The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-10-12
From Dixie.

ETOm DAA1Os
LOUISVILLE, Oct. s-Richmond papers of the
LIST and Charleston of the Sd inst. are received.
On the evening of the 26th Gen. Lee joined
Floyd with four regiments and two pieces of ar.
tillery at Readan Bluff.
Floyd's forces are represented to be greatly
demoralized since the battle of Carnifax Ferry,
and Wise's generalship severely criticized by
the Richmond papers. The Enquirer says, the
relations between Generals Floyd and Wise are
painful enough to explain all our reverses in
Western Virginia.
Gen. Wise, accompanied by Gen. Henningsen,
arrived in Richmond The former will proba
bly, be court martaled.
Lee takes command of the forces under him
self and Floyd.
statement in the Galveston News makes the
number of Texan troops now in the field 10000,
of which 5000 are in Virginia, 1000 in western
Missouri and Arkansas, and 1000 in Arizona
and New Mexico.
Robert Scott announces himself candidate
for the Confederate Congress for the Fauquier
district
Communication over the East Tennessee Rail-
road was intercepted for some days, in oconse-
quence of the washing away of the track by
floods.
President Davis left for Manassas on the S0th
ult.
There is great rejoicing throughout the South
over the capture Of Lexington, and the Fremont
difficulty.
Gen. A. H. Brisbane died at Summerville,
S. c., on 23d nit.
A South Carolina regiment had left for Suf.
folk, Va.
A Richmond dispatch to the Charleston Cou.
rier says President Davis was received at Fair
fax G. II. with great enthusiasm.
Con Van Dorm IL SSuDed m 5ntv in tho army
of the Potomac.
Mansfield Lovel, late of New York, is appoint
ed Irigadier General, and assigned to duty in
Louisiana.
There is general growl throughout the Con
federacy at the inefficiency of the mail arrange
ments.
N Porter, of the lst Michigan Regiment, died
at Castle Pinckney on the I'd inst, of typhoid
fever The health of the other prisoners is said
to be good.
Some French naval officers from the corvette
Laversie, lying at the mouth of the Mississippi,
visited New Orleans on the 2lst ult.
A dispatch dated New Orleans, Sep. Goth,
says the steamship Niagara and sloop of war
was off the south east bar, steam frgate at
the south west pass, the sloop of war Vincennes
and steam gunboat Water Witch we're inside
the south west bar.
The Governor of North Carolina has issued
proclamation forbidding any bacon or leather
being sent out Of the State.
The Memphis Argus of the Sd contains the
following proclamation:
Concurring entirely in the views expressed
by the cotton factors of New Orleans in the an.
ncxed communication and petition from business
men praying that no cotton be sent to New Or.
leans during the existence of the blockade,
have determined to take the most decided means
tn ont tha 1ol; nf o;t
notice is therefore hereby given to all masters
and owners Of steamboats,, and other water
crafts, that from and after the 10th of October,
no cotton must be brought to New Orleans, or
within the lines embracing that section of the
country between the Notifications above Carol.
ton and those below the city, and extending
back to the Lake. All steamboats, or other
water aft,.arriving within the prescribed limits,
will be forthwith placed in charge Of an armed
force, and escorted above the point indicated
This course will be adopted in all cases, whether
the quantity Of cotton brought be large or small.
The railway companies have already issued or
ders in furtherance of the object of this proc.
lamation, and no violation of them will be per.
mitted.
(signed) THos. o. MooRE,
Governor of Louisiana.
shall CO operate with Gov. Moore in the en-
forcement of the above order.
(Signed) d. E. TwIGGs,
Maj. Gen. Commanding.
Col. Mckee, late editor of the Louisville Cou-
rier, will take command of regiment under
Gen. Buckncr:
The Citizens Bank of New Orleans is circula.
ting ives,l one, two and4 half pieces to rep.
present two dollars and half.
1900 Indian warriors crossed the Arkansas
river near Fort Smith on the 25th ult., en- route
for McCulloch's army.
Gen. Whitfield, late of Kansas, is also moving
towards Southern Missouri, at the head of Texan
troops.
Federal prisoners sent to New Orleans, were
escorted to their quarters in that city by a col.
ored company.
An exchange of shots and shells took place
on the Goth ult between the Federal man of
war Water Witch and the Confederate steamer
Joy, without damage on either side.
boat from the Water Witch landed some
men at the telegraph station at the head of che
Passes, who carried off the instruments.
A Confederate steamer had captured Mexi.
can steamer off Galveston.
George Davis and w. j. Dortch have been
elected Senators from North Carolina to the
Confederate Congress.
Ii is reported that $4,000 Confederate troops
are between Green River and Nashville, and |
about regiment per day arriving at Nashville |
from Southern points.
The Confederetes claim to have 10000 men
Kentucky.
The rumor of the capture of New Orleans is
revived at Nashville, and details thereof are
said to have been received there.
Tomorrow mornings Journal will contain the
between Gen. Anderson and
haldeman, relative to the suspension Of the
Courier, and his exodus into the Southern Con-
federacy.
Ex-Gov. Helm has taken the oath Of alleei.
ance to the United States, and returned home.
Green River bridge is mined, and ready to be
blown up by the Confederates.
The pending Congressional elections engross
public attention throughout the Confederacy.--
10 five States only electoral tickets for the Pres
dental election are thus far put up.
Is evident from the tone of the Southern
'apers that the Rebel army of the Potomac
Will act strictly on the defensive.
NEW foaK, Oct S.-The steamship Erickson