The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-10-19

the Louisville Journal and frmnrrnf Of the 9th
.net., Drought IN this city by Mr.. L. Is. Frank.
TN, a reiugee from Kentucky. We ga ther
IRON lhehi the items Of infurina ton below
Jhc pcrrrotioa Of Mr. Grisgas.--Wa have
heard vague rumoss for several lays that Ne "
oTieahs Had been oecu tited by the Federal
troops. Intelligence was recei we'd In this city
/ last evening, by way OF Nashville, which leads
MS 10 bst1eve that the rumor has its foundation
! in fact. One report, ia which we place con :
| fidenCe says that the Federal forces took pos
session of The city Oh the 5th inst, without fiji
| ing a gun. II is said that the feet after the
desarticn of Ship Island by the ebels. passed
| Mississippi city, Biloxi, and Pas Christian,
| which were evacuated, and made All easy
| conquest of the city. 1t was found that the
lncom piete lortlticat!ons at BaySt Lcuis had
| been abandoned by the rebels and, tie city
| surrendered on the 9Th inst, in com plan CO
| with the formal demand of the commander of
| the Federal forces
TIE above statement is the substance of a
dispatch said To have been pu bIished in the
Nashville papers of the 9th inst-Lonisriile
Journal.
The Journal is rather fast. II will be dumb
f'unded when it hears what is really the ne VS.
from New Orleans.
GENERAL ITEMS.
We have received copies of the louisville
journal, OF the 10th and 18th, from which we
take the following series of-short items:
We learn from the Fiemming Ky.) Star that
several arrests for com pIicity with traitors
(aiding the reDellion) were made at Mount
Carmel, tlemning county, and Gu Tuesday
eleven men, in order to avoid arrest, fled 10
the mountains.
The Sandy Valley AdrocGto, of Thursday last,
says that a rencon ire occurred, on the 3Otli ut
Grayson, between party Of Secessionists
who were attempting to join the camp in
Pike county ana the Home Guard. the
Home Guard successfully resisted them kill
ing TWO and taking some seven or eight pri-
soners.
The Cincinnati CARTE SAYS the Home Guard
companies of CoTington have pretty general
iy respond ed 40 the call for the four months
service, and $eEsral members of the organiza-
ton weDt ap She Coyington and Lexington
railroad orEnesday.
Two IndAina Regiments arrived in the city
yesterday, the 9th, Colonel Miller and the
3oth, CoioAei Bass. Four companies OF the 9TH
Indiana regiment arrived by the City of Mad
ison, from Madison, Indiana, last evening
The 18th Ohio, Captain Dickey, also arrived
lastevening.
The Hon. Laban T. Moore, Col VIM. Vim
son, and Col. l.. J Hampto are actively en-
gagged in raising regiments in the upper coun-.
ues OF the Ninth Congressional District OF
kentucky. They are meeting with decided
success, and the Sandy Valley sdrocats pledges
the mountains tor her full quota OF troops.
Camp Crittenden, the rendezvous of Col.
Harlan regiment, presents already very
busy scene. a gentleman who returned from
the camp last night brings us cheering ac-
count OF matters there Enlistment, we are
assured, is going forward briskly, aud the
regiment is nlIing with. uncommon rapidly
Five companies, partly flied, now in
camp, commanded respectively By Capt Da-
wilson, OF Louisville Cap,s. Palmer, Whar-
ton, and Riley, of Washington, and Cant
Elpt, OF Marion. a company, under Capt.
Miiburn, was expected to rendezvous yester-
day, and another Is expected to- day.
The Hon. John J. Crittenden passed
through Lexington Oh Thursday on his way
to the mountains. The ooJecl OF his visi, Will
be 10 arouse the gall Ut noun taineers TO take
service in the Federal army.
George T. Webster, Esq, arrived in Gov
lngton ON Wednesday tiUm Frankfort, with
authority frcm the Mliit,ry Board 10 raise 81
regiment to serve i'll the State.
Captain Standards battery, Ist Ohio ar
tlilers, which has been quartered in Cincin-
natl since Sunday evening, lett for kentucky
Wednesday morning. he Commercial says
that Captain klnneys tttery would a lso
leave for Kentucky yesterday morning.