Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1861-10-22
fHxrxrrnrr1os SAILED.

The expedition from Anna polls sailed Yesterday.
Among the troops composing the portion Of II that
there, are the following Viz:
First Bripade-Gen. yiele commanding. New
HampshIre Third. on the Atlantic; New York
Forty.s,xth, ON the Daniel Webster; New York
Forty-seventh, on the Roanoke; New York For
ty nth, on the Empire City; Maine Eighth,
on the Ariel
Second B,iqsde-t,en Steven. commanding.
Roundhtad Pennsylvania. Eve com papIes Penn
sylvania Fiftieth, on the ocean Queen: FIVE com.
panies Pennsylvania Piftie,b, Michigan Eighth,
New York SEVENTH. ninth. nm the Vanderbilt
Third Br,p,de-t,,n a, Wipht commanding.
New H.mnhire Fb,,tb ON the Ratio. connecti-
cut Sixth, on the Marion and Petersburg; Con-
necticut Seventh, on the Illinois, Maine Ninth,
on the Coatzacoalcos.
Division and star, on the Atlantic.
In addition to these troops, we learn that quite
az many more join the expedition at Old Point,
having been quietly shipped to that end at New
YORK, Boston, ana eisewhere.
Where they are to strike, no one Outside vet
Knows
THE DEATH OF COL. BAKER.
The announcement of the death of thi, gallant
officer has caused the deepest sorrow In this CITY,
where he was 80 we'll known and was held in
such general esteem.
At the White House the intelljpence b,d addi.
tional poigpapce from the warm personal regard
existing between the President and the deceased
President Lincoln. I'm fact seems IN have felt the
loss an II Of brother and walked the ioor NJ nj,
room through the nigbt in the greatest grief
Mrs Lincoln Is not receiving yisItors this morn.
ing from the same cause.
Ii was the desire of the President and Mrs. Lin
coin that the body Of Colonel Baker should be
tsken to the w bite House and placed in the East
Room, but the house being just now In the hands
Of the upholsterers that was not practicable
and the body will be brought to the residence Of
Major J. w. Webb, in this city.
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partic
eral McClellans operations are to come of. hi.
name in connection with the Urion cause-a, the
commander of column of the Union army there
would prove tower of strength To the cause it,e,,
We know no other ofacer of the present repuIo,
service SO largely connected there, 40 well known
personally there O, 40 unfve,saIiv favo,ahI, "a
garded there
yo1KBypur ..rrnp,vs mo.
dav or two since I,ieut B,r,el, cornn,,nd,,
the Frseborn. wa, informed tb., ,ha .nor-,-,
constructing more batter,s. nm M,,,h,.. D.,
Yesterday mornipp. he sent hi. ovn vs..a, ,nd q.
Island Belle down TO watch the no,nt Sbo,,,,,
bst,,e sunset he be,,d Air, ,ha,a ...
Rescue down tn see wbst n I,s,n, CT. q,
to,r,.a ,h, ,h1 Co... .-.,-.I -. "e IL"
.Sn,Iss VIC -, wv 'ssse" nis' sent oown mad
sneiled the woods, and were answered by fire
from them, followed by the clearing away of the
woods and unde growth upon the no,nt Sn@sc ,en,
IN .,no.. b.,t.,I.s .,,h,po- ~ . - =, ~
su"S commanding
'ne .hdnnei Vi Tue r'er, "here IL courses but 500
yards from the Virginia shore. The Freedom
The new b,,,s,is. ,,,e ,.la 90 o., ,.s
Ill. ....L
- CO S "o'isado" Vi 'neriVef' closing
IL until land force may demolish them. They
are 80 located an to be able to throw shot into
n,.sIno ve.sel, for , dI.,.roa -, g., -
L. s,s, go, -, a. .ou. VI Hse ni'ies
"S oP' W uopoie tue point.
THE STEAM s.rrEsrsa py
w. h.,,. 3d., go, -
o.n iasou WIN copy Vi letter
addressed ny mr. EIet, civil Engineer, 10 the
President Of the United States some time 81 nee
calling the Presidents attention TO the power, ~
the Steam Rst,e,ino Nam ,s n.o,. 81 h..,,o-
'' a' 'ie'"' VI nd'oof
eeienoe'
1t Ia a noticeable feet, that In this letter Mr.
EIlet distinctly alludes to the probable loss ~
ANNA n, nm, h,ool,a;,a ,....I, =, a., ,.I
- .,I--1N-, ." VIC niou'hs "i
'ne "i'siPPi' WHICH ne 'nougnt were exposed
to the assault OF steam In course Of construc
ton at New Orleans and against which no rs
p,rded the oup. nj the Zee, "a M .do,,,.,. -
-, " '- " "o A"ed"a" pro-
o0No"'
GKoRoETows. C, Sept ID, 1861.
HIS E1eeiLsacy, President Lincoln.
SIR: You are very likely to hear, at no distant
day, of the loss of some of the vessels of our bIock
aiding squadron In the Gulf OF Mexico.
i have endeavored, for more than six wears TO
Induce the Navy Department to take up and inves-
tgate the proposition to Introduce steam battering
m I hauo pof hx,a, Ii