The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-11-25
sTONEwALL JACKSON NOT ADVANCING ON cun
DERLAND
THE VERY LATEST

THE VERY LATEST.
our latest dates from the North are from papers
OF the elst The army correspondent of the Phil.
sdephis Inquirer, writing from Falmou tn, says:
The Federal army, under the immediate command
OF Ten sumner, arrived within mile of this place
soou: noon yesterday. having made the march
IRON h1 ~Hlenson' some forty miles, In two days and
nA TINS may be set dowQ ~ very gosd march
Ing, as tho corps was enc6mbsred with a verv
heavy train OF baggage wag ons.
THE REELS BETRAY THEIR WHEREABOUTS ~
FIRING ON EACH OTHER.
shortiy after the army got In motion yesterday
morning, cannonading was heard soms four miles IN
our advance No one seemed to understand it az
We had no forces In the direction Of the sound
Parties were sent ahead to ascertain what il meant
when It was ascertained that body of the enemy
had crossed the Rappahannock a. q reconnoter RIM .
party, and while marching down towards Falmouth,
the reosls opened on them, causing some consider.
able constesnation In their ranks. About dozen
rounds were fired before it was sscertsined that
they were firing "sn our ooa tyoops"
The fact Of the rebels firing on their own troops
planted on the opposite shore, for The purpose Of
sweeping the road as We advanced. Gems Sumner
and Couch soon came to q conclusion that these
batteries must DO at once silenced, SO that We
COL. looks BRIGADE AFTER THEM.
The 57th New York, Lieut.. COL Chapman. and
the o3d Pennsylvanis, Col Brooks advanced as
skirmishers along the Falmouth road until within
mile Of the town The two regiments we're fol.
lowed by the remainder Of the brigade to which
they belong, consisting Of the M Delaware, Col
Bailey; Goth New York. Col. Pinckaey. and the
52d New York, Col. Frank-the whole brigade
commanded by Col Zook, Of the 57th New York
Cspt Pettits bstsry, the lst New York Artillery.
and Owenss sud Tompkinss two Rhode Island
batteries followed
CAPT. PETTIT5 BATTERY OPENS THE BALL
Capt Pettits battery was at once placed upon
q high hill, with Cooks brigade directly in the
rear completely covered by the natural position OF
the hill. At about hall past three the irst gun
was sighted and brought to bear upon the enemy.
which at once brought ON q reioindar The frst
shot from the rebels bursted directly over our bat.
terry.
In its leading editorial the Inquirer Gays:
Great credit Ii given to Burnside for his mastery
troops southwark and eastward on the high road
to Richmond, strongly occupying Frsderickshurg
a. q point Of the new base.
Nothing that can be now seen or foreseen
seems able to interfere with continued advance
which we hope from day to day to report The
rebel tactics seem to have bean rivalled by our
own movements for it IL asserted that, while the
advance OF our army IL nearer Richmond than the
side than Jackson is to Lee. If such Il the case,
why cannot the Union General fall upon Lee at
oLee, before Jackson could join him, and crush
him with numbersf
But the details Of our present movements are
unknown, and 1t would be but speculation to ex.
pect certain actions and certain results of our
troops at this unc:ure; only let them 60 and action
will speedily come to meet them.
Meanwhile the movement is still forward; the
warm rains do not impede our advance while they
make the Potomac impossible to Jackson, or rem
der his threats entirely impotent The headqusr
ters Of Burnside are constantly advancing, and
the army corps arc rendesvousing at Hredericks.
burg. preparatory to movement still further
South, even 70 Richmond, for by tho latest &C
counts Lee seems TO have taken the ALARM and Ii
pressing hastily to the Capital
FALLING BACK.
Under this head, the Philadslphia Ixsuiyer, Of
the 30th has the following:
This seems to bs the order Of the day in rebsl-
dom They arc steadily falling back In Virginia,
upon themselves the stisms Of fasshood for having
claimed and for still continuing to claim, successes
In Maryland. 1t ID rumored, aso that Jackson l.
falling back to join Leo, and that both are making
haste to cover Richmond.
In Mississippi they are falling back before Grant,
and Holly SPRING., where they were to make .
stand, has beea given up. that they may find .
ditch still further back, South Of the Taahat.
chic river. Recent events In that section have
proved to them that disc, elton II tho better part of
va1orn
In Tennessee they are retiring before tho dreaded
Rosecfans; Nashville II Ike sour grapes beyond
their reach. Southwest Of New Orleans In the
Bayou country, they are beaten and scattered by
Weitsel
In Charleston and Savannah deserters and con
trsbsnds inform ps the people who can are remov-
Ing and all the valuable movable property u being
carried away, because they are daily expecting an
attack on both places BY land and roo.
What contrast to the condition Of things only .
few months since How much 10 there to cheer and
fncite US. Louisville and Cincinnati threatened ;
Maryland invaded; Pennsylvania flying. at the ~
the frontier Nashville surrounded; Corinth BE-
sieged on every hand the rebels were advancing,
their crests were erect their hopes beat high But
now the tide has turned ana they retire discomht.
ted ut every point. The tide in their affairs did
not lead to fortune, and they are now on rapidly
increasing ebb.
In Its news from the South the Inquirer has the
following dispatch:
Ca Ro. Nov. 20.-A letter from Corinth says that
John Porter, Of the 2lst Ohio, and Williams of the
I'D e hio, arrived there from Atlanta Ga They
belonged to party Of twenty i've men sent out
by Gen. Mitchell last summer, and were captured
BY the rebels They make the following statement: /:
Captain Andrew, George D. Wilson, Marion Ross
p. q. Shadoek, aud Wm. Campbell. Of the I'd Ohio,
and WouIdgin Scott Of tho lst Ohio, and Samuel
SLAYER Of the ga Ohio were tried at Knoxville and
hung ct Atlanta, June 18th. The others remain cd
broke Jail, but - they scattered - soon ~ they
got out 1t was impossible to tell what became Of
them.
MCCLELLAN At NEW YORK.
NEW YORK, Nov. 20-0sn. Mcclellan visited
Cen Scott 10 day, and viii be ssrenaded this even.
Ing the rain does Dot prevent. He haa declined
the public reception offered him BY his friends IN
this city
T1ET r Z L7HS BODY GUARD.-EQUP.
VT kENT6 FURNISH1D. TO0RTH1R WITH
40 BOUNTY AND 90 P1k MONTH"; few
more recruits wanted TO complete . company Of
Cavalry, to act - body guard to Gen. R. y. Lee.
All mcn not actually enrolled By the consesipt on