The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-10-10
THE NEW YORK SUN.
THURSDAY MORNING, OCT. IL. is6i.
Toms from Down South.

fow.Tte, ny, oct. s.-Richm ,nd papers OF
the lsi and Charleston " th, 81, are re-
ceivod.
On the evening Of the 2Gth Of S,ptomber,
General Lee joined General Floyd with four
regiments and four pieces of artillery at Rcalow
Dlun.
General Floyds forc's arc represented To bo
greatly Cemorii1ed since the battls Of Catni
tax Ferry, and Henry A. Wiso's G,usral,hp is
severely criticised by tho Richmond Enluirer,
which says that tho relations bet wcon Floyd
AMI Wise arc painful enough TO oxpl.in all our
icvcres m Western Virginia.
ucnofdl Wis., accompanied by General Hca
ning,cn, had arIly Il IL RichmJ md. foo for.
NOR will pro Ilb'y bs court ina il llod.
General l. is to take conn md Of tho forc,s
heretofore under to com nand of Genctals Wise
and Floyd.
a statement IN the Calves on N,,r, mskcs
the number Of Texan troops nov IN the field
10000, Of which 3, 900 arc m Virginia, 900 ia
Ncs;crH Mis-, ur and Arkansas, lpl 1000 in
Arizona aud Nov NJ ,co
Robert Sc q ann,uTccs hm,elf candid sto
for tho Confederate Consrcss lot Fsrquhar Dis
tfct NIEiaia.
Commune ,tion ever the East Tennessee
R,irold has been irtcrrup ca for some dna. in
cons dgcncc Of the washing away OF the uaca
by hrcds.
Ihcro is great rejoicing througbou, tho South
tics u General Fremont
General Z. II lIusbanc died at Summeryile,
\ G. ON the 23d ult.
A sonth Carolina rcgimon, had loft To- Suf-
folk Ntrf inin
A Ricfmord dispatch TO the Charleston C1y,-
icy say, that J,P. Davis had Lcon recoy A at
FadiaA COuit House, Va, with grcat oithusi,
asut
Gon. Van Dorm, OF Texas. h,i boon assigned
TO duty in tho army ~ the Potomac.
Mansfield Lowell, late Of tho city OF New
Iwk, IS appointed a Brgiiior Goncrl ani as
Signed 10 duty in Louisiana.
lhoic IA general growl through out the rnbol
states al the inehciency ol tho mad arrange,
nsn,r.
n Porter, Of tho 1st Michigan regiment died
at Castle pirckncy on tho 2d inst, Of typhoid
nver Tho health Of the Other prisoners Is said
10 ba good.
Some Frerch naval officer, from the coryotts
Layoi,ior, lying az the molth Of the NJ ,,issip-
p river, visited New Orleans on tho 2lst Of
September.
a dispatch, dated New Orleans, Soptombpr
10Th, says:-"rhc s,elmship Niagara and a
sloop of war atc oil = .ss loutre aud tho
steam gunboit Water Witch is inside tho West
bar"
Tho Governor Of Nor,h Csrolina has Issued
proclamation forbidding any bacon OF leather
from being fent out Il the state.
Tho 'mphls dygDs Of the 3d int. contains
tho following proclamation
'Coucuuing entii,iy in tho views exp-ess11
10y tho cotton factors Of Now Orlodns ia the an
ucxed commune .tion and pstition from bus-
uc,s men here, pray ing that no cotton b, ont 10
New Or cans during tho existence Of tho block.
sde have determined TO tAko tho most deci-
ded means 10 prevent the landing oG any cotton
in this citv. Notice Is therefore hereby given
10 all master, and owners Of steamboat and
water craft that from AMI after tho l0h Of Oc'
tober, no cotton must DO brought 10 Now Or
leans or within the lines embracing that See
ton of tho country between tho forth.
cations above CarroltOn ant ihs' beiow
the city, and extending back to tho lako An
s'eamhou1 or other water craft arriving within
the prescribed limits will he iOrlhwi'h Placed ia
Churre Of nn armed force, aud escorted ahovs
tho p int indicated. This c)urso wi, be- aloptcd
in all case, whether ths quantity of tton
brought be large or small Tho fa lr ld com
panics have altcady issued orders ia iurthoranco
Of tho object Of this proclaim ii M and 40 viola
ti'n of them wiil be permitted
(SigncD TuoMNs .. MopRE
Governor Of lousiina.
| shall cooperate with Governor Moore in
tho enfurcomcnt Oft "a above orior
(SiSncO ID, L TwWGs,
Nalor-Gcnoal CommAnIinL
Col. Mckee, late editor of the Louisville C1u.
,icT, will take command Of a regiment under
Gen BuckHcr
Tho Citizens Bank or New Oroars nrs circu.
li'ing tyes' cut in two, each TO represent
S2K.
Thirteen hundred Indian wa-,ior, croyeI the
Aikan,as river, near rlymou h. ON tho IS n Of
S'p'emOer en- route 10 Bin McCulloch's army.
General Whitfield late Ot kan-p, il also
moving towards SOut ,oiu Miss y.T, a. tho head
Ci a number Of I, xas troops.
The Federal prsCnirs sent 10 New Orleans
were escorted 10 their quarters in that city by
s.Ns 49, A.
shells took place on the 2uh ultimO, between
Federal man-ofwsr aud tho rebel steamer jay,
withuu' any damage being done 10 either side.
boat from the WaterwitCh had landed a0ne
men a. the telegraph station at tho head OF tho
Passes, "ho carried OIL the Telegraph initru-
mNrt,.
The rebel steamer South Carolina had cap.
tIrcd "A Mexican steamer off Galveston.
George Davis and W. L. Doth have been
elected senator, from North Carolina " the
Rebel Congress.
1t is represented that 1000 Confederate
oops are between Green riyor ahl 81 hvilc,
and about . regiment per day Wa arriving a.
Nashville from southern pO n'-.
The rebels claim to have 10 100 men in Ken.
lucky.
The rlmor OF tie capture Of New Orleans is
reported at Nashville ahg details thereof aro said
10 have been received.
Tomorrow the JopraR Of this city will cole
Iiln lhH tOHeHUbN' onCe DolWoel btn9Tal hnlhT'
son and Mr. llIldeman, late editor Of the C0u
rcr relative to the suspension OF the Con-
.irT and hi exodus into robeldOm.
EV.i vernon llelme has taken the oath Of
allegiance to the Uni.od States, ant returned
home.
Tne Green river bridge is mined and ready
O hc blown up by tho r.bol-.
Tho pending Congressional election Is public |
the rebel states. In i've states only |
Ice oral tickets ave thus far put up.
II IL evident from the tone ol tho S,utsorn |