Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-10-11
PREPARATIONS IN ENGLAND FOR A
SUPPLY OF COTTON FROM EGYPT.
NEW COMMERCIAL TREATY BETWEEN ENGLAND
AND the EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT.
Important Missouri Items.
MUTlNY In A FEDERAL CAMP.


Especial to the TTibunel
WASHINGTON, October l0-By the occupa.
ton of Lewinsvile General Mcclellan takes
complete possession of the line of hills run
ming almost due north and south from the
river near Great Falls. The second line,
which is about two miles from the first, is /
more properly one of operations than de-
fense. Being straight it is shorter than the
first, SO that the advanced corps can be easily |
strengthened. We now threaten the com. |
munication Of the rebels Immediately upon |
the Potomac which a slight advance will |
entirely cut off.
Recent investigations show that there are
not and have not been rebel Notifications on
he Potomac at any other place tha1 Acluia
Creek.
There are three batteries of twenty guns,
which are designed to defend the terminus |
of the Great Southern Railroad, and protect |
Richmond and Fredericksburg, not to hinder |
navigation |
The guns at Freestone Point, which q
fortnight since fred upon our vessels, causing
a fear that navigation was impeded, was a
field battery on its way South.
Vessels can pass three miles beyond the
Acquis battery, which cannot harm them.
Especial Dispatch to the New York Herald.l
| While the river continues at its present
hight there is no probability Of an attack on
| our lines or an advance upon the rebels.
The news fIom Kentucky is cheering, ,
John ]. Crittenden, in spite of his advanced
age, is the first private in the Frankfort
Home Guards, and has declared his intention
! to go into camp and remain in service until
every rebel is driven from the soil of Ken
lucky.
The resolution of the Kentucky Legisla-
tuTe giving command of the State Guard to
Thomas l.. Crittenden, the gallant son of the
old Ex. Ex-senator, has completely broken up
the State Guard, which the traitors Buckner
| H. LoIs &c, II
There is no doubt that General Crittenden
will be offered the position of Brigadier- Cen
eral of Volunteers.
New York Times's Special Dispatch1
Accounts received by the Government,
and which are deemed reliable, represent the
cotton crop of the Southern States as about
an average yield. Much has been success
fully housed, but owing to the want of bag
giDg it can not be baled nor transported.
Until a supply Of wrapping is obtained, the
crop is almost useless, being too bulky for
shipment.
Our Consul General to Egypt, Mr.. Thayer,
writes home that the British Government is
making extraordinary exertions to procure
supplies from and through Egypt.
A new commercial treaty has lately been
negotiated between the Egyptian and British
Governments, which give the latter addi-
tional facilities ia exporting the staple. Mr..
visions should be granted to the Government
of the United States, and his request was
granted.
The Leesburg turnpike, from the Chain
Bridge to LaDgley's, has been crowded with
Government wagons all day.
Our troops have been engaged in strength
eniDg their outposts.
A son of Commodore Patterson Jones, OF
the navy, has remained loyal; another son
is a rebel officer.
The new position of Matthias Hill CON-
! mands Barretts Hill, where the rebels have
apicket guard stationed. Large numbers oi
, our men have been engaged to day in telling
timber to give command of the surrounding
country. In several instances the rebe
pickets have been observed, about half {
mile beyond our lines, but no demonstration
? was attempted. Yesterday, cavalry scout
a ing party of forty went up the Leesburl
Q turnpike, three miles above Prospect Hill
( and but a mile below Great Falls. They
3 learned from trustworthy sources that th'
) rebel picket force was withdrawn from thert
. early in the morning.
a The Tribune saws that DR.. Alfred Powell
: Surgeon of the Second Regiment of New
It York, was at the battle of Bull Run, and wa!
!. one of the prisoners captured and taken tC
b Richmond. He states that the rebe
e wounded amounted to nearly 1--WE thousand
= and their killed to six hundred.
JEFFERSON CITY, October l0.-Lieutenant
Colonel E. B. Brown, of the Seventh Mis-
eouri Regiment Provost Marshal at Tiptou
shot a private of the Sixth Missouri, thi
: morning. The Colonel ordered him to la,
down some boards he was tearing from
fence, and upon refusing shot, killing hin
instantly. The affair created intense excite
ment; the Second and Sixth Missouri regi
g ments rushed to arms, demanding tina
:, Brown be delivered up to them. A park o
It artillery was drawn out in front of the Pro
Y vost Marshal's office and Brown was threat
e eniug to fire upon the mutineers when tn
d train left.
IT scout has Just arrived here from Spring
Il field, and reports at headquarters that ther
were only one thousand rebels at that place
He also learned that Ben McCuloch was a
1t Camp Jackson with only one hundred an
n fifty men, waiting for re-enforcements frOr
d Arkansas.
}, A large number of McCullochs force, VIII
IT were with him at Wilson's Greek, wei
y with Price at Lexington, and the rest Is viii
t. Hardee
ri McCulloch expects to join Price at S
ID River, which will be about the goth ins
and the combined forces expect to march {
t. Jefferson City.
ge This information is believed to be entire
le reliable.