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n the Minutes of Congress. Mr. Bartow offered the following: Resolved, That the Military Committee have permission to print such portion of the report of the Secretary of War, and as many copies, as they may deem necessary. Adopted. On motion of Mr. Rhett, Congress then went in to secret session. P. S.--4½ o'clock, P. M.--The train from Pensacola has just arrived, and brings several passengers who left Warrington and Pensacola yesterday afternoon. They tell me that Gen. Bragg is progressing rapidly in his fortifications, and is nearly ready to "entertain" the forces at Pickens and those in the fleet "in a hostile manner." The troops of the Confederate Army are in good spirits, and are sanguine of success. But little sickness prevails, and the troops generally are in good health, sun-burnt and ready for the conflict. There has been some delay at this point (Montgomery) in the transmission of parcels or packages for the troops, but all have now gone forward
Schaffer, formerly of the National Rifles, it is said, is now in Upper Marlboro', Maryland, organizing a Southern company. A letter from a well-informed man in Missouri expresses the confident opinion that that State will be with the South in a very short time. Maj. O. M. Critchfield, for so many years Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates, announces himself a candidate for re-election. Hon. John Cochran, private in the Eufaula Rifles, has been appointed Aid-de-Camp to Gen. Bragg. He is not the New York John. Mr. John H. Johnson, of Appomattox county, has contributed six hundred dollars towards arming and equipping the volunteers. Henry Ward Beecher, it is said, is going to the war as a chaplain. He would do well to keep beyond the range of Southern rifles. Hon. C. C. Clay, Jr., late U. S. Senator from Alabama, has returned home from Minnesota in somewhat improved health. The President and Directors of the Bank of North Carolina have tendered