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VOL. XIII-NO. 17
DHIhLINO,
Sweet Amy ask’d with pleading eyes,
•‘ Dear Charley, teach me, will you,
The words I’ve heard your captain say—
I should so like to drill you.”
What 1 .little one, you take command !
Well, Amy, I’m quite willing ;
a such a company as yours
1 can’t have too much drilling.
“ Stand over there, and sing out clear,
Like this—‘Squad, stand at ea-ie.’ ”
•• Oh, Charles, you’ll wake papa up stairs,
Don’t shout like that, dear, please.”
I stand at ease, like this, you see !
And then 1 need scarce mention
The next command you have to give
is this one, “ Squad -Attention.”
Now, Amy. smartly, after me,
(You're sure, dear, it don’t bore you !)
orwurd !— Quick March—Halt—Front—Right
Dress—
There, now, Im close before you.
• Present arms—Well, it does look odd
You don’t believe I’d trifle;
,Ve hold our arms just like this,
la drill without the rifle.
Now say ‘ Salute your officer.’ ”
“ Oh. Charles, for shame, how c;iu you
thought '.hat you were at some trick,
You horrid cheating man, you.”
Charles “ ordered armswithout command
-ne -im oth’J her rumpled hair,
And pouted, frowned, aud blush’d and then
said soiuy—"As you were.”
War Times m New Orleans.
The New Orleans papers have some in
teresting items under the head “Talk on
’Change.” Tbe Crescent s uys :
There were gatherings on the flags of
Carondelet yesterday. True, they did not
exceed a corporal’s guard, but it is with
prolound feelings of sorrow that we have
"to record that the prestige ot Carondelet
street is one of the things that were. We
allude to it in the real sense of the word.
No cotton in the market; consequently no
exchange making.
We hardly know how to balance accounts
with Carondeiet street. No cotton, no ex
change, and no shaving—tbe glorious sus
pension of coin payments by our banks hav
ing knocked t the shavers—Sbylocks—into
the middle ol uext year,—almost induces us
to write the epitaph ot Carondeiet.
We are asked bow Tommy Serrill got
out of the Buatile. As we said at the time
of his arrest, the Lincolnitt3 would not
make much out oi him, our expressions are
confirmed. He was reported to be an
agent of the B-nk of England, He was
just as much an agent as citizen Fassman’s
. oss drayman. But .Serrill has got out ol
tne Lincoln Bastiie. Some of our cotton
.'actors would be glad to receive certain bal
ances ffir cotton shipped through him.
The sequestration act is freely comment
ed on. For the information of all branches
of Northern firms, we have to state that
they are required to present a full balance
sheet to the authorities. For iostauce : a
copartner ol a Northern commercial firm is
required to close at once and adjust the
balances. II there is auythiug due to
Northern copartners, it is under sequestra
tion.
I he suspension ol the banks seems to have
ert-ated an instant scarcity of small change,
the effects o! which, as thus stated by the
Puayune, are aniu.-ing :
There was ranch commotion iu the differ
ent markets this morning, on account of tbe
great difficulty of procuring and making
change among the butchers and market
women. The purchasers, or marketers,
were also iu great distress, as they found
their ourgains stopped after having conclud
ed them, by the impediment of procuring
the reaoy.
All sorts ot plans were resorted to ; the
butchers offered a premium for change, and
failing to obtain it, made up the balance
due in dimes anu picayunes by giving ex
tra weight in the meats sold, &c The
hucksters did the same, and made up in
potali.es, beans, turnips and cabbages, for
small change due.
Thicks of War. —Some weeks ago,
some soldiers of a Michigan regiment, we
were told, mounted a stove pipe on wheels,
an l placed it in front of their pickets, near
Alexandria. The keeu eyes of the rebel
scouts were soon upon the field piece, and a
company of artillery and cavalry soon made
an attack upon it. After banging away
with canuon tor a reasonable length of time,
without any reply, a bold charge is made
and the stove pipe captured I Thi9 was a
good joke, but the rebels paid us for it with
interest, when they dug mock entrench
naents on Munson’s, Mason’s and Upton’s
II ills, near Washington, but took care to
mount no cannon on them at all! The reb
els must have bad a merry time over the
New York “ specials,” wheu they got hold
of them, which told how the rebels were
seen at these formidable batteries on the
1 days mentioned, “ exercising at the guns !”
—There are five rebel privateers tied up
in Charleston harbor unable to get out.
The blockade is too close for them.
The Disaster to the Great
Eastern*
Site Breaks her Rudder and Becomes
Unmanageable.
FEARFUL KOLLI.VU OF TJIK VESSEL,
TERRIBLE SCENES ON BOARD.
Site lUaclus Cork a Floating'Wreck.
Farther Point, Tuesday, Oct. I.—The
following in regard to the disaster to the
steamship Great Eastern is taken froju the
English papers :
The Great Eastern left her moorings in
the river Mersey at half past one o’clock on
Tuesday, the 10th of September. The
pilot boats left her at 4 o’clock. She im
mediately put on full speed, and all went
well with her until 4 o’clock on Thursday,
when, a strong breeze prevailing, the aft
tackie of one of the forward boats on the
port side became unhooked, leaving it sus
pended by one tackle. The captain endeav
ored to steady the ship while tnis was recti
fied, but found to his surprise that she did
not answer the helm. The fact was, though
it was not known at the time, the rudder pin
was broken. The fore staysail was run up
but it was blown away. The paddle ens,
gines were now stopped, and the the boat
lashiDgs cut away, when the Great Eastern
once more started on her course. The
passengers then went down to dinner,
and from that moment commenced a chaos
of breakages which lasted without inter
mission for three days. Everything break
able was destroyed. Furniture, fittmgs,
services of plate, piano—all were involved
in one common ruin. It now became
known that the rudder was unmanageable.
About six o’clock the vessel had to be stop
ped again owing to two rolls of sheet lead,
weighing several hundred weight each,which
were in the engine room, rolling about w th
every oscillation of the vessel with fearful
force. These having been secured, another
start was made, when a tremendous grind
ing was heard under the paddle-boxes. The
shaft had become twisted, aud the floats
were grinding against the side of the ship*
The paddles were stopped, and thencefor
ward the scene is described as fearful in the
extreme. The ship rolled so violently that
the boats were washed away. The cabin,
besides undergoing the dangers arising lrom
the crashes and collisions which were con
stantly going on, had shipped, probably
through the port holes, a great deal of wa
ter, and the stores were floating about in
utter confusion and ruin, come ot the
chandeliers fell down with a crush. A large
mirror was smashed into a t musand frag
ments, rails of banisters, bars, and nume
rous other fittings, were broken into num
berless pieces. Some idea of the rough
ness of the night may possibly be
gathered from the fact that the large
chain cables polished themselves quite
bright with friction on deck. A spare rid
ing bit gave way on the cabledeck, and
knocked a hole through the ship’s side.
Two oil tanks, also on the cabledeck, were
so much damaged by another concussion
that 200 gallons of flsb oil contained iu them
rau into the hold, and caused, during the
rest of the unhappy voyage, a most intoler
able odor. The luggage of the passengers
in the lower after cargo space was lying iu
two leet of water, and, before the deliver
ance ot the ship wts eflected, the luggage
was literally reduced to rags and pieces of
timber. Twenty-five fractures of limbs
occurre lrom the concussions caused by
tbe tremendous lurching of the vessel. Cuts
aud bruises were innumerable. One of tbe
cooks was cast violently, by one of the
lurches, against the paddlebox, by which he
sustained fearful bruises on the arms, put
ting it out of bis power to protect himself.
Another lurch drove him against one of the
stanchions, by which concussion ODe of the
poor fellow’s legs was broken in three
places. The baker received injuries of a
very terrible character in vital parts ; and
cue ot the most striking incidents ot tbe
disaster was this poor, brave man, crawling
in his agony to extinguish some portion of
the baking gear, which at that moment had
caught fire.
■ On Thursday night the gale was from the
Eoutbwest, but on Friday morning it had
turned round to the northwest, and the ship
was drifting an unmanageable log in the
trough of the sea. She did not ship much
water ou deck.
It was soon discovered what wa3 the
matter with the rudder. The pin upon
which it turned had broken off three feet
above the poiut where it entered the stern
ol the ship. It was wrought iron, ten inches
in diameter—and the iron appeared thor
ougly good, breaking at that particular
point where it appeared the strongest, which
was one of the most curious incidents of the
disaster. It was now found necessary to
rig up some kind of steering g>ar. A spar
was thrown overboard with the auchor
duke attached, which,dragging in the water
behind the ship, might bring her head to the
wind ; but the swinging of the rudder made
it useless ; and a plan was then suggested
to the captain by the passengers, to which
the escape of the vessel is probably attrib*
utable. It was to pass two or three turns
of chain-cable around the rudder pin, im-
SAINT PAUL. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 11, 1861.
mediately below the point at which the
breakage occurred, and secure it with
wedges and small chains. IJy pulling eitlie
end ol this chain-cable, a circular motion of
the pin was produced, and a connection
being eflected with tbe usual chain attached
to the rudder, and a temporary wheel rig
ged up below the deck, a shift was made
once more to proceed ; bu the screw ot the
vessel upon which the locomotion now
depended—hardly a vestige of the paddles
remaining—soon stopped, being fouled by
the rudder, by which the rudder was pre
vented lrom veering more than was neces
sary to steer the ship.
AH of Friday was occupied with these
arrangements, ’t he ship had drifted up the
west coast of Ireland, out of the ordinary
track. On Saturday night the brig Mag
net, of Halifax, hove in sight, hauled along
side, and lay to for the purpose of rendering
assistance.
Sunday, at 2 o’clock, the Great Eastern
got under way the rudder was found to act,
and the vessel proceeded at the rate of nine
knots an hour with the screw alone.
She met the Persia the next morning,
and signaled her to come under the lee,
which the Persia did. But circumstances
were such that the Great Eastern’s engines
could not be slackened, and the Persia
made off, probably under the impression
that foul play was intended by the Great
Eastern. An attempt was made at an ex
planation, but the Persia was too far off.
The Greast Eastern continued her course
on Tuesday morning, and reached the
Head of Kinsale, where she stopped four
hours to arrange her tackle. She signaled
the shore, but no notice was taken ot her.
At 4 o’clock, she arrived off Cork, and a
small steamer came off to assist her, and the
harbor was soon reached. As the rudder
was sufficiently repaired, the ship would
proceed to Liverpool soon.
Our informant slates that it is almost
impossible to exaggerate the anxious state
of mind which prevailed while the fate of
the ship was doubtful. There were several
clergyman on board, and religious services
were frequent. Tbe demeanor of the pas
sengers was sufficient, apart from any sign
ol disaster around, to signify the distressing
nature of the crisis. A meeting was held in
the saloon on Tuesday, and resolutions dI a
pious and congratulatory character were
passed.
The passengers expressed gratitude to the
commauder of the brig Magnet, and com
plimented Gapt. VValker and the officers
and crew ot tbe Great Eastern lor their in
defatigable exertions.
Some ol the proceedings, however, were
of a less pleasant character, severe com
ments being passed on the condition ot the
ship, her streugth of paddles, and the way
she was ballasted.
McClellan’s Campaign About to Coin-
Correspondence ot the New York World.
W ashington, Sept. 29. —There are many
indications that the opening of our offensive
campaign is close at hand. VYe are reach
ing tbe end of the beginning. Prepare,
then, to hear, very soon, of great events oc
curriDg on tne Potomac liue. The period
ol suspense is about over. We are new
strong enough to meet the enemy either in
the open field or oo bis own ground. After
a careful review of our own forces, aud stu
dy ot all we know of his, I make this asser
sertioo cooficienlly. The public will r.ot
have much longer to wail ; the second divi
sion of the national loan ought to be taken
under different auspices from tnose Oi the
first.
During the iti3t few days wonderful ac*
tivity has prevailed in important quarters.
Generals Scott and McClellan have been
closeted with the President and Mr. Cam
eron tor hours together; the plans of the
chieftains are approved by the statesmen,
and the navy is to lend it invaluable co
operation. Our fall campaign will be
marked as it appears to me—as it would
appear to any close observer, by two graud
movements—the minor and the major. First,
the passage of the upper Potomac iD loree,
and dispossession of Johnstou’s column,
simultaneous with the capture of the bat
teries on the lower Potomac heights, by our
flotilla covering a heavy land force. Th> se ac
complished, we shall hold the Virginia shores
from Free Stone Point to Leesburg. Second,
The march southward of over 200,000 men,
supported by a weight of artillery proper
tiouate to modern ideas ; enough meo, under
General BleDker, being lei behind to guard
our then complete and impregnable in
trenchments. ldonotsa- that when the
second and more important movement oc
curs it wib be over the McDowell route to
and via Manassas, &c. It is not impossi
ble, when our iutreDchmeuts are finished,
and the preliminary actiou predicted above
has established our possession of the Poto
mac lines, that, with the exception ot
Blenker’s reserve, the entire corps d'armee
will couuttrmareh aDd concentrate on this
side of the river for transit at some upper
or lower point aud a rapid march across the
enemy’s flank.
The rebels are almost forcing Gen Mc-
Clellan to hasten bis preliminary advauce,
by the strength and importance of the new
batteries they have planted at Free Stone
Point and other promontories of the lower
Potomac. I have the highest authority for
INTENTIONAL DUPLICATE EXPOSURE
uieiice
saying that our Potomac flotilla is seriously
menaced by these batteries; that the rebels
are fortifying and manning them with great
skill; that many brave men must die before
they are taken ; that very few more guns
need be mounted at Free ritoue Point, and
elsewhere, to totally command the channel
of navigation. Measures are already in
progress for the rapid construction of a
military raiitoad from Washington to An
napolis dir.-ct, by way of forestalling any
possible contingency.
Meantime great activity prevails in the
Navy Yard. Shot and shell are pouring
into the holds of the Yankee, Pensacola,
Underwriter, etc., and yesterday high com
manding officers believed they would be
ordered at ter, minutes’notice to take 10,000
men down toe river for an assault on the
rebel battery ut Free Stone Point. Steam
was up on all the vessels, and Commodore
Craven in deep consultation at the navy
office. The Commodore finally went down
stream in the Yankee, his flagship, and will
make another reeounoissance before imme
diate decisive business is resolved on. But
all these things are ominous of a momentous
development of the resources gathered here
duripg our ‘‘sixty days of atonement,” aud
the hints ’.brown out iu this letter show you
that we shall have enough to do aud record.
Later from Europe.
Farthkr Point, Oct. B.— The steamer
Norwegian, from Liverpool, 2(jth,via Lon
donderry 27tb September, has arrived off
Farther Point.
The Paris Patrie denies, but the English
jouruaE reassert, that France and .Spain
iuteiul intervention in the affairs of Mexico.
The London Times says that the inter
vention is with the full concurrence of the
American Government.
It was asserted that in consequence of
receut events in Japan, the English vessels
of war stationed at China have been order
ed to Jeddo.
Liverpool. —Breadstuff’s are tending
downward, with little inquiry, on Friday
Provisions dull and drooping. Consols lor
money 93u93)g.
Great Britain.— Sir Edward Bulwer
Lytton, in speaking at a dinner at Hert
fordshire, reviewed file ceneral aspect ol
foreign and domestic relations of Italy. He
said she had become a great nation, lie
took Mr. Roebuck’s of Austria, and
complimented Earl Russell on his conduct.
Of tne foreign department .Sir Edward
said he had long fores'-eu the rupture in
America, and he thought it would tend to
happy resul s, noth lor the safety of Europe
and o;b« reasons The breaking up ol the
American Republic was not a failure ol
democracy Anyotherform of government
woffid have equally failed in keeping to
gether sections of a community so neograpi
caily vast,ana with interests so antagonistic
to each other.
The issue of notices for the adoption of
short time in the Lancashire Mills was daily
becoming more general, and under these
circum-tuuces spinners and manufacturers
were showing increased confidence to abstain
from pressing their goods on the market
until prices shall have attained a point in
some degree commensurate with the rise in
the value of the raw material.
The limes iu its city articles attributes
the confirmed decline in the funds to feel
ings of disquiet as to the prospects of the
operative classes in Manchester during the
coming winter, aud the influence which a
partial suspension of the cotton trade may
have upou the revenue.
Tne London funds continued to droop
under considerable realization. The con
suls declined one-fourth on the 25th. The
discount market showed increasing ease
The genera! rate was 3 per cent., but bills
were at two and three-fourths. Mexican
securities continued buoyant and advancing
owing to the contemplated intervention.
The following is a summary ol tbe news sent
out by the City of Washington from Liver
pool the 25th.
Great Britain. —The Great Eastern
was less damaged than was at first repre
sent. She will be repaired at Miliiord.
and resume the service between Liverpool
aud New York.
'ftie 7 imes thinks the Emperor of Rus
sia's letter good and appropriate, and more
uccep»able to America tuan advice from
any other power, but obviously the advice
will not be taken by a proud and obstinate
people, and more blood roust flow before
the counsel; o! St. Petersburg will be lis
teued to.
A further correspondence from liusseii
is published in one letter. He says he has
no doubt whatever of the ultimate power
ol the Northern and Western Estates to
subjugate the seceded Stales it they put
forth all their strength.
The London Post publishes the terms of a
treaty between England. France au i Spain
for immediate intervention in the aff ors ol
Mexico. There is no intention ot waging
territorial war, but the combined naval
forces of the three powers will occupy the
principal ports in the Gulf, and will seques
trate the customs revenue at such pons, ie~
tainiug one half and paying the rest to' the
Mexican government. If Mexico sets tut
allied powers at defiance an • ffectuat block
ade wilt ne iustantly established.
Franck. —The Const it alio and officially
announces that the Washington govern
ment has not authorized its agents in Eu
rope to make military engagements, and
that officers accepting service under that
Government will therefore act on their own
responsibility.
Italy.— Active negotiations are going
on between Paris and Turin relative to
to guarantees for the spiritual independence
of the Pope if Rome should become the
capita! of Italy.
A diplomatic rupture between Italy and
•Spa n is anticipated if Spain should still
refuse to deliver up the archives ot the Ne
apolitan consulate.
The latest is via Londonderry, London,
Sept. 20, and is a 3 follows:
1 lie Times announces that the illness of
tbe Pope is much more serious than was
anticipated. Advices say that there is
much danger of his life.
HIE INDIANS IN KANSAS AND NEBRAS-
W ashington, Oct. 8 —The Commission
er of Indian Affairs, Mr. Dale, has returned
from his official visit to the Indian tribes in
Kansas and Nebraska. He was received
by them with gladness. They sought every
opportunity to express to him their friendli
ness to the United States.
He conversed with the returned Kansas
officers, who took part in the battle of
Springfield, and who informed him that no
separately organized Indian forces were
with the rebels on that occasion, but that a
comparatively few of the half breeds only
were in the ranks ot the enemy. The ef
forts of the rebels to array the Indians
against the United States, so far as the
Commissioner could learn, was attended
only with partial success. The Indians as
a class, are disposed to be friendly, but
those who are iu hostility have been co
erced to this course by tne rebels No doubt
is entertained that it would require no per
suasion to raise a large Indian force in
Kansas and Nebraska, to operate against
those who may be brought ioto the fieid by
tbe rebels.
RIOT BETWEEN SOLDIERS AND THE
PEOFLE.
New York, Oct. 7.—A serious riot oc
curre i in Hudson City, Saturday night be
tween members of the Bunney Rifles, quar
tered in the United States Arsenal and
some 300 citizens, which it is feared may yet
lead to very serious results. A number ot
persons were injured, ine.tiding the Mayor
of the city. While trying to quell the dis
turbanee he was stabbed five or six tim :s
about the head and body, and is seriousiy it
uut lataily injured. There were serious ap
prehensions of a riot yesterday, and the
noli ary were ordered to hold themselves in
readiness.
STEAMER FOR HATTERAS,
Ft. Monroe, Get. (i — The Spaulding
sailed for Ilatteras Inlet witli 500 troops.
General Wool returned to Old Point this
morning, and will doubtless remain. Gen.
Mansfield goes to Hattcras Inlet ou the
Spiuidiug.
.John Clark, late editor of the Boston
Courier, was on the propeller Fanny, but
left with the first boat load of stores, and
thus escaped being made prisoner. The
Captain oi the Fauny is severely censured,
as it seems the rebel vessels were not seen
until within four miles of the Propeller.
On Thursday two tug boats, having the
Susquehanna launches in tow, and laden
with the remaining stores, have arrived.
The 2dth Indiana regiment left Hattcras
lulet for the encampment of the regiment,
out. it was rumored before the sailing of
the Pawnee they had abandoned their po’
sitiou, and were on their way back to Ilat
teras Inlet.
ABOUT AN INDIAN TREATY.
Washington, Oct. 7.—The recently con
cluded treaty between the Delaware Indi
ans and the United States is officially pro
claimed .It provides for the conditional pur
chase of the surplus lands by the Leaven
worth, Pawnee & Western Railroad Co., of
Kansas in aid of the construction oi a
Railroad through the home reserve. The
number of acres is nearly 24.000, at bu ag
gregate valuation of $287,000.
A UNITED STATES OFFICER ARRESTED
BY THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT.
Dktkoit, Oct. 7 - A special dispatch from
Toronto to the Free Press states that Col.
Rrokin, M.P, lately authorized by our
goverement to raise a regiment of Lancers,
was arrested there yesterday for violation
ot the neutrality law.
Detroit, Oct. 8. —It is believed the
charge against Col. Rankiu for breach of
the neutrality law, cannot be sustained.
At all events his arrest by the Canadian
authorities will not impede the prompt or
ganizitiun of the reguneut of Lances now
beii g rendezvoused here. Over thirty re
cruiting offices iu north-western Canada
are actively at work, and upwards of 500
picked men have already been enrolled.
AXOTHER WOMAM’S STORY.
f IVo) Id's D‘spatch . — A youDg lady nam
ed Harrison, lately school teacher iu Ten
nessee has arrived near our lines, having
been sick six weeks, escaping. She is in
telligent aud in possession ot valuable in-
NEW SERIES-NO. 410
formation, bhe states the fortifications
at Manassas have three lines of entrench
ments, one behind the other. On Monday
last she saw Davis, Beauregard and Smith
This information comes from her guide as
she was unable to get through the rebel
pickets in the morning. General Smith will
send out several companies of infantry, and
a battery to drive in the rebel pickets and
capture the young lady provided the rebels
have not already taken her away.
GOVERNOR OF GEORGIA
Augusta, Ga., Oct. 4.—Jos. E. Brown
has been elected Governor of Georgia by
a majority of between five aud ten thou
sand.
BRECKINRIDGE AT RICHMOND.
The Richmond Examiner of last Fri
day publishes telegraphic news from
Lynchburg to the effect that Jno. O. Breck
inridge aud other Kentuckians were at
Arlington yesterday. It is understood that
Breckinridge will resign his seat in the *
United States Senate, issue an address to
tbe people of Kentucky, and actively en
gage in the war. He is expected to be in
Richmond iu a few days.
PRICE MAKING TRACKS FOR ARKANSAS.
Jefferson City, Oct. (J. —The special to
the St. Louis Democrat says little doubt i 3
entertained here that Price is on his wav
south with the main body of his army. He
is reported to be making demonstrations
near Georgetown and Sedalia, being merely
a detachment for the purpose of keeping
our observation engaged. When last heard
from, Price’s advance guard was at Clinton,
iu Henry county. It is supposed Price
will push on to the Arkansas line. Gen.
Fremont will follow him closely and give
him battle wherever he can find him.
A force of between 3,000 and 4,000 rebel
cavalry were seen near Lipton to-day, whose
object is presumed to be to get between
our advance and this place and fall upon
some stray regiment or transportation train
going out. Col. Coffee, ol Booueville, passed
through here the other day lor St. Louis,
but it has been since as.ertaiued that he is
on his way south with important documents
containing the official ecord of proceed
ings ot the mock Legislature held at Lex
iugtou.
A scout from Linn Creek reports the
probable death of the notorious rebel leader
Rev. M. Johnson, who, while moving some
of Torbert k Co.’s powder, Friday night,
was dangerously wounded by the explosion
of one of the kegs. Gen. Fremont and
staff wiil probably leave for Sedalia to
morrow.
- [Special to St. Louis Republican.] —lt
seems to be believed in military circldffhere !
that Price will avoid a battle with Fre
moot if possible, but others entertain the
opinion he intends a surprise upon some
point the least protected, and that we shall
Have a tight in a few days Fremont de
signs to follow the rebel army into Arkan
sas and force them to fight wherever he can
encounter them.
The paymasters who brought one mil
lion two hundred thousand dollars to pay
off’troops to tbe 31st August, have discharg
ed their duty aud returned to St. Louis.
Claib. Jackson is reported to be en route
for Texas.
The farmers of Pettis conntv recently of
fered to furnish General Fremont gratis
$250,000 worth of grain fer his army.
Captain Champion, rebel, who was here
last week has been arrested as a spy in
Georgetown, aud is now a prisoner.
Washington, Oct. B. [Special to Post.]
Brigadier General Graham has been order
ed to appear before Judge Merrick today
for contempt of court. It is alleged that
he forced a soldier into the ranks after he
bad been discharged by the court. A pri
vate of one of the Pennsylvania Regiments
was killed by the accidental discharge oi a
musket this morniDg. The cavalry and ar
tillery regiments are marching to Capitol
Hill where they will be reviewed to day.
Every thing is quiet aloDg the lines. The
powerful rain last night made sad havoc in
some of the camps.
TELEGRAPHIC ITEMS.
New York, Oct. B. —The frigate Wa
bash arrived from Charleston bar last
evening. She received five or six shots
below her water lines during the action at
Hatteras Inlet. She comes here to have
some repairs made to her hull and machin
ry. She will sail again iu a week or ten
days.
I'he Roanoke, Vandalia, and Flag were
off' Charleston.
Portland, Me. Oct. B. —lu the admi
ralty court this a. m. Judge Ware delivered
an able opiuion, condemning the British
schooner Wm. Arthur, before reported
seized, on the ground that she intended to
run the blockade.
NEWS FROM BANKS' COMMAND.
Darnestown, Md., October 4. —This
morning guns were heard in the direction
of Carnifax Ferry. This morning General
Banks rode thither, and has not yet returned.
The surmised tiring was from our guns to
protect preparations said to be progressing
there for crossing the river.