The New York herald., 1862-10-02

man killed and two wounded.
rebel Lieutenant and two men taken prisoners,
and number Of wounded paroled.
Very few rebel troops are believed At Winchester.
the greater portion Of them being encamped between
. that place and Martinsburg.
The Of reconstructing the railroad bridge al har
pers Ferry rapidly progressing, and will 10 completed
to morrow.
Generals Mcclellan and Marcy and their stas, paid
visit to Harpsrs Ferry, Bolivar and Sandy Hook to-day
The Reports from Frederick.
FRxpERcx. Nd Oct. !, 1862.
letter from our correspondent the front reports
cavalry reconnaissance in force accompanied by flying
artillery, Monday, the river returning late at
night They crossed the river at Backburns ford at day
light and met with opposition, the encmy's pickets
falling back ON their appearance. The main body was
divided into two columns. One party, commanded by
Major Medn took the Martnsburg road going within four
miles Of thu town. Here they met force Of the enemys
cavalry with artillery, which fred some dozen shots upon
them. This detachment having no artillery fell back
The other column under Captain Farnswoth went ACROSS
the country where the Harpers Ferry and
road is crossed by the shepherdsown and Winchester
turnpike whence they took the pike 10 the crossing =
the raroad bridge at 0pequan creek. They also came
upon some Of the rebel cavalry and drove them back It
was ascertaiDed coucusxey that the enemy havA left
Martinsburg.
messenger arrived tonight brings ,eliable inteli.
gence from Winchester which represents that the rebs
army is not there in much force They in most de-
moralized condition. and suffering for every comfort In
fe They are said be constantly the alert and cx
cessiyely timd, apprehending attack from Mcclellan
every day The news Of the advance Of the reconnos
sance Of Monday threw thom into panic as they thought
it the advance guard Of our main body.
Our officers and men who unfortunate rs to se
taken prsoners are since employment Of the Harpes
Ferry prisoners fighting Indians, compelled 10 take
different parole, excluding them from serving the United
states government in any capacity whatever until ea
changed.
The body Of General Rodman paased through here To-
day to Baltimore He died yesterday, from wounds re-
ceived at the battle Of Antetam.
The Reports from Warrington.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1, 1862.
General John Coohrane arr< cd here to-day from the
right wing OF the army in Maryland. His representa-.
tons Of the army and Its condition are satisfactory The
men are jnreved In health and are In good heart He
thinks that they and expect rest after having passed
without intsrmisson through the campaigns Of the
psninkula and Of Virginia, under Pope and Of Maryland,
The last having been brilliantly accomplished in the space
Of ten days But is not TO be confoundsd with In
furious delay The army should be reinforced BY the in.
PRODUCTION of recruits into the old regiments which
General Cochrane deems the only true reinforcement
He thinks two weeks OF work would effect this,
and that afterwards the army moyo triumphantly
through Virginia end on to Richmond
He represents the rebels have fed panic stricken,
and satisfied the old rebel army is entirely broken
lie bclieros their new forces composed Of raw
scripts be speaks also Of two addional lines suG2es.
svsy in the rear Of the rebels position a, ADtieta on
the 18th u each of which stronger than the one In
front, the last immediate covering the ford at Shep-
herdson and supposed TO have been when occupied by
the rebels, impregnabie.
He seeaks Of the agreement in opinion Of many excel
lent judges that would be impossible to have disodged
the enemy from the last position If they had chosen to
hold IT, He reports that only have the rebels been
swept from Maryland but that Maryland itself has given
evidence of unalterable attachment TO the Union
Our Potomac Correspondence.
A CAVALRY REcoNNoIssA AScE-cAPTuRE OF sTRAa-
eLERs-rwo UNION SOLDIERS REcovRRED-
.asryp sor prERs AND OFFICERS TREATED AS
pEsrgTgRs, AND STRICKEN FROM THE ROLLS
TIVE pREsrpEHT's PRocLAMATIoS-pEATH or THE
REBEL LIEUTENANT MARTIN, ETC.
OK TEE PoroxAc, OPPOSITE snFrHFRpsrowS,
Sept 20, 1862.
regiment Of cavalry the river on arecon.
and were absent several hous They went
some four miles beyond Shephsrdstown but saw nothing
Of the enemy except straggles whom they picked
m These straggers claimed TO be on their way from
Hpers Ferry, having, they said been TIL THIS time In
search OF their respective regiments Among those also
hro,cb, back were tive members OF the Ono Hundred
and Eighteenth Pennsyvania regiment, who have bsen
living on virginia soil Virginia hospitality since tho
skrmish Of last Saturday. Seeing them in the garb Of
our soldiers they taken for spies and treated
such until they identified themselves These boys had
pretty rugged time OF it-worse tnan so'dering-and
,roro Al enouOh a back.
II rs evident that tho main body Of tho enemy
has moved towards Martnsburg. Whether We
shal pursue them or stay here remains 10 be
In going across the river there ths OF
creased dcuty 10 getting supplies 70 the army. can
not believe however, that IL this consideration that
causes our troops 10 be kept here Dnculties
more 70 our army now they the conquering
CorsIcan in the days Of his proudcst success Our men
have 100 much faith In General Mcclellan TO think that he
viii allow any time be rittersd away In idle waiting,
and that the top Of recent splendid successes aud
the consequent demorased condition Of the rebel army
Push the enemy Richmond is the universal desire Of
our soldiers and crush out this accureed rebellion with
out the necessity OF again going into winter Quarters
orders we're read 70 every regiment on dress parade
stricken from, the ro-a who are absent without leave
The lists take IN the names OF q good many officers.
TINS = rso SoT s.ys s SS
and shared danger and fagues Of tho battle fed have
found but little encouragement in knowing shat there
were officers jrivates VI home strutng Aout ip tho
glory Of full uniforms and full pay and boasting Of bril-
liant deeds performed, who have boon
battle Or been anything ,nan skukes and
Our camps have been crowded today with carriages
and visitors the latter mostly females Most OF the
visitors from Pennsylvania. and comprise friends Of
the new rennsy sylyania regiments lately added TO this
corps There Is not carriage ora wagon that does not
with its roll 0f w0ollen blankets and other Auxia
The procsmaton Of the President the abolition Of