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e from Henderson, Ky., has turned out to be a Federal deception. A gentleman who arrived in Nashville on yesterday, and who left Louisville on Friday last, and passed through Henderson, reports that only a few Federal troops are at the latter place, and none between there and Hopkinsville. A dispatch in the New York Times, date at Washington, October 31, says there is again great slackness in the way of enlistments, especially in the larger States. Enlistments are so few that the War Department propose to again return to the system of accepting men directly, without the interposition of State authorities. The New York Harald's Washington dispatches of October 31st, state that President Lincoln informed certain United States Senators, who called upon him to know when a forward movement would take place that the responsibility of such a movement was left with Gen. McClellan, and that it was the purpose of the Executive to sustain him in undertaking whatever he advises.
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$10. I am not a lover of the "ardent" by any means, but if whiskey could be furnished to our men who are exposed to chilling frosts, drenching rains, and frequently are wet through for 24 hours, without fir, it would certainly be highly conducive to their health. Let prattling Sons of Temperance preach of morality, and its counter effects, debauchery, &c, in times of peace, when 13-inch brick walls and smoth ring beds of feathers protect them from winter blasts; now it is different, whiskey is necessary, a stimulating contra actor to these cutting mountain breezes. Our scouts have just reported that our enemy is blockading the road between our camp and theirs. If so, it is inexplicable, unless their surplus force has been ordered to reinforce McClellan, and this precaution is taken to prevent an attack from us. It is possible that they are retiring from a much annoyed position for winter quarters or to go to Kentucky. We will soon ascertain the cause. Yours, Orderly.
oute for California. The supply of coal is fast running out, and commands $9.50 per ton, while wood is about the same price per cord. The supply will continue short until the obstructions in the Potomac are removed. Governor Morgan has created much dissatisfaction in the New York regiments by appointing civilians to command them. The Pennsylvania regiments share in the feeling. Colonel H. L. Scott, Inspector General, and son-in-law to General Scott, has been retired by the Army Board for physical disability. The name of Capt. Henry B. Davidson, of Tennessee, has been stricken from the rolls of the U. S. Army. The destination of the Naval Expedition is still a secret at the North. McClellan has issued an order for shooting four soldiers for sleeping while on picket duty. Some soldiers of the New York 33d, committed gross misconduct towards citizens of Louisville, and in consequence, two of them were severely injured. They have also been arrested.