The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1861-11-21
News Items.

Ten thousand troops are now, or soon
will be, on their way to Beaufort, s. c., to
reinforce Sherman, or to he thrown upon
other points on that part of the coast. 1t
is not supposed that our forces can be at
tackled successfully at Beaufort, but the
Government is resolved to make assurance
sure Gen. Burnside will command this
expedition. IF the rebels can throw for
ward troops in South Carolina they weaken
their column on the Potomac, and think
they will not run the risk but reinforce
ments are going to take time by the fore
lock.
Gen. Sherman has decided to fortify this
position on the land side, so that it will be
impregnabe A line of entertainments will
be thrown across the island, with bastions at
proper supporting distances, so as to make
a cross fire from each. To arm this, we
have upwards of one hundred pieces of
heavy artillery, all of them of the most ap-
proved patterns, and some of them riaed.
The work will be commenced at once.
By permission of Commodore Dupont the
officers and men of the feet had celebrated
their victory by grand pyrotechnic dis
piay. The heavens were illumined with
rockets, and in the rigging of the ships were
seen fancy fireworks, made for the occa-
sion The bands of the naval vessels play
ed our national anthems, and the affair
passed off with great eclat.
An unsuccessful attempt was made to
burn the o. & NJ. R. R. bridge, at Carlyle,
ILL.,, on Wednesday.
DR.. George B. Graf, former Indian Agent
in Dakotah Territory. arrived at his home
10 Gibson county, on Saturday. -.-.
One of the Cincinnati boys, whose names
are to be remembered as those of the heroes
who rode and fought with Zagonyi, writes
to bis mother, 81 suppose father would have
liked it better if had got scratched little,
but nary scratch" He says further, Gen.
Fremont "didn't like it much" that the boys
had been so reckless. --
RETEcTED.-The Military Auditing Com
mittee has rejected the bill of q. Simon &
Son, of Cincinnati, for 1880 Of clothing
for the Gath regiment, Col. Hovey. The
clothing was delivered to the regiment be-.
fore it left Camp Knox, and was in tatters
at the end of ten days. The pants and
jackets were not furnished according to the
samples exhibited when the contract was
awarded, and the Committee threw out the
entire claim, assigning as a reanon, in their
report, that the terms of the contract were
not complied with, and that the soldiers
were defrauded in the clothing furnished.
REcRuITs.-Col. StFeight aud part of
his regiment, beaded by their excellent band,
marched through the streets last night to
the depot to receive q company of one
hundred and ten recruits from Knox county,
commanded by Capt. VIM. Denny, editor of
the Viucennes Gazette. This addition to
the 5lst regiment swells its number to over
500 men The regiment will probably re-
ceive its arms to-day, and be ordered to
Kentucky before the end of the week
The Ripley miss Advertiser gives it as
q rpmOr that the Governor of Mississippi is
preparing the groundwork of draft. The
late call for ten thousand troops is being
responded to slowly. There are only five
companies at Grenada and they are not
full.
The rebel loss at Belmont was very large.
The Memphis Appeal confesses that it twill
approximate total of 500. The loss in
Col. Tappen's Arkansas Raniment is fifty
to sixty killed and two hundred wounded"
I have the very best authority for say
ing that movement is on foot to free the
Potomac from rebel influence. Our COM
mercial interests have suffered long enough
by the menacing attitude Of the rebels in
that direction. It is therefore gratifying
to know that measures are about to be
adopted to sweep from the banks OF the
Potomac every battery, with their traitors,
that may be found in a position calculated
to affect the shipping on the river.-Phila
Press.
The California papers express the belief
that several millions of the National loan
will be taken in that State, since the miner
may better invest his means in Govern
ment paper bearing such rate of interest
than bury 1t in the ground. "There are
millions of dollars" says the Alta, ain this
State hid away in mattresses, sewed up in
old stockings, and buried in holes, which
we are persuaded will be taken out and in
vested in the Treasury notes, which are
now beginning to enter into the general
circulation Of the country"
- : = n, III - in Wash,nGs~-..
He is understood to be pusnIug the prepa-
rations for the embarkation of the large
land force which he is to command in an
expedition similar to that of Gen. Sher-
maa and Commodore Dupont The same
transports and war vessels for the most
part will probably accompany Gen. Burn
side.
THE New PosT OFFICE.-zThousands of