The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-10-19
LA7EsT gE1EoRApH1c NEWS.
WAsH1NeroN. Oct. Is.

WASHINGTON, Oct. Is.
ITi5une's Dispatch The army of tie
Potomac win probabiy soon be divided into
seyerrl corps d'armee, according 10 the
practice OF European commanders. This
plan has met with strong opposition fsom
military men Of the old school, but Nc
Clelland has insisted upon it and it will
probably be adopted.
| Should it be done, Generals Mcdowell,
Franklin and Porter, will be among the
commanders of these divisions, which will
be from $4,000 to $4,000 strong.
Mr.. Muir, British Consul at New Or
leans, is now in Washington, having been
twenty flour days en- route.
| His journey was much DISTRACTED by the
| transportation of rebel troops over the rail
ways. He states that the same determine
ton and enthusiasm continued to be shown
| throughout theS outh.
The rebels are subjected to serious de-
privations. All luxries have disappeared,
and many of the necessaries of life were be-
coming scarce.
A squad of the Van Allen cavalry under
Max captured rebel captain from Rich
mond, yesterday, above Poolesville
John Ponder of Philadelphia. delivered
to day, 10000 MIME rifles, which arrived
from BELGIUM, in the Bavaria.
Early this morning the steamer Union
sent two launches into creek about seven
miles from Acquia Greek, to burn a rebel
schooner. The expedition succeeded
They were fred upon from field battery
but not injured.
Correspondence of the New York Herald:
Gov. Yates and Hon. VIM. Kellogg, of I'LL
inois, have obtained from Government, for
the armament of that State, 800, 600 four
teen batteries of James rified cannon, six
thousand muskets and seven hundred rifles.
The last news from the Gulf Squadron,
left Commodore Mexican, VINO succeeded
Commodore Mervine on board the Niagara,
which is now the flag ship of Pass l. Outre.
| He was making active preparations for the
complete closing up of the Mississippi.
He would then move from that position to
! Pensacola. The whole coast, from Calves
ton to Florida Reefs was completely block
AIDED. Fort Pickens is prepared to attack
Pensacola, Forts McRae aud Barrancas,
and hold them. There is no doubt in the
opinions of the best officers there that the
place can be taken without serious difficulty.
Richmond papers are trying to conceal
not only their losses in the recent skirmish-
es, but also the forces that retired before
our advance on Louisville, but their deser
ted camps there betray the fact that they
had been recently occupied by 10000 to
60, 900 men.
World. Dispatch: Government has caus-
ed the arrest of certain parties West who
bad large quantities of goods intended to be
taken out on the plains, and through the In
dian Territory, into the rebel States. Con-
traband trade of an extensive character is
thus prevented.
Special to the New York Times: Govern
or Morgan arrived in Washington this
morning. He brings the assurance that
New York will have IOO, 900 men in the
field before the close of the month, and that
the Empire State is prepared to furnish
quarter of million of men, and the materi-
al if necessary, to equip and maintain them.
WASHINGTON, Oct I2
The Norfolk Day Book, received this
morning, contains dispatches received from
New Orleans. giving an account of a sur
prise and ettack made en- Col. Billy Wilson's
Zouaves on Santa Rosa Island. on the 9th
inst. Detachments from several Missis-
sippi, Louisiana and Alabama regiments
made landing in the night, and drove in
Wilson's pickets. Shortly af;erward a fierce
fight began. the Zouaves of Col. Wilson
are credited with having fought with great
bravery, and the rebels admit loss of
about forty killed and eighty wounded.
The reb!S claim to have spiked the guns
of tie Zovaves and destroyed all their camp
equipage. They also claim to have COM
United great slaughter among the Zouaves
but give no number of killed. The rebels
also say they carried off a number of pris.
orers.
Tie Star complains that the over esti-
mates of the army fthe Potomac has an in
furious effect upon the people of the North,
diminishing the number of enlistments
1t says $4,000 more troops are wanted here
Immediately. Indiana has forty regiments
in the field already.
tits understood that Secretary Cameron's
visit to st. Louis has been undertaken for
the purpose of arriving at correct conclu
sion concerning the state of affairs in the
Western Department.