The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1861-10-05
General Movement Of the Rebel
Army,
JOHN>TOH'S ARMY MOVING OK THE
POTOMAC.
mysterious Disappearance of
Reauregard's Division.
THEIR ADVANCE POSTS OCCUPIED ~
GENERAL McDOWELL.
ANOTHER NiuRDEuoUS MISuNUEW-
STANDING.
Important Military Appoint
ments.

| washington, S,pt. 29.-Thc American fla,
now floats over Munson's Hill. Detachment
from Generals Richardson's, Keye,' and Wad,.
worll's bIigsdes, and also from q n. Franklin {,
division, now occupy it, being in command Of
Col. Ferry, Of the 9th Michigan regiment.
FALLS CIuECH OCCUPIED.
| Early this forenoon, the pickets from General
Smiths division advanced to and now ocrupy
Falls Church. Neither this nor the preceding,
movements met with any opposition whatever,
as the rebel army had on Friday night retired
from the whole line Of their positions on the
line Of Washington. Uptons Hill, this side of
Falls Church, is necessarily included among
the points now held by the federal forces.
POOR DEFENCEs
The works Of the enemy at the places they
had evacuated were in military view almost
worthless, being nothing more than rifle pits.
The appearance Of the ground deserted by them
indicated that they were deficient in those ar
engagements which serve to make a camp If,
comfortable, having no tents but merely shell
tiers rudely constructed. There were no sign,
to show that they had ever mounted any gun.
ANOTHER DREADFUL MISTAKE.
Tho advance Of Gen. Smith on Falls Church
from the Chain Bridge was accompanied bv
events Of the most deplorlblo character. Hay
ing passed Nanderwerken's and Vanlerbcrg',
houses on their way to the former place, and
when about hall mile from it, by some unlc-
countable blunder, Col. Owens Irish Philadrl-
phia regiment, in the dark ness of the night,
installing for rebels Cant Motifs battery. which
was in the advance, sustained by Gen. Bakers
California Regiment, Bakers Philadelphia
Iouaves and Col. Friedman, Cavalry fired a
full yolley into the troop, last mentioned, kill
ing and woundng large number. Tho CLi.
ioTnia regiment, not knowing whence the tirnc
came, returned it with marked effect. TIN.
horseS attached to Motifs battery bee anne unman-
aceahlc, and the tongues Of the caisson, wer,
broken owing to the narrowness of the road
Lieut. Br ant, having command Of the LIST sec
ton, ordered the guns to be loaded with grapo
and canister, and soon lad them in RANCE t.
rake th, supposed enemy, when word was sent
T. him that he was in the company of friends.
Many conflicting stories prevail as 10 the par.
ties ON whom the blame should rest. but Grp.
Smith Immediately ordered Col. O, cu'sr,,l-
mont to fall back To- camp.
Some ,fthc federal troops were guilty of wan
tn oIuai cs burning houses hdscriuin,,cly.
to the value Of $4,000 or 100000. General
Mcclellan deromces the outral;cs in the strong.
est terms The perpetrators will doubtless b.
stcrnly punished.
Various speculation, are life as to the where
abouts Of the rebel army, as no traces Of then.
can be discovered in large force, their usual
Pekots Of infantry and cavalry only being dis
ccrnahlc at distant points lowering a. if for ob
scryation purposes.
The most probable theory from what can be
gathered, is that the rebels are making FONTS
of retreat, as they did previous to the battle Of
Bull Run, with the view Of drawing our truop,
into ambuscades. This ,puion is strengthened
by the repetition of conversation which far.
mer residing in the neighborhood of Falls
Church overheard the day before they eyacua-
ted that neighborhool.
The encan pmcnts of the rebels show that
they had at no time ever 10, 900 men in front
of Washington and at the points which they
have just evacuated.
Washington, SpL 2s.-The following mill.
AIRY appointments were made today.
Edwin ID. Morgan, Governor of New York
o be Major General of Volunteers.
To be Bigadier Generals of Volunteer Col.
Harvey Wright Fifth Artillery, United States
Army Col. George Wright, Ninth Infantry.
United States Army Col. X, u. Marcy, In.