Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-11-07

case, reserying the right to proceed with
the others. If the prisoners are surrender
ed upon this one case, further steps will be
unnecessary The object of this movement
is to close the case within few days. Hon.
J. Rose has been retained in behalf of our
Government. lla
The returned veterans of the First Ver'
mont Cavalry are ordered to assemble at
Burlington, Vermont, without delay, and
hold themselves in readiness for further
orders from the militrry authorities.
The Times Washington special says that
Captain Lucus J. Ottenal has just ar
rived and been sent to the old Capital
prison. He signed his name to large num-
Der of blank affidavits ands power of sttor-
ney in Colonel North's office. Cohen ac-
knowledged also that he had signed Otte-
naTs name before he arrived. 0ttenal
seems quite penitent.
The Tines special says Atlanta has been
mpletely isolated for several weeks. At
one time it was feared that provisions
would give out, but no danger from that
source is now apprehended. Forage for
animals failed some weeks ago, but forage
ing into the surrounding country have
supplied all immediate wants.
The latest dispatches from Sherman
states that the railroad is clear, and tina,
railroad communication re established.
Hoods threatening position on our flank
is evidently intended to induce our with
drawal from Atlanta, but he has no pros
peet Of success.
The 10th corps has not been idle in At
lanta. New and extensive forti6eations
have been erected, rendering the defence
of the city and tine depOts defsnsible by
smaller force than was originally designed.
The question of the return of Georgia to
the Union is widely agitated.
Meetings held among the loyal men of
Atlanta, resulted in the appointment OF
Commissioners to proceed to the capital Of
the State, and visit influential men, with q
view to consulting on the immediate with
drawaI of the State from the Confederacy.
SOUTHERN NEws.
Late rebel newspapers give gloomy pic
ture of affairs in that portion of Louisiana
within the lines of JEFF. Davis armies.
Tho destitution of the people is repre-
aented as extreme, and starvation Is said to
staring them in the face.
One principal cause for this is the abso-
lutte worUhlessness to which Confederate
money has been reduced.
A Louisiana letter says:
None of the absolute necessaries OF life
can be purchased with the old issue. PeO-
pie have no new, or any way of procur-
ing it. Departments refuse TO take iteVen
at the discount made by the rebel Congress.
The State issues have all disappeared
through the zeal of the Governor, whose
anxiety for the credit of the State is with
drawing it from circulation
No beef can be purchased for Confederate
money either in Louisiana or Texas. There
are no oxen or transportation for procuring
uel, and the mass Of the people must Ce
on the verge of starvation and freezing be-
JOre Spring. Thieving, plundering, piller-
ing aud horse stealing is the order Of the
day. AIisrule appears to be in the ascend
ant. -..- ...-
BEAUREGARD IN coMM.ND.
The Times publishes Beauregard's order,
assuming command of the military division
of the West, comprising Hoods and Dick
Fay lor's Departments, with headquarters,
on the 18th ultimO, at Jacksonville, Ala.
BUTLER, s CANAL. II
The Richmond DisPateh of the tn ird
says.
Great interest is fsltin Buffers Canal. The
Isthmus known as Dutch Gap, which
connects Farris Island with main land, of
the north bank of the River, is exactly
200 yards across and so feet high on the
western side and then sloping down to the
starting obliqely.
We learn that he is cutting disgonally
through the isthmus, beginning 100 yards
below the naTrowest point. We have rea-
son to believe the canal has not been more
than two-t thirds completed.
The following order is published in Mo-
bile papers = rarrl r-- aT-
"All persons between the ages of Is and
Is, not belonging to the army or navy, and
within the county of Mobile, and all agri-
culturists, are ordered to report at the State
Bank in Mobile for organization, on or be-
fore the first of November or they will be
apprehended and treated as deserters." r..
1. FioM NEW ORLEANS.
The Heralds, New Orleans letter of the
3Oth says: Another rebel design to cross
their troops by transports has been dis
covered and the proper preparations made
to meet it. The rebels are said to be in
considerable force at Atehafalays river,
but there are few of them at Shreveport
and Alexandria and there are no army
operations of importance reported either
along the Mississippi or around Mobile
Bay.
CAPTURE OF BLoCKADs RUNNERS.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 8.
The following captures of blockade run
ners off Wilmington, were reported to the
Navy Department to-day:
Arrived at Fort Monroe, English steamer
Lucy, captured on the End, loaded with Ala
bales of cotton and 200 tons of tobacco
Steamer Anna, captured on Monday last,
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