Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-10-19
Important Correspondence between
Lord Lyons and Secretary Seward!


ment of Leesburg by the rebel forces is con.
hrmed to-day. They are said to have pro.
Ceeded toward a. point on the Manassas Gap
Railroad. 1t is presumed they went TO Ma
nassas to join the main body of their army
there, but the fact is not definitely ascer-
tanned, and the opinion is entertained in
some quarters that they have gone toward
Hsrper's Ferry by way of Strausburg and
Winchester; the latter however, hardly
probable. For some days the rebel army has
occupied the segment of a circle several
miles in extent, reaching from Leesburg to
the mouth of Occoquan Creek. The move
ment recently made by Withdrawing from
Leesburg, Vienna, Fairfax Courthouse and
Annandale was unquestionably intended to
reduce the front which nov extends only
from the Potomac River at the mouth OF Oc-
coquaD, upon that creek, and along Bull Run
to Manassas Junction, with Centerville and
Fairfax Courthouse occupied as outposts.
A very large body of their forces is known
to have been thrown toward the Potomac in
the neighborhood Of Shipping Point. The
movement is purely defensive, to meet the
supposed intended advance of our army of
the Potomac in that direction, so as to cut off
the communication Of the rebel army at Ma
nassas with Richmond.
General Stabel, Of the New York Eighth,
with a small force, made reconnaissance,
first to Anandale, which leads to Fairfax
Court house. The village was not deserted,
as others had been. The inhabitants said
several rebel agents left there only yesterday
morning. General Stabel then commenced
advancing on Fairfax Court-house, and after
proceeding mile discovered four mounted
rebel pickets watching our movements. Our
force arrived at hill called Coyles, near the
Courthouse.
Our men were very much disappointed
when they learned they would not be per-
mtted to 90 on to the Courthouse; some of
them actually shed tears. The object of the
reconnaissance was simply to ascertain the
position of the enemy, and not seek an en-
gagement, having satisfied himself that
nearly all the rebels had disappeared beyond
Fairfax Court house. General Stabel re-
turned late in the afternoon. The withdrawal
of the enemy from his advanced position in
! front of the Union lines is fully confirmed by
| Prof. La Mountain, who made balloon as
cension this afternoon shortly before five
o'clock; he ascended from point about six
miles west of Alexandria; the wind carried
him five or six miles over the enemy's camps
around Fairfax Station. When rising into
another current he took circuit to Fairfax
Court house, and thence back to our OWL
| lines, landing at General Blenker's Head
quarters. He had an excellent view Of the
enemy's position, and could see their en-
campments at Manassas. There were nc
rebel forces, except here and there man
this side of Fairfax Courthouse. At the
Court house there were only few companies
and the appearance of the biyouacs demon
stTated the position had been recently almos
entirely evacuated. At Fairfax Station there
appeared to be larger force.
RoLLA, Mo-, October Is The corresponds
ent of the st. Louis Democrat furnishes the
following items:
scout has Just come in from the Wes
and reports that Price has made stand al
Carthage, sixty miles from Springfield. The
Legislature is to be called together on the
4th of November.
The rebels at Vienna have dispersed, {
portion going home, and the remainder will
Join Johnston. Johnston has been placed il
command of all the rebel forces in Missouri
and has issued a proclamation forbiddini
the transportation of any more property
meaning slaves-from the State. 1t is no
stated whether Johnston supersedes Price.
The following letter is clipped from tht
Fort Smith Times:
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT PARK IGnI, aHI' en-
Major Clark, 4. Q. M, C.S.A.
SIR: here with forward to your care dis
patches for General McCulloch, G. S. A
which have the honor to request you vii
cause to be forwarded to him by the earlies
express.
At mass meeting of about four thousan
Cherokees at Tahlegua, on the 2lst inst, th
Cherokees, with marked unanimity, declare
their adherence to the Confederate States
and have given their authorities power t.
negotiate an alliance with them.
In view of this action, aregiment of mount
ed men will be Immediately raised and place
under command of Colonel John Drew, I
meet any emergency that may arise. Hay
ing espoused the cause of the Confederat
States, we hope to render efficient service i
the protracted war which now threatens th
country, and to be treated with a liberalit
and confidence becoming the Confederat
States.
have the honor to be, sir very respect
fully, your humble servant,
JOHN ROSS,
Principal Chief Cherokee Nation.
ST. LOUIS, October l9-The rebels wh
burned the Big River Bridge the other da
were marauding bands from st. Geneviev
and St. Francois Counties, numbering abor
six hundred.
JEFF Thompson has not been in that II
/ gion for some weeks.
Captain Lippincott, with fifty men of Il
. ThiTty-eighth Illinois, met this force tW
. miles below Big River, cut his way throul
: them, intlicting loss of seven killed anu
a number wounded. Seven of his men we
taken prisoners, several wounded, but nor
killed.
In the engagement below Iropton on Il
r 18th, the rebels loss is known TO be thirtl
six killed and wounded, and it is believe
a TO be larger as quite a number were carrie
off the field. The Federal loss was te
. Wounded-one mOrtally.
q The rebel force was about two thousan
), strong, and believed to be the advance guar
: of a much larger body some distance beloV
|, The officers at Pilot Knob say there we
I Louisiana, Tennesste and Arkansas reg
= ments among them. Citizens were hyiI
y from the vicinity yesterday, and the troo
were undsr arms expecting an attack.
4 The State Convention adjourned yesterda
. subject to a call from the Governor, un
1 the meeting of the Legislature to be elect
in 1862.
ST. Louis, October ia salute of th
teen minute guns was fred at the Arsenal
noon to day, in respect to the memory
Cvnmissary Genera! Gibson.