Munchauseniana.
Richmond,
Nov. 4.--It is here currently reported that considerable commotion exists in
Washington and in the free States from the rumored resignations of
Generals Scott and
McClellan, and of
Secretaries Seward and
Cameron, and of other prominent Federal officials.
A general
Kilkenny cat fight seems impending throughout Lincolndom.
A special despatch to the Richmond
Dispatch, dated
Manassas to-day, announces that “reliable” information from
Washington says there are but fifteen regiments of infantry, one light battery of six guns, and one thousand servants on board the
Lincoln fleet.
The
Yankees have fallen back to their intrenchments.
Southern merchants in
Alexandria are forced to close their stores.
There are said to be no more than eighty thousand men in and around
Washington.
A gentleman just arrived from
Manassas says that the Baltimore
Sun of Saturday reports the resignation of
Seward,
Blair,
Cameron,
Scott, and
McClellan.
The probable difficulty grew out of the attempt to force
McClellan to attack the Confederate forces.--
Charleston Mercury, Nov. 5.
A note from
J. L. Shumate, of
New Madrid, Mo., says that after the evacuation of
Fredericktown by
Jeff. Thompson, the
Northern Goths and Vandals burned a portion of the town, pillaged the Catholic Church, arrested some of the ladies of the place, forcibly tore their ear-bobs from their ears and rings from their fingers, and offered them other indignities too hateful to mention.--
Quotation from a Southern paper in the Cincinnati Times, Nov. 20.
