, 1862-10-24
FROM WASHINGTON.
Position Of the Rebel Army.
INVESTIGATION OF THE ALLEGED
WANT or SUPPLIES m
OUR ARMY.
Everything Furnished that
has been Called For,
THE THREATENED INTERNA-
TI0NAL DIFFICULTY,

+: THE THREATENED INTERNA-
TI0NAL DIFFICULTY,
Protest Of the Spanish
Minister.
GEN. MCCLELLAN WAITING FOE RAIN.
Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tr1bune.]
"AsntNG1oa. Oct. 23 1862.
Accounts differ as to the continuance or net
OF the rebels IN force hear Winchester. It is
Understood to be the general belief in the
army that they are still there, but Frederick
people say all contrabands and deserters
Affirm thst the bulk Of the army is cona.
Secretary Stanton has instituted an inyesti-
gation Of the charges taat AcClelIan's army
was suffering for want Of supplies. BE Guza-
mon+d Gen. Meisa, and Megs communicated
with the chief quarternlaster OF the army OF
The POTOMAC. The result is positive d:scov-
cry that every requisiton has been nsrered.
aud Ill ltuppiies delivered at the points named
in the requIsition.
1h'r:y .rrE IF lead were s.ized on bo,rd g
yessel fr3m B4l-imore, composed Of melted
hu1(ets, most OF Wh:2h had been sold tor
liquor.
unde1 the present arrangement, Secretary
Chase grants clea7aaces TO Norfolk upon the
certificate o1 Gen. Dig acting as the ogent oi
tie war departlncnt-th1t th: cargo Is to be
used Tor military OF naval purposes.
Ihe S43, ,000, ,ooo Of requisitions from the war
department lying unanswered in the treasury
are net entirely for the pay Of troops, as h "a
oeen Stated, but for Indebtedness on various
accounts accumu1ating for months, The SOL
dlezs are all paid up to the time Of the re-
verses before Richmond It is believed that
many of the complaints of nou-payment are
attributable to delay and iuaecuracy in the
preparation Ct muster rolls, the inefllc;ency
OF raymasters, and the inevitable delay con
tequent upon the movement Of troops.
Lieut., Hunter, of the gunboat Montgomery.
OF Farragut's fleet, who ran vessel azhore
at Cuba, is brother to Chief Clerk Hunter
OF the state department, His noa-obedience
OF orders to appear at Havana, is evidence o:
hAs Knowledge that he had dcuo wrong. No
official account Of the proceedings are receiy-
"a at the navy department. Tae Spanish
Minister has. however, got his side OF tue
e1ciy, AID presented his protest at the state
department. Seeretary Wellcs' Instructions
are explicit to al vessels, unier no considera-
ton to nolest vessels within the w.ters Of 3
ftiendly nation.
The chief clerk Of the Internal revenue bu-
reau had long interview with the collectors,
! assessors and deputies Of New York CITY and
1tat nelstEorhood yesterday, in which many
questions arising under the tax lfw we're
asEcd AID answered. An official summary
will soor appear.
Nicholas A. Butler, Company E, 377ih Indi-
ana, died in the hospital to-day.
Ez-G"vernof Randall, Of Wisconsin, Ii ap-
Ftirttd irst assistant post master general. in
E!&ee Of John a Kassc1., cir ctea 70 Co2gcess.
Tic sensation story in the Nav York TINS.
:.bolt Fiencn armada coming with 81, o,00o
men TO enfo1ae demands growing GU. of But
ler't procee diug5 ut New Orleans, is believed
here TO be all CANNON.
BALTIMORE, Oct, 23.-The da.e7icau's cor
respondent at Harper's Ferry, eays tile
troops arc in great elae over the SUCCESS ofau
visit TO Lsudon county, having driven ont all
the gne1lllas between Harper's Ferry and
Leesburg, taking fifty prisoners and thirty
horses.
KumoTs fro11 Washington that the rebels
are leaving Winchester are known to be uo-
foUs1ed, ard fresh troops are sent dai1Y from
Richmond there
| Ihe rebels n5e nasslng their troops In the
Shenandoah Valley. and have occupied thu
whole line of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad
frcm Harper's Ferry to Paxton Cut. The
evident low water in the Potomac operates il
| the movements of both armies, The rebels
5eel safe between Martinshurg and WAches-
ter, SO long as the Potomac Is easily
fordahle. Gen. Mcclellan i thus compelled to
Keep his army scattered along the river, dis
tance OF thirty miles. It is evidently impos-
slble Tor him to move On the enemy in force,
Should be attempt to mass bis army, the
rebels would cross again into Maryland above,
and return to Virginia by the time he reached
them So soon as we hare rain enough to
raise the river, 10 doubt the commanders of
both armies will move.
Gov. Letcher's recomn endatiou to DESTROY
the Baltimore aid Ohio road, as far as is
kroEn, has been carried ont to the full ex-
tent, from Harper's Ferry to ten miles be-
3ond Martiasbnrg, By burning cross-ties,
wafer stations and bridges, llling up cuts and
carrying eff rails.
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE PoroAAc,l
| October :35, 1851 j
! Yesterday Capt. Duacan made recouuois
snEce to Htdgcsville with TWO suaaJ-oa. sf
The 4th Pennsylvania cavalry, uunbsric: 1t3
Lien. Hedsesvil.c Is SEVEN miles nor.h ives:
OF MHr'insbuC.;, a2d one mile fro.a N,-.h
AcHnfair m the Baltimore and Oaio ra5l.
road. Capt. Duncan dEoys the rebel p.ckets
1@so hsr 'ne NJ 70 no"n, a1d then Charged the man
ets, including three officers. They ali be.
lonsed to the 10Th Virginia cayalrF. excsnt
lieutenant from the "a Souta C1roliaa
regiment; None Of Capt. Duncaa's men
| Refugees state that the rebels left Martins
burg on Tuesday. T. is believed that p3r-
t1on OF them went to Niiliamsport and a
part to shepherdsroEn. -
TIC destruc:iou OF the property belonging
to the Baltimore and Ohio railroad his,
plete. ~ -
The following. regiments have just Joined
Stgers comtuan1: The l11th, 18th, i;6th.
18th and 18th New York the SD Miss .chu.
SITS and M the soth Wisconsin The SD Itli-
l. -0s -AN "NJS "AA Wiz t1OGlulY hin
today. Such fic;s as these are sufficient, an
swers to the fault finding Of those politfc;ans
who pretend that Sigei has not been prooeriy
reinforced.
sigel yesterday moved his command to the
neiEhborhood Of Centrevi1le, and established
bis headquarters there.
man arrived In the city Last NIGHT direct
from Richmond. BE was teamsTer in tic
federal army, and was captured in the rst
battle Of Bull Run He says he saw the Mer-
rimsc No. lying near Rolketl's as he passed
down, and thinks she-is nearly ready for sar-
vice. She has had all the iron plates placea
on her, and looks IS if she would be al urIr
customer: He heard persons say Who 81
the old Me1rimac, that this one Is similar in
construction and plan. though not 20 large,
and will be more easily handled. Four of the
1st Maryland cavalry {Union) have been re-
ccEfined, and are to be tried on the charge Of
murder. What the tacts are he could not
learn.
A shsspshutg tMd.) special to the New
i A prisoner captured during the late recon.
. noissance states that the enemy have mot over
0,000 troops at any one poiat in Virginia,
On account OF our extended line be IL 1ocos-
, sarily Obliged to scakter his forces to keep 4
.. vieilant watch all along the river. Tne aFmy
!, }s daily expecting supply Of clothing, shoes,
SC TIE tcrce at the extreme rigas Of al