Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-11-26
THE FORT OPENS FTBE ON BRAGG.
The COnfederates Claim TO have
Made a Breach.
Navy-yard Reported on Fire.
THE PARTICULARS VERY MEAeER
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Especial to the TTibune.l
WAsHIE GToN, November 25.-General Nc
Clellan has addressed q letter to General
Blenker, containing such expressions Of dis
pleasure as left to the latter no choice but to
resign, which he did this morning.
Ii is said that the illegal tax of one hun
dred dollars per month which he has levied
from each of the suffers of his division has
elected the above letter. A committee has
been organized for the investigation of the
accounts of the division.
The mass of the Germans have never con-
sidered Blenker as altogether the right man
for q position SO responsible, and the rumor
that General Sigel is to succeed him is hailed
with almost universal delight
An order will this week go out to st.
Louis, directing the payment of all the of.
fcers appointed by General Fremont.
The Richmand Enquirer of the 221 an
nounces that arrangements have been made
for quartering five hundred more of the
prisoners at present in Richmond, at Tusca-
loose, Ala, and Salisbury, N. O. The first
detachment for the former place were to
start on Friday afternoon, and comprises one
hundred and fifty, inclusive of twenty COM
missioned officers; among them are F. s.
Sbaffer, First Lieutenant Sixth Ohio; S. V.
Preston, First Lieutenant Michigan Fourth
Jos. Farran, Second Lieutenant Kentucky
First W. B. Fletcher, Assistant Surgeon In
diana Sixth; 3. H. Hale, Lieutenant steamer
Fanny.
The Enquirer says the prisoners selected
were generally averse to the trip. A few
were grateful at the change.
The Charleston Mercury of the 2lst pub
fishes a dispatch from New Orleans, 20tb,
which states that intense excitement pre-
walls there relative to the threatened attack
on Columbus Commodore Hollins had gone
| there with his feet, and had telegraphed for
the steam ram Manassas.
! A floating battery of twenty guns was
going up that night. All the river pilots
had been impressed.
Seventeen thousand troops and seventy
cannon were at Columbus.
The Government has advices that Rich
mond, as we'll as Savannah, Charleston
Memphis and New Orleans, are in panic
Families were packing up to be in readines!
to leave when the Yankees approached. Il
was the general belief that the rebel Govern.
ment had already commenced moving its
archives to Nashville, so suddenly made the
Capital.
The Government also has intelligence that
the discount on the Confederate Treasury
notes is already thirty per cent, and that on
private issues must be still greater.
This morning Companies A and H Of Colo.
mel Freedman's Cavalry Regiment, com
manded by Major Butler, went out on tour
of observation. A mile beyond Hunter;
Mills they met company of rebel cavalry
supported by infantry. Our men were fireC
upon by the cavalry. One horse was wounded
and one member of Company A injured b.
his horse falling upon him. The order wa
given by Lieutenant Paul for Company A
to advance. The infantry of the rebels tool
fright and retreated.
Count de Villinean has been assigned Il
! off xxyifh 80 IL
He is a graduate of the school of st. Cyr
and was Colonel by brevet in the French
army.
Thomas Bragg, of North Carolina, has beer
appointed rebel Attorney. General, in place
Of Benjamin, made Secretary Of War.
Especial Dispatch to. the New York Herald.l
A deserter from the rebels, named Wm
West, son of clerk in the Treasury Depart
ment, who was imprisoned five months ag
at Winchester, and at the time he left tn
rebel camp was an orderly TO one of thei
BEigadier Generals, came into our lines TO
day. He reports the headquarters of th
enemy are still at Centerville, and that tn
iSrce Immediately around that point is siXtl
thousand, end that number is supposed to b
less than half OF tue whole rebel force on tn
Potomac. General Johnston is in command
Provisions are plenty-that is, meat an
bread; coffee and sugar are scarce.
The troops are living in tents. They ar
tolerably we'll clothed, and pretty we
armed Some of their arms they lately rs
ceived from Europe. -'.
The troops be says are in good spirits
They express the belief that they can main
tain their line of occupation in front of u
against any force we can bring.
They are told constantly by their officers
and especially by their ehaplains, that thi
is a war of subjugation, devastation and abo
lition. There are formidable intrenchment
, at CenterVille, but no siege guns.
There are five intrenchments at Manassa
and some heavy guns. He says that n
troops had gone southwark to his know
edge, the coast operations not causing an
dispersion of their forces. This is contra
dicted by other authorities. He brough
with him good horse and is well clothe
with double woolen underclothing and heav
wooden overcoat; has one of Sharpe's rifeI
and presented as good an appearance as on
orderlies generally. -
Information has been received to-day frol
rebel sources Of the intention of the enem
to hurn Hunters mills. tt
NEW YoRK, November 26.-The steamt
George Peabody, from Fort Pickens on Il
10th, arrived at this port on Monday. Pr
vious to her departure from Key West Il
Connecticut arrived from New York with
) general cargo consisting principally Of pr
visions for our army and navy at Fort Pic
ems. The Huntsville (gdn boat then lyir
j there, safit the same y ikht for the mouth
the Mississippi to cooperate with our nav
forces there.a The gdn.bOat DG'oH wou
also shortly start on cruise. The NIGga'
and gpn-boat HGttNrGs were lying at Fol
Pickens,. f t..f.-. ....f- .JI Z g
3 l. FoRTRKss- MoNRoE, November 2b.-TTh
ITibtns's special says Fort Pickens oPene
Ere on Brsgg's forces on Saturday. IN
particulars are meager and through Eeb'
sources. -. ,..r, p ..r.,.5 t,,
Bragg telegraphs he is taking the bount
ardment cooily. The rebels claim to haY
preached the walls of Pickens. i
The Navy yard was on fire three tint
andy put out. 30 T..
D The village of Warrington was burned /
Browns ERE the first day. ~ l.rlH.. ....
81. JosRPH, November 25.- William Smit
an assistant Of J. "A. SiGde. road agent on u
Overland Mail route, was murdered al