The New York herald., 1862-10-28
yNE CONDITION or the REBEL ARMY.


onsd with interesting items OF news from tbe rebel States
n following items from the Richmond Enquirer
aOctober 2s--
Ifaveers from Winchester report that army
sssssing the Potomac hast Monday into Maryland
nisson 70 leave the southern confederacy They are
y ss ssHs claiming s pEssGn H0ss sa q s1s Ds
. 1red applications were made 70 the British consus
Tweuty our prvaes and one lieutenant, captured at
0aymarket, on the Rsppahannock arrived at the Libby
Prison last evening
In the Richmond markets prices Of all articles rule
very high. Wheat has advanced $4 PEI bashe Flour
sells at $2la e25 per barre 81 busbe apples,
go SIS per barrci potatoes, So - per bnshe whs
hoy, SO SIS per gaon tobacco inferior. 81 so $ll
0eoa, Sl6 SIT, and fine shipping, SIS a$2s
The Lynchburg Repuocoa says that there is general
ssampec from Cupepper throughout the country owing
- n anticipated early advance Of the Yankees in that
direction. Having suffered from the fedcras they
- unwilling again 70 undergo like treatment.
TIE Richmona Wing Of October ~ says
lster from the Mayor OF Wilmington North Carolina
ysrss o new ofever show railing OF, and
Ths Richmond Ess4uisr OF the 24th inst. also says
General Mcclellan is fAIiag bock into Maryland which
1svs win dishearten the NORTH
~ same paper contains also the following Item:
M yelev esvs. has made ito appearance in several
lad been twenty Ave deaths IT, and the OF
Ssopls residing there had fed from the place.
Assssh On che Charlcstsn aAd Savannah
Railroah
From the Richmond Dispatch, OCT "a
y n scllcwng oncaI despatch received yeser-
aU:- stn Hlev t1A#
ne abohtionists attacked force Pocotago and
vsschs yesterday. They gaIlantIy repuhsd to
sAsir gunbeats Mackeys Point Creek Landing
~ Colonel WI. Walker, commanding troops from
hsge The enemy had come in thirteen transports and
sgunboats The Charleston Railroad IL uunjured The
aAolsIonists left their dead and wounded neld
OR cavalry are in hot pursnm
q. T. BEAuRF6ARD
s. H4rf. asHN General comma ling
THE rREss DISPATCHES
CHARrssroN. Oct IS. 1867
TIE ensm.s yesterday morning in tvoooinn
agapst osaws'che, the other against peco,sso
may were rcpulsed from Poco.sligo by forces Al
CDosawatshis they succeeded gaining the ilroad but
before they could do much damage troops
: snd drove them Of. The railroad aud telegraph have
already been meDded, and are both ID working order.
vbsepemy's guuboais anchored below toosawatch,e
pKsrATcx.
CHARLESTON, Oct. ~, 1852
Information has just been received thai the has
News from General I.c@'s Away.
HIS NEPHEW.
IEr0m the Richmond Dispatch, Oct. -
We have further particulars Of the recent ssir
nmhng along our lines. On Thursday, the nth, tho
ssonswa brigade sent on, beyond our lines 10 de-
ssrcy bridge the BALTIMORE aud ohio Railroad
and 10 tear up the The enemy VINO ~ hat time
crossed tho river force pereeivns his attacked them
with overwhelming numbers aud they yelled Ia
fall back with TIE cf Colonel Rousids,
e the Fourth Virginia regiment, who was At that time
acting brigader general now in wincbcsief severely
wounded. On Friday morning the enemy, seeing the
smoke Of barn which accidentally 6red near snf
lines, and sspposing that burning commits
sary stores for wecpsate retreat made adv snce
alOug the whole jinee bu finding forces pre-
paEsd 10 meet them, ant thai army advanced At the
same time 10 meet Them, shey declined engagement
and tse main body Of their army agsn Tell back beyond
Ne Potomac When this known, om army
weut hack 20 their cami wen costsnted. They sr,
resting quietly
dash was made BY eur sayary op . sw-i,ipg bes,w
Charlessswn ON the 10th met. OF which
ssndsu following account, and copy Of letter
VIM. h. Seward, written by hi. nephew, whch cap
,tured BY err mon. Our correspondent says-
Our men wore . little TOO late, 80 all the bues,rss
hsdn "a the weods abosf nt,ss minutes before Bu
IN their hassy the Yankees left behind package
f letters As Just made up for ,hs Noh to.bs senria
1aspsr's Percy Tbyough she kpdsess Of Corporal N ,
who made the capture, havs besn allowed 70 copy The
following, wnch will te found exceedingly rich II seems
tohave been written BY nephew Of Seward but there
sspothing 70 explain what Ia bic pos nion IN the army
rHE LETrxR.
MAN CHARfnrowS, Va ,oct ~, 1857
DgAa UsuE-I sot here from the Ferry yesisrday AZ
SSsnoon. have not time 70 write you but lew Iaes
ssw, bus win write more fully In a dsysr two.
issod ycq half dsssn copies Of various Of the Rich.
mvnd papers. captured be Of cavalry is night
~ reading them you win thatsthe rebels are
not yet fully coovinced that they have NOT been
routed n Kentucky. TIE wAiss editorial says never
zpsesea success there while tAs rebel army W. under
such incompetent generate Ana the EramisU 10 ssll In
sssas Of psisful anxiety about he battle sf Ferry.
,yills.
n sssms that they havs received dsepasches from
osvs fosrsA. and numerous other scsttsrs sources,
sslse Of sbs victory, bs Bsasgs coie report has nes
Ssa sassvsd and they have sssn We federal pepss;
- = jhss - not sdpi, dsisss 70 iss uaos srpy,