Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1861-11-16


cAcit,mcut and Indignation.
,ruh-rs of the Offices siguiici
at--t.ou t. resign i; oncc, and
~. i.panies laid down their arms.
.-- iha. hey would figl, under
, Fremont Tie General
= e the afternoon cXpostula-
~.. tie officers. urging lem lay
,-...-,;~m and their personal IT,
p i'm. otto abandon their pot.
50 Issued = farewell order to hi,
fs-..us rln high during the whole
evening. au1 there were meet
..- almost everywhere. The various
!. screuaiei tic General. and
81, r,r,r he Appeared he was greeted
q. chc@rs Though notifyin. Gen.
l.uter, as lis order directed. that lie
..,mo.tl Lad no longer command
,ter tn troop. lie spcEJ >evefal hours
ia making personal examination Of
round about tie city To lie prepared;
md. IL accordance with 4 written re-
nest ir,m the Brigadier-Generals lac
r,Eainel ill Ugh; Il lead the army in
.4-. oi an attack. Al the troops slept
.. ...,- arms. MANY officers remained
-t. al night. and AL attack WAS hourly
.Ipcci-i. bat nothing more occurred
;lan the firing by our troops on two
different roads.
The enemy are now encamred on
tie I'd Wilson Creek battle ground.
ten. Fremont is prepared to leave for
-. Louis, and will go on as soon as
ten. Pope arrives, who has been sent
onward. and will take command until
Cen. Hunter gets here. Universal
loom prevails throughout the camp.
a battle will undoubtedly occur ere
long. Our troops will meet the enemy
firmly, but they are disheartcd and
have lost their enthusiasm. The Body
Guard, who could not have been in
duccd to remain, are accompanying
Gen Fremont, and also his entire staff,
including Cen. Ashboth, the command
or of the First Division. Gen. FIRE.
mont will permit no demonstrations
from the troops on his departure.
LOUISVILLE, Ky, Nov. 5.--General
'nrkner has returned towards Bowl
lux Green, and Stanton has gone back
into Tennessee. The Federal troops
in Kentucky, under Gen. Sherman, are
thus divided: Gen. Scharplf,, COM
minded the Eastern Gen. McCook,
the Central, and Gen. Crittcndcn, the
Western Division. In the Western
Division, Col. Burbridye las advanced
toward BURY. The Central troops
have advanced to Bacon Creek. 1t is
thought our troops are able TO resume
the defensive with all SECURITY.
The Richmond Er4miecr Of Nov. 4.
SAYS: The work on the Me,Yintac is
still incomplete, and there arc great com
paints Of the imporfcction Of the iron,
work as furnished by the foundrics :;
and adds that it is certainly high time
92 was completed.
The correspondent of the Richmond
j.ramiAer, complains that Gov. Lctchcr
who had visited the Peninsula, to look
after the situation, had done nothing
on arriving there bat cat hog, fish and
drink.
The n. Y. Xe,ulEs Washington dis
patch says: "A scout from Virginia re-
ports that Beaule gard's army is situa-
ted to the right of Braddock's road, be-
tween Fairfax and Centerville, 100, 900
strong, with 200 pieces of artillery, but
ndiferently manned, and the cannon
lcrs undiscip!ined. The Quartermas-
tcrs Department is deficient in wagons,
ana many OF the troops are barefooted
The Virginia troops are dispirited
Those whose term of enlistment has
expired wont rc-enlist and desert every
day. -sr' hf .fWF BT.
In Western Kentucky, where the
secessionlsts are in the majority, the ne
Grocs belonging to the rebels, rs well
as those OF the Union men, are all made
by the rebels to believe that if .Jet. Da-
'ls succeeds they will be made free.
All the negroes, no matter by whom
owned, are dangerously insolent to the
mon men, and especially to the f..
male portion of the families of the lat
Ter. The rebels employ their slaves in
liking the farms and running off the
cAattels and stock belonging to the
Mon men.
The London Tunes in a lea.ler saw,
re bi"ckade of the Southern ports Is
now effective; and that fore. gn nations
ar bound To recognize the blockade.
- shows that the cutting of the
c''i'n supplies Is the work of tire South
-' much as the North. and it also al,-
CAR, quite that all cotton expiration
as been forbidden by the Confederate