The national Republican., 1862-11-05
NEWS SUM MARY.

IN their power, we judge they mean to escape
back to Richmond and there soy TO our forces,
Come aud take us, II you can.
They may be disappointed, our army may
compel them to fight, and perhaps precpitate
q battle at once.
The rumors Of on invasion of Maryland by
the way of townsville is not believed. The
asst report from the rear shows that the report
s unfounded.
1t was reported in the city, last evening, that
there was small rebel force Of cavalry about
seven miles north Of fredericksburg. Also.
that there was force consisting Of about 6, 900
infanty and about 1000 cavalry, and come ar
artillery, at Warrenton. II is said that Gen.
Stahl drove the enemy out Of Thoroughfare Gap
night before last The division of Gen. Schurz
Is now in possession Of that place.
The other divisions Of Sigel's force, under
S,abl and Van Steinwehr, are all upon the
railroad, in supporting distance Of Shurz.
Our cavalry also now hold Buckland Mills,
where recently the rebels had a pretty strong
guard.
We learn further that Bayard's force hold
Aldie and the country between that point and
he front OF Sigel's advance.
Manassas junction ia now held by our troops
and is again assuming its old appearance.
Large quantities Of supplies are now going
forward to that point.
1t is said that the men under Sigel are anx-
ious to move on and form junction with Nc
Clellsh as soon as possible, in order to meet
and defeat the rebels.
Twenty thousand tents and seven thousand
uniforms have been sent to Centreville aud
Fairfax Courthouse, for the Use Of the troops
Camp equipage, uniforms, &c., together with
ten thousand blankets, have been sent to Har
per's Ferry.
Gen. Sigel is said to be. or was on Monday,
at Thoroughiare Gap. 1t is presumed that his
force is suficient to hold that position. He
took 1t without battle.
Some OF the officers Of the Pennsylvania Re
serves complain of General Hooksr's report,
charging the Reserves with retreating from
Glendale or New Market Cross Roads. They
say that their lines never wGvered General
Hooker fights well and writes well. He may
be in error in this instance, but We doubt ii.
The New York Tribune says that General
Banks was mobbed in Boston last week. 1t
says:
His friends went in considerable numbers
to the railway station to welcome him home to
the State of which be haG been three years
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terrupted the welcome insulted Gen. Banks
and drowned his voice with mingled cheers for
Devens and JEFF. Davis The candidate OF the
Peoples party finds bis support among the
friends OF the rebel President"
1t seems hardly possible that this can be so.
The President has approved tho senteoce Of
courtmartial, convened at St. Augu.ducs,
condemuing Private William ". IuRt. Of com.
pany |. Ninth Maine volunteers, to be shot to
death Tor dcSertoa to the euemy's lines, with
| out arms and accoutrementE, and for highway
! robbery,
The .lmerjcdn has u letter from Dution
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! Of the lynching Of negro who VIA under ar
4 rest for having murdered little girl, the
daughter OF Edgar RUNNER.
On Saturday night a large number OF ex-
cited people came into the town, surrounded
the Jail, iorc open the doors, and took the
prisoner ont and hung him. While he wat
suspended, fifteen bullets perforated his body
l lie was then taken down when his throat wa
cut by the inluriated mob, and his body
dragged through the streets. 1t was finally
taken to the front ol the negro church, where
1t was cut to pieces and burned.
| The latest news from New Orleans, per cam
saip Catawba, is that 70 Union refugees hat
arrived at New Orleans, from Texas, TO joir
the Union army to return and fight for thei
homes, from whence they were driven by tn,
rebels.
| Capt. ". b. Eaton has been appointed COM
mander OF the gunboat Rhode Island. The gun
boat Iroquois has been sent To the mouth of the
Rio Grande.
Lstest news from Louisville reports tina
General Buell. il ordered to Indianapolis, ant
not to Annapolia.
| Governor Morton is in Washington. lie hat
an interview with The President, yesterday, on
the conduct Of the war.
The steamer Bohemian was intercepted Of
Cape Race At nine o'clock on Sunday morn,
ing. She reports having encountered u sue
cession Of heavy gales during the entire pas
sage, but she had coal sufficient to reach Que
bee. All well. Her news has been antici
pated.
A dispatch from Boston, published in thl
papers, purporting to know all about Genera
Banks expedition, may be taken with som,
allowance. II /. be correct we doubt the wiz
dom of making it public in detail
1t appears that in the fight on Sunday morn
ing near Union the enemy was driven back by
our forces. IL was said that Gen Lee was moi
far from that town.
The English craft Scotia, captured by the
barque Restless, of Bull Bay, was loaded with
Enfeld rifles and ammunition. Her cargo II
valued at $34O, 900, and she had $3.50, 900 Ii
specie on board
1t Is thought by some, that the rebels do mo-
at present intend to fight Mcclellan, but tha
they mean to gradually draw him down tht
valley Of the Shenandoah, or towards Rich
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