Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1861-10-30
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0 TINE WORCESTER DAILY SPY
FgoAr THE UPPER POTOMAC.

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EDWARDS FERRY, Oct. 29.-All quiet dur
ing the night No picketS were thrown over
the river but those this side heard tic rebels
Opposite all night, and alw their fires thlCtly
scattered in the woods along the shore. Their
central point was a ciump OF trees on Tie bluff
where our troops had constructed picket sta
ton, and near the spot where our artillery had
sheIled them during the skirmsh on Tuesday
last.
When our troops We're Withdrawing from
the Virginia side, last Wednesday night, the
sixteenth Indiana, occupying then The most
advanced position, were not aware of any
withdrawal until the rest had been successful.
iy terried over. They lay on the cold ground,
almost frozen, with loaded musl1ets, expecting
every moment Il furious and overwhelming
assault from the concealed and reinforced enc.
my, whose numbers were known to exceed
theirs BY thousands Yet the only murmuring
was at the order to retire, without disputing
the ground inch by iuch. Slowly and mat.
teringly they retired to the place OF embarkil.
tion, picking up and loading themselves with
the knapsacks, canteens, guns and equipments
lei by those who retired before them They
brought two prisoners with them, the owner
OF the mill on Goose Creek and Lis son, no
were charged with preparing combusIiblcs 10
fire the bridge over Goose Greek, but were
prevented by the sudden descent OF our Skin.
miGhers.
non-commissioned officer Of a Mississippi
regiment, prisoner of war, was astonished
TO learn our army was not almost entirely
composed of abOtionists aud radical repubi-
cans, and that our main object was other than
to emancipate slaves. He said if the tact were
generally known to the working people OF the
south, that our main object was to sustain the
government and preserve the Union, there
would be revolution in the rebel army, and
peace would lie restored. He was surprised
beyond measure when assured that BreckiI-
ridge democrats constituted a large part OF our
army.
Capt. Vaughan, of the Rhode Island bat
terry, has returned He was captured by
party not understanding the law of nations
relative TO flag OF truce, but was released by
the officers.
DARNEsTowN, Oct 27.-Three brigades of
Gen. Banks division left Edwards Ferry YES
terday, and arrived here last night sufii
cient force remains at the ferry to ensure safe.
ty againstcrossing by the rebels. Before the
regiment LETT yesterday. the rebel pckets
thicky iiaed the opposite shore, and tainted
our men with their attempt te invade Virginia
and begged them to come aad pay them anoth-
er visit. The division remains here over Sun.
day. Its future movements are unknown.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 29.-Accounts from
Jamestown state that arrivals from MOnocacy
and the scene Of the recent battle, show
that all was quiet there yesterday The enc
my S p ckets are frequently ON the Virginia
shore OF the Potomac, and occasionally send
a leaden compliment to our pickets on this
side, but no serious casualties have occurred.
The question has been asked why General
lander was abseat from his brigade at the bat
tie of Balls Bluff. in which one of his reg-
ments-tle twentieth Observation-Disclosures
pated lie was in Washington at the time,
under special orders from the government, and
on hearing OF the engagement, immediately
proceeded 10 Poolesyjile, and took part in the
action the next day at Edwards Ferry, where
he did good service, for which he has been
eomplimented by the commanding general.
lie nov lies wounded at his quarters i'll Wash
ington.
A military order, prepared several days
ago, having in view the repair of the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad. which found its way into
the newspapers, has not yet been officially
promulgated, and the belief is that it has either
been suspended or resended