The New York herald., 1863-11-11
THE sITUATION.

The latest news from General Meade's army re-
ports no lighting going on yesterday. Between
Fix and seven hundred of the enemy were cap.
tnred near Culpepper. Our pickets near Warren.
ton Junction were in sight of Mosby's pickcts al
day yesterday, but no collision took place.
General Buford's cavalry had skirmish with
the enemy near Culpepper on Monday, and after
brief fight and charge through the town drove
them before him. They finally retired beyond the
Iapidsn. Our lines now extend from Culpcppor
to the Rapidan.
Official dispatches recouuting the late victory
Of Generals Averll and DuHie at Lewisburg, West.
orn Virginia, have been received from Brigadier
General Kelley.
Dispatches from Leavenworth, Kansas yester.
day. say that the rebels under Cooper and Shelby,
having escaped from our troops. crossed the Ar.
kansas river with o force of nine thousand men,
and were then marching on General Blunt, w..o
had only force Of one thousand eight hundred
cavalry, who were acting as an escort to heavy
supply train bound for Fort Smith. General
Blunt had reduced the number Of hs train, and
was putting his force in . position to resist the
onemy.
The expression Of opinion elected at the Union
meeting held in Little Rock, Arkansas on the 30til
alt. was Enthusiastically in favor Of the cordial
support of the United States government. tho
supremacy Of which the resolutions adopted there
pledged the people of Arkansas to uphold.
Our correspondents At Chattanooga furnish
some very interesting details to-day Of the late
battles in that vicinity, together with official list
OF tho Casualties. The defsnces Of Chattanooga
are now perfect, and its vast Importance as
N,litsry position is more manifest than ever.
A despatch from Chattanooga yesterday says
iha: refugees from the rebel army report General
Bragg to be evaeuatng hs position in front Of
Chattanooga and falling back to Rome or Atlanta.
General Longstreet was said TO be organizing
force for Q said on our line Of communication at
Bridgeport.
Tho steamship Adristic, from Galway on the
t7th Of October, by way Of ST. Johns, Newfound
land, and Halifax, Nova Scotia arrived at this
port yesterday afternoon. She brought six hun
dred and ninety mine passengers.
Paris paper publishes u statement TO the effect
that at banquet given 20 the cavalry officers in
vcrsailles, whore Marshal Magnan was present
one of the colones delivered n speech in which
referring to Poland, he expressed belief that, at
40 distant day, the Emperor would summon them
TO measure swords with the oppressors OF people
sympathetic with France.
The accession of General Burgevine, with his
American legion to the cause Of the Chinese rebel
leader, is treated by the London Times as an
event frsught with serious consequences TO the
cause Of the Emperor and the future government
Of the empire.
Mr.. Beecher dtlivcred speech 10 numerous
party OF friends in Manchester, EnglaDd-the very
capital Of " King Cotton The London Post as.
ser;s in an editorial that Mr.. Bescher has a sa-
tanic commission, aud ia very dlllgent in It's oxecu.
ton.
NJ Madras balloon marty had arrived In Paris.
Some Of the voyagers wero very much in jured In
the desoent, near Hanover.
Papers from, Eangoon, India, dated on the 2sth
OF August, state that two overland expeditions
were to start from Rangoop towards the south
western fronti-r Of China at the CONNIE ncemen
OF the dry season. Number one is TO be headet
by DR.. Menfcls, German, and lumber two *
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