New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-11-14
NUMBER ZIG.
LATEST fFBLEGRApHfC INTEEITeEgCE,,
DISPATCHED TO THE uEw oalgsas caEscE,,r.


iYSGHBURG, Nov. f3.-Tne following important
dispatch was received this morning from the East
Tennessee and Virginia Railroad: 80. T
J0nestoro,s Nov. 13.-The Union aen have a +
camp of ie00to 1900 men at Elizabethtown near
the orth Carolina line, about 20 miles from Brs-
toi also, another camp, Numbering 7G0 men, near
Strawnerfy,P Plains, and both camps Increasing
in numbers They threaten to take posaessien fsf 4
the railroad and burn the bridges z',sssl ". : -
/ LYNGHBURG, Nov. 49, LIT is currently reported I
here that the Unionisa have possession OF Bristol,
but a telegram to the Superintendent of tie Ten
ssee and Virginia Railroad, who ia here, shows |
the report to be unfounded. 5s - iaas'f7f. 1'aA
9. Cars Thrown OF the Track :. !. 800
The last troop train which left Lynchburg yes
terday evening for East Tennessee, IRAN oyera cow
the Central depot, alto O'CLOCK last night re-
sulting in four cars being thrown off the track, sne
man being killed and six wounded 20 sE:ssr!a.2
s.' From Richmond. .a1@'s geTSasy2s
RIcHMoND, Nov. l3.-The Virginia State GonYeD-
ton met, but no quorum present. s;yia7 1@97z5 AZ
The Postal Department has aent agents to those
points where travel and transit s interrupted by
the Unionst to facilitate the transportation of the
mails. The mail trains will be run only in the day
time, and engines and ears placed each side
OF the burnt bridges to convey the mails and pas.
sengers. ri
There ia nothing new from the camps, hnt all the
prominent OFFICIALS are unusually cheerful to-dayf
-a Ftr- From Charleston. s53 -.ns Q; sg
| CHARLESTON, Nov. IA special dispatch to
the Charleston Courier, dated Pocataligo, l2th,
| says a detachment of Light Dragons visited
Beaufort at daylight this morning, and report that
two gunboats lie one mile and al half below town,
| and the place is unoccupied by the enemy.
Negroes report that the enemy visit the town daily
| but return at night. .s-rsz,sqrt ~ r-g,ts
| s.g-se - From Memphis. .sas j.ta ss,,s
| MEMPHIS, Nov. l3.-One OF General Cheatham,s
staff has arrived here, and reports an engagement
took place on Monday, beyond Mayfeld, between
Bowen's, Bonhams and Martins regiments, and
1000 Federas, resulting in the latter being routed
and pursued by our troops to the town of Padu-,
cah No particulars received. The; ,Confederates
are new in positio nbeyond Paducah.s j,z-.t 80
I -- .. =. Prom Nashville. . .,ti ..,.r.f..
NASHVILLE, Nov. l3.-Yankee troops<centinue
to pour into Kentucky, One regiment from West
ern Virginia arrived at Louisville the 4th, and
two Ohio regiments started from Cincinnati, for
| Louisville on the 5th inst Ten Regiments from
Ohio, Indiana and the North were expected to ar,
rive at Louisville last week. Madisonville, Hop
kins county, occupied by 1000 Federals on the
10th inst and the Southern men were compelled
to fly to avoid arrest, .
Robert Bunker, exMayor of Mobile, and An
drew Lowe, merchant of Savannah, were arrest
ed at Cincinnati and taken to Fort Warren, in Bos
ton harbor, on the 9Th inst, by order of Seward
Both OF the gentlemen had recently returned from
Europe, and were arrested on suspicion of having
i important information for the rebels. p, l. ..
The Washington correspondent Of the Philadel
phia Bulletin asserts that he has assurances from
a most authentic source that Lincoln has informed
several gentlemen high in authority that the army
will go into winter quarters, but that forward
movement is determined on, and will take place at
the proper time. .
f The New York World, speaking of the Naval
expedition, says it is manestly not the intention
of the Lincoln Government to attempt the capture
E yet of the large Southern seaports;" but thinks
r that New Orleans, Mobile and Savannah could be
) taken without any great expenditure of blood
but that the retention of those cities, or any
: them, would be q much more serious matter, and
. says a lodgment on island or series of islands
Il Il which command important harbors, with the view
n of future operations, is manfestly the object O.
!, | the expedition. ---.. ,- r...
Beaufort Deserted and in Possession of the Enemy
| CHARLESTON, Nov. 13.-The Courier of this morn
| ing says: friend just arrived in this city reports
that Butfton, on Sunday last, was in possession o
if our forces, and Beaufort was deserted and vrtu
Y PooSSs9ioh
il that no attempts of landing had been made by ths
), enemy, excepting few thieving excursions. The
. captured brig Betsey Ames has been brought W
to the city. ~
Gen. Polks Address to his Army,
1 ca HEApQuARrERs FIRST DtvIsos WESTERN DEr'r,
L. ...lE ..- Columbus, Ky, Nov. l3. ls61
: \ ,. GENERAL ORDERS, No. 20.-The Major-Genera
' commanding, with a profound acknowledgment 9
the oyerruling Providence of Almighty God, con
| ~.
o on the glorious victory achieved by them at Bel
J. mont on the 7th inst. p -, ..us..F. f-.a.-l
The battle begun in the morning, under dsad
ot yantages that would have been dssouraging to tn
most veteran troops, yet the obstinate resistanc
le offered by handful Of men to an overwhelmin
r force must long be lesson to them, and the clio:
Is ing scenes of the day, in which routed enem
re was vigorously pursued and attacked in their gul
IS boats, will ever be remembered in that spirit
e our people which has proclaimed in trinmpha1
OF tones, upon every battle field, that can and W
a. be free. -.s - ...-,. s..,.*.s..
u By command of MAJOR GEN. POLK.
L. D. BAKER, Capt. c. S. a, A. A. A.,Gen.r - ~.
Is % Later News from the Federal Fleet. ..
A special dispatch from the Memphis Appea
at dated Savannah, Ca, Nov. 10, says the Feder
al fleet is reported to-day as landing men, horses an
III equipments at Beaufort .. g., ..1
w The largest vessels of the fleet are believed
re have gone Eeaward, probably destined for Brun
81 wick, .- .. .l....
80 All the entrances leading to Savannah have bee
al blockaaed by sinking vessels across the channel
and it will now be extremely difficult for the le
-, to get in reach of the city. .-.~
"a Fort Pulaski Is very strong, and the channel
= close and narrow -
A. The military authorities here feel confident.
he - d.
cf' FREMONT GONE UNDEK.--The st. Louis Repub
can, of the 9TH Just, a copy OF which has bee
- placed in our hands leaves no doubt of the fa
rk that John Charles Fremont, the Pathfinder, HI
gone under-in military sense potered out
:; He was expected in St. Louis, accompanied by h
,lh body guard, the 8th inst, having been supe
10 seeded by Gen. J. Hunter an individual who viii
~ h1 remembered as having commanded one division
VI VI the - Grand Army Of the Potomac, upon the ce
w. W ebrated occasion when they exhibited in the fell
~ itons language of Lord Palmerston such an g III
fortunate rapidity of movement in the directio
-. of Washington City.
a ha The Republican also contains the veritable ordt
III III of Gen, Hunter assuming command of the army
~ Springfield, which lay before our readers til
le,, morning. Foor Fremont has but met the ia
m mu9 which has invariably beallen all other unsucces
eu f1l military men in the North. He has oDlv folio,