, 1862-10-18
Prospect Of a Fight Between Stew
art and Stahl.
4 REcCKhQtssANcE or nAMC0cK's
DIVISION.
! he Rebel Army Intend to Give
Battle at its Present
Location.
they WILL NOT HAVE TO WAIT


tonight, says Hancock's reconnaissance re- |
turGea this morning. They encountered no
enemy; only little picket firing with fex
cavalry, developing the enemy in |
force a. Bsucetown, and bringing back $3.50 |
buehels Of wheat. Only eight or ten prisoa-
ers we're taken, except coayalesceats in thu
hospitals.
Humphreys isi5ion, which crossed :he
river al SAepardstyH"n, bus also returned, and
discovered tae eneru5 su soma force in 'front.'
Ene1e WAS little artillery firing, with not
luuch loss.
The body servant Of 3 South Ca1oliniAr,
Cspt. Rhe:t, ride iuto tus lines On his mas
1er's lG7he,
Il. said re saw the proclamation Of free
CON iu the Richmond papers, aud came to
e,j"S the bvltfit Of it. HI faruishea valuable
Information.
ssgtl's cavalry have, within txenty -four
bours, been As lar us SuiSkarsyille and Lees
burg.
Trains are running to Manassas, from Alex
andrin.
WAsn1SGSToS, Oct 17.--Accounts received
from other than newspaper sources, show
less indications in Europe than previously to
recognize the Southern contederacy, and that
the result OF that eDgageMent, SO txr as the
gov rnment Of the United States is concern
cd, has decidedly had beneficial influence.
Military indications and privately known
reports, that the army Of the Potomac is pre-
pairing to 60 into winter 4u arters.
The agricultural department has received
gratifying intelligence, from various sections
OF the country, OF the success attending the
fne no aqe ot eoas 6nn southern
Secretary Chase has been detained at hone
tor ! week past by physical irflrmity, but to-
day he attended the cabinet meetiog, and also
resuultd the Transaction Of business at the
trrasury department.
The department. If the Tennessee will in-
elude Cairo, Fort Henry and Fort Donelsoa,
Northern Mississippi, and the portions OF
Kertucky and Tennessee west Of The Teaaes-
sec River, and according to the official order
just ISSUED, Major General Gfaut il assigned
to 'he command of the department Of the
Tennessee.
Seventeen field officers, including Gensrlls
P1e1tiss and Crittenden, aud 20l line officers,
recently relt ased prisoners OF war from 1h,.
South, have been granted leave Of absence tor
thitty days.
Brig. Gen. Rufus Kne has returned to
Washington from his sick leave Of absence,
Capt c. II. wadsworth, additional aid t.,
Gen. Fremont. has been ordered to report for
| duty to Brig. Gen. Reynolds.
c1sn1; uss leave OF ao:ence for twenty days
| to enable him to report on the subject Of .
ship canal from the Mississippi River to Lake
Michigan.
HEAnQCARTERs ARMy OF TIE POTOMAC,
| Oct. lip. m.-Yesterday morning, when
Hancock advanced his division to G CaaIlesto VII,
Gen. Woc6bu'y's division crossed the Poto:
MIC at ShepardstowD ford, taking the road
leaoing To- Smithdeld, small village half way
between Char'estown and Bunker's Hill.
Ger. Woodbury. encamped last night BE-.
t~een Ieetown and kaarneyset1fe, about seven
miles from Smith, ID Hts srooee met with
hut slight resistance during the day f. on tbs
epemy's pickets. This moraing he advanced
| his cavalry towards Sml'htiela, three mile:
from Bunker Hill, where he met the caya1rj
| OF HuncOck's Glvfsio1. Before reaching thl:
point the enemy was found to BE- nverY large
force. The Reconnaissance here ended-it
object being 70 ascertain where the main bod,
Of the rebel army was. There il no doub
that the rebel generals intend to giye bat*1e 3
| or near their present location. The indfca
tioE5 are that they will not have tn wait Ion:
before they again meet the army OF the Pu
tomac.
CuARLEsrowS, Va, Oct 1G $ P. m.-Le
is at Winchester with large forcc, and ack
eon at Bnnkcr's Eli, with another large forct
Servants cavalry is on the Shenandoah. :
large rebel force Is at 1eestoxa, six mile
| away.
Our forces are dep1oyed out-Caldw veil
brigade on the right front, the 5.h N-w HanE
the extreme front of the village, and cavalr,
, intantry and artillery scattered through th
village. The 9Th New York cavalry Al
two miles IN the rear, to prevent hau
movement. The enemy is expected to bc +
inf reed.
We learn from the people that jeff Dav
has issued = proclanation that all Unto
| officers held and captured shall be put to hal
labor If the Lincoln proclamation is CARR:
? | out.
= WASHINGTON. Oct. Il We have dispatch,
, from the New York 7Hnss' special corrsspon'
and Green srEiuGs:
e The rebel Gen. Stu art was certainly At Lee
. burg on Monday, onr correspondent haylt
= been within sight Of bis camp fires. H. a
tempted to cut off Capt. Ayres' detachmer
$ hut was foiled BY intorrn4tion given by n
FRO, Who had he lrd his master detail tue rs5
plau OF opt ration. There is ne doubt tn
d stuart is now In front OF our advanced guar
d | and threatening an attack Gen. StAhl b
. advanced to MEET him, aud our corresponds
is confident that ssu4rs will be compelled
fight or run. Stuart euclmped yesterd
,ctxeen Bull Run Mountain aud the B.
Ridge.
q Our p:ckets were driven in last n;sat tre
y the direction Of Leesburg.
) Lieutenant keninK returned Oh Fuesd
- evening from reconnaissance. and renar'
{, force Of 400 rebel cavalry at Bristow's s
Is 1iou, and that the rebels are running trai
~ between Natzenton and "arrenton Jnnctie
:. A snail rebel force appeared yesterday
~ The stone bridge, at the Bull Run bait
ey yrsund.
O. NEW YORK, Oct. IA Herald dispatt
dared Frederick. Nd, 10th midnight says
Later advices from opposite Shsphesdsto
IN report that the reconnuiteriug party uni
Is, Gen Humphreys, which crossed the Potou
i'd this morning, were met near Shepherdsto
BY rebel force, which opened upon them
ae artillery fire. Our forces had no artillery r
them They retired across the river, havi
10 entirely accomplished the object OF the
~ connoissance, and asccrtatned that the reb
~ were still in come force at this point.
a Washington special to the New II
Il, 7tf,ats says:
I'd Gen. Fremont expects soon to be In Wa
ington, preliminary to his assignment to
Fe" Important command In the Southeast
he The statement published nearly N
he since, that Gen. Morgan had been suspend
-. from his command on account OF his retr
'st from Cumberland Gap. is believed BY the
is ! retary Of War to be untrue, ~ nothing Of
AZ Kind is known at the department.