Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-11-07
The oREAT NAVAL ExrEptr1oN.

lfTOIn the hlchnOnu BARullutI VANtfVVVh essl
The object of the naval expedition just
fitted out by the Yankee Government is OF
course a matter upon which we can only
conjecture at present If the object be TO
/ secure supply of cotton, it is pretty certain
! to fail. If TO effect a conquest of any COG
| siderable portion of country, il will certainly
| foil. The force is not large enough to enable
the Yankee Government to hope for any
great results. We believe at all the principal
| points of the South our people are tolerably
| well prepared and sufficiently on the alert.
| In the absence of definite information, we
can not help thinking that the expedition is
destined for some point on the coast of South
Carolina. There is no State to which the
Yankees bear so much malignity as this, and
none where a temporary triumph would af
ford them greater qualification IT. however,
point on the Gulf be the object, we think it
more likely the essay will he upon Mobile or
the coast OF FLORIDA, in preference to an en-
counter with the thorough detenses of New
Orleans. Simultaneous with the landing of
this expedition, an advance by Mcclellan is
a sufficiently probable event. We are assured
that it is the expectation of our Generals at
Manassas that this may be looked for at any
tine in the next ten days.
THE LBEsBURG BATTLE.
From the Richmond Examiner, October 2O.1
Colonel Featherstone, who commanded
one of the Mississippi Regiments in the late
battle at Leesburg, has made statement
giving the result of the action and some ad-
GitioDal circumstances adding to the luster
OF our victory. He states that we took seven
hundred and twenty six prisoners, four
pieces of artillery, sixteen hundred muskets
and a quantity of clothing. Our forces en-.
gagged in the action did not exceed fifteen
hundred men. The enemy had from seven
10 twelve regiments. Our loss was not more
than one hundred and fifty killed and
wounded. The enemy's loss in killed,
wounded, drowned and prisoners is stated to
have been not lees than nineteen hundred
men.
MEssRs. MASON AND sLIDELL.
[Frem the Richmond Exam iner, October 29.l
By this time our able representatives
ABROAD, Messrs. Mason and Slidell, are pretty
well over the briny deep toward the shores
OF Europe. We commit no indiscretion in
stating that they have embarked upon ves-
| sci which will be abundantly able to protect
| them against most of the Yankee cruisers
| they may happen to meet, and the chances
are consequently hundred to one that they
will reach their destination with safety. The
malice of our Yankee enemies will thus bt
foiled, and the attempt to capture them fai
of success Great will be the modification
of the Yankees when they shall have learned
this result. Our ministers did not choose tC
leave at any other port than one of our own
or under any but the Confederate flag.
We believe that, at no distant day, Mr.
! Mason will have the pleasure of siguing 6
treaty of amity on behalf of the Confederate
| States with one of the oldest and creates
| dynasties of Europe, and thus cement thosC
| relations of commerce upon which our future
so largely depends.
TX SENATOR WIGFALL.
From the Richmond Examiner, October 29.l
We have been much gratifed by hearinj
that Colonel Lewis 7. Wigfall, late SeUato
from Texas, has been promoted to the ranI
ofBrigadier- General of the Confederate army
BE is man of energy, daring, great resource
and untiring activity. Let him have bu
baf chance and he will distinguish him
self, and lender services of the most valuable
nature to our cause. In all the steps OF tn
movement for secession last winter, Colone
| WjgfaIl was ever on the watch to detec
every move of the enemy; sagacious in coun
| Gil, and industrious and Intrepid in takinC
these steps, which from time to time, becam
MT essary to protect Southern interests. II
was one of the most useful friends we had il
the Senate. Whatever he undertakes to dc
| he does with his whole heart, and he pos
Sesses those qualities of mind and characLe
ch fit man for an important command
and for dealing with unexpected exjgencles
TIE PRODUCE LOAN.
The Office of the produce loan is, we ar
informed, very much burdened with letter
from the planters, suggesting and requiring
modes of their relief under the conditions c
their subscriptions TO the Government
Nearly all these letters give the same accoun
of the necessities of the planting interest
and hold out The certain prospect of larg
| additions to the subscriptions to the loan, il
case of the Government making small ad
vsnces suitable to the actual necessities o
the planters.