The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1861-10-25

Edwards ferry towards Leesburg, II
With thirty cavalry. They came up 81
IN the fourteenth Mississippi regi p
ncnt, and received their fire Mt thirty "
,ar1s, aud returned it with their r,
,istols, and fell back in order, bring C
ny in one prisoner. "
We have possession Of the Virgin "
"a side of Eiward's ferry. Addi 9
ional accounts say, up to three v
o'clock to day, that General Stone ,
held his own satisfactorily there =
though his comparatively small i
force on the island is engaged with
some 1000 OF the onvmy. |,
A subsequent dispatch, received /
late this afternoon, says Gen. Evans
has tour field pieces and three
pieces masked, and about four thou
sand men.
A prisoner taken mentions that he
has 1000 rcb, troops, and expects
reiniorccmcnts.
General Stone at that time be-
loved no could occupy Loesbnrg and
hold il.
On careful investigation, it is
found thN the eum OF SI00 600 WIS
sent to England, and S400 900 more
is to be sent in thirty days-in all
lees than one million dollars to
purchase cloths. to be made up in
his country to meet the pressing
wants of our Soldiers in tho ii ld,
until our own manufacturers can
, supply the goods 80 much needed. -
, The greatest care was exercised IN
the selection ofagents to execute the
order.
In connection with the fact that
payment has been suspended oG
debts created in the Department OF
the West, it ia sts,od that tho lnvos
eating Committee appointed by Con-
gross to inquire into all contracts,
and now in session in st. Louis,
havo. in their exam nation, discover
ed great irregulsrity and extrava'
gsnce in the public expenditures -
In view Of all the circumstances, it
is apparent that the administration
will yield to the necessity OF com
pletcly rcorganizing the entire de-
. p,rtnent, to accomplish which, Gen
Fremont will be transferred or Ms.
signed to some other duty.
The Reliance went down 10 Join
the llot.lla last night, and the Robert
Leslie started thi,her to day at noon
Some forty vessels went dowr
: yesterday and safely passed the re
bol batteries. A largo number o
: shots were fred at them, but none
h, struck.
g II ia believed the armed steamship
or floating battery, now buildin aftel
, the Ericsson plan, will be completed
e long before the other two are finish
ed. The work upon it being of lest
a magnitude, large surplus from th'
I sum appropriated by Cougrees for
\ the purpose remains.
Secretary Cameron returned this
e morning from tho Wcet.
= The good disciplinary order of on
g troops in their movements affords I
It su'.j"ct of military prise.
e Speci.l to the Post: MIR. Ellet
II n prominent Military Engineer. q
thi4 city. hss proposed 10 tho gov
= ernmcnt n plar for constructing I
r number Of steam rams with ir'i
beaks for the protection Of the lSre'
Il seaports in the event of foreign war
u 1t ia believed the government re
t CARDS this proposition with favor.
= There is q rumor here to day ths
e A sharp correspondence la going or
between Secretary Seward and Lor,
' Lyons in continuation OF that whicl
has Slrendy been published, bn. n,
d authentic intelligence has trnnslired
snh the report regarded rs untrnc.
II The Baltimore and Washington
RailroahCompany, expects to b
" able to satisfy all the requirement
" OF the government in the transport
n alton OF troops aud supplies over it
: single track. with additional incili
q ties for travel.
y The government does not crcdi
n the report OF the escape OF the steam
n ship Nashville from Charleston; il
u tact il WAS stated that evidence b
y the contrary had been received here
October 22.-The Secretary o
= the Navy tonight received n lctte
! from Commodnrc Goldsborougl
I dated aboard tho the Minnesota, n
+. Hampton Roads, October 81, giving
All account OF the burning Of III.
ship Thomas Watson, on the l2,l
g instant, while lying aground Of
" CharlcRton harbor She stteInptc,
q TO run tho blockade and was pursued
by ak of our vessels, and ran on The
! reefs She had no arms on bosid.
\ Advices from Bermuda state III,
Q English fleet there comprised 2(
. vessels, manned by 6 500 men ant
3 upward of 800 guns. The Frcncl
squadron consists of Fix steamers
D aud 2l0 guns, ard will shortly bC
D Ia rgely increased.
Q So far as can he learned there has
been no further fighting at Eiward's
ferry.
Information rec, ivcl TINS far il
not entirely entitled to credence.
p Gen. Banks Ia now on the Virgin
: ia siIe, commanding in person.
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