The New York Herald Newspaper, October 31, 1862, Page 1

‘> = THE NEW YO K HERALD. © WHOLE NO. 9544. INTERESTING FROM THE GULF. The Yellow Fever Subsiding at Key West. urge too trongly Soa apeeh lenacetanes an, necessity of a ited States steamer Wameutta, Lea to be the flagabip of Commodore Wilkes, West Indies 991 " came into the outer harbor on the 16th, aud remained but few hours. ‘The United States steamer Santiago, Captain Ridgley, returned from a ¢ruise on the 11th, and went to sea again on the 15th.» All weil. Frigate St. Lawrence and schooner James 3. Chambers in port. :Our Apalachicola Correspondence. fuceess of a Small Expedition Up the ‘Aratscmioot, Fla., Oct. 16, 1863. ‘The Attack on Apalachicola—Operations of the Querillas— Apalachicola, ‘The Toum Fire by Shelle—Capture of a Vessel Loaded Aes, ae? Ree with Cotion—The Rete Ram Chaltahocches—Our Verscls Watching for Her—Preparations for the Destruction of the Town— Naval Changes, @c., dc. intelligence Ge., afantigins pies owes Oe ee, col | AD expedition Won formed on the morning of tbe storm hah Broken the fever, and we may now expect that 15th of October, to proceed several miles-up Apala- the epidemic is stayed for this season. There are symp’ Chicola river, in erder to cut out # cotton sloop that was tort creased activity 1m our squadrons it those | ttn Ten Ae rete the Uaitod meas weknabe waters; but yet we atill continue to hear of the running whe gu ogee ron nde cneper rar eae or boats were v & twelve-pounder 1 » wa a ee sopacrg tm the Gulf are chren! | 1 viteer, and rifles for the erew-and the officers. Two Doats started up the river before break of day, and after Gur Key West Correspondence. Svowing four miles. they discovered the cotton . Kav Weer, Fio., Oct, 21,1802, | sloop in.aamall bay.or inlet on the eastern bank of the Patlow Fever Subsiding—Rear Admiral Lardner Convales- | river: Before the sloop could be reached by our sallors» cent—The Expedition—The Rebels Badly | the'rebols at Apalachicola city had gained a knowledge of Dred Up—A Flag of Truce Fired Upon at Cedar Keysby | our intentions, and the regult was that shortly after # the Rebels—Naral News, dc. troop of cavalry cime down from an adjojning town to ‘The yellow fever has at last completly subsided. No protect the sloop, with her load of cotton. Our mon were new cases have oceurred for the past ten days. People | obliged to seek a place of greater safety by moving out Jeft the town may now return with safety. One into the river, and gent a boat down to the Sagamore and ‘has only to visit the graveyard in this town to witness the Fort Henry for help. Two more boats were sent up the fatal ravages of the epidemic this season, fever was | river a8 son a8 possible, also ap additional boat from the brought here from Havena about the lst of August. The | storeship J. L. Davia, and still another from the United greatest mortality from the discase was during the month | States steamer Somerset—a steamer that had justarrived of September. This month has the largest number of | from Cedar Koys, Fla, As soonas all the boats had col- @eaths in all yellow fover localities. In many cases the | lected up the river, two of them were sent to capture the poleon of the contagion seoms to be ec intense as to ser | sloop. The rebels were secreted in ambush, and, taking the death mark from the very first upon theiperso. at- | deliberate aim, fired upon our advance, wounding three of tacked. The treatmens of yellow “ever does not yet seem | our men. The fire was immediately returned from the to be settled. The marine hospital in this place has a few lenipktc ord in benfn eg ry pte toy Ley lr ngplensrt an convalescents from tho fever init. It is now under the | Which the rebel bullets hud come, ‘The cApistos maak tars bad some effect upon the rebels; for that and the shrapnel gare of Fleet Surgeon @, R. B, Himer, Unitad States Navy* | were distributed pretty freely into the ambush. the resident physician having died of the fever on the 24 | _ The guerilla bands here in Forida seom to have adopted feptember. The resident physici n, Dr. David Thack- pachcroed = esate paige by the Indians io @ Lewis, was from Philadelphia. He entered tho navy The rebels were quickly driven from the sloop, 6 Acting assistant surgeon on the United States bark | which was Shen unfastoued | trom ‘ite moorings and towed i - wn Apalachicola river, t! igh was necessarily slow Behan Allen, and entered on his duties at the marine bos work, as the rebels lad scuttled thesloop ou leaving her, pital on the Ist of August. and now she was slowly filling with water. Before ar- Acting Rear Aamiral J. L. Lardner, of the St. Lawrence, safer gles enon ie rad ip pay bit esr peepee t | to take off about thirty bales e cotton and tow them aap Bison, ee te sense plea or raft them down the river to the gunboats. The rebel Jeecents on the flagebip are rapidly recovering, and no ‘new cases have occurred. The St. Lawrence is the oniy @&ip that nas remained hore durivg the raging of the company bad gone in advance of the sloep and our boats and haa secreted themselves behind an embankment and epidemic, The United States gunboat Port Royal, Lieu- tenant Commander H. Morris, is at anchor in the in the storehouses along the wharves in the city of Apala- chicola. The rebels now fired another yolley into our arbor. She will leave in a day or two for Cedar Keys The gunboat Penguin, Commander poais, slightly wounding several mos, but killing none ‘and Apaiachico! James C. Williamson, is in the harbor, and will leave ina although our enemies were but @ short distance off an few ep ‘The United States steam gunboat Sagamore, Lieutenant ‘Commander fired a number of times. Our howitzers were immedi- G. A. Bigelow, arrived at this port yesterday ately turned upon our enemies, and whenever one of then ‘was seen attempting to fire from belfind @ storehouse or morning, October 19. She bas been blockading at West Tosa, Siciadiscsins for the past month. The United fence a disc] of canister and shrapnel was fired into their midst. A shell was fired which exploded in one of the buildings, blowing the roof off from it und setting it,on ‘Sates steamer Somerset arrived at West Pass the day be- 4 sailed. 1 our boats, and went to work extinguishing the See ee ore ating and abe Uaned Slates ‘sammiy | conagraticn which our exploding shells had cukindled. sbips on the blockade bere, would the same day. She would have had the tire. ‘Two or three more shells were fired, which set other buildings on fire, aud by this time the rebels, bav- ing some killed and several wounded, concluded they were getting the worst of it, and stopped firing into vlockading, James L. Davis is here. The Sagamore reports that Our men finally arrived safely on their respective was formed from the gunboats on October | shine, Baving captured a sloop with oighty, bales of cot, wo prisoners. It was supposed rel see LI gory peepee oo Br Chattahcocheo, which is reported to beready to come @ity and started a conflagration, which the rebels, how- ever, ibdued. A flag of truce was sent down for Scofield and Draper, to go up to the town of nad — who had been mged in part to the Merri- mac. Thegunboats are expecting this rebel steamer as goon as there are seven feet of water at the mouth of the river. to have a heavy armament and to be qoraty iron-clad; but the gunboats Sagamore and Fort y are prepared to meet hor. The rebel steamer will have to do some hard fightivg whes she comes down, and will find it a very difficult matter to run the blockade and get into the port of Nassau, N. P. ‘The United States steamer Somerset reporis that they were fred into at Cedar Keys, Florida, and eight of their crew wounded, some of them severely. Jt scoms that a guerilla band enticed a boat ashore by displaylug three ‘white flags from the houses on shore. As soon as the men had landed they were fired upon from the windows of the @ having delightful weather at Key West now; Cc looks deserted, so many Of its inhabitants having fled from the fever. wn large mail was received yesterday from New York, Havana, by the Nonpareil: The supply steamer Con- | houses, the flags of trace Hying all the time. The sailors sectieut arrived off the Tuouth of the barbor on ‘Baturday | 89% Off in their boats with their wounded, an evening, Vetober 18. She did not come up to the town. Boats were sent ont to receive her mail and provisions in” | West in a few days. Her officers aud crew hope the revel her return trip in three or four days. ram will come down before they are orerd oo. leave = ‘Hereafter the Rhode Island and Connecticut will come { st#tion. Licutenant Com Ww been at ven tached from the Sagamore, and our lieutenant com. $p to the wharf, aa the danger of contagion {rem yellow | ringer (English) has been ordered to the command. A tiag of truce has arrived (rom Ay icola, with a re- quest that our naval surgeons shoul a up to the town aud dress the stumps of some of rebels who had their limbs blown off by fragments frem our sbellg. Drs. Stevens, Scofield and Draper have volunteered their ser- ‘vides as an act of kindness to eur enemies. Apalachicola was once the lar, commercial town in Fioi but now everything desolate. A small rebel steamer comes down the river from Columbus, Ga., about once a week and supplies the inhabitants with corn meal, as this is about the only food they have to keep turned with a bg od force and burned the town. ‘ted that the amore will be obliged to go to Key Kay West, Fla., Oct. 24, 1862. Agrival of Refugees—A Steamer Sent to Capture Rebel Ves- sds—Disappearance of the Yellow Fever—The Prise Cases—Naval News, dc., dc. Our Northern mail, prepared for the 17th, has been de. tained and will be despatched to-day. I give you ail fur. ‘ther items of any importance. Un Sunday, the 19th, five young men arrived frem In, | them oe Conpioays ~~ Rone —— 9 eave ‘sup: ian River, Fla., having abandoned their families and | Plied the rebel army in Virgin! ly w It beef, so that the cattle of nearly all the planters have been homes and trusted to a perilous trip of four hundred | yijjog and red im salt for the covernenenn. = miles in an open boat toavoid the rebel conscription and | quantitics of salt were of course required, and the re! re Hed to serve in an odious cause. They state | Dad erected salt works all along the bays on the Guif coast of Florida, The gunboat Sagamore demolished that vessels arrive there very frequently from Nassau thirty-six of these salt works in St. Andrew’s Bay about with fall cargoes, mostly of salt, which is carried inte the | a month ago. We have demolished the works here in feterior, Swo vessels are now discharging at Jupiter In- | Apalachicola Bay, and the works at St. Mark’s, Cedar Keys and at Tampa have sleo been broke . Should tet. Captaim G. A. Bigelow, of the steamer Sagamore, the rebels gain re fapoa Our boats when they’ taking two of the young men on his vessel, at once start- | Apalachicola it is the determination 04, with the design of securing the two vesscls if possible. to lay the city in ashes. con emi ake aeolian mealies Launch of an Ocean Steamer. Prepsoud that wo are ted to expect his entire soscess. Yesterday afternoon Mr. Jere Simonson launched ‘The United States Santiago de Cuba, Capt. from his yard at Greenpoint a mew and splendid steam. Jey, bas just arrived from @ cruise on the coast of ship for Commodore Vanderbilt, In pomt of beauty of Cubs and the Bahamas, Officers and crow all well. Loy geevtbssaptsercne ypc. grec von tyra fs ‘The yellow fever has quite disappeared from the islands yard. Her lines bespeak great speod, and it is expected anda fresh norther {s now blowing, with a clear, eo! that she will outstrip the famous Vanderbilt. ‘Her di- sky. There has been no case (for the last six days, and mensions are as follows:—Length over all, 360 feet; beam, 38 feet; depth, 213 feet. The Neptune Iron Works will we are led to expect there will be no mere. ‘Stare and Stri; furnish an engine with am eighty inch cylinder and twelve fe re a pg pes bas Just | soot stroke. ‘The steam will be geuerated by four tubular the harbor, an@ we ‘that penne \ vals she le | oilers, with an area of 15,000 feet of fire surface, The ‘The only war vessols in port are the frigate St. Law- ‘most novel and interesting mechanical affair connected rence, steamer Port Royal, steamer Santiago de Cuba | With the vessel is Mr. Lightball's refrigerator, which and steamer Stars and Stripes. takes the place of a surface condenser, furnishing cool, ‘Tho following are the war vessels in the port of Key fresh water to the boilers. This is considered by en- ‘West on the 17th inst.:— ai pont gages born Particular department United States steamer St. Lawrence, Capt. Scheuck, fiag- is contrivance ever 80,008 . ‘ "8° | gations of water pase through the apparatus in the ted States steamer Port Royal, Capt. Morris ; await. | space of one minute when the veese! has see of selina cas reas ce ae, | Ee ited States steamer in, Wil a mi sbout to return te blockade : Mamson ; | “The. launch . was & success, and ihe steamer will be United States schooner Rugenia, Capt. Holbrook ; bar- | Atted as soon as possible for service either on the Califor bor blockadisg service. nia route or for the service. ‘The prize vessels 1« the port of Key West on October 17, oy ceoonans bon ee of our commanders ptain P. tho iaunch, and will pr 1962, were as follows a i tbe brie rieead, and probabiy she wil be the Englich stoamor Ada; case hoard, bat not determined, | fustost ocean le PY te geo ‘steamer Swan, condem: jth every convébjence, and she will ’ ined, and to be sold on Gomes general favorite wit ‘the travel ey e ab ateamer Reliance, condemned, and tobe eoldon | ~ = anid Cop i Ser t y Eagiish Geamer Valen, condemned, and to be solden | During the past four or five weeks the ary ENootier Liste Weston, formérly W..C. Atwater, await. | docks on South street bavo been yory boxy 8. els for repairs, and the demand has restoration. ME Ssonet Soereta; tee hot adjudicated ; cargo of suit been ¥ ‘Schooner rg’ 4 ery great. Numbers of vessels have been lying tn we rene toe: Ys Case Rot adjudicated; cargo of Powder | tneie vicinity, awaiting thelr proper turns, Taking ad- eT ne ek etgatienten; ‘enngs S10 tekes ‘vantage of this great rueb of work, the caulkers suddenty Feel Bisters, , uit their labors on Tuesday afternoen and announced uanvwame ee ee their determination to ‘stand out” for three dollars a ‘The above cases will probably not be acted upon before day—an advance of fifty cents. So sudden and unex. “he It of December, owing to the absence at the North | Pected was this movement that the bosses have not yet Mf Judge Wm. Marvin, of the Admiralty Court, bad sufficient time to conswit with the merchants as to ‘The yellow fever is nearly closed ont, and. from the | b® expediency of a CompTiance with or resistance of the ‘avorable cool weathér wo are led to hope there will be no | *emand of the workmon, and therefore the dry docks more fatal casos. There have been no new cases for a fo pd sage en) contrast with the busy scones of week, and tho old ones have all been of @ mild but finished, viz:— vee treatment, nde rer Boake Prepelior Saxon, brig Empire, and a pilot has been but one death by fever this week. doat. The Uuited States brig Bainbridge, Lieutepant Com. Balance Docks—Ship Nonpariel, and steamer Ella ips Realm ana Wm. manding Lynch, arrived om the 11th, from a cruise % Sam Banks, noar which she foll ja with a ver Wacetional Doeks-—8h Sprague. led and elegantly furnished schooner, laden The ship Calhoun, owned by Messrs. Spofford & Tiles- vinine, Le Fg ‘at $100,000, from New | ton, was immediately from the great Sectional , where her papers had been changed and | Dock upon the announcement of the strike, and will be the veasel cleared for Matamoros, Mexico. Everyth taken to Liverpool for the intended repairs, was 6 completely regular that she could not be deiained; ‘The caulkers held two meetings since the outbreak, but but atill there was strong suspicion that she will attempt | no definite action was taken as to a consultation with the vw run the blockade, bosses, but one of their number, shouting for « . Tue Uulted States steamer Penguin, Captain Willlameon, | lars & "hag." wae Cooored tn 1016. ces eeitindinenie toes, ame into port on the 14th, fr riotte Harbor, forsup: | ver. The will probably meet for aetion thii - diies, and will immoeiately return. 7 a ing, and its to be Fed the Journey men will ‘oe ‘them ‘Tho United States steamer Magnolia, Captain Shotts, | in a proper spirit. deiermination of several of the gant to eon on the 15th op a cruise, morchants to take their work to foreign ports for repairs Tho Unitod Statos gunboat steamer Port Royal, Com. pander Morris (Jato of the Cumberland), arrived on the {6th from Hampton Roads, whore she left om the 6th, and encountered heavy weather during the trip, breaking her forward rudder, stove one of ber wheclnouses, and is Mow reas, Oct. 30, 1862. Ageking iwo inches per hour, She will need soine ropairy | The eteamebip North Amerionn will aoit trom Quebec Nore sad requires to be taken ontof water, We cannot | on Saturday, ber regular day, if nothing prev should cortataly have its weight in urging a compromice, ing of the North American, NEW YORK, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3], 1862. IMPORTANT FROM THE WEST INDIES. Action ef Admiral Wilkes’ United States, Squadron of Bermuda—The British Re- sidents Excited on the Question ef an American Blockade—Communication from the Governor Our Gunbeats— The Cotton Trade of the Rebels With Sngland, &e. We bave files from the British West Indies, Wated at Bermuda to the 21st of October. The inhabitants of the sSlands were greatly excited against the action of Admiral Wilkes, United States Navy, in his watch of the rebel traders and cruisers. The people of Bermuda term it a! “‘blockade"’ of British territory by American vescels-of, war, Me THE UNITED STATES WAR VESSELS. [From the Bermuda Royal Gazette, Oct. 14: Since last Tuesday we have but little ord of the Dloekading squadron. The ‘and Sonoma have been off and on the islands maintaining a most vigilant guard on all ships entering and leav’ Konan apte 9 On Thurs. day a large boat pulled into St. from the Sonoma tion: whatever that maybe, pulled Gut agaioe a 0p, we jon, Ww! er that may be, in, A'stop, we understand, zt ti, se i , has been put. The jay, the James hailed on Alert was boarded on Fri: ine ss i. Cut, pdigrey OR] inning to feel an- Dlockade, and it is only na- noyed at the strictness of tural, as all Britishers have @ borror of the underband. Cannot a reference be made to the highest powers that be, that at any rate the legality of these extreme mea- sures on the part of the Yankees may be at ence looked into? ex Informed that the man that was acting as pilot tot merican gunboats hag returned to the al We aro also informed that some rockets 7e been landed from one of the Yankee gunboats to be fired off at night when any of the steamers in port should attempt to to sea, Oren Majesty's gon vessel Plover, Commander Hon. A. L. Corry, arrived on Wednesday last from Halifax. The Plover went with despatches from the Governor to the American gunbcats off the island on Friday last, and re- turned to port next day. — correspondence of Royal Gazette.) By what right the American cruisers so unceremont- ously bring to and board British vessels without this boundary, unless within the prescribed distance from their coast,Iam at a loss todetermine. The perform- ances in this way, almost under our very guns, for the last fortnight, seem more like a menace or a studied in- sult, when we consider the man who was sent in com- mand on this service. Is it not rather queer that the Gladiator, an English ship from an English colony, bound to England, should have been stopped, and that, too, in the presence of a British man-of-war? (Shades of Nelson!) ‘The mail stoamer Merlin was alao brought to by a gun, when nearly up to the land. It would vain for the Yankee commander to attempt the plea that he did not know them, when one lay in St. George's while the chips were there, and in the very frequent intercourse with the Yankee Consul since leaving that port he must have been informed of the probable time of arrival of the other. If such acts be not meant as insult they must be in mere bravado, and will in due time, no doubt, have to be ac- counted for. bd ‘The “rare” Admiral timed his visit very well to avoid bests Seger ivged hore, and Judging from his antece- dents he will not return until ho thinke our céast again clear; but to be forewarned is to be forearmed. Aman may atop an unarmed packet or burn an empty tobacco warehouse who will not be comtumacious in presence of well appointed opponents. COTTON TRADE WITH THE RBBEL PORTS, {From the Bermuda Royal Gazette, Oct. 14.] The Britieh steamer Peterhoff, from Nassau, N.P., bound to Liverpool, Eng., with 1,250 bales of cotton, arrived at Halifax on the 29th ult., for coal, and left on the following day. ‘The steamer Gladiator, with cotton, &., left Bermuda on Tuesday last for England. Pied lea ‘steamer on Wednesday, and the Minho on farday. signals thrown out to decoy the bloekaders on the de- parture of the Minho had the desired effect. {From the Bermuda Royal Gazette, Oct. 21.) ‘The steamer Herald, Captain Coxetter, four days from Charleston, S. C., laden with cotton, arrived here on Thursday last. Tho Herald bas made several successful trips to Charleston, but on one occasion bad a very nar- Tow eacape of a by the late United States ship Adirondack, when nearly into the harbor of Nassau, N. P., that vessel having fired a broadside at her when close under her guns, but without doing any material damage. The Herald did not meet with either Admiral Wilkes or bis fleet on his passage here from Charleston, Admiral Wilkes’ ship has not been seen in this neigh- borhood, that we can learn, for some days, and the gun- boats Tioga and Sonoma have not been seen since the af- ternoon of Sunday, the 12th instant, and it is generally believed that they went in pursuit of the steamer Minho; which vessel left here,through the North Rock passage, on the previous evening, supposed for Charleston, We e been obligingly favored with some Charleston [cee lown to the llth inst., brought by the steamer rald hat port. THE BRIT! NORTH AMERICAN AND WEST INDIA FLEE?. (From the Bermuda Gazette, Oct. 21.) Offiz'e} information was received here by the last mai}, to the effect that the Lords of the Admiralty had pleased to extend Admiral Milue’s com: of the North American and West India station one year longer. We know that this intelligence will be received throughout this extensive maval command with much satisfaction. [From the Bermuda Royal Gazette, Oct. 21.) A small vossel, bottom up, passed down the south side of these islands, within sight of persons on shore, Thursday last. The current was moving her along to eastward at a rapid rate. ‘The Princess Royal fell in with a derclict brigantine, supposed to be laden with hides, with her mammast lying across her bull, apparently some time abandoned. Arrived at Hatnilton, Bermuda, October 20, schooner Horace Smith, Bangor; 2ist, bark Eliza Barss, Frith, Nevrcfred at St. Georges, 7th, ships Harriaburg, Wisner r at St. » shi; isburg, Cardiff; Ella, Carter, Liverpool; Drig Princess Royal, Newbold, New Y ‘ork. IMPORTANT-FROM ARKANSAS. Attack on the Rebels Near Fayetteville— Their Camp and ipments Oap- tured—Official Despatch from General Cartis. Sr. Lous, Mo., Oct. 29, 1862, ‘To Major General H. W. Hatizcx, General-in-Chief, Wash- ington:— ‘The Army of the Frontier is again successful. General Schefield’s despatches from Fayetteville, Ark., gay that on yesterday at daylight Brigadier General Her- ren, with the First Jows cavalry and the Seventh Missouri eavalry, attacked rebel camp four miles east of that place. Our force was about 1,000strong, while the rebel force Rumbered 3,000, commanded by Colonel Cravens. After a sharp eogagement of an hour the enemy was completely routed, leaving all his camp equipments and a few wagons. * ‘The loss of the enemy was cight dead on the field. Our loss was five wounded, one mortally. General Herren pursued the rebel force for several miles into the Boston Mountains. 8. R. CURTIS, Major Genera) Commanding. NEWS FROM KENTUCKY. All Officers Ordered to Their Regimente— Speech of General Resecran: Lovunvite, Oct. 30, 1862. ‘The order appropriating the Masonic Temple as a mili- tary hogpital has been regsiaded, General Boyle has ordered all officers to join their re spective regiments at once. D. P. Clesell, formerly Senatog from Unigp county, has beon arrested 0 a charge of disloyalty, and will be sent to Fork Johisen. Gon. Rosecrans to-night responded. to a serenade by the band of the Fifty-ninth Obio regiment, at the Galt Housg, thanking the band for the compliment, say- ing that speceh making was net hig vocation, He eame here to fight. He hoped they might meet again, when tho war was over, and live under the old national fiag. To attain this end, and for justice and right he had taken up arms, and believed that the people would agree with him. He again thanked them, Sek an cas ores Sas ae General Rosecrans General Buell’s department. General Bueli goes to Annapolis, Maryland. General Dumont has also arrived hore, en route to bis The Boston Habeas Corpus CaseoThe ‘Writ Not Allowed to be Served. Boston, Oct. 80, 1862. Deputy Sheriff Bagley proceeded to Fort Warren to-day in a sloop, failing to get @ pass to go m the rogular steam: er, toserve the writ of habeas corpus granted by Judge Cliffurd, of the United States Cirouit Court, in the case of Mr. W. H. Winder. ‘The Deputy Shoriff was not allowed to Innd by the Military Commandant‘of Fort Warren, and consequently returned to the city this forenoon, He reported 1° Judge Clifford that his attempt to serve tho writ was unsuccessful, when the Court remurkea that. it Had no moans with which fo enforce the writ, The don file, ‘This prot 7 The enue) Hon. GW. Lie bor OF Philadelphia, H. Rest, senbore ot the BEWS FROM MCLELLAN'S ARMY. Accounts of the Advance of-Pleasanton’s Cavalry and Burnside’s Corps Into Virginia, Skirmishes with the Rebels on the Route. THE LATEST NEWS FROM THE FRONT. Junction.of General Burnside’s with General Sigel’s Corps. o apture of Prisoners, Horses and On of General Longstreet’s Aids Taken Prisoner. THE MOVEMENTS OF THE ENEMY, 2, de, a. ‘The Reports from Headquarters. Heapquarrens, ARMy ov THm Potomac, Oct. 30, 1862. ‘The correspondent who furnished the Baltimore Ameri- can with the account of the advanee of the army into Virginia was arrested by the military authorities yester- day, the information having been highly contraband, Ithas been decided that the correspondents of any paper which shall, in its eagerness to publish news in advanee of its contemporaries, transgresa in this mane ner hereafter the regulations of the military authorities, thus endangering the success of military mevements and of the army, shall be excluded from the lines, Everything has been quiet at the front to-day, The enemy as yet have not manifested a disposition to attack our advance. Our eavalry aro actively and successfully feeling the enemy, and is constantly making captures of prisoners, horses, &c, The counties of Loudon and Jef- fergon abound iu forage of every description. ‘The enemy were observed Inst night elgualizing from a mountain near Snickersville. They evidently have a considerable force at or near Middleburg. It ig believed that Gen. Bragg is on bis way from Cum- Derland Gap to join Gen. Lee in the valley. Thore are rumors from Cumberland that the rebels are still in strong force at or near Martinsburg. Three females, who came within our lines at Cumberland yes- terday morning, report that the rebel Generals Jacksen, Hill and Hampton are encamped near Martinsburg. Three hundred rebel beeves were seen last night near Hedge- field, a short distance from Martinsburg. Yesterday a force of cavalry was sent out from near Cumberland after the party who made the, recent rebel raid into Maryland, The enemy were overtaken, sixteen prisoners captured and twenty horses secured, besides a number of the rebels wounded. Contrabands who have come within our lines on the Upper Potomac report that the rebel Geverals Jackson and Longstreet were yesterday moving towards Berry- ville from the direction of Charlestown, ‘The enemy are still thought to be in force immediately in our front. To-day a large number of civilin.e who had been ar- rested in Maryland, for disloyal practices, were sent to Baltimore. Among them was the Rev. Mr. Douglass, of Sharpsburg, who is charged with signalizing to the enemy and otherwise giving them information. As parties representing themselves to be refugecs, from Virginia have communicated important information to the enemy, most stringent orders have been iseued rela- tive te passes. No civilian will horeafter be allowed to cross the river at all unless for the prosecution of business conneeted with the military authorities. Yesterday morning the females of a small village in Loudon county stoned our cavalry and applied to them the most abusive epithet, ‘The parties arrested in Harper’s Ferry for passing coun, terfeit money last week are to be turned over to the United States Marshal for Maryland. They have been held in military custody until the preeent time, as it was undecided what course to take with them, they having been arrested in a locality where the civil laws are for the time being suspended: They will be tried by the United States District Court. Heapqvarters, ARMY OF THB Potomac, ‘Oct, 30m0Evening. The rebel pickets under General Walker, at Upperville, ‘were driven from that place yesterday afternoon. Tbe infantry were said tohave marched to Snickersviuie, their intention evidently being to escape tothe right of the Blue Ridge Mountains, by way of Snicker’s Gap. This is tho only news from tbat section to-day, The orders of the commanding genera! of this army are being carried out day and night with all possible des, patch. The rebels Lave destroyed a portion of the railroad running from Charlestown to Winchester. An aid to General Longstreet, who was paying a visit at Fairfax, was taken prisoner to-day. The Reports from Washington. ‘The Washington Star of last evoning says that General Burnside has already advanced down along the eastern base of the Blue Ridge, and formed @ practical junction ‘with General Sigel, their lines of pickets joining. ‘The withdrawal of Walker’s rebel forces from Upper ville was doubtless in eensequenee of the rapidity of Gen, Burnside’s movement in that direction. Wedo not be- eve he has gone in the direction of Sniekerville as, in that qvent, he would be rushing into the jaws of Me. Cielian’s army; but rather across the Ridge, back of Up- perville, over the Alexandria and Winchester turnpike. - The rebels continue to occupy the ridge between Harper's Ferry and Winchester, on whieh Lee posted his army after crossing into Virginia. We believe he is moving as far as he can, as Burnside and Fitz John Porter have already defeated his prebable scheme of attempting to surprise Sigel, To cover it promptly he will have to move back towards Richmond. The Reports from Harper's Ferry. Haxrsr’s Frary, Oct. 30, 1962. It bas been ascertained from good authority that Gen. Lee has lately been detaching his artillery from the different brigades and divisions and massing it with the reserves. Tho object is supposed to be to enable him to ee it more rapidly at any desired point, damage gy ewok o thd Fond ole fire of yeatorday was sufficiently repaired last night to admit of the trains running regularly to-day. The Reports from Opposite Shepherds town, Camp Orrosrra Sumrmeapetows, Md., Oct. 29, 1862. Yesterday ’Gen. Butterfield parted with bis old brigade, to assume command of a division to which be has been as. signed. His leave taking was of the most interesting character. General Humphrey reviewed his division yesterday, ‘The command is composed wholly of new Pennsylvania troops, and made a very fine display. Information bas been received from the Virginia side of the river that the rebel cawairy fred into by our artillery on Tuesday had five men killed, four wounded, and a aum- ber of horses kified and crippled. Yesterday a clergyman was driven out of one of the camps in this vicinity by the troops for assailing the ge- neralship of General MoClelian, The army will not tole- rate aspersions upon ‘Little Mac.” = The Reports from Sharpsbur¢. SmaRrseura, Md., Oct. 29, 1962. Yecteriay Rev, Revert 0, Douglass, formerly pastor of the Dutch Retormed church in this piace, was arrested for signalizing to the enemy and othorwise giving them information covcerning our movements, For semo time past ho has devoted hM attention to agricultural pursuits, | and owns n large plantation upon which a portion of our | army bas been eneainped. He thus had atumdant factis Hes for obtaining information, and had, it seems, plied Ihis Voeation 8 A SPY MOBL eoergetionily, Ta ri PRICE TWO CENTS ee = = has been used since the battle of Antietam as hospital for the rebei wounded, and has, it is believed, been a Feodezvous for numerous rebel emiesaries in the diagultg of nurses. The Reports from Cumberland. Comuentann, Md., Oct. 29, 1862. Brigadier @onera! R. B. Marcy, Chief of Stall: — J ordered Lieut. Col. Quick, of the Twenty-third Mlineis» to take the Ringgold cavairy and two guns, Rourke’s Dattery, and pursue the party that took the cattle in Har- dy county. He left New Creek last night at dark, By a Yapid march all night ho overtook the enemy at daylight this morning, attacked him, and captured one hundred aad sevonty head of cattle, sixteen prisoners and tweuty horses. B, F, KELLY, Brigadier Goueral. yee Phe Reports from Frederick. ~ Faepensck, Md., Oct. 30, 1862. It is reported bere that our cavalry captdred an officer, of General Longstrect’s staff, with the rank of colonel, ‘and that Longstreet, who. was reconnoitering with a small escort, narrowly escaped. 1 have received nothing from the frent to-day. A person who baa just come in from Berlin reportsan officer of distinction brought pridoer there this aftcraqpo. Our Special Army Corrgspondence. PORCELISVILLE,; Va.; Oct, 28, 1862. Generat Pleasanten’s Cavalry Advance at Purcetisville— The March Across the Potomac and the Rivouac—The First Rebal Pickels Encountered—~A Reconnoissance to Snickersville—Scirmish with the Enemy~Return of Other Reconnoitéring Partiet—Position of the Rebelt-- Capture of Prisoners—President Monroe's Summer Mansion—Children of Rebels Throwing Stowes at Our Men—A Rebel Flag Taken from Some Ladies, dc., de. ‘The advance guard of the Army of the Potomac reached Purcellsville yesterday afternoon. Our piekets are placed at different points many miles beyond the town, and re. connoitering parties have been sent out in different direc. tions to scour the surroufiding country, Geueral Pleasanton’s command of cavalry and artillery, of which the vanguard {# composed, left their camp, near Knoxville, on the Maryland side, at seven o'clock on Sunday morning, and crossed the Potomac 0 Virginia on the splendid portoon bridge which had ‘been thrown across the river opposite Berlin. Tho Sixth United States regular cavalry, under command of Captain Cram, lead the advance, in which it was assisted by the other regimeuts of cavalry and Lieut. Penitington’s bat. tery of flying horse artillery. The commaud, having safely crossed the river, with the hoadquarters and com. missary wagons in the rear, moved on to Lovettsville, and, passing through the town, biveuncked about four miles beyond. A stiff breeze was blowing and a drench- ing rain was falling fast all the while. The bivouac was, to say the least, exceedingly uncomfortable. At noon on Monday the command broke the ungrateful Divouac, and pursued their course hither to Purcellville, passing through the unprotending town of Wheatland on the way. Where tho road leads on to the Leesburg and Winchester turnpike, about half a mile from here, the rebel pickets were encountered for the first time in this advance into Virginia. The rebel cavalry were driven through the town. They dashed through at a furious rate, a detachment of our cavalry after them. A few of the cavalry horses were: being shod at the blacksmith’s shop when our advance arrived; but, speedily catching the aiarm, their rebel ridors jumped en their backs and dashed away, the horses having some shoes off and some shocs on. 8. ra} Pleasanton took up his headquarters in town. Pickets were stationed at the various hes, and a section of Lieutenant Pennington’s battery was statioued on « commanding point just beyond the town. Immediately after arriving here General Pleasanton sent tne Eighth New York cavalry, under Colonel Davis, on a reconnoissance along the turnpike towards Winches: ter. It was understood that a rebel force was stationed at Snickereville, about fifteen miles from here in that direction. ’ When the advanced squadron of the regiment, under Captain Popo, reached within tyo miles of Snickersville, the revel pickets appeared on the right and left of the turnpike and fired at our men. Shots were exchanged, the enemy falling back and our men ad- vancing at a rapid rate the while. Tho rebel skirmishers did not retreat towards Snickersville. They fell back along @ hilly, wuody and winding road, leading to the right, round the mountain. At every turn in the road the rebel reserves of the skirmisbers appeared in increasing force. They were driven back to # point about a mile y, where they made @ temporary stand, and where many shots were fired on either side. Thi advanced upen tliom, one following the road. and the other two, one onthe right and the other on the left, taking a more circuitous course for the purpose of flank- ing them. The right platoon reached the enemy first, near Delt of woods, and the remainder of the squadron followed on acharge. The rebels were immediately dispersed. Be- yond tBis point there was a large, open space, completely commanded by rebel artillery planted on rising ground bebind. As soon as a few of our men ¢ebouched from the woods the artillery opened on them, One shell killed five of oar bomen’ ‘wounded two or three of our men. The ‘squadron Wis then ordered to join the regiment, drawn up ip line a short distance in the rear. Having ascertained the position of the enemy, the regiment returned to Pur- cellsville. Four8f our mon are missing. Their names are Joho R. Vontani, Nelson Smith, A. G. Belknap and F, M. Parker, all belonging to the Eighth Now York cavairy. Some of them were wounded, and, being far in advance, could not be’carried off. Parker's horse, being shot, fell on him and bruised bis iegs. He was unable to ride, and had to be _ behind. The regiment reached the bivousc at night. jis morning two retonnoitering partics were sent out from here—one towards Uppervilie and another towards Aldie Lieutenant Colonel Griffiths, with a of the Etghth Peunsylvania cavairy, proceeded al the Win- citester turnpike, leaving pickets on the pike as he He reconnoitered the country between Philamount, six miles distant, and Snickersville. Near Snickersville he compre’ the chief signal officer of the right wing of the army, who was riding ea the pike with an orderly, and eeven other prisoners, two of whom ro" . It was ascertained that @eneral Longstreet’ division, numbering eighteon thousand men, crossed the She. ry cavalry appeared drawa up in line in force. Our men, being simply engagod in reconnoitering, retired to Phila: mount without giv! battle. Thence they proceeded pi three miles from Philamount took rg, which place is three miles fur- ther, At this place, too, the rebel cavalry pickets were en- countered and driven out. It ined that the rebel General Walker was brigade of South Carolina troops, on the pike, between Middlebiirg and Uppervi the former place. Major from Middleburg. At Aldio he met a reconnoitering force from General Sigel’s command. He found about forty rebel wounded men who bad been paroled, A rebel sur- eon at uhat place bad especial order from, General ee, d yesterday, the 27th, directing him to have all the wounded at that place brought to Winchesterewithout de- Jay, and, as ambulances could not be furnished for their ‘transportation, he was authorized to impress wagons throughout the surrounding country fer that pur; re aia as etiaalph eeaats tee feeb a teh i " ir im wi Fa Lee ba the! ‘te removal to Staunton. Major Keenan’s command returned rebels neers his rear back to ‘The eplendia mansion of , with tle river turn. and about Keenan thea by another route, the iddleburg. the late Pres! Draced within the homestead. The mansion is now oc cupled by John H. Fairfax, one of the famous Funrfax family. Mr. Fairfax had been in the rebel army aga quartermaster, but some time ago was one oharge of disloy: ty to the Confederate government, since when he has remained in peaceful possession of the rural Presidential mansien. From a house on the same estate, as our cavalry were passing, the children came down to tho read and threw stoves at them, while the ladies ap- peared at the door waving « secession flag. The a 4 fent five men to the bouse to take away tA 7 ladies at first grumb! great deal and refused A ies it Up but upon being informed that resistance would be remarking compe stalant meee that tbe poreral wes ing in a most a! was Ieces inhuman wretch.” The Sore mooie verarend | yn the to camp with bis command, late to-night ‘with bim, after a march of thirty-five . infantry are coming up, and the exemy will be fol- lowed tit] ho is found in force and defeated. Oar Leesburg Correspondence. Near Leesnons, Va., Oct. 20, 1862. Te Advance of the Army—The Departure from Pleasant Liey—Splendid Reception of Gen. Burnside at Lovetis. ville—The Retreat of the Rebels, de. Now that the advance of the army is a fait accompti, and ite more inimediate objects gitained, the ban of socvecy which forbids tho correspondent premiturcly divulging its movements becomes removed: go lot me en ' doavor to racwint operations to Wye present time were received, and the watic cheers. Mieasont On Saturday net the taal ord meu welcomed them with ent Valley at once became witness of @ most animated acene, The noisy, bust!ing wagons went here aud there; disposing ; the stores aud baggage for transportation. Refractory mules suffered in no tittle degree, and teamsters per- spired with tho agony of their efforts, notwithstanding that the weather partock of a winterish character. The follewing day set \n with a heavy rain storm, and it was feared that the departure of the troops would be pert- Poned; but im tho afternoon the “First division of the Ninth Army corps got in motion, and, crossing the river om the recently constructed pontoon ub Berlin, marched to Lovettavtile, the bead of the column occupying the town and the remaiuder bivouacking by the roadside in the vicinity. On the next day the econd division followed, and yesterday tho Third succeeded Having seen that the remaining portions of his com- mand were en route, General Burnside, with hiv stil, pro- ceeded to Berlin, where, after ap interview with G-neral Mecielm she croeded the river and rodé to Lovetteville. Quarters had been previously obtained for bim at the hotel in that town, where, on his appearance, a mort’ gratifying reception awaited him. The eitizens locked to the doors apd watched bis throuxb the streets, und at the hotel a number of ladies tendered their re- gards in person. Several promincnt citizeus also paid the General their respects. He will remain at Lovetis- ville for a day or two only. The road to Leesburg ls lined with thé camps of the regiments of his command. Tho advance of the army so far, with such littie or fo resistance, induces belief in the ‘opinion that the rebela hare evacuated Winchcater, and that wo will, therefore, have uo general ongagement thin side of that place, ‘The rebels always endeavor, and generally ma- Rage to succeed, in fighting us with the advantage of po- sition on their . Tf they made a stand at Winchester, to which point there i# no railroad communication from Staunton, their army might be endangered iv the cutting off of supplies. From Stauntoa to Winchester trangporta- tion oan be had only by wagon, and this disadvantage they wish vo throw upon us by falling back nearer their own base of supplies and drawing us further from ours. Reconnoissances this morning towards Winchester dia- covered the rebels in considerable force; but it is proba- bly only a strong rear guard of the retreating rebel ry. An advance by our forces may regult in the capture of their stores, Our Bolivar Heights Correspondence, Bouvar Hxianrs, Oct 28, 1862 The Second Army Corps Making Themeelves Comyortabte— A Novel Army Stove, &c., de. While the other army corps are getting ready to move, or are already on the move, the Second remains quietly ip its quarters on theso heights, wighout really preparing for winter quarters, yet daily making some addition to their quarters to render them more comfertable. When they arrived here they found two immense kilns of brick, io addition to large piles in the ruins of burped buillings, which had been destroyed at various times by the armicé of the two sides in their advances and retreats trom Har- per’s Ferry, These have been converted into use jor floors and ends to the shelter tents. Ovens and ranges for cooking have also sprung up in every quarter, built of these materials. When the rebels last occupied tho place they burned @ large number of cars on the railroad, ‘The iron reofing of these cars has been converted into a novel use, The men dig trench from one end of the tent under and beyond the other end, about a foot deep and wide; over this they Jay the iron sheets, leaving an opening at cach end and building a chimney around the outer end. Fires are then built in the trenches, and the tents made exceedingly comfortable by this style of “ army stove.” Our Her per’s Ferry Correspondence. : Hanrer’s Farry, Oct. 29, 1862. ‘the Army Slit Advancing—The Hire at Harper's Ferry— The Damage Done—How the Conflagration Commenced— The Engineer and Fireman of the Train Arn sed, fe. Up to the time of writing this letter I have received no additional news of importance from the advance of the army via Berlin, The headquarters of the army this forengon still remained at Berlin, notwithstanding tne statement of a1 enterprising Baltimore daily that they had been yesterday established in Virginia. The crossing of tho troops at Berlin still continues, and at the latest aivjoes the infantry advance was stil? at Lovettsville, Our cavalry, however, had advanced as far as Leesburg, which, it isunderstood, had been previously evacuated. ‘The communications of your correspondents who accom- pany the advance will doubtiess pont you fully in regard to the facts. ‘The general dulness at this point was relieved to-'ay, about one o’clock, by the breaking out of a fire among seme government forage, which was stored under the trestle work of the railroad bridge running alongside the Potomac and opposite the ruins of tho United Stater Armory. The fire is said to have caught from armald stove, which was placed in the immediate vicinity ot some hay, and directly under the railroad track. ‘This stove had been placed there for the comfort of the soldiers detailed as a guard for the government property thereabouts. ‘At the time the fire broke out a forage train was siand- ing upon the track directly over it, loaded with hay and other forage, having just arrived. This was quickly on fire. The cnginoer at once started the traiu across the river, He succeeded in getting it beyond the britge. when the heat became so intense that the engine and tender were disconnected and runto Sandy Hovuk. The view presented by the burning train as \t crossed the bridge, a high wind blowing, and the flames forming a comet like tail to the whole, was maguificent, The cars aud their contents were quickly consumed, as were also the ties and sleepers of the track whore they were leit standing, and the rails bent and warped by tho intense heat, ‘The track at this spot will have to be entirely rebui Meantime at the place where the fire orlvinated the work of destruction was going fiercely ou. There was a large quantity of hay lumber aud other combustible property stored the bridge at thie —= this was almost instantly in a flerco blaze. were no fire engines or other appliances at hand for extinguishing the flames, and all that could be donc was. to cut away portions of So tp ne side 80 a8 tov isolate the burning fragment. This was done as quickly as pessibie; but several hundred feet of the bridge were destroyed notwithstanding. All the soldiers and idles in the vicinity were quickly impressed for this labor, and to remove sueh portions of the property as were not yeton fre toa ir locality. It is impessible,as yet, to estimate the amount of damage dove: but it must'be considerable. It will pre vent trains being run through to Harper's Ferry ‘or a day or two and until the damage to the railruad ca be re- ed. The inconvenience to the road and the travel- ing public, as well ag to the government, must bo con~ siderable. Until repairs can be maile the trains will bo rum from Sandy Mook. Luckily that portion of the bridge which crosses thé river and 7 Interesting from Fairfax Court House” ARREST OF FEMALES— CAPTURE OP A LARGE QUAN- TITY OF QUININE AND CORRESPONDENCE YOR THE REBELS IN RICHMOND, ETC. Fainrax Court Hovag, Oct. 30, 1962. A lady calling herself Mrs. Turner, with her daughter, Miss Buckner, and a young man named Bailey, were arrested last night near Chantilly, in pursuance of an order from Washington. They had two wagons, and on examination of thesea large quantity of quinine was diet covered. The ladies were then searched, aud on the per. on of the younger, tied about her waist in « bag of ojled silk constructed like # bustle, was found about five pounds of this drug. In all one hundred ounces of quinine were discovered, which they declare is worth eighty dollars per ounce in Richmond. Letters were found with these persons, some of them written in cypher. They had letters purporting to bo from Postmaster General Blair, whom Mrs. Turnor claims to be @ relative, vouching fer their loyalty. ihey aro from Salem, Va. ‘The parties were brought to Fairfax last night by Capt. Brower, Assistant Provost Marshal, and this meruing thoy were taken in charge by the government detective and conveyed to Washington. The younger Indy ap peared collected, and somewhat of the Belle Boyd stamp. Mrs. Turner expressed ignorance of the presence of tho juinine. : Lieutenant Robinson, of General Sige!’s staff, has been appointed Acting Quartermaster of this corps. Henry W. Richardsca, private in the Ono Hundred and Fifty-seventh Volunteers, was accidentally killed w day by the discharge of a musket. pidhatactsst amen who were arrested by order of Geve night, and sent to Fort Delaware, y releacod by order of the Prest- ‘at the time of the arrest bave ‘Assurances have been given by ole affair will be adjusted te the atisfaction of the joyal people of Maryland. The loyal citizens ral Woot on Tuesday have been unconditional! dent. The papers seized sige been delivered uP tho President tbat the wh New Lownox, Oct, 80, 1962. sonoc® appointed by the Secretary of the mate a roport in favor of Now \ondon se ® naval stations