Nebraska advertiser., 1862-04-10
i Stafford, c. B.. on a re-


marning, fol Stafford, G. H., on a re-
cOnnoissanct.
The troops landed at Shipping Folne
batteries. anamarched thence through
Dumfree and Acquia to Stafford court
house. There vas skirmishing between
a body of 600 hundred cavalry and
the advance corps of Sickles' com
mand, 6 miles this side of Stafford,
and firing on both sides was continued
until we reached that place. The re-
bells in their retreat set fire to the town
and all the stords. Our forces prompt
ly stopped the confagration. A mum
Der of prisoners, horses and stores
&C., fell into our hands.
From Brooke Station a force OF
1900 rebel infantry and a battery OF
artillery were moveing up to support
their cavalry. After remaining three
hours in Stafford camp fires were built
on the hills to deceive the rebels while
our force withdrew from the place
Gen. Sickles, with part of his corps
arrived back at Shipping Point this
morning, and the rest came in at
Brent's Ferry, opposite Liverpool
point.
Our casualties were two wounded
a few missing. The corps marched
forty-eight miles in fifteen hours, over
the worst mountain roads. At Frede>
rick there are but few troops, and
they are falling back to Richmond
che citizens state that the Confederate
government intends abandoning Vir-
ginia."
New York, April 5.
A special dispatch TO the Philadel.
phia inquiries, dated M~iddleburg, via
Baltimore, April 4th, says Col Geary's
advance encountered three hundred
of Stewards and Whites cavalry and
a force of infantry at Middleburg,
Virginia, last Saturday, and drove in
the rebel pickets outside of Middle
burg, when he entered the town and
discovered the infantry in retreat, and
the cavalry posted to make a stand.
A gun was placed to command the
main street, and the Twenth-eighth
regiment advanced by all the APP
proaches to the town, while the main
body rushed through it with bayonets
fixed and on a double quick, driving
the enemy before them.
Col. Geary dashed at the head, and
was at one time within two hundred
yards of the rebel cavalry.
Col. Geary's command secured the
country as far down as Aldie, from
which place it returned as far as Sin
clairville, to assist at Winchester, but
the battle was desided before it could
get further.
Posi- OFFICE Dept, April g..
The Post Office Department deems
it advisable that all letters addressed
to officers and soldiers of the Potomac,
whether near Washington or moving
South, should be mailed to Washing
ton City. From that office they will
be properly forwarded in separate
packages to the respective corps and
divisions, and their delivery facilitated
Commanders Of divisions are request
ed, as movements occur, to cause notice
to be given to the Postmaster at Wash
ington of Washington, to what con
venient point such packages destined
to regiments under them shall Resent.
JNO. A. KASSON,
First Asst P. NJ. Gen.
All officers on recruiting service
have been ordered to their regiments,
and notice given to the Governors of
States hat no new enlistments or new
%levies will be received until further
order from the War Department. The
force now in the field is deemed Sufi-
cient for the suppression of the rebel
lion and the speedy termination Of the
war.
CHICAGO, April 6.
A special to the Post from Cairo says
that Daniel Wright, formerly a sailor
from Oswego, arrived here to-day, having
deserted from Beauregard's armya week
since. He says about $4,000 troops are
at Corinth, but there are no heavy guns
or field works there.
One regiment was under arrest for