Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1862-01-23
THE LATEST WAR NEWS.

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THE LATEST WAR NEWS.
The Potter Investigating Commtte, ap-
pointed by Congress to inquire into the fidelity
of Government employees, and especially of the
clerks 10 the various Departments, have sus-
pended the taking of testimony aud are now
preparing their report. This report will be
voluminous, and, if report speaks true, of q
character calculated to startle the country
The Committee, it is understood, have come
to the deliberate conclusion, after patient in-
vestigation, that there are in the Departments
at least fire hundred persons who are disloyal
to the Government, and would rejoice at the
success of the rebellion. 1t is understood, also,
that the report will be very severe upon one
or two heads of DepO rtmests who have thrown
obstacles in the way of the Committee inthcir
endeavorS to ascertain the truth
| We had from Washington on Sunday morn
ing, the first indication that forward move
ment of the Grand Army of the Potomac may
be looked for to occur soon A General Order
has been issued by Gen. Mcclellan, notifying
all persons engaged in the military service to
hold themselves in readiness. The fact that
about nine hundred Government wagons, drawn
by four and six horses, were reviewed in Wash
ington on Saturday, Is also significant.
Gen Lane and his Staff left Washington on
Sunday for Kansas We shall doubtless soon
hear good word fron him there
From Central Kentucky we have a telegram
to the effect that four of our regiments had
advanced as far as outh Carrolton, directly
in the route to Bowling G reen. 1t is also said
that the rebels are making preparations tc
evacuate the latter point on the approach OF
our forces
Advces from Fortress Monroe are highly
important. 1t was confidently asserted there
on Friday, that Gen. Wool had sent notice to
Gen. Huger, the rebel commander al Norfolk
to remove the women and children from that
city This indicates that an attack was to be
made upon the place immedtely. Another
indication is the fact that the topmasts and
sparS of the steam-frigate Minnesota had been
uushipped, as though for action. 1t was re
ported that she would on Friday night pro
ceed to Elizabeth River, towing the sailing
| frigate CumberLaad The new steam.sl sloop of
war Pensacola also exhibited signs of prepera
ton fer conflict Meantime, indications o
perturbation on the part of the rebels are ap
perent. Roanoke Island, commanding tine
passage from Pamlico into Albermarle Sound
has been abandoned for the second tme-the
| first occasion being Immediately succeeding the
reduction of the forts at Hatteras Inlet, by the
expedition under Butler and Stringham. Re
being made to evacuate Yorktown, but they
are not we'll authenticated
The Burnside Expedition, however it may
task our ingenuity to determine its destination,
is evidently a much greater puzzle to the
enemy, besides being great source of appre
hension. The papers of Virginia and North
Carolina exhibit general uneasiness on the
subject. If the preparations al Fortress Mon
roe, noted above indicate that Norfolk Is the
place aimed at, our sown curiosity, as well as
that of the rebels, will soon be satisfied =
Whether their apprehensions will be allayed
as rapily, is another question. .-. g.
Another party of exchanged National pris
oners, one hundred and City in number. reach.
ed Fortress Monroe from Richmond, on Fri
day, and arrived at Baltimore on Suaday,-
They are all convalescents from the hospitals
number of them have crutches, and dozen
had to be transported on cots. On their trans
fer to the protection of the Stars aud Stripes
a scene occurred similar to the one which
marked the arrival of the first large party a
Old Point They saluted the flag with burs
of enthusiasm, aud on their way they were
greeted warmly by the soldiers and sailors, ,whc
lined the shores and throlged the rigging.
On Friday night reconnaissance was made
from Newport News by seven companies OF
the New York Second Regiment The enc
my's pickets were discovered about twelve
] miles from CamD Rutler and driven in