Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-11-19
News OF the Wnr.


GOOD NEWS fhONi NhAl iANOOuA bESt l4hh /
BATTLE EXPECTED.
CHATTANOOGA, Nov. lG.-All is quiet on
our front. The rebel battery upon Lookout
Mountain has been quite vigorously worked
to-day, firing alternately on Hookers camp,
Moccasn Point and the Chattanooga camps.
Rebel shells are also occasionally thrown into
the town. The rebel fire, although plung-
ing one, is neither accurate Or effective No
casualties are reported here. Our Moccasin
Point batteries have Il splendid range of the
rebel camps in the Chattanooga valley on ,
the east side of lookout Mountain.
The movements of the rebels at one time
favored the belief that they would advance in
large force on Rockers position and endeav-
er to drive him out of it; but the strength of
that position and the advantageous way inv which
Hooker has disposed of his forces, and the
co operation which he can receive from other
forces have undoubtedly led the rebels to
abandon the scheme.
1t is said that the Atlantic and Western
railroad is being worked to its full capacity,
bringing reinforcements to Bragg, and that
the road from Chickamauga station to eight
miles south is lined with rebel camps. The
campaign will not be closed without a decis-
i've and bloody struggle for the possession of
Chattanooga and East Tennessee. Intell-
gence from East Tennessee to the evening of
the l4th is received. 1t is satisfactory.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Nov. l6-Forty-t five
prisoners, among them one captain and three
lieutenants, captured by Major Fitzgbbon of
the l4th Michigan, at Lawrenceburg, reached
this city to-day. The rebel force OF Colonel
Cooper, routed at Lawrenceburg, are now en-
deavoring to cross the Tennessee river. The
county around Columbia is clear of guerrillas.
On the 18th, Roddy's robe cavalry crossed
the Tennessee river and came to Caligula,
near Lynnville, on the Tennessee and Alaba-
ma railroad, and destroyed two bridges and
the trestlewOrk. Lieut.. Col. ii. c. Hodges,
chief quartermaster has been ordered to
Leayenworth, Kansas. j. l.. Donaldson,
lieutenant colonel and assistant quartermas-
ter, is appointed to his post In the river
here the water is thirty-one and half feet
deep on the Shoals. A large lot of coal for
government arrived here to-day.
LOUISVILLE, Nov. IA telegram dated
yesterday, from the headquarters Of the army
of the Tennessee, says Maj. Gen. Sherman
was at Gen Thomas headquarters, having
| made junction, with his entire corps with
the right wing OF Gen. Grants army at Chat
tanOoga.
THE ARMY OF THE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES CE
TO THE RAPIDAN.
The Sd cavalry division under Brig. Gen.
Custer-commanding during the absence OF
Col, Fitzpatrick at Washington on a court mar
tial-moved to the Rapi1an yesterday morn
| ing to feel the enemy. The second brigade,
under Col. Town, of the LIST Michigan cavalry,
approached the river near Raccoon and Nor
tons tords soon after daylight, and drove the
enemy from their front line of rifle pits on the
opposite bank back to their lntrenChments. A
brisk skirmish with artillery was kept up at
intervals for several hours, without much loss
| an ithpr Ci1a wi ba oil II nn,
ment having been accomplished, the brigade
fell back to its former position, and fire was
opened all along the line from Germania to
| Summerville Fords.
The enemy showed some infantry, and
opened heavy artillery fire. Gen. Custer,
at Mortons Ford, fired TWO guns with his own
i'""ds - @e"n" men who occupied rifle pit
| IN position so as to annoy our advanced
| pockets. There were ten rebels in the rifle
| pits. Clusters first shot struck the center or
the pit, killing or wounding all but four OF the
men, who rau back to another pit. His next
shot tell directly among them, and persuaded
| them into a second flight out of sight AL
| though the enemy exposed some infantry, it
is believed there are now only strong picket
line on tie Rapidan, and Lees army fallen
back to some other position.
But few camp fires can be seen at the side
| OF the river, and some Of their infantry
| broughtto the front yesterday had their KNAPP
sacks on, and were otherwise equipped as if
ready for march. The heavy rnin-storm
which set in on Saturday afternoon continued
until yesterday morning, causing great rise
in the Rapidan. The roads and fords are al
most impossible, and derange sadly contem-
| plated operations.
| ESCAPE OF TROOPERS FROM RICHMOND
| PRISON.
| HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE PoToMAC,
! Nov. l4.--There was some aStonishment ere
ated yesterday yesterday in the cavalry com
| mand at the unexpected arrival of priyates
Davis and Crane, OF companies | and II, LIST
| Vermont cavalry, Col. Sawyer, direct from
Richmond. On the retreat from Culpepper,
lew weeks ago, they were captured near
Brandy station, and were taken to Richmond
and confined in the steam laundry from
which they escaped on the 9th ult, and
passed down the peninsula to WiIliamsburgh.
Their escape was regular Jack Sheppard af-
fair. They were confined in an upper story
OF the prison, from the window of which, by
the aid of a friendly lightning rod, they low
cred themselves upon an adjoining roof, and
then broke into the upper stories of several
stores along the street, and finally got
out of the city without exciting the
suspicion Of any one whom they met. For
four days they suffered everything from the
! prlFallOn OF IOOu, anu the constant fear of
being discovered and taken back to the vile
den in which they had been imprisoned They
| furnished the government with some impor-
tant information, which will doubtless be act
ed upon. The rebel Gen. Lee reviewed his
| army of ragged and halt-fed conscripts on
the plains near Brandy station, on Friday
last, and while thus engaged he received in
| formation that the army of the Potomac was
moving upon Fredericksburg. He immedi-
ately ordered his command to march across
| the Rapidan to checkmate that movement.
| and ii was not until late Saturday night that
he discovered he had again been out generated
by Meade, when too late TO save the troops
left to guard the crossing at Rappahannock
station and Kellys ford.
THE FAMINE IN RICHMOND
The Richmond Enquirer of the I'd inst. saws
an occasional lot OF flour comes in from the
country, and is sold Immediately at any price
under one hundred dollars per barrel. the re-
ceiver chooses to ask. Corn is very scarce.
quotabe at $l2 per bushel-nomlnal. An
pies $40 500 per barrel; onions S65 SIS
per 6arrel-Yery scarce; Irish potatoes S. a
~ per bushel; sweet potatoes SO a $40; ba-
con 81 90 60 for hog round There is no
wheat in market, but we have been informed
that sales of small quantities. have been made
during the week at $40. With an omen mar.
ket higher figure would no doubt be reached
until a far supply could be thrown in. The
lnJudlclous and indiscrimnate system of i'm.
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