The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-11-14
From WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9.-Reports received
to-day from the front represent that heavy
firing was heard yesterday and this morn
ing, as though occurring in the lower part
of Culpepper and from Kelly's Ford at the
junction of the Rapidan with the Kappa
hammock
The Star of this city says: We hear that
Gen. Grant has telegraphed that two of the
most advanced positions of Gen. Burnside
have been assailed and captured by the re-
bels, who made prisoners of one half of two
regiments that were holding them at the
time.
1t was reported to-day, on the authority
of the Surgeons in the Army of the Poto-
mac, that our losses on Saturday were
about 400, as stated in the press kilograms
They arrived here this morning. The
premises of the Old Capitol prison are
densely crowded to-day, by rebel prison.
ers, 1870 in number, part of whom were
| taken in Saturday mornings engagement.
The officers from whom this information
is derived saw few more on the way.
WASHINGTON Nov. 9.-The 5th Wiscon-
| sin volunteers, of the army Of the Potomac,
cast Ais votes for the Union Ticket and only
| for the opposition.
| The first snow of the season fell to-day,
it was very slight and Of short duration.
| A Government officer here, in high po-
sition, received a pencil note from Union
prisoner in Richmond to-day saying that
the rebel authorities here, have at length
stopped the very small rations of meat
heretofore allowed to our starving soldiers
in their prisons. The excuse alleged is
that they have ceased to be able to furnish
| their own soldiers with meat. ~
One hundred and twenty-five officers are
among the rebel prisoners just brought in
from the front. These men represent that
but ofew their companions retreated
1 4
handing had barely time to escape on his
horse. They seem to unite in regarding the
movement on our part as having been one
Of the most brilliant and successful of the
war. III ~. ..,..........
| Intelligence has been received here, da-
ted Clarksburg, Va, that Gems. Averill
and Dufir, commanding separate forces,
after several severe engagements on Fri
day and Saturday last, succeeded in driving
the enemy several miles down the Valley,
east Of Green Brier Mountains, into and
through Lewisburg, in Western Virginia.
After the first battle on Friday, fought by
Gen. Dutir, the enemy was reinforced, but
nevertheless, the rebels were totally routed
on Saturday, under the combined forces of
Dufir and Averill. The route was so COM
plete that the enemy abandoned all their
| supplies, guns, colors, &C., and fled in
dismay, leaving their dead and wounded
on the field Our men behaved splendidly
and the victory was one OF the most brill
liant OF the war. The number killed and
wounded on our side is not stated. We
hold Lewisburgh.
Information received from the Army of
the Potomac tonight mentions that an Aid
of Gen. Fitzpatrick arrived from the front
on Saturday, and reports that that officer
encountered and fought body of rebel
cavalry near Strasburg, late in the after
noon of that day.
The eremy's pontoon bridge over the
river, which was behind their works, fell
into our hands after Gen. Sedgwick had
defeated the rebels. The bridge consisted
of only five boats, and they were the same
which We're abandoned by the engineers,
for want OF transportation, on the Chicka-
hominy last year. ~
The cannonading on Sunday evening
was probably Butord's light batteries and
some of the rebel cavalry with guns in the
vicinity of the Yew Hills route, east of
Culpepper. Nothing authentic had been
received up to ten O'Clock, from that quar-
ter, at which time, all was quiet. The -
and - on the opposite side of the Kappa
hammock We're found intrenched.
i Our cavalry are reported at Culpepper
at the last accounts. Part of our forces
We're at Brandy Station, and another was
two miles the other side Of kelly's Ford
Some of our troops are at other points.