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Washington, Nov. s.

Times Special
Washington, Nov. s.
The mortality among our exchanged
prisoners at Annapolis and the too conclu.
sive testimony Of the barbarous usage o.
those in Richmond, have determined the
Government to apply corrective retalia,
ton, if the rebel authorities do not upor
remonstrance treat our captured men &C
cording to the rules of warfare. Scarcit,
of food may give color to the plea Of
inability as an excuse for insufficient
nourishment of our men, but there is {
design in this starvation the rebels mean
to force us to return to the old system Of
exchange, which excluded officers of ne.
gro regiments and those of Colonel
Straight's command.
The President will not fail to protect
black men who have taken up arms at his
call, nor white Men who command them,
He will not tolerate any proposition which
seeks to establish distinction between oul
black and white soldiers as prisoners OIL
war.
1t is probable the new fractional curren
cy will be suppressed and a new effort al
Government engraving and printing be
made
The Tribune has the following:
Headquarters Army OF Potomac, Nov.
5.-One full corps of Lees army is re-
ported this evening to be encamped at
Brandy station on the Orange and Alex
andria railroad.
Stuart's cavalry watch the fords on
the south side Of the Rappanannock.
Lees headquarters are at Culpepper.
Deserters report his army stretches
from Culpepper to the heights Of Fred.
ericksburg, numbering about 81, 900 men,
of all arms.
Gen. Merritt, of regular cavalry reserve,
while riding with his staff along the road
and separated from bis command was at
tackled by party of guerrillas greatly
outnumbering his staff. who, however,
escaped. although bullets few around
them thickly.
Other futile attempts are made to MUIR
der orderlies carrying dispatches from
headquarters to distant points within
army lines.
The Herald has the following:
Headquarters Army of Potomac, Nov.
5-Day before yesterday Gen. Kilpat.
rick started for the Rappahannock by way
of HARDWOOD c. H. and Falmouth, strik-
ing the river near the latter place. The
command returned to day and report the
country clear of regular rebels so far as
their observations extended, though they
encountered eIalstraggling bands with
whom they skirmished moderately. On
their return, when near camp, the rebels
olshed upon orr wagon train and captur.
cd a-sereeant, four men, four mules and
wagon
Last night Major was captured with
In two miles of headquarters and is now
On bis way to Richmond.
kilpatrick's cavalry division went out
on reconnaissance yesterday, and when
about four miles this side of Danwood
Church struck the rebel piekets, which
they drove in short distance, when
small body of rebels appeared and shell
tered themselves under hill and awaited |
our advance A flank movement of the |
LIST Michigan cavalry dislodged them from
Their position and they were followed up
by that regiment till they advanced 10
Falmouth. Here the lst Michigan were
repulsed, but the remainder of Clusters
Michigan brigade came up to their sup
port and the rebels after half an hours
skirmshing were driven across the Rap
pahannock at the ford Immediately above
the old bridge, with a Ions of three killed
and several wounded Our loss nothing.
Sheltering themselves in houses on the
Fredericksburg side Of the river the enc.
my kept up lively fire with their car
blnes, which was answered by the Michi-
gan boys. but the range was too long for
any effect ON either side.