The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-10-10
BY TELEGRAP
Afternoon Report.
LEE And FLOYD JOIN FORCES /!
Floyd's Troops Demoial'zsd!
Wise Returns TO RiC hm Ond!
He is to be Court Martialed
TEXAN TROOPS IN THE FIELD !
RUMORED CAPTURE OF NEW ORLEANS
800 INDIAN WARRIORS FOR
THE REBELSt
RUMORED CAPTURE OF NEW ORLEANS .

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ton of the Sd inst, are received. On the
evening of the 26,h General Lee Joined
Floyd with four regiments and two pieces
of artillery at Readan Bluffs. Floyd's
forces are represented to be greatly de-
moralized since the battle of Carnifcx Fer
ny, and Wise's generalship is severely
criticised by the Richmond papers. The
Enquirer says the relations between Gen
erals Floyd and Wise are painful enough
to explain all our reverses in Western Vir-
ginia. Gen Wise, accompanied by Gen.
Henningsen, arrived in Richmond. The
former will probably be court martialed
Lee takes command Of the forces under
himself and Floyd.
A statement in the Galveston News
makes the number of Texan troops now in
the field 10000, of which 5000 are in
Virginia, 4 600 in Missouri and Arkan-
sas. and 1000. in Arizona and New Mex
| leo.
Robert Scott announces himself can
didate for the Confederate Congress, for
Farquhar District
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nessee Railroad has been interrupted for
some days in consequence of the washing
away of the track BY floods.
President Davis left for Manassas on
the 3Oth ult. There is great rejoicing
throughout the South over the capture of
Lexington and the Fremont difficulty.
Gen. A. H. Brisbane died at Summer
vile, S. c., on the 23d ult.
A South Carolina regiment had left for
Suffolk, Va.
A Richmond dispatch to the Charleston
Courier says President Davis was receiv-
ed at Fairfax Court House with great en-
thusiasm
Gen. Van Dorm is assigned to duty in
the army of the Potomac.
Mansfield Lowell, late of New York is
appointed Brig. Gen and assigned to du-
ty in Louisiana.
There is general growl throughout
the Contederacy of mail arrangements.
\. Porter, Of the LIST Michigan regi-
ment, died at Castle Pinckney one the ID
inst. of typhoid fever. The health of the
other prisoners is said to be good
Some French naval officers from the
corvette Laverse, lying at the mouth of
the Mississippi, visited New Orleans on
the 2lst ult.
4 dispatch, dated New Orleans, Sept.
10Th, says the steamship Niagara and a
sloop of war were of the southeast bar, a
steam frigate at Southwest Pass, the sloop
OF war Nincenaes and steam gun boat
Water Witch were inside the bar.
The Governor of North Carolina issued
proclamation forbidding any bacon or
leather being sent out of the State.
The Memphis Argus Of the 3D. contains
the following proclamation "Concurring
entirely In the views expressed by the cot
ton factors of New Orleans, in petition
from business men praying that no cotton
be sent to New Orleans during the exist
encc of the blockade, have determined
to take the most decided means to pre-
vent the loading of any cotton in this city.
Notice is therefore hereby given to all
masters and owners of steamboats, and 9th
er water crafts that from and after the
10th of October no cotton must be brought
to New Orleans or within the lines en-
bracing that section of the country be-
tween the Notifications above Carrolton
and those below the city, extending back
to the lake All steamboats, or other wa.
ter crafts arriving within he presented
limits will be forthwith placed in charge
Of an armed force and escorted above the
point indicated This course will be
adopted in all eases, whether the quantity
OF cotton brought be large or small. The
railway companies have already issued or
ders in furtherance Of the object Of this
proclamation and no violation of them will
be permitted.
Signed THos O. MOORE,
Gov. of Louisiana
shall cooperate with Gov. Moore in
the enforcement of the above order.
ID T. TwIGGs,
Maj. Gen. Commanding"
Col. Mckee, late editor of the Louis
vile Courier, will take command Of q
regiment under Gen Buckner.
The Citizens Bank of New Orleans is
circulating IS cut in two, each piece rep
resenting ~
Thirteen hundred Indian warriors crossed
the Arkansas river near Fit. Smith, on the
10Th ult., EN- route for Ben McCulloch's
army. Gen Whitfield, late Of Kansas, is
also moving towards Southern Missouri at
the head Of Texas troops.
The federal prisoners sent to New Or
leans We're escorted to their quarters by a
colored company.
An exchange Of shots and shells took
place on the 18th ult., between the federal
man-of-war Water Witch and the rebel
steamer Joy, without damage on either
side A boat from the Water Witch
landed some men at the telegraph station
ut the head OF passes, who carried off the
Instruments.
The rebel steamer South Carolina cap
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