, 1861-10-14

Prospect Of y ha191e-O4f AfJ xnJ1
beinE Mobilt1ed-.-nevss from kno
Gulf 8qunoFon.
WAausarou, oet 1a-our pickets station
ed near Prospect Hill, were driven IN !ast
night by the rebels In force, their object beng,
vance. All our troops are IN good condition.
IN. T. Tribune's Dispateh.1
The army Of the Potomac will probably eoon
be divided into several corps d a771ee, accord
ing to the practice OF European commandera-
This plan has met with strong opposition from
military men Of the old school, but McClellan
has insisted upon 1t, and it will probably be
Fralklin and Porter viii be among the com.
maudere Of these divisions, which will be from
10000 to 50,A00 strong.
Mr. Muir, British Conaul at New Orleans, Is
roW In Washington, having been twenty four
dsys en- route. His journey WAS much OBJ
over rsilway1. He states that ths same de-
t~11ni1ation snd elthusiasm continued to be
eEown throushout the Snuth. The rebels are
suit j=ctc1 TO seriou6 deptiyations. All lax1-
ries have disappeared and many Of the nesss.
fsr4es Of life were becoming scarce. III. MILF
will Probably Bo0n return to Englsnd.
John Ponder Of Philadelphia delivered to.
cay 10000 Minnie 1iles, which arrived from
Belgium in fhe Bavaria
Early this morning the steamer Union sent
two launches into creek about seven m1leS
trcm Aguia Creek to burn rebel schooner.
The expedition succeeded: They vera fired
upon By 8 field batterE, bat not injured
The Post Master General returned to-daY.
tuers!ds Dispatch-l
Ga7, Rs1nsey, Of Nf=ne=ote, who has hee.
Eere fer 5pu1e weeks, attending to the aff1'rs
ct the Slate in connection wth military MAJ
| Of West Point, Colonel Of the 1st Minnesota
| regiment, in The place of Col. Wallis a. Cor
! msu, promoted to Brigadler General.
Gov. Yates, Of IIliuoia, has obtained from
fEe Government for the armament Of that
State, 81, 100000. Il batteries Of James' z,fisd
| cannon, d, Zoo nuskets ard 5000 -iu2s
TIE Last news from tie Gulf Squadron lei
| Commodore McKean, VINO succeeds Cemmo
dore Mezv5Ie. on hoasd the Niagara, which !:
uow the fag'ship, of Pass IOntre- He II:
c'oEtug up Of the Mississippi. He would ther
move 1roln that position 70 Pensacola, Com
| MeryIne, Whase departure Tas much re
grefted By the whole fleet, intended to ask
corrt Of llqalEy, but thars vas J apparently n
disEoeitioa On the part OF the Government II
e=neure him. The whole coast, from Calves
ton to Flprida rcsfs, vas completely hlnckad
| ed. Fart Picke1s Is prepared tc attack Psnsa
cola, Forts McRse and BaErarcas, and hols
them. There is no dvnbt, in the opinion @
The best officers there, that the place can b
taken without serious difficulty.
R!chEord papers sra trying to coDceal nc
cn1y their Losses IN the recent skirmishee, ba
also the forces that n tired before our adTaoe
en- IewirEyil!e; but thu it deserted c7mps t:es
| tetray the fact that they had been recent
occupied by from 10, GOO to II, 600 men.
IWo.ld's D1spa.ch.1
Government has caused the arrest OF cersai
: | Fa-ties st the West who had iarge quantite
Ct Goo=s, intended to be taken out OF til
, ! l1alrs an1 through the Indian Territory int
! rebel States. Con.tahand trade Of an exiersiS
. character is tfus prevented.
, I: is the opinion III high military quarte1
| that u1iess tbs enemy attack our lines With
| three days, nc battle is imminent.
TIE traces Ct tte:r camps, fonnd By OF
forces aa they advance, show eoncluslvely th:
The enenz, INIT, recently, had force Of !:
: least 10000 men in eirect line from Au1
eep's Hill to Lewinsville.
} Brig. Gen. Stoueman, Chief Of Cavalry Q
I Ger. McClelisns Staff. has been appointe
J. | Major General Of Volunteers, that he ms
! Personally superintend and control the lazE
: Cavalry forceB now in the field
. A Maryland postmaster, who WIS srreste
fer EeDdiEG bags Of letters to the rzbei Stls.
I les been hrought here, together with bis pac
: sges, The Government has obi tined 1nrt
y va1uatla Information from them. Ha is
: iafl.