The national Republican., 1861-10-11
SOUTHERN ITEMS.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.


q. W. Cole, tspe-founder, formerly resident
of Brooklyn, lately Of Richmond, left the latter
city two weeks since, under jeff Davis's pro
camation ordering of all foreigners"
He left seven thousand troops In Rich
mond, but only three guns mounted. Three
or four hundred negroes were building
numerous forts. Twenty.one hospitals were
full In the city. OF q Florida regiment, l,lOO
strong, only 1926 answer at roll call. There are
regular mails to and from Baltimore, New York
and other places North. Three hundred pounds
weight Of agate type had just arrived from the
North, and passed as stereotyped plates from
Methodist Book Concern. John II. Lester.
native Of Connecticut, ard recently q citizen Of
Brooklyn, one Sloat, and other Northernlrs rs,
were engaged in altering 400 muskets week,
and manufacturing sewing machines. A num-
ber of Internal machines had been placed on
| the James river. There is company manu-.
featuring them In Richmond.
INTERESTING NEWS FROM VIRGINIA.
have had an interview with o citizen Of
Clark county. Va, who reached our lines four
days since He was three days In Winchester,
| and he states that at the present time there
| are only three or four hundred rebel militia at
that place that breastworks are erected on
the approaches to the place from the north and
west, and that O few pieces Of cannon are
planted at other points In the vicinity. The
poor were suffering for the want OF subsistence
Groceries were entirely exhausted, provisions
were scarce, and no currency was seen except
shinplasters. The debris Of the Locomotives
brought from Martinsburg was still in the
, place, and no efforts had yet been made to ex
, tend the railroad to Strasburg.
AFFAIRS IN RICHMOND.
OF the officers who came up in the Louisiana
e were Surgeons Swain aud Thoma.ton, ant
Lieutenant Harry Rockafellar, Of the seventy
, first regiment. The latter was In the thickes
of the fight at Manassas ; had his left arm car
ried away by cannon ball, and his moutl
,, and left Jaw fractured by musket shot Tn
n surgeons were released on the ground tina
they were non combatanta, and could have lei
e Richmond more than month ago but for th
s fact that they were determined to remain wit
e the wounded until the Secretary of War granite
6 them an unconditional discharge. As for tb
N Lieutenant, he succeeded In escaping by stra'
g agem.
is When the roll Of the discharged parties wa
p first made out his name was placed thereof
IN but subsequently removed for reasons une'
planned, and when about to leave the Jail a
n Richmond, he was ordered back. He soon Gu
d of his shoulder. straps, and, pretending to b
b, famed in the leg, limped his way to an ambt
e lance, crawled into the lower part, and ttu
le regained his liberty.
Provisions were excessively high in RtCi
y mond Notwithstanding nearly all the army ha
d left there the whole force at that place nj
is exceeding six regiments of thousand me
q each.
y There WAS no doubt that considerable d
vision Of the army had left for the vicinity
g Yorktown by the James river, as well as raj
in road route. The parties saw several regimen
d. on their way to that place: Before lesvu
el Richmond they heard several times that Je
Davis was 50 indisposed as to be unable
he leave bis room, whilst Gen. Beauregard W
constantly moving from Manassas to Richmor
't. aud back, experimenting the army movement
d. &c. Col. Todd "a connection Of President Ii
On coln) had charge of the prisoners, and
he treated them at times In the most outraged
u. manner, being more severe than any of Il
ed rest.
cd Some of the prisoners, before leaving, Q
lr tanned several Richmond papers, with the !
tention of bringing them along, but they we
e, searched and every copy taken from thel
ld One Of them wrapped up pair of old spurs
IL, a copy of the Enquirer and stuffed them in
ce bosom, but he was discovered in the act al
So both paper and spurs confscated the office
on declaring that the - Yankees should Il
I'd, carry away a single paper Of any kind.