, 1861-10-29

aAd SlideWs DPs7tvs Corafrmea-1ns Rebels
FbrtifWng Cenfrevi1e-1he Pirate Stf7att'-
Divtsfen Of The Reb2 417na.
Especial Dispatch to the N. 7. Tfibune.1
WASHINGTON, October 27th, 1s61:-1n ev-
cry one Of the Departments, aud in the
White House, the utmost astsnlsdmant and
indignation are expressed at the pub1canon
expedition. It will surprise 40 one to hear
that peHsboy WAS arrested this morning BY
our pfcketg, thfs aide of Fairfax, with an I'M
sold uuaztitv Of the New York 4n9ses Of Bat
urday which we're going to market among the
rebels
SECRETARY Cameron has authorized the estab-
iRhment Of depot for prisoners OF war at
Johnsos's Island, in sand1sky BAY, Lake EEle'
An experienced builder Of Saadnsky has csn'
tracted to erect seventeen buildings, capable
Of accommodating one Thousand Pr1seonefa:: Peal
They are to be finished BY December lotn, a1
a:cost + OF to exceed 5000.
The battery Of eighteen guns dlscov3rea q
week since On Matthias Point j. myth II
must have been field pieces which aFed upon
the FreeboTn and Island Belle Ihe sseams5
the place and found neither arms, ens1ench:
mcIts nor rebels. The Assistant Secretary OF
| the Navy, OF hfa return from Hampton Roads.
where he delivered sealed orders TO tne CON:
nlander Of The naval e5Padiaon Rsssstsa tns
H1hree or four days before the false news tnat
| Mason and SIdeu had sailed from Charleston,
for Enrope, in the Nashville, reached here,
! letter from oIe rebel in Richmond to anoinef
ntsrfeRtsd % s9etHIn 3 III s 70 i
about starting for Europe with Mason They
are eoire through Texas, and will sail from
| Mexican port" Recent intelligence leadR to
| the conclusion that they went BY this route, !,
| Captain Duane's company Of sappers ano
miners has been ordered from this city to West
Tie 9Th New York regiment, EE1sworth's
Avengers, has been attached to Gen- Butte1-
fields brigade.
The 1ebels are fortifsiag Centzeyhle. They
Our troops occupy Yienna, and our pfckets are
| 4 nile beyond Aunandale.
Lieut.. Porter, Of the PoThataq; reports
latter had cruised two or three days st The
mouth Of the harbor, 70 overhaul the hrIg
Maria, expected from Ne9 York The Gov:
e1nor OF Marantam treated the officers Of the
Sumter with every courtesy, promising thez'
they might sell the Maria there If she VIZ
captured supplied her with coal, but WAS IN,
willing to do the same by. the Powastan-
In entering Maranh2n, ,tleSumter got ashore
and lost her false keel, and when she left was
leaking. She LIFT under fail, having housed
since the Abby Bradford, and 1t waa under:
J stood her motto WAS =" burn, sink and destroy,
!: | particularly Boston and eastern vessels. ii
Lieut.. Porter left September 2S.h; put into
st. Thomas Oct. 9tn, where his last dispatch il
dated.
n. T. Times Dispatch]
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.-The Government il
rapidly pre pairing for enforcing the con ti8ca
tiDn law passed st the last Congress.
Yesterday attachments Tere served egatns1
. t some furniture belonging to q man nance
! Shields, who is Captain in the rebel army
| ard owning number of houees and lots il
Washington. This is to be a special case.
L. the law Is sustained, the Government Will 8
J.. once proceed to centf.catc the property o
! every known rebel ~ fast a5 it comes Withil
! the jurisdiction Of our arms.
' New York Hersld's Dispatch.1
WASHINGTON, Oct. a7.-Poeitiye informs
. ton is received that recent occurrences hav
! occas1oued division Of the rebel army Of th
q Potonsc. Large reinfarcements haVe bee
u sent to Leesburg with the expectation Of : II
: neWal Of attack On that point. An lmmens
b ! force has been copgregated At Norfolk unde
n Chesapeake Bay Was ordered to make den
g opst1atIon there
l. The centre OF the rebel army rests at Ger
"a treYllle, and has been much weakened by th
l. Withdrawal Of these forces On the right an
J. left. Gen. Johnston Is the commanding Ger
7, era1. Beauregard commands the forces Opt
site Washington, and Gust2vus ". Smit
commands the forces at Leesburg.
d Il vas stated that rEmpr WAS current
u Richmond q few days ago that an imporsal
T advance movement Of the whole rebel arm
le was to be made before the LIST Of No7embe
ID but perhaps the fight st Balls Bluff and Ii
ra calling OF the great naval expedition have ra
ct deIed change Of programme Necessary.