Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-09-23
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ISrecal Dispatch 10 the New York Herald
WASHINGTON, September % From devel
opmen's made to-day am satisfi d the state
ment tOrwSrded last night, purporting to
cone from raar just from Manassas, cou-
CerniDs the strength and condition of the
re6els was garbled coming hrougb third
parry To day | have seen him, and his
statement is very clear, and is confirmed bv
numerous other statements made by other
reliable parties. His position of late at
Richmond, Manassas, Winchester, Harpers
Ferry, MuDsons Hill and Fairfax, at various
periods, and his extensive acquaintance with
men and thugs, have enabled him to Judge
well of tie condition and movements of the
rebels.
He says the number of troops from Rich.
mond 10 the Potomac at Leesburg in one
direction, and Acquia Creek and Matthias
Point IN another, may safely be put down at
one hundred and seventy five thousand.
Fifty thousand Of them were at Richmond
three days ago, another fifty thousand at
Manassas, while the remaining seventy five
thousand are scattered along from that point
70 Murson's Hill, and from he vicinity of
Rolands Ferry to Harpers Ferry. and on
the Potomac south of Alexandria from the
vicinity Of Acquia Greek and Matthias
Point.
The troops at Leeshurg number about five
thousand there are also about five thous-
and in the vicinity of Nolauds Ferry. The
force at Fairfax Court house is quite small.
Generals Beauregard AID Johnston make
this place their head quarters
The main battery on Munson's Hill con-
sists of three forty two Founders. A little
in the rear OF this is another battery, more
secure, containing three guns. The men are
generally well clad, but not with wooden
clothing, and ore beginning to suffer for the
want OF them, especially those from the ex.
treme Southern States. Blankets are very
much needed at nights and it is considered
impossible to supply their wants. The troops
hhveI shoes but those they brought from
home, ard most of them are about used no,
and there is no possible means for supplying
the article.
They can not be manufactured, as leather
is scarce and there being no neaisfoot oil to
he had, hides can not be cured for the manu-
facture of leather. The cotton CROP which
has been pledged for the Confederate loan, is
not to be removed 10 the seaboard cities until
1esdy for shipment, for fear of seizure.
There has been pressed into the Confeder-
ate service nearly all the teams of horses ia
the valley of Virginia. Farmers are thus de-
prived Of the usual advantages for tilling the
ground preparatory to sowing their uext
wheat and corn crops. Forage for horses is
being rapidly bought up, showing that a
speedy move is about to take place.
Between ACquia Greek and Alexandria
Two rev batteries, one five and another ten
miles above, have been erected The work
upon these have been done dark nights; The
Intention seems to be the further erection of
similar defenses along the Potomac, up to a
point as near Alexandria as practicable, He
says the rebels feel safe in regard to the pro.
lection OF the Potomac between Acauia Creek
and Matthias Point and that this feeling of
security bas probably arisen from the fact
that contraband goods have, in several in.
stances, been carried across from the counties
OF Charles aud st. Mays into Virginia
On the Maryland side, in these two
counties, signal lights have been noticed,
giving the rebels timely warning of the ass
age at night of any of our sailing vessels
My informant learned before leaving Ma
nassss, that the anticipated advance will be
made simultaneously at Nolan's Ferry, Alex
andria and at point between Acquis Creek
and Matthias Point. The movement at Alex
andria will probably be feint. They have
made every attempt TO induce Maj jor. General
Mcclellan to attack their masked batteries,
but are now satisfied that he will not.
My informant was asked if he ever heard
OF plan to assassiDate Major General Nc
Clelan. He said he never did; but he had
heard something about assassina5ing Presi-
dent Lincoln, whom they assert to be the
head and front of all their trouble.
He says they regret that General McClel-
Ian is in command, and express the hope
that General Scott will again assume COM
mand.
He says JEFF Davis, although not dead,
was quite feeble when his death was au-
nounced, and that his health is declining
fast The gentleman from whom the above
information is obtained had high position
in the rebel army, and had the confidence of
BeauregaTd. He is native of Virginia.
A Union woman, residing at Lewinsville,
arrived here 10 day. She reports that there
is not more than fifteen or twenty thousand
rebels in Fairfax County. 1t was their in
teBtion to attempt a crossing somewhere on
the upper Potomac. They had moved a
large portion of their army in that vicinity.
They hoped TO cross, and then by movemen
cut off BsnRss division. They swear ven
geance against him ard his gallant army,
and seem more anxious for an engagement I
with him than with General Mcclellan.
NEW York, September 20 About ten
o'clock last night the police discovered that
large rocks had been placed on the rails OF
the Hudson Railroad, from One Hundred and
Second to One Hundred and Eighteenth
streets, distance of sixteen blocks. At this
point there is a very high embankment, and
as the Express train from Albany was due at
eleven o'clock, it would have caused fearful
loss of life.
The Journal Of Commerce says that Secre-
tary Chase has prepared an exposition OF the
! law relating both TO the conhscatlon OF
! Southern Valuances and the prohloltlon OF
commercial intercourse with the insurgents.
1t gives positive assurance that money on
deposit in banks and elsewhere, in loyal
StaIes, will not be disturbed, unless there is
sufficient reason to believe that it is to be
used in aid of the rebellion. The matter OF
fact that it belongs to a resident of the States
| declared to be in state Of insurrection, is