Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1862-12-11
SUMMARY OF NEWS.

SUMMARY OF NEWS.
No movement took place in General Burn.
sides army on Sunday. Information was re-
ceived on authority that General jackson has
Joined Lee at Fredericksburg, and now forms
the left wing of the rebel army. It was ru-
mored also that Stuart's cavalry were on this
side of the Rappahannock, moving between
the forces of Burnside and Sgel.
The cold on Saturday night was s--intense,
and the troops suffered considerably in
consequence. Six of our pickets were
said to have been frozen TO DEATH The
ice on the Potomace near Aqua creek was
nearly two inches thick. The roads are hard
and rough 1t was stated that body of reb-
els were occupying Thoroughfare Gap and
Warrenton Junction on Saturday, and Col.
Wyndham was about to make a cavalry recon-
noissance in that direction, bat-the severity Of
the night prevented him. Sunday, however,
was cheerful and sunny, but still the weather
continued piercingly cold.
From Fortress Monroe we learn that Gen.
Eiele has issued proclamation as Military
Governor of Norfolk and writ Of election
for another member of Congress from South
eastern Virginia, comprising in the district the
city of Norfolk, together with the counties OF
Princess Ann, Nansemond, Isle of Wight aud
the city of Portsmouth. 1t is supposed that
the people will eagerly accede to the proela-
nation, aud elect member, for the sake of
preserving their slave property from :he et-
fects of the emancipation proclamation of the
President, as the Hon Mr. Segar, who was
previously elected for another district, is be
Iieved to have secured his constituents from
the operation of that proclamation.
Three rebel schooners attempting to run
the blockade in Wilmington,N. c. on Wednes-
day last, were captured by the United States
steamers Cambridge and Mount Vernon. -
They were from Nassau One of them was
the Emma Tnttle another the Brilliant and
the third, which was run ashore is not known.
The Union armies which have been so long
successful in the West at last met with dis
aster at HartsyIle, Tennessee, on Saturday
From the intelligence in our possession it ap-
pears that the rebel guerilla Morgan made an
attack upon the brigade commanded by Gen.
Moore at that place, which consisted of the
One Hundred aud Fourth Illinois, Col. Moore
comma ndng brigade One Hundred and
Sixth Ohio Col. Lafei ; Que Hundred and
Eighth Ohio, Col. Limberg Ncklen's bat
terry and small detachment of the Second
Indiana cavalry. After fighting an hour
and quarter our forces surrendered, and the
enemy burned cur camp, capturing nearly all
the brigade, train and teams, and burning
what they could not carry away. Two guns
of Nicklen's battery were also captured. Our
| loss was between fifty and sixty killed and
wounded who were left on the field. The
rebel loss is not reported. Morgau's forces
consisted Of three regiments of cavalry and
two cf infantry 1t was said that Morgan
made another attack upon General Fry's po-
sition at Gallatin the same afternoon but met
with q serious repulSe. Gen. Fry was speedi-
ly reinforced and pursued the enemy. 1t
would appear that in the attack at Hartsville
some of our troops behaved badly, while 9TH
ers fonght gallantIy TO the last.
A deserter from Murfreesboro reports the
rebel General Cheatbam and Breckenridge
there with $4,000 men, Buckper at Shelbyville,
and Kirby Smith sick at Manchester Gener.
al Joe Johnston it is said, was certainly at
MurfreeSboro on Saturday