Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-10-10
Highly Important from tho south.

LousvrL1R. Oct. S-Ricbmond pspers of the
lat and CbarIeston of the Al inst. are received.
On the evening of the 26lh, General Lee Joined
General Floyd with four regiments and two
pieces of artillery. at ReodaS Bluff. Fioyd's
force is represented 10 be greatly demoralized
since tbe battle at Carnifax Ferry. and Wise's
Generalsbio ia seyereIv criticised by the Rich.
mopd papers.
The ENQUIRER saws the relatiops between Gen
erals Floyd and Wise are painful enough to
exolain ali our reyerses in Western Virginia,
General Wise, accompanied by General Hen
niugsen, has arrived in Richmond. The former
will probably be. court msrtIaled.
Gen. Lee takes command of the forces under
himself and FLOYD.
A statement in the Galveston News makes
the number of Texan troops nov in the field
in Virginia, four thousand in Western Missouri
and Arkansas, and four thousand iu Arizona
and New Mexico.
Robert Scott announces himself candidate
for the Confederate Congress for Farquar Dis
trict
Communication over the East Tennessee Rail.
road has been interrupted for some days in con.
sequence OF tho washing away of the track BY
the floods, ~.
President Davis left for Manassas OH the Goth
ult. t's.. .i' ~. l.is'
There Is great rejoicing throughout the South
over the capture of Lexington and the Fremont
difficulty ..-. ..-. ..'.
Gen. A. H, Brisbane died at Summervile,
South Carolina, on the 23d uIt o..
+ A South Carolina regiment had lef. for Suf
folk, Va.
A Richmond dispatch to the Charleston
Courier, saws that President Davis was receiy-
ed at Fairfax Court House With great enthusi.
asm. Il. .5rI r4.. -....i ',',.-.f.. -.
Gen Van Dorm is assigned to duty id the ar
nv of the Potomac.
Mansfield Lowell. late of New York, ia an.
pointed Bripadier General, and assigned TO duty
in St. Louis.
There Ia a general provl tbrourhout the Con
federacy at the insuficlency of the mail arrange.
mems. :, =, =.
v. Porter. of the First Micbipan REGIMENT.
died at Castle Pinokney on the 81 inst. of Ty.
pboid Fever The health of tho other nrisone
IL said to be good 80
Some French naval officers from the Corvette
Loyeraee. living at the mouth of the Mlssissip-
nj. visited New Orleans on the 2lst
A disuatoh dated New Orleans, September
29t th, saws the steamship Niagara, and eloop
of war was off the Southeast bar and a steam
frieats at the Southwest Pass. The sloop of
war Vincennes and the steam gunboat Water
witch were inside the Soutbwess bar.
The Governor of North Carolina has issued n
proclamation iorbiddipg apy bacon and leather
being sept ont of the State. ..-r
Colonel MoReady, late editor of the Louis
Vile Courier, will take command of a regi ment
under General Buckner.
The Citizens Bank of New Orleans ia circu.
lating five dollar notes cut in two, each piece
to represent tive dollars and half.
Thirteen hundred Indian warriors crossed
the Arkansas river near Fort Smith on the 25th
ult., en- route for McCulloch's army.
General Whitfield, late of Kansas, is also
moving towards Southern Missouri, at the head
Of Texan troops.
The Federal prisoners sent to New Orleans
we're escorted to their quarters in that city by a
colored company.
An exchange of shots and she'll took place on
the Goth ult., between the Federal man-of-war
Water-witch aud the Confederate steamer Joy,
without damage on either side. A boat from the
Water witch landed some men at the telegraph
station, at the head OF the passes, who carried
off tho instruments. .-.,
The Confederate steamer South Carolina had
captured Mexican steamer off Galveston.
George Davis and w. ]. Dortich were elected
Senators from North Carolina for the Confede
rate congress.
1t IL reported that fifteen thousand Confede-
rate troops are between Green River and Nash
vile, and about regiment per day were arrv-
ing at Nashville from southern points.
The Confederates claim to have forty thous.
and men in Kentucky.
The rumor of the capture of New Orleans,is
received at Nashville, and the details thereof
are said to have been received there.
To. morrow mornings Journal will contain the
correspondence between General Anderson and
Halderman, late editor of the Courier, relative
to the suspension Of the Courier, and his exc.
dus into the Southern Confederacy.
Ex-Governor Helm has takeni the oath of
allegiance to the United States, and returned
home, ,If .l,.tts. .t..... ...E-,.
Green River bridge is mined and ready to be
blown up by the Confederates. '.t~.
The pending Congressional elections engross
public attention throughout the Confederacy
I'm ave States 9obly electoral tickets for the
Presidential election are thus far put up.
II is evident from the tone OF the Southern
papers, that the rebel army OF the Potomac will
act strictly on the defensive;
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