The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-10-22
Advance on the Right.
PROBABLE OCCUPATION or THE TOWN

WHh-gto~, Oct. The following tele gram
from Gen. Stones command, has been received
al head quarters here:-
EDwARDs FERRY, Oct. 81, 1861.
This morning st nc o'clock, Eve conpanie.
e the 18th Msspaohu ,st., crossed the river al
Ha1hon Island. A, day break they had pro.
ceeded TO witt IN q mile sn' = half II Loesburf,
without meeting the enemy. rnev s.ill hold
a. supported by the remain Ct Of tho regiment,
and pat Of the goth.
"A gallant r,connoisanoo "a made this morn
ing by Major Mix, Var Allan Cavalry Capt.
Stewart, Assistant Adju'ant General, from Ed
wares Ferry towards Leesburg, with 30 cav
airy, They came on the 1ith Mississippi regi-
mcnt, received their fire al 80 yards, aud re-
turned il with their pi,tols, end fell back in or
der, bringing in one prisoner. We have pss.
ossicn of the Virginia side Of Edwards Ferry"
Additional accounts say, up to three o'clock
today, Gen. Stons had held his own sati,facto-
rily their, though his comparatively small force
upon the Island are enfagcd with some ,Ot0
o, the enemy.
A subsequent dispatch, received late this AZ
tenoon, says that tho rebcl Gen. Evans hiss
Geld pieces and pieces masked, and abcst
I COO men. A piorer who was taken mon
tons that he has T. OC0 troops and expects rein
foiceBtnts.
Gen Stone at that time believed he could oc
cupy eespurg today and hold it. The dispatch
!, dated EdwNds Ferry.
OES. PREMoSr's CASE.
In connection with the fact tina, payment has
been su'peuded of debts created IN the Depart
ment Ct the West, II Is proper TO state that the
investigating committee appointed by Congress
to inquire irto all contracts and now in session
in 81. Louis, have, in their examination, dis.
covered great ireRulsrity and extravaganza in
the public exp nditures. In view d all tho
circumstances, II is apparent that tho Admins
tration will yield to the necessity Of completely
recognizing the entire department, " accom-.
plish which Gen. Fremont will 10 transferred
or assigned to some other duty.
On Saturday whom two companies Of the 22d
New York regiment belonging TO General
Reyes brigade, advanced TO within . mile Of
Fairfax Court lloute, they aScartained from the
inhabitants that when the rebels retroated, the
condition Of the roads was such that they wers
complltd TO leave six pieces Of artillery behind
them, which remained there unit Sunday,
WHEN the rebels in force returned ard took them
away.
To BE HUNG " CAUGHT.
| Saturday night private in the 4th Michigan
| regiment, while on picket milo beyond Bir-
retts Hill on the Leesburg turnpike, received a
| severe wound in the arm from a rebel. From
the description Of the latter he is supposed to be
| Mr.. Williams, f Alexandra, who was con-
fined for some days in a slave pen in that city,
but released by the Government, and who is
now acting az scout. Orders have boen issued
that in the event Of his capture no bo hang
{ tthwitb.
THAT LAST BOSTON STORY.
The statesmen, Of the Boston Journal of the
18th, that letters OF credit for II 900 OOO pound,
serling, or nearly eco, 900 900, have ben sem
| TO Europe by Government agents TO purchas-
an woolens, Ia regard ed ss another evidence o
tho eNsggerations, which sometimes occur, an,
/ ciuAe mi.chie'. On careful investigat alton it
fOurd that the sum Of 900, 900 was sent, an
| SiO0, 600 more Is 10 DO scLt In 80 days, in a
less than O00, coo, TO secure cloths TO bs m I'd
| mp in this country 10 meet the pressing want
Il our soldiers in the field until our own manu-
iactureIs can supply the goods 80 much neode,
1t was wise precsution On the part Of tho Gov
| etnn ent officers, whose duty Il IL TO az
krow that the wants Of the soldiers arc provide
Tor.
NC CoRMICR FLooRKD,
The Commissioners cf Patents have decide
on MCCONNELL application for tho extension d
his reaper patent Of 1877. First, that the in
vention is one Of great utility and importauo
TO the public. Second, that tho sums alread
received by Mccormick, and the sums that
is entitled 20 receive from infringements, u
| geth,r, amount 10 an adequate remuneration
= | md therefore the patents should not 10 .,
r ! ,o,doJ