Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-10-04
Latest AdyIces from Washington and
the North.
INTERESTING INFORMATION.

We have direct adyices from Washington
aud the North as late as the 26th inst, de-
rived from an Intelligent source of testimony,
and giving some interesting information Oh
the topics of the day.
The statements that reach US represent
that the war sentiment of the North was re-
ally never more consolidated than at present.
In addition to the Office of the mobs in sup
pressing the free newspaper press in the
North, the Postoffice Department had adopt
ed the expedient for the excision of indepen-
dent papers, by cutting off the privileges oil
their circulation through the mails.
The Lincoln army was plainly recovering
from its Generalization, under the effective
and vigorous discipline Of Gen. Mcclellan.
Mutinous demonstrations in the army had
been suppressed with such decision and Sc
verify that they were not likely to be renew
ed. The report that reached here some days
ago, of the shooting of four hundred mutt
neers, turns to have been an eXtravagance,
written by Maryland sensationist to Ex-
Gov. Lowe; but about that number of men
were imprisoned and exiled for mutiny, uE-
der the orders of Mcclellan. They were to
be sent to Tortugas, off the coast of Florida,
and kept in that place of exile at penal
work.
The discipline maintained by Mcclellan in
his army is represented as of the most re-
a commander not above the management of
details. None of the soldiers, or even OIL
GERS. were allowed to come into the city or
pass through the streets without special
passes, signed by the commanding officer of
a brigade. A patrol guard was constantly
on the alert, to take notice of the violations
OF this rule, and to arrest offenders.
A large camp of instruction had been es-
tablished at Tennallytown, in the neighbor-
hoo Of No xr-bor fiffaau tn ftva Nv
thousand men were encamped and daily eX-
ercised in movements in large masses. Gen.
Mcclellan is said to attribute the disaster
and panic of Bull Run to the defects in the
instruction of the troops as to movements in
mass, and to be directing his energies to the
thorough training OF the army in this re-
spect
Nothing was known certainly of the in
tended movements of the enemy's force on
the Potomac, beyond the general impression
that they had fully decided to offer battle
The entire force at Washington, and in the
whole Maryland division, is so varously e.
timated as to defy what we therefore do not
attempt-correetness of statement.
The resort TO the system OF drafting men
was being urgently recommended to the Gov
eminent. as the most appropriate and effi-
Gent measure Of improving the material of
the Yankee army. 1t was likely TO be short
ly adopted for this ingenious reason, as well
as from circumstances of necessity.
The city of Washington is represented as
vast store-house of all sorts of material me-
cessary for the support of an army. I'm
mense bakeries were established throughout
the city One of these mammoth arrange
ments, in the neighborhood of the capitol
grounds, is said to be of such extent as to
turn out 10000 loaves daily for the use of
the army-Rieh1ond Examiner 30h.