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The Daily Dispatch: October 17, 1861., [Electronic resource], A Compliment. (search)
e at Fairfax Court-House, whence a broad belt of camps, almost unbroken, are seen from our balloons, stretching northward toward Leesburg, where there are nearly 30,000 men. On the Lower Potomac is a strong force, 12,000 or 15,000, back of Evansport. At and near Manassas there are comparatively few troops. All information received at headquarters tends to the conclusion that the enemy is prodigiously strong, numbering nearly 200,000, and that no offensive movement is at present intended. Johnston, however, favors and active policy, as also does, probably, Smith; but Beauregard, more cautious, insists on standing on the defensive. Treasury transactions. The following is a statement of business transactions of the Cash Department of the United States Treasury for September, 1861: August 31, cash in Treasury $1,339,062 80 New York Trans. Certificates (74） 597,426 22 Coin from New York and Philadelphia 2,075,000 00 Receipts for 7 3-10 Treasury Notes 608,25