Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-11-15
INTERESTING FROM THE SOUTH.
FURTHER FROM THE FLEET.
A Supply of Cotton Secured.
Black Flags Roisted at Charleston and
Savannah.
NO QUARTER TO BE GIVEN ON
RTTAER SIDE.
sc. SC Sc.
CHICAGO, Thursday, No

Specials state that Secretary Chase intends |
Collector for Port Beaufort, as
Government viii make it port of entry.
Senator Simmons will send a ship to Beau |
fort with an assorted cargo, to exchange for /
cotton.
Generals Banks and Stone are in consulta-
ton with Mcclellan to day.
Secretary Cameron has declared soldiers shall |
not be used as slave catchers, and army officers |
will not be permitted to engage in the business,
or order suboIdinates to catch or return fugi. |
tives. |
eral Of the rifed cannon taken at Port Royal |
are Ia ely imported from England.
WASHINGTON, Thursday, November IA.
Commissions have been issued to the follow.
ing named gentlemen under the recent sp
pointmepts: Colonels Grow, Cullum and Schuy.
Ter Hamilton, late attached to General Scott's
staff, to be Brigadisr. Generals of Volunteers,
to report to Msjor General Halleck; Captain
Jesse L. Reno, regular army, Charles @. Hagu,
Geo. W. Morgan, J. Stahl and Colonel Philip
st. George Cook, also to be Brigadier Generals
of Volunteers, to report to Major General
Halleck.
BALTIMORE, Thursday, November IA.
The Norfolk Day Book of the 11th is received,
which contains the following:
RICHMOND, November IL.
"Colonel Corcoran, Captains and 19 Lieu.
tenants, all of whom were captured at Man
assBs, and confined in jail at Richmond, had
been selected by lots to be hung by way of
retaliation for the hanging of Captain Baker
and crew, Of the privateer SaUGnnah. The
Hon. Mr.. Ely drew lots for Corcoran, who is
now in prison at Charleston. In case the
Court at New York condemn the crew of the
Sdvdnnah to death, the Federal officers will be
Immediately hung"
The Charleston Mercury of the 10th has the
following:
"The Yankee prisoners are all safely in jail,
where they will abide the issue of the trial of
our brave privat eersmen at the North. Should
one drop of Southern blood be shed by the
Northern court for defending the South on the
seas, it will be paid with interestin Charleston.
Self protection and the enforcement of the
avs Of nations and humanity alike require, in
this instance, full and ample retaliation"
The Mercury says the Federals would captuye
a large amount of cotton in the vicinity Of
Port Royal.
The Mercury of the 9th publishes letter
with the startling head lines in capitals :"Na-
val Attack on Port Royal-Bstteries Aban-
doped-Tho Enemy in Full Possession"
ave are in the midst of mass of conflicting
rqmors, which reached us yesterday from Port
Royal. Early in the day it was generally be.
lieved that the abandonment of Fort Walker
was owing to the supply of powder being ex
hausted. Our latest dispatches are not very
different, but very mortifying. They state that
the fort was galIanuy held by its defenders
until twenty seven Of its tweuty.nine guns
bad been dismounted or rendered useless"
The Mercury continues:
"Tbere is no doubt the fleet will succeed in
the capture Of an immense quantity of cotton
Of the best quality. We understand our forces
have placed formidable distractions in the river
four miles below Beaufort.
General Lee is a. work near Beaufort, and
General Ripley at Boyd's Landing, for the de-
fense Of the Charleston and Tennessee Rail
road.
ga dispatch, dated Pocataligo, November s,
says General DraytoD retired in two steamers
by Pipes Ferry, and is now in Bluffton. The
number of casualties he reports from 80 to 40.
General Donovan retreated by the way Of
Lsdy's Island and Beaufort to Port Royal,
"Beaufort had not been burned, as was re
ported. 1t contained an immense deal Of cot
ton. It is we'll known that Button would be
burned in case Of attack.
"Tbe railroad from Pocatalige to Charleston
ard Savannah is in the greatest danger"
PHILADELPHIA, Thursday, November Il.
The iron works of Ridgeway & Co., at Ger
mantown, were destroyed by fire this morning
Loss $1,000; insurance $1,000. The works
were engaged in making sabers for the Gov
the werk of an incendiary. -
BALTIMORE, Thursday, November H.
The boat from Old Point has arrived. The
Charleston Mercury is quoted by the Norfolk
Doy Book, of yesterday, as follows:
"We have not authentic news from Beaufort.
A report came over the wires yesterday that
the place had be(l bombarded and burned.
Late in the day, however, we heard the town
| was not burned, but was occupied by the en- :
emy. We can not Vouch for either statement" /"
A flag of truce from Norfolk brought down
some 20 passengers, all Of whom they said were
leaving Dixie on account of the high price of
living there, and the unsettled state of society.
All their baggage was searched. Southern pa
pers were very scarce, only three were on
board, and from them We gather the following
additional items:
Boston, Thursday. November IA.
On the person of James Brown, arrested as
q SecessiOnist yesterday, was found letter
from VIM. L. Yancsy, in England, to his son
iD Alabama, in which he speaks disoourag
ipgly of the prospects for the recognition of the
Southern Csnfederacy by European powers.
AUGUSTA, GA, Monday November II.
A report has been current here for the past
day or two, that black flags have been hoisted
at Savannah, Charleston, and other places on
the Southern coast, which indicates that no
quarter will be asked. '4
The Norfolk Day Book, of November 1S, has
the following advertisement:
attention, RdttlesnGkes!-Ohargs toih fell
Poison, and be Prepared to Stikel-We fnd
many subjects in this town who must receive
the force Of our venom. Call early at the hall
and hear the Big Snake. Little Snakes, keep
your eyes open, and bring in the list Of those
unffiendIy to our holy cause. By order Of the
Big Rattle. November Is, 1851" go
LOUISVILLE, Thursday, November II.
The Louisville Courier, dated at Bowling
Green, November 8, contains Richmond CORE
spondenee, saying Colonel, now Brigadier-
General Humphrey Marshall is to command
the Eastern Division of the rebel army in Ken
tucky, and BIgadisr- General John O, Breok
inTd 20 returns to Southern Kentucky this
week to organize his Brigade and put the Pro.
visional Government in Kentucky in motion.
The same correspondent complains Of the de-
! lay in getting the steam frigate MerTimac for
sea, and speaks Of 21 riAed cannon, which came
4 in the Bermuda, with IL grooves in each, aud
! capable of throwing shells Of l2O pound b1S