General Van Dorn, of Texas, is a great hunter, and he always bags his game. Every now and then he ‘"captivates"’ a force of U. S. troops, and makes them prisoners of war. He is after Reeves' command of six hundred men, and will have them.
The Wheeling Union, heretofore secession, has been purchased by Messrs. Dorsey, Stevens and Deane, and will be issued next week as an Union paper. Its specialty will be ‘"the interests of Western Virginia."’
The Rev. G. C. Vanderaliced, a Methodist clergyman of Rappahannock county, Va., at the solicitation of many influential men, is forming a volunteer company to meet the invading foe.
The Kentucky Senate has passed a bill suspending the civil courts till January, and ordering all executions issued since January last to be re-issued and returnable next March;
Major W. H. C. Whiting having been ordered to Harper's Ferry, has resigned his position as Inspector General of Coast Defences in North Carolina.
Hon. A. H. H. Stuart recommends an undivided vote upon the part of Virginia in favor of the ratification of the Ordinance of Secession.
It is said that Ben McCulloch, of Texas has received an appointment of Brigadier General in the Confederate Army.
Augusta is the banner county of the State, having eleven companies already in the field, and two more forming.
Any quantity of troops from Arkansas and Louisiana arrived at Lynchburg on Thursday.
Mr. Henry Parrish, a native of Virginia, died in Fayette county, Tenn., on the 5th inst.
A young man named Stamps was accidentally shot at the camp near Nashville, Tenn., a few days ago.
A man, supposed to be a spy of the Federal Government, has been arrested at Florence, S. C.
A cargo of 538 Coolies arrived at Havana on the 5th instant.
The steamer Arago was seized at Pine Bluff, Ark., last week.
The County Court of Campbell, at its late term, appropriated $20,000 for war purposes.
The New Orleans papers report that privateering vessels are fitting out in that city.
The rumors of disagreements in the Cabinet of President Davis are positively denied.
The London papers announce the failure of P. Hava & Co., levant merchants.
