Istrieg. — We have iutelligence to the 8th November. Beyond the recal
of General Fremont, no item of intelligence of any great interest has arrived this week. The most contradictory rumours conceniing the whereabouts and welfare of the naval expedition obtained currency from day to day. At first it was positively stated that the fleet had been scattered by a storm, and many vessels lost ; this was subsequently contradicted, and in a day or two it became clear that nearly the whole fleet had anchored in safety at the rendezvous in Bull's Bay, about twenty-five miles north of Charleston. A telegram of the 8th, from New York, states that the fleet was bombarding Port Royal, and was meeting with a desperate resistance, but the accounts are very confused. I.n- telligenee had been received from Cairo to the effect that a Federal expedition, numbering 3500 men, had landed at Belmont on the Mis-
sissippi, and at. first had repulsed Confederate force who opposed their landing. When in possession of the Confederate camp, they were attacked in the rear by a body of Confederates who had crossed the river from Columbus, and appear to have suffered severe loss on the return to their boats.
General Scott's resignation had been accepted, and General M`Clel- Ian had been appointed as his successor. It was reportedalso that Ge- neral Beauregard had relinquished the command of the Confederate forces on the Potomac, and had been transferred to the command in South Carolina. The Confederation were said to be moving large bodies of men to the points threatened by the Federal fleet.
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