Worcester daily spy., 1861-12-12

hailly reused 10 pay, was sued In the courts,
and mucted in the amount of the bill, and has
since carried it to higher court.
The Rebel Forces around CentervIIIe and
ManasEas-'EheIrSt Streng and Hesources-
Black Regiments in the FieId-The New
Traitor Fiag.
From the New York Herald
On Monday morning an intelligent colored
boy came within the lines, and stated that he
left CenerviIie on Saturday morning, and
succeeded in avoiding the rebel pickets by
keeping in the wood$ He says he is free
boy, born aud raised in New Orleans. He
has been eight months in the rebel army, as
the servant Of Capt. M b. Miller OF the
Washington Artillery, He was at the battles
OF Bail Ron and Balls Bluff, and gives minute
and correct accounts OF the principal events
lie has received 10 pay ior his services, save
few shinpiasters; and upon being refused
on Saturday, his pay, determined to come
within our lines. lie says that on Friday
there was grand review at Centerville of
Seventy-tve or eighty thousand troops lie
heard tie list read by Major j. B. Walton of
the Washington Artillery. There were at the
review also one hundred pieces Of artllery-all
light except two twentyt0ur pound howitzers.
Gen. Beauregard commanded, and President
Davis reviewed the troops.
On the 2Sth OF Novemb.r, Gen. Beauregard
gave orders 10 prepare tor wInterquariers, and
on The 18th they commenced cutting logs for
houses. President Davis came TWO or three
days alter and cvunternan ed the orders, be.
cause, lie said, the Union forces would soon
he there, and they might have to destroy
them. They have at Ceutaryilie a fort or
earthwOfS tOr every letter in the alphabet, and
designated by the letters, also a strong tort
called Beauregard and one called Davis, be-
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The forts are connected by rifle pits, aud tile
embankments are SO prepared that the field
artillery can be wheeled into the embrasurcs,
the caSsons being disposed in the rear. There
is drill OF the artillery every day in placing
the guns and caissOns i'll position. There are
four guns to each fort. In tort Beauregard
there are three rihed guns pointing down the
Fairfax road.
s There are two regiments OF colored men at
Cenrevilie, under the command OF Jordan, an
old cOlored veteran OF 1872, having been a
drummer boy under Gen. jackson. One Of
these numbers 100, and the other IA 600
T%o other colored regiments were sent to
Missouri since the last battle there. These
regiments are composed Of both free and slave
They are not allowed TO do picket duty, but
ere drilled and encamped separate from the
white men. Their officers are all cOlOrtd.
This boy says there is much dissatisfaction
among the private soldiers OF the army that
great numbers are sick; that they have no salt
nor salt meat, but live almost entirely on fresh
beef and hard bread. The officers alone have
sail, but neither tea nor coffee. That the com.
mon talk among the officers is that if they are
beaten at Ceguevile they will fall back to
Manassas, where their fianks are well protect
ed. The shoes for the soldiers are made of
oiled cotton cloth, with rawhide sopS. lie
says Gen. Beaurrgard is in command OF The
army OF the Potomac, and has not been away
any considerable length OF time since the bat.
tie OF Bull Run; General g. w. Snth COM
mands at OccOquan. and Gen. Evans at Lees
burg; that the rebel officers are many OF them
offering their reaignauons, and generally there
is much complaint, sometimes reaching to mu-
tiny
lie further says that new flag has been
furnished each regimemt-a cherry or violet
cOIOred ground with black bars crossing dag
ouatly from the corners, and white stars on
the bars. The Lars are broad strips of silk or
ribbon. This is called the "fghting flag"
The talk among the officers was, that if we did
not attack them soon, they would take Alex
andrla first, and Washington afterwards; that
tile Yam <ees thought they would freeze them
out at Centrevie and Manassas, but they
would lind them safely heused in Alexandra
and Washington ior the winter. He say that
at the Lewinsville skirmish, Lieutenant SlO
cumb, of company i, Washington artillery,
and two privateS were killed Lieut.. Slocumb
was wealthy young man from New Orleans.