Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-11-17
THE EVENING STAR.
1.TE soUTHSRS NEWS.

Late copies OF the Charies1oh -. VI S"eTr
and Ee-egrs, and other Southern papers, re-
gently eaptured by the u. 5 ship Restless, GEN.
Mains among others the following items:
The Richmond correspondent Of the Mercury.
under date OF October q, says:
General Bragg is here, but the object OF his
yisit has not transpired. Nc Belgian Minister
has yet arrived, a. many deluG-d ones cup
posed on yesterday. An active srfare j. gong
Oh between the Ea9s5er and Er.tntin,r' tue
former alleging that the latter has caangpd iLS
opinions on the cotton purchase cues tioi' ana
Tie latter declaring thsi nr Die. Sinith, ol '.''
SSrnFr, has gone INFO the ssubsfituta business
and Appropriated 81 POO deposited III ms hano-
by a youthful victim. The controV-rsy,i ~
largely instructive TO out>idef-' ou' ho' eie-
yasiDK to the press
The same correspondent, in q letter dated
October 20. says:
.-rru Bragg appears bs in high spirits,
en,.rr!y sa,ISfPd with his reception. He gives
= gloomy accoun; of Kentucky; says he got
oc,y ;iCsl recruits; tn. people are hosnl" or
eegardly, &c. Doubtless, bat If The army OF
liberation had whipped the army az occupation
fYsuksel, we shouid have heard other news.
Az ot.lce- IN Drsgg's command, who was with
min in Kentucky, says the reason be did not
fight was b-cause he considered his array a.
TIE main stay of the Confederscy, not TO be
rissFa in = general engagement unless p1oi
fYeiy certain Of success.
Yesterday we had the flor some timrl IN
usual spectacle Of an artillery train moving
down Main street Orders were recSived by
;ee Officers IN command near taa city 10 be-
ready 20 march at a moments notice. There j.
o. = talk OF . Yankee attack on Weldon, and il the
force ~ Suffolk Is what they say il is, Weldon
l. In some danger
Of;cers from Lees army represent things in
af.yorabie light. The army is n pretty large
one. Most Of the troops tclerabiy clad and
very cheerful. As TO contemplated InOveme nts,
refer you 70 my letter some day or two ago.
And on October 3ist he writes:
Mr. Benjamin il sanguine in regard to the
story OF the New York Express about an
armistice. The tenor of his latest dispatches
were that, at the earnest solicitation OF France,
England had consented 20 t;sa mp the American
question early In October, and this incline- him
to believe the report OF the Express. Another
circumstance which goes To show that some
thing is in the wind, * the meeting in New
York OF the French ConSuis from Richmond,
Charleston and New Orleans NJ Paul! he
Consul resident here, is expected back to-day.
Outside OF official circles the arInistie- story
Is taken quite coolly. There is some discussion
10 whether the blockade will De raised in
The armistice l. accepted. Beyond this
little is said or hoped.
Cron the streets there is runor of the pur.
ehese, by European capitalists. OF Confederate
bonds 10 = large arlOuGt-sonae say S5ts.Cl9,
and others put it as high As Si,GG,OG0 II i re-
ported that the purchaser. viii give exchange
~ g.. most favorable bargain fer re. We now
recall the fact that Georgia firm. called,
bought, the other day, Si.tSst0S0 OF Confederate
bonds, and some incline 10 the opinion that this
Georgia frm has partners abroad.
a number Of officers frc,n Bre.s's army are
IN town. They speak OF him without mercy
One of them told me tina: Kentucky was forever
lost 10 Us, and by our own fault. Bragg mis-
states facts when he says we got but i,SH re-
eTuiis In Kentucky. Bufords Ga airy Brigade
alone numbers 2,vt0, 10 say nothing of infantry
regiments that came back with our army
While Buell. was re;reasing 20 Louisville. the
flower of his army being cut MP n PerryyIsie,
Bragg was leaving the Richest country in the
world for region in which IL is inpossibie for
his army to subsist. The men are worse of for
clothes and blankets than Lees army. In the
face OF all this, staff officer asserted yesterday
Of the entire West.
The Petersburg Express, of the 9th October,
has The following account OF a fight II Frank
lin:
"Atan early hour yesterday morning thu. city
was niled with ruInoTs OF severe light az
Franklin, Southampton county, Va. These
ruTnors give IL that the ConfederafeS had been
badly worstrd in the affair. Having baen so
frequently deceived by rumor. We applied 20
headquarters Tor correct infoTmaiio cut we're
told that nothing could De made public IL vas
conceded, however, that there h.id been an en-
gagement, and, As IL WAS not considered discreet
70 give the result publicly, the Irresistible i'll
ference Il, thatruinor FOR once. ~ least, has told
me nnth, and that we have been soundIY
thrashed.
''Tbe public so eoRstrue it and will continue
70 SO eonstrue All attempts on the part of mill
tary onclais 10 keep from the people results
OF engagements which have tran spirei. and the
suppression of which cannot in any possible
way subserye tie public good
eve have good reason for believing that the
Yankee forces are now ON this side of Black
water. Their ultimate aim is Weldon of
course, where they can eifectuaIly ca; of the
Confederate Government from the use OF the
great lines OF railway which concentrate at that
point
The Mercury, OF November l. has the follow.
ng:
"The Savannah Repu5lf.cp. Of "Wednesday
says: Passengers who arrived by the Charles
ton train last evening, report the heaviest kind
Oh nring Tor several hours, i'll the direction OF
Maekeys Point One gentleman, no has been
much used 20 Yankee cannonadiny des,.r;hes
~ as terrific. Ii Is supposed the Yankees are
making another attempt 10 land. We only hope
they Will be allowed TO do SO, and get as far
into The bowels of the land us they did last
week In that event there Will be liberal
parttlonmg OF Yankee homesteGds.''
SOne Bushirk some time snc. got anrag.a
against 0lan named Swift, and seiziug him
by the seat Of his pantaloons and the nape of
MS neck, and threw him of wharf in New
York. As exhibition OF strength if vas
pretty, but As an amusement expensive. for q
Jury recently awarded the injured Swift $500
damages
cheered by the success of "ILss Miserables,
IL at work on a romance 10 be called ..g3- and
that he also contemplates pubiis hing the second
volume OF the 'thatimrnt," and the s.IIistory
Of the I'd December" which We're begun several
years ago.
~ Among those drafted in Westmoreland
county, Pa, was Robert Carpenter, of Mount
Pleasant township, the same individual who
but few weeks ago, outraged the public feel
Ing there, by parading the village with the
national emblem pinned 10 his shirt-tail.
- In Australia, a siashing prizn fight ba
tween Young Sullivan and White. both of Lon
Don, England, for FL ,OU, was lately won by
white In thirty -seyen Troublesome hour and
twenty-five minutes.
- At Liverpool, short time ago, half an
hour after the ebb of the tide had commenced
u again began To rise, and 90 continued until il
mad attained eighteen inches above high water,
70 the great astonishnent of all on board th,
different ships In the river.
- AiOonl has not retired, according 10 rhe
intention generally attributed 10 her a short
Time since. On the contrary she has lust ac.
oepted an engagement at the Italian 6prrl of
fsIs, ana wiII appear there At the beginning
CT the season in tho Cenerentola"
~ The Duke de Grammont who killed tho
french editor in "A duel near PARIS has lied
Inlo belgium, 10 avoid the police; but they viii
NOT harm him, a. such events are said IN no
peculiar To polite French life
- The Emperor OF Austria proposes to re-
sIoIs me eohhscatFd estates OF political refugees
On the occasion OF The of