Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1862-11-18
FROM GEN. suRNsrpEs ARMY.

FROM GEN. BUHNsIDES ARMY.
Rebel spies In our Camps-Their Mode OF
Entrance-The Virginia Consc ripts-The
One Hundred and Forty-Finh Pennsy1-
vania-Con hdencc In Gen. Burnside'
special Correspondence of the Inquirer.
wARRESToS, VA, Nov. II, 1852.
Rebel spies tn Camp.
That we have these In our camp in too great
a number, and that they furnish highly reliable
information 10 the enemy, cannot he denied,
and so far as we can learn or discover no efforts
are made or no arrangements perfected TO pre-
vent Il. II is true, we have pickets, and II Is
equally true that we have stragglers. IL Is
known, too, that the rebels are In full posses
sion of many thousand complete sets of our
uniforms and equipments combine with the
above knowledge the fact that 1t is easy for them
TO dress up In one of our said suits some one
of the many smart, quick wits and intelligent
men among them when so dressed, let him
take the road over which we have passed, let
him Join company with the stragglers, and he
can march into camp and no questions asked
When well inside the lines, he can stay for
days and weeks, visiting now this and that en-
campment, and, by passing himself oil as pa
rolled prisoner, or something of that nature, cN-
cite sympathy, and in consequence will he
well taken care of so long as he desires to stay,
which he does, gaining all the information he
desires, and, watching well his opportunity,
slips through the picket line, and furnishes TO
his commanders information worth more to
them than can be calculated. As an instance
of this q little circumstance occurred which Is
worthy of mention. A drum major of one of
our regiments yesterday morning, when leaving
his tent. to prepare for the regcile, found pin
ned to the front of his tent small note from
one Skilan. n lieutenant upon Jackson's
staff the note stating that he had been among
us for some time, that he was then OIL to report
to his superior. and at the same time warned
the drum major to look out t0rhinse!f. The drum
major we speak of believes the note to be no CO.
ndrd, as thShandwrting Is known to him, he
being graduate of Yale College and in the
same class with this Skillan, and when he
(the Major) was a prisoner at Charleston, s.
c., this same lieutenant visited and showed him
many fayors.
Skillan Is known to he an accomplished
draughtsman as well as engineer As efforts
to find his whereabouts within our lines have
proved unavailing, doubtless "Stonewall" hxs,
by this time, not only drawing of our position,
but the number of our forces and by whom they
are commanded.
Conscripts Want to Get Out of t.
While we lay at Rectortown. enjoying the
comforts of a regular New England snow
storm, a resident of the neighborhood, living
just outside our picket lines, made the acquaint-
ance of one Of the captains of the Scvcnty-sec-
ond PENNSYLVANIA (BaXter's Fire Iouavcs) reg
iment. and stated to him that he desired to make
some arrangement by which he might he cap
tured and parOled.
He stated that he knew of nine Others who
desired to make the same arrangement. In this
course of conversation this would-hc prisoner
stated he as well as his friends, were conscripts;
that they were assigned TO the Eighth Virginia
cavalry that they were men Of decidedly Union
| sentiments. hut that home, family, and possess
sions prevented them from declaring their sen
| tments and taking the oath of allegiance. As
before stated, they desired TO hc made prison.
ers. then paroled, and by SO doing he honora-
| bly, discharged from serving in the Confederate
army. In order to effect this the captain and
a guard was invited TO dine. the next day. at
the house of the one who made the proposals.
! He was to be then and there arrested. and was
| ID show the captain the houses of the others.
/ The next morning, however, we moved from
Rectortown TOO early for breakfast. Hence the
captain and men were deprived of u good din
ncr, and, perhaps, Of the privilege of long so
| iourn in some loathsomc Virginia prison.
We make this latter supposition, as We he
leve IL to he nicely laid plan to rob us of
some of our best and hravesi Of our cOuntry's
| defenders:
''Secesh" Is still, however, connected with
the Eighth Virginia cavalry, and our captain
and his men are still in the ranks.
One Hundred and Forty y-dnh P~nnsyIva-
MIA Regiment.
When speaking of this regiment, we neglect
ed to speak of the presentation to them of the
state flag. II was made by Deputy Secretary
| Thomas, at the time they were lying at Bolivar
| Heights. Your readers can be assured that not
one Of the same flags have ever been presented
to a regiment who are better able or more will
ing TO protect il.
Our New Commander.
We have every confidence In the ability of
our new commander, Gen. Burnside, and fancy
that with him as our leader, the motto will not
! be, "Wait and dig" but, "March and fight. :"
! Evidences are, on every hand, that pressing for
ward is to be the new tactics adopted. All are
now under marching orders, and when our new
leader has well studied and digested the plans
| for the present campaign, VIC feel that he will
see them well, speedily and promptly carried
out, until success has crowned his efforts.
A Skirmish In Front aud 70 Our Right.
All day long, at intervals, heavy firing has
| been heard in the direction of Culpeper Court
House. Early this morning a brigade from
Gen. Reynolds command was sent out on a re-
connossance in that direction. The cause Of
the firing is doubtless, that they have met a
portion Of the enemy, but the results have not
as yet reached the headquarters of our camp
Conch's
The Railroad.
Yesterday trains commenced drunning.regular-
ly over the Manassas and Warrenton road, di-
rect to this point. Soon this will, for a time
be doubtless the depot for supplies, and ena-
bic us better to proceed on our journey South
ParOlIng the strnsgiers.
Yesterday morning, as some three stragglers
from the One Hundred and Forty fifth Pennsyl-
vania regiment were quietly vending their way
towards our encampment, when in the vicinity
of Salem, some eight miles from here, they met
with some strOlling bands from Whites caval
ry, who arrested and then paroled them. They
reached here last evening, will probably remain
here until their muster rolls are made out, and
then return to their homes, to he sent 10 fight
the Indians.
From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
financial Theories Made Easy.
! A financial theOrist, who writes for and is
endorsed by the New York WOrid, under the
signature of " Bulionist, )" has the easiest meth
cd of proving his positions that can possibly be
| imagined. Thus, on Saturday last, he demon
strated in his comfortable way that the present
| high prices of coin are the results Of natural,
and not iacitiOus causes; and this Is how he
did II: lie first assumes, without giving any
data TO support the assumption, that "the natu-
raj volume of the currency Of the loyal States
| Is Ave hundred millions of dollars;" he then as
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