The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1861-09-26
Washington Items.
WASHINGTON. Son.

Heralds dispatch. From A.,
Mcnts made to day, I am satisSai ,sI9p~
the stafement forwarded las. pigh, a''
porting to come from man ;n n NH
Mona'sos, concerning the s,reHr,s 4oa
condition of the rebels was garoles oiled" AZ ''s
ing throush..a third party. 70 dav co., con-
seen him and his story is verv c... a'''
is confirmed by numerous o,bs, '', al
ments made by other rcliablc D,r, ;''''
Ills position of late at Richmond, M,.
'as' Washington, Harper's Ferry. ~.
sons H'll and Fairfax, at previous n, , ,'s
DDS and his is, extensive Acquaintance v y
men and things, have enabled b;m
judge we'll of the condition md m.,.
ments of the rebels. He sav, The , n,
Der of troops from Richmond to n. D p
tomac at Leesburg, IN one di,ee,;on IA -
against Matthias Point in snother. M,
safely be put down at $4,000; So OOS
of them were at Richmond three a..
ago, another $4,000 at Manassas Viii,
the remaining 5000 are scattered alan,
from that point to Munsou's Hill aDS
from the vicinity of Noland's Ferry n
Harper's Ferry and on the Potomac sou,b
of Alexandria from the vicinity of Aou,
Creek and Matthias Point. The troops A,
Let>bnrg number about 5000. There
was also about 5000 in the vicinity #
Nolands Ferry. The force at Fairfs,
court house is quite small
Gems. Beauregard aud johnson max,
make this place their headquarters.
The main battery on Muuson,s IT.
consists of three II Founders. A It'll.
IN the rear Of this is another batter,
more secure, containing three guns.
The men are generally we'll clad. bu,
not with wooden clothing, and are bey;n
ming to suffer for the want Of them, esns.
daily those from the extreme South
States. Blankets are very much needed
at night, and it is considered impc.Uy
to supply their win,s The ,roops have
10 shoes but those they brou. h, from
hotue, and most Of them are abou. ltcd
up aud there is no possible means Of sup.
plying the article. They canno, be man.
ufac;ured, as leather is scarce there be.
ing no meats foot oil to be had, hide,
cannot be cured for the manufacture 0.
leather.
The cotton cop, which has b.
pledged Tor the --.f'd"ra,e loan. i, .a
tn be removed IN tho s,u h,.-l az. 80
ready tor shipment for fear OF >rizurc
There ia, bee" pressed into the Con.
fedcrate service nearly all the teams and
horses 10 tie valley Of Virginia Farm
ers are deprived Of their u,ul Advantages
FOR tl'IifS '"t son Pr" r#T"o"v t. raising
their next w"eat ana corn crops,
Forage Tor horH'> IS h-'ng rapidly
brought "P. Sho"ih: rat Sp'eny move
u aoout T" take p!"c" between Aqu"
creek and Alexandra
Two new batteries, one I'VE and tie
",her Two m.!g' above nave been erected
me Work upon these has been On DARK
nights.
The intention seems to be the further
erection ct similar detences along the
Potomac up to point as near to Alex"
drla - practicable. lie says the rehs
feel safe in regard to the protection d
the Potomac between Aqua Greek and
Matthias Point, and that this feeling Of
security ha, probably arisen from the fact
that contrabald goods have, IN several
Instances oeen carried across from 'hs
cououcs OF Chester and St. Mary into
\ 'r5ln'a. On the Maryland SIDE 10
'hc-e two coupties signal lights have been
noticed, giving the !eoeis tihety u"s'
of the passage at night OF any OF our Sn'
Ing vessels.
My informant learned before 'sa''s
Manassas, that the anticipated aa'su w
Will be made simultaneously at No'a'u'
Ferry, Alexandria, and at a point oe's T.
Aqua Creek and Mathla. Point ~. y.
movement at Alexandra Will piopso', w
felnt. They have made every eno,' -
induce zen. Mcclellan to attack 'a -,
masked batteries, but are now 'a.'Sns ..
that h. will not. NY informant "a'
asked II ne ever heal OF pa 70 as,1 -
s'na'e naJ zen nco'ei,ah, ne 's'a - - ,
never d'a Out haa hearo some'h,os
pan 70 assassip''e l,esiuen' l'ls'v''
Wh oh' they asse', 70 pG tue hesu CIV
front OF 1ne trouble he says '"ey ~
press hope that Gen Scott will again
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