The New York herald., 1863-08-19
MI AIDES A r NJ Y.
TIE posIrloa OF LEES FORCES.
RrObabIe Resumption Of OfeVsive
Operations by the Enemy.
2NIoshy's Guerillas Driven Beyond
the Blue Ridge,
WASHINGTON, August Is. lsG

Sc. Sr., DO.
wAgnSsToy. August Is, 1868.
rho rebels have extended their line of Tsckets to the
Appahaanock the agay stretching from Madison cour.
7oase to Fredericksburg Longstreets corps has tho
rsh Of tho line His Is along the Rlpidan from Madis,n
oOart Hcus, 10 Eys Ford, and Ewes corps ped
around Gordonsvlle, within supporting distance Of i
taarts cavalry Is all at Culpeppcr and is doing nothuR
evident that Ice contenoates odoasive operations
as array has been cautiously moving in the direction OF
tho lower ords OF the Rappahannock time. and
commanding generals have looked from day 10 day
TOR demonstrations against orr left.
Last Of crossed tho at United
tates and took dinner with Of tho rebos upon
r4ho Charlottesville ground. largo gang OF
socs employed in getting out timber for the con-
tructon bridges. The reports in circulation among
~ths rebss 70 the effect that United States and
Banks Fors TO be brdged as 70 enable Leo to
mako rapid advance upon Dumries and Fairfax, there
tby cutting or communication with Washington and
Forcing US TO attack him. Whether such movement 10
stll contemplated by the enemy not remains to bo
determined bus il is generally believed In military ci
,es that Lee will avail himself OF the opportunity
.aG rded By decmatei condition OF army
desperate effort for the destruction Of the army OF
oh, Potomac.
Is not at all improbable that tho rebels will attack
Us may yet have tho annual struggle upon the
slpains OF Manassas and Bull run.
Affairs Centrevie quiet. Gen. King has been
'aearchns euergc,cay Mosby, and has length
-osed Ia driving him beyond the Ble Ridge The noto
cxions guerilla chief in tne Shenandoah valley,
whsrc he has been joined By Whites gang Tue proba
Sbites that ths guerias will this time escape.
Our cavalry close upon ncm, and unless unusually good
fcortuoe attends them they cannot cvade MS.
Among the prisoners now at the headquarters OF the
Army OF the Potomac is Capt Randolph, OF Gen. Ewcrs
sstaG He and another ofcor captured in the Bull
Gun valley.
DTr. Theodore g. Wilson'S Despatch.
HEADQUARTERS, ELEVENTH ARMY coaPs,
August IL, 1868. !
Tho following is both Of Importance and interest, In
Chat prohibits the visiting remaining with the army
OF officers soldiers wives
ASSISTANT INSPECTOR GENERALS OFrlcx, J
ELEVENTH CORPS, ARMY OF rm PcIoaAc,
August 10, 1865
70 rm ASSISTANT INSPECTOR GExxnArs:-
headquarters Of the Army OF the Potomac il Is hereby
cnj0ned upon the officers this department report
=, sny and al violations Of said ors At nss 70 n 1es
Q. W. AsMussES, Assistant Inspector General.
srEuAL oEpERs-No. 2l9.
[Extractl
HEApouigrss, ARxr or rnE PorosAc,l
August 10, 1863
of numerous officers and Sodicrs with this army.
in view oC the services the trcois any time be
sdss that the attention OF ocers and men should be
solely occupied with their public duty, and that the
presence 0f their families Incompatible with the
lets discharge the ssc 1t Is therefore directed
that all females with the army-other than
Or rfS wSo nsve Gs %a
Departmens or these headquarters, TO visit aud remain
ommSndins General regrets that should become his
unpleasant duty 70 issue an order or this character and
ao ~: !. @ S S % % q ss
By command OF Siaor General MEADE.
We presume that the immediate future will be 'sorrow
1u" In the exodus Of the lahies referred o that oo
without tho beneht Of clergy or clergymen.
TRIAL NsuLus0 4 yExAR
We have court martial in session, and before Il
some many cases Of truly curious character Arncng
Others tho Of highly responsible officer who
ssignsd for using improper language TO fomae, and
sslanguage unbccoming either oricer gentoman
end proiudica TO strict military discipline" mention
ehs show that our army Is fast becoming higher
In gootemanly and solderlKe and sentiment every
day. Through y kind Of consent, bad are
being wecded ohcers being associated
With evil disposed persons, matter what may have
6ecn their social standing, their connections their
wealth a. civisns There s loss gambling, less skcpt
cism regard religion and less wiul practices the
army to-day than there were year ago Man Is afnb
sous therefore be ever anxious promotion Hence
bad officers those who commit unustiablc ungen-
temany acts are always abo to have charges preferred
against them for msconduct and what does il matter 10
tho army general whether such charges preferred
rum motives OF ambition or not long N they ,ond TO
shs c,mmon oh cct cf nasing tho Whole more clean
noble and goods The turn u affairs IL tho
respect referred To is happy consumnaon OF right
desire, and oonmerds itself 10 be bo, continued and
tended
rovg ME- uryK-loyE NJ lArx
Army lie is altogether a moEOtouous thing Yon
sf cyil lie have your church sridas your opera
Oats, and your grave and comicai scandals both gene
raj and piricuiar. so have We. but have them Ia
ss,n1us. We upfreqrentiy hear OF both officers
being gooblct up in consequences ~ their having
a. ~ fasr finn nf
restrict recreations military authority
1tppe; and officers particularly 81 sely
8u "A 10 times gone by the mutude belevcd GOT n the
ooincil, OF tho 'wise men from the East, 20 In the pre-
rent We mud passrn, prejudice and SIN following w
companion the footsteps of military rank AM led
these remarks by Circumstances that hsplcncd Ia
tnmodiisc ncghborbcod, aud which connects Itself with
swo respectable members o. the nclicai profession
rbese learned gentlemen, more loving than wse,
afne ani In The hour of midnight darkness,
stole from camp and broke orders. 10 enyoy
tes-d ,rs with rcrvcrsc secession female humanity.
savipg prescrcc cf southern beauty they were
rested. marched cody distance. and released
count Of being their suprascd rst oeGce Alas Tor
the weakness Of human nstnre They caught a
yni la,c and at this writing under Instructors
% rcpo themselves provost marshal assistant
adat,st general. What tbe uIshot of the matter m,y
DO whispered; but am asraid friend reader, You
NJ, h,sr uow. The respsctabty and rank the
parties attach much interest and anasemcnt 10 The
nnaie o, this mpromrtn love scene
General von stcirwcbr, commanding Second division,
Eicveuth army CORE, now on leave q absence 10 con
absence Acting Bieacier General A. Buschbck Is In CON-
ant ~ the divsion rcierrcd TO- By the way. we so
that Buschoecs has been Pot forward for brgn
dior ssosrsship, he having commanded brigade Tor
toas time past certainly the promotion n well worthy
OF the o1icer and man.
Arrival Of the Brother jonathan at San
Francisco.
-AS FRAsIs,o. August IL, 1883.
Aravsd 70 day, steamer Brother Jonathan, from The
Worth. with $4,000 In treasure from Portland. .nd