Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1863-08-25
NO. l3.
NORTHERN NEWS.

no - sew Iork Times, in long editorial rid
icuies the idea of the speedy fail of Sumter
o Whiist IL considers the reduction of Charleston
/ precisely the most difficult Individual piece o.
u.iiiiafy business that the whole theatre of wal
now presents.'' ~'
II Inc correspondent of the New York Tribune
ssa'es on the authority of an officer ssjust re-
from Charieston,'' that the taking of that
ouy VIII be 'sa matter Of time;'' that Wagner
sanno. DC battered down, and no attempt will be
a. present TO carry it by assaults that Fort
4 oumter may possibly be battered to pieces. INIT
even In that event the other forts have cot 70 be
oyercome; and the ssRebels,'' who are as busy
40 oees, are erecting battery after battery on the
| way 10 Onarleston.' In conclusion we are told
/ 'nae ''tne public may at once divest themselves
. % tne IDEA that any startling news is to come
from charleston at present.
| NEwBERN, N. c., Aug. ia conscript iusr
rom wilmington, W N. c., reports that within the
past lew Gays seventeen large steamers have ar
rived at that port, having run the blockade load
| ed with stores for the rebel army; among which
are 96, 600 English rides, 100000 army blankets.
loV,UOV ready made uniforms, 1000 cases of
ready made Shoes ii locomotives, 8 rife cannon,
heavy caiibre, five cargoes of railroad iron and
skiifui men accompanying them.
On Saturday night Mosby's guerillas captured
seventeen suffers, with their wagons horses and
guards, near Fairfax Court House. After strip
ping the wagons of such articles as could be ca
silly carried off, and relieving the suffers of their
.sgreen backs,' the gang departed, allowing the
disconsoate suffers to return sadder if not wiser
men.
A correspondent Of the New York Herald
named Young, writing from Amlsville, Va, July
81, says zen. Custer sent squadron to the house
OF Maj. Williams, with instructions to hang nim
to the nearest tree, if they caught him, in pur-
suance of instructions, they removed his family
frOr hn md hur n Tbo
respondent also boasts of the number of slaves,
horses and cattle stolen by General Custer.
The draft will recommence tomorrow, and will
go straight on to its termination without the
slightest interference. Chicanery IN high places
has been exhausted, and the riotous spirit in low
has been cowed. Law again assumes its right
tul sway, and faction hides its head.
WHEELING, VA, Aug. 4.--At joint session
Of the West Virginia Legislature to-day, Wait
nan I. Wiley, Of Morgantown, and p. CYAN
Windle, OF Parkersburg. were elected United
states Senators, the former on the first and the
after on the 9th ballot.
A man who represents himself as a Govern
nent teamster, arrived in Covington, KY, on
Monday, and reports that on Thursday, Aug. 6,
detachment of Scott's rebel cavalry attacked
md captured a train Of 160 Government wagons
rear Loudon, Kentucky.
One hundred and twenty three of John Morgan's
,fficers have been sent from Johnsons's Island
o Harrisburg, to be confined in the penitentiary
here.
A negro regiment, 1000 strong, under CON-
nand of COL Tilghman, left Philadelphia on the
9th inst, for Charleston.
The Louisville Journal, of recent date, says
Iaite a number of Morgan's men are confined to
heir beds at different points in Indiana, where
hey were compelled from sheer exhaustion to
lie down and abandon the raid.
Yankee papers state that General Hooker is to
be transferred to the command of the Depart
nent OF Missouri.