Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-10-05

prudential motives the stock of cotton ap-
/ Pearing in the above statement has been
removed to the interior"
RRDERAL NAVAL EXPEDITION.
We are awaiting with anxiety (says the
( FieggliRe) to learn where the Lincoln naval
expedition Is to strike. SuppositiOns vary
considerably, but they point most gener-
ally to Brunswick, in Georgia. Fernando
ma, in Florida; the Gulf coast between
Mobile aud New Orleans, or to the vicinity
of Wilmington, In North Carolina; The
enemy have 1t in their power to annoy us
very considerably by these piraticaI de-
scents but without doing us any serious
injury or gaining to themselves any SUBJ
stantiai advantage.
RESIGNED.
/ Capt. VIM. A. Charters, commander of
the Richmond ffYouug Guard, attached
70 the 18th Virginia Regiment, aud now
stationed upon the Peninsula, has been
Ieompelled, by increasing i'll health, to re-
sign his position, and retire from the. held.
Another officer of the same regiment,
Capt Ghildrey, of the "HRnover Southern
Guard, p has also resigned his commission
md retired from service.
10 MORE BURROUGHS.
Among the on dts current in military
circles on Friday, was one to the effect that
in consequence OF the general abuse OF fur
Ioughs, no more would be issued from the
War Department, even to the sick desiring
leave Of absence.
AFFAIRs OK THE POTOMAC.
A few days ago a correspondent wrote
us thara considerable number Of the enc
my's vessels were cruising IN the Potomac,
aud had apparently taken possessions
somewhere near Cockpit Point, which is q
few miles below the mouth Of the Deco
qnan We presume it was some of the
vessels of this feet that tempted Walker
to move his artillery to the river bank and
tender them his compliments. The can
nouade took place on Wednesday last, and
resulted in severely crippling one or two
of The enemy's steamers, as we are ihform-
\ ed. Walkers battery has been reinforced
| by 'sLong Tom which the enemy SO OBJ
! ligfngIy brought to Bull Run and LEFT
there for our use.
EoRE1eN VESSELS AT NEW ORLEANS.
The collector Of the port of New Or
leans officially announces in the papers
that vessels from foreign countries will be
allowed to enter any harbor on our coast
and discharge their cargoes, without re-
gard 70 tue same being an established port
of entry.
Fears are entertained of scarcity of
coal and wood Mt Richmond. It is csti-
mated that about one huRdred cords of
wood are daily purchased by the COnteder-
| ATE government agent for the use OF the
army, and every source of supply is al
ready being tasked to nearly its utmost
lavaiiahle capacity. The following are the
lruliug prices of the fuel now in the market:
Best lump coal from % to % cents, and
/ smiths coal from l2I to Is cents per bush-
/ eli; first quality oak wood from So 90 to SO
per cord; pine from So 10 So SO per cord
TREDEGAR IRos WORKS.
These works. at Richmond, have now
/ / goo men employed. At present the ut
most activity is being displayed, aud from
l.six TO eight small and about six large guns
tare turned out weekly. Quite number
of percussion shells are ready packed for
transhipment to Charleston, aud about 200
shells are each day sent to the laboratory
to be filed. On Wednesday. n monster l o
inch columbiad, weighing about II, 900
pounds, and having range of four miles,
was being rified-H process which would
occupy about two days. Three of these
enormous cannon are cast each week, in
the average, and six of them were onWed-
uesday undergoing the process of boring,
Il PREPARATORY 10 being rified. The estab-
/ ifshment is also largely engaged in the
manufacture of gun carriages, for field bat
teries and for heavy ordnance.
PAPER CURRENCY.
The Richmond Dispatch, under the head
of its correspondence from Lynchburg,
contains the following reference TO the
monetary currency of that city: e
"The amount of trash in the shape of
currency thrown out on the public in this
community is truly alarming. For some
time past the notes of numberless defunct
Southern banks have been imposed on the.
Ignorant and unsuspecting; but the latest
abomination out is in the shape of indi-
yidual notes OF denominations of ten,
twenty-five and fifty cents, which made
their appearance in our city on last Thurs
day. This rag currency goes of readily
with the ignorant and soldiers who are
strangers here, and are very naturally led
TO believe it % be the best of mOuey
because it purports to be issued in Lynch
burg. If prompt measures are not taken
/ to suppress the circulation of these illegal
tissues, the whole country will be flooded
TO such an extent that We shall have no
/ currency at nil, as 1t will be supplanted by
the due-bills of every individual who
chooses to force this worthless trash on
the community" 4-.fi
MISCELLANEOUS. - -iss
Governor Brown; of Georgia, has, by
proclamation, exempted from military duty
all telegraph, express and railroad em-
pIoyees, ali employees ofthe State or Con-
federate governments, and all persons en-
gagged in the manufacture of articles for
military use.
la Capt. Fanlkner's company, of Anta-
gua, Ala, about to start for Richmond,
each man is furnished with a knife, the
blade of which is nineteen inches long,