Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1862-10-16

The telegram saving tina, ssGen. McClel-

10 Virginia. is canard .a431u Do
= Gen. Hamilton, in his official report Of
the battle of Iuka, says: 81 say, boldly, that
a force of not more than 1890 men met and
conquered force Of 1900 on field chosen
by Price, and position naturally very strong,
and with its every advantage inuring to the
enemy
"A rebel mail route from Wheeling (Va)
to Dixie has been recently discovered II is
conducted by women almost exclusively, and
has been in operation for year past. Old
Mrs. Mollyhan, who lives at the headwaters of
the Little Kanawha, is the postmaster general.
Her house is the distributing Office, The
Wheeling lntilhgencer understands that the
route has been doing splendid business. "
Lieut., Koenig, of General Sgel's corps,
made reconnaissance on Monday beyond the
Rappahannock, and drove in the rebel pickets
at Stephensburg, town about midway be-
tween the Rappahannock and Rapidan. He
reports brigade of rebel infantry and artil-
lery at Culpepper Court House, and abous a
thousand more at Rappahannock Station.
"A gentleman who left Charleston on the
10th ult., has reached Louisville by way of
Nashville, He says the Charlestonians have
completed two very formidable rams, which
will be put into service as soon as they can
obtain their complement of men. They are
considered more formidable than the Manassas.
He also says that the banks at Charleston have
SIX or seven million dollars of counterfeit con-
tederate notes on hand, which they received as
good. The Treasury Department at Richmond
sent about a quarter of million of. dollars of
this counterfeit money to Charleston TO paw
troops with. ......
1t was rumored in Washington Tuesday
that force amounting to $4,000 of the rebels
had concentrated at Centreville-a fact which
would seem to tally with other statements, to
the fact that the main body of Cen Lees ar
my was moving southwark, by way of Thorn
tons Gap, from Winchester, and was moving
on Saturday in the direction of Warrenton.
No Official confirmation of the presence of this
rebel force at Centreville had reached the GOV
eminent. ....
"A cavalry force, Under Gen. Stahl pro
ceeded as far as Paris in one direction, and to
near Strikers Gap in MISUNDERSTANDING sixty
miles in twenty-three hours, capturing one
hundred prisoners, having several sknmisbes
with the enemy, and returning to camp at two
O'Clock Tuesday morning. Aide and Mid
dleburg were again visited, and large amount
of valuable information was gained The
whole region trayersed was found to be alive
with armed rebels. a...uH a.5 ....g.H
MIR. Montgomery, the local editor of the
Vicksburg Whig, who was allowed to leave
that place with his family some days ago, has
arrived At Cairo. He gives very gloomy ac-
count OF things at Vicksburg. The people
are very much dissatisfied with rebel rule, and
be represents them as anxiously waiting for the
appearance of the Union gunboats, and thinks
an hours commandment will cause the capitula-
ton OF the city. Merchandise and the neces- |
sarles of life are enormously high. King cot |
ton is destroyed. The staple is worth but
three cents pound, and bale vii not buy |
pair of Yankee shoes He estimated that ten
per cent, only of the last cotton crop has been
burned. JEFF. Thompson was gathering body
Of men. whose avowed object is to attempt the
recapture of New Orleans.