The Van Buren press., 1861-10-31
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From tie True Democrat.

:, S An attack from the enemy is hour
: : t.naa 4eted. The war department under
!. naa,, icClellan's plan to be three stimuli
,rans attacks from Harper's Ferry. AL
d." and Rappahanoch. II
yngers from Manassas this afternoon
'po.' tharp skirmishing all along our lines
- Whole army has completed its retreat
-: hirfax. and now occupies a strong
pos.' at Manassas. Whether for the
=. of going into winter-quarters or to
Yankees have another Bull Run
81 sshort time will determine. There
% :. Tag interesting from the Peninsula
other camps, although public ex
T%. bn Of stirring events is vtry general.
anarmy fell back from Fairfax G.. H., l.
On y, - y .sday night between IL o'clock aud
Eat. The movement was well and
executed in good order. If the
~ 1f the movement has been obtained,
H.. Ter position decidedly secures success.
~ - 3lieved that Mcclellan is about to at
20 efss3fn. johnson has selected the ground |
-. ~ y POSITION. Our pickets hold Fairfax
Q. siA THE residents of that place have re-
H'sfhond is wild with rumors, to-day !
man anticipate an early engagement The
Confce eerste pickets still occupy positions
beyont Fairfax.
In@Enquirer has news that on the 18th
inst. 90 enemy landed 10 rifle cannon and
oO0 horses at Old Point, with the supposed
intention of an advance on Magruder at
Yorktown.
Secretary Memminger has announced that
the ehtire $4,000 900 Of the Confederate
loan i taken
Brig. Gen. Longstreet of South Carolina
has been promoted to Maj. General.
Geo. w. Randolph has Withdrawn as a
candidate for Congress from the Richmond
district.
Gen. Buckner has been promoted to q
Maj General in Confederate army.
Thos. c. Hindman of Arkansas has re-
ceived the appointment of Brig. General.
NORFOLK, VA, October Is.
The steamer Roanoke, Capt. Hobbs. ar
rived here last evening from Roanoke
'si"nth. The Roanoke left the island, Mon
DAY The captain reports tina. the Confede-
rate steamers Curlew. Fanny, Raleigh
Winslow and Edwards, left Sunday, under
command Of Commodore Lynch for HATTIE
ras. Very heavy firing was heard the Mon
day following in the direction of Hatteras,
which began at daylight, and continued
until eight o'clock, but no report of the
expedition had reached the island, when
he Roanoke left. The captain states that
1t is further reported that two fetieral YES
sells were cruising in Pamiico Sound pre-,
vious to the departure of the expedition.
but that they were chased ont by our stea-
mets.
COLUMBIA. 5. c., Oct 16.
ho 4 'r,,xy
copal Church of the Confederacy me; here.
to day. Bishops of ali the Confederate
States were present, except Bishop Polk, OF
Louisiana.
MEMPHIS, Oct. 81.
The Eonicdcrat Government wants ST.
BIs q slhssiafy ..s s!t ySlanteers, bein una
~. So, uo,es reauy IN ,iIne.
/ Ine banks Of Charleston have taken $500
900 of this loan. The banks of Augusta
| will take from $500, 900 to $500, 900. One
bank having taken $50 900, another S3O,-
900 or $40 900. The rate Of interes,
charged is five per cent.
Sale of the new Confederate postage
stamps will commence on Wednesday, al
the Richmond Postoffice, so says the Ex-
aminer. They are quite handsomely got
ten up-are OF green color. and are orna.
mented with the likeness of President Da.
Wis.
The Hon. John G. Breckenridge, Hon
VIM. Preston, Hon. Humphrey Marshal
and A. keene Richards, Esq, have gone tc
Richmond, The following is from the
Louisville Courier of Saturday.
A correspondent at Hopskinville in
forms us that Gen. Thos. l.. Crittender 81
arrived there on Monday last, and had taker
command OF the federal troops, numberin,
about 5000 and had proclaimed martha
law.
! Nothing heard of Rousseau this side o
Nolin. where his advance had arrived /.
week ago. The federals are certainly max
ing NO advances as yet
NORTHERN DISPATCHES.
The following is from the st. Louis Re
publican of the 18th:
WASHINGTON, Oct. IL.
! 1.-The Star contends that the over esti
mate of the army OF the Potomac has al
injurious effect upon the North in diminish
ing the number of cnlistments. 1t say.
oO,O0O more troops wanted Immediately
Indiana has forty regiments in the field
Several citizens of Baltimore, who wer,
secessionists one month ago, are nov urg
ing the departments for Office"
During the day the rebels advanced il
large force in the direc'ion of Prospec
Hill, driving in our pickets to that point
a division of Gen. McCall's formed in linz
of bsttle. with orders to advance-severa
shots were fired by rebel battery, with
out iniury. Gen. Mcclellan was on the
Virginia side the greater part of the day
New York. Oct. II.
| The Herald's Washington dispatch, say.
new rebel battery is building on the Po
tomac between the mouth of Yoantie.
Greek. and Cockpit Point, where the chan
mel is near the Virginia shore.
1 A dispatch to the Times says portion
Of German regiment fired into the pick
cts of the New York 35th regiment yester
day. The mistake was discovered befor
any damage was done. The Herald's For
less Monroe correspondent says the shiI
John Clark put into New Haven on tn,
10th. in consequence of stress of weather
and was fired on by rebel battery. Sh,
was rescued by the steamer Daylight. mucl
to the chsgrin of the rebels who expected
an easy prize
RICHMOND, Oct 21.
/ Hons. John C. Breckenridge, Humphrey
Marshall and VIM. Preston arrived here
| to- day, from the west a large crowd con
4 grepated at the railroad depot and extended