The daily Wabash express. (Terre-Haute, Ind.) 1857-1867, 1861-10-17

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Battery-FiTing Between Rebe
Battery and the seminoie--ChaT.
acter of these Batteries-A New
Battery AT Acquia Creek-So a
Carolina Regiments I.eavin 4
Beauregard's Army-Mas0n and
Siideii receiving particular atten-
tioa iron the Executive aud the
Navy-More about the Rebel bat
teries-Position Of aad Sickness an
the Rebel Army baltimore 4
Ohio Raii Road Bridge Destroyed.
WAsHISoroS. October l5-Irregularities
have arisen In respect TO Canadian cnrsespon-
dence. These directions must be otsseTs ed:
first-Letters addressed 20 Can IA must
5e mailed and post billed 10 us.set States
Orcer. Letters cannot be se.iG direct 10
Poet Offices in Canada. Portlsnd. Maine.
Burlington. Rutland Island aud i.esby Line.
VI. Boston. Massachusetts,; Men York, Al
bany. Buffalo. Troy. Plattsburg.. Houses
Point. Ogdensburg. Rochester. Jackets
Harbor. Oswego and Suspension Bridge. "
Y. Cleveland. O.. Detroit. Saut st Marie
and Algonier. Michigan. are oar principal
exchange Offices.
Seeond-Postsge on single letters To or
( from Canada - ten (l0) cents Prepayment
i optional. but the whole postage must be
cognized Prepayments must he made By
United States Postage Stamps. not in money.
PoS;master- will do we'll To preserve this
statement
The Tnbune's Washington special has the
following:
This morning the POcahontas while passing
shipping Point. about ten miles from Indian
Head. fired into the woods and passed on her
way. Immediately after, persons on tile
ankee, anchored some miles above, could
see rebels on the bank hastily telling trees,
which falling into the river disclosed guns in
embrasures; soon the Seminole attempted to
90 down. when battery OF two guns on the
North Point and four on the South Point of
Qnantlco Creek opened upon her. she re
Dlied. and the engagement continued an hour.
tie Seminole Keeping ON her way and the
batteries. Tor considerable distance. saluting
her. At least sixty shot and shell were seen
bursting and falling about her. while she
steadily returned the fire. and finally passed
the last battery. What injury inflicted
on either i not known.
After the Seminole had passed. the bate
ries directed their fire upon an OYSTER vessel.
after which a rebel mounted the ramparts and
showed. eNultingly. n rebel flag.
IL has been known some time that the reb
els have had seven 9inch guns. not mounted,
IN the region of this conflict, and they are
doubtless those used.
Shells from at least one heavy rihed gun
were heard passing through the air There
must be twelve guns in position, some very
heavy, a. their reports shook the Yankee
perceptbly.
For a week the camp fires of the rebels
have been extended far back from the place
OF action
Information has been received that a large
bod of troops have gone there from Acquia
Gre opposite the enemy's line OF batteries.
The channel is but three quarters Of a mile
wide, and from shore 20 shore but q mile and
quarter
IL Will be seen that war vessels can safely
pass. These batteries must be silenced.
Commander Craven witnessed the action
from the Yankee. but was unable TO render
assistance. he has come 10 the city and re
ported the above facts
new water battery of most perfect con
SIT uction showing eight embrasures has been
discovered at Acqua Creek IL has been
ascertad.ed that two South Carolina Regi-
ments among others have left Beauregard's
army. One was esteemed his crack regi-
meut. Unless the rebel emissares Mason
and Slidell suddenly changed the place agreed
ufon for their exodus from the rebel States.
they have not, n represented. sailed for Eu-
rope, from Charleston i'm defiance of the
blockade. but directly the intelligence pub
lished TO dsy reached here, the Navy De
partment ordered fast steamer 10 nterc-tt
them and n dispatch from New York 10 See
rotary Welles was received tonight. stating
that the steamer was ready and would start
OF at once.
II however. Mason and Slidell have not
sailed from Charleston. but have taken the
route agreed upon, they will find our Gov
eminent on the watch for them.
SPECIAL TO HERALD.
IL j. evident now that the whole length Of
the shore from shipping Point from the mouth
OF the Chipawanse IS lined with batteries in
which are mounted several rited guns. and
others CARRYING eight and nine inch shells
There are six of these batterief in this dis
lance The main one at Shipping Point has
four guns, and the others have NJ least two
Every vessel drawing over sir feet. il obi
ged TO pass foF four miles within three quar-
tiers of a mile of these batteries.
A contraband states there are no rebel
troops THIS aide OF Flint Hal. except pickets
at Vienna and Hunters Mill. on the London
aud Hampshire Railroad. The::main body Of
the army il concentrated on the line Of Flint
Hin. Fairfax Court House and Fairfax Sta
lion. on the on Orange and Alexandra Rail
road Gen Bonham commands at Flint
Hill and Gen. Beauregard at Fairfax Court
House. Tie heard nothing Of Gen johnson
lie states there u great deal Of sickness
in their camps. principally the black measles.
A private dispatch received TO day. an
nounces a body Of rebel cavalry proceeded
from Romney 20 the mouth of the upper
branch of the Potomac where the Baltimore
and ONO Railroad crosses the river. and DC
siroyel the bridge which cost the company
about S60 600