Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-12-03
On Friday, Rosser's brigade, Of aampton


! wagons and destroyed The remainder. All the
N muies and teamsters were secured. aud the
| latter arrived here saturday afternoon
| Passengers BY the Fredericksburg train yes
| troay afternoon report all quiet la taat vi
ciDi'y.
Intelligence by the Central train Ia L n,chs
nor aiding ccrrred on aportion of the lines sat-
uIdsy evening. both armirs were in l6'e Of
a'ile. From. al tas indications ut pres n, il
| Sc. ms probable that the hattie will tske piaee
and the Wilderness
The Richmond Enquirer Of the 3Hh, has an
other account OF the fight, and noles the az
rival Of IFS rebel soldiers, wounded at tisr.
mania Ford. The loss In Johnsons division
was $50 killed and wounded, and the voundea
all ssret that the batt!a was very severe Tn.
Lrquirer sta,es tha "Johpson's givi. ION founi,
itself, on thu afternoon of Friday, pited against
= " hole army corps OF the enemy. nm ter Gen
French, hut went in bravely, and though ont.
mum hered three to one, finally repni Cd the as
sailants ana drove them sevrral mites. During
the night our forces fell back to q better po3
sition, and In the morning the enemy were
reported TO have occupied the ground held by
the former on the previous day. Our entire
hne from Fredericksburg mp, is In readiness
1nf tne enemy at a. y moment. This srri,Us
rppulSe, however, added to the dific ulties pro.
duced oy the recent rains, will douotIess re.
tard his movements, and enable us more com
pletfly to meet future emergencies. The enemy
is supposed to have lost upwards of a thou
sooa 0iAaooS "ooGuco IN this
engagement"
The Examiner in its account Of the affair ssvs
General French advanced ate: crossiny to
SpottsylvaD Ia Court House with tn supp ,sss
intention OF Hanking JUhnson's division Of
Ewslls corps. "The two forces, alb ,u. two
cciot z, m came IN collision in d. ld al.oul
mile and halt from th" river, and 4 v ~ des-
psrats night 'nsued. From the beginning OF the
action until niehtfall, when the fighting easuac
we drove the sremy at all point- Jus, b fore
DARK they succeeded in getting into the,r en-
trencGments from some OF which We dIsiodrad
them. Our loss in killed and wounded is Yhont
five hundred Most Of the wounded have al
read been brought to this city The nnemy's
loss Is hot known with any accuracy, hutltis
belize we'd 70 b. three times as great aS onrs We
took cons iderabla number OF prISo ters hut
have not bern able to learn tn precise nUrnharS
The kxamiaer has hope on account OF the
rain, and thinks IL will retard Maada's move
nents and embarrass his commun catiols.and
force him either TO deliver batIe a. oare or
r. treat he has On this side the river about
sixty five thousand men, which he no dnubt
ePems sufficient 10 crush his antagonist va
IT may, therefore, presume that he will fight. and
imme edia.ely.
Treating of the defeat OF Bragg, the IPhi1 "
the 3oh says the magnitude OF the DEF, 81 is not
lessened by the details, and thinks "the d .fe,t
as little short of a rout, and il is probably Soa
TO the failure Of the enemy to pursue that il
lacks any feature Of the most deplorabIe caiam.
isy COLL ocbdl dn army. IL TAR from
pleasant to have TO confess that the largest
army We have owes its safety to The want OF
enterprise In the enemy; but in this case we
nay 90 SO without disparagng the courage
tnat mas bPen displayed on TOO many q Ids to
be doubted A more fatal want thin that OF
couIagP-want Of confidence in their com.
manaer-unnervsd and paralyzed that army
bGI me saIefy OF the remnant of Braeg's
army Is only temporary; unless the Command
ls Immediately changed, and reinforcemen1s
are sent TO Its relief. The least avoidable DELAY
cts i
win Interests as important as were ever com
ml1ted to tt e Keeping OF mortal man. If we are
no: misled by information that no one would
be apt to dHcredit, the army now under den
BraPs, discontenfed almost to mutipy before the
!ate disaster, cannot be kept together under his
leadership" f-~ ~
And the Wig argues that 1t is the duty of the
comm ander- in chief to remove Bragg at once.
and 10 reinforce the Army Of the Chickamauga.
In postscript to this article the Who SAYS:
"Iater Information raises a doub, as In the
accuracy OF the statement that the enemy are
not pursuing. Grant is said to be following nm
his victory with characteristic energy, despite
the loss OF "twenty thousand" men-a eanarS
which, IS the reader Will perceive, comes from,
Atlanta, the headquarters of the Press Asso
cietion.'
The Augusta (Ga.) Cosstitationaiis. saws the
defeat Of Bragg has brought the crisis upon the
Confederacy and 'the people Of Georgia must
arouse themselves to the stern requirements Of
the occasion, and b prepared to meet the over.
Whelmlng forces OF the invader by coptesttnS
every inch OF our soil, and defending our hearth
stones from polluting presence Of the accuYsed
crew who are now endeayoring to deprive %.
OF our G1..nrgor, and force upon our peoplea
eoFernment more ocIous and degrading thkn
the worst species OF African bondage
The Missionary Ridge correspondent. OF the
Richmond Dispatch describes the situation of
the rebels after the battle Of the Oath as follows.
1t is now well asce rtained that sherman has
no, gone 20 the relief OF Burnside, as was fully
+ feiieved q few days age: but the whole Federal
army ls mere maTshsfhng for our destruction
Perhaps Grant has concluded that he co,sid
oest snecor Burnside by forcing Bragg to retire
nave JUST heard that our communications
win Knoxville have been cut, probably by the
Federal cavalry that crossed the river shoTe
this afternoon, and that the depo. buildings at
Joyntres Station, on the Chatsanoora and
East tennessee road have been burnt
Nov. 25th-2 a. n.-Finding that he could NOT
withdraw his army in time General Bragg has
on the right A battle may be sxpected to.SaS
The situation is critical. SALLusT
The Richmond ESdnsissr is in great agony on
account OF the position OF Longstreet In Eas.
Tennessee, and while it is pleased to know ths,
Knoxville is invested, yet the long DELAY In
concluding the siege, and the fact that thew do
not know what amount Of provision Burnside
may nave, is source Of great trouble. The
=: Hsos,ner fears that Grant, now that he ..ha.
part OF his army to relieve Burnside to an
advance upon the Confederate lin. Of IN.
These are reflections which
trouble the pleasure with which the puslic ne
uses me cheerful telegram from East Tonnes
see But they may be relieved st apy rnoTnent
oy an authoritative statement OF Burnside's
snrrender. Meantime we can see little ground
lof apprehending disaster in that Quarter, Ir
me Federal forces at Chattanooga moved on
Lonsstreet, he would not wait to ba enveIoped,
and safe retreat into Virginia OF North Csro.
Ina is always open to him.
The Petersburg EzprssS of November 80 has
unpleasant rumors from North Carolina. It
says:
THE Raleigh Progress learns from q gentle.
man who came from @ Goidsooro' Friday, theta
me. half OF Captain Whites company, Colonel
hitiord,s y .a.,ai,on, .t nad been taken BY tie
% he false"
The Richmond Fzaminer Is very snxious
'bout the negroes Of the South when in post,ony
o be threatened with Capture by the Fedsral
OrcfS. and n1hiiehea fha anNo~