Mi X.. PROGRESS.' 0. nil,l, JOV. RDITOR, ' NEWBERN, IT. O. SATURDAY JI(,RXJJIG, NOV. 1, lSf.2. tgT'J'lie Progress will be issued every vbiiing at 5 o'clock. Advertisement mil no tice for publication must be banded in by 10 1-2 o'clock A. M. j if received after thai hour, they will liu over tilt the next day. tl. The Weekly Progress fill be ready Satur day forenoon at 8 o'clock. .. - 1 .... f7Wj. LiNniUN, Jr., editor of tin Ar my it Kary Journal 8" School t., Ilostcn, is our sole agent for that city. Any contract en tered into by him, for advertising or subscrip tinn on our account, will bo ratified by in. Mr. Llngham in also authorized to act as our agent in New lnrk, and elsewhere. SEE uOFFICAL OX FIRST PAGE. Irtiuibo vc belrevo that tlio rniblic gootl-JrcquiiTS it. If we cannot do; without tli is tnisemllo substitute, let licences be issued to parties who arc responsible, nnd known to bo such, to tlio lVovost Marshal, and tlio fco for sticlt licenso bo turned over to the Hospital fund. As for ourselves, we rofuso this kind of stuff. We arc willing to receive anything thai is money, and pay it out again. The mere announcement that we intended to take no such trash in our uusincM transactions, caused a fluttering. Wo have as yet experi enced no inconvenience thereby. In connection with this, wo would say, that we, as journalists, owe a duty to the public which must bo discharged, even if it pinches our friends a littlo This paper is not controlled by trades men or speculators, and wo must ex ecute our duty regardless of frowns on tho part of our acquaintances. IMPORTANT from ARKANSAS. . THE NEWS. . Tho news from Arkansas of another great battle and victory in tho vicinity of Pea Ridgo tho scene of a brilliant option KiMiin innntliB. mrn inmaWs n littla lif.i ft.d intt tntltn r.u of TLo8 who .uo their checks in good tho day. Tho immediate location of fttith wiU find n0 fm,lt with tho co"ree tho late conflict was at Mnysvillc, wearlj fifty miles from Tea llidge. Tho in,tlligenco is conveyed in an offi cial despatch from Gen. Curtis to Gen wo arc pursuing. It designing men have issued theso shiuplastcro,. it will bo om-business to unmask thorn as public journalist. llallcck, recounting, in brief, tho facts that Gen. Schofield, finding that tlio enemy, under the. rebel Gen. Ilindtnan Jind Edltorlul Ittt-luugv. A gentleman informs tho Raleigh encamped at Pea Ridge, sent Journal, on reliable authority, that Gen. Iilunt, with the first division, westward,-and moved towards Hants-1 villi,, with the rest of his forces. Gen. Blunt,, after ft hajd night's march. there is a factory within a hundred miles of Raleigh, representing a capi tal of nine thousand sluices of one thousand dollars each, which has been share of two thousand dollars three mouths. every reach! and attacked tho rebel force, and is now paying a dividend on enel from 5,000 to 7,000 6trong, at Mays ville, at seven o'clock on the morujng of tho 22d inst. Iho cngagomcnt last ed about an hour, and. resulted in the total rout of tho enemy, with the loss f all LJa artiWery a battery of six ponndtrs, a largo number of horses, and a portion of their, transportation and garrison equipments. Tlio Union cavalry and light how A Great Battle and Victory at maysvilley IMPORTA XT DESPA TCII .FROM ; G EXE HAL CURTIS. : , Complete Rout of nil tlio Rebel Forces under llludmun. Capture of all the Iiebel Artillery. Ta Kcbrts Drive B.k " . banans Valley. I Ik Ar. Yellow fever has mado its appear ance in several towns in Texas. At Sabine Pass, at the latest news there had been twenty-five deaths fro it. Most of tho people had fled from the place St. Lous, Mo., Oct. 3j, 18C2. Mnjor General IIali.kck, " Guiieral-in-Clilcf, Washington : -Our arms nro entirely successful again in Northwest Arksnsn, Gen. Schofk'ld, finding that the enemy hnd ramped at Ten lihjge, sent Oen. lilurt, with the First division, westward, and mov ed towards Iluiitsvillo with the rest of his forces. General ttlurt, by flunking a hard night's march, reached nnd uttacked the rebel force nt Murysvilln, near the northwest corner of Arkansas at seven o'clock on the morn ing of tho 22d iust. ; Tho enemy were estimated at from fivo Jo seven thousand strong. : I he engagement lusted about nn boor, and resulted in the total rout of the em my, vfUh tho loss of all his artillery buttery of six-poumWs a large number of horses, and a portion of their transpor tation and garrison equipments. Uw cavalry nix light howitzers were still in pursuit of their scattered forces when the messenger left. Our loss was small. General Schofield pursued GencrnI Hind renn beyond lluntsvtlle, coming close upon hi mi when his lorces precipitately fled be yond the Boston Mountain. Alt the orgnniaed forces of the rebels have thus been diivcn back to the valley of the Arkansas river, and tho Army of Iho rontiir hns gallantly and successfully ac- compliscd its mission. S. I . I U .113, Mnjor General Commanding. The Latest News ! Thr-rA- mpra twontv.fi vo (TantTia from itzers were still in pnrsuii of tW .nt yeflow fmr in 1Tihnington) N. 0.( on- my at last accounts. Gen. Schofield purenld Gen. Iiinuman beyond Hunts- ville, coming close upon him, when Lis forces precipitately fled boyond the Boston Mountain. Our loss in this affair was very smalT, There is nothing now ft) report from the forces of General Uucll or General Bragg in Kentucky, the 20th, among them Wm. Duesbcrt ry, Esq. of Richmond. AFFAIRS ON THE POTOMAC. General Rosencrans Supercede General BuqIL Defeat of Rebel Rangers In Tcnn. A correspondent of the Misistippi- an was at the battle of Iuka. In c e- scribing it he says : "The troops acaitwt whkk we were contending were western tnenrthe bat tery manned by Iowa troops, who f . .,l.i l.-.l., T 1. (Mo iue jacereconnoisancosoy our troops tlinrt,.n nf thai nvenin have from Harper e Jerry hare established, considerably increased my appetito for the fast boyondt dbubt that tho rebels peace, and if the Yankees will not have abandoned, Winohestcr and Jiavo shoot at us any more, i snail ue per- gone southward'. It is-said that they foctly Batlsllod to let them alone. nave csiauHsneu a amp.at r rout uoy- te iMhrX)Q. uaU Bee al. What the object of this movement are m p08tmi8tre88e9 ia Unclc uc, . wi vUU.D .lu.ui w gami9 60rvicc one of them in Nortl say, but it muicatcs a move ot lien Lee's aj mj towards -Richmond. Carolina has held her comber, 182S. office since Dc- The Grenada Appeal of the 9th inst., a rebel organ, says that stragglers from Lee's- army number .30,000. It Bays that at the battlb of Sharpsburg,. 20,. 000 men deserted tho field. . MUX PLASTERS. Onr readers will rcmemlor. that some months since, in an article nn on shicpluatcrs, wo statedthat tlio system had its evils, and that the in Induction of them, would have a ten dency to excludo all legal tender, The Charlotte (N. C.) Democrat no whether in postage currency or specie, ticca tho followine: results of on auc from the market. But littlo attention tion sale of stocks in that town ou tho was paid to our suggestions ; shinplas- 30th ult., for cash : tors were issuo i. inimento quanu- gtook io Uie T5ank of North Cflro. ties.. We- tlteji Buggcstod! a sort of ;na B0ld at $131' per share of 8109 Clftaioftg Ilbnee, by whielv these bits Mecklenburg county $100 bonds at of nasteboard and Daocr micht bo re- H a 11; Uevclana eonnty bonds, A....mnA f,nnnr,f intr.la .n H2 ; Confederate bonds, $102 1-2. - ,. 1 , ., .... . ., Brocie is ono hundred and forty per tho standing and responsibility of the cen 5un) flt Kio,linon() makers be ascortaincaj. ana tne public 8eu8 at i 82 and $1 00 per pound." assured iOi meir uisposiuw.uuu auiuiy r to redeem them. . Bailie Near Charleston. Our pdvice passed nnlfeeded. Par- We And in the Rkhmoiul'Eiiquwcr of the ty after party, began to issuo this trash, 24th, the following official account of a bat until our' community hs become flood- tie near Charleston, from that ardent lover cd, and onr. change, currency merely of truth, G. T. Beauregard, in which, true nominfJL, Jew. and .Gentile, black and to his instinct, he. chum a decided victory. white: bond and free, moreliMit and When we get at (he truth of this story, it sutler alike, Jtavo contributed to. this nndesirabfo. result. Many of tho par ties who have issued these checks, arc not worth half thG.aro.ount of tho checks they have in circulation ;.: somercdeem them, and others do not,, or. will not. ., Unless some epeeuy and summary measures are taken, wesoon shall have V brilliant array of worthless currency As we predicted, the frecuse of checks Iwts driven specie entiroly out of the markofc. " It would feeem to us tho better policy to ignore this, substitute for change entirely. Vet we are told, that such o course would canto, many ;of our trades men to close upt hoi restores. We are not sasure but wliat that would lie a benefit, in our already crowcledi nnd overdone, community. It certainly would Jo tw hui:tu, .for, if, traders are obliged; to slnit up their shops in conr fcqtioiico of being compelled to resort to a substantial currency, it is 6tirely nn evidenco that trade' 13 overdone, ajid tliat they uro. iot needed. . We L.upc that thii system will .be Irokcu uj", Acting Assistant I'nyinaxtor Daniel Letch. Jr.. lias been ordered to 10 I'titnpwo. ruling .Assismni paymaster wiurics a u:v hns been ordered to rcp,it to Rear Admiral Paulding, at Now York, fur passagus in tho first public steamer bound to the Western (iull Squadron, for duty on board of the . C. Kuhn. Acting Assistant I'aymadter S. T. liron n haa been ordered to the iron-elud steamer Mohawk. Ex-Oorcrnor Unutwell, Commissioner of Intcrnul Kcvciiiii, left Washington to-day on a visit North. During bin absence tho duties of that iillicu will be performed by Chief Clin k Charles F. titic, Kaq. Jllacellanrapa. The old Capitol Prison is as great a resort as ever for persons who get into dillicully with tho Government on account bf disloyally and similar errors. Mr. Charles Sherman, who has just returned from Mr. Davis' dominion, atid who formerly resided in this city, having returned here without giving tho authoritieiroper notiticu tioti, was domiciled there this morning, to gether with Lewis Pttit, Forty-ninth Virgi nia G. P. Garner, Fourteenth Georgia J. H. Wood, Second Virginia Cavalry i'. Moore, II. A. Bull, John U. Sprigg, U. W. CClellian and It. U. Newman.' The llrst three are pris oners of war, and the latter State prisoners, being churged with uiding the enemy, attempt ing to raise guerrilla bands, &c. A. F. Kim n)(,ll, who keeps a house in tho rear of the Nationul Hotel, having been also arrested on a charge of aiding in the transportation of con traband goods South, was to-day provided for at the same hotel. On account uf nicknem, Colonel Joseph P. Par lor, Cumrtrfmary (jenoral of Kubiia. nee, Ims been roliavel horn duty as. a member of the court martial how in nsniun in til Lnuin, fur the trial of Ma.or UeKicatry, Quartcroiattat of lb United Blntes Army. Colunel W. Woodruff whose Tiomlimtioo si Britadier Oetierl. was not confirined by the titmate, hsa been ordered to join bis regiment, theTwulfih Kentucky Voluntoera Alexander W. Uandall, of Wisconsin, rocently Minister Ketidant at ltonie, has been . appointed First As is'sn't Piv'niasterOt-nrral in. the place of 11, n John A. Kaieii, niemberof Congresa elect and reugned. Air. HanOa'.l was s. 0 a in and entered 011 Ins lubui yesterday. The folluwirg military appointments are an ni'iiiiced s llrigadlor Gentral I.ovell H. ltoussoau to be llnjur (Ji-neml U 8 Volunteers. Mnjor Itnbert 8. Granger, Fiftb Infantry, to be John W. McG'lure to be Assiitant (liiaiter- niaster of Volunteers, with tho rank of Cspisiu. J. II Julinson, uf Kentucky, to be Coiniiiisssry of Subtialence of Volunteers, wilbtbo rank of Cuptaiu. - Lieut. Wilson T. Ilarlz, to bo Assi'tant Adju tnntGeucral of Volunteers, with the tank uf Lato From FortrefiS Mcnroe. much ill circulation, as they were arrested in thirty minutes after their arrival. A tux is imposed by the Provost Marshal upon all 'except rcginivniul sutlers who open shops m tins p ace. J no amount realize;!, LH.iaing.on the John A. Warner, announces that about three hundred dollars per week, is paid iLVmn'is.ioiicr Wood, of Washington, D. C, hxi over to ffio llntyilal ftind. Col. W. 11. Lee, of fhi-eeedi-d in effocliug the reles of over ono V RTNKriNMiiMin'R. October 31 MnlorH. W, Selienk,f ilia 135 PennnylranU Vvlnntecrii, who lis just arrived at Furirens Udiiroe from Aiken's util Th MATTERS AT CEXTRE VILLE, VA. will no doubt be found, to he a splendid victory for the FWlSral wins " ' Ailack Iha t'kmrleatawa Rnilron( ItrpnlM' f Eneas?. The-following official dispatch was received yesterday: SmmhoK, Oct. 23i& To General S. Cooper; : The Abolitionists attacked in force Pocntali go and Coosawatchic, yesterday. They were gallantly repulsed to their gunboats at Mao key's Point and Bee's Crevk Landing, by Col. W. S. Walker, commanding troops sent from bcro. The enemy had come in thirteen trans ports and gunboats.. The Charleston Railroad is uninjured. Tba abolitionists left their dead and Wounded- ou. tlie fluid. Our cavalry are in hot pursuit. (Signed) G. T. BSArjra:aAiti,- General Commanding. PHItf BE. P.UCH. i CitARi.iiSTON, Oct. 23. The enemy advanced yesterday morning, in two columns one against Coosawhatchie, the other against IV eiitnlign. They were repulsed from IVcotalign by our forces. At Coosawhatchie they suc ceeded in gaining (lie railroad, but bulore they could do it much damage, our troops camo up and drove them. off. The railroad and tele graph have already been mended, and are both in work'ng order. .'The enemy's gunboats are anchored below Cnnsawhatchie.' sECe.N0 DESPATCH.' CiiARi.tisTON, Oct. 23. Informal ion has jiml been received tint the enemy has been driven to bis boats. ; Laical New Praat Waahlaglaa, From The National Capital. Washington, Oct. 21. .Tlajor-Craneml itoMcraaa Tok Baell'a Satinaction at th Appoinlmtnt. Mniur-G'cncrnl Rosecrans lias boert op pointed to succeed Gen. Uuell in Kentucky. Gen. liosecrnna bos proved himself one ol the most able nnd encrgctio soldiers of the war. He was successful in Western Vir ginia, in Tennessee, and no ono doubts his good fortune will follow him ia Kentucky, . Tin Inftu nf StHrltrt. The infill of. "descrtcrsr" as 'they at termed, still continues,, und tho oath of ul- Icgiance nppenrs to bo iu demand among them, generally. 1 here may be good reasons, however, for doubling the honest Intentions of some of these ccnllcmcn, particularly those who profess not to have been in the rebel army, and yet pretend that they lmvc not before b)eii able to got outside the Southern linos- Ohco in a while some for mer rcsidunt here suddenly turns ml, hav ing been absent since the breaking out. of the Kcbclhon, nnd " liiivc just been able to get home again." i borne of these men were most active fce ccsstonibtB when our troubles began, ftnd there is not a shadow of doubt but what certain ones, who have from lime' to tune returned, are abundantly satisfied With year and a half residence in Scccssin, or else their visit here is merely temporary, ami lor purposes ol a contubaud diameter. They cannot be to closoly looked after b; the proper authorities, nnd more particular ly, as one or two, who have recently re turned are men of considerable intelligence, and formerly held important positions here. llcing well known, the milUtary authorities will have no-troufelit in keeping welt posted with regard to them. Aasioas to be Kictannard AdjutantTlenry Bewers, of the Seventy third ttegiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, and some forty other oflicers, who were captured on- the 28th of August, and paroled a short time ago in llichmond, are here, and as yet have nofrbeen exchanged. These officers are attached to General ltoeo'S'-coniinand. ' They are anxious that their exchange-may b effiicted without further delay. For Cain. ' One hundred and fifty marine, under chargi of First Lieut. IKikcr, of tho Murine Coi ns, will leave here on M inday for the naval station at Cairo, Illinois, to lake charge of and guard the Government property at that place, Ke-Arretwilr Mr. Vincent R. Jackson, who, it will be re membered, was arrested on his return - from Uichmond, and was released on giving bond to appear when required, has been re-arrestc ami sent to the Uld Capitol. A Nrw-nrigitdler-Gcmtral It is understood that Colonel Gustave Cluso rot, formerly of Fremont's advanco, and subse quently ofSigel's corps, has been appointed a brigadier General, for1 distinguished services in the Held. The oln Kira Commtnlon. The Costa ltira Commission will close il business on the 8th of November. Hun. S. Cox, of Ohio, and James S. Carlisle, F,sq., (tho latter for Costa Hien), argued the several roses yesterday. II in. Caleb-Cushing. is bora fs counsel beforo the Commission'- in a case in volving about t'jUO.OOO, the inoirey loaned to that ilepuhlic. ho Htate D'partment makes tho following an- nouuccinout: . Df.PAKTMKNTOP 8TATE, WaSIIIS(1T!V, Oct. . 1K6J It havinir recently been diseovered that tbe practice of seuding private lett. rs to this Department for the purpose of bring forwarded to the care of Miniate sand Consuls ef the United tjtates abroad Ims been abused tut disloyal pur-' poses, notice u hereby given thai no sucu tellers ill Bone Terwar.i be transmitted. All lett ri to Ministers and Consuls which may oreafter be seal hither to be forwarded must be lift open for iuspectiou by the Department. WM. U. BLWAIID. the Twentieth Massachusetts, is lying dange rously V.l at this pHlce. News from Washington. AVAR GAZETTE, orriciAL. Imporlnat Ardrr frm the Wjit Depart imcui ia irnr ia KalUlulvatr. WuiJiihfftoH, Oct. 23, 1SC3. Tho following order has been issued by the War Dep&rl incut i tmt Lnlisimenls into the regular army under General Orders No. -154 mnv be made either in the Held or in the several States, but not more than ten volunteers will bo enlisted from any one ceiilpahy. beeoiul J he twenty live dollars advance or the one hundred dollars bmlnty authorized by section i of tlio act of Congress artyrnvcd'July 2'J, 1HC1, and the two dollars premium, ap proved June 21, 18(12, will only be paid to volunteers enlisting into the regular army under this order who have not already receiv ed it. Where the recruiting oflicers are not fu- nrche'J tt-ith fbndsj these amounrs oT'cithcr of them will be credited to (he soldier on the first muster-roll after his enlistment, and paid, by me paymaster wno pays mm. Aaathrr Saece la Teaanaj.a. Wuehington, Oct. 24. The following des patch wis 'received at head quarters this morn- ting:- . Suction, Tenn., Oct. '24. Major-Gcneral H. W. llallcck, General-in-Chief, I'. S. A. : A despatcJi just in, says our cavalry,undcr Major Mudd, ran into Haywood's Partisan Rangers, seven miles west of Brownsville, killed one captain, captured about forty prisoners, sixty horses and mules, and wagon load of arms; and completely broke up the party. I will send the prisoners to Alton. (Signed) U. S. Giiast, Mtijor-Gencral Commanding. FraM .TiemrihU. 77i United Slalet Forctt in Qalcetton Bay. The Grenada Appeal, of the 16th has a re port of the capture and occupation, by tbe united States forces, of an island in Galvcstorl Day. . Nothing is said of our forces having reached the mainland, but a fight was anticipated should they make such an attempt. (.en. bhcrman has ordered thirty secession families to leave Memphis, on account of the recent guerrilla outrages on the river, the Crenada Aimcal contains report that Van Dorn ttnd I.ovell have been ordered to' report at Richmond. General Pembcrton is announced as the successor uf General Van Dorn. AFFAIRS AT SIIARPSDIUG, BID. REDCI.S NKAH SlIKPAaDSTOWN. SlIARPsntmil, Mo., Oct 24 V coniidornbl bod of rebels fa reported- to be aboot three miles back of Dbepai Jutowm ' ntTinx or ce.nkrals. Generals Poster, M or til and Giiflin hav ra- Inrned from Washington and joined their respec tive commauds. GROSS OARf.LSSKNF.SS. While a'soldler in the Eighteenth Massachu setts K'ffiment was exaininiua a shell, near a lire. yesterday, it ignited and cxploUod, bufforluuate-' ly do ono was Injured. rBOM CE.ITKAI, AND aolTII AM KB- ICA. The "Arlel ar Krw Varh wlib r 5O,O0 ia Trrusim. Nsw York, Oct. 24. THe steamer Ariel, frdm Aspiuwall. with f 750,000 In treasure and a nuni bsrof passengers, ariived at this port this after noon. The shin Reporter, from Now York for Ban Fraucisco, was totally lost off Capa Horn Only fonr of the cww were saved. The sIiId Kris wasieea on Anf nst 20th, seven ty nine miles south of Capo lloru, ubaitdoned knd dismssled. Contain Mullen. United Elates army and parly, are among the passengers on tne Ariel, inny have completed a good wagon road nom tlio iismi wators of Hie Missonri to thoso of tho Columbia river, lbepaity spent four winters on Ilia Kocky Mountains. The road is six hundred miles long Adecroe has been issued by tho caraguau Govsriiment, requiring that all persons coming into the itcjiiiolio must navor paasporis,- au neirocs and those of other degraded races aro oicuJod. Tbe rovolutioo had asain broken out in lluu- !i. but it will Drobablr ba snonresscd. Valparaiso dates to Cieptemuor mm nnva ooen received. A National ttaiiK is buoui oviiig esia bliahed lr Pent A cartv of Americans, wko went to Mnfra gua on a gold banting expedition, bid arrived at fanama, ponmlesa. Tba Peruviaa Government Is said to hava falsa ly imprisoned and brnUlly treatod some Irnglmh men. one ot whom oieu irora inoeuuen. Several British ships of war bad been sent to f)lln. A battle had taken place at Fanta Itarbara, near Uranada, lasting Rr'si.r Hours, in wnieu aiosque ra defeated the Conservatorea with great loss, Fraia Rew Orlraaa HafcIT af laeRleausci' Naw Yorx, October 2. The steamship HcUieUan has arrived at .New lork, Iro n Mew Orleans on the 10th, She brings ftSU.000 in specie, eighty paroled prisoners from Corinth, nd one hundred and twenty discharged sick nu wounded from new Orleans. The 8(camer Mataman arrived at New Or leans on the 11 h. It had been reported that She was missing. The Cahavba arrived at Now Orleans on the 10th. The Xew Orleans papers contain no news. nvrmral ( the Brbrla. Washington, Oct. 2(5, 1862. The Star says:' We have very late infor mation from the region nf country between the lines of General Sigcl's Army corps and (jordonsville. Three days ago the only rebel troops occupying it was a regiment of North Carolina cavalry and one regiment of infantry. Ihey had their headquarters at tVaircnton, With pickets out along the Rappahdrmock, and at limes sent out small ssoming-parrjes in va rious directions. Culpepper Court Hnuse had then ceased to bo the railroad terminus, at which the supplies from Richmond for General bee s army were put on wagons, i uey arc now taken to Staunton by rail, and wagoned from there all the way up to Winchester. J his clianiro was doubtless occasioned by dread lest GencrnI Si Eel inieht ctitatf their train's. Which bo could do il they continued to travel the road from Culpepper Court House via Sperry villo and Winchester, now that bis cavalry horses hav? been rccr'Jitc.- Potter and Lieut. Md.'arty have been ordered to the screw slujp LuraiMiunt. Lieut. ItoliCrt liradfnrd and Kiout McNuIr have been ordered to tiwjvniattk Paymaster. J, Uiitiiam has been ordered to the XahtxnU " AtTalr nl llnrprr Ferry Arrlvnl af Prl era fraas ataari Cavnlrv Haiipkii'S Ftsimvi Oct. 24, 7 P M. Nineteen of' Stuart's CaVahy, captured by tho tourtli Pennsylvania Cavalry, of Gen, AveiiU's com mand, on tho 2Ud inst., arrived here to day, un ilwv nnnril. Cnplain J. Tucker, of the Tenlh Virginia, nn,1 Lieutenant Stack, of the Second SSulh Cnroliun Cavalry, aro among ill prisoners captured nom lledceaville by the I'ourtli, wuilo on scout. All quiet at Frederick. . t ; . : 1 . News from M'CEELI'AN'S Army, ninnnurnrnnce ot lite R'bel 1'irkfta Tit Klii'iur ICrlirlng No U Ik ward Arrcl of Coatimifrilrr, A. II'arpkii'b Fvhrv, Oct 2(5, 1802. The rebel pickets, which have hovered on our front smcrl the fectfrmoissancs to Uhnrios town. disai'DtaredMast nicht. No traces of them are visible to-day. . Evidences thnt tho enemy are moving In wards Gordonsvilh . - multiply. For four day. past large trains of wagons have been leaving Winchester, and a lurire camp has ocun csiau lished'nenr Front Royal. Liv'nt. Howe, Provost Marsha', arrested Jas, Hall, Henry Stewart and Alfred Carpenter, for having countcrleit money iiniigir possession. and atitmptins to pnas it. , Uno tlvvasntru ain tilt v dollars in counterfeit and a. consideruhl amount in good money, was found in their Captain Marchand, Licutenant.-CotnmnnuVri possesion; The counterfeits consist of threes on tho s amloru Connecticut; liatiK, juey are a coarse engraving and nn a known plaie. Tho ones ant twos ate on Iho luriueru bin of HrisloJ. Pa.- a new uiitl dangerous counter feit.- The date, April lr ISO I, is printed uti the bill, They did uvt gU'-Wd in putting Coptar of Unlrrxlon, Texas, by the ft' ran, The Federal fleet off Onlvoston, Texss, attack- p,l that citv on tba 4 th inst. A Federal steamer ran past tire battery at Fort Point nndor a heavy Hrn. ami la a 10 at ma central wnarr. ine oi ttry waa then destroyed- by the Confederate troons. who marched to Virginia Poiut. The troops in Ua'vesion it-it ana went to ino same . r ... ., -bp i potul. laei'cnerai atesmers lying; ou uhiyss ton, five is number, gsve the authorities of the town four davs to remove the women and chil dren from tbe place, at the expiratiou of which t tne thev would srtOTl tne place u it waa not anr rendered. Tbe cans of the attack, or rather thr initiation cf the assault, was the firing into the steamer Harriet Lane br the suns at furl I'oiut The Harriet Lane steamed iu under a nap; ot trace, but went loo far, and was fired into. The latest telegram from Oalveston ii dated the 6th iust, aud.rpeikine ot the movements oi tue Federals lavs: - ; They lauded again yesterday at the rotni, but have not Dermanenllv oecuoiod It, having a whnlosom fear of cavalry dash. There area siiftiuiottt number of troops on the Island to repel any landing: While the enenry- occupy their present position Col. Cook Is engaged, under or dors from t'ol. DeBray, in removing such ina chinery and fuundvy. works as can be got nil and it is not rol,ablo that the enemy will find iiuiuh on the lilaud ofvalne Orders have also been issued to inform the people that should our troops leave tlio iahinil communication will at once be cnt off, and those who remain will be compelled to depend ou their own nifaiii of subbUteneo, as no supplios will be allowed to cntor the city ' ' Measures aro already on foot for a rigid police nf the bay, and ai-tiva cnvalry f rce will t-oiitln nally scour the main land oppoaito thu island and the country along 111, Halo bayou, the Trinity, NeeheS, aud 8al Ue. j The determination of thi military authorities seems to be to confine the enemy tq the b'ty con t'guous to ibd io'snd. The fortes before the city, while not very formidable aa a licet, is yet sut Gciout to indicate the future m ivemelits of the enemy on oureoast.snd watch the people :e i linp near the coast uf tlie dauirer, should the bat a and livers ba left unguarded. Jtichmoni Dispatch Tho news yesterday was that Beanrcgard has been at- work again, and near the scene of ins first -services.- He has had a conflut w t the Yankees at Pbcutaligo. a" point on tin Charleston and Savannah railroad, nnd about two thirds of thu distai ce from Charleston to Savannah. The eneiu were repulsed and driven off. This news shows, loo, that the enemy are at wotk in that quarter. The great fleets which they havo been preparing solong will doubt less appear soon, when ailum will aniline vere atiiiuutcU ubaractur. - kUlawud Ewiuirtr, H't, hundred Union Diisonori nt Salisbury, Nor t ft Carolina, and expected to have tlmm at Aiken'i Landing tlie latter parlor tins weex ine joim A. Warner, In charge rf Miyor Seheiik, will pro bably be at Aiken's Landing to-uivrrow to re ceive thciD. . TJ War Km. -From the Richmond Inquirer. October SO. Desnstrhea transphlnir with the War Denart- maul state nothing mora than that Ilragg had fl leu back from his formor position a d 1st nee of forty miles, fur the purpose or securing subsis; .. tenee. Tbe ronibiuation of the UuionUta having boon strongly reinforced, rendered toe move absolutely necessary. It is surmised that Koaecrana nao. eommeneeq a strategic movement to form a junction wilD . Uuell, and cut on our army entirely. SMcrn H'nr A'sirs Ti llttriat nf Bragg, the Richmond Enquirer, of Oct. 21, says: Tbe last we hear I'min Ilragg's army be was at London, Kentucky, falling: back in order toward Cumboi land Gap. Hindi has a very large army, and attempted to flsiik Uragg while at Camp Dick Robinson, which was prevented by tbi retreat. Kuull Is yet endeavoring to flunk him. and I hero may be a battle any day. M tie report or the taking vi a large number of prisoners from tbe Federals at Perryvilla proves untrue. . Fran Lu'i Army. " We hve reports from Winchester that a nofi tlon of our army are advancing on to Charles town. Virginia, which la occupied by tbe enemy ,' in fores We scarcely think that Chailestowu : . will be the theatre of any great battle, A. skir ftis'b fi'fs oCeOn-od at Warrenton. and aoothtrat kernstowD within the past few days. , .. From Wuttr VirgUtf, '' " " General Echols, who at present eo'mrnanda' ins L-onieoeraas lorces in ivanawna vauey, nae issued an order urging farmers., to eosae W Kanawha fur salt and bring forage for the army. The attention of the people ia callsd to the above; to comply with the requests of General Echols,; and at the same time to promote individual confurfs. 1'ht R-trial ef Price Slaughter among Uu ' Rtbeli at Cypresi Crick. , We learn from Jackson, Mississippi, thai the bridge across Cypresi Crick was burned by the,' enemy, and our forces wer nof aware of its des truction till they arrived at the creek, on their retreat. Tbey were there forced to run down the creek, and cross at the mill dam, where the' imy had a commanding poaition. , The slaughter of our troops at this point was very heavy. The oversight consisted fn the neirlert to destroy the railroad loading from Corinth To Columbus arid Cairo, which enabled the Federals to run reinforcements during tba1 -entiro night previous to tbe retreat. , Flag of' Tract Boats. On tho 15th inst. the Commodore ran aground above City Point, and detained the John A. War.' ear one. day to tow ber off. In justice to the officers and pl ots of the John A. Warner, we' tr ust say she has uever been aground while run- , uing on the James River. eUlier as flag of truce or when carrying the mails to Harrison's Landing. The Warner leaves ibia afternoon for Aiken's' Landrng, to bring down onr paroled prisoner'. She takea up the following Rebel officer: ' Lieutenant W. B. Low. Georgia Legion ; Cap tain James Dh ken, Fifty.First Georgia ; Colonel ' U. S Means, Seventeenth flonih Carolina. Tbe Richmond Inquirer, of October 2 1 at, says: " Thirty disloyalists, taken at Cumberland Gap; Tennessee, were brought to the city on Sunday evening, by war of Lynchburg. Tbey were lodged in Castle Thundor." - , : v . . . , ,, , . - - p. an account of the escapo of some of those Ten-, nessccan loyalists from the prison at that pUe -. We rejoice that they bave made their escaj e.' It will be recollected that these men were brought to this city last spring end put in jail.,. They havo been her ever sinco. A guard has been kept around the juil, hut they have so , long stood and lain around there night and' day that they had ceased to be on the alert on guard ready fflr otiy attempt at escape. It'' was at an opportune moment of this kind.when" ! but few weio on guard, and those Tew net ex pecting or -loolting out for an attempt to escape,' near night, wlittl the jailor went in to give the' prisoners food and water, that Fry, the noto rious and daring leader of the lory band in the uridge-uurnuig enterprise, seized upon the ailor and chocked him down, while others' snatched bis keys, and htfstily unlocked every' Toorfi. Some 14'or 13'of them rushed out at' the door and came very unexpectedly upon tho'. single sentinel who happened to, be then in hont, knocked him down and took his gun , from him, and before the guards on the other' side of the building &cre tware of what was' going on or could corfie round to the front, the' uiost of them were out at the front gate. Una ' or two who endeavored to climb tbe bigh fence were stopped by the sentinels' guns levelled at them, and perhaps two others full from the' fence ud were so badly hurt as to bo unable to get away. All who got through tho gate- some 10 or 11 mado tbeir escape, and at this writing tre at large. Quito Dumber of mount ed men aro scouring the country iu every di rection, and wo have no doubt they will all be ' recaptured before another night. r'inal escape' we should consider impossible. Atlanta Can'' ftderaty, . "' I asrscaatM as saa i.auaa Biases. The press of-1 he Cotton. Stales It anxtoasl? discussing .this necessity of prompt 'proviious for" the defences of the numerous livers which ouert ' ' iboir territory to tin enemy, with A view to the , amphibious expeditions planned by him for the' winter campaign. UpoA th rivers tbe Yankees havo made their most important luce. l'hrouh those avenue of invasion it ba hap- eened that man- of our sea coast town knoT largo portions of our territory have fallen into4 burg and Dr.r)'s lilntf bar- wi resisted thsif V attacks, and these were at point far inland on' tho James and the Mississippi, ana not at or near their outlets. ... . Tlio Intention of the Federal forces to press us hard this winter at evury assailublo doiiii i n ourt. soa coast, and especially alChnrlesiO'.ilUviniiali, and Mobile, i so evident that IT u openly par ded by the Yankee newspaper One of these. Ims declared that the 'to'upation 'ol Mobile, ai d the contiol of the Alabama and Tonibigboe riv ers, will bo north from the Fod.iral more than . I tie raittiro of New Orl-ana and the conlml of the Mississippi ; and Indeed, as by these means, an avenue would be opened to the heart of th -$outh, we sea no raason to depreciate the con clusion, vv e are also ininrmea, tnrougn lankoe sources, that m0r than five thousand woikhien are engaged"attlris,'trmif Irl the hatbrr of New' York alone in construction of Iron clad steamors, hich the New York newspaper say will be roady in four or fire weeks, to be sent tyouth. We are. glad to see that in this emergency, in which the cotton" States are so seriously' threatened, anmalsare beinir urcred unon lhav Slate government to cotno to thu assistance of the Confederate authorities in the particular '' mattorof river defences. The defences of tho ' harbors are under Confederate supcrvis'o ft ' and may be properly loft to the Confederate authorities, unless whoro these are wantonly a id plainly negleutlul of thu danger; but the ' dclences of the river arc peculiarly tho defen ses of the homes of the peop e of tho different : Stales, and should command from the State executives, and friitn the people, great and i. ,,,,,, v.--, r ,..,.;,,. qua. tW." . .1 ";. '.V,- ) :. -':