New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-11-23
FRcn 'FORxKEss mONz0E.

Tho, Destination OF tsso Great EIeet-Tho
Arrest Oh Mfasau and Siidei- 'The Besei
Headers QuarrcIing--k HsahoTdi.sstion
az the Rank and Eiie-Acsive Work
NG0ripatCd Among our TTeOps-fn'-
ye1sse Movement of IIuuifions-iic"
tko Rebels Treat Prisoners.
yror, Or Special Correspondent.
Fc arnFss MoynoF Old Point Comfort, Nov u I'oi.
Asiioash the report that Commodore bu!ou'
feet. bad gone 10 Pensacola appears 70 p"'o o'0"
prsD s.use am persuaded thai II was 10 "cooiu"n0o
viii the orienalpurpOse. IT IS not surprising '""'
p.sss 40 repeatedly interiered w'th, as we nave
aires p, sen, should be further postponed ana de-
fesned by Unforeseen circumstances. q.
1rvste advices from S,ces5dOn speak Of the ella
ton which succeeded the FIRST excitement produced
bythc arrest of Mason and Slidoll, caused by the
b2ief that England Will at and siernly resent
d act OF Commander Wilkes, and throw her whole
Influence un1sguisedly in favor Of .he rebels. The
headers tel The people, whether they believe it or
NOT that the arrest VIII prore great strike ia favor
Of the Rebellion.
We are not left to the newj spers for evidence
that the rebel leaders, fom Jed Davis down, have
become divided into factions, each with his fol-
lowers. These quarrels are growing more violent
every day, and hid fair in some instances TO absorb
the energies of the contestants. The doctrine of
State Rights. which means that each State should
take care OF herself, even if she withdraws every
man from the Potomac, is receiving an earnest ap-
plication, and threatens 10 exert fatal influence
ON the cause. Georgia and South Carolina troops,
on hearing of the landing of Gen. Sherman's force
nj Port ROYAL, set their faces homeward, and so
~ ~,
an order that in case Georgian or South Carolina
Regiment undertook to leave The grand army facing
the Potomac, it should be prevented at all hazards.
The troops of those States may, and perhaps viii,
be prevented from leaving, but what Will troops be
worth coerced in that way At Roanoke Island,
Two regiments from those States pitched the gums
of battery into the water and took up their march
for home. II is said that discomfort and similar
purpose prevail among the South Carolina and
Georgia troops in the neighborhood of Yorktown and
Norfolk. but whether any have yet left, We have no
satisfactory information.
While paying a visit to several regiments to-day
could not la to notice how general was the impress
sion among officers and men, that they were to have
active en- ployment very soon. The same thing is
true on board our ships. Precisely what has given
rise to this belief will not undertake an opinion.
Men long familiar with the shop and machinery are
able to Judge pretty We'll what sort Of work is going
to be done from tire character Of the preparations.
AS the direction in which general belief points, il
would be as improper as / might be incorrect,
were 1 to give any definite indication. These
are days not 10 be lost in oioness; and
The men are anxious to improve them.
There Is All immense movement Of munitions
stores, and equipments. Our commnrary and quar-
termaster sorehouses being filled TO their Mt
most; zzile in ordnance there Is corresponding
movement.
Letters from our men, confined as prisoners al
Ricbmead speak in terms that fully confirm what
Col. Corcorau says of their treatment. One soldier
roncuJes letter to his Colonel with the injunction
Never be taken prisoners; die in your tracks,
rather ~ | believe that our soldiers have heard
enough of the cruelty Of the Rebels to consider they
have another motive for fighting it out to the last
u uust be confessed, however, that our men, II
kmsl parties. succeed in getting "gobbled up pro
vokiagly often.