, 1861-11-30

Col. Fritz Anncke, q distinguished foreign
officer, has declined the command Of the 1st
Wisconsin artillery, at kcnosha, and has been
apppointcd By GOV. Norton to command the
Indiana artillery. The officers Mt Kenosha
arr endeayoring to get Major Doubleday, Of
Fort Sumter fame, to command the regiment.
Col Eugene A Kozlay has resigned the
command Of the 54th New York regiment
Mrs. Lincoln was escorted by the Cheyalicr
Wikoff, to Col. John Cochranc's regiment on
Monday
Col. Coburn, Of the Indiana Esd regiment,
at Camp Wild Cat, is now Oh Il visit to Indian
apolis, and says if Zollicoffer had been pur-
sued after lis defeat, all his baggage train
would have been captured, and prisoners and
valuable stores taken. He thinks the retreat
ordered by Gen. Thomas was prudent move
ment, inasmuch as it was impossible for the
army to obtain supplies where it was, but it
was unnecessary for the retreat to be as pre-
cipitatc as it was.
-Rcy. William Hoge, who was associate pas
tor with Rev. DR.: Spring, in New York, until
few months past, when lie resigned, is now
the pastor Of the Presbyterian church in Char
lottessillc, Virginia.
The attempt to get up demonstration
over Gen. Fremont, at Cincinnati, failcd The
General changed cars as quickly as possible,
and only bowed his acknowledgements to the
crowd that clamored for him in the Little
Miami depot as the train moved out. The
Gazette says:
One caee, in particular, We observed: A man,
wf1oEe determination to shake the Generals hand
was nnconquerable, enjoyed the distinguished
privilege while the wheels OF the CIR were In mo-
tion. A friend reminded him that he might pos
sby get over. and get one Of his legs snnlnar-
III 90 one leg on Fremont anyhow
Allen c, White, the Postmaster Of Liber-
ty, Union county, Ind, las been arrested as Il
defaultcr and taken to Cincinnati.
Col. Jennison's Kansas cavalry, now On
tue "rampagc in Missouri, name their camps
aftcrthc Harper's Ferry heroes, Ohm Brown y
"Kagi," /" "Coppic,'' etc.
The Washington correspondent Of the
New York Wo,ld says the Government las re-
ccivcd official information TINT there is cotton
enough ut Beaufort to make len thousand
bales.
The War Department has fully dctcrnlin-
ed to erect bridge over the Potomac on the
piers on which the aqucduct Of the Chesapeake
and Ohio Canal is located. These piers are of
masElvc granite, and wcrc erected, ut a great
built up from tho solid beds q the river bv
means Of Golfer dams. The place at which
the aqucduct crosscs-just above Georgetown
is narrow and connects with The roads lead.
my into virzsinia, thus possessing numerous
facilities for The erection Of the proposed new
| structure. With this new bridge and the
| steam ferry the wants Of the army can be easi
" supplied, while Government will not be nj
| the mercy Of tic rotten structure known as
| the Long Bridge.
| AT the annual town election in Hartford
Ct, on Monday, 25th, the Peoples Unior
ticket was elected by majorities ranging from
| 200 to 400 over the Democratic ticket O.
"pcacc" tendencies.
Twenty pieces Of the recently invented
/ style Of ordnance, the Ellsworth gun, arrived
| III New York city, from Massachusetts,, on Sat
urday, en- route for Washington. This gun i:
designed for field use, being quite light ant
manageable. Its entire weight is but 45t
pounds, with width Of four feet, enabling i
to be mancuVered in narrow and confined spa
ces. It can be drawn without horses, and free
five times minute. It is riflcd and breech
loading, and sends ball to tile distance 0
three miles.
Several small premature publications hay
been made, styled the "Blue Book" wllicl
are very inaccurate, not being compiled from
Official records, and therefore Containing man,
names no longer connected with the Seryic.
OF the Government. The manuscript Of Ill
ncw lne-book is rapidly being prepared, IN,
Will probably be in type by tic first Of Janu
| ary.. 1t will contain the name Of every pcrsol
holding commission from the Government
ana WILL 1orm book Of several hundred pa
ges.
The Vermont Legislature adjourned o.
Thursday, 21st, after six weeks session, bu
without having accomplished much. The oil
personal liberty law WAS repealed; an attcmp
to reform the insolyent law by dividing asset
equally among creditors, failed; an attempt t.
organize an active military for the Stat
also failed; the usual amount of business MA
done in bank charters, ETC., and that seems t
have been about all. In closing, Lieut.. Coz
Underwood said TO the Senate:
We have demonstrated the Great nroh1em +
our government, namely. its power to bring th
Whole Rhysifal resources to bear upon a t6rea
ened destruction Of our Government. And the onl
ability il equal to the occasion. The hiss Of th
rattlesnakc i heard on one hand. and the growl
silenced And if the British flag il to cover tra
tors in their rebelioue designs, the Lion will grop
III vain. The British flag must ccase to cover til
escape OF fngitiyes from Justice or stand as opc
I enemies And may God give us strength to met
the issue.n
Tho troops at Camp Butler, Springfield
are being paid of:
The Adjutant General Of Maine repor,
That that State has now in the service, in il
own regiments, 9,729 men; in regiments
other States, 789 men; in forts along th
coast, 21S men; total 1O,711. In additio,
there arc enough men in regiments now n
cruiting at home to swell the total to IL, ,2e
men. No account is taken Of the thousan6
who have enlisted on the sea.
- The new fort at Baltimore, built primo
pal1y By the Maine 9Th, it is suggested, will t
named Fort Marshall, in respect to the memt
. ~ Of Col Thomas Il. Marshall.
"A. J. Goodrich has purchased the s
Paul Pioneer and DcsnocTat, and will hcncefort
bc editor and proprietor.
Western Viryinia-or what will probabl
soon be known as the State Of naxh1-hs
done remarkably well in r:aising troops to SUI
. port the Government in putting down the r.
be1lion. That portion Of thu Old Dominic
, has now in the field the following number (
men:
Regiments. Me-
sssa't;y s!s'aa'.,y : $ s.
: Three artillery batteries. ........... s.
I Total ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Is 12,0
Tho work of erecting barracks at Can,
t Butler, nov removed to JimtoWn, for Wintt