The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1861-10-19
Items from Down South.

LopisriVe, n.y., oct s. Richmond papers of
the lst and Charleston Of tn, 80, ara re-
ceiysd.
On the evening Of tho 2Gth Of September.
General Les joined General Floyd with four
regiments and four pieces VI artillery at ilcsdos
Bun.
General Floyd forces ac represented to bc
greatly CemOr iizol since tue uattie vt Carui
iaN f,rN, and Horny A. Wi-e's Gerortl,hip Is
severely cu,cised 10y tho Richmond gaqHirer,
" hich SAYS that tho rlations tween Floyd
AMI Wise aro paiulu' onouSh to oxpl,n all our
ievttsos IA Western Virginia.
General Wise, accompanied 10y General lien.
iine'cn, had arnv,'a in iiithmong. Tho for.
mor Will y oDab'v hs court ma tiilei
q neral l. is 20 take cOnm ind of tho forcos
heretofore under tic com sand Of Gen1ials Wise
ard Floyd
A staten,nt in TIE Calves ON N,irs makes
tho uumlzr of Texan troups now IN the field
10000, Of which 5000 are ~ Virginia, 1000 n
Western Missouri aud Arkansas. and 4. 900 ia
Arizona and New Mexico.
Robert Sc T. announces himself candidate
for ito Confederate Cong css for FHquhAr Dis
tricl, Virginia.
C,mu unic ,uln over the E,,; Tom ,,sce
R.ilrosd has bcsn in;ernped for some dais. IN
cor-td d-cncs of tho washing away u the ura,k
1y llOW,s.
there is great re cling throughout ths South
over the capture 1t Lexington anil the uilhcu.-
tics Of G,utial Fremont.
G,ncral /. II lBus aIc died NJ Sumnorville,
). & 4, un the I'D ult
a south Carvlua rogimsnt had loft for SuC-
folk, Virginia.
A Rict mund disptt,h u tho Charleston CJur-
sr says tn,t Jea D.yis had been received Il
FsuiaX Court House, Va, with goa. enthusi.
l-m.
Gen. Van Dom, Of Tcxas, has boen a'sign.d
| to duty IN tho army 1t tho Potomac.
| MurGold Lowell, late of the city oC Now
| lHl. appointed a Brigadior General aud as
| ,iguod 10 duty iu 1 ou,siua.
Thee is a general srowl throughout the ro' al
s'H'C' OF the inoillciency Of tho mail arrange
monts.
| y. Porter Of the lat Michigan regiment, died
! at Castle Pinckncy on the 2d inst oi TYPHOID
fever. Tho health Of tao other prisoners IS said
| TO br Copd.
Sva.c Frouch naval officers from the corvette
Lavoisier, lying at the mouth of the NJ >sissip-
| pi river, visited New Odcans on the 2i't Uf
| SepteUb bsr.
A dispatch, dated New Orleans, September
| 10Th, -ays-"Iho stesm.hip Nlgam and a
| loop of war a'o oil P,s- a Loutte, aud tho
steaIu guubOat Water witch Is inside lho West
| bar
The Governor OF North Carolina has ii,ici a
| PROCLAMATION iOrbidd,ng any bacon or 10 ,ther
! from being ftnt Uut Il tho state.
The Mnmphis Argus Of tho 81 inst. contains
the following prOclamation;--
"Concuuing entirely in tho views expressed
| 10y the cotton factors OF New Orleans In the nu-
neXed commune ,tiOn ana petition from busi-
ncss men here, pray ing that cotton %, sunt 20
| New Or cans during tho oNi i'tonco Of the block.
| ado, have determined TO t,ka th' most do'i-
ded means 10 prevent the landing Of any cotton
| IN this city. Notice il therlfro hereby given
| 10 all master, and owners of stelml,0a's aud
| eh.tc MI uftor ,r N
| tObcr, no cotton must bo bfOlght to Now Or
| leans, OF with the lines embracing that soc >
| uoh Of ths country betwCon tho lOrtih-
| ,aliuns above Carrullton AMI tn 80 looN
tire city, and extending back TO the Lake All
rt', ,iubUtts ~ other wator craft arriving within
| the u es'r,brd limits will be forthwith h pia cd n
charge Of an armed force, and escorted ahoyo
the point indicated. This course will be adopted
in all cases, whether the quantity Of cjtton
brought he large or sn all Tho ralr, al com.
panies have already issued orders in furtheranco
| Of the object Of THIS PROCLAMATION, and no viola
tion Of them will be permitted
| (Signed) THOMAS y. MOoRE,
Governor of Louisiana.
| shall cooperate with Governor Moore in
the enforcement u the above ordcr
| (Signsl) ID, l.. TwfGGs,
Majur-Gonolnl Commanding.
Col. Mckee late editor of the Louisville Cla'
f7,r, will take command Of a regiment undor
| Gen luchucr.
The Ciiilens Bank Of Now Orleans arc circu-
lating ives cut in tWu, each to represent
| s2H.
Thirteen hundred Indian warrior, crossed tho
| Arkansas rvct noar Plymouh h, on the 10th Of
| S,p'omber ti, route TO. Ben MeCullOch's army.
General WhitiCld, late Of Kansas is also
moving towards Southern Missouri at tho hea d
Of number Il Texas troops.
| Tho Federal prisoners sent 10 New Orleans
were escorted To thoir quarters in that city by
oolorOd company. An exchange Of shot and
| she'll took place on tho goth utimo, between a
| Federal man-of-war and the rebel steamer Jay,
| wit h1ut any damage bcink done 10 either side.
| a boat from the Watcrwitch had landed somo
: ",sr ., the telegraph station at tho head OF the
Passes who cal.,,.c.ll oil the teleSraph in'tru-
| ment3.
The rebel steamer South Clrolina had cIp-
tured a Mexican steamer on G ,lyeston.
George Davis and ". I. DOrh have boon
elected Senators from Moth Carolina to tie
Rebel Congress.
troops are lttweon Green river and Nrhyilc,
and about regiment Per day was a1Nins az
Nashville from southern points.
Tho rebels claim to have 900 men in Ken
lucky. +
The rumor of tho capture Of New Orleans is
reported at Nashville and details thereof are salu
TO have been received.
TomoIrow the Journal Of this city will con-
tain tho correspondence between General Anlor'
son and Mr.. lialdoman lato odio Of tho Gu
rir, relative TO the suspension ol the COu-
ier, and hi, oxodu, into reOelton.
Ex-Governor lIelmo has taken the oath OF
allegianco to tho United States, and returned
ONE.
The Grcon river bridge Is mined and ready
20 be blown up by the rebels.
The pending Congressional election Is public
throughout the IoJol states. In five statCs only
electoral tickets arc thus far put up.
| IL /, evident from the toIo Of the southern
n1pars that the rebel army Of the Potomac will
iat ,uiytly on the defensive.
| Murder Of "A Missionary and bis Wife by