Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-11-28
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specials from Washington.
1MRoRTAxr NRws YRoM TIE RRRRL Army.
"A Young man named VIM. West, a son
OF q clerk in the Treasury Department, and
who was pressed into the rebel ranks at
Winchester, arrived at our lines this morn.
Ing. He left Centreville yesterday, and
makes the following report: The rebel
forces near that point numbers about Co.,
600, being about one half of their army of
the Potomac. They are concentrated be-
tween Gainesville aud the Bull Run battle
field, and in the angle formed by Brad
docks Road aud the roads leading to Ma
nassas junction. They have about htteen
batteries Of light artillery, but NO siege
pieces, and four or five regiments Of cav
AIRY. Their Notifications are small, In
significant, compared with ours, aPPa-
rently merely breastworks for infantry,
and do not extend this side of Centre
VILE The men are we'll clothed In
homespun, have sufficient food and drink,
though no coffee or sugar, and have not
yet suffered from cold. The tents leak in
a heavy rain. Many Maryland and Vir-
giuia soldiers would gladly desert, but fear
that they would be i'll treated by. our Au-
thorities. A proclamation that they would
be kindly received would induce large
numbers to come within our lines. Do
hearing of the national yictory-a Beaufort
many from South Caroline and Georgia
were anxious 70 return home, 6nt they are
now satisfied to remain. Several OF our
soldiers who have been taken prisoners
had enlisted in the rebel ranks, among
them two OF the foraging party captured 4
few days ago. Having to go 10 Richmond
or enlist they. chose the course that prom
ised an early chance of escape. West was
an orderly Of Gen. Elsey, and he effected
his escape the more easily by reason of
having a horse. The rebels had recently
received a quantity OF English muskets,
were well disciplined, and had great conf
dence in their officers. qy
FAVORABLE REPORTS FROM KENTUCKY.
Aeentleman reached Washington day,
who has Just made the entire tour OF the
Union camps in Kentucky, from Cairo to
Paducah, by way of Green River to Louis
vile, and thence to Lexington. bis report
is exceedingly favorable. He thinks that
in twenty days there will not be rebelleft
on Kentucky soil. Kentucky has now 30
full regiments in the field ready to fight,
aud full of it, besides good many frac-
tions of regiments still forming. This is
nearly ten thousand more than the quota
of Kentucky. There is no despondency in
Kentucky, but a determination, by hard
fighting, 10 break the backbone of the re-
bellion. Cochrane's speech, and the Cab
met Endorsement Of it, had done harm, and
provoked much Indignation in Kentucky.
They say that 100000 white people
should be able to whip 5000, 900 rebels
without the help of niggers.
THR MoyEMENT OF THE REBEL STAT OF GOV
l.sst ERNMEaT. sTl
Private intelligence received by the gov
erpment to-day states that the movement
of the seat of government from Richmond
to Nashville was caused by the general be-
lief that soon our army would march
against that city. preparatory to going in
to winter quarters, and that it was deemed
safe to remove the rebel archives OF the
Coufederacy to point less exposed. Shat
in this belief, many of the higher families
had already packed up most of their moEa-
BILE property, to be in readiness to leave
the city in case of demonstration of our
army in that direction AS q consequence
of this movement on the part Of the rebel
government, the rate of discount on rebel
bonds has risen to 30 per cent. The fact
sufficiently indicates the wanting faith OF
the Southern people in the solyeucy of the
Confederaoy, and the present rate of dis
count shows the rottenness of the concern.
| When Austrian credit was the lowest, the
securities of the empire were never more
than "a per cent below par, and she re-
covered with difficulty, though possessing
the reeuperatiVe powers which the rebel
States do not. 5Ht * tetf, gs54
WANT OF CLOTHING AMONG THE REBELS.
The Government have also information
that the supply of winter clothing for the
rebel troops is entirely inadequate to the
IL ~ Nh
sources ofmanufacture are not sufficient to
supply the Increasing demand, Blankets
have been obtained from the beds OF Cit.
zens TO answer the immediate want, but
their troops are In no wise prepared to stand
the rigors of the winter. They are count
ing confidently on going into winter quar-
tiers when our Army shall have made an
advance, aud a. battle shall have been
fought, as they believe that in any event
our troops will then go into quarters till
Spring. .f5
Il going to war with this country Eng
land would lose two-fifths Of her exports
--she would lose our breadstaffs, the pro-
visions to feed her, and orr cotton, rs here
tofore, TO cIothe 6et. She would lose the
$2s, 900, 900 per annum of revenue which
she derives mainly from our stobaceo.--.
Her revenue would be reduced one-haif-
her own expenditures would be quadEuplsd,
and abe wEonld be unableto pay 100000
600. per annnm as the interest on the pub.
lie debt, aud at the same time support her
government and war expenditures. She.
would encounter revolution from her star
wing millions, aud her existing govern
ment Wopld be swept into oblivion.
iFRon careful investigation of the COM
dition ofothe army during the past.month,
the Sanitary Commission have arrived at
the following general facts ThaIths sick.