The national Republican., 1861-10-19
FROM THE GRAND Army
ANOTHEn FIGuT AT BOLIVAR
HEIGHTS.

lounces that the rebels again appeared upon
linden and Bolivar Heights yesterday morning
md renewed the attack on the Union forces.
iuder Major Gould, with artillery. Major
Gould fred upon them with canister from the
columbiad captured on Wednesday, and drove |
them back, but not until the vandals had |
burned the mill Of A. H. Hero, Esq, and took |
the miller prisoner. They charged him with
giving information to the Union troops Of the |
twelve thousand bushels Of wheat being brought
there to grind. The firing was progressing
when our informant left .-a7.
Women and children were fleeing in great
terror 70 the Maryland shore, in anticipation Of
the town being burned.
Major Gould was throwing shot and shell
from the Maryland heights after the rebels, and
was confident he could keep them off until re
Inducements could reach him.
Colonel Geary's wound received in bis affair
Of Wednesday, is only slight cut in the calf Of
the leg from the explosion Of shell.
GENERAL wADswoRrH REooNNoTERs.
General Wadsworth, on Thursday afternoon,
escorted by o company Of cavalry and one Of
infantry after receiving the report Of bis scouts,
proceeded to wilcoxon's large brick residence,
which is about half mile this side Of Fairfax
Court House. he found no one in the house
but an old colored woman, who had been left
to look after the premises, the rest Of the fam
lily having taken refuge under. the protecting
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NAMED at this house some time, and from his
position there saw several regiments Of the
enemy, one of which Cavalry was drawn up
in line, apparently under the impression that
the accommodating party was the advance Of
large force. Wilcoxon's house, it will be re-
membered, is q portion Of the property which
was alleged to have been SO much damaged by
our own troops on the first advance.
MORE ABOUT THE sKrRNIsH BEYOND FALLS CHURCH
Late Wednesday afternoon party of about
twenty five men, from the New York thirty-ffth,
went out two miles beyond Falls Church on a
scout They encountered force OF the enemy,
aud some brisk firing ensued. One of our meu,
private Allen, Of company H, while firing from
| behind a fence, was wounded and left on the
field A retreat being ordered, the party fell
back to our lines. A larger force was then
sent out with an ambulance, to recover the body
of Allen, in which they were successful.
Our scouts in the vicinity Of Upton's 60, al.
most daily, four miles west of the line of Nun
sons Hill, and two miles beyond the line Of
our pickets Our outposts have been extended
to point mile beyond Falls Church, on the
Leesburg turnpike. The rebel picket lines
have been correspondingly drawn in. Yeeter-
day one Of the typographical engineers made
q reconnaissance Of the country Immediately
north of Falls Church. He proceeded to the
foot of the hill beyond, with two wagons, and
was not molestsd. During the same day, Lieu
tenant Colonel Winslow, Of the New York
thirty fifth, with q scouting party of twenty
FIVE, when four miles northwest Of MuLson's
Hill discovered about dozen rebel cavalry.
He moved cautiously forward in the hope to
capture the whole party, but one Of the rebels,
who was in advance, came upon our scouts aud
was ordered to surrender. He refused, and
turned his horse to run. Lest he should escape
and give information to larger force of rebel
cavalry supposed to be in the vicinity, he was
fred upon and both himself and horse killed
Our men then retreated to our lines. The
practice Of shooting pickets has been discour
aged by Gen. Wadsworth, and this instance
wss much regretted.
VISIT OF GEN. MCCLELLAN TO VIENNA, VA.
Yesterday, General Mcclellan, accompanied
by Generals Smith, Mccall, and Hancock, and
a stong escort Of regular cavalry, proceeded
to Vienna, which is FIVE miles west OF Lewins
. vile, and remained there several hours.
CAMP OF INSTRUCTION.
Colonel Berdsn has been authorized, by III,
Secretary of War, to establish camp of in
struction in this city, for his new arm 10 tn
service, and to collect all the sharpshootsrs b
can during the next ninety days.
NEWS FROM THE POTOMAC.
Thursday night, quite large number Of Gov
ernmeut boats came up the river, loaded wit
Government stores.
These vessels were fired upon by the bat
teries, without damage, as, owing to the ba,
skill Of the rebels, the shots did not strk
either of the boats.
The steamer Ceur-de-Lion spoke the Pawnet
in Chesapeake bay, on her downward trip
She reports that the Pawnee was not at al
disabled ythe shots received by the batteries
COLLISION.
The steam tug Robert Leslie ran into tn
steamer Hugh Jenkins, loaded with horses
just below Mount Vernon. Upon examinatio
1t was found that she was struck about ten fee
from her bow, and completely disabled Sh
was Immediately run into shoal water, whe
, assistance was sent to her, and everything
} on board taken off. Nobody was hurt
Several tugs arrived last night, and repor
that vessels are constantly passing the batterle
bound up the river, but very few of ther
escape without being fred upon.
The Harriet Lane is lying near Indian Heat
The Mount Vernon, 1t is thought, will leav
the navy yard to day.
HOSPITAL OVER THE RIVER
Since the army has advanced on the othe
side OF the river, the large house OF Mr.. Var
derwerken, which for long time had been Of
the extreme lines of our pickets, has been cor
into @ hoanital and nn1 contaipo un,,