Cleveland tri-weekly leader. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1854-1885, 1863-11-17
From WASHINGTON.


epecisl 10 Pest: -
General Meade has returned 10 the army.
BE will be unable to attend the Gsttys.
burg Cemetery Inauguration on Thursday.
The President with Messrs. Seward,
Blair, Bates md Welles Of the Cabinet
will attend. It is proposed that sll public
buildings shall hsngout the national Asg
on that day.
This mornings Chronicle. contains .
conversation held with an intelligent OIL
GER from General Meade's Headquarters,
and who slept the night before last beyond
Culpepper. He reports the army In the
highest spirits and eager for a fight
There was 9 prevalent rumor that for
some unexplained reasons not originating
with General Meade, the army could have
successfully pushed on rapidly after the
brilliant affair at RaPpshannock Station.
Oar informant saw the Hon John Miner
Botts, whose plantation has been complete-
ly sacked by the rebels, and who, himself
narrowly escaped being sent to Richmond
instead Of being psrolled. His daughter
was so much alarmed and distressed By
the treatment received from the rebsls hat
she is prostrsted by nervous fever.
a portion Of it beyond that place.
From the Heralds correspondence, writ
ten at the headquarters Of General Banks,
Texas, the following details Of the Texas
expedition he notes:
On the morning Of fhe S0th q heavy
norther was experienced, raging two
hours, during which time the steamer
Union and two schooners went down. The
steamer Zepher had her machinery broken
and was taken in tow by the gGnbost
0Wssco.
The whole feet, with the exception Of The
Union and two schooners, arrived ct the
rendezvous on the 81 inst. The landing
was first made on Bragg's Island on The
I'd inst aaH
The 18th Maine, Colonel DRyer CON.
msndant, started for Boea Chics, took pos
session Of the pass, and eneamped on the
Sd inst, after q reconnoisanee at ths
mouth Of the Rio Grands g landing was
effected on the Texas shore. A high surf
was running, four boats were capsiEed,
and seven soldiers and two sailors were
drowned. One Of the boats, after return
ing from landing her men, succeeded in
picking up 3 large number Of those
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shore being much nearer than the other
they started for it, but the Mexicans would
not allow them to land, and the boat was
compelled to Cross the river 70 the Texas
side. During the whole time not an armed
rebel was seen.
The same correspondent says he count
ed thirty-hYe blockade runners in Mexi-
can waters, on the Rio Grands. On the
appearance Of the feet of the Texas
shore series cf fires were seen lighted
all along the coast by the rebels.
On the % inst. boat was picked up
containing two deserters from the Texas
cavalry, who stated that three rebel regi-
ments had been lately sent from Rio
Grsnde to Galveston and Ssbene Pass, and
q regiment Of cavalry had been sent te
Houston, where MeGrudsr is said to be.
Most Of the rebel army is said to be
scattered at different points. General
Slaughter is said to be commander Of Fort
Brown, superceding General Bee. A
small rebel gunbOst is said to bs in SOlu-
ria Bayou, and on 0natagorda Island, near
ssluria, is large fort mounting nine
guns.
A schooner laden with cotton was saiEsd
in Texas waters on the ID.