The daily Wabash express. (Terre-Haute, Ind.) 1857-1867, 1861-09-24


shoes--They mn>t Fight or Freexs
No say Ten makc Iseather-Ths
Cotton trops-Horses rad Wagon.
Pressed into the Seryice Of the Reb
~i>-forawe-<ew k3asteries-wh
the heb~is viii probably do -1nii
at disseminating President Lincoln
--Jrf Davis Feeble aud Declining
Arrival OF q uuion " oman aud
hat ~he >ays-Tke Rebels pr~Ies
TO Fight Banks rather than ucti~i-
Ian.
SPECIAL 10 HIRALp.
WASHINGTON. sept. ss-frOm f.,elop
nents made To day. am satisfied the state
ment forwarded last night. r.ur,s..f.s.g To
come from from a man Just from Issassas.
concerning the strength and cosdil.on Of the
rebel. ~a- garSlled. coming throu Il third
PARTY TO-DAY, have seen hia. and has
statement j. very clear. and j. confirmed BY
numerous oshcr slasefncutr made 4 y other re
liable persons
Ills position of late nj Richmond. Msnss-
sa-. Winchester. Haper- Ferry. Aunson =
Hill, and Fairfax. AT various periods and his
extensive acquaintance with men and things
enable him 90 Judge well OF the condition
and movements of the rebels. lie SAYS the
number Of troops from Richmond 90 the 70
tonae. Al keesburg in one direction and Ac
quia Greek aud Matthias point in another.
may be safely put down 70 one hundred and
seyeuty.fiv thousand Fffty thousand of
them we're at l;ichm0nd .hree DAYS ago
Another fifty thousand az Manassas. while
the remaining seventy five thousand are scat
tered along from that point 10 Mhnsssas Hill
ar,d from the vicinity OF hollands Ferry to
Harpers Ferry and on the Potomac south OF
Alexandra ia the vicinity OF AcQuia Greek
and Matthias Point, The troops at Lees
burg. aud the militia number about five thou.
sand There are about five thousand in the
vcint, OF hollands Ferry.
The force AT Fairfax Court House il quite
small Gems. Beauregard and johnson make
thi- place their headquarters.
The main battery on Munson's It'll con.
si-ts Of three - Founders. \ little la the
roaf ol this i another battery moro secure.
containing three guns. The men are gen
esally well clad but not with woollen cloth
Jog. aud are suffering for the want oi them.
especially those from the extreme Southern
States.
blankets nre very much needed AT nights.
and il j. considered impossible To supply
tneir wants
The troops have no shoes but those they
brought from home. and inost Of them are
T
Coz supplying the article. They cannot be
manufactured. "a leather il scarce. aud there
being no meats foe. oil 90 be had Hides
/ cannot be cured for the manufacture ct leath
err.
The cotton crop, which has beer pledged
D for the Confederates loan. IS not 10 be re
moved 90 the seaboari cities until ready for
shipment for fear OF seizure.
There has been pressed into the Conisd
crate service nearly all the teams of horses
in the valleys of Virginia. Farmers are thus
deprived of the usual advantages for tillng
the ground, preparatory 20 sowing their next
wheat and corn crops.
Forage for horses ia being rapidly bought
up. showing that speedy move is abeut TO
take place.
Between Acquia Creek and Alexandria
two new batteries. one live. the other ten
miles above. have been erected. The work
on these batteries has been done on dark
nights The intention seems Ia he the fur
Their erection of similar deiencos along the
Potomac. up o. point a. near Aiexandria
a. practicable lle saws they feel safe in re-
gard To the protection of the Potomac. be
tween Acquia Greek and Matthias Point. and
that this feeling OF security has probably arts
en- from the TACT that contrsband goods have
the counties of Charles and St Marys into
Virginia On the Maryland side. in these
two conntie.. signal lights have been noticed
giving tho rebcls timely warning of the pa
sage nj night of any OF our sailing ve--el-
Nv informant learned. before leaving
Manassas. that the anticipated advance vii
be made simultaneously nj Nolans Ferry
Alexandra and at "a point between AcQua
Greek and Matthias Point.
The movement at Alexandria will probs
bis be feint They have made every &c
fort Ia induce Con Mcclellan to attack their
masked batteries. hut are now satisfied ths,
he will not.
Nv informant wss asked if he ever heard
of a plan to nssassinate Maj Gen. Mcclellan
lie said hc never did. bat had heard some
thing said about disseminating President Lin
coin. whom they assert 10 bc the cause OF a.
their troubles lie s4ys they regret thai
ten Mcclellan Is IN command, and express
the hope that Gen. Scott will again assume
command. he says JEFF Davis. although
not dead. was quite feeble when his deau
was announced. and that hi- health j. declin
ing fast
The gentleman from whom the above in
formation j. obtained. had a high position il
the rebel army and had the confidence q
Besuregard lie ! native of Virginia an'
mon mau
A Union woman. living at Lewius, lie
arrived here 20 day She reports there j. NO
more than $1,000 or $1,000 rebels IN Fair
fax Court House IL was their intention q
attempts crossing somewhere ON the Uppe
Potomac They hal moved large portion
of their army in that vicinity. They hope
- cross and then by flank movement Gu
81 Banks division They s~ear sengesnc
against him and his gallau, army. and seer
more au,ioas for an engagement, With hif
thsn with tseu Mcclellan