Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-11-22
LATEST NEWS FROM rHe .oUTY

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We find in our Northern exchanges the sub
Joinrd Southern news:
FEuERAL ATTACK on SyREDERrcHssuRa
The Richmond Eng nirer OF the Sth in =: say..
"On Monday morning, a. the enemy were
MAJ chang on Frederieksbnrg, orsscrs wsss
tiNtn 10 destroy all The cotton and toDscco In
TIE town. The order was promply -secut u,
ard severai pyrarfids OF cotton bilrs were
soon destroyed, and about a thoussa.d boNe,
% ., lShaeoo belonging IN sr-caiaiors were tum-
Died inio u'e Kappa; snnock. In thr afFor neon
We -h"my appeared on In. opposite side Of tie
river m greater force, and with guns superior
10 ours The enemy In already IN Fairnoufn,
our loss IN tie eegae~ment was one kIlsc
anc nrte wounded, and twelve 70 nftaen pr.s
onels."
PROM NORTH CAROLINA
BY Telegraph 70 the kno uircrl -H.'
RALkIcB, N. C., Nov. IA ecntleTsan from
h1tem"Ile county SAYS there are no Yaazss
sunboats On Aleemaric Sound. aud that rhey
have gone TO Jamss river. THIS ts expiasnasie
byeither hypothesis: that the enemy are comm
upon us flom Fredericksburg, or are about ,o
be transported TO the Suffolk line Of I'd vance.
II lnoicahs ork, however, on one side or the
other. The news from the United States tells
MS that the Monitor has STAINED dowa the Pc
tomac from Washington, perhaps 10 t.ke part
in the NOV Nement.
BRAGG TO RETURN TO TENNEssEK K-xArA.os-
DA aND iNniANoLA, TEXAS, occUrIEo Bv
FEDERAL TROOPS.
thori;y Tor the report OF Gen. Bragg being de-
priNed Of his command. Bragg has communi-
Gated with the Richmond authorities, and thew
are satisfied with his operations in Kentueky
and Brsgg Is 10 return ID his command IN Ten
DeSsee. II E-TE
Tie Memphis Appeal has Tex as news to the
= ia CIT. Matagorda and lndianola have been
taken by the Federal troops, the Confederatas
concentrating at Laraca for a fight. There IS
great dfhculty in Texas In getting hands 70
work Ia manufacturing arms.
a
burned on Monday night. An tie r.4rrops
within II escaped, and most OF the furniture
was 0yed. The building was worth slO0eu1
Great sonst-rnstion prevails, owing 10 the inn
preston that this was the herald OF a rcbal l.
attack, and pickets have been placed arouad
the town.
CHATTANOOGA, Nov. I3-Forrest's cavalry
had skirmish with the Federais on ne
Frankfort road, on Tuesday, and killed twenty
ana wounded hfty or sixty. Being reiniorcsd,
Forrest withdrew.
SEVEN FEDERAL soIprrRs puSa.
A letter from Corinth says that John Porter,
OF the 21st Ohio, and Williams, of the s3d, Ohio
arrived there from Atlanta, Georgia. They
belonged 10 party Of TWEEN ty- q we men sent out
10y Gen. Mitchell, last summer, and Were CAP
tured by the rebels. They mako the following
ment: Capt. Andrews, George ID. Wilson,
Marion Roes, p. @. Shaddock, and WIN.
Campbell, of the I'd Ohio; wexIdgin NJ Scott
Of the LIST Chic and Samusl SLAYER OF the "a
Ohio, were tried at Knoxville and hung ia
Atlanta on the 18th of June. The others re-
mained in prison until twenty two days since,
when they broke jail, but as they scattered as
soon as they got ont, il was impossible 20 ten
what became OF them.
RECOGNITION.
The Richmond Dispatch Of November IS, IN
an editorial says:-"We feel IL our duty 70 eau
ton the public against indul Il ing in e1 ayarant
hopes OF immediate recogniticn;-' and cio~es
tEus :-sslt must BE- recollccted that we have
often been deceived in speculations upon this
subject, and that there is no better reason now
Tor expecting recognition than there a. a year
ago" r-. -.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Humphrey Pey ton Gwynn, sor Of General
Waiter q wynn, OF North Carolina. was kiIIed
ieth ult
Wm. FIemenis, OF Maryland, has been arrest
60 IN Rlchmcnd, on suspicion Of killing Michael
Holer near that city.
Edwin u. Harrison, OF Winchester, died
Over si0,UC0 has been contributed in Rich
mCnu 10 purchase shoes for soldiers. Six thou
sand pairs had already been purchased At
price ranging from IS TO SO a pair.
Three AaIy ylandrrs-names no. mentioned
Were drowned on Monday night week, in at
tempting to cross the Potomac from Leonard
Town.
The Richmond Examiner saws Gen Jos. T.
JobnsCn has been assigned 10 the command Of
tie Western department o. kentcky aud Ten
hessee. Gen; Bragg will hold his former COM
mand under him.
The State law for a detail Of slaves to work
On the public defences has been very generally
put iii force in Virginia.
slave of JEFF. Davis has been arrested at
Rlchmond for forging Confederate treasury
not,s.
On the e5th ult., n fire occurred at Houston,
Texas, destroying S5o,oG0 worth Of property.
lie M asonic Hall, the Preshy terisu church,
and other buildings Were consumed.
- DH'or Scarborough was recently aesassi-
n1ts d IN Cameron county, Texas.
Tie Legislature IF Georgia has lust appTo-
pIiated S2.tt0,00J Tor the relief of the families
oi soldiers from thar State.
Governor Morehead, of North Carolina has
conaisd S50O TO the Ladies' Aid society OF
Greensboro, in that State.
The Richmond Enquirer acknowledges the
receipt OF sSs9 IRON few gentlemen OF Mary
land, Tor the relief Of the poor an that city.
On uhe Eth there arrived II Richmond flJ
Federal prisoners captured ar Snieker Gan.
Gen. Gustayrs w. Smith is officiating as
Sscrt taTy of WAY, Gen. Randolph having re-
eisned that position.
The 3C;h Virginia Regime n; lost in tie fsht
at SbarrsburG, September Il, IGl killed anl
wounded.
Chas. Under, arrested ~ Richmond, Charged
with circulating counterfeit L. =. notes, la.
Gctn discharged, and FrVd. Grape, charg-A
with 3e same oEensA, held tor a furInar