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AnIssY1L1E, Nov. 1SS 1872
Oar advance snutn.ali seem. 10 have iaE.,,
tie good psople Ct these Regions, as vel; as
TIE rebels hhe,c.s.vc=, by aurpr;se. T.e; evi-
dcp-1y de2eaded On Mcclellan to keep t1.z
Union azay qu.cs t.i= fall. 8Iea, women,
Write and black, talk in the same strain As
*n CID darkey said to me, while his eyes we're
folllnE with al aeto1iehed> though net s1se-
ge-her uapleased look, over the indisc5imi.ate
FlnIaer oS bis "massa's" chickens and apples,
"Desc yer mountains 100 cold for southern
people. Days Ewin' ncwe, but they say ye
6aresz't f21soH. Gollg l1ox deg say dey';, brat
sc do:7a 6nr!'' The enake has crept in his
Aese &c Winter, but re;c1s btliete that tie
ubien fires. it kind1"d there, will oE1y warm
lis venom fur t;ead1ier stiug than any he has
yet glyen. Particulars are extremely 7ague,
os.: est tes Is;en:e alorls the route iir,nIy
Be t:lat as1t lssy, they 2:-:u probably ind It
necessary to rectiv Us in soma shane.
Il'is place, Ami5sy,li:7 is Our advance post
AZ present r. is small place, some thirty
miles south Of NIayasaas isa;,, and sbous s;x
teen miles west OF NaTrenzon. Gen. Ssu-ses
with BIS division, is here, ard the rca3rai
heacGuarte!s is but a few miles behind DBr
ITO cavalry briga5es. Plessa1tor's and
AverilIs, have been taking breathing s,,ell
in0Ern
meana i11.:-
ASH said before, cur advance southsarl
see1sls to have been snrpsi6s to tae r.a.1s
The march to Amissyil1e vas freq asntir check
Cd by confederate soldiers. Among ta7za, q
cennit OF tae signal corps, coming to tue
head q The column aud asking for Gen. Stu
art- O2 Teachiug the village, COMPANY Of
tue Sill. Illinois went out On the different
rcaos aud took 81 Of the rebel pickets in sue
cssfson, they making the sams mistake that
"Gcn. Stuart lad arrived"
Or the same afternoon, Naj. Beveridge Q: the
Sth Illinois, took siS Equadrofs TO reconnoi;re
out on the Springfield roao; after rapid march
Of four miles through q bliudlng suo,7 81 orm
the rebels we're toDnd occupying strong 20.
ssficn On rooded hill. Our skirmislers soon
drove them IN, and after sharp, little engage
llent Of twenty minutes, our forces occupied
tie bill, taking ten prisoners aud losing npth-
This Place is just at the base Of The noun
ta1ns, and is 50 sur. ounGed by lofty srurs as
.o be easily defended end difficult of accass.
Asre the enemy posted their cavalry and az
tilit.5, but, as tie lannon's Stuart has thus far
unitnTmly done, they soon skedaddlcd befure
our Western catbineE.
We had 20 artillery, and we're, o. course, at
2 disadvantage, but it vas not many minutes
before cur troops filed tie streets Of Little
1Wasiineton, making the most Of the uuvil
ling hospita1ity OF its people. Tns rebels had
deca.nped rather sudden My, though no farther
than they thought respectable distance; and
while the enemy's artillery lay, commanding
iht: whole town, half a mile down the road,
Gel. Farnswurih apd his officers rega!ed thcu,-
se1yes with the bot dinner which had been
prepared fer Gen Hampton, but which tiat
worthy did not have Tina 10 diecnss-regalcd
themselves ri the Respectable price nf one dol
lar piece paid in bogus confederate money.
We bad advanced eighreen miles into hos
tile territory, dIiriGg the enemy before us.
Two otter sections OF Pieasanton's force, one
to the north and another to the south Of us,
hn1 advanced about the same distance though
they met no rebels, snd all three sections at
night returned to The neighborhood Of Auiss-
Tille, where we are stil! in camp.
On Sunday cur wagon trains came up With
provisions, and Stuart, chagrined and greedy,
TOR the ITst time Since the crossing into Vir-
einia, commenced an attack. after having been
reinforced on the night previous hF part Of
Lonsstreet's division. They took q strong
position nesr our camps, and at first rather
ES1ned al advantage Over IT, Our two bri-
EadeS we're stretched 20 rs to cover their
whole front into line three miles long, Bnt
At the end IT the day after a continuous en-
gaeencnt Of five hours. the Union troops had
advanced to the cneEay's position, while tie
rebels had gone with al haste. PIeasantou
With his brigade was oa the left, while Col,
Fa'rsworth commanded AverilPs brigade oa
tie right that general having gone to Wash
inSton SICK. X.Y.I