The New York herald., 1862-10-14
New York. Tuesday, October IA, ls62.
THE SITUATION,

THE STU ALTON,
The escape Of the rebels across the Potomac a,
Nolan's Ford is confirmed by official accounts
The attack of General Pleasanton on their real
does not Appear to have effected any result. Ii
fact, II would appear that little if any effort wa.
made to check their retreat. A despatch last
evening from Chambersburg, states that portion
of the rebels were at Cashtswn, near the foot
of South Mountain. and that they were driven
back from the Potomac while endeavoring to cross.
They were probably some stragglers of 6tusr$'s
force. Efforts we're being made to cut them on
from Chambersburg and Mercersburg. Rumors
OF another invasion of the rebels into Pennsyl-
vania were circulated in some quarters yesterday;
but there is no confirmation whatever Of the re.
ports 1t is stated that General Mcclellan had
given instructions to the division commander at
PoolesvilIe which. if carried out, would have
prevented the return of General Stuart
to Virginia after his raid in Pennsylvania but that
these instructions were not carried out. An in.
vestgation into the Of this grevous error is
now going on at Washington, with view to elicit
all the facts and put the charge Of this negligence
upon the proper parties That there was gross
neglect somewhere is evident, and it is to be hoped
that the public mind viii be satisfied upon the
question by rigid and searching inquiry.
A despatch from General Boyle. at Louisville.
states that General Bragg as well as General
1~srln -. ".
near Bardstown. Our forces held the field during
the night Our loss in killed, wounded and miss.
ing is set down at between one thousand five hun.
dred and two thousand; but the loss of the enemy
was much greater.
Tho rebel programme Of operations against
louisville and Cincinnati fell into the hands
tAined in some private papers Of General Beau
oegsrd to General Cooper and General Bragg.
According to this programme the main points of
she rebels were, first Louisville and then Cincin-
NATL and Beauregard states the best way to reach
them from Chattanooga, with Buell. at Huntsville
and Stevenson. 1t was his opinion detachment
be marching to Cincinnati. He contemplated the
construction Of q work OF the former city for
the command of the Ohio river and the Louisville
Canal and the destruction of the latter, as soon
~ possible. To keep the command of Cincinnati
he would construct strong work, heavily armed,
at Covington. All these measures, however, have
been defeated.
Dispatches from Cairo inform us that an expe
dition sent from Memphis on Sunday last to VOL
river, a few miles beyond Germantown, returned
on Tuesday, having surprised q rebel camp ant
killed four men, including . captain, wounded
fourteen and captured fifty and q number Of horses
and arms.
The City Of New York and Hansa, at this port
bring us the text Of the peace address forwarded
to Mr.. Lincoln by the scientific men Of Europe
lately assembled in congress in Brussels.
As q set-otf to the kind and charitable inten
Herald (orsan of the Derby aristocrats) publishe,
most malignant article against the idea Of re
union Of the North and South.
We publish to-day the complete report Of tn
captain Of the English ship Cairngorm, who spOk
the rebel steamer /" No. 290."
Captain Rowe, of the English ship Jamaica
from Jamaica, at Liverpool, reports that on the
Gath Of August he exchanged signals with
Confederate war steamer, two hundred miles east
southeast Of New York. The rebel vessel, h,
says, was standing north.
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.
The City OF New York, from Queenstown. ant
the Hansa, from Southampton, reached this por
yesterday evening, with European files dated L
the ist OF October. The Hibernian arrived at he
dock at Quebec yesterday evening. The news b
these vessels has been fully anticipated by th
telegrapbic report OF the Hibernian, delivered o
Cape Race, which appeared in the HERALD yestei
day morning.
The steamship North Star, from Aspinwsll, a,
rived here yesterday, with eight hundred thou
sand dollars in specie. She brings no news, tn
South Pacific steamers not having arrived at Pa
mama at the time she sailed from the Isthmu,
There we're rumogs, considered doubtful, that Ger
hrboleda. Of the conservative party Of Ne,
Granada, had met with some successes. tn
United States vessels Lancaster Saranac an
Warren were al Panama.
There was an immense gathering Of the demo
Dracy last evening at the Cooper Institute TO rstf
The democratic nominations for State officers
Horace r. Clark presided, and made q speech
speeches were also made by Horstio Seymour
John Van Buren, and Richard 0'Gormap. NJ,
beymour's speech was principally defence OF hi
o~n position and that Of the democratic party
Dir. Van BareD cast some rijicule on the admIsl.