The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1862-11-27

while the ueC SfFe UicWs van ~ .
from another direction. Those who ap- |
, pear to believe the story cannot give 1t
any foundation.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 90.
gentleman who arrived here on
Tuesday, from Acquia Creek, which
place he left that morning, says the reb
el force at Fredericksburg was complete
ly taken by surprise at our rapid advanc.
on Falmouth. They barely succeeded in
making their escape from our cavalry I'M
der Gen Bayard.
While Bayard's cavalry was at the
former place, the rebels opened FIRE from
four pieces of artillery, stationed on
hill in the rear Of Fredericksburg. 1t
was replied to and soon silenced.
Contrabands say the railroad is in good
order all the way to Richmond.
Nor l9-An illustration of the shall
lowness of the pretense of British ncu
trali.y will be found in the following,
discovered in the Water Witch, the last
prize captured Barclays and Mcdowell
are the leading merchants of Kingston,
Jamaica, and seem to take it for granted
that it IS the duty of a Commodore in
the British navy to give information and
, advice to facilitate the delivery of cargo 5
r in the bockaded districts of the South:
To GAIT. KING, of the Water Witch.
Ny Dear .Sir:-l send you herewith a
/ note for Com. Dunlap, and hope you may
1 get some useful information from him.
Your messenger takes the DEM ohns
i, Of rum.
IS Again wishing you speedy and pros.
- porous voyage, | am,
}. Truly yours, JAS. II. MCDOWELL.
To Commodore Dunlap, Port Royal:
KINGSTON, .jamaca, June IS, 81
Dear .Siir:-Captain Thomas King, of
l. the British schooner Water Witch. is
Is about to 90 with a cargo of merchandise
IT IN his vessel, to a port in the Southern
States Of America, and being anxious tc
4, get adylces from you for his guidance
$ We take the liberty of giving this intro
Is ductlon, and will feel obliged for such
ct counsel as you can give him under the
re circumstances
n We are sir, your obolient servants,
.e BARCLAY ( MCDosALD.
, B0STON, Nov. Il.
=, The draw of the Charleston bridge was
e open, this morning, when the passenger
;, train from Maiden went through. The
- train consisted Of an engine, baggage
- and smoking ears The weather was
- very lark and focgy, and the train was
" going quite slow Y. The engine and
;. tender plunged into the river The
= smoking car, in which we're number of
= passengers, was thrown forward with all
the passengers in heap, The remain
ing cars were uncoupled in time to avoid
, taking the plunge
Many Of the passengers in the smok-
. ing car escaped by jumping from the
windows and swimming, while to others
, planks were thrown Four dead bodies
have been rccoyeted It is thought that
these include all the killed. Several
persons were more or less injured, bu,
fortunately none very severely. 1t ap-
pears that there were not more than /:
y or 20 persons in the smoking car.
New YORK, Nov. 2l
n Falmouth dispatches say the robe
y pickets made their appearance on til
i opposite bank of the river and are nov
g within easy muskct range.
y Last night the rebe! pickets had tn
~ audacity to venture upon the Orange an
~ Alexandria railroad and burned bridg
~ near Catett's Station.
= Some report the rebel Gen. Early &
. Shepherdstown Mills, with 5000 mer
nt and Gen. Markell near the same plac
x with like number, and rebel force
zee 1000 near Ashby's and Smokers Gaps
e. y refugee just in says robel force
,lv 5000 men were in Warrenton On Tuesda
Ike night, and last night had advanced as f;
If as GAINESVILLE.
cs. A special statea that hundred of
o. GERS absent from their commands vitho,
,ho leave, being the frs. n.tslmcnt Of 100
,lic who are marked for dismissal. were re
it'll terday struck from the rolls of the arm
in and their names will be published in
ion journal, stating the ofensc, which ord.
I'VE VIII be sent to the Governors If ,hc b.;
icy al States for publication in the ~
he State Journals with Glrec,iass TIA. IN
1ly men so dismissed shall never kereas:er /
six commissioned
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