The eastern clarion. [volume] (Paulding, Miss.) 1837-1863, 1861-09-06
BY THE LAST MAILS.
SUMMARY OF TIE NEWS.


last mails bring very little OF importance |
from the seat OF war. Abundant reports |
are received by telegraph, but they are
mostly sensational, the authors knowing |
nothing of what they pretend to speak.
We do not therefore care to crowd our
columns with this kind Of stuff,
Some interesting items, have however
been received, which may be deemed re-
liable.
From Missouri the official details con
tinue to coae in of the great battle at
Sprinfeld, or Oak Hill, as it is called, |
which shows it to have been scarcely in
ferior to that of Manassas, and of incacu-
liable consequences. The numbers are
proven to have been nearly equal on each
side, the Yankees and Dutch perfectly
armed and equipped, and our troops with
mostly such weapons as the country af-
forded-shot guns iint-lock muskets,
hunting rifles, &C. Yet by their desperate
yalor they completely routed the enemy
and captured large amount of his arms
and stores The Confederate troops under
Pillow, Thompson, Mccullough and Price,
are gradually advancing towards the Nor
thern part Of the State The prospect is
good for speedy cleaning out Of the van
dals, and the restoration of Missouri to
her proper position as Southern State,
The traitorous agent of the vulgar despot
at Washington, has issued an impotent
ukase, declaring the State under martial
, law, which he can, of course, only enforce
in such places as are held down by his
bayonets.
Our arms have gained important adyan-
tages in Western Virginia. The defeat of
Tyler is fully confirmed, and Lee, Wise,
Floyd and Loring arc in speedy way Of
driving the invaders across the Ohio River,
and crushing out the treason which iniests
/ that portion Of the Old Dominion.
a OF the movements Of the army under
!, Beauregard and Johnston, nothing can be
i heard. They keep their own counsel and
= positively forbid the communication Of in
telligence. All the indications however,
! point to some early movement in
!. that quarter Of the most momentous char
d acter.
We have sustained an unfortunate re-
g. verse in North Carolina, but we do moi
1t see that the results can be of any seriou.
! detriment to our general cause. A pow
e erful fleet and large land force attacked
a the hastily built forts at Hatteras Inlet
d, and Of course captured them and the
o. account says, took the garrison of $50 mer
re prisoners. But sufficient force will b,
e provided to prevent their marching int,
Il the interior. They will be shut up wher,
e. they are, and that like all other places Of
by sea board which by their command Of tn
as sea Lincoln is now able to "hold and pos
m sess" will have to be given up in the gen
ey eral settlement, when we whip them on
On on land, and compel them to a treaty O
" peace, as we shall surely do This mis-
le. hap will be beneficial rather than injur
he Gus, by inducing us to more vigilance i
~ guarding our coast The Yankee paper
are jubilant over this splendid achiey,
meRt. They are certainly thankful fc
aa small fav6fs-
lon The Confederate congress adjourned 0
be the 3D. inst, until the third M0adayin NJ
Hot vember. 1t passed anumber Of impo
,o5 tant acts, which we shall published as al
for thenticated copies Of them can be obtai
md ed.
ar The Mobile and New Orleans papers r
,gb port no sales Of cotton, and little if ar
Of change in the price Of provisions and gr
str ceries.
.g A dispatch to the Mobile Tribune fro
asis Pensacola, says the Federal command
'rn- at Fort Piokens had succeeded in burnil
. /, 2 the splendid dry dock attached to Il
lab navy yard. II so, one Of the chief obie,
'iin Tor keeping an army under Gen. Bragg
am , Pensacola has been defeated. This v
rate one of the most costly structures Of t
; Of kind on the continent, costing neal
'nee S2,0O0,0O0, and great deal Of time
m build it. We hope itmay be satisfactor
sven explained how so great an injury COZ
the have been allowed 10 be done in the "a
'e ,as Of Gen. Braggs batteries.
rss Gen. a. 5. johnson, and suite, arriv