The Local news. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-11-11
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information from the great naval ex petition
There is rumor brought by the wheels
man of the truce-hoat, that the Federal
forces had succeeded in landing at Port
Royal and Beaufort. The Boston papers
state that letter was received in that city
on Wednesday from u naval officer of high
rank in active service. who says that ''be-
fore. this reaches you we shall have landed
our men within twenty-five miles Of Charles
t0n."
The special correspondence of the New
York Herald, under date &c fortress Mon
roe, Novembsrs. OH says IL have Just
learned frpa, luz Az n truce from Norfolk
that the Fsdefa! tr6ops have ssormed and
captured Two foftda4 Beaufort, S. c."
Wehaye farther astals Of the late battle
at Belmont. There was hard lighting, and
the Federal troop. claim the victory; the
Confederate loss is said teb.35O, with loss.
also. of tents stores, ~. E6e town had
BEN abandoned by ths Cpnssderatc, whn
to * with them $50 pr;66nefss ThsE Fsde-
raj accounts saw that during the I'LL their
regiments suffered severed y. GU. Grant
telegraph- from Cairo that The Fe ieral troops
captured l30 prisoners, AMI all of the Con-
federates' artillery, but were obliged to
leave part Of the guns behind for the want
of horses to haul them. asa
A despatch from Cningoteagus Inlet. East
ern Shore, Virginia, says that the United
States steamer Louisiana has been actively
at work. A party from that vessal. togeth-
er with FIVE volunteers from the island, went
on an expedition, and proceeding up the
creek mile or more, they found and de-
stroyed by fire one soho 'ner and two 81 oops
The party left the L 'uisiana in their b ,ats
at 10 o'clock on the night of the 9Th Of O..
tober. and returned at O'Clock next morn
ing-all WELL
The srorcship Nightingale has arrived at
New York. In addition t. har cargo. she
hasin envoy five sch 'oners c.osured BY the
steamer Suth Carolina off New Orleans;
two of which c,mprisei entire cargpes of
munitions of war, inclui ling IA large quanti
ty Of p,w Ter and ten tn ~ saad sta nd Of arms.
Gen. Wadsw,rth On Saturday. in compa-
ny with two privates, proceeded to house
some three mi es from Fairfax Curt HUE
f'r the purpose of procuring forage, and
whilst there squad Of Confederate cavalry
were observed rapidly approaching. when
Gen. Wadsworth quickly mounted his horse
and made his escape. Ths two privates
who acc 'mpaniei him were taken prisoners
by the Confederates.
The St. Louis D I'm crat says it has, reason
to believe that ths design Of pursuing the
Confadsrates into Arkansas has been abnn-
doned on account Of its inpractica bility ct
this late season of the year.
The Washington correspondent of the
New York Worli ys:-"The indignation
against the suffers is beginning to be very
loud. 1t appears that soldiers wh,. for the
first few m,nths Of their arrival thsre, had
been in the habit Of sending five or ten dbl
lars monthly to their families. nearly al
now spend their entire pay for attractive.
looking articles which the suffers mpsin xly
display. Thus the soldiers money is drain.
oil from them. There must soon BE- IN out
CRY against this thing from tho soldiers fam.
lilies at home Some suffers positions sre
exceedingly lucrative. rolling up the sum uf
81, 900 to 81 500 profit per month";"
The Washington Correspondent Of the
New York World. writing concerning Gen.
Fremont, ssys:-"ThAorder removing Con.
Fremont ia known toa6ave been in his pc:.
session on the 1st- inst, but he did not see
Ut to make it known tn his army until tn.
Sd inst, which gave time enough to have vi
the subsequent ''scsnes" rchearsed. Where
the brigadier-generals came fr,m who i'm
plored him to remain one night more in the
army 10 mystery, as Sigel WAS with thu
advance guard, Pope and McKinstry had
not yet arrived. and Hunter wa. on the
banks of tn. Usage. waiting for rations
When Geo. Fremont left Springfield his
body guard also left with him. Originally