The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1861-10-26
rRoBAB1E OCCUPATION or THE roWS

Viph'.q'c-, oct. q. The f. lowing tsle gram
r. " Con Stones command, has oesn received
=, bead quarters hete;-
EDwAhps FERRY. Oct. 81. 1861.
"T'is rurung At me n'c'ock, I'VE companies
e NJ. 18th NJ ssacLi 1T crossed the rvo' a.
hAirors Island. A. uAy freak they had pro
cetd,, {. Nit.ipa mite shr q half Of Jeesburg,
With " m'e'rz the enemy. rhsy sui hold
on suypwt,i by iLe remain ~ Il 'hs regiment,
and pat Of the 2oh
"A gallant rconnoi anew made this morn
i-r b, Major Mix, Van Allan CavAlry; Capt
S.ewat, As,ist.nt Aiju'ant General, from FL
~sri- Fcty 'owsri, I.eshurg, with ~ CIV.
slf,. They au'e N the 9Th Mississippi ro..i-
mcd r,c,i,'d toeir fIe a. 80 yar5., anI ro-
turned II with their p to-, and fell back in or
der. bringing in one pri,o Wa h'vs p -.
e. ion II the Virginia side Of Edwards Ferry"
AddiiicrAl accounts say up TO three o'closk
'"dsy. Gen Stone Rad held his own sa,i,ficto-
MY there, toul h his comparatively email force
uPu the l-lind AFT en- aged nth some ,OtO
u III. etemy.
A Subsequent dispatch. received late this a.
tsr-oCn. "a. hat the iel-l Gen. Evans hisi
teld iesss snd pi.c's mashed, and abs,
i'oo men. A p'ruter y no was taken men
len, that he has eco tioo2s and ,ap,c.s rein
r, CT ,uts.
Gor Sore Al hat time helisvtd h, could &C
CT ~ ltc-oute 'odty anilO IL The dispatc,
{, GATED EdNa ds fcrry.
GIN FRKNoSr's CAss.
In connection with the fact that payment la,
been suspended of debts created in the Depart
ment cf the West, it is proper to state that ths
investigating committee appointed by Congress
to inquire irto all contracts, and now in session
in St. Louis, have, in their examination, dis.
covered great irregularity and extrsvagsnco in
the public exp niitures. In view Of all the
circumstances, it is apparent that the Admins
ration will yield to the necessity ci completely
-eois MIXING the entire department, to accom-.
p.ish which Gen. Fremont will be transferred
OF assigned to some other duty.
On Saturday,, when two companies OF tho 22d
New lorA regiment, belonging 10 General
Reyes b'isa9e, advanced TO within a mile Of
faiffsx Court llouse, they ascsrtained from the
inhabitants that when the rebels tetreated, the
condition Of tho roads was such thst they we're
compelled 20 leave Fix pieces Of artillery behind
thon, which remained there unit | Sunday,
when the rebels In force returned ard took them
awsy.
TO Tx HUNG NJ CAUGHT.
Saturday light private in the 4th Michigan
regiment, while on picket a mile beyond Bar
fetts hil! on tie Leesburg turnpike, received
severe wound in the arm from a rebel. From
the cescrirtOn Of the latter he is supp we'd TO be
a MIR. Williams, d Alexandria, who was con-
fined for ONE days in a slave pen in that city,
but released by the Government, and who Is
now setting as a scout. Ofdcrp hsve boon issued
inst in tho event Of his capture he be haog
fEhwith.
THAT Last BOSTON STORY.
The statement Of the Boston Journal of tho
18th. thai letters OF credit for l., 900 900 pounds
erling, or nearly S60, 900 900, have !en Sen.
70 Europe 10y Government sg,nts 10 purchase
VI woolrns, is Icgarccd as another evidence Of
the eNsggerationE, which sometimes occur, and
cipse mischief. Ga careful investig cation IL l.
| fourl that the sum Of Si00 600 was sent, and
| SiOO, 900 more is TO DO seLt la 80 DAYS, in all
"a ian ! 900, COO, 20 secure cloh4to bs IN ,de
| p H. this country 10 meet the pressing wants
| Il our soldiers in the field until our own manu-
| iactu eis can supple the goods 30 much needed
| IL was a wise p eCauton en- the part of the g ".
| 'tnntnt officers, whose duty IL is TO see and
krow that the wants Of the soldiers are provided
| 'Or.
NC CoRMfCK FLooRED.
Tho Commissioners Cf Patents have decided
| o. MCCoimicks application for the extension Of
| his reaper patent Of 1917. First, thai the in
| ven,ion is one Of great utility and importance
| to the public. Second, that the sums already
received 10y Mccormick, and the sums that he
is entitled u receive from infiingements to-
| etb,r, amount 10 an adequate remuneration,
and therefore the patents should not be ex.
| tended.