Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1863-10-14
The Latest News.

The Richmond Examiner Of the 10th says:
"The long .talked.o of forward movement OF Gen.
Lee has been at last begun. The army OF Northern
virginia is north of the Rapidan in hot pursuit of
the Grand Army of the Potomac, which has fallen
back from Culpepper Court House, and is IN rapid
flight for Manassas or Arlington Meade may make
a stand at the Rappahannock, but this IS not re-
garded as probable. His army not numerically
very strong mastering not over fifty thousand
muskets, is weak as regards the elements Of which
it is composed there beng in it large proportion
of recent and most unwilling conscrpts and re-
captured conscripts.
It would be unwise at present to give even such
mesgre particulars of our plans and movements as
have come to our knowledge We may, however,
saw that Ewells corps is in the advance, Win uen
Edmund Johnson's division as vanguard:
The coming week will be one OF great ACTIVITY
with Gen. Lee and doubtless also with has antago-
mist whether he accepts or declines battle. II
he has determined to run, no tortoise pace Will asaii
him. He must fly, and we may expect to hear OF
great quantities Of stores burnt and much baggage
thrown away.
We have nothing later than the foregoing IRON
the army of Virginia.
Nothing of interest from Chattanooga. The South
crn news. gatherers complain that Gen. Bragg per-
mits no reporters to visit his camps, and the news
from that quarter am cunts to little, except when
battle is going on Rosecranz is stated to have been
heavily reinforced. Whether he will simply at
tempt to hold Chattanooga, or advance again TO-
wards Atlanta remains to be seen.
Nothing of interest from Charleston.
Latest from the United States.
New York papers of the 9th say that gold opened
on the previous Gay at 1474 reached .l474' closed
1869.
Macmillan has accepted the crown o.. Mexico.
Gen. Heitzl. nan has been relieved from the COM
mand Of the offences Of Washington. The post has
been rendered to Gen. Barnard
Louisville despatch states that Gen. Burnside
has driven the enemy before him southwark, to the
Hiawasse river and eastward as far as Greenvllle,
on the East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad. The
right wing of Gen. Burnside's army is thus put In
communication with the army of the Cumberland
Hooker is to command a part of the reinforcements
sent to Rcsecranz. Reinforcements are literally
pouring down from Louisville.
Eight hundred prisoners, captured at the battle
of Chickamauga, have been sent to Camp Douglas,
Chicago, Illinois.
.Advices from Charleston hafbor to Sd inst, re-
ceived. 1t was currently reported that den. TILL
more's headquarters had been removed from Morris
to Folly Island and that the mass of the troops and
war material would soon follow.
Dispatches from the army'of the Potomac say
there IS nothing occurring to indicate immediate
active operations. Couscripts in large numbers are
arriving daily. Changes have been made in the
location of some of the corps.
! Advices from Matamoras to the 18th ult., make
no mention OF the occupation Of that place by the
French forces
The Russian fleet will probably stay in American
waters until spring The Admiral and his officers
will visit Washington and the Great West on pri.
vate invitations.
A new arrangement for the exchange of prisoners
has been agreed upon. The details are still under
consideration.