The Burlington weekly hawk-eye., 1862-11-15
Specials % the New York PapeFs
fHeYsld's Diepatcb.

information that the rebels On the Rappahan.
mock have been reinforced by $4,000 men,
portion of them having arrived through Rich
mond, from the army operating on the Blackwa
ter, below Petersburg, and the others comiBl
from Western Virginia, being part Of Bragg
army under Loring.
According to the authority Of Secessionists il
Washington, Lee designs to draw our army IN
der Burnside, to the Rappahannock, which hs
has fortified and defended with force Of one
hundred thousand men, while Stonewall Jackson
is 10 cross the Shennandosh and attack him or
the flank and rear with 10000, whom be rox
commands in the Shenandoah valley
An expedition was sent out BY Heintzelman
on Saturday to the mouth Of the Potomac ia
break up several small smuggling establishments
/ Quantities OF goods and rebel money were found
A number Of wealthy persons were arrested and
| taken to Washington.
| An important reconnaissance from Bolivar
Heights was made yesterday by Gen. Geary with
large force, 10000 infantry, surprising the re-
bells at Hilltown; occupying Charleston, push
| ing on to near Perryville until the position OF
| the rebel Longstreet on the hill in the vicinity
Of Front Royal was discovered, when the party
returned to camp. They captured IL prisoners,
wounded several, and brought home IL horses
and 20 head Of cattle.
Especial to Tribune
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1O.-Gen. Schenck haa
been designated as the successor of Gen. Wool,
and will probably be well enough to leave for
his post within day or two. HafG
A private letter from New Orleans says that
Gen. Butler has recently taken possession of
two large plantations near that city, and has
transferred large number of loyal blacks to
| them for active service. .-y
The number of fugitive blacks in the Depart
ment of the Gulf is increasing at rapid rate,
| and by employing them in this way, says the
writer, paying them small wages and charging
them for their clothing, the Government will be
fully reimbursed for the expense they may have
been to.
Norman Weird, who superintended the fitting
out of the Burnside expedition, is dong the
same for the Banks expedition. He leaves for
New York to morrow.
Advocate Of the Court of Inquiry about assem-
bling at Cincinnati, to examine the case Of Gen.
Buell..
One of those brilliant affairs which shed lrs.
tre upon our volunteer cavalry occurred on Sua-
day at Fredericksburg. Capt E. Dahlgrep, of
Gen. Sigels Staff, with go of the lst Indiana,
| and small detachment of the 9th Ohio cavalry
dashed into Fredericksburg city in the morning,
where he found eight companies of Virginh
cavalry. Without giving the enemy any time
to form, Capt Dahlgren fell upon them with Cd
Of his men, when q desperate hand to hand fight
ensued, lasting for three hours, when the rebek
were routed. Capt. Dshlgren lost only ore
killed and three missing. Our men returned
safely on Sunday, bringing Of nine prisonels
with their horses and sccoutrements and ther
wagons loaded with army cloth.
Heavy firing was heard on Sunday at Sigels
headquarters, in tie direction of the Rappahan
mock, which led to the belief that Pleasantor
and Stuart we're At it again. At night there
was . rumor that Pleasanton had driven the re-
bells of:
Especial to Herald.
WAsHlNGro1, Nov. lO-I have news from
Richmond up the 9Th.
Lee arrived there about two weeks ago, and
has been there ever since. He has resumed h,,
position as General Commander Chief, and
acts as military adviser to the War Department,
Gen. Joe Johnston succeeds Lee to the active
command of the rebel armies north of Richmond
and now has his headquarters at Culpepper.
StOnewall Jackson's command has been ir-
creased to 90, 600 men.
The advance of the Army of the Potomac was
| known in Richmond, and the situation we'll un-
derstood. The rebel plan of operations was to
be, to mass their forces on the Rappahannock
and there fght the greatest battle of the war.
| The new Merrimac is completed and has been
below Fl Darling for several days, with steam
up and her full complement and crew aboard
She is ready for . fight, and may be- expected at
the mouth of James river at any moment She
passed the distractions in James river, coming
down, but owing to the peculiar nature of them,
it is impossible tor her to get back to Richmond.
If worsted in an encounter With our Navy, she
can only seek protection under the guns Of Fort
Darling. l ~ -lp ~
Officers in the Rebel service have been de
tached by the Richmond War Department, to
carry on q contraband trade for their Govern
ment between Baltimore and Richmond. $50
lbs Quinine, 100 lbs. Of Illuminating po wder, two
million percussion caps, lately ran the blockade
of the Potomc, in possession of some of these
parties. @ e
5 [Herald's Special
WASHINGTON, Nov. lO.-Application has
| been made tor three more Maine regiments to
join Gen Banks expedition.
Advces have been received here. from our
squadron upon the coast of Texas, BY which i,
appears that while couple of vessels remain .,
Galveston others have gone on towards the Rio
| Grsnde. Up 70 October Goth no troops bad ar
rived to follow up the naval success, while
the rebels hold the country around Galveston
aud frequently made incursions ints the city q,
night. Yet the people Of the city focked down
| to the wharf to be protected from the rebel col
diers
Especial to Tribune.l
NAsHv,LLE, Nov. ll.-General Rosecrans and
staff arrived last night having left Louisville a,
8 O'Clock yesterday morning on train fou
Aitchelsvile, making the remainder of the trip
on horseback without interruption from guerrii
Las
The forests are blazing along the greater Dor.
ton Of the route, and many dwellings have been
destroyed The country looks painfully desc
late, inhabitants, forage and stock nearly all
gone The report about the starving situation
| Of Nashville are fanciful. About 10, 600 bushels
Of corn and other substantisls we're in store.
Gen. NcCook's corps arrived. The recent At
tack Of the enemy was reconnisance and feili
to enable Norgan's guerrillas to destroy the
Railroad bridge, We lost about 80 in killed and
wounded. McCook has driven most of The
guerrillas back from the city. The enemy il
l at;ll cooo;dorahln forco at Mo,f,ao.hn.n, =,