Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1861-10-16
WAR ITEMS.

WAR ITEMS.
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From the Charlotte Bulletin We COPY the fo,,o,.
ing dispatches:
New ORLEANS, Oct 1a-A Naval Eno,.,s
begun this morning At s:45, at the head If th
Passes, and it lasted one hour. At9 o'clock i e
renewed 80; "&S
The following Message has been received h., !,
Naval Experimentation the Commander of tho H. ',e'
Commodore Hollins: VIC f'eet,
FoRr JACKSON, 2, p. M-Last night .tt,,,,
the Biockaders with my little Fleet and succassa
after very short struggle IN driving all os .Ii
aground, except the Prsbls which sunk T "Ial
LOON prize from them, and after got them fast in
the sand peppered them well. '""'' H.
No casualties occurred on our side
!. Our success was complete.
me enemy's force is represented at abont An o,,u
and io0o men, while our Mosquito Fleet oni'.
16 guns and 800 men. ~"'''ea only
1t IS reported that our Iron Steamer sunl ,ho.
Preble by running her steel PROV into her SUM '"e
CON- hoilins will arrive in this city this evening
From Kentseky.
NASHVILLE Oct IA special dispatch r. ~.
louisville Journal dated Bowling Green, 9Th ;nst
says: t+ OIL i"st.
Sherman has succeeded ISuaspter Anderson in
command. ''o" III
Large bodies Of troops are passing through Ionic
vile to Muldrough's Hill -''N'''
Fifteen Southerners whipped seventy.five of tho
enemy at East Cave City, killing men and captur,
irg 81 horses. "p'u'-
One Southerner was mcrtally wounded.
Post Master General Blair has gone TO St Iou;,
to look into Fremonts case. ''
The following is an extract from letter received
in Richmond.
- SrAuNroN Oct. 6th 1861.
News is scarce here but matters are beginning r.
brighten little. The fight at Greenbrer Rfysr
first broke the monotony, and this morning we hav.
cheering news from Sewell Mountain. Rosencranz,s
army is said by prisoners taken from it, to be in
perishing condition. Men and horses are dyin~
from starvation and neglect, and Gen. Lee has them
almost surrounded. They are compelled to haul
their provisions 100 miles, and the roads are mnas
siole. ten; Rosencranz was woulded at the battle
of Gauley River, and is now in Wheeling,
War News and Rumors
A report was extensively circulated Yesterday
says the Richmond Dispatch that the enemy's war
vessels had commenced cannonade in the vicinity
OF transport on the Potomac Passengers by the
fredericksburg train asserted that heavy firp1 was
heard in that direction but all our efforts failed to
elicit anything of definite character. No ntelli
gence in regard to the affair was received at the
War Department, and we conclude that the report
needs confirmation. This rumor is all we have from
the Potomac line, with the exception of the usual
communication made by passengers from Manassas
that "a battle is close at hand" which may posi-
bly, be true, though we would not advise our read
ers to place much confidence in unauthorized re-
ports.
The prisoners who were brought in Yesterday
from the West stated that Rosencrantz was the
General who made the retreat from Seawel,, thus
confirming the original statements. Our latest ad-
vices represent that General Lee was quietly hold.
ing his position. The frequent rains had made the
roads almost impossible.
Col. Gillian, with his command, still occupied
Elk Mountain at last accounts though was thought
probable that the loss Of the baggage and stores,
heretofore reported, might render it necessary for
the regiment to return to Richmond. Capt D. B.
| Brdgford, of Company "B," LIST Battalion, (Gil.
| hams command arrived in Richmond yesterday,
but brings no news of Importance.
Further Particulars Of the Fight on Santa Rosa
Island
MOBILE, Oct ia special dispatch to the Mobile
Adrertiser and Register of yesterdays date at
Pensacola, States that FIVE companies of Mississippi
ans were engaged in the fight on Santa Rosa Island
on Wednesday night, under the command of Col.
Chalmers, with Captains Benton, McGowen, Peak,
and Miller, and Lieutenants Watson, Mycke, John.
son, McGowen, Banks, and Smith The casualties
were three killed, among whom is private w. E.
Welbur. Among the wounded are Capt Benton
and privates Stillman and Davis.
The Georgia troops suffered severely.
Col. Brown treats the wounded prisoners kindly
LATEST INrELnGENcE-The Federals have % Of
onr men prisoners, including the wounded.
Lieut. Layne is in the enemy's hospital doing
tolerably WELL and it is hoped that his leg will be
saved.
Col Brown, of Fort Pickens, will not respect our
hospital, and Dr. Ford will not remove the sick
until the hospital is fired into
Sixteen of our dead are now being brought over.