The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1862-10-23
The War on the Potomac.

NEW YORK, Oct. ia n. Y. IRE
6une letter from Harper's Ferry, 10Th
says.
Notwithstanding the apparent l9ac-
ton, l believe peremptory orders
have been received for one OF the
LARGEST and most important moVemets
of the war. Preparations are rapidly
progressing and within the next week
or ten DAYS the country will doubtless
ne gladdcned with intelligence more
a. ateful than the ancient record of call
quiet in the army of the Potomac"
Gen. Couch had assumed the CONS
nand of the I'd division Of Summers
corps, His late division is now under
Gen. Deven Of Mass.
The HcratdS special Washington
correspondent says:
The government has come into pos
session OF letter from Beauregard
TO Bragg, containing full criticism
upon the campaign and careful sur>
vey of the rebel resources and pros
poets, with an explanation OF their
programme. 1t clearly indicates that
the rebel armies are much better than
the federal authorities have hitherto
believed.
A special Washington dispatch to
the n. Y. Tribune says.
From a correspondent with Slgel
We haze the following:
| FAIRFAX COURT House, Oct l2-
The party sent to Aide to find the
cavalry who attacked our men on
Thursday, returned today They
only found nine Of the enemy, whom
they chased through Aide TO Middle~
! burg, but returned without etfecting
their capture.
A number of paroled rebel prisoners
residents of this vicinity, who had
oeen sent from the old capital prison
mere to Richmond, reached here again
to-day. They report that much feel
ing exists there against jeff Davis
government, and that it was denounc~
ed in the bitterest terms. Conscripts
who reached these lines say the people
and soldiers are getting tired Of the
rebellion, and would be glad to get
away if they possibly could.
A special to the New York Times,
says The news Of the rebel raid
into Pennsylvania created intense ex-
excitement yesterday morning, and
notifications were Immediate issued
for meeting OF the Cabinet officers,
at which the President and the Genes
ral,in-chief were president. What
TRANSFERRED, and the conclusions arrived
at, are of course rot public, but it is
said dispatch was Immediately sent
to Gen. Hooker, requesting his atten-
dance at an adjourned meeting.
Rumors more than ordinarily def
Mise, afoat today, assigning new parts
to prominent actors on the national
stage. The most plausible ofthese re-
places Secretary Stanton by Gen.
Banks. and sends Mcclellan to the
West, and Hooker to the Army Of the
Potomac"
BY Especial dispatch from the Times
correspondent at Chantil.y, we learn
that Capt. Conger has made another
reconnaissance to Aide andMiddle-
burg, and ascertained that there is u
rebel force OF about 10000 men ems
camped within a mile of the latter
place, consisting Of artillery, cavalry
aud infantry.
A movement in force Of the enemy
towards CentreYllle is anticipated and
provided for.
A correspondent at Centreville
gives the result VI reconnaissance
made by Lieut.. Paul Won Knning of
Gen SigePs staff He left camp on
Friday with sixty>slx men, and re-
turned to-day, having passed through
BrentonyilIe to EIIisford, on the Rap
pahannock, Lieut. kpntng reported
that the whole north bank Of the Rap
pahannnock is pi3keted by The rebels,
and that citizens are not allowed to
cross without passes. The 18th Vir-
GINA cavalry and two infantry regi-
ments are stationed at CulDepper, and
a strong picket at Falmouth. CelIey's
Ford is strongly 2icketed, and Wars
rentown strongly protected by fire.
quent visits of rebel cavalry. The
bridge at the Rappahannock station,
his report states, mas been destroyed.