The New York herald., 1863-08-21
MIR. r. G. Chapman's Despatch.


have moved southwark probably 70 Fredericksburg.
MIR. r. G. Chapman's Despatch.
HEADQUARTERS, Army PoToMAc,l
VIRGINIA, August Is, le63. !
The firing OF which informed you yesterday was con
tnued throughout the forenoon; but up TO this time
nothing here Of any engagement having been
fought in this vicinity.
PR0BABLs FIGHT.
II is possible however, cavalry have encouu.
tered the advance Of the enemy the neghborhood Of
Falmouth perhaps high up Banks Ford and IL
possible that fight has place. and that we
unduy excited by the operations Of parties engaged
IN digging wes who necessary to blast through
stratum Of rocks In order to obtain get
no news OF any engagement, think 1t probable that the
latter supposition Is correct. enu
THIRST FOR NEws
The soldiers throughout the army complain bitterly
that they unable TO obtain New York papers The
army is flooded with the cheap bynine
issued In Washington and elsewhere, upon which the
dealers make profit Of three hundred per cent
while the large and enterprsng journals kept back.
Another great complaint the fact that hese
cheap trashy Washington Journals and dis
tributed by the first train in the morning OF the day OF
their ISSUE while the Northern papers, printed the
day previous and which reach Washington O'Clock
tho day OF her publication at before
the Washington papers 60 TO press and hours
before the first trains 10 the morning leave for tho army
kept back until hours later in the day un.
derstand that this is done by order from Washington
order TO give the Washington Chronicle forced crcua
ton In the army, which u fails to by talent and
enterprise But such course Of robbng OF soldiers
unjust Is papabe calls for total revision Of
the system ny which the army supplied with rcndng
matter.
CIRCULATION os PArEas IN THE ARMY
l To show the avor with which the HERALD received
in the army. permitted o. state what the
Il has mi y q al q M
NEw YORK HERALD. 1900
New York Tines Observation-Disclosures. 100
In half an hour after the papers were distributed 10
the boys HERALD To be obtained, whe a dark
found the juvenile venders pcrambulatng the camps
vainiy endeavoring t. disOse OF their wares stcnto
ran voices crying "Erc's New York 7Jsbure.
and World, two for nve ceDts' ! called to the
II urchins 10 bring me nALD, and received reply,
H 1ihunder and lghtnin mister. you expect g. get
HERALD this time o. day? -od all out o. EEAips
hours ago. but these damned things can't ave em
! away. Damn this Ninety third Nav YORK regiment /
don't believe they ever read anything but the Bible and
/ HERALD and general orders. tMs fEr
REMOVAL WOMEN
An order from general headquarters, issued Sunday
Is creating some comnctiou in camp 1t that
camp, immediately send their euaIc rcla
tives aud friends spend short time with
them, and the practice has grown ato most mag
nihcent nuisance Hence General Humphreys issued q
general orde on the day named, directing that all
mon now IN the army be sent away immediately and that
no women be hereafter allowed come to the army
under any pretence whatever
/ PICKET
The rebel pckcts up within or three niles
OF the Rappahannock river, and almost
sight II our own sF4# asF.sr
| rnEN
occurred night before last At the front which
daring u the rebels Lieut. emily, commanding picket
distance n .er near the line ot the
Orange aud Alexandria Railroad duty about iliR
past ten O'Clock on the night In qucsttm, whrn he
approached by horseback, who professed be
orderly from General Newton. with dispatches 70
major oonnandinga cavalry ckct mile furtHcr in nj
vance Tho had not the proper countersgu nni In
n
orderly OF General Newton, he Obliged 10
sne ooan.sIsgn. and began bullying but iuding that
]direct'oo Of kappahaunoK bridge. But Lieu
tenant Cen ant. ircmn,y, thinking the matter was % not
officer commanding the picket line. who hin
under quart back 70 the bridge When the gaara with
their prisoner reached the river the said he would
70 General Newton, get the counersen aud return,
which tho guard asssnied TO In about half hour
che infantry packet which the last Of him. But
the cavalry reporssd the next day that NO messenger
trary, past them about tweivs o'clock, and
wen, towards the rebel lines The icke. nred at
Tremby reported the matter his colonel; bu, that
ccal took no notice Of II whaseycr There can bs no
doubt that the man was rebel spy; but how he Oh.
talned The countsrsign Is = mystery.
GxyrRA MADE
returned the army and resumed command yesterday
There movements u interest but may
not speak OF them here.
Mr. II. g. wilson's Despatch.
HEApouARlxSs, ON rim FIELD, August 10, 1868.
The enemy having made demonstrations in tho
Shenandoah valley again put upon tho move last
night and mornings dawn found epcamped in the
midst OF dreary, sterile plain The change from our
late quarters-so beautiful and healthywas something
70 regretted but the soldier changing and the
football Of fate, tho movs extreme 70 suoiher
never lasts more than through passing thought
sonk PRISONERS
This afternoon we took small body OF prisoners.
From these learned that Mosby has recruiting Office
in Ricbmond and that his whole force does exceed
two hundred and nfty The rebel government, be.
sides paying Mosbys partisan rangers 20 much per
month for their services aso allows them large amounts
for the gods vauablcs captured through their que
ra operations. For instance, for every mule the cap
turing party gets three hundred and fty dollars IN rebel
money the whole command out on the scout when
amount goods taken the realized by the iture
dstachmeni happens 70 be out when anothsr capture
made then realized n shared only by theso
prize capure on land. and one that holds out broad
fnducernent To the vciously disposcd The rebos
allow this. and thsn talk about betering and soenDg
srrscv on rus srAr wv "YuIow JACKET" GuKRiLLAs
Many cur,ous incidents In war times Last night,
wearicd and tired, took shelter 10 old diapdasd
house and here for the time being established bead
quarters towards morning the gentlemen Of the ssn
host Of very large sized Ties. As natural, ,hev at
tempted beat Them on. and for doing were driven
ragged enetny who attacked them front and rear and
foo Ell gentlemen 70 cut more hsty than elegant
retreat The rung light revealed The facs that we bad
taken up abode old house thoroughly infested
4 with bees. thinking The battle over, we sat down
20 break ast aud again attacked by the bees ard
driven away the cook narrowly escaping with the sugar
basin. lnc end Of this engagement was that We sur
rendered right TO the property and evacuated the
premises forthwith, but not until We had met the enemy
aud found they were not oars.
For the Information friends and relatives at home
viii state health Of the Irish Legion goo.
la Legion promotions have been frequent AMI your
w haze occasion TO give these al early
day.
Informal on having been reviewed that the enemy is
operating IN tho Shenandoah valley preparation beng
mad- 70 coanteract his movements
The following IL list Of the promotions and appoint
nens IN the Hundred and Fifty-nith New YORK
N Vol nteefs, the months OF June and July
FIRST Lieutenant Thomas Hart 10 be Captain. vice
4 ponherty, -fgned.