New-York daily tribune., 1862-11-11
NEWS OF THE DAY.
THE WAR.

from which we give cosi ,us extracts. The PTOcla-
matiou-tlst biz of waste paper they would
have IA beieve-is troubling the enemy terribly. !
They antcipate a crusade against their scaports, |
the CAPTURE Of the cites. the perfection OF the
blockade, and the free circulation Of The rroclania
ton in the Gensely pop lated slave district. TIE
Wig says: These caianites threatened in toe
capture Of our ports are grave eno1gh. One graver,
however and more terrible than all these, is TO come
IL the enemy can yet hold Ia the Cotton States fog
putting sinto operati III there rs EGancipatiGn
scheme. Great eiIors will naturally be n.ado 70
keep tss pet measure O! the AbOtioLists from ial
izg TO she ground, and that the wrath which
My Lincoln has bottled for tue lst Of January does
not 60 into harmless iizzle of soda powder. 81
fax IN the war the cnem,s scheme OF servile Insult
r,ction has proved IA RIDICULOUS f,ure. The attempt
is now to put it ia!o operation where we are easi
defended 70 try the poison heart Of the South.
OF the result Of the New-York and other Northern
elections, which had Just become known The Wig
says: They show plainly that the tide sets all one
way, and taat against Abraham Lincoln aud bis
rampant war parry. If the electioaeerng asserva-
tiOns and appeals Of tits plry cou d be credited,
this success Of the Democrats is about equal to a
declaration Of peace. at they not 10 be credited,
and we arc not permitted 10 take that comfort 20 our
Losous We have reason to hope, though, thai, With
Democratic Congress and Il publican Admins
traion regarding each other men WHO are in
douh. bat that tomorrow they may be
cuti.ag each Others throats, the war Will
not be set forward any" We find,
also some ITEMS ofnews in the papers, which theread
&C wi see in another column. The most important is
the st4te mcut that Beauregari aud the City Com
missioneIs Of Charleston have given notice in the
papers tha, non-comoatant Inhabitants able to pro-
vide for their own removal should leave the city
witt their slaves and property movable as soon as
convenient, and thereby avoid the embarrassmeuts
to which they will be subject ii they delay ill Heees
city arises for the sudden removal Of tie en,e popg-
iaton.
The gaps in the Blue Ridge, through which an
aru,y can psss--of which we hear 30 much-are
seven in number, viz; Vestall's, eight miles from
Ilarpers Ferry; Suckers, II miles from the
ferry. through which passes the Alexand ia and
Hsper's Ferry Turnpike; Ashby's, 3S miles from
Harpcr's Ferry, throug1 which passes branch pike
from the Alexandra to Winchester. Fourteen miles
below Ashbs's is Manassas Gap through which runs
the railroad; eight miles below is Chesters Gap,
rcai not much travelled passes through IT, 20 nilcs
still further down is TJ0rnions Gap, through which
the supplies for Lees army hanled in wagons
from Gordonsvile and Cupeper. Itis prob,ble tbs,
the main body Of the Rebels made good their retreat
through Tbornton's Gap some days ago.
Ono of those brilliant affairs which shed luster
upon our Volunteer Cavalry occurred on Sunday
morning 81 Freiercasburg. Capt Eric Dahleren
of Gen. Sgels st4f with 90 of the lst Indiana Gen.
Sgels bodygu4rdl, and small detachment Of the
= q 60 q 4
in the morning, where they found eight companies
Of Virginia Cavalry. Whou: eiyiog the enemy
time form, Capt. d. fell upon them with sixty Of
bis men, when desperate hand to hand fight en-
sued lasting for three honrs when the Rebels were
routed. Capt. Dahlg-en lost only one killed and
three missing lie returned safely on Sunday night
bringing 80 prisoners with their horses and accou-
termepts, and two wagons loaded with army cloth.
Notwithstanding the posponoment Of the draft
preparations arc being made at Gen. Anthon's Office
Tor carrying tie Conscrpion act into effect
large force Of clerks has been engaged, and two
ramense ballot-boxes have been nads-one for
NeF-fork and one for kings County. The various
War Committees emp ,yed to CLEAN statistics Ia
-.-ge - bountics paid the men who have enlisted
E..se gent in thsic reports to Gen. Anlhon who has
gone 70 Albany 10 hold consultation with the pijj-
tary authorities. Brooklyn claims 70 have furnished
400 'ncn over her q0oia and New York insists that
ssnB cent ngmber Of her ciiizans have enlisted 10
complete her quota.
-ear dispatches from Gen. Burnside'e Army rep
reseni he weather up 10 Sunday evening - unsea.
souety cold, with two inches Of snow. The roads .
were siil good The Rebels were believed TO he in /
toT:e :. CulpepPef aDd GOrdonsviIlc. Gen. Sanner
1y been assigned 10 The command Of the Second
snd sixth Army CorIss There was no marked ex-
fression Of regret in the army at the change from
= Gen. Mcclellan TO Gen. Burnside. All the division
commanders bad long conference with Gen. Burn
''de on Sunday morning
-. The dan troubles in Pennsylvania have been
aisfaxofliy arranged. Ia Wisconsin, drafting began
yesterday, and in some places there was trouble,
especially in the strongly Democratic counties OF
NJ Iwankse and Ozaukee. In the latter place The
rolls we're torn up, and the Commissioners driven
If in Milwaukee the draft postponed for the
present.
The U. S. steam gunboa. Sumter has just ar
rived at this port, and is now lying at the Navy.
Yard She has been ten months in the service, bu.
has never captured prize. Her news is unimpor-
tsnt. Admiral Lee was ut Newport News, on board
the flag. ship Philadelphia. The U. s. steamer Wy
snd,tte has been made the guArd-sAip at Fot
Monroe.
"A letter from Osage, No., giving IN account OF
an engagement between the Kansas negro regimen.
and large force Of Rebels, ssys IL 10 useless to
talk any more of negro courage. The men fought
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