The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-10-26

have proceeded towards point on the Manassas
Gap Railroad. Il Il presumed they vent TO
Manassas 70 i6ie The main body OF their army
there. hut the fact 10 not definitely ascerta,ned
and the opinion IL entertained In come quarters
that thew hsSe gone toward Harper's Ferry by /
wsy Of Strssburg and Winchester. The latter,
however, il hardly probable.
For some days the Rebel army has occupied
the segment Of d circle several miles in extent.
reaching from, Leesburg to the mouth Of Deco
guam Greek.
The movement recently made by Withdrawing
from Leesburg, Vienna, Fairfax Court House
and Annsndile,o vas unquestionably intended
to reduce tie front which now extends from the
Potomac River q the mouth Of Oceoquan, upon
that creek, aud along Bull Run to Manassas
Junction, with Centreville and Fairfax Court
House occupied q outposts. A very large body
Of their forces il known to have been thrown
towards the Potomac, IN the neighborhood Of
Shipping Point. The movement is purely de-
fensive to meet the supposed intended advance
Of our army of the Potomac in that direction
90 az to aut of the communication Of the Eebel
army ct Manassas vith Richmond. no So
General Stahel of the New York Sih, with
. small force, made reconnaissance, first 90 An.
mandate. which leads TO Fairfax Court House
Village, which vas deserted a. others had been.
| The inhabitants said several Rebel regiments
left there only Yesterday morning. General
Stable then commenced advancing on Fairfax
Court House, and after proceeding mile dis.
| covered mounted Rebel pickets watching our
movements Our force arrived OF bill called
Coyles, near the Court House Our men we're
| very much disappointed when they learned taey
| would not be permitted TO go on 10 the Court
| House. Some Of them actually shed tears, -
/ The object Of the reconn distance Y IS simply to
ascertain the position Of the enemy and. not TO-
seek an engagement Having satisfied hinaeif
that nearly ali she Rebels had disappeared be
yond Fairfax Court House, General s. returned
late IN the D. m.
The withdrawal Of the enemy from L's ad.
fully confirmed BY Prot la Mountain, who made
a balloon ascension this p IN. Shortly before
s O'Clock hs asceBred from point about six
miles west Of Alexandria. The wind carried
| him FIVE or six miles over the snemy's camp
around Fairfax Station, " hen, rising into another
current, he took circuit 10 Fairfax Court House
| and thence back to our own lines, landing at
Gen Blenkers head quarters. he had an excel
lent view of the enmy's position and could zee
their encsmpments at Manassas. There were no
Rebel forces except here and there man this
side Of Fairfax Court House. At the Court
House there were only ; !ay companies, and the
| appearance of the bivouscs demonstra.s5 that
the position had been recently almost entirely
evacuated At Fairfax Station there appeared
to be larger force.
| Especial to Post
Some excitement has been created in Dip lO.
matte circles here by the publication of the cor
lrespondence between Lord Lyons and Secretary
Seward in relation to the arrest OF British sub
jects Several new arrests have been made in
Baltimore.
Especial to Commercial
The gun boat Union went down the river last
night with paymaster on board destined, !
believe, for Fortress Modroe. This morning, to
the modification of the friends of the Union
che returned here, reporting that she found it
Impossible to get past the formidable batteries
which the rebel batteries which the rebels have
opened.
Especial to Tribune.
| WARRINGTON, Oct. 20 Two or the officers,
prominent in the volunteer service, arc suspec.
| ted of giving information nf our movements to
the enemy. A New York Colonel, now under
der arrest for INSTRUMENTATION, is one of them.
Only yesterday, Mr. Seward assured mem
Der OF the diplomatic body, that the little at
| fair of the Southern Insu,rection would blow
over. Within three mon hs the ports would
all be open and peace and prosperity reign.
| Fifteen Of the n. Y. 22d vent scouting yes
| terday, and advanced nearly TO FairfaS court.
| house. They saw about half regiment of re
bells and no more. they were st first mistaken
l by the inhabitants for Southern soldiers, and
/ we're enlightened as to the plans of the Rebels
| go far as was known to the citizens. Ii was
stated that Beauregard and Johnson intended to
make no stand this side Of Centrevllc. On the
heights Of which. however, if followed they
would oppose the Union forces fcr while, but
| when pressed, would withdraw to thcr oia 20.
stion beyond Bull Run. They report no OBJ.
| structiODs nj barricades the
It's certain that the Rebels have very small,
if any force, at Leesburg, and are evacuatng it
altogether as fast as possible. The same is
true of Fairfax Court house, as is established BY
| a reconnaissance of their amy line of deienccs
| beyond the old one, which extends toward Ac-
quia Greek They say that he Rebels have f,l-
len back upon the kappahsnuock, which is pro
| babe.
The cour. marital in the case Of Co.. Miles
meets to morrow, st Alexandra. His unquali
fed acquitted is be-, ord doubt
iiIerald's Special
WASHINGTON, Q t. l9.-0tcial intelligence
from gentleman lust from the South saws that
our squadron heOw New Orleans had al engage
| ment wish the Rchel squadron under Holm s.
| Two of our vessels got aground and suffered con
| sderaby, bat none were captured, and few lives
lost.
Yesterday Hentzleman made d rQconnois,
sance in force towards Occo4uan rigeF. The
long roll was distinctly heard i'll the Rebel camps
across Ocotinck Creek. It appears that there
is no Rebel force between the telegraph road
aud river above Cccoqnan, and no Rebels for
| comfortable distance beyond Vienna.
| A contraband reports three Rebel regiments
at Lecsbuig, ready to retreat on Manassas If at.
tackled.
Full accounts OF the firing on the Resolute are
received and state that she Hss DELAYED three
| ,ourube of an hour by chain retclied across
the river, during which time $50 shots were
| sra at her. The schooner Fairfax being near
est 10 the battery received al least fifty Shots
| when the rope connecting he's 10 the Resolute
! parted, she drifting near the shore and vas cap
| tured No one burt on board the Resclutc -
Firing continued from Rencl batteries for dis
| lance of two miles; but they have fifteen miles
| Of batteries neatly continuous. One shot from
| Shipping Point reached the Maryland shore,
| four miles distant 1t is believed yessels draw
| ing not more than eight feet can hug the shore
| and escape harm, Several vessels have already
run by.
Times Dispatch.j
| 1t was currently reported on the other side of
the Potomac today that Fairfax Court House
has been fired and DESTROYED b. the Rebels.
The navigation of the Potomac again appears
| to be unobstructed. Forty one vesaels passed
the batteries at Shipping Point this p. M. and
only one was hit, the ball going through her
main sail.
A contraband arrived within Gen. McCsll's
lines yesterday. He reads and writes wi,h faci.
lily. He was attached to the Louisiana Brigade
and had been stationed near Fairfax Court
House. On Wednesday thev were all ordered
to move back to Ceutreviiie, where it Nas cur.
rently reported stand was to be made. The
cause Of the order to move back was the expcc
tation OF an immediate attack from Mcclellan,
and go great was their haste that they left large
quantities Of -four and other provisions.
THera!i's Dispatch
The city has been veiy quiet. The advance Of
our forces has much diminished the number of
uniforms upon the streets and around tn, hotels
Gen. McCellan's Sunday order appears to
have been strictly obeyed.
1t appears Government has, through it, agents
in England, purchased large quantities Of blan
kets to the extent OF at least 10000, sni that
200, GOO more are yet to be purchased. ZONE of
these, it il said, have already arrived. Govern
ment was compelled to exercise this foresight
before the appreacll Of winter as no blankets
could bh got in this market. although it is cup
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