Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-11-03
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| To the Associated Press North
| WASHINGTON, October 27.-The recent ordel
/ Of the Secretary OF War, permitting volunteer,
/ TO enlist IN the regular service, has occasiOneC
50 much excitement that the recruits are to bc
ordered back to their respective regiments
/ Nothing less than shis can preserve the discip
/ line and esprit dg corps of the army.
/ The utmost triendlIness exists between Spair
/ aud our government, the relations with tbs
/ Queens ministry and Senior Tsssora, the minis
Ter here being entirely kind.
| Dispatches from HarPers Ferry continue tc
Gssert that the rebels have evacuated Winehes
| Ter and fallen back to Staunton. Citizens o.
that place, coming within cur lines $50 say re-
ports from General Sigers headqusrters) throw
doubt upon this intelligence. Some of his scouts
saw large bodies of rebels in 'front.' and refugees
assert that the main army is still at Winchester
The residents of the Valley, however, expect
TIE rebels TO retire.
Sigel's scouts from Fredericksburg report
seventy-6ve rebel cavalry there. Returning
they saw eight of the Prince William Guards At
BTentsViils. -
Secesh inhabitants are expecting the arrival
Of rebel general, with = force at Leesburg.
party Of thirty men under Lieutenant Flint
Of The lSt Vermont cavalry, and q tachment
OF the Is. Maryland cavalry were surprised at
Manassas Junction by force of I25 Ieb4l cav
airy from WarTeutOn, and were driven toward
Bull Run, some bging captured. Captain Con
ger, OF the 81 Virginia cavalry, with forty men,
met the returning rebels and emDtied twelve
saddles, but the rebels succeeded in forcing their
way through. Captain COnSeT, bis brother,
and private are missing. The former is dan
geroUsly wounded
a detachment Of the 9Th cavalry, msior
Stsdmau, were fred upon while coming through
IhoroUghfsrs Gap, and two Of them severely
wounded.
The rebsl General Thmble is sick at Front
Royal. There is no Tebsl feTce at Front Royal
or between the mountains.
Rebel engineers have been recently seen in
specting the roads and bridges between Win
chester and GordOnsville.
HaRPER's FERRY, October 26-It has been
raining heavily all day; and the river is rising
rapidly.
NEW YORK, October 27.-The New York
Times Washington correspondent says:
1--WE have 10 reports tonight sustaining the
rumors current here Of fighting on the upper
Potousc.
"The enemy is reported in Frederick as hav-
ing evacuated Winchester and moving toward
GordOnsville
- heavy rain storm is prevailing, which bids
fair to raise the Potomsc.
" We have intelligence from the South
through a source entitled to credit, that the
rebels have really veutured upon the dangerous
policy of arming their negroes. Ia Atlantis,
| Georgia, and Montgomery Alabama, it is said
negro regiments have already been organized
and supplied with weapons, and a recent North
Carolina newspaper states that about sight thou
sand black soldiers, officered By whites, have
been sepa from camps Of instruction TO garrison
Notifications and important towns.
"At the request of General Wsdswortb, the
New York regiments captured at Harper's Ferry
and paroled, and who were sent West with q
view Of operating against the Indians have
! been ordered back TO New York to do frontier
! duty. They were 5000 in all, and were greatly
| dissatisfied in being ordered West.
The Gilmore house, Baltimore, has beer
taken by the government for hospital purposes.