The Portland daily press., 1862-10-27
BY TELEGRAPH.
Portland Daily Press.
FROM WASHINGTON.
The Enemy around Warrenton.
THE PUBLIC DEBT.
Court Of Inquiry on the Conduct
OF Gen. Mcdowell.
The Army to Advance Immediately.
The Enemy around Warrenton'
THE PUBLIC DEBT.
The Army to Advance Immediately.
From New Grenada.

The Star says we have very late information
from the region Of country between the lines
of Gen. Sigefs army corps and Gordonsville.
! Three days ago the only rebel troops occupy
ing it was regiment of North Carolina cav
airy and one regiment of infantry. They had
! their headquarters at Warrenton, with pckets
| out along the Rappahannock. AT times they
sent out small scouting parties in various di-
rections. Culpepper Court House had then
ceased to- be the railroad terminus at which
supplies from Richmond for Gen. Lees army
| were put on wagons. They are now taken To
Staunton by rail, and wagoned from there all
the way up to Winchester. This change was
! doubtless occasoned by the dread lest Gen.
Sigel might cut off their trains which he could
| do if they continued 10 travel the road from
| Culpepper Court House via. Sperryville and
| Winchester, now that his cavalry horses have
| been recruited.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 20.
The Secretary of the Treasury will shortly
discontinue the receipt of deposits of gold. 1t
is ascertained that he will not as has been
proposed, offer the five twenties at any dis
count from the market rates, or in other
words, TO market competition, but will en-
deavor to expedite their conversion soon as
possible.
The representation made in some quarters
that the public debt has reached two thousand
million dollars, is a gross exaggeration. On
the first day of the present month it was only
six hundred and twenty millions, and is now
less than six hundred and sixty millions. This
amount includes the entire circulation and ey-
cry species of notes, and between seventy and
eighty million debt of the last administration,
but excepts claims for which no acquisitions
have yet been made, but which adjusted and
unadjusted cannot exceed twenty million dol
lars.
Lieut. Com. McCann has been detached
from the Maratanzas and ordered to the COM
mand of the Hunchback; Acting Lieut.. Cal
houn has been detached from the Hunchback
and ordered to the command of the Sadonia;
Lieut.. Com. c. 5. Norton has been ordered to
the Maratanzas Acting Master w. G. Salton-
stall has been ordered 10 the command of the
steamer Commodore Hill; Acting Master Ma
than Lewis has been ordered to the steamer
Vanderbilt.
At the request of Maj. Gen. Mcdowell, a
court of inquiry, consisting of Gems. Hunter,
Cadwallader and Garfield, will meet in this
city tomorrow, to investigate the military
conduct OF that officer, according TO an order
just issued from the War Department.
Troops in active campaign must be prepared
to bivouac on the march. the allowance of
tents being limited. Hospital tents being for
the sick and wounded, must not be diverted
from their proper use.
The indications in all quarters are such as
10 give assurance that both the army and the
navy will not much longer remain inactive,
but will commence plan of operations prom
ising the accomplishment of the most inpor-
tant results. The preparations for this pur-
pose are nearly complete, and TO such an eX-
tent as to preclude the probability of falling,
and to answer all demands from public and
private sources for more vigorous prosecu-
tion of the war, with a view TO the prompt
suppression of the rebellion.
The appointment of Gen. Rosecranz to the
of which has haa
relieved. is owing to the vigor but recently so
conspicuously displayed by him, and Il com
pliment to his fine qualities as a soldier. Equal
energy and ability will be required of all in
trusted with similar important duties, aud
there is also authority for stating that the Ad-
mnistration is determined that further injuri-
ous delay shall no longer be subject of gen
eral complaint. The programme, of course
includes an early movement of the army of
the Potomac.
With the news of the complete triumph of
the Liberals in the United States of Columbia
late New Grenada, comes also the information
through distant official sources that Gener-
al Mosqueras Government has been recognized
and its Ministers and Consuls received by the
governments of Peru, Chill, Bolivia, Ecua-
dor, Costa Rica and Mexico. The Ministers
of France and Great Britain have been re-
ceived by Mosquera's Government, but Mr..
Buxton, the Minister of the United States has
not been recognized, because Messrs. Paraga
and Merrill, the representatives of Columbia,
who are now in New York, have not yet been
received by our government.
There have been several reconnoisances dur
ing the past week OH the southern side of the
Potomac, and much valuable information OBJ
tanned concerning the position of the enemy
Our troops had occasional skirmishes, and
both sides lost few men in killed, wounded
and prisoners.
scouting party, who returned to Sigels
headquarters last night, reports that the rebel
Gen. Mumiord, with a force of 1900 men, was
at Purcillville, about twelve miles west of
Leesburg, on the road to Sniker's Gap A
large patrol of the enemy is at Leesburg, Mid
dlebury and Waterford.
The regulations for procuring tax stamps
subject the people on the Pacific coast to in
convenience and delay, owing to the distance
from Washington and remittances being re-
quired for their purchase. A telegram Of more
than 600 words has been received at the Treas
ury Department upon this subject from gov
ernment officers in San Francisco. and in
which, as a remedy, the request is made that
an agency for the sale of stamps be established
in that city. Satisfactory arrangements will
doubtless be made.