New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-10-20
FROM WASHINGTON.
CONSTRUCTION OF REBEL STEAMERS.
fhs Recognition of tn, Southern Confdefaf!'
THE DRAFT IN MARYLAND.
Inconsistent Growing by SecessiOniSts,
CAPTURE OF CEAS. J. FAULKNER.
TIE EFFECT OF THE PROCLAMATION SOUTH.
How General Prentiss Wants to Fight.
Inconsistent Growing by SecessioniSts
CAPTURE or CEAs. J. FAULKNER
TIE EFFECT OF THE PROCLAMATION SOUTH
How General Prentiss Wants to Fight.
Special Dispatch to The N. Y..Tribune.

an arant courier of Rebel eet Of steamers, wooden
and iron clad, of which most building in England,
but some, it is believed also in France.
THE RECOGNITION OF TIE SOUTHERN CoNFED-
ERACY. ...l. '--..
Ladies here of Rebel proclvities, who are on init
mate terms with the Belgian Legation, confidently
assert that Belgium is about to recognize the South
ern Confederacy and that her example will be fol-
lowed by the larger Powers OF Europe. -
EMBARGO AND QUARANTINE REGULATIONS AT
NLW-ORLEANS. ...
correspondence, up to this time Of an entirely
suicable character has been for come time going
between our Government and Spain, with respec. to
cases grow ing out OF tue enforcement by Gen. Butler
a,New>OIleaus Of embargo aud quarantine resula-
tons. The clasing Of Rebel steamer ashore near
Havana, which is reported to have evoked the wrath
Of Havana will not improbably embitter this cor
rcspondence but no serious consequences appre-
hended nr
THE EFFECT or THE PRESIDENTS PRoCLA-
MATION.
Gen. Prentiss expresses himself in private even
mere strongly than in public as regards the effect of
Che Proclamation upon the Union prisoners Every
man, he says including the tlayeholding officers of
tie Missouri regiments welcomed the Presidents
sdcs Of freedom as the door 10 victory. Their crit
icsrn upon il was that it rather Jagged behind than
outran the necessities Of the times. They would
have had the emancipation general, and the decree
immediate The effect Of the Proclamation upon the
South was unmistakable. The Rebels, in all their
conyersatiop, alluded to it in manner indicating
that Il was the thing they dreaded. The negroes
were being driven into the interior for safety. A,
Petersburg large numbers were congregated, thou
sand in one pen, crowded together like cattle in the
shambIes The atmosphere of the streets charged
with the odor Of this sickening mass Of humanity.
49,. TIE DRAFT IN MARYLAND.
About bali the non-exempts in Prince Georges
County, On tie Lower Potomac, have been drafted.
Among those whose names were drawn are some Of
the weattiest and most disoyal Shareholders in ihe
county Substitutes 10 great demand and 81 900
and 81 900 a man offering and not few have
gone to Baltimore In search Of them. A hundred
soldiers suficed to keep the peace on the day Of
drafting, no disturbance whatever taking place. =
The Prince Georgian, Rebel sheet. published at
Upper Marlborough, growls at the inequality and in
Justice Of fixing the quota upon the basis OF three
ffhs of the slaves in addition 10 the whites, while at
the same time tie slaves are not reckoned in the
militia, ard are, therefore, not subject 70 draft
themselves.
Tic Commissioner Of Enrolment was here
Yesterday in search Of instructions regarding the
proper course to pursue with respect 10 drafted men
who are no; to be found, gone South in anticipation
Of the fate that would otherwise have befsllen
them.
ARREST OF PERSONS CLAIMING TO BE REFU.
$685. GREs.
Two white and three cOlored men claiming to be
refugees, and having passes 10 Hanover from the
Provost-Marshal Of Richmond, were taken to-day by
the Potomac fotlla.
THE RE-ESF oRCEMEETs FOR RICHMOND FROM
r CoRINTH IN ....I i... ..
Gen. Prentss pronounces the statement that no
troops were sent from the Corinth army to Rich
nond after the evacuation of tue former place. to be
Incorrect. He knows, Of his own knowledge tina,
large numbers Of veteran troops passed over the rail-
roads eastward at that time.
PRISONERS STINT IN FROM POOLEsyILLE.
Nine prisoners Of war were captured and cent in
from Poolesville to-day. Six Of them were paroled
and will be exchanged
how GEN. PRENTIss WANTS TO FIGHT HERE
aae AFTER.
Il is tie desire Of Gen. Prentiss and Of his coppau-
ions in prison, that he may have independent
command, differed by these men, who have seen
the Southern cbyalry" in their homes, and author
lied to subsist upon the enemy He thinks that, if
permitted, be can do little work not dssimiar in
its general character to that which has made Stuart
the hero of the hour.
ILLNESS OF COL. DAVIES.
Col Davies Of the Harris Ligh, Cavalry lie i'll in
consequence Of over-exposure and fatigue. He will
probably go North leave Of absence for afew days
torecruit.
TIE CAPTURE OF FAULKNER.
TIE capture Of Faulkner, while attempting to cap
tsre Island No. TO- gives eat satisfaction here.
A PRETTY PAIR.
stringfellow, of Kansas memory, is the Assistant
Adjutant-General to Gen. jones, the iil.msnnered
brute in command at Mobile whom Gen. Preutiss
pilloried in his speech on Friday night
DEATHS IN TIKI WASHINGTON HOSPITALS.
The following deaths have occurred in the Wash
ingoD Hospitals since cur last publication.
lat serg Il. Otto. a, % Pa A. Kelly rlN
Cor. Metsnger. T. IL PaRJ. Meril. r. ava Cav
q. hanper, u, No y H. Wheat, II, 81 N j. d.
X McJah1n -, ~ I'D W. ii. Kim Ohio.
J. Hatch III iH \. \. u. Btrnwiok, z a. 81 Cav
T. McVoy u "a T. ksne, Il, 10 Ne
H. fifnt, H. ~ J. }. Fsrper, g, 4ONy
Cor. h. Bolton B, 90 TX. Il. II. York r. s4NY
a yohoson b. WI H. Underwood q, II VI
Cor: J. Mclntyre, A, So NXC. Miisop, X, I49 Pa
} Knight, Il, 80 My. W. Harlow. c, IL VI
- Reynolds X q 4. NJ J. Baker, q, Del.
D Jollley. v, Iva. X. h. FOX, b,9Pa
Pr Csc&e,, r. Mas. Cav w. p. Carter, A, 7 Wis
.. LvaDs' y, % n J. Ghesbsm, X. 4oN. Y
j. Weizer. r, " NY. Cor. II u. Wilson, G. oyt
O. Wagner, y. 60 MY
PRESENTS TO GEN. PRENTIss.
Beside the costly presents from his fellow prsonsrs