The national Republican., 1861-10-04
FROM THE GRAND ARMY.
ANOTHER ApvANcE MOVEMENT.

into Virginia. Stirring events are close at
hand.
SURVEYS OF RAILROADS. Gen. Van Vliet has
had surveyors at work on the Orange and
Loudoun railroads, and they will soon be used
for Government purposes. A branch track
will also be laid 10 McDowells position.
Colonel JOSEPH P. TAYLOR, brother Of the
late President Taylor, has been appointed Com.
lnissary General Of Subsistence, In place OF
General Gibson, deceased. He succeeds to the
and during the disability of Geueral Gibson.
he has administered the affairs Of the Depart
ment.
srrI.Eks FOR THE ARMY.
Troops in campaign on detachment or on
distant service, will BE- allowed suffers, at the
rate of one for every regiment, corps, or sep
ars.e detachment, to be appointed by the com,
manding officer of such regiment, corps, or de-
tachment, upon the recommendation OF the
| Council Of Administration, subject TO the ap-
proval Of the general or other officer in com.
mand.
Attorney General Meredith, of Pennsylvania
has decided that no volunteers will be entitled
to vote iu their camps on election days except
such as are in actual military service in con-
formity with law, viz: such as are in service
under the authority Of the Governor on the
requisition Of the President of the United States
All the field officers Of such regiments will be
commissioned by the Governor, and the hold
lug of ruch commissions by the field officers
will be fair test of the right of the regiment
to vote.
BRUSH NEAR THE GREAT FALLS.
| Mai Correspondence a the Associated Press.l
DARNEsTOwN, Oct. l, 1861.
The attack upon our encampment at the
Great Falls, on Monday morning, was by six
regiments Of rebel infantry, body Of cavalry
and = battalion of artillery, all in tra',situ for
the upper Potomac. They fired about forty
rounds Of shot aud she'll doing considerable
damage to The houses, hurting slightly but one
person, exclusive of another who was hit in the
shoulder by q rebel picket at an early hour
The guns used by the rebels were seven in
number, six and twelve-pounders, the latter
being riled, and throwing projrctiles of the
Sawyer pattern.
At the commencement OF the canuonading
Lieut. Col Suiter and the adjutant Of the thirty
b. fourth New York rode to the Falls, ten miles
Z distant, and found the regiment on guard there
b, widely scattered, they having no artillery tt
h respond with While Col Suiter was convers
ing with the adjutant, a six pound ball from the
t enGmy's battery passed between them into 0
n sand bauk whence II wis taken. The bal
was of fine finish, showing that the rebels are
not deficient in the manufacture Of their pro
jectiles.
A Union battery subsequently arrived at the
: Falls, and threw several shells into the sup
posed position of the enemy, but obtained NO
response. The rebels exposed seven guns in
their attack.
About five O'Clock, the same force encamped
about two miles from the river, opposite the
mouth of Muddy Branch, where q Massachusetts
regiment is stationed. Here they remained all
night but did not compliment us by any de
; monstration. Early this morning they again
moved forward. They are probably destined
to Leesburg or the Point OF Rocks.
Y The river is too high at present 10 admit o
crossing at any of the fords.
=. The New York thirty-fOurth still continue tt
y guard nine miles of the river line, which ardu
y ous duty they have been performing for nearly
i three months
# To-day, General Banks reviewed and in
:. spcctpd three brigades Of his division near thi
T. place. This is supposed by some to be indica
tive of the commencement Of u fall campaign
l. The troops were found to be well disciplined
F. well clothed, and we'll equipped. Some of thu
y regiments have not yet been paid, which is at
3 tributed to the necessary presence OF the pay
y masters in other divisions.
LANAHAN, THE MURDERER.
UU| Lanaban, the murderer, is quite resigned t.
> his fate, and appears to have experienced al
y, entire change Of heart, through the ministra
" y, ton of Father ncugherly.
vi MULE AMBULANCE.
The new pannier ambulances for mules, ar
f. being tried at the wagon camp. By these on
4 mule can convey two wounded persons iron
the field In an easy manner 1t ia an amusing
u sight to witness the first experiments witt
" them, and the freaks of the mules in their a,
=" tempts to divest themselves Of their weight
burdens; but after one or two unsuccessfil
~ man9uvres, they quietly submit.
CALIFORNIA FIREPIACEs.
IL The cold weather Of the last few nights ha
e turned the attention of the men towards tn
u construction of temporary Greplaces in thei
7, tents. The plan adopted by one of the New
York regiments is first to dig trench foe
u wide and deep, running from the interior to tb
d exterior Of the tent then to cover II over, wit
d the exception Of foot at each end, the insd
serving as fireplace and The outside end, COY
cered with headess barrel, serves AS n chin
1t ney. The invention is said to be of Californi
=, origin.
o APPOINTMENTS AND PROMOTIONS.
The following members of General McCle
lan's staff have been promoted, viz:
r Captain Kingsbury, U. $. A, Chief Of Orr
} nance, to be Il colonel
3 Captain Hudson, u $. A., Aid, to be a lial
y tenant colonel.
Captain Swiizer, U 3. A., Aid, TO be "A lier
tenant colonel.
a Major Clarke, Chief Of Commissary's Depar
n ment, to be colonel.
The following appointments were made ye
~ terday:
u Brigade Surgeons Drs, Daniel Msrker, Joh
=, Il. Crawford, Thomas Anti5elf John McNulty
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