The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1862-12-20

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their aaok. Il ishs drss biace, ii defeated.
| we would ~ shroUn back on the river blnf
without any ssans df drdsiuk. saT !.
! llss tsss 81, lo' ~ 'alssroe, Uessl3.
The following u from yesterday Rich
mond Eoeuirer :aa .ssfl .snaa sai0
Hesvycarios isscise os.sss sstsdri6k. .barS
Losessrsss's troops afs esxaRed. sThe can
sosadiss 10 sssersy on Ttiasday, Our bstI. b {.
tsrisssstasionsd ab ovs~ ana bslow tcYn,
opened 6rS on sshs gun boAfs d6chofed f.
IL ssrsAu. ThsaRfs lssgdnSnq -Four and Z
| hslf, ssdd~s very ksavy ahd rrpid.s Eleven
HOUSES we're stsocky four of which were
EsoupaSsely riadiSd. 1sea4 = esfH..s1q
! slnporaas asovSnsnss sfse 6ui foas in
eastern North Carolina. Twelses Yankee
pegiuesp qlefssN NtwhsssssnS Satas1ky; some
.hinksthsir !dessisssiSn is Wilmington; the
7mofsesseraf bs1sef, howevet, is that they,
sinseud soatsaek eldcn and Petersburg. =:
On Sundaylms two transports snd hve gun
boassg sscebdsd thes Chowau River, and
q lsod force Of ed tho dsad3 men 'was seen
10 motion tfors SUFFOLK 1indsealink Z. move
.m.Ds ou Rsieikh wa weldon. 'o' !.
$ The Prsgtsss 'ssnounces the la6dipg Of .
large force in Gates County ! lf't 'this is
true, aa immediate attack on Weldon may
be expected> 4, 70 :Y6e.v lsiaiao SIT :.
a ar feo r. ,.al Nashville, Dse,i2.' q
Gen. tStauley, with ssrong cassls ~ force;
left, the sfropts ysstsrdayvby the Frasklin
pike. During the day be fought . seuside-
rable number Of rebel casalry,l This mof-
ming be made. dash 4.s lpls into Efpanklip, a bps way
sharply resisted aby, the rebels, who fred
from the houses, 4s succeeded in ydr,vipg'
them from the tpwp, and destroyed several
Touring mills and other, property psef.rl to
tie enemy. The rebel loss wssl s killed, 10
wounded and II takep. prisoners they also
captured e large lot Of, horses. !, The exps-
di.ion returned ss to tonight, without having
lost man. .tasrJ
There is heavy rebel force near No
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lansville, and another a. Murfreesboro, and
also considerable force this side Of NO
lan's Greek. The entire number Of the On.
emy is estimated At e, 900. - e5ft 0a
"a t,ensi s,av nal Cincinnati. Dee.,l5. ~
b Southern dispatches say that JEFF Davis
arrived at Marfrsssborough on Rridays :.
a7 Gov. Browns Of Georgia. acting under
the authority Of tho Legislature, seized half
a million dollars worth Of goods in .Augus-
sa, for the use of the soldiers, Ito be paid
for at reasonable rates. II
ira't.1 sa5 .sw9u 7adtoChicago, DecJ Is. ~
l3 The following lis believed - be nearly
correct a. to the numbertof troops wehave
at fredericksburg Hooksr's corps num-
bers about so 900; Franklin's corps, on'the
left, and Summers on the right, each with
as many more; Sigel, with 25, 600, is ada
.vancing on the center; Franklin q is execu-
ting flank movement on the lenemy's left.
isasqe gzsstaa iss,r- =, .isi sns,>As snl =
ra.. = ss,s,ss Washington, Dec, l5.. Z
!. Up TO midnigbt last night NO intelligencs
Of importance bad been received from the
army of the Potomac.a Occasional firing
was heard during the night, bnt Of little
consequences inh nh results ID, Q, .ps.goqmoo J
: @-'t - safsfoas4 New York, Dec. Drl.,.ll Is.
OF Saturdays fight the Hersld's CORES
pondent has the following: Il ragged fercely
throughout the day and even after dark.
Fighting 10 our immediate front Of, and be:
yoDd Fredricksburg, Was Z carried on on BY Sum
ne-'s Grand Division. Shortly after nine
O'Clock Gen. Conch's corps moved out from
the upper part Of the city With . strong De-
tachment Of. stirmishers. The enemy
yielded gradually, but contested our. pro-
gress with great stubborness and for some
time the rattle Of musketry was inces.aut,
and ut the same tims that this movem ents
commenced the batteries Of the Division sta
toned on the bluffs across the river opened
With shell to cover our advance. The rebel
infantry having fallen back 70 their first line
Of intrenchmen,s, their batteries opened
with vigorous and rapid Gre upon our
columns, which brough. them to = ,tempp-l
rary halt. For some time our artillery on
the bluffs kept qp fre On rebel batteries,
With considerable success and the rebel bat
terry on Tsylor's Hill, nearly. opposite Fsl-
mouth finally silenced. During all this