Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1863-12-05
rho Posts Washington correspondence

The War department HAS duSlCeS 11pm
burnside of an encouraging nature. He
does not have any fears Of movement from
'"1 our forces occupied Madison Court House
.o.dav. This looks like flank movement
Our cavalry are said to be already in the
.oar Of Lees forces. There is is no doubt as
80 the result of an engagement between Lee
and Meade should one occur.
Tribune letter from Brazos, (Tcxas) Of
Nov. Sth, saye:
When the arrival of the Banks expedition
,,.s made known, the rebel sympathizt RS
throw the guns of Fort Brown into the Rio
I;rande. and burned the greater number of
.ba dwellings OF Brownsville, leaving the
Jnion;sts in possession.
The rebels took the cotton on the Texas
eide across the river. After ferrying over
oil that was owned by the Confederatcs,
there was general destruction Of the cotton
remaining. The Ninety-fourth Illinois Reg
;ment raised the flag over Brownsville on
Thursday at 10 o'clock A. NJ, November
9Th. General Banks arrived soon after. AT
last accounts seven regiments had arrived
there.
The Errn;ng Posts New Orleans cores
pondcnt says:
General Banks entered Brownsville, Texas.
NV. 9Th. A small force of rebels had
burned all the United States barracks
there, a large amount Of property and part
Of the town, and fed on the 18th. Our
PROSPECTS are good. Banks, however, needs
$4,000 more troops. The people are gen.
orally favorable to the Union. The Mexican
General Cabas, who was refugee in Browns
vile. on November 9th, was called upon by
the civil authorities to organize the citizens,
arrest the p!indcring rebels and put out the
conAagration.
After the entrance of Gen. Banks, Cabas
with his forces, advanced on Matamoras.
drove out Ruissa, who was favorable to the
United States, and sought refuge in Browns
vile, Cabas then hoisted the French flag.
On the next day Cabas was attacked by the
Ruissa party. Cabas was again rc-instatcd,
but was again compelled to fly by Cortinas
who has seized Matamoras and his issued
pronunciamento rc-cstablishing the Mexican
Constitution of 1857, under the Presidency
of Juar.z. Ruissa is again in Brownsville.
Cortinas has shown his friendship to the
Union by loaning three very valuable steam
ers to Gen. Banks ON the night of Nov. 18th.
Another revolution was expected at Mata-
moras, but it failed to come of. Part Of
our forces were kept in readiness that night
to cross to protect the American Consul res
idencc.
Washington, Nov. 2l.-- 1t is said that
Rosecrans will go, or rather has been as
signed to the command of the Department
of Baltimore. General Schcnck will give up
that command and take his scat in Congress,
Dec. LIST.
1t is officially announced that Gen. j. G..
Foster will relieve Burnside in the command
Of the army and Department of the Ohio
That Department will hereafter consist OF the
State of Kentucky, north of the Tennessee
river, and such parts of Tennessee as may be
occupied by the troops of that army.
An important official order was issued to-
day, which says:
All regiments re-enlisting arc given thirty
days furlough before their service expires, to
return home.
New York. November 22.-An Army of
the Potomac dispatch dated November 2lst,
says:
The Army is not advancing. The rains
have caused some mud, but the roads Will
soon be dry.
The Washington special dispatch of the
Herald says:
Little apprehension is felt for the safety of
Burnside. The junction Of Sherman with
Thomas enable Grant to reinforce Burnside.
A Knoxville letter to the Herald of the
9TH, says:
A fight between Union and rebel North
Carolinians took place, on French Broad
river, in which the former whipped the latter.
During the fight many of the rebel rcg-
ments skedaddled to the ranks Of the Union.
The Times has an Annapolis (Md.) letter
which says:
A list of 80 paroled prisoners who have
just arrived from Richmond, confirm the
previous account of horrible hardship and
suffering.
Washington, Nov. 22.-The Times spec
ial says:
The recent capture of blockade runners Oft
Cape Fear river IN. CO. has so frightened
the North Carolina authorities that they
have given up the business and let out the
privilege of importing contraband goods to
private parties.
A gentleman who has arrived from Fort
Monroe, says:
Correspondence Of the respective agents for
tho exchange OF prisoners. has degenera-
ted into personalities, and the loss of mu-
tual confidence, which impairs their useful
ness.
The payments for all branches Of the pub
lie service for the fiscal year ending June
next, will reach S9O3,O0O, 900. Of which
amount 5000, OOO, 900 are for the army, and
100000 for the navy. A sufficiency of
money has been placed in the hands of Pay
masters to pay the troops during the present