The daily Wabash express. (Terre-Haute, Ind.) 1857-1867, 1861-10-17
Night Dispatches.

Character Of the shipping Point Bat
tery-Exaggerated Account of the
Batteries-Sirength Of the Arma-
ment-A Fleet Gone Down Ia Wake
Them up-Exchange Of Prisoner
Arrivals from Manassas-The De-
parture Of the Nashville Confirmed
New Hampshire's Quota Fall
Indians An New Metico-Coi. Can
by's force-Three New Mexican Re
Eimt nts-The People Loyal io "A Man
Rebels Alter Government Stores
All Quiet at Noon-3o,ooO Rebels
at Acquia Creek-The Saranac not
Wrecked-President Lincoln To Gov
ernors Of States-yesseis up the Pc
tomac-Rebeis FoTagsng.
WAsHISGroS. Oct l6.-An officer of the
Jacob Bell who has carefully reconnoitered
the shipping Point Battery OH the Potomac,
says that there are six guns in position. all
apparently OF heavy ordnance. The river
there Is about one mile vide.
Intelligent officers say that the statement
TO the effect that there are sir miles of bat
terss below Shipping Point il Nil nonsense,
vessels might be annoyed by batteries from
the shore Tor a mile below there, As far a.
Edwarlsport. but below that point the Vir
glnia shore recedes from the channel, and
the river widens, SO that batteries would be
useless II planted there.
Sixteen or eighteen guns are about the ex
tent OF their armament thereabo ats.
Ii Is believed by competent Judges that
the Pawnee. Harriet Lane AID Yankee went
down the river last night
Ii is rumored that the order in relation To
the exchange of prisoners. which has been
issued from the headquarters of the army.
will speedily lead 10 the discharge of all the
prisoners OF var held by the Federal Gov
eminent and the rebels.
Sir James Ferguson and Mr. Burke. NJ.
T., arrived here to-day from Manassas, un-
der fag OF truce.
SPECIAL TO THE rosT.
Virginia paper. of Monday. confirms the
report that the steamer Nashville has gone to
sea from Charleston.
The New Hampshire quota of troops Is
iuil. That State is the first which has com
pieted her levy of troops under the Presi-
dents requisition
The Indian Agent .or New Mexico has
Gus To his departure all the principal men of
the Navajoc Indians came TO Santa Fe and
made treaty of peace with the Government.
with the exception Of those Of Arizona. which
a small force OF Texans have possession OF,
through the treachcry of Col. Loring The
Federal force there under Col Candy. who
commands that military department, is from
twelve To hiteen thousand, while the citizens
have raised three full regiments
Mr. Stock repcats the people as loyal to a
man.
The object OF the rebels is represented IA
being 10 seize the Government stores rather
than conquer the country.
There were no disturbances on the Plains.
and when Mr. Stock was passing over. the
Indians were in the best possible humor from
the fact that they we're receiving presents
and annuities.
Walter j. Smith, sou of the Secretary OF
the Interior, has been appointed Chief Clerk
Of that department.
SPECIAL TO RAE COMMERCIAL.
All was quiet down the Potomac and down
the lines nj noon.
The Navy department still dscredt the
reported engagement a: New Orleans. espe-
cizily the story oil Hollins.
A scout who has Just returned, reports
that there are thirty thousand rebels near Ac-
quia Creek.
The Navy Department Is satisfied, from
official information in its possession. that the
steamer Saramac is nj San Francisco, under
gong repairs. IL il therefore untrue that she
was recently lost off the mouth of the Missis
sippi in a storm
Secretary Cameron has telegraph that lie
will return TO Washington Ia morrow morn
ing
Secretary Seward has, by dictation OF the
President. addressed long communication
TO the Governors of loyal States. on the sub
jet of improvement aud perfection of de
lenses Of States over which each presides
and TO submit the subject 70 consideration OF
legislatures when they shall assemble The
expenditures for this should be made subject
OF conference with the Federal Government.
thereby being with its concurrence There
- every reason ~ believe that the States
would be ultimately reimbursed.
The steamer Mt. Vernon passed Shipping
Point rebel battery. this morning uamolest
81. but the Pawnee following soon after.
was fred upon 10y twenty or thirty shots from
a rebel battery. 10 which. according 10 or
ders she did not reply Both vessels got up
safely
From Upton'- Hin 10 d. a large rebel force
of cavalry and infsntry wss seen on the
LeesAnrg turnpike. four miles from Falls
Church. Twenty three army wagons accom-
panied them. The supposifion was that tsey
we're on a feraging expedition.