Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-10-10

! lV decimated since the battle OF Cafniie1
! Ferry, and Wiso's generalship is severely
criticised by the Richmond papers. The
/ ENQUIRER says "The relations between
| Generals Floyd and Wise are painful
enough to explain all our reyorses in West
ern Virginia
Gen. Wise, accompanied by Gen. Hen
/ ninqson, had arrived in Richmond The
/ former viii probably be court martialed.
Lee takes command Of the forces under
himself and Floyd.
I A statementin the Galveston News makes
the number of Texan troops now in the
/ field 10000 Of which 5000 are in Virgi-
/ MIA, 1000 ia Western Missouri and Arkan-
saE and 1000 in Arizona and New Mexico.
Robert Scott announces himself a osndi-
| date for the Confederate Congress from the
Farquahar district
Communication over the East Tennessee
Railroad has bsen interrupted for some
days in consequence Of the washing away
of the track by foodg.
President Davis left for Manassas on the
/ 30th ult. r
There is great rejoicing throughout the
South over the capture Of Lexington and
the Fremont difficulty.
Gen. A. Il. Brisbane died at Summers
vile on the 23d ult
A South Carolina regiment has left for
Suffolk, Va.
a Richmond dispatch to the Charleston
! Courier says President Davis was received
, at Fairfax Court House with great enthu-
sissm.
Gen Van Dorm is assigned to duty in the
army Of the Potomac. Mansfield Lowell,
late OF New York, is appointed Brigadier
/ General and assigned TO duty in Louisiana.
There is n general growl throughout the
Confedersoy at the ineflicienoy Of the mail
arrangements.
N. Porter, of the 1st Michigan regiment,
( died at Castle PinCkney on the 22d inst. OF
! typhoid fever. The health Of the prisoners
is said to be good.
Some French naval officers from the cor
vette Laversie, lying at the mouth Of the
Mississippi, visited New Orleans cn the
Dist ult
A dispatch dated New Orleans, Septem.
ber 29th, says the stea uship Niagara and
a sloop.of- war wree off the south east bar
A steam frigate was at the Sonth west pass
The sloop Of war Vineennes aud steam gun
bost Water Witch were inside the south
( bar.
The Governor of North Carolina has is
sued proclamation forbidding any bacon
or leather being sent out of the State
The Memphis Argus of the Sd contains
the following proclamation:
COnourring entirely in the views ex-
/ pressed by the cotton factors of New Or
/ leans in the annexed communication, pc
/ tition from business men praying that no
J cotton be sent to New Orleans during the
/ existence of the blockade, have determin-
/ ed to take the most decided means to pre-
vent the loading Of any cotton in this city.
/ Notice is therefore given to all masters and
I owners Of steamboat, and other water craft
/ that from and after the 10Th Of October nc
cotton must be brought to New Orleans OF
within the lines embracing that section o.
I the country between the Notifications e5OYC
! CarToilton and those oslOW the city, and
/ extendi ug back to the Lake. All steam
! boats OF other water craft arriving within
( the presen limits, will be forthwith placed
in charge of an armed force and escorted
above the point indicated.
This course mill be adopted in all cases,
whether the gu entity of cotton brought be
large or small. The railroad companies
have already issued orders in furtherance
of the object of this proclamation, and nc
violation of them VIII be permitted.
Signed, 1Hos. o. MOORE,
Governor of Louisiana.
shall cooperate with Governor Moore
in the enforcement Of tho above order.
Signed, D. Z. TwIGGs,
Major General Commanding.
Col Mckee, late Editor of the Louisville
| Courier, will take command of q regiment
under Gen. Buckner.
The Citizens Bank of New Orleans is
circulating fves cut in two, each piece to
/ represent two dollars and a half.
/ Thirteen hundred Indian warriors cross
4 ed the Arkansas river near Fort Smith on
/ the 25th ult. en- route for McCulloch' g
army.
Gen. Whitfield, late Of Kansas, is also
moving towards Southern Missouri at the
head Of Texan troops
The Federal prisoners sent to New Or
leans were escorted to their quarters in
/ that city by colored company.
An exchange Of shots and shells took
! place on the 10th ult. betWeed the Federal
man-of-War Water Witch and the Oonfed
I NAhAp 9hS9A-uA uOyf WlAn0Ab uEAAhk0 Un
/ either side. A boat from the Water Witch
landed some men at the telegraph station
at the head of the Passes, who carried of
| the instruments.
The Confederate steamer South Carolina
had captured Mexican steamer off Gal
weston.
George Davis and w. j. Dootieth have
been elected Senators from North Carolina
to the Confederate Congress.
1t is reported that 5000 Confederate
troops are between Green River and Nash.
/ vile, and about o regiment per day were
arriving at Nashville from Southern points
/ The Confederates claim to have 40, 900 meI
in Kentucky.
The rumor of the capture of New Or.
leans is revived at Nashville, and details
thereof are said TO have been received
there.
Tomorrow mornings Journal will con,
tain the correspondence between Gen. An
derson and Hsldeman, late editor of th'
Courier, relative to the suspension of thu
Courier aud his exodus into the Southern
Confederaoy.
Ex-Governor Helm has taken the oatl
of allegiance to the United States and re
turned home.
Green River Bridge is mined and ready
to De blown up by the Confederates.
The pending Conventional elections en-
gross public attention throughout the Con
federacy. In Eve States only electors
tickets for the Presidential election art
thus far put up. Il is evident from thu
tone Of the Southern papers that the rebe
army Of the Potomac viii act strictly OF
the defensive
ELECTION IN DAYTON.
DAYTON, Oct 8.
The Union ticket has gained about fou
hundred in this city. The Union majority
IN the county will be about eight hundred
Springfield City gives $40 majority fOi