Newbern weekly progress., 1862-10-18
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON,
Reported Helpless Condition Of the Rebel
General Lee.

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General Lee.
WASHINGTON, Oct Z.
Advices received in thus city by relatives of
General Lee show that he was injured 10 both
hands at the battle Of Antietam A ball passed
through the palm of his right hand, and soon
after. his horse becoming unmanngeable, he was
thrown head foremost, breaking one Of the bones
IN the back Of the left hand. One of his reIa
Iives who saw him two days ago, describes him
as perfectly helpless.
sToNEwAIi JACKSON REPORTED TO De MARCH.
ING TO ATTACK sIGEL.
A negro, escaping from the Second Virginia
Cavalry, lately serving his master there-a pri.
Vate IN that egiment-reports the current hslicf
among portion OF the rebel A. my that jackson
is marching down TO attack Sigel at Cmtervie
This can hardly be true, az Jacl,son's folce was
pretty we'll used up in tho battle Of Artietam.
THE REBEL ARMY STILL AT WINCHESTER
Rebels recently captured, having an eye to
business, have reported that the enemy is flying
from the vicinity of the Potomac and Witches
ter towards Richmond Our scouts, who have
been rs far as the valley, report this afternoon
that the enemy is no, moving from the vicinity
of Winchester The statements of our own
scouts are considered the most reliable. 1t does
not follow, however. TINT the enemy will not
soon mtve toward Richmond
THE EEBEL CoNsCRlPTi,N IN VIRGINIA
The rebel armies are improving the occupation
Of the adjacent sections of Virginia TO enforce
thoir CONSUMPTION, which they had not hitherto
had an opportunity to do, actual, d probably by
feeling of Ill will towards people who have
been allowed to occupy heir bonesteads undis
urbedby the Union army, They are carrying
Oft allwhite males, without distinction, over six
teen years of age, to bear arms in the rebel
cause They are also inpresSing every horse ct
for service, aud scising upon every thing portable
that can be made available tO'the support Of an
army, The male citizens are fyiug for refuge
in every direction Many of them are nov wan.
dering in the mountains, and others have arrived
here
THE REBELS DEVASTATING THE VIRGINIA VALLEY
1tappears that Gen. Lees army are exceed
ingly deficient of forage, provisions aud horses
and determination has been manifested to make
tho most Of the occupation of the valley Of Vir
ginia, and to sweep it clean, clearly intimating
that there is no prospect Of its being either long
occupied or soon again visited by the rebt
forces.
A REBEL BATTERY ON THE LOWER POTOMAC DE
sTROYEpl
Captain Job Ruark Of the schooner Statesman
: who arrived here to day, reports the rebels hat
succ edtd in placing battery at Cock pit Point
on the Potomac river, and that just before sun
set yesterday one of our gunboats ran into thu
Point snd's sheled the battery, entirely destroying
it Hethinks there must have been u consider
able quantity of combustible material in thu
immediate vicinity Of the battery, as a large fir
was burning nearly all night.
The captain OF the schooner Blza Ann John
4 son, which arrived this morning, states that b.
spoke schooner below Cockpit Point, whic
warned him not to 60 TOO near in, as the steame
Georgia bad been fired upon. and was told GU
gunboa,s had run in and shs!led the rebels ou'
setting the place on fre The captain had hear
firing during the afternoon. aud as hs came U
he saw three ID our gunbou,s lying out froG th
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