The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-11-27
BY TELEGRAPH.
Afternoon Report.
SlGEL TO SUCCEED BLENkER I.
E1'e1nOnf'S Officers to be Paid!
FEDERAL PRISONERS SENT
SOUTH
GREA7EXE/7EMEN7 A7NEW
DRLEANS/
HOlIins Gone, i'm Force. to
Columbus!
GENERAL SOUTHERN PANIC

Gen. Mcclellan his addressed letter
to Gen Benker, containing such expires
sions of displeasure as left to the latter no
choice but to resign, which he did this
morning 1t is said that the illegal tax
Of one hundred dollars per month, which
he has levied from each of the suffers Of
his division has elected the above letter
and a committee has been organized fer
the investigation of the accounts OF the
division. The mass of the Germans have
never considered Blenker as the right man
for position SO responsible, and the ru
NOR that General Sieel, is to succeed
him, is hailed with almost universal de-
light.
An order will this week 90 out to St
Louis authorizing the payment OF all the
officers appointed by Gen Fremont
The Richmond Enquirer OF the I'D
announces that arrangements have been
made for quartering five hundred more
of the prisoners at present in Richmond
at Tuscaloosa, Ala, and palesburg, n C..
The first detachment for the former place
were to start on Friday D. m, and com
prise 100, inclusive Of twenty commission
ed officers. Among them are +. s Shat
fer, lst Lieut. Ohio 9th s. v Preston,
lst Lieut.. Michigan 4,h; Jas Farran,
I'd Lieut.. Kentucky LIST; w. r. Fetch
er. Asst Surgeon Indiana 9th; L W.
Hale, Lieut.. Steamer Fanny. The En-
quirer says the prisoners selected were
generally averse to the trip. 4 few were
gratifed at the change
The Charleston Mercury Of the 21st,
publishes a dispatch from New Orleans,
of the 10th, which states that intense ex-
element prevails there relative to the
threatened attack on Columbus. Com
1 Hollins had gone there with his fleet, and
had telegraghed for the steam-ram Ma
nassas A floating battery of 20 guns
was going up that night. All the river
pilots had been impressed. Seventy can.
non and II 600 troops were at Columbus
Government has advices that Richmond
! as well as Savannah and Charleston and
New Orleans, are in a panic Families
were packing up to be in readiness tc
leave when the Yankees approached Il
was the general belief that the rebel gov
eminent had already commenced moving
its archives TO Nashville, so suddenly mad,
the capital Government has intelligence
that the discount on the confederate trea
snry notes is already 80 per cent anc
thar on private issues it must be still
greater.
This morning companies A and IL. Q
Co. Freidman's cavalry regiment, com
manded by Major Butler, went on tou
Of observation d mile beyond Hunter
Mill. They met company Of rebel cav
airy, supported by iniattry Our mel
! were fired upon hy the cavalry On
horse was wounded and one member o
company 4 injured by his horses fallin,
upon him, At the order given by Lieut.
Paul for company 4 to advance, the rebel
took fright and retreatcd,
Count de Vlllars has been assigned I
Mcclellan Staff, with the rank of Cole
Z mel lie is graduate Of the School
! St Lyn, and was Colonel By Brevct i
il the French army
Thos Bragg, Of North Carolina, Ii;
been appointed rebel Attorney General
:, place Of Benjamin Wade, Secretary
i War