Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-11-17
MOrtester Daily Spy,


The Rev. II. G. Trumbull of the 10th Con-
necticut regiment, who has been a prisoner
at Richmond, has just been exchanged lie
says that for two days previous to his leaving
Libby prison the officers daily rations con
sisted only of about One-third OF pound OF
bread and water. No meat had been serv ed
for several days. The rebel quartermaster
told the prisoners it was not his fault. He had
none to give them on that day. He had been
entirely unable to furnish anything whatever
to the prisoners on Belle Island and that it
was with the greatest difficulty that he could
get u small supply of meatfor the hospitals
New YORK, Nov ia Washington letter
of the llth inst. to the World says that since
the partial occupation Of Lookout Mountains
by the Union forces under Gen. Hooker, on
erations have been confined to the strength
| ening Of the ground gained and to prepare
tons for further occupation.
Active campaigning may be consideredover
for the present, and the two armies will prob
ably occupy their time in accommodating and
4 thanking.
I The great danger which threatened this
army, starvation, will trouble it no longer for
both the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers
are navigable to the seat of war, and all
. hazard from interruption are at an end.
The marine brigade of the Mississippi have
recently captured important rebel mails. One
was from Texas, bound to Richmond, and
contains valuable information, and another
was from Richmond and contains very i'm
portant letters. One of the letters from Jeff.
Davis, in reply to certain parties asking his
opinion as to the propriety and expediency of
empowering bands to destroy steamboats,, saws
he sees no objection to the plan, and con
strues an net of the rebel congress to author
ize the formation of bands for such purposes.
The brigade has been quite active lately, and
has kept the enemy respectable distance
from the river. A party is now in pursuit of
MontgomeryS guerrillas, who recently burn
ed the steamboat Allen Collier. Col. Curry
has captured almost a million and half in
rebel money and fifty prisoners during tie
past month. The brigade pays its own way,
cuts its own wood, and forages on its own ac-
count in the rebel country. Gen. John A.
Eilet, who has been north for some time past,
will resume command Of the brigade under
circumstances which augur the best possible
results.
Gen. Meade is master of the position north
of the Rnpidan, and viii no doubt give the
enemy battle when it will be advantageous to
do So Fourteen more miles of the railroad
have been repaired, including the bridge
over the Rappahannock, which is three hun
dred and fifty feet in span.
The Worlds Washington dispatch says:-
On Saturday a consultation was held, Presi-
dent Lincoln, Secretary Stanton, Gen. Hal
leck and Gen. Meade being cIoseted together
for several hours Gen Halleck, it is said,
is in favor of the policy which would place
the army in winter quarters Immediately, and
Secretary Stanton is said to favor the same
course; while the president and Gen Meade
to fol t,o oI,ra, ,f IL.
ton of the bridge across the Rappannock to
endeavor TO force fight upon Cen Lee at
the nearest possible point to the Rapidan.
Information received here that
courier was recently captured near Chalta-
nooga, bearing dispatch from Bragg to
Longstreet, ordering the latter to evacuate
Lookout mountain. The position is so i'm
portant that such on order created much sur
prise here, ami many regard it as a mere ruse
on the part of the rebels, from the fact that
they fired several shots from that position on
the following morning. 1t is inferred that the
order has not been repeated, or that such
movement had never been intended.
The state debt of North Carolina, amount
ing to upward of million of dollars, has been
entirely liquidated from the proceeds of block.
ade running in which the state government
was largely engaged. The financial condition
of North Carolina was never better than at
the present time.
A Chattanooga letter says there are in that
vicinity several excellent coal mines from
which the rebels obtained their carboniferous
fuel They are fully equipped with railway,
shorts, trainways and carts for doing large
business. The valleys and sides Of the noun
tains are inhabited by golfers from Wales
The mines are to be worked on government
account.