Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1863-09-08
reported Crossing OF the Rappahars
mock by Lees Army.
New York, Sept. 9 1869.

1S" AOAAS sept. = lOO0.
A Washington special to the New York
Times says
The best attainable information locates
Gen. Lee in Richmond and his army scat
tered from the line of the Blue Ri6pe ON
The west, to Port Royal and the Rama,
ha1ock. on the east and south, as far 40
the line of the Virginia Central railroad
His troops are widely scattered to facili-
tate subsisting. Gen. Ewell has left. and
a. 2. Hill the centre, lying on the road
from Culpepper Orange Court House,
while Longstreet holds the extreme right.
occupying the lire of the Richmond and
fredericksburg railroad. Cooks brigade
of North Carolina troops occupies Freder-
icks burg.
jones' brigade of cavalry is said to have
gone back to the Shenandoah valley, and
Robinson to Richmond. Stuart is still IN
command. but growing more and more
unpopular. 1t is expected he will be re-
lieved by Wade Hampton.
Rebel guerillas continue 10 our rear
One of killpaIrick's body guard haYiDg
been killed, permission was given to the
guard to hunt the guerillas. They have
been at 1t thIee days with great success.
Rebel deserters continue to come in in
squads, and are ready to take the oath Of
allegiance, but Of those who have done so,
and have been sent a. substitutes to our
army, nine, utter stealing horses and COM
miiting other depredaIiuns, managed to
rejoin their old rebel comrades the other
d4y.
A large number Of coutrabands escaped
yesterday, from Charles county Nd. They
report that rebel agents are picking up
every negro they can find.
The New York Tribune's Washi lgton
special says:
Lieut.. Burgess with thirty of Col. Bas
kers' mounted rangers went on a reconnois-
sance yesterday in search of Whites guer-
rillas, which they found just beyond Lees
burg. aud encamped near it lastI night
This morning the party were attacked by
two hundred rebel cavalry and forced to
retreat. During the skirmish Lieut.. Bur-
CESS horse was shot, but he succeeded in
hiding. and saw the rebels ride by in pur-
suit ut his men. lie then made his way
to the Potomac and crossed at the Point
| of Rocks. There he learned that large
number of Imboden's cavalry had gone
| down the river. The whole force of I'm
boden and White amounted tn ,000 men.
They were prevented from crossing ct Ed
wards Ferry by infantry stationed there.
At Point of Rocks it was rumored that
force If !. 900 5000 rebels were attempt
ing to cross below, and several pieces of
artillery were sent down to prevent such
an attempt.
Tonight there are rumors Of large force
of rebel cavalry we're at Great Falls, eleV-
en- miles from Wsshingtun-prUbably the
same body. Our cavalry has been sent in
pursuit and can hardly fail to meet
them.
The report that Lee, with $4,000 men,
had crossed the Rappahannock at ! OF
Conway, is discredited here, no such intel.
gence having reached the War Depart
ment.
1t is conceded here, by the best militia
~ authorities, that Lee must commence
offensive operations this month or disband
his army. 1t is believed that to this end
he Is concentrating another large army
for an invasion, which Is his only hope,
and is 20 be attempted as a last resort
To meet these expected movements Of Lee,
the army of the Potomac will be on the
alert.
Gen. Meigs. Quartermaster General,
has been ordered 20 the Army of the Poto-
mac. RumOr hath 1t that both he AMI
the Surgeon General are in disfaYor, and
neither viii return to their posts.
The Herald's Washington dispatch
says:
Parties who have arrived from the front
to-day. know nothing of any such moves
ment of the ensng having taken place,
and its imPrObability is shown by the
crossing having been located at point
accessible to our gunbosts, which would
have seriously interfered with any such
movements.
Yesterday six trains went out to tho
front. heavily laden with consSripts. The
army has no little difficulty with some
substitutes, who require almost an equal
number Of men to guard them. but strin-
gent orders, together with the recent exc.
cutioDs, seemed to have beneficial effect,
aud causes for complaint are now less fire.
quent.
The Worlds special states that 1t 10
learned from private sources that Gen.
Hood, Stuares successor. has been reor-
ganizipg the cavalry at Culpsppsr, with
the intention IF making raid in dirs0-
ton unknown. r.-rr