Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-11-25
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sense not only of the magnitude but Of the right
eOusness Of cau.c.
From Washington.
WASHINGTON, Nov. o.
The following military appointments were made
to-day kobb Smith, of Iowa, to be paymaster Of
volunteers; +. q. Ogden, Of New York, is to be I'd
Lieut.. Of the lst regiment Ct U. ). Cavalry; Capt.
John Nj. Schofed, OF the lst Artillery OF tho u.
). A., to be Brigadier General Thos. j. keaton,
Of Iowa, now additional Paymaster, to be Briga.
dier Genera. Of the Volunteers.
Gen. Havelock mas beet appointed Inspector Of
Cavalry, an flee which he filed in the British
army.
rumor is current in the army, that the orders
| upon which Col. Baker acted at Balls Bluff were
forged by some rebel, for the purpose Of drawing
him into trap.
Times Dispatch.
II is now definitely ascertaned in military cir
cles at Washington, that Beauregard recently
rendered his resignation rs General Of the rebel
army, ia consequence Of his difference with jeff
Davis, as TO the conduct OF the war. Vlo-
lent parties have sprung up among tho
Contederates on this question. Beauregard
| representing the offensive war party who believe
in invading the North and wintering in Baltimore,
Philadelphia and New ! ork and jeff. Davis rep
reseni ing tho defensive war party, who tiust To
time and the potent defence Of their soil to
give them independence. The Beaurcgard party
complain that the policy Of Davis has led to the in
vasion oil south Carolina, and will fill the Cotton
States with the horrors Of end in tn eir de-
structon, and j. is believed that Davis has sue
cunbed to the war policy, to prevent South Car
DINA and Georgia from seeding from the rebel
States. Gen. Beauregard was induced to withdraw
his resi- CATION.
ntucky has now furnished to the Government
her full quota OF the half million OF men called
for. The National Deienco Committee proposes
to raise as many more tor state services until the
the rebels driven from her soil.
5000 stand Of French riaed muskets arrived
here yesterday and are already being distributed
among our troops ~ Col. klngsbury, Tho or nance
officer Of Gen. Mcclellan.
Special to the Herah.1
A letter received from flag officer Foote o-day of
the hoilla which is to operate ON the Mississippi
states that he Is making rapid progress, and will
soon have 1t in readiness to proceed its way
letter to the Uerold from George +. Train, dated
Londen, Nov. yth, states that several vessels load
ed with stores and ammu ton for the rebels had
rcady lett for the Southern states, and others
were pre,arlng to follow. The night before his
letter was written, the Gladiator, one Of the old
Lisbon screw steamers, took from LOnd n full car
20 OF arms and MunitIons OF war, an: was to clear
next day for Terniciiffe and Nassau The esnmat-
ed value OF the cargo is S3OO,OoO. 1t
comprises everything necessary for equipment, SO
tar As arms arc concerned, of an army OF 25ODO
men. lie states in addition, that the English gov
ernment have sold condemned sloops- OF war to u
party who has again disposed Of them to the reb-
e Navy Department, besides these, two East India
men nof- war Of 500 tons and 500 horse power
| each, arc in treaty for.
WASHINGTON, Nov. %.
The Richmond Wig in commenting on the
| message OF President Davis, says: We arc two
people from this time forwari We are aware / . a
| Yankees are determined not to quit rs, happen
| what may. Ii they cannot conquer us th cir cacu.
lation Is that they will be conquered by us. They
| have made up their minds to sabmit tamely to
their fate. Well, if We must, though We shall
have great aversion for the task. Our ch oice is
| after drubbing them sound,y, and making them
Fay the expenses OF the war, to turn them loose
| upon themselves, prey to their own vile passions.
The Richmond papers Of Wednesday. contain
dispatches from the rebel army, tne substance of
| which isas follows: The small pox, q violent type
| OF the typhoid fever and the black measles wore
prevailing causing frightiu mortality among the
rebel troops near bowling Green. by. Large
numbers were dying daily.
Gen. Floyd's army lad fallen back four miles
south Of Raleigh q. H., and the Federal troops
nave been largely reinforced.
Gen. Lees commsnd has retrested to Meadow
Bluff.
tured in skirmish last week, in Western vir.
ginia.
The roads are in . bad condition, makingit diff
cult to obtain supplies.
dispatch from Manassas, in relation 70 tho
skirmish near Falls Church, during the pa 1
week, acknowledges two killed and three wounded.
They claim to have taken ten prisoners and killed
ave Federals.
The Richmond Wig announces the death Of
John Hughes, delegate to the State Convention
from Randolph, whs was killed in the battle Of
Rich Mountain.
The Richmond Exam.ner Of Wednesday. con.
firms the report that the rebel Col. Croghan. was
Killed 10 the recent engagement between FLOYD
and RosecraLz.
A dispatch from Charleston, Nov. 18th. saws the
unexpected failure Of our shore batteries at Bay
Point and Hilton Head, to demolish at least one OF
the attacking vessels, had sadly shaken the conf
dsnce in thefeficiency .of our guns agsinst tho
monster frigates and iron clad gun boats which
they may have again to encounter, and now so
alarmed arc many Of the sordid souls that in!est
all the Southern cities, that the effect may already
be seen in the lenythen;ng OF freight tra rs, which
leave almost hourly for the interior. In Savannah
the panic 10 even more general and decided, whole
neiYhborhOods having been suddenly desc ted by
the exodus Of the wives and children Of those
who are in arms at Fort Pulaski and the batteries
on the Savannah river.
Especial to the Commercial.l
lady frsm Charleston, who has just reached
this city, reports that there is much excitement
among the slave population. The whites are
solicit0us and alarmed.
Mr.. George Peabody, tho London banker, writes
here that the British government is auxious to
preserve peace with the U. -, and that he does
mo- fear that any attompt to break the blockade
will be made. Mr.. bates also writes in the same
strain.
CIV. Ferp mt, ef .naw. ha states publicly that
the War Department has .ssurei hin tbat tie b.
4 v. X Il. viii soon be open.
The Fort Monroe re-poldent uf the Pn nilado.-
phia E.Qair =. . atas that Oh Tues l.y M rning,
.o"ut ten O'clock cump.nv A., OF the LIST Dela-
rare reg. .mcnt lett camp Hamilton on a scouting
expedition. The curps Was under c"mmsni u
U plain VOLS u, Of Wilmington. The, or. sscd
II .,npton creek, and when ab ,ut eighteen miles
beyond our .uter Iicke s. encountered consids
BILE hods of rebel c.va.ry whO were accolnranied by
fsid poce-, and the drst intimati that they
dot the sne'ny's p,s.t.on or near approach. was
The whistle Of prcjec,iie tn ough the weeds
and underhrush. Capiain Watson then
proceeded :. throw up = Temporary defence
Of brs stw rks and earth. alter advancing 10 an
eligible p,-it,on and went bssk fos rein 'orcements.
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