The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1861-11-27
THE WAR NEWS.
From Papers OF Saturday & Monday
From the Upper Potomac.

n iS'''i HSib OuiuO5lOWn. CdtSI tO-uaV.
says nothing has been heard Tor several
days of any movements of The enemy op,o.
size our lines. Everything is apparently
! quIei III their encampments This NAV be
caused hy the withdrawal of the weight OF
their forces Tor The defence o. Winchester.
which they now consider in jeopardy
laacy Diskearfei
Notwithstanding his invitation to dinner
with the FishToDger's Company Yancy is
still III poor spirits. He writes by the las,
steamer that he bad "no present hopes OF
| snccess IN his mission to foreign powers
Jefferson Davis's message shows plainly
enough that bis other emissaries aboard
( have sent home equally di,coutayin2 re-
ports
British Vessels pith Reel Arms.
One OF The confidential dispatches taken
al Hilton Head urged the Rebel Authorities
there 10 be on the look out Tor British yes
sells laden with arms aud munition~ al war
and mentioned ibe Interesting iacl thai the
signal fiag ot a very large expected steam
er would be "a bloc flag, with the Isle of
Man arms, three human legs in the Centre
in white
Rebels shooting al slck other.
On Wednesday last, says ietler in the
Day book Two parties OF troops met on the
PENINSULA, aad mIslOok esch other for enc
mics. Brisk firag at once commenced aud
number on each side were Killed and
wodnGed ere the mistake was found out
Among the killed ~as Major Bailey, of Ma.
oIle. whose body ha, been taken TO his
friends
Capture of Cannon IA Eastern Virginia
General Nee elan received a dispatch
from General DIX 10 day announcing that
captain Richards cavalry, pau Of General
LockwoOj's command, had captured nine
iihe brass field pieces at the IOWA oi Only
on Ononcock IDiet near Governor Wise's
Old re-Idenee. The rebeis of AccOtnac and
Northampton counties had no time TO hide
Them before they dispersed There Is now
no open Zoe tu the east oi Chesapeake Bay,
and Virginia oysters can again reach New
Workers.
Negroes in tie Rebsl Seyuice
We have trust orlhy intelligence. that
there are at Manassas, in The tepel service,
several complete Companies OF negroes,
uniformed, armed and equipped aud com
manded Icy ne2fo officers. From another
source, We ieafn, that the WGrA o. IN, press-
ny Tie slaves into he military service OF
The rebels - nov being prosecuted with
vi5or Throughout ;be seeded S.aes
OPeraiions of a Scouting Purity
A scouting parry OF $50 ca, airy, sent ont
by Gen. Mccall 10 day wen, as tar as
DrainessI.le about hall way from has camp
10 Lee>buTg, and returned without seeing
any signs oi the enemy. who was ia such
force ~ The neigt borhoad on the day pre-
ceedinq the baue of BaI's Buff that it was
thought advisable Tor Gen. Mccall tn use
his whole force in making & reconnaissance.
A tF., a.. -.
the Rebel pickets several times.
Vmte' Quarte,S
Small wooden houses large donbIe can
vass tents, OF heavy material aud comlora
bie log huts. are going up ia ali the locali
lies occupied, or likely To be occspied, du-
rIng the winter or portior OF it, by our
troops Ia the vicinity OF Washington. Our
soldiers will all oe we'll provided TOR, but
there is some difficulty in deciding how the
large number OF cavalry COW here can be
comlor aDly cared tor Different plans are
under consideration. and it ~ probahe some
decision will be made IN few days. The
horses have, 50 Tar, been exposed TO the
weather.
The Uason and SliieU Question.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 Mech specuil.
ton continues to he indulged in relative 10
the Mason and SiideIl question. So far as
bs ascerialnei. the Brush minister OF
her Britannia Maje-,y's Government: has
taken no acion whatever upon the subject
but vii probably await mstruc ions. Nor
has There been even an Informal cOnversa-
tion between him aud the proper depart
ment concerning It, Those who are lnli-
maleiy acquainted with Lord LYONS believe
thai in This ss IN oheT mauers. he has
observed his usual discretion IN RETAINING
tfon premature expressions OF opinion.
Burning Of Re5ets House
A despatch from Galnpoli> 10 Governor
PierpoHt, on Saturday, stated that there was
a report there that the Union men had as
sembed in large numbers. and set ire 10
the splendid properly OF Ajheu GaIlatiu
jenkins, who led the receat attack ou GdS-
audole. TIE property was situated in
Cabell comfy, about Twelve miles rom
Guyandoile, on The OHIO rivPr jenkins
was a Cong from Western Virginia,
and alter the breaking out OF The rebellion
protested against the action of the POs,mas-
ter General In removing number of disaf
fecled posimasiers in Western Virginia, for
which he received cutting rebuke from
Dir. Hol,. He is said 10 be immensely
wealthy.
[fdirs IN P0ducdh
The Paducah correspondence of the Lon
isvile Journal writing IRON that city under
date November Is, says:
This hitherto Secession city, now under
the benign influence OF about 10000 well
behaved aud orderly Federal soldiers, is
rapidly assnmiag decent respect Tor law
and order large majority OF the citIzens
now here are loyal TO the United ates, AID
the Sece>hers begin 10 recognize The fact
that We have Government Many OF he
most rabid are returning 10 their homes, af-
ter a search OF about TWO months IN the
Southern Confederacy for their rights -
They have concluded to come home, where
they have every reason o believe their
rights have and will be respected It is a
pillable sight TO look upon men, women
and children who have been out IN this un-
fortunate cruise in search OF their rights -