The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-09-13
THE LATEST FROM THE REBEL STATES,
News from Richmond, North Carolina,
Charleston, the Cherokee Nation and
Tennessee.

Charleston, the Cherokee Nation and
Tennessee.
LOUISVILLE, KY, Sept. -, 1851
Southern dates to the 10th inst. have to hand
The army Of General Johnston and General Beaurcgard
n,ey known under the style Of the Army Of the Poto
mac has been divided into two corps tho first command
ed by General Bcauegard aud tho second by General
Johnston General Johnston ranks Beauregard by Sc
nority, and had right to the supreme command, but
waived Il md issues order without full consultation
and consent Of Beauregard.
Tho Richmond papers full OF doleul descriptions OF
the ravagcs of sickness in the Army of the Potomac
The rebel corps most advanced towards tho Union lines
are regularly relieved by forces from the of the
army.
General Beauregard allows no civilians whatever to
visit the corps between Manassas and the Potomac.
General Sidney Johnston will be assigned to supreme
command Of military operations in tho Mississippi
valley.
Colonel De villcrs, of Ohio captured weeks since
in Western Virginia. is said to have escaped from Rich
mond in violation of his parole.
The Union prisoners in Richmond number fourteen
hundred and confined in Ave tobacco warehouses.
By recent orders visers are admitted to them.
Newspapers denied Them and the supply Of
sugar cut of.
Captain Gibbs, of Florida has been appointed Provost
Marshal for Richmond.
The panic in North Carolina has considerably subsidized
and fugives from the towns are returning to their
homes.
Extracts from official reports in Richmond show that
seyenty ve guns mounted Fort Macon near Beau
fort
The battery for the defence Of Nowbern distance
Of four hundred yards from the channel aud mounted
with four long and three short thrtytwo FOUNDER navy
guns General r. Anderson, just appointed to command
IL
Large quantities Of and ammunition were on the
way to the same point.
Charleston papers state that within month fourteen
vessels have entered Charleston and thirtythree VIII
mington harbor and that in the time ono hundred
and eighty thousand dollars in duties had been paid to
collectors.
AT New Orleans John Ross chief Of the Cherokee In
dians, publishes statement that at q meeting on
the 2lst ult his people authorized their authorities
form an alliance with the rebel government, and that
mounted regiment, under Colonel Drew will be raised
for the rebel service.
Five persons arrested the 9Th inst ut Peters
burg Va, for countcrfciting rebel Treasury notes.
Parson Brownow released from arrest on the It'll
inst W. A. G. Reed, formerly prominent Union Of
East Tennessee took the rebel oath Of allegiance on the
same day.
Several guns recently in possession of the State Guard
a hundred more found under hay stack in the
suburbs Of the city.
The steamer Treadwater Bell old and Of little use
seized by the federal authorities at Smithhcd today.
She had been conveying provisions up the Tennessee
river.
The Nashville Union and american congratulates the
rebel States upon the election Of General Albert Sydney
Johnston to the command Of the Western division Of the
rebel army.
The Richmond Examiner Of the 9th says that since the
battle at Cross Lanes, Western Virginia, General Floyd
has been waiting for supplies. On Saturday there
brought down fifteen prisoners who taken strag
Cling through the woods since the dispersion OF Colonel
Tylers command
GeneralIioyd was at last accounts about mile and
half beyond Gaulcy bridge. The enemy in full
force at Gauey bridge and strongly posted In the
vicinity Of Gauey road, occupying Hawks Nest above
the Kanawha. The enemy had been Hanked by Gen.
era Chapman who held his position with OOe militia
The same paper says before many days the Potomac
will be eectuay closed by batteries The Chief of the
Ordnance in Virginia. responding to the call for all the
field artillery, says thai ten batteries ready for
immediate duty and eight ten more could be ready
Among the above fifteen prisoners which have arrived
in Richmond were W. II. Raynor, of Rhode Island and
Lieutenant c. J. Murphy.
The Examiner also says that JEFF Davis has far re-
covered from his recent illness to take air
ing on Saturday in a carriage.
II. Kelly claiming TO be Baltimorcan, arrested on
Friday suspicion Of being spy
The Evansville Journal says tho steamer Sue Evaz,
under the of the gun squad from that place. had
captured boat with 900 barrels Of SALT destined for
the rebel States.
The Southern papers say that Captain w. F. Lynch iato
Of the United States Navy has been appointed Chief OF tho
Bureau of Detail and Equipments in the rebel army.
Colonel James, Of the Fourth Alabama regiment, died
at the Orange Court House, Va. the 26th Of August
from wounds received at the battle Of Bull run.