Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-11-14
DtIaiuare Hazttfe
Il. raomsow. Editor
De1aware, Nov. n. 1ssa.



all sorts of news respecting ths movements
and operations of the two great coutendiug
armies. As usual the telegraphic dispatches
are generally based on the authority Of some
Intelligent coutraband, - ''reliab!e gentleman,
or special correspondent. and when summed
M amour, to 4bo1: little or nothing. Ata'l
events nothing has transpired Of amy great
importance 50 far as putting down the reoel-
lion is concerned Notwithstanding the many
forward movements that have been made
The following is condensed statement Of af-
fairs since our last issae:
On the 5,h inst, a cavalry fght occurred al
Barbonrs between the Federals under Gcneral
Pleasan. on and the rebels under Stewart in
uhicA the latter we're defeated. The same
day the town Of WarreAtowu was occupied by
Cur troops.
\ special to the Commercial on the Tib.
SAYS the impression is gcaeral among military
men that the ArH'y OF the Potomac is, ts-dayy
notwithstanding the carrent snow storm,
marching throsgh Front Royal Dap Then
! the same special further says, the Republican
Of to-day says that from present indications
there viii be no fighting at present. Lee and
/ his army uill retreat on Richmond and go inte
winter quarters.
/ From dispatches dated at WarrentOn on the
( 9lh, we learn Of another skralish between
/ Elcasanton and Stewart, near Little Washing
ton, in which lie former captured pieces of
artillery; also Captain, Lieutenant and five
pr;va;es Il Is also stated that Gen. Baysrd
the day previsus occupied and holds the rail-
read bridge acr~ss the RAPpahannock, which
was unnjured. Ike bridge across Broad riv-
er had been destroyed.
Advices Of the same date announce the re-
neval Of Gen. Mcclellan from the command Of
the Army of TIE Potomac. ard tie appoint
nusnt in his place, Of Gea Burnside. General
Mcclellan was ordered to report At Trenton,
| N.J. Hs last official a CT VAS Issuing 40 ad-
dress to the So ers, informing them, il few
words. OF the change. aud taking leave. As
might be expected this news has created no
lille excitement throughout the country, al
though not altogether unlocked for. The slow
rsss cfthe Army OF The Potomac has exhaust
ed the patience Of everybody Whether the
charge that has bcca made will accelerate its
progress remains yet to be seen.
From special 10 the n. Y. Mercury Of the
same date We are also informed of a great
crisis impending in the CaGinet-that Sews rd,
Smith, Blair and Bates will retire, and their
places be filled with Fessenjen, CoIfax. Win
Ter Davis, &c-ail Of which turns ont to be a
big hoax"
The dailics Of Tie Ilth made display Of
startling headings over their dispa ches, such
as Great Battle PeEding," The Army
Rapidly Advancing" &c, which amounts in
substance to about as follows: On the 10Th
Gen. IIooker took the field, as second 10 COM
mand to Burnside Advices from SigeFs
head quarters state that the rebel Gen. HI's
forces are at Front Royal, moving down the
valley The 8jh Illinois and 6tA New York
cavalry entered Culpepper on Friday last,
capturing two pieces of artillery and severnl
prisoners. The rebels retrea;cd towards Cor
donsvlIle. followed by our advance. Our
! forces pushed forward with the greatest rapid
| lily, aud general engagement, it was thought,
could not lorg be delayed, as the enemy were
a: Gordorsville and ready to give Us battle
! Then, on the ether hand, sone better Informed
! special correspondent of the y. Y. Tribune
says, Lee arrived at Richmend fortnight
ago, and his whole army about the same time.
crossed the RappAhannock. y dispatch 10
| the Herald also says. it is stated on positive
mock lave been reinforced hy 10000 men, a
| portion Of them having arrived lhrORgh Rich
mond, froaa the army operating on TIE Black
water, below P,tersbHrg, and others coming
from Western Virginia, being a part Of
Bragg's army under Gen. Loring. Accord
! ing 10 the authority OF the secessionists in
| Washingto on, Gen. Lee designs to draw our
army under Burnside to the Raplahannock,
which he has fortified, ard defended with a
force Of 100000; while Stonewall Ja,kson is
10 cross the Shenandoah ard sttnok him ia the
flank and rear with 40 1850 men, whom he now
commands in The Shenandoah Valley.
Special dispatches en- the lleh tepor: des
pera'e encounter between thirty U. S. regular
cavalry aud a regiment of Virginia Cavalry,
ten miles south of Warreutown, in which the
latter were routed.
The rebels at last ndviccs we're reported in
large force at Culrcppcr.
~ Washington dispatch Of the l2.h inst
SAYS thirty-,hree men of the I'd Indiana Cav
alry made dash into fredericksburg ycs,er-
day ard captured thirry-"ine prisoners
From Nashville we learn that formidable
rebels from MnrfreeSborn, under :he command
Of Brctkuridge; but after heavy lombard
ment they concluded 10 retire; that Maj. Gen.
| McCook's command had since arrived, and no
arprchensiOns are now entertained for is
safely. The combined forces of Breckenridge
and Cheatham is said to be not far from $4,000.
Then Immediately in contradiction Of these
reports we have the authority Of the Louisville
Journal for stating that the alarm for the
safety of Nashville is entirely unfounGed
the rebel force was much exaggerated, that
| Brecknrilge's force was only 3,5O0-and the
next thing we hear of thai gentleman, he turns