Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-11-25
INTERESTING FOREIGN NEWS
GREAT pANIc IN CRARLEsION AND SAVANNAH
sc, sc. SC.


metsage Of President Davis, says we are two |
people from this time forward. We %
aware the Yankees are determined not to quit |
us happen what may, If they can not conquer |
us, characterization is that they will be con-
quered by us, They have made up their minds |
to submit tamely to their fate. Well, If we |
must, we must, though we shall have great |
aversion for the task. Our choice is after |
drubbing them soundly, and making them pay
the expenses Of the war, to turn them loose
upon themselves, Prey to their own vile pas
sions.
The Richmond papers of Wednesday contain
dispatches from the rebel army, the substance
Of which is as follows:
The small pox, a violent type of thetyphoid
fever, and the black measles were prevailing,
causing fIightful mortality among the rebel
troops near Bowling Green. KY. Large num-
bers were dying daily.
General Floyd's army has fallen back four
miles south of Raleigh Court house, and the
Federal troops have been largely re' enforced
General Lees command has retired TO
Meadow Bluff. r.
The rebels repoftttsSd 2 killed and several
captured in a skiTmish last week in Western
Virginia. The roads are in bad condition,
making it difficult to obtain supplies.
A dispatch from Manassas, in relation to
the skirmish near Falls Church during the
past week, acknowledges 2 killed and 3
wounded. They claim to have taken 10 pris.
OF ers snd killed FedersIs.
The Richmond Wing announces the death of
John Hughes, a delegate to the State Conven-
| tion, from Randolph, who was killed in the
| battle of Rich Mountain.
The Richmond Erominer, of Wednesday,
confirms the report that the rebel Colonel Gro
| gban was killed in the recent engagement be-
tween Floyd and Rosecrans.
A dispatch from Charleston, 18th, says the
unexpected failure of our shore batteries at
| Bay Point and Hilton Heads to demolish at
| least one of the attacking vessels, has sadly
| shaken the confidence in the efficiency of our
guns against the monster frigates and IRON
clad gun boats which they have again to en-
| oouDtAr; and now go alarmed are many Of the
soIdid souls that invest all the Southern cities,
that the effect may already be seen in the
leDgtheDipg of freight trains, which leave oil
| most hourly for the interior. In Savannah
the panic is even more general and decided,
whole nsighborheods having been suddenly
deserted by the exodus of the wives and chill
drep of those who are in erms at Fort Pulaski
and the batteries on the Savannah River.
1 Especial to COMMERCIAL
WAsHINGTON, Saturday, November %.
| A lady from Charleston, who has just reached
| this city, reports that there is much excitement
among the slave population. The whites are
solicitous and alarmed ..-tL 2. .
MIR. George Peabody, the London Banker,
wri es here that the British Government il
l
States, and that he does not fear that any at
Tempt to break the blockade will be made.
| Mr. Bates also writes in the same strain.
Governor Pierpont, of Kanawha, states pub
licly that the War Department has assured him
that the Baltimore aDd Ohio Railroad will soon
bt open. ... .......
The Fortress Monroe correspondent of the
PbiIadeIpbia Inquirer states that on Tuesday
morning about ten O'Clock, Company A, of the
First DelaWaYe Regiment, left Camp Hamilton
on a scouting expedition. The corps was un
der command cf Captain Watson, of Whining
ton. They crossed Hampton Creek, aud when
about one and half miles beyond our outer
pickets encountered considerable body O
rebel cavalry, who were accompanied by tive
field howitzers, brass riasd pieces, and the frs
intjmation that the Delawareans had of tn,
epemy's position or near approach was thu
wbistlipg of q projsctf1e through the woodI
and uDderbIush. Captain Watson then threE
up temporary defense Of brushwood ant
earth, after advancing TO an eligible position
Mansfield. accompanied by three companies o.
the New York Wentietb, Colonel Max Weber
proceeded to the relief of the bravo Delawar
boys. At the time that the boat left Fortres
Monroe neither the Delawareans nor the relic
{ had been definitely heard from, although re
port was current that the former had suffere,
: = wv KASsAs Cry, Saturday, November %.
The dry goods store of J.. N. P. Shannon
was broken into and robbed, last evening, b.
some twenty OF thirty men in soldiers dress
, armed with reyolyers. The windows and show
cases were completely demolished, and som
$4,000 worth Of goods carried on Severa
drinking saloons were demolished last nigh
and to- day, by order of the Provost Marshal
Tie proprietors had violated the proclamatio
: fotbidding the sale of liquors to soldiers, p.
b. r,. pHETRoIT, sSsu<aayi NoyspbsE Z; 2s
G waukee on the 9th inst, is believed to hay
a gone down with all o4 board. She was La
J, seen in gale, apparently disabled, aud piect
; of the wreck, supposed to- belong to her, sine
\ have been picked up on Lake Huron. r. ~,
q l TIPToN, MO-, Saturday, November %
The burning Of the principal part Of th
q town of Warsaw is confirmed by gentiema
!, who arrived from that vicinity this evening
The main business portion of che town, con
:, sisting Of one large block and several smallC
: ones, were in flames when the'genJemau lef
: Tbetowns being scattered, 1t is probable thI
= nearly all the inhabitants escaPOd. The Quai
ter. masterand Comnissary Departments wel
in tho large block, but g greater portion Of q
b. Government stores had been remOved.n IL
e supposed to be the work Of Sooessionists. II
y trSops who were there at the timehwerS on Il
J: mhrcA To Sadafia, an nadeft che m0Fhin follev
y \ ing tho IRE, which haoeeesred on Thursday. ~
= H. rsttsdW LATBRoTIAs ssADALIA. otI so
II The town was nred Aitb8ute six P. N. Thur
4 day. All the businSsS tion iSin ashes. ~
j arp6ps which were statfoned there left at etg
PI Nj, and are now here. A pordpA %g q
a Commissary stores, for which We hRd no tran
n portation, were burned by order Of the cor
A. imanding oiicer. It is thought by the cot
q lmanding officer that the town was fired BY oil
q zens, As q man dressed infoitihens' clothes "
a. seen coming 'front.' buildingrin which I
8 FIRE ignitsd. rrsmaoa,is : glg1..,
~ - Ct LrHr ST, LOUIS, Sunday, November "a
n b General Halleck has issued lengthy geasH
ii orders making the entire Affairs Of this DePaI
"a ment conform strictly with the army regul
al tions, and reducing every thing to a-comPl'
?. and easily. underatOOd system. HsIloEE 81
te r5.g wAsHIEsroN. Saturday, November .,
be Colonel Van Rensselaer, has been appoint
e. Brevet BIigadier General Of the RsgularArI
Is, John Glover Colonel Of Missouri Nolmt
IN Cavalry; Sylvanus B. HAnoe Assistant Ad
tant- Ger eral Of Volunteers; A. 8. Baxter
'Hh sistant Quarter master General Of Volunte.
to and r. r. Davis OOmmissary Of SubSiBtence
lat VoluntssRb. q The three last nAnsd with rl
lily Of Captain.
dfIol Thursday next has bOOn- set apart by
re- WashinEtOn hath0Fitios asia day for Than
eta Hon. e. D. Culver, Of New York, has b
10 appointed Consul At PaEaI BrGzii.
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