Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1862-11-13

SUMMARY OF NEWS.

Gen. Mcclellan has been removed from tne
command of the Army of the Potomac, and
retired from active service. The order was
received at Headquarters at eleven o'clock on
Friday night. 1t was entirely unexpected to
all. On its receipt the command was immedi-
ately turned over to Gen. Burnside. Gen.
Mcclellan and his staff were to leave On Sun
day for Trenton, where he is ordered to re.
port The order was delivered to him by
Gen Buckingham 10 person. His last official
act was the issuing an address to bis soldiers,
informing them, in few words, that the
command had deyolved on Gen. Burnside, and
taking an affectioLate leave of them. AS
General Hooker is to take the field, it is sup
posed that he is to take Gen. Burnsides place
as late commander of corps d'armee.
Gen Bayard was attacked by the Rebels
at Rappahannock bridge on Friday but re-
pulsed them On Saturday he made an at
tack and drove the rebels back, He holds
the bridge and all the neighboring fOrds, and
has sent for reinforcements
We learn from headquarters of the Army
of the Potomac, under date Of Sunday that
General Pleasanton's Cavalry had brush on
Saturday with the Rebels, under Stuart, near
Little Washington. Pleassntcn captured
three field pieces one captain, lieutenant,
and FIVE privates. On the same day. General
Bavard occupied and now holds the railroad
bridge over the Rappahannock. There was
nothing new from the front. As we have
already reported, the Army Corps of General
Reynolds took possession of Warrenton on
Thursday The place was occupied by Colo
mel Payne with about four hundred men and
two howitzers Gen. Longstreets Army Corps
had occupied CuIpepper Courthouse for sew
era DAYS, but left the town last Saturday.
Trustworthy citizens confirm the general be-
lief of intelligent army officers, that General
Lee has succeeded in eluding Gen. Mcclellan,
and that large portion of Lees army is at
GordonsyilIe. Gen. A P. Hills forces and
Stewards Cavalry formed the rear guard of
Gen Lee. The former was at Chester Gap
on Wednesday, ard General Pleasanton had
found 2I0 wounded soldiers in the hospital at
Warrenton. Leut..Col Blunt, of Gen Long
streets staff, was captured by Gen. Bayard
Blunt is the Provost Marshal General in the
Rebel army, and was inspecting his pickets at
The time he was captured. Leading Seces'
sionists here prophecy great battle in few
days. They represent that Stonewall Jack
son is only ten miles off, with force of 70,
900 men and that General Bragg is at Cor
donsyille in great force. They also say there
is but little doubt that Jackson is threatening
to attack our forces at Waterloo.
Gen. McCook's army corps, comprising
Gems. Sil's, Woodruffs and Sherdans civis-
ions, reached Nashville on Friday. General
Crittendon's division arrived at Gallation on
Friday, aud was moving down toward Nash
vile. General Cheatham, with portion Of
General Bragg's army, with the exception of
10000 or $1,000 men, had left the Cumber
land Gap, and were pushing toward Nashville.
General Bragg had been put under arrest
AID superseded by Gen. Joseph E. Johnston.
Bragg's derelictions in the Kentucky campaign
it is stated, were the cause of bis arrest
Nothing had been heard at Murfreesboro,
which was in canstant teegraphic communica-
tion with Mobile, of the capture of the latter
city. $4,000 Rebel troops are at Mobile.
The draft has been again postponed in New
York State, an order from the Adjutant, G en-
eral stating for the Information of Commits,
soners, that they are not to proceed with the
draft until they shall have received from his
department formal orders to the effect and
giving the number of men to be drafted in
each town. AS no dates is now fixed, it is
pretty generally thought that there will be
no draft at ALL
A letter dated Fortress Monroe, Sth inst,
states that the " the gunboat Delaware, from
Newbern, arrived here on the 5th inst, bring,
irg intelligence that Gen. Fosters expedition
had surrounded 5000 Rebels at Plymouth,
n c., half of them cavalry who uueondition.
ally surrendered"