Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1862-11-13

delay active operations for few days.
General Mcclellan issued the following fare
well order to the army;
Headquarters Army of the Potomac,
Camp near ReGtortOwn, Va, Nov, I,
Officers and soldiers of the Army Of the Poto-
mac:
An order of the President devolves upon
Major General Burnside the command Of this
army, In parting from you cannot express
the love and gratitude bear to you, As an
army you have grown up under my care, In
you have never found doubt or coldness.-
The battles you have fought under my COM
msnd will proudly live in our nations history.
/ The glory you have achieved, on mutual per-
lis and iatigues, the graves Of our comrades
fallen IN battle and by disease, the broken
forms of those whom wounds and sickness
have disabled, the strongest associations which
can exist among men unite us by an ndissolu-
BILE tie We shall ever be comrades in sup
porting the constitution Of our country and
the nationality of its people.
Goo. B. MCCLELLAN.
General Burnside on assuming command of
the army issued the following order;
''Iu accordance with General Order number
1872, issued by the President of the United
States, | hereby assume command ofthe Army
of the Potomac. Patriotism and the exercise
of my every energy in the direction of this
army, aided by the full and hearty coopera-
ton of its officers and men, will, hope, under
the blessing Of God, insure its success.
Having been sharer Of the privatious, and
witness of tie bravery of the old Army of
the Potomac in the Maryland campaign, and
fully identified with them in their feeling ofre-
spect and esteem for Gen. Mcclellan, entertain
ed through long and most friendly associa
ton with him, feel that it is not as stranger
| assume command.
To the ninth army corps, so long and init
mately associated with me, need say nothing,
Our histories are identical. With diffidence
for myself but with proud confidence in the,
answering loyalty and determination of the
gallant army now entrusted to my care, | &C
cept its control with the steadfast assurance
| that the Just cause must prevail.
A. E. BURNSIDE,
Major General Commanding.
THE WEST.
The news from the West is unimportant. No
new movements have been reported from Mis-
souri,. At the last account General Schofeld
had nearly cleared the state of rebels, pursu-
ing them into the Boston Mountains, and they
making no efforts to recover their lost advan-
tages.
From Nashville there has been all manner
of rumors one day, and the rumors contradic
tod the next. General Rosencranz has arrived
there, and it is said that he will be able to re-
pei any attack that may be made. Morgan
with his guerrilla band recently made an at
tempt to destroy the bridges to the north of
Nashville, but he was repulsed. We lost
about thirty killed and wounded, the loss of
the rebels not stated
The enemy are still in considerable force at
Murfreesboro, but are retreating as rapidly as
possible beyond Somerset River, destroying
everything as they retire.
THE SOUTH.
We had rumor on Sunday night, that
General Fosters expedition had surrounded
three thous and rebels at Plymouth, N. c., half
of them cavalry, who Internationally surren-
dred. The report needs confirmation.
The Richmond Wing of November 9th pub
fishes the following account of military opera
tons in North Carolina:
On Sunday last the abolitionists marched
from Washington, N. c., to point on the Ro-
anoke river below Wilmington to cut off the
18th and 57th Regiments stationed there, and
below four companies of the Goth encountered
the whole Yankee force and kept them at bay
during the whole day, and last night the en-
tire Confederate forces had reached the scene
and offered battle to the enemy, who fell back
to prevent fight.
Smelling was kept up by the gunboats till
10 P. NJ.
Our entire force fell back last night to
Spring Green below Williamstown to prevent
flank movement by relnforcements from
Washington.
Our loss was two killed and 81 wounded
The Yankee loss was very large.
One entire cavalry company was cut up and
destroyed.
Official reports have been received, from
Rear Admiral Farragut, of the capture of
Galveston, Corpus Christi and Sabine Pass,
Texas, the substance of which we have al
ready given our readers from unofficial sources.