Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-11-10
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FAIRTAx G. H., Oct. l3.-One of our soldiers
juet escaped from Washington, brings the intel
ligence that Gen. Mcclellan has an army o
one hundred and twenty thousand infsntry, ter
thousand cavalry and one hundred and tWent,
batteries. lie y waiting to drill tho latter twt
arms OF the service. A general advance is no
anticipated until the middle of November. Hi
policy 10 to advance in three columns, mile Al
q time, and 70 fortify az he proceeds. Seyera
tons Of bales, soaked In turpentine, have beer
provided, with which the troops intend burninf
the woods after the leaves have fallen; thei
object being to smoke out our masked batteries
second, to illuminate in case OF night attack
Fort Ellsworth, and other fortifcations, hay,
been mined. The commanders Of the Unite,
States forces on this side Of the Potomac ar
Generals franklin and KeArney. The force OF
the Virginia side is not less than seventy thou
sand Washington Is strongly fortified in tn
rear.
.aleANoTHER sKIRMIaH AT THE PASSES.
The New Orleans Picayaae contains the fol
lowing: ill4l --.las = '-'-.ss','.1f ~
Fort JACKSON, Oct. l7.--At noon to-day th,
Jackson, Captain Gwsltemey, going down th,
Southwest Pass, met two United States navy
steamers, one supposed to be n new gun
boat, and the other the South Carolina. A
the head Of the Passes they stopped, meeting
the Ivy, and opened upon us with their long
range guns. lioo .~
The shot fell thickly around our steamers
the Ivy returning the FIRE. Those Of the Jack
son not being able to reach the enemy, she re
tired. The Ivy continued the fire until the en-
emy's vessels hauled off, and stood down tht
Southwest Pass, the Ivy following to watct
their movements. One she'll of the Ivy, during
the engagements, burst under the bow of thu
large steamer, and another under that of the
small one. The Ivy returned and anchored al
the head Of the Passes. .Tl'
FROM THE COAST.
The Charleston Mercury, OF the 2lst instant,
has the following editorial: p ei7f E. .lrsr
Oar pfivateers are far from idle, although we
hear less than rmerly of their doings in the
New York papers. Among their late exploitG
10 the capture of the brig Grenada,'of Portland
Maine (Pettengill, MASTERY, from Nuevitss
Cuba, for New York, with cargo of sugars
molasses mahogany and honey. We also heai
il whispered that there has been an important
(and not involuntary accession to our stock O
sugar, molasaes, coffee, etc. no s1sr ag-l
PRoTEsrAsT EPISCOPAL coNvENTtoN.
The name Of the Protestant Episcopal Churct
in the South has been settled upon by the Con
vention now In session at Columbus, South
Carolina. It Is the "Pfotestant Episcopa
Church in the Confederate Statesb This was
proposed by Bishop Elliott, Of of'Geofgis. II
oEoRGIANs IE THE FIELD = i'-a
From the annual report Of the Comptroller
General Of the State Of Georgia, we learn thA,
she has now In the field thirty.four full regi.
ments lsome more than fulD and four partially
filled fegimenIs, together with three battalions
and other independent companies in Virginia
and Georgia, amounting in Ill to about forty
regiments in the Confederate government ser.
vice. And besides this, three regiments now IN
the State service are to be increased at once tS
si& tegimenta for the defense Of her sea-coast
ls,uag.fj6 s-i ALIEN EHEhIEs, errr- bo,.szs
CIV. Longley, wife and four children, hav
obtained passports from the War Office, il
Richmond, and left the limits of the eConfede
racy as alien enemies. The parties 60 Ii
Maine. ID. The head Of the family has brother
a professor, In Emory and Henry College, Va.
-!Cui gyg1, CoUNTERMANDED, .rsc. 5ul ts., i,
The YPsnineulsr reinforcements ordered 10
Gen. Magruder have been countermanded, Il
being now known that the naval expedition Il
designed TO operate on the Carolina coast. 10
THE BEBEL AcooUNrloF THE WILDCAT FIGHT. H
3 The editor of the Nashville Patriot gives
some account of the repulse of zollicoffer. HI
says OF the march upon Wildcat: A' 5''4,,- 'l'
The splendid brass band Of the Fifteenth Mis-.
sissippi Regiment struck up, and the soldiers
with high hopes aud buuyant spirits kept merry
time TO its "delightful measures.n That morn
ing we received several new recruits--the Ken.
tuCkians to henumber Of three! focking to oul
standard. l.co9f &C iliW aot'il3t1 - "a y
IL would seem from this that rebel recruits
do not turn up rapidly in the mountsinsof Ken
tucky. @, Eof 81 - Tqa 81 ,51hisHi 1a4 sod
Y Capt. Henry Ewing, Of Nashville, says Of the
fight &C Wildcat 900 t4' ~ % aeo1 law +esi-
We lost in killed eleven; wounded forty-two
we took twenty prisoners, and killed q goot
many Of the enemy, though We do not know the
number. " 20. y 'l2 -Aa7 70 h4taI'i als ~
3 The Nashville Patriot says Of the retreat o
ZoTlicoffer TO the Cumberland Gap: l.i.2 aoi.
+ We have seen and conversed with the Sheriff
of Knox county, Mr.. Crippeu, who arrived here
yesterday from Knoxville. He states that Col
ChurehwelI, last Sunday night, at IL O'Clock
dispatched from Cumberland Gap. to Lieuten
ant Luttrell, at Knoxville, TO send all the ordi
nance and ammunition and forces there to the
Gap, in the quickest possible time-authorizine
him to press into the service anything necessa
ry to facilitate the transportation. Gen. Zolli
Golfer was expected at Cumberland Gap Mon
day or Tuesday. au
This dispatch was received In Knoxville, o.
eleven O'Clock, Monday and was read BY Mr.
Crppen.
fer did not consider his force sufiiciently large
to hold Camp Bnekner at Cumberland Ford
and falls back upon the Gap, as a stronger posi-
tion. v xt3s~t aN W u'4sah 50 9ocA
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