Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-10-29
The National Flag Floating Over
Springfield.
VICTORY IN WESTERN vIRGINIl
GEN. KELLY TAKES ROMNEY,
From Washington.
[uerald's DIspatch.l

WAsHIKGroN, Oct. 27.-Gen. Mcclellan is
eued au ORDER speaking IN the highest terms Of
the Massachusetts Is h aud 20th, California and
Tammany Regiments, for gallant conduct on
Monday. ..rt...
He speaks Of extraordinary obstacles encoun
tered, asserting that the same bravery and ac-
tiyity under less trying difficulties would insure
brilliant success He does not attribute the
reverse to any error OF Gen. Stone, and relieves
him aud his men of ell responsibility for the
result. .r.t
The Government his information that the
British government has agents along the coast
buying up all the ship timber. The Admins
trntion has taken measures through collectors
to ascertain the fact and If the Information
proves true to stop it INN mediateiy. a
Brig. Gen Batls, late Commissary at Gin
cinDati, hss been ordered to the command Of
Col. Bakers brigade.
There are nov about fifty thousand rebels il
the vicinity of Leesburg. Forty thousand have
been sent from Manassas.
Dispatches published ia the Richmond papers
report the capture OF nearly six hundred prison
ers, at Lsesburg, and twelve hundred STAND OF
arms: No artillery was fired by the rebels,
whose loss wus stated at three hundred killed
and wounded. They say that between four
hundred and Eve hundred Federals were killed
and three hundred drowned in the Potomac. b
An Augusta, Georgia, dispatch, of the 22i,
states it was reported that the English aud
French naval officers we're to have u meeting TO
decide upon and report that the blockade is TO-
tally Inefficient. i-a -.--l-J -t Ea
4 Gen Scott to day received displtch dated
Romney, from Gen. Kelly, giving an account
OF his victory over the rebels there.
So for as is known, all is quiet on tho PoIo
mac to-day. is-ql ..
(TrIbunc's Corresporderce.)
In every one of the Departments and the
White House, the utmost astonisbment and in
dignation aie expressed at the pnblicatioa in
New York of the destination Of the ggett ma
val expedition. IL will surprise no one to hear
that newsboy was arrested this morning by
our pickets this eide OF Fairfax Sith an unsold
quantity of New York Times aud Heralds Of
Saturday, which was going to market among
the rebela.
Secretary Cimeron has authorized the estab
lishment OF q depot for prisoners oil war ut
Johnson's Island, ia Ssndueky Bay, Lake
Erie An experienced builder OF Saadusky has
contracted to erect II buildings capable of ac-
commodating ], 900 prisoners. They are to >e
flushed by December l0,h, at q coat not to ex-
ceed S25 900. r.I. d. ...t
The battery of eighteen guns discovered a
week since on Matthias Point is q NTH. II
must have been feldpieces which fred upon the
Ffeeborn and Island Belle. The steamer Union
few days aimee thoroughly examined the place
and found neither guns, entertainments nor feb-
els. Y H.ra adi s,e.liaiI
The Assistant Secretary of the Navy, in his
return from Hampton Roads, whcro he deliver
ed sealed orders " the commander of the great
naval expedition, passed without molestation
by Matthias Point ia the Baltimore. 9i,b
Three or four days before the false news that
Mason and Sldel had sailed from Charleston
for Europe in the Nashville reached here "a letter
IRON one Iebel H. Richmond TO another was in
tercepted, containing this passage: "I have
just hidden farewell to Slldell, who is about
starting to Europe with Mason. They are go-
ing through Texas, and will sail from MeIi-
eau port.f Recent intelligence leads to the
conclusion that taey vent by this route. a
Capt. Duane company OF eappets aud miners
has been ordered to this city from West Point
The New York 4i.h, Ellssorth's, has been at
tached to Gen. Batler's field brigade. .asag-.ii
{. The rebels are fortifJing Centreville. They
have no force this side Of Fairfax Court House
Our troops occupy Vienna, and our picketa are
u mile yond Annsndale.g ts-l o b. tzl8
iOtders were sent west tn the officers com
mandng tho naval expedition to govern them
selves, 80 far as persons held TO service are con-
cerned, by the principles Of the letters address
ed to Gen. Butler, but discretionary power Is
gisea to the Commander for special crcum-
stances; but instructions are gwen to avail
themselves Of the services Of any persons,
whether fugitives from labor or not, who may
offer themselves, to be employed in such man
ner as deemed most beneficial to the service;
also to assure all loyal masters that Congress