Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-10-08
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/ Special to the Cincinnati Commer0'al.
/ WASHINGTON, October = he rapid firing
heard in the city yesterday, and which afforded
! 2 speculative sensation telegram for correspond
/ enIs originated in the firing Of salute at Fort
| Css7, TO Governor Solomon, Of Wisconsin who,
! accompanied by his wife, and ex -C5overno- Ran
dali, OF that State paid the fertilization visit.
( We have intelligence that the rebel force at
/ Culpepper Court House, made no further dem
onsratiou against COloEe MeLsan's force lately
! At WaTeut9n, than TO send cavalry to sc0us
/ through the territory between the two points as
/ far east as the line Of the Rappahannock, six
miles from the latter town. aT
| Nevertheless, the impression prevails in our
| camp over the river, that 1t is JEFF Davis pur-
! pose to ad vance large force from GoTdonsyiue,
/ via Culpepper, to Manassas, and essay to hold
/ that point against The troops we can send there
| to attack them
There is 10 additional news to-day Of actuai
occurrences in front Of either line-thst of Gen
eral Mcclellan or General Heintzelnan.
A surgeon of newly engaged regiment left
| Winchester yesterday, arriving here tonight.
He reports that thousands Of siragglers are
moving down the valley. The provost marshal
| of the place. for want Of cavalry foTcs is una-
/ Die to detsin them
Confederate officers freely acknowledge thst
| their army is now more demoralized than at ahy
iins since its organization, mainly owing to the
want Of provisions aud clothing
Winchester Is nearly starved out, and people
| there were expecting the Federal army most
confidently, so that they could obtain the neces-
saries of life.
All Of the sick and wounded, and much bag
gags, are going southward down the vslley, aod
many anticipate the retreat Of the rebel army
toward GordopsviIle ssd Richmond
Colonel W. P R}asotf, for several years past
/ the minister of Denmark to the United States,
| left Washington yesterday for his own country,
en- route foT China, having been commissioned
| by bis government TO negotiate treaty Of com
nerce with the Celestial Empire.
A band Of thirty or forty marsudeTs, stFagglsrs,
dessrters and c2mp-foli0wers Of our army, are
roaming over portions of L9udOn and Fairfax
countless insulting, maltreatng sHd plundeTing
citizens with impUnity.
Acting Psymsstar Ni0lo, late of the United
States steamer Montgomery, reported missing
| by the associated press dispatch, yesterday, is
| today reported 10 the department..
Charges have been made against hospital
chapia.rs Of being guilty OF se1Ious violation of
duty and Investigations are going on which show
/ that they as veil as surgeons, have committed
| gross abuses.
The promise Of the governors that certain reg
imelts should be assigned 10 General Sigel, Is
not considered binding, for the reason that the
disposition of troops IS not matter controlled
by any authorities except that Of the War De-
partment When here they not only attempted
TO assign troops 10 particular localities bus also
eudeavored TO control the appointments Of brig
adier-g generals, with reference to their appoint
ment to particular commands and positions
The principleis is good one, that the commander
in-chief knows better than the governors what
disposition to make Of regiments sent into ser
vice.
The entire number Of rebel sick and wounded
in r c5mond, as reported by rebel papers, is
nearly one hundred thousand, or about fifth
| Of their available force.
| Tie bridge at Harper's Ferry was completed
I to-day.
Ii Is asserted by late arrivals from Martins
/ burg, that L0ngstreet certainly died there day
/ or two after the battle of Antietam