Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-11-01
Night Dispatches.
From Washington.

WASHINGTON, October 3l--A special to the
Post says:
Private advices from Gen McClellan's head
quarters say that Lee IL still in the vicinity of
Winchester. and probably intends to fight there
it was supposed bv some of our shrewder Gene
rails yesterday that Lee would cross Blue Ridge
through Ashby's Gap on his retreat 10 Gordons-
vile, expecting to fight battle not far from
Manassas
Burnside and Sigel are on the watch for him on
this side of the Ridge.
Ii is belle, ed that the Alabama is now on the
track of the Aspinwall steamers for the purpose
of intercepting the treasure ships
The Commercial says:
The Army of the Potomac will hereafter con-
sist of three grand armies-iiiDe corps thirty di-
visions, seventy brgades The first grand army
will consist of the corps of Generals REYNOLDS,
Porter and Franklin. under General Hooker
The second army will consist of the corps of
Generals Couch. Wilcox and Slocum, under
General Burnside.
The thirv army will consist of Gen. Col Cox's
and two other corps to whom permanent COM
manders have not yet been assigned, under Gen.
Sumner.
The New York Commercials Washington let
ter says:
The Vermont 18th 18th, l4th, 18th and 10Th
regiments, under acting Brig. Gen Blunt, crossed
Long Bridge into Virginia on Thursday
The English steamer Leslie has arrived bring
ing the seamen who were picked up in the Chesa-
peake bay on Wednesday by the steamer Daniel
Webster. They state that they are a portion of
the crew of the ship Aleghenian of New York
which left Baltimore last week with a cargo OF
guano for London. and that during the storm on
Sunday she came to anchor below the mouth of
the Rappahannock where she remained until
Tuesday at which time party of rebels in three
boats carrying about seventy-tive men each, some
in uniform, came from out the Piankatan and
boarded the vessel.
The captain, mate and pilot were taken pris
oners aud transferred 10 the boats of the rebels,
and the remainder of the were ordered to
take the ships boats and put to the shore. The
rebels then set fire to the cabin of the ship and
left taking the prisoners with them ant a boat
containing about half of the creA.s Those who
were brought up state that they escaped by reason
of the darkness of the night. and after floating
till daylight were picked up by the Webster
The Star saws we have reliable information
from parties just from Cuba, that the steamer
Blanche, on her late trip from Texas 10 the port
Of MullatO, Cuba. carried, in addition TO her
cargo of cotton, quite a number of Texan slaves
with their owners, who promptly sold them to
Cuban planter, and also that several secession
families arrived from New Orleans and its
vicinity, bringing with them numbers of slaves
ran her cargo TO Cuba under the British flag.
A Spanish man of-war, the Biasco de Garsy is
said to have landed more or less of the slaves en-
terng the Island from the vicinity of New Or
leans
Information has been received here from Ber-
ryville. Clark county. Virginia. on the other side
of Blue Ridge which says up TO yesterday there
was going on in that vicinity an apparent exten
sive movement of rebel troops. some proceeding
on the Front Royal road and others down TO-
ward Casselmsn Ferry and ShanDondale Springs.
Gen jackson at that time at Berryville. His
troops there are without baggage, and those
leaving on the Front ROYAL road also seemed 70
/ have no baggage.
There was small body Of rebel troops at
Charlestown dav before yesterday.
! The Mayor, Presidents of the Councils. and
! Commissioners Of the Boards have had an inter-
view with the President TO urge the immediate
construction of railroad from the Point OF
Rocks 70 this city, and thence in q straight line
/ TO Chesapeake Bay.
The President. in reply. said that Congress
had deprived him Of the power TO make roads.
and that had the road from kentucky into East
/ Tennessee been permitted the war in the w est
would have long since been ended.
The President also stated that these two roads
might be made. and he would recommend them
TO Congress If he bad the power be wonld see
that they were constructed Immediately. he
well knew the pressing necessity for them, both
/ for military purposes and A. question Of econo-
my in the transportation OF troops and supplies.