names Marble Nash Taylor aa Provis¬ 
ional Governor. 
The third adopts the Constitution of tbe State with 
the statutes and laws contained in the revised code 
of 1659* 
The fourth repudiates the ordinance of secession 
passed at Raleigh, on the 20th of May, together with 
all other acts adopted. 
The fifth directs the Provisional Governor to order 
a special election for Members of Congress. 
The sixth gives the Governor authority to make 
temporary appointment* to official vacancies. 
The Convention then adjourned, subject to the call 
of the President. Governor Taylor has issued his 
proclamation for an election in the second Congres¬ 
sional District, to he held on Wednesday the 27th- 
A letter from Charleston, Oct. 3, via Havana, to a 
gentleman in England, and thence sent to Washing¬ 
ton, was received on the 2Istinst. The writer repre¬ 
sents the condition of affairs as deplorable. Business 
prostrate, provisions at starvation prices, and no 
prospects for the better. 
A few weeks ago the Secretary of War authorized 
Gen. Wool to ascertain whether the clothing and 
other articles necessary to the comfort of the United 
States citizens, now prisoners of war, could be sent 
to them. Tbe following letter shows that consent 
(or that purpose bad been given: 
HBATXjrARTPHS TIspartmrxt ( 
Nohkoik, Nov. 6lb 1881. > 
To Major-General John E. Wool, Commanding the 
Department, Virginia: I consider myself fully author¬ 
ized to reply at once to the inquiry made on the 8th, 
that my government will allow blankets and articles 
of clothing for tbe prisoners of war to be sent them. 
Any such articles yon may send me will be promptly 
forwarded by the Southern Express Company; and 
money may be sent to pay tbe freight here, or it may 
he paid on delivery. Very respectfully your obedient 
servant, John E. Hpuer, Major General 
Commanding the Department. 
The Quartermaster General of the U. S. Army will 
provide blankets and clothing for the prisoners of 
war, and forward them to Gen. Wool, in accordance 
with the terms of the letter from Gen. Huger. 
A dispatch from Gen. Dix, iu Accoraac and North¬ 
ampton counties, Eastern Virginia, to the govern¬ 
ment, dated the 23d inst., giveB account of the cap¬ 
ture of three officers, a captain aud two lieutenants, 
and seven caissons, all new and in good order. All 
traces of disloyalty seem to have disappeared in both 
counties. County meetings will be held to renew 
tbe allegiance to the Federal Government The 
people will first adopt the government of Western 
Virginia, as a temporary measure, and then look to 
the Legislature of that State and Maryland for annex¬ 
ation to the latter. The Secretary of the Treasury 
has ordered the restoration of tbe light on Cape 
Charles. The Postmaster-General has sent a special 
agent to renew postal connection with both counties. 
The reports of the Secretaries approach comple¬ 
tion. The great interest which the war gives to that 
of the Secretary of War will be heightened by Mr. 
Cameron’s distinct avowal of his policy of placing 
arms in the hands of slaves willing to use them for 
the cause of the’ Uuion. He will support this by 
argument aud historical references, and so show that 
his leading position upon this vital question baa been 
as deliberately as strongly taken. As a foretaste of 
the administration hereafter of the War Department 
until the close of the rebellion, Mr. Cameron will 
appeal to Congress and to the Governors of States 
to practice the closest economy, and will sternly 
require economy aud accountability from every sub¬ 
ordinate in the war bureaus and the army in the field. 
EuormouB as the war is and will be, it will not be 
permitted to bankrupt either tbe Government or the 
people. Mr. Cameron's report will also contain 
recommendations that will go far to abolish the dis¬ 
tinctions between regulars and volunteers. Among 
them will be tbe repeal of the regulation which con¬ 
fers rauk on the regular officer over the volunteer of 
the same grade, leaving it to be determined by senior¬ 
ity according to date of commission. 
Secretary Chase’s report will recommend necessa¬ 
rily a large increase of revenue duties. The necessi¬ 
ties of the Treasury during the war will require that 
the tariff be so shaped as to produce the greatest 
possible amount of income. A large incidental pro¬ 
tection to American manufactures will of course be 
the consequence. Upon the vital idea or the war, it 
is said that Mr. Chase will fully develope the theory 
that the slaves in the rebel States should be employed 
under wages to raise cotton, sugar, rice and tobacco 
for government account This policy has already 
been established by Mr. Cameron in regard to the 
nngathered and unginned Sea Island cotton in 
Beaufort. 
