Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1861-10-09
SOUrHERN NEWS.
From late Richmond and Nashville
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from Fort Pfckens crossed over TO the hayward
| in q small gunboat, armed with hOwi'zer, and
| set fire 70 schooner. IL Is thought they tool
three men, who were on board, prisoners The
| alarm was given In time to prevent any furtheI
! depredations.
The following is an extract of letter dated
l Pensacola, Sept II:
| The enemy had come up under range of the
| Judah and the shore batteries before the alarm
| was fairly given. This move Of the enemy made
| our guns perfectly useless The men on board OF
| the schooner Judah were all asleep. When they
awoke, they fought manfully and desperately
| Ii IL believed that the four men on board the
schooner killed some seven or eight Of the enemy
We have one Of our men missing, and there are
| three slightly wounded.
| A few days since there was a boat load of ma
| rires deserted. Some Of the same Yankee ras
calls were acting as pilots.
IL 10 generally believed that their principal OBJ.
ject was the burning Of the Navy Yard. Aftel
| setting IRE TO the schooner they fred grape and
canister, wounding one man.
There were at one time ten Federals on the
deck Of the schooner against three of our men
Those three men fought with poles with spkei
| on the end. The Lieutenant commanding had
| sword. The enemy were armed wi h navy revol
vers, yet our three brave men succeeded In repuls
ing them.
| There is a set Of internal traitors at the Navy
| Yard, but woe be to them IL caught.
The Judah was about eighty tons burthen.
AFFAIRS AT RICHMOND.
| Inc Richmond Examiner says the number OF
u
In Richmond is ascerained to be at present some
| what over 1.2O0. There no less than twenty
one soldiers hospitals now in Richmond
The Enquirer Of the same date SAWS the conclu-
| sion may now be safely asserted that II is utterly
impossible to get out Of or through Virginia into
the North, unless under circumstances Of the most
extraordinary nature. The War Department has
perfected, by chain Of sentinel posts and by an
| entire reformation Of the passport system, the
| much-needed isolation Of the Government The
present practice In the passport Office is to issue
no passports to 60 out Of the State even in the ex-
cePtional cases where the Secretary of War NAV
allow 1t, unless with the condition Of their bel
subject to the discretion and approval Of the gen
eral commanding officers on the line of the from
| tier. AS the military authorities have been un-
ceasing In their complaints Of the passport sys-
tenn, 10 very certain that the discretion left with
them will he severely exercised.
A plot 10 overpower the guard and break out of
Logon g tobacco factory had been discovered on
the part Of the Yankee prisoners confined therein
The prisoners are kept separate the officers being
confined In the first story of the building. and the
men in the second and third stories 1T is said
that a captain Of one OF the New York volunteer
| regiments contrived to make his way among the
men, where his blandishments and representations
procured their assent to the rising - which was
appointed to take place on Tuesday night. 1t is
further related that on the details .eing related to
the occupants Of the first story Il was opposed
put unnecessarily, when one Of the officers
areadlng the issue Of the attempt, divulged the
leading features Of the plan, which led to the re-
moval OF the chief conspirator to the county Jail
The latter plead hard to be allowed to remain
WIN MS comrades even If in irons, but the in
dul2ence was not allowed
The Examiner complains bitterly of postal af
fairs in the South, and says the management Of
the Richmond post office is positively iEtoIerable
The freedom with which the Confpderate
treasury notes are counterfcted has aim ost TONED
their circulation.
The WANTS OF THE SOUTH
Inc Richmond Examiner complains of a great
Sn OF articles heretofore supplied to the South
manufacture of snail arms The ExamfneT
urges the capitalists Of the South to invest in
manufacturing establishments, instead of incur
ring tne nowns and curses Of the people by their
sPeculatlons In the nccessaries Of life
CANDIDATES FOR THE CONFEDERATE conaRrss IN
VIRGINIA
Inc Richmond papers announce numerous can
didates for the Confederate Congress from viz
GINA to be voted for on the 9th Of November.
John Chambliss, Sr consents to represent the
I'd District John X. Kilby and VIM b White
head Of Suffolk, are also candidates In the same
district Hon jeremiah Morton announces that
district: VIM. II Mcfarland is a candidate for
re-eiecuon In the Hanover district, and Geo W
Ndnoolph Is running In the same district John
no oG, ~. Is candidate IN the LIST district
number Of the citizens of Fredericksburg, CON.
senn TO be candidate in that district.
SOUTHERN NAVAL AFFAIRS
mere mas bee n general d lisa ppedrance of nsv,l
officers from savannah, Ga ITS under. tood that
orders were received for them to repair m soms
point on the coast ~ SUMO
Several launches have been completed at Mo.
bile to be used as a coast guard from Mobile nav
to New Orleans. More are building in the latter
city. ~
The Franklin (St. Nary Register saws tina.
from almost every quarter we hear of the doinqs
OF the enemy on our seaboard From the mouths
OF tue nj mississippi to the Sabine on the west a
perfect Gordon Of Lincoln cruisers NAV be seen or
heafa OF, and from which detachment Of men
kp
ply themsel yes with fresh provisions vegetables
&C. The Register expects soon to hear Of another
Hatteras fair.
The Richmond Examiner contains the follow.
Ing:
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 4-The sloop-ofw.r Vim
Gennes, large propeller, the steamer Water
wien, another s!ooP.ofwsr, schooner and a
pilot boat are now at Head Passes
A number Of Federal prisoners arrived this eve.
ming, from Richmond, and were marched to
prison under an escort
Cotton sales Of the week at New Orleans 475
bales Low middling to middling. as xssX cts
Stock III SUI bales Whisky, 75asO cts
GOV BROWN, OF GEORGIA, REELECTED
AUGUsTA, Oct Joseph f. Brown has been
elected Goveroor Of Georgia by a majority of be-
tween five and ten thousand.
SHIPMENT OF COTTON TO NEW ORLEANS TO BIZ
STOPPED.
Petitions are being circulated in New Orleans
praying the Governor to take instant and effective
measures to arrest the shipment of cotton from the
In the city 10 reported 10 be 10 SIS bales, ANAL
beginning, but dangerous as a beginning of a vi
olation Of public policy and duty
MOVEMENTS OF THs Ex SECRETARY OF WAR.
Hon L.. Z. Walker Is now at Huntsville Ala
attending to the organization Of his brigade
which vii consist of four reg imenis Of Infantry
and one Of cavalry. The brigade will rendezvous
at Huntsville, and probably be ordered to Ken.
lucky. 0
sfQuBsTRATlON YANKEE PRoPRRry
Active measures are reported to be In progress
In New Orleans for the appropriation Of ankee
property, under the provis ons Of the seouestra-
ton act Mr.. VIM. b. Astor and Geo Opdvke
OF New York, are said to be largely Interested I'm
the real estate Of New Orleans. The former has
also been discovered to be the owner of six hum
dTed shares Of the stock Of the Bank Of Louisiana
worth, In ordinary times, $50 per share
close and searching scrutiny will be necessary 10
discover the sleeping and silent partners Of MANY
Of our Southern frms-Piedynas. -,
ARRIVAL OF PRISONERS
Another squad Of Yankee prisoners arrived At
Richmond on the 4th, from Fairfax by the Cen.
trail train Their names are Corporal Hum phrevs
and Lester w orthington, Of Col. Youny,s Volnn-
teer Cavalry, Of Pennsylvania, Daniel Farrell and
Thos Murphy, Of the 37th New York militia. and
Porter Smith, free negro.
DKsERTIoN TO THE ENEMY
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