Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-11-19
NOVEMBER l9s 1861

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needed, AID % etShange the same for cot
tous e saYssii ai4zit, = l4aiao
There Is already cotton enough here for
ihe supply Of such ships As may sueeeed
in breaking the blockade and bringing iptO
our port articles OF necessity aRdsi more
should be.reQUired it could be5o6tAined Ia
q few days from the plSnt atiCns and coma
try depets- sil Z h s. s6ssyssisa = ~. - ~
Il thinks that sueh. policy would not in
yolye any iTioEAtion Of the recumms dation
OF ne Governor sainst bringing cation 70
the citys Erssar ID ,ss5 seaI $50. = - b4Hsi
IouSiSx1 stsAk UEor. s.I5 N !,
The AttakaPas R.giistsr Of October a.,
says that the sugar crop IS not so good IS
it should be, and thh quality is not the
best, bJtt as the ss theE 8 ihpFoyed they
do not desp6nd of 5 very large crop, the
largest ever made 10 the parish.
RETA11ArIox.
The Richmond DispGtek, of the 18th,
says thatiif the hriYa ateersmeu captured by
taliation will quickly follow, and the war
will assume ferOcity, sueh as the world
has not lately Witnessed ls9l sH
FRoN7xEw oRlEESs. 81 z.ls
IKE New Orleans BIlsfis says that an
Improved battering- ram, combining the
valuable properties Of the Winsns steamer
aud the Manassas, is in the course OF con-
struetion in that city. It's cost will not
exceed $4,000. -
THE RLRcT1oS IN rHR CoNFKDERATE STATES.
As far as heard from, Davis aud Stephens
hare received q unanimous vote for Presi-
dent and Tiee-President of the Southern
Confederacy. Their term is for six years
agsss3 MISCELLANEOUS. 1a@
The Virginia State Convention met on
the 18th inst.
Knoxville, Tenn, has been placed under
martial law.
Porty-fve prisoners, taken by FloRd's
command, have arrived at Richmond. A
portion of them were captursd while hold
ing recent election in the Northwest.
A letter from Montgomery, Ala, says
that factories are going up in every dtree-
ton.
A letter from Camp Bartov, near Hun
tersSille, 10 the Richmond DiPateh, de-
scribes the location as very bad, and the
troops as suffering severely.
MORE ABOUT THE BRIDGE BURSISo-
The Richmond Dispatch says that hut
two bridges were burned on the East Ten
nesseee railroad, which will be soon re-
paired. There had been lighting in East
Tennessee between the COufederates and
Unionists, in which this latter had been
defeated. Their headquarters WAS Eliza
bethtOwn, in the mountains, aud they were
aided by monntaineers from Watauga coun--
ty, North Carolina, which is adjacent. 1t
had been determined to overrun these dis
tricts aud place them under martial law.
The ringIeAders, a number of~-sFhOm had
been arrested, would be hung. ai'-=s-
RRrRRAr OF coSEEDERATEs,
a correspondent of the Lynch6urg yir--
ginian has reliable adYices from Kentucky,
and says:
a0ur forces have fallen back TO Pound
Gap and are pursued by large number
7,000l of PederalS. We have large
quantity of baggage, munitions, artillery,
SC. Gouriers arrived both at Wytheville
and Abingdon, bringing this news"
How Mason and sliden Escaped
The following Interesting account of the
manner in which Mason and Sltdell escaped
from Charleston to Havana, will be read
with interest just now. 1t is from the
Mercury of Nov. I'd. Alasi that poor Asr-
eury,s hopes and boasts should have been
so soon overcast:
For some time past the papers of the in
terror have been indulging in sly hints as
to the whereabouts of Messrs. Mason and
Slidell. We have hitherto made no allu-
sioa to their movements; but the causes
which induced our reticence being remov-
ed, we may now, without indiscretiou, mar
rate the facts of their embarkation,
The commissioners having resolved TO
make the venture of running the blockade
of Charleston, after mature deliberatiOn,
selected for the experiment the stanneh'And.
swift little steamer Theodore, which was
therefore got ready for sea With all des-
patch. The preparations having been
completed, they embarked a little before
midnight on Friday, October IL. The par
ty of passengers. who were starting on
this yery unusual and somewhat hazard
Gus trip consisted of the following per-
sons: :, ~. T; s-5.l,,a, 80 tr.,5 /,
Hon. ]. VI. Mason, of Virginia; Mr.. Mac
fariand, Secretary to Mr. Mason; John Sir
dell, of Louisiana, Mrs. Siidell, Miss Ma
thilde Slidell, Mss Rosine Slidelli Mr..
Eustis, Secretary TO Mr.. Slidell; Mrs. Eus-
tbs, who is q, daughter OF Mr., GoreoFan,
tue Washington banker, now in Fort ha-
fayettei Colonel lie Nat, of Louisiana, the
inventor of the grapeshOt reyolyer, and two
or three other gent tlemep whom. it will be
better for the present not to, name. 81.
The night was pitch dark, and about
midnight light rain began falling which
rendered the chances Of being detected by
the bloekaders exceedingly slim.
Atone O'Clock ,Ou Saturday m6ruinE the
hasty good byesT aud 'tG6d speed you'sn
having been said, the cables of the The0!
dora were, loosened, and. she glided down
the harbor on her important mission. As,
on bosrd was eFft6,fGisSed. and away She
went, right through the fingers of the
blockade, far out at sea.
On tie evening OF the I1th she reached
Nassau. IA SAFETY, where, bad Che opport1.
nifty been afaSorable one, the commissIon-