, 1862-11-29
Correspondence N. z. Tribuue,7

PoS3ect-A f7gW a5out to opss-Bu7nstde
G,td McC2tl!an.
Correspondence n, z. Tribuue1
9TH ARMY CoRrs, OrPosITE FREDERICKSBURG.
November 2-a. m.
The army continues to rest in the position
1t Las occupied since Wednesday, is, on
. line extending fron Stafford Courthouse
to to ne lett bank OF The Rappahannock, Frank
Summers at the latter locality, with Hopker's
between the two.
To the distant observer, the mottonIessncss
Of the army during the latter part Of ths week,
after the rapidity Of its movements IN the
tSs9 t1fn91, t. may sppsaf p9Ezz!ipg: But to one
stances Of the situation or the spot, it is
easily comphensible. Tie uncomfortable DOW
ers that-a1aa have SO often thYarted the
wcll-lai9 plans Of our generals, the elements
have again been at work with their disturbing
de}Ig1rg, frustrating influence. The unwel-
come rain that was falling upon the track Of
the army from Tuesday until yesterday after
noon, put stop to actlye operations. To this
cauee, and Its several effects in the form Of
a1l but i1npracticable roads, high streams diff
cult trans spoftation Of supplies, etc, etc, and
not to any want Of disposition 10 push for
ward On tie part Of Gen. Burnside, the pres
e1t id1enes5 OF the aFny must be ascribed,
Gen. Summers grand division had about
resched IFS present resting point befurt. the
rain commenced. Hocker's and Franklin'5
division, however, marched in the rain, and
experienced dslay from the muddy roads. It
is probable that, had the left and centre been
able to move as expeditiously as the right,
Fredericksburg would be in our possession
before this. But, as it waa, the crossing of
Summers command alone, immediately upon
Its arrival On the left bank, in the face Of
rapidly rising nyer, with an enemy Of funkuo III
h1Fs nh Mn t,atS
hardly advisable. By the time Hooker and
Franklin had come within supporting distance,
the supplies Of provisions and forage had be-
come exhausted, and the since prevailing 1m-
possibility Of bringing upedequate quantities,
owing 10 the W1etcbed condition of the roads,
bes rendered 'tlyins stiil'' an unavoidable ne,
csEsity.
The roads first become sticky, then deep
with miEe, and still 1t rsincd, poured, cams
down in Il torrent, SO that the movement,
"onward to Richmond 80 vigorously pushed
to this point by Gen. Burnside, seemed likely
season <bIt not from any backwardness on
the Generals party ssAhin exclaimed the
the impatient 5osdieis-tfe Ggntiug officers
and men Of this iEhting ccrps-''If NC had
been here five weeks ago! II We had had
Burnside instead OF Mcclellan, we should have
been in Richmond before this, or fallen nobly
ut its gates!
And Eo we should. The golden opportunity
of the eix weeks OF splendid weather that Nc
Clellan threw away cao never be recalled. Ii
this army is wasted III winter quarters, and the
e9nse Of he country lost, it will BE- because
side Of the Potomac, aud let his ard his cuun-
try's gra1d opportunity slip by. While he
El-pt all sorts ci enemies were sowing tares.
To return to Gu. condition. tsOld Full Sum
neE,n who commands i this Tight grand division
the authorities till Q o'2locS Tuesday, to sur
render The place. Gen. Patrick went With the
lag OF truce, bearing the demand. He touad
LopE=tIect in command there and the reDcl
General made reply: "Gsnt1emea, If you
want Frederieksbnrg, you must taket IT.
t'Takc it' will bu the word I presume,
What force the enemy has we do not kao z,
nor what reiuforcenaents he may still expect
that couId induce him 20 take the bold stand
he has. Possibly-rel, ing upon our reluctance
to destroy place o* tae Importance Of Fred
gain time for an entire e7aCu alton oftbe Town
by his troops |itn the supplies. Against this
eup2ositon, however, the rebels are this
morning throwing up eaG1hwoTfks with great
activity, and everything noW looks like a
fight.
1canrot close tlis shortlstter vithoutspsak.
Ing oi 3 point of difference between Generals
Burnside and Mcclellan that even the private
soldiers notice snd talk Gi. When nc made
our sloTS marches and 1ardy advances uuder
the old regime, the commanding General i;
headquarters Terc always from sir to ten miles
in ihe retr.
All ia changed ucw. Gen. Burnside leads
the van. His headquarters are among tha
most advanced (at present they are rot hall
mills frou Hhe.e write.) He sends his 1aeu
IoWlefc that he dare not himself 20 With
them. Not that suppose he will netdiess1y
expose hic:seif. He 3 too good an officer for
that. But he is ever Eith the advance. He
EafarSR his hore<1 tho Ranrx herprci- ~,
the 19.h-thc first man to reach the river.
Had the enemy's picke1s-not d stones thraH
from HIN On the further shore-knoYn Nho
the large mar in the slouched hat Was, they
might have tried shot at him. OF course be
| knew this, nut DOUBTLESS he relied on the
probable fact that they have become SO accus.
toned to Union commanding general who
kept beyond 1oog-range cannon-shor, they
| never Imagined for g moment that the leader
Of our armies weuld put himself within reaeh
| OF smooth-bore musket. He was safe
enough. 10 doubt.
Yesterday, quite number OF s'coGtrabands''
| came irio camp with their bundles on theil
| shoulders, having LETT their masters and thei1
| n:istresscs further inland. It ia singular how
| quickly these blacks learn where the army is.
t If they lore slavery so well rs the Pro- Slavery
| doughfaces OF the North would have us b5
lfeve, why do they hy from it itwheueyer in any
ga1t Of tie country the oppo, tuaity occurs
! Which reminds me to say that in the neigh
torhood Of Fredericksburg are the elegant
residences Of a number Of once wealthy Sc
cesslonIsts, great part OF whose riches con
sisted iu negroes. a lady at Que Of these
houses tola me that out Of about eighty slave:
| she only had Two left, al old man and woman
too old to run away, whom she must support
while they live. Another, more explicit, says
that sha had $50 slaves, and that only one N Al
! "a ''likelyn f1ilow-1emains, aud that he i
engaged stealing and selling all she has on th'
place. She says that she has frequently tole
| him he meant TO leave her after hc had sold tx
| the Yankees all the ya1uabIes he can get holt
| OF, whereupon tae fellow protests vi:.orous1,
| that he will never, never leave her! Sac ssy
! ehe .rows better. I think It the whole stor1
were tolds It would prove that many Of thea
missing slaves were sent further soath Ion:
sgo-probablY more than half Of them-tt
keep them out OF harms way. ".
Rev. Gen. Bishop Polk nr Psrryville
[Frcm the Charleston Courier.1
After the sun had gone On the bloody fell
Of Petryvil1e, and the gloom OF evening over
hung the scene of carnage aud deatl, ever
then, st intervals, bodies Of the TWO aEnic
would occasionally come in collision: Brig
Gen. Clsibo7re's command, with which wa
Gen. Polk, just at nightfall came upon an In
dlRua regiment. Gen. Polk was some dis
tanee il advance Of our troops, md sucdenl.
found himself in the very midst OF the Iud.
aniane, who were nf1ss ptssk4S upon eta:
. Gen: Polk, seizing the indians q co1o6el b!
The shoulder, demanded, " Why he Was frint
upon his friends ?' The Colonel said thas b
did not know that he was guilty Of such
b1under, and asked, HWho arc you ?'' "1l
show you rho am." said Gen Polk, AMI
then, raising in his sturups, he gave the orde
to the 1ndianiaus to "Cease friEgn' Ssyinl
TO the Celcnel, You aha1i at once hear from
me, sir" Polk rode quietly awaY, and as 500,
as he was ont OF sight, with accelerated veloc
ity came dashing at headlerg speed to th
spot where Gen. Claiborne stood. Poiutia!
to the Yankees, he exclaimed, "Let then
have it, boys, they are Yankees; I've heel
there"
Gen. Polk said afterwards that ha connie,
not less than fifteen balls as they penetrate
his back while he rode away from the Ind
anians, We are happy to advise cur reader
that on bis arrival st this place Gen Polk ~
entirely recovered from his imagined wound
In fact he wears charmed LIE. He has neye
been wounded, neither at Belmont. Shiloh
Pennington. nor Perryville. at each Of Whic
places he exposed hin self 20 needless dangers
From Gen. BIuntss Command.
From theSt. Louis Republican,, 2slh.1