The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-01-21
Affairs at Frederic ksburg In :creS.ing Incl.
dents

Among the letters froal F-eder'cksbzrg are s,ms.
times found Some very interesting paragraphs A
correspondent Of the Esqnir. writing on tas 18th,
says that for sh.es days lsst week rot Yankee
d:usa could be heard nor Yankee a,lt!er ssen bat
aids:
Finding out, however, that .hsy coulIn't hnmbur
Gen Lee by tais sort OF ptrap, last night, imi.
ta,ing tie Oi i1ssr, they banged and noisei az il
they were going 20 tear rp things generally aud
from l2 to O'clock their balloons. (irse Ia uum.
bsr) Ike Nohanned'e cofsiD. were suepsnded be.
tween heaven AID earth, e.ieeatly isckiDg after
"Sebst sa0p Grsa" Yesterday nndar Gag Of tcuce
sealed communication passed over fsoLi Ceasrsl
Ia ie. K to General Lea.
The Yankees are sorsly presned fer forage snd
W. cd; hcrsss are daily dying fox waat OF To ous
ald ths scarcity Of tbs other e0snpels the mca to
d'J up tue s!unps of tress IS establishing the
truth oi taE taa pieke's on tas opposite sh!rs for
the last night OF 20 have besn unprovidsd with
III es notwithstanding the severity o. the weather.
Some dozeo or r,ors Citizens, who went over
dds ng he fighting have be pernli. cd to return
homs, tc.fi sides cOnseDtns. Thsy represent that
tley were kindly treated. being provided By tae
YAnkses with an sbandiEcs OF saod food whilst
over The TiveI. One Of t5e returned danisels be.
came eLthused with Yankse Lieuten ant, ard
sen: hin or father atteu pied TO ssL d hiru, goMe
sentimental v.,fse1; bu', though not ntrrbsnd of
war tie talk of tns vain poetass did MT slto-
sather coincide with the views of tie picket IT.
Geer On OR side, and tie >esse5 se.s consisned to
II IL rspo tai 70 night = Z, thu Yankees ara con.
s.racting wagon road through the farm of Nc
Jhn Seddo0, IN Stafford, some eight raes bel ~.
tbs river, with the vicw Of again croesinR. /
ALSO bear that nusasid has ads ton. of inspes
ton up the Rappahannock from Falmouth to II
Hss Fore, with tse view of .nk ing Us; bat all
this il talk, and you decide n9on It's vaue &c
codugly. Bat whilst the G.neias may or may
not design crossing aod giving battle tie follow
Ing note, cent ac.ozs by YAakee ptsk at 10 squad
OF our men similar duty. will st that 40 fxr
~ teese gents aEs concerned "eElca a1ls rsa ions'
exist:
Geats on ConJedey6ts States dusy.v
We had tne pleasure 10 receive y4ur letter,
and very slsd to fnd yon j. good spirits We
9re sorry hot to haso sny newspapers on hand,
but VIII gel scnse On soon ~ possible. We ,nd
you coffee wasnever to. wind permits a. {, do 70.
Can't one Of you coiEo over tia evening Ia ID at
little boat you have there viii not k@ep yssp
Il the hoce that JEFF Davis Ard Ale LiacoIu viii
Go. a. 4Gta Ree't II lNVn
Person, Dc. lag to wits ~ G, liens here should
as.ifa,s aai tss's lrss E." itffs is 10 pest.
biss3 ia lLs tesa.
writer fsom 1rsderlcsssa.s. IN the H1is,
dA,iig tho sams day. thiats tns L.oody dana VI
tho 18th of DseAabsr y soon 70 bs rs~oaastsd--l
He sssys: q
4 report ssashsd hsse yesterasy frcu below,
that the in6iest ~ = that qosEtsf esb such - II
hey tAtan4e6 - mAkn ~ Alk1Mpt ~ erose et ouee;
MhIls tAey ~ - - = ~ teeS 1eetle4 aheses-
shs1f eoa1eo - - Mece 4.iet. yeSoaly tAsy
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