Arkansas true Democrat., 1861-11-21
BY TELEGRAPH.

RICHMOND, Nov. l3, via x. O., H--Lynchburg
 The following was received this morning from the
 East Tennessee and Virginia railroad:
 JoNEsBoRo, TENN Nov. 18th The union men
 have camp of from one thousard to thirteen hun | Gred men at EiizaDethtosn, near the North Caro-
 lima line, about twenty miles from Bristol. Anoth
 et of seven hundred men near Strawberry pains
 both are increasing, and they threaten to take pos 1 session of the railroad and burn the bridges. 4
 report is current at Lynchburg that the unionsts
 have taken Bristol, but telegram to the supreln- | t,ndent of the Virginia and Tennessee railroad
 proves it unlounded. The last train of troops which 1 left l., nchburg last evening for East Tennessee
 ran over COW near Central depot at ten o'clock
 las: night four were throwu oil the track. one | man killed and six wounded.
 The Virginia State Convention assembled, 10 1 quorum was present.
 The posta! department has sent agents to points where travel and transit are interrupted by the
 uni9nists, to facilitate the transportation of tho
 mails. The mail trains run only in day time-en- | zines and cars each siGe of the burned bridges
 convey the mails and passengers.
 Nothing new from the camps, but it is noticed
 that all prominent officials are unusually cheerful i to. day
 RIcHaoyD, Nov. l3th-The western train due
 this morning arrived at Lynchburs tonight bring
 ing through the mail and dates as late Knoxville,
 NOV luth. TasSenGefS ny til!S tFa!n say IL IS re-
 ported that the damages done by the union men
 are much exaggerated. Knoxville has been placed
 under martial law.
 Forty five persons taken by Gen. Floyd, arrived
 on the train. A portion of them were taken while l holding the recent election in the north west The l poll books were also captured, with names, notes,
 etc. etc.
 1 4 special dispatch to the trleston Courier,
 dated Pocatalgo, l2th, says detach nent of light i dragoons visited Beaufort by daylight, and saw ! two g,lnboatS lying mile anl half below town, but the negroes report that tho iedelas vlSit IL 1 daily aud return at night.
 | NASHVILLE, Nov. l3.-Yankee troops continue | to pour into Kentucky. regiment from West ] ,rn Virginia arrived at Louisville on the 4th.- ! Two Ohio regiments started from Cincinnati for I Louisville on the 9th. 10 regiments from Ohio,
 Indiana and the North, were expected to arrive at l LOuisyi e last week.
 madisonviile, Hopkins county, occupied by 1900 federal infantry and 500 cavalry on the Y tn 1 The southern men were compelled to fly to avoid l arrest.
 l Robert Bunker, ex-mayor of Mobile, and An 1 drew Lowe, merchant of Savannah, were arrest | ed at Cincinnati and taken to Ft. Warren, in Bos 1 ton Harbor, on tbe 5th by order of secretary Se 1 ward both gents have recently returned from Flu
 rope; they were arrested suspicion of having ] important information for the rebels. The New fork World, speaking of the naval
 expedition says it is manfestly not the intention 1 of the Lincoln government to attempt to capture
 vet the large southern seapOrtS, but It thinks that ! New Orleans, Mobile and Savannah, could be ta ken without much blood; the retention of those cities, however, would be much more serious matter. A Judgment an island series of islands that command important harbors, with a
 view to future operations, is maniie5ty the object of the eXpcdltion.
 RICHMOND, Nov. r, via \. 0. 16th.-Tt is as-
 certained that federal vessel, the San Jacinto, boarded the British steamer at sea, and took off
 Messrs Mason, oIideil and Secys Eu8t.s and Me Farland all are now at For 4ss Monroe.
 The northern papers publish dispatch concern ing battle at pikcyiiie, Ky, in which the lederals
 killed five hundred and took . thousand contodcr- atcs prisoners.
 A letter from Gen. Humphrey Marshall inst re- ceVed at the war department, says, the FIkeYilc batt.e occurred with three hundred Comic era;cs against fifteen hundred fejerals. Our troops lost one killed, four wounded and saven missing. The federal loss was killed, 291 Counted 10 w0un- ded and 20O prisoners.
 This unequal los, resulted from the fact that our men successfully ambuscaded them and they were entapyed. The news Ot the capture of Slidell and Na.on was communicated to Norfolk from
 toytreess Monroe by Gen. Wool to Gen. Huger. Commodore Wilkes commanded t.le San Jacnto that arrested the commissioners. Nothing inte resting iroIa Menassas or the other camps.
 RICHMOND, Nov. l5.-The Dispatch extra con
 tans items taken from the Baltimore American of the l2th. The report Of the successful battle of
 the fedcrals at Plkeviile CT Piketon, Ky, is all
 humbuegery. Gems Halleck and Buel have left
 Washington for the West. Dispatches from Washington dated l2th, confirm report of federal reconnaissance opposite Occaquan with loO0 troops. some of the picketS were snOt and some taken
 prisoners. The train last night tromN Norfoik brought B sOuthernerS, prisoners who were recently con fined in Washington. Among the officers arc i Lieut. C0i. Boone and Sergeant Thomas Of the 2d Misssissipp; Sergeant Bates, of the 9th Ala; :; | and Bunker, Calvert, Eastwood, Sanett, Paine anI 1 Ecljck, of the sth Georgia; Alfred Lotin Coffin and smith, of the 6Ch AlaOamd; tiquot, of the 5th Ala; Hudson and Porter, of the 4th Ala; James ,,
 of the 24 5. c; Burnuulie, Piuckncy. Maynot: and Bartow, of th 4th $. C.; Fercjil, of Hampton $ | Legion; Barrow and Johnson, ot the 4th N. c.;
 and E. Walker, of the 2d Miss, with several Vir ! ginians. l RICHMOND, Nov l6.-The New York Herald, of l the l2th gives the following of the federal feet 1 disabled ashore and missing: The Belvedier, Flo ! rida, Commodore Perry, Ethan Allen, D. II. Petit, i Union, Ocean, Express, Governor and two gun 1 boat:, names not known. News of the lombard
 E,ent of Beautord was received at Washington on
 the l0th, exciting great qualification in official cir, l ces.
 ! In the Maryland legislature there are only six l secessionsts. Bradfords (Republican) majority l for gov yernor is 30,U00. Gov. Hicks has called d
 special session of the legislature to place the State ] unequivocaliy iii favor of the old Union. 1 Tie federal forces reported rcc0nnotering
 with large forces in the vicinity of oGr lines the i Potomac. Francis Albany, one of the prisoners
 taken by the federals from the Petrel died recent ! ly at the Movamensing prison, at Philadelphia. ! The blockade of the Potomac is still effective l and disastrous to the ftderals. The federal pick cts are in force opposite Occopuan with cannon. 1 CINCINNATI, Nov. l4th, via NASHVILLE The
 defeat of the Union forces at Wyandotte, was ac
 complished by trickery on the part of the inn ibi l tants. It was arranged between the rebel cavalry
 and the rebel citizens to the federal troops l in cold blood. The citizens invited the federals ! to their houses Sunday evening, and all off of l duty accepted the invitation. After dark the rebel l cavalry dashed into town, murdering unarmed sol | diers. The relel citizens, men and women, rushed l to arms and aided the cavalry in the slaughter of i the federals. Their camp was prepared for de- l fense, but it was overpowered and had to break l When Col. Sergier arrived and learned the part
 cuars of the affair, he ordered the destruction of
 the town. The buildings were immediately fired
 and the whole town reduced to ashes. The Baltimore Sun of the 18th says, 1t is under
 stood that the federal advance will be expedited | by the success of the feet Great difficulty IS ex-
 perienced at Washington in obtaining supplies-
 Wagon trains run daily to Baltimore. The gov
 eminent is urged to seize the turnpike for it's use.
 Most of the regiments detailed for service in lower
 Maryland have returned. AWilmnston schooner