The New York Herald Newspaper, November 28, 1862, Page 1

THE NEW YORK HERALD. WHOLE NO. 9572. EWS FROM THE RAPPAHANNOCK. The Latest Reports from the Army in Virginia. Interview Between the President and General Burnside at Aquia. The Movements of the Army Retarded by Continued Heavy Rains. — The Entire Rebel Army Concentra- ting at Fredericksburg. A Fierce and Sanguinary Con- flict Expected, ae, &e., de, Reports from the Army Headquarters, Huapquanrens, ARNY Poro * Noveuber 27, 1862,” } ‘There ia no news of importance or especial interest 10 @ememunwwate to-day. As yet our advance is delayed from @mcamatances beyond the control of General Burnside; ‘Bes these are being overcome as rapidly as possible. , Avaijing themectves of the opportunity so unezpected- Ip asorded them by our delay, the rebels are exerting ‘@emsclves to the utmost im the orection of eartpwork® and batteries, new ones appearing almost daily. They already have s formidable chain of earthworks extending along the ridges beyend and they can be ‘Getinetly seen throwing wp others, In addition to thesa (@ey have rifle pits arranged in convenient Positions, evidently ped for the use of their sharpsbooters, . 4 British fiag ia displayed on one of the houses ithe @@y. Many of the citizens hereabouts claim to be British Wabjects, and urgo that as a safeguard against tho seizure ef forage and the occupation of their promises by the ‘wiltary authorities. Thoy are, howover, all bitter ceces™ Blonists, andaid the enemy in every possible manner, many of them having sons in the rebel ermy. Our cavairy have recently captured numbers of Webels scattered through tho woods between us and fhe Potomic, ewho were probably cut off from the fords by tho unexpected approach of our forces m™ this place. They aro in a terrible state « big many of them being hatiess, without phees, or decent clothing. Thero are still a num- Wer remaining lurking about in the woods, aud the ene. ‘Way’s pickets remain along the river banks; but picket @ing has entirely ceased , and the officers of both armies may be secon at any time along the shores scanning cach ‘waber. ‘ All remains quiet aleng the lines. - The upper fords are quletiy held by our forces, tho rebels having made no @omonstrations at those points fer some time, Id Fredericksburg the stores and houses remain appa- ‘ently closed up and the city deserted, except by a few of fea male residents‘aud the secesh patrol. FaMoatn, Nov. 27, 1862, Wredorickaburg is not occupied by the enemy in force— Merely a picket guard is there on duty, Business is fetally suspended. The only fing visible is a British ono, Beating from a private residence. ‘The soldiers of both armies use the river, and although Gey are sometimes within hailing distance, no firing by ‘@tther party bas taken place since the Srst day our troops ‘tppeared in frent ef Fredericksburg. , Nov. 27, 1862, he President yesterday went by special steamboat (@emveyance to Aquia creek, where he was met by Gene- val warnside, He returned this morning by the same eeRe Meperta of Refagecs from Fredericks- burg. Aquia Crzex, Va,, Nov. 27, 1262. ‘he wife and two daughters of Dr. Gillespie, a surgeon $m the United States Army, who remained at Fredericks- Derg when it was evacuated by General Burnside last fyatamer, were sent scross the river yesterday by a flag ‘@ truce, and proceeded to Washington in the Nellie Baker hie of! They state that the whole of General Qeo’s army is certainly concentrating in the vicinity of Prederickaburg, and that they are determined to dispute ‘Whe passage of tho river by our army, and contest our ad* vance by that routo'step by step. Bioody work must ensue whenever the army moves ferward, which it shortly must, and the closing battles of he rebellion be fought within a few days or weeks at the Hanver’s Ferry, Va. , Ney. 27, 1862. Rebel cavalry baye been in view all day. The lates’ @Gicial report frem the front is, that small infantry pick- ets are now visiblo with the cavalry. ‘Thanksgiving was solemnly and joyously celebrated in @Mthe camps. Col. Van Buren, of the One Hundred and Besond New(York Volunteers, fed his regiment on turkeys. ‘The geveral officers of Gen. Geary’s division were enter, fained at bis beadquarters in the evening, Oar Falmoath Correspondence, Fauwovrn, Nov. 26, 1862. _Mitary Roads--The Rebels Going Inte Winter Quartert— Reviews, bes ‘The rain of last night, which was steady quite Reavy, will bave a bad effect upom the antieipated for. ‘werd movement, acd poswibly delay ita few days, as tye fends were sti! bad from the effects ef last week's rains, ‘@rd will be rendered almost impaseablo for a day or two, ‘although our hardy Northern pioucers are busy keeping sew ju order. A marked improvement upon the peniosular campaign fa the care of the reade Is visible here. In the former @arimnign good roads were built, but no attention paid to Keeping them in repair, while here more attention is paid te repairs, avd better roads the result, with much less Aabor. ‘While wo are thus annoyed and retarded by tho atate @f tho roads, there are many who urge a speedy advance, ‘@rzing that if the roads are impassable for our trains on thin aide of the river the iebeis will fad it equally so on Sosy te eotrsien oy mare ‘vance upon them with light troops would foroo wo of their ‘tation, hander mach 5 eneiee rebsis foce San re Saee Nan at the ver with ce et ‘esterday they were our erect | 1s for winter quarters, fag I eve seen for eome thine. It ie no doubt dono for Bravato oF to cover some operations in another direction. The Second mee bee ences morning for review By Genera: Sunner, corps, ‘.cope amoug the oldent fb tho army, makes a sptendid ‘eppearanes, om erilenes, from ite discipline ang frill. of what ca bo expocter of {t when led into action, ‘hs position of ae same as ft has been tue past few days, each tone ag ‘which ay come off at any menon sand wai way General Purnside’s order to With two bos- srmior, with pickets within easy gunshot ef cach separ may at any Lime ignite ‘he dre ready Vo VETS ercatker this morning ie clondy, with pect of clear aflerncoa, on oe —— Out Army Correspondence, Is Caur, Naam Patwovts, Va, Nov, 26, 1862. Gannona Roaring, bd No IightmOn the O14 Camping Orwnd—The Pennsylvania Troopem-Florte Thigees, de, ‘This corps was aroused into @ state of unwonted ex Gitement for @ brief perind this ing. From the Garostron of Fredorickebarg cawe she qudden goand of ‘Beowing crnnom © ho ball bas opened,” Ned BCOPES Of PolCOR; * Tyero will 4000 be work for us,” obimed io otherg, * wast me in,” was (he etelamuation of guuttitudes, ‘Thoenthusiage Goon fell to Glow edd. ft took but two @F thor cannon disahargrs to rhow (bas blank cartridges wore Being Gred, snd tAirtue!. elots to ladieate a salute te G@eme major gevcrel, 8 this connection 1 may Ps Bed J the Wonder growe that the promised Of Fredericksborg bas pot been com. Beneed, Ite cain chad he meg of ship a ‘corps are anxious to go tn and havea big fivht, and for the reaeon that they are anxious to resume the onward march to Richmond, s0 boldly and auspiciously begun. Those appreciating the nature of our position and that of the enemy, and tbo difficuities tobe overeume on our side, sh mr Vea me wisdom’ of the delay and forethoght shown in the present postponement of activi hostilities, Incompletion of ira on the Aquia Creek Railroad and unfavorable state of the rivor are suf- ficiently potent arguments in justiication of General Furvayce’s delay. The bulk of the troops, in their un- wavering confidence in the Commanding General, feel Assured that there is no want of active shought and strategic planning at headquarters, and are saticfled that all wil come out right in the end. Our General rode among the troops to-day. He was enthusiastically cheered wherever he went. Ench day increases his populgrity ‘with officers and mon, and all aro Anxious for'the tim to do his bidding in battle. Our present camp ground embraces a portion of that occupied by the Pennysivania reserves lust spring. Some of the archee and other camp decorations erected by the first oecupanta are still visible, Speaking of Peunsyl- vania troo;’s,1 am glad to give an encouraging account of ove of tae divisions im this corps, composed wholly of troops from the Keystone Stato. Their general health is excellent, and there has been very littic sickness siuce leaving Sharpsburg. In addition to good health, their enthusiasm continues ~undiminixhed, Not a day passes when they are in comp that they are uot nearly ail day perfecting themselves in military | ie ‘bey bow go through the evolutions laid dewn ta manual with almost the ease and accuracy of our ‘oldest reciments. Thore can be no question of their relia- bility on the battle field, Horse steating is still carried on with a high hand. m pima eo Rs Tittle use. It ig not unugual ior a geveral to m ‘on & morning, ora.colo- Re} to find his terrestrial among the absens without, leave. To keep oneselt’ possessed of a horse, all the skill of the shvewdest diplomat and det omn- bined.. Two of these equine thieves attempted to-day to make way with a valuable horse belonging toe Mr. Frit- ter, alarmer near by. Mr. Fritter noticed them prowling about bis place for some time, they, it seems, had not noticed him. Mounted on two raw steeds: that might have stood for portraits of Don Quixotte’s famous Rosiuante, they rode up to his house and demand- ed his best horse, PE. authority do you demand my horse?” asked . Fritter. “We are bearers of government despatches; we are in great haste, eur horses are broken down; we have no time for words, and we want your beet horse at once,” hurriedly replied ome of the men. “You must be in great haste; for bave been spying about my place for two hours. Hustle from here as quick ag you can, or 1 will shoot you both,’’ rejoined Mr. Fritter, producing a double musket, witich, by the by, was 5 pseudo government despatch bearers were not slow in getting away, and Mr. Fritter ? still enjoys possession of his best horse, although how long he may enjoy that felicity is a problem to be solved in the future. In Cau Near Farwourn, Va., Nov. 26, 1862. Rain Again—All Quid—Gen. Griffin's New Command, e., de. ¥ , Another touch of a wintry rain storm is now upon us. Tt makes the boys look a little blue, as wet weather in such @ Ceserted country as this would make any civilized man look. But the boys of this corps have got #0 they do not mind those meteorological variations, There is notbing specially new to tell. Everyvhing about our camp continues to wear the cast of busiest ani- mation. In tho commissary and quartermaster depart. ments t} is unwonted liveliness, getting in supplies of ratious, ‘Clothing, teyts, medicines, and everything, in fact, needed for the army. ’As soon as the railroad gets in running order this labor will be greatly lessened. As it was, the read beiween bere and Aquia creek was abominably bad after the recent rain; the present storm will make it much worse. No labor, course, ig being spared to hurry the work forward to com- pletion. General Griffin has been slightly indigposed, but is now better. His tilness has not prevented the discharge of his official duties. There is not a moro indefatigable offi- cer in service, nor one who in 80 short a time has grown dnto such deserve’ popularity with tho meu under him. He js now in commandof Fitz John Porter’s old division, and nothing would piease them more than to haye him placed permanently in command of the division, with rank proportionately increased. Our Stafford Court House Correspondence. Neaz Starrorp Court Hover, Va., Noy. 24, 1862. In Stata Quo—Supplies Flowing in from Aquia Creek— Successful Labors of the Pioneers—A Good Drying Day” and lts Effect on Our Movements—Our Troops De- termined to “Stand By’’ Burnside, and the Reason Why—Rumors of a Large Force of the Enemy near Pred- ericksburg—A Rebel Female Opens Her Linguat Batteries on Your Correspondent—Desire for @ Movgment of Some Kind, de., de. Since my last there has been no matérial change in af- fairs. As then, we are. now lying inactive, surrounded by mmense bodies of troops of our army, and gradually making ourselves comfortable, despise the wind and weather. Supplies of all kinds begin to Sow to briskly from the landing at Aquia creek, for which our thanks are due the pioneers lately detailed from this corps, and owing to whose assiduous labors the roads leading hither have been eorduroyed to the necessary etate of firmness. Yesterday was what might be termed “a good drying day,” and a few more of the same sort may be equal to the herevlean labor of drying up the liquid roads which, im their better condition, should lead us ‘on to Rich- mond.” Orders have been issued thet quartermasters shali accu- maulate rations for this corps before we proceed further. Rations, under this order, are already up for a certain length of time, and the remainder, it is expected, will arrive by to-morrow evening. When these arrive I sup- pose there will be a further advance ordered, Let us hope and pray that it be successful. A continuance ef the fine weather of yesterday and to-day must necessarily have a favorable effect on the present shocking condition of the roads; and, should Divine Providence simile on us thug benignantly, I fecl no doubt of the ability of our brave boys to hew their way through walls ef steel and fire, and make their triumphal entry into Richmond. ‘Though baw | feel “sore” over the loss of McClellan, they regerd Burnside as his friend, and the one most worthy to tread in the path of so gallant a predeces- ser. They will follow wherever he may lead, and put fortn all their energies to make this the fiual struggle We. tween loyalty and treason. Let our Commander-in Chief make snre his plane—there need be ne fear among the je of the North but that the army will act to perfeo- jun the part asaigued it. ‘There aro'rumors rife here that Longstreet, with a large rebel force, is in and around Fredericksburg. for the pur- pose of disputing the passage of the Rappahannock by our forces. There eoeme to be no diminution In the intensity ef feel. ing of Southern women on the secesh question. In one of wy rides across the country, on my usual tour of in- spection, 1 had the misfortune to fall into the so to speak, of one of these “she devils, in answer te my request for a good dinner, for which mynolt a the officers accompanying mb were willing to poy an unreasonable price even, showered on me such a choice vocabulary of original and selected epithets that I was glad to retreat beyond ear- shot of the petticoated ene and, that ‘they'd get what they were after”’—secossion pille— My companions iso sought safety In fight. The next day «regiment of our troops pitched their tents near the dwelling of ‘his ferocious female, and in an hour after this same woman presented her it headquarters, aud, with a refill countenanee, made ® eomplaint against our troops, who, it seems, were appropriating to themselves all the eecesh poultry within reach of their bayo- nets, This woman asked @ general of the Union army for protection for her ‘property. Her wish was granted but there was little to guard by the time the corporal and his men reached the spot. In fact, the last echo of the Jast dy ing pig’s squeal had long before died away, and not a foraging soldier was to be seen. Yesterday having been Sunday, divine service was keld jn most of the regimental ‘camps, and in sevoral cases at headquarters of brigades. Of course the attendance was voluntary, and the exer- Cises were of the most imprersive charactor. ‘The samencss of daily events is growing irksome, and, in general with many soldiers and officers, I long for the life amd exoireroent of the ee pas! mol ee its accompaniments are unappen junger and discomforte of all kinds, Let us hope tho hour is not far distant when I can im. form'you af tho resistiess advance of our ‘ Northern hordes” to and through the very gates of the rebo! capt. tal, 80 long our goal. To-dey it was expected our forces would begin the bombardment of Frodericksburg, in view of the obvtinacy of the evemy iw holding that point in the face of our army. Up to noon to-day, however, no can- nonading had been heard at this point, which is about twelve miles trom Falmouth,at which latter place our batteries commanding the disputed town are located. —— Naan Starrorp Court Houses, Va., Nov. 25, 1862. Longtirect Reported at Brederickaburg with a Large Porce=w Provable Designs of the Enemy—Arrival of thes Por toont=Preparations on Gur Part for “Qebpling" Aim Up—Influa of Stores of AU Kinde—Order Coming ut Of Chase—Our Continued InastionmArred of an Al- Tages Spy ty Our PicketemHe Ie Held 080“ Suspiciour Character'-—vontinuance of Fine Weathere-Troubi. Oe <eastoned by Delaying the Pontoon Wit the Breny FApht Ve on Our Own Ground? do, ‘Tho enemy, from all accounts from rellabld sources, fm good foree at Fredericksburg. It is sald ‘het Long. Strost ts there with forty thousand mon, and that by js Dusily engaged in fortifying the position, broastworks Daving Decoy already throwa up, There seein to be manifestations on we part of the enemy of & determination to make # «tubdborn re. fiatanco at thie pulnt to our further advance, Tany it seomie, SOF, ef COurKO, OUF generals aro Dot to played with AoA pore ekay WL ver jkp eeemy chooses, The forty eee, NEW YORK, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1862. (heugand said to opr ose us under the doughty Longstreet, 46 fe well Known, would prove but a morsel to the Hmmense foree we have at command in their front. There can bo Bo doubt that the enemy is aware of this fact, or that ‘Dag tuken our full measure jong ago, ‘To suppoee that our foe intends this oppeeition in eat is to charge him with madness. Depend on it this is intended enly as a musk to movements on their part of greater magnitude than a mare premature and hopelets opposition to the ad- vance of our army, It would please Burnside immensely, no doubt, to have the great battle brought on so wear our base. It would be virtually equal to a victory to our arms. But who ean suppose such blind stupidity dn the part of'afoe who bas ‘on all occasions proved. himself the most wily of all strategists? Our pontoons arrived only yesterday. A_ crossing wil be made below the town to-morrrw. Thero will be a little skirmishing, some artillery practice, and the rebels will sxedaddto, I anticipate nothing more, The steamer Neliic Baker now makes a regular daily trip from Washington to Aquia Creck and back, earrying the mails and stores of all kinds for the army. Fondo ah cpg ma par of all des rip- tions—are clustered abont the landing, discharging their welcome freight. Owing to the incomplete state of the wharf, much difflcutty is experienced in the work of rid- ding them of their loads, but this ig the last and least of ‘the difficulties which have of lato clogged our footsteps, ‘and one which can be easily remedied. A supposed spy or deserter from the rebel army was bn by our pickets to-day and taken before our Geno- he told one caloulated to awaken saspieion. os it he contradictions and anachronisms. He stated im Frederick, Maryland, army against his wil, valley ti them hee! the le further says he escaped ago, tho main of Wacrenica: oanraloes Dorg. It is well known ‘not possib!: at the ‘'y in motion between and even afer our no foree of the enemy, rillas, was near to ti clared himself a native , he knew none of the ety. te carried ver was cl u ‘homespun ents of the Scuthern army, with merely the allowance of patches necessary to decency, aud presented to me the appear- anee of having been gotten up with the utmost care for the occasion. ». The General, deeming him a suspicious character, held him for further examination. One strange fact I noticed ‘was, that, notwithstanding his statement that since his es- cape he had {ived in the woods, he seemed well ‘+posted”? on the movements of the enemy and ourselves. On one of our party remarking casually that we were in posses- sion of Fredoricksb..rg, he looked a confident denial of the assertion. He said openty that the rebels will burn that city before they will atlaw it to fall into eur hands. Ho will pass the ordeal of a@ rigid examination before he is sulfered to go free again. Today has been one of unusual quiet and gest to the troops. The weather still continues fine, and had tho pontoons reached us the first day of our arrival here there could not have beon this obstruction in our way by the enemy. As it is, by storm, the scarecrow force of the enemy and our own negiigenco, we are here atthe end of the Orst week of our campaign, when, by all ca4ulations, we should have,beon by this time, with common sense to guide us, at’ loast in the vicinity of Richmond. "There are rumors of movements of our light draft gun- boat fleet up the Rappahannock, to protect our troops in crossing. The shallowness of the river will hardly aliow their participation in the bombardment of the city, if such a step be found necessary to the progress of our army. Tstili adhere to the opinion that the enemy will never onpoge us in force until he has led us on to his stronghold, There, with all the advantages he can hope for, he will combine all his valor, skiJl and encrgies against us; and the result of such @ meeting between the hustile forces can be nothing tesa than utter annihilation to the defeated party. ‘Tne stake is an immense, a vital cne. Moments are gilded with possible victories, and they muat not escape us. But too much can be lost by unwarranted temerity. ‘Trust all, then, to the hands of valiant and wise leaders, and let us hope for the morrow’s bright sunlight to grow out of the gloom of to-night. Our army is immense in its proportions, end capable of dea ing @ terrible blow; but, like the ponderous sledge, it {a uscless in incompetent hands. What terror ts in ihe mighty broadsword when the hand it serves ts weak? ‘What availa agiant’s atrength when even a needie has Pierced its heart? Large bodies fall heavily; gigantic ships find rocks where chips and atraws float saicly on. Our army is ina dangerous and troubled sea. Lot the penpie at home hold their breath and restrain their pro- Mature judilations until the ship rides aa(e at anchor in the sunlit haven. ion of @ few gue- it. This man de- }, though, atrange tive features of the carried a very ee @ rough towei; Our Centreville Correspondence. Cevrrgvittx, Va., Nov. 25, 1862. Rebel Sentiments—Returning Reason—Germanic Ideas— Ihe Future of Germany—Colond McGroarty and the ‘Siatyfivet Ohio, de., de. From seurces cntitled to consideration, though at pre- sent unmentionable, there is the best reason to believe that the rebels judge their cause to be growing hourly more desperate, and that a succession of victories on our part, or a single crushing blow to the Confederate power, will close the war. The masses residest in the South are heartily tired of the conflict, and will not much longer consent te be led by the demagogves who have inveigled and the despotism which covtrels them. Sectional pride is Btrong with them, and it is this and the organized pow- er of the rebel government which now make thew fight. The thinking portion © them are already convinced that the grievances oi he Sith were more mytbical than Teal—tbat there was eal); no suflicieut cause for seces- sion. The despotism of those governing tho seceded State with the most arbitrary military power causes many to doubt their disinterestedness, and others to believe them he ambitious demagogues we have represented them to be. This latter was the conviction of tbe thinking and unambitious portion of the Southern community beiore the war, but since then the ardor of sectional pride, eectional Jealousy afid eectional hate has involved all in the con- fiict,and made all equally earnest. Yet a sufficent ex. perience of the horrors and privations of war has cooled their enthusiasm and abated their animosity; and now Teturping judgment makes them view the subject in the light of their old convictions, intensified by @ sad bat edifying experionce. They stili desire to see their darling South come off conquerors; but they will not much longer consent to have the devastating conflict continued to serve the selfixh purposes of the people's deceivers. Such views of the internal feoling of the South 1 obtain from con- Adential conversations with those who have beeu devoted to the rebel caure, aud some of whom have fought under the half starveu flay of rebellion, Meanwhile there are views beyond the present conflict among those who “tight mit Rigel.” This corps is composed to ® considerable extent of Germans, and a majority of the ofticers are of the same nationality, with ‘@ sprinkling of other revoluttonary Faropeans. Many of them are mere volunteer officers, serving without pay— some from a leve of Aght and others froma real and hearty devotion to our cause. A majority are thorough soldiers, having served with more or les# distinction ip the various Furopean wars, many of them in the revoln- onary conflicts of 1848 and 1849. There are several French officers bere, aud [I know one Italian volunteer captain who merits @ commission from our government. ‘His name is Brurysie. Ho was » member of Garibaldi’s staf’, amd, when that hero was de‘eated, wounded and maie & prisoner in his Tast unsuccessiul attempt to free italy, ain Brary: managed: cape and came to this country, deeming this the only governiaent he could cousisteutly ight for when outlawed by bis own. Least no discredit upon the Euro; officers of this pewhen I express my belief that they, especially 10 "a an we of them, have hopes beyond the freeing of this land frem the ourse of rebellion and thet they look wo the redem;tion _ of their own sti!) beloved country from the thralls of a des- peters ‘nent, They believe that the time ‘notfar distant when their swords can bo offectually wieided at home in the cavge of that popular liberty for which they are fighting be Who cau reprove them if this expectation insp'res them to fight more ardently for a ment which they wish fimiy fixed ag u mod own future empire? General Sigel ts the tniiitary hero of these men, whilo Genera! (ari =chirZ i don btiess their poiiticai chioftain, ‘The former led the reveluvienary army in their last effort for freedom, while the latter fired the German heart d; his eloquence. ‘The distinction which both ‘have gained in this republic has not docreaved thoir ascendency over their countrymen, (na of the most ‘iynt vificers in this corps, thourh occupying @ paxit! iufetior wo bis abtiities, ® Colonel Schimmalfosny, now commanding ® brigade in General Schurs's (iviston, An eid soldier, and par eevelince & Oghting nan, be is thoroughly imbued with the American idea, though ati! retaining German characteristics. ‘AS an oxamyplo of another oless, I will mention Col. MeGroarty, 40 Uest-bora American, cou Sissy first Guia, which Is cory of trie orn ansericans, A prominent tsvyor ja Cloeianmi, Col, Mec roarvy euly one aged in thit wot, delercdnediy de bie lie to tho councry winioh at opted Bim literall; ! He worved in Weetorn Virgins end MeCle| am & dren wounde go" for Uhres ordinary Heart, Today i vistdd the comp of the “pailent Syofirat,!? a it be an terined bere, ou. was Much Imeressed wilh tho extrem ressness and comforts. bio urgangenenie of tb 1p, oud the plessant harineny thet exists amongoficee aad mon. Tomine awry con. vinow! that Col, MeGroarty is @ geod diseipl woll a an intrepid ienver th the Seif, thre the Birt: Ohio, while acknowledged to “ighteg regiment,’ it aler ‘ang uncommonly, Burmen.ous vee; end Wat iriey = saat elements conn, former tu the rger proportion, surrounded by jerman, produce n ‘MOFe quicaceut compound shan 16 usvApy suppeZed. 2 THE REBEL DEFENCES OF RICHMOND. Our Baltimore Correspondence; Barriwoas, Nov. 25, 1862. Preparations for thw Defense of Richmond—Concentgation of Troops for that-Purpose—Ihe Kabel Plans—They In- tend to Defend Their Capual by Attacking Ours—Redel Troops Drawn from the West and Sowth and Brought to Richmond—General Randolph's Estimate of tne Availa- dle Rebel Force— Advantages of the Southern Railroads in Concentrating ‘their Troops, de. From the sources of information indicated in my last letter I havo derived tho ‘ollowing facts in regard to the Preparations that are being made by the rebels to repel the present expedition agaiggt Richmond. These facts, under existing cifcumstances , must be regarded as of the utmost importance, . The rebel leaders are impressed with the belief that the United States government is putting forth in this ex- Podition tts utmost endeavors; that the whole power of the North will now be precipitated upon Richmond; that Burnside’s army is only one part, and that a small part, of the forcea that ares to be launched against their capital; and that al) the other expeditions, about which go much nolee and parade aro being made in the Northern papers, ineluding General Banks? expedi- tion, the expedition down the Missiasippt , Genoral Foster's expedition, aud the expeditiqn againat Charleston, are all nothing more than feints on our part, got up with the intent to djstraot their attention away from Richmond, and to @ivide and cut up and scatter their forces to such an $at there will be none left to defend Richmond, Richmegd, they believe, and Richmond atone, is now the point to which the whole encrgies of the North wiil be rected, Aéting, therefore, on whis belief, they have for the last two weeks been making the most extraordi- nary exertions to defend their capital. These exertions have inéluded, of course, the concentration of troops at Richmond ; and, in order to do this, they have been obliged to draw as many 7 troops from points in the Weat and South. This left many points in theextreme South and in the western part of the confederacy almost entirely destitute of troops. It was stated as one reason why General Randolph left the office of Secretary of War that ho was dissatisfied with the result of the conséription laws as a whole; that he expected the confederacy to have in the fleld by this time fully 700,000 troops, and that he does not expec, the contest can be maintained successfully on the part of the South with a less number than that, particularly now that the North nas evidently in view an extensivo plan of campaign, which will, at a period not remote, require on the part of the South three armies of 200,000 men in each at three widely separated points. Instead of these forces being now in the fleld,the most important paper found in the rebel War Department by General Randolph's successor was one showing that the total available mili- tary strength of the confederacy docs not exceed 495,000 troops, and of these only 240,000 were in Virginia. Owing, therofore, to the recent concentration of troops in that State, there are now in the valley of the Missis sippi, including the treops at Vicksburg, those recently at Holly Springs and those in Arkansas, under General Pemberton, General Price and General ilindman, only 50,000 troops. At Mobile and Charleston, and at Savan- nab, under General Beauregard, only 20,000 each, or 60,000 in all; apd onthe line of the great Southern Kail- road, from the Cumbériand Gap and Knoxville to Chat- tanooga, uvder Goneral Bragg, only 85,000 troops. This makes only 145,000 troops, By examining a map of the Southern railroads it will be seen that {t is possible for any pne of these bodies of troops to go, ina very short time, to the assistance of any of the ‘others; and guch is ‘the plan that will be adopted whenever the North makes en attack upon any one point in overwhelming force. If all the pomts are attacked at once, of course 1 assistance canuot be rendered. I may remark hero in passing that it is stated that the troops who contributed the most to the recent re- uise of General Foeter in North Carolina came from noxviile and from Petersburg. The 350,000 troops thus left have been all distributed in Virginia as follows:—ibe main body of General Lee’s army at Gordonsville and Culpepper has been reinforced by twenty-five thousand ble His right wing—uow extended along the Rappahannock river from the Sulphur Springs, near Warrenton, to Fredericksburg— has been reinforced by 10,000 troops: His left wing, uo- der General Jackson, with headquarters at Winchester, but with strong detachments pushed across the Shenandoah and now encamped close to Manassas Gap, Ashby’s Gap and Snicker’s Sor aes been reinforced by 20,000 troops. feces eeeas troops bave reinforced those at Rich |, Fort Darling and Petersburg, and there are {urine down the peninsula, This makes the forces im Virginia as ant General Lee’s main body at Gordonsv. ‘Total in’ Virginia... I have spoken tn recen ere fens mond, 80 lar as regards fortifications, obstructions in the James river, additions to the extent and armament of Fort Darling, &. The rebels believe those defences to be of such a nature that it will be a physical impessibility for our iron-clad vessels to pass Fort Darling or to reach Richmond. And there is reason to believe that they will leave that eity to the defence of the troops immediately around it—those on the peuinsula and those on the Rap- pahannock, amounting together to one hundredeind fifty. five thousand troops. This would give General Lee his a Jackson's troops—in alt one hundred ‘ethousand men—{or offensive operations, And there is reason to believe that his design is that, while Burpside’s attention is engaged somewhere between Falmouth and Saxton’s Junction, Lee will march on Washington by way of Warrenton and Centreville, while Jackson joins him by pouring bis forces through Manassas Gap. NEWS FROM GEN. ROSECRANS’ ARMY. Movements of the Enemy—No Immediate Prospect of a Great Battle in Middle Tennessee—D: by Rebel Cavalry, &eo., &e Naanvirie, Tenn., Nov. 26, 1862. +The situation is more problematical than at last ad- vices. The enemy bave been concentrating and demen- strating ina way which affects the late status that they were merely feinting to cover the removal of supplies and enforcement of the conscript act. ‘The weight of military opinion, however, continues fa- vorable to the view that there will be no great battle in Middle Tennessee, If there is it will be between Tulla- home and Winehester, Contiderab!e bodies of cavalry hover about our front . but since they were vigorously driven by -olonel Ken: nett’s cavalry command yesterday, they have been more cautious. A body of eighteen hundred of them, who were at Nolinsville yesterday, rotired to Murfreesboro last night. Early this morning Forrest's cavalry made a dash at Genera) Sheridan’s pickets, fired a volley, hurt nobody, and fled. This afternoon one of our foraging parties was Attacked on the Murfreesboro road by Torrent’s cavairy and the Thirtieth infantry repulsed tuem. One killed ou each side. Gen, Rosecrans has issued stringent orders teuching foraging parties and treatment of citizens, which gives general satisfaction. Appropriate ‘punishment was inflicted cn fifty strag. glere this morning. They had been captured without showing fight and paroled by the rebels while straggling. General Rosecrans, resolved to punish such demoraliza, tion, caused them te be clad with grotesque night caps with red trimming and marched them to the tune of Rogue's March through Nashville. They were afterward shipped to Camp Wallace and crowned with disgrace. Brigadier General Stanley arrived from Corinth to-day, and ts detailed as chief of cavalry. Colonel Birnot, of the First Ohio artillery, is detailed as chiof of artillery. It is ascertained that Captain Gourley, of Alabama, murdore@ Brigadier General Rebdert L. McCook, 4 fag of truce from Nashville was sent out with rebel women this merning. Major General Wright is requested by General Rose- crans to arrest the editor of the New Albany Ledger for violating the @fty-seventh article of war, _cteeeineneiasteeeeeeatoe The Africa for Boston, Hauivax, Nov. 97, 1862, ‘Tho steamship Africa sailed at ton o'clock last evening, end will be due at Beaten early to-morrow moroing. The European M: by the Jara, Poattanp, Me., Nov. 23, 1862, ‘Tho Canadian Company's steamship Jura, from Liver. pooton the 13th, via Leadonderry on the 14th Novent- ber, arrived here ab seven o'clock this morning, Her news is anticipated. TheQuedeo steamers, commencing With the Jers, will come to this port during the winter months. Boetow, Nov. $7, 1862 ‘The mails dy tbe steamebip Jura, at Poriland, reached thls city thie afterneon, and were to New York by the balf-past eight o'clock tratm this evening, dve ab New York to-morrow mornipa, THANKSGIVING DAY. ation of the Festival tn the Metropolis. ‘The celebration of Thank egiving was very general yes terday among all clneses of our citizens, Nearly all the stores were shut, and business was suspended with more unasimity than we remomber om any previous ‘Thanksgtving. Infact, the day was precisely like cun- day or a gront holiday, so generally was it observed. The streots were crowded with people; the churches con tained large and fashionable congregations; tho sermons went off with the greatest eckat; tho theatres, niorning and evening, literally ooined money: while last, but pest of all, the Thanksgiving dinner ‘at hemo”? was dis- cussed with delightful gusto, characteristic of the doy. The Ce Thanksgiving Day in Brooklyn, There were no public demonstrations in Brooklyn yee. terday, with the exception of a parade by several of the fire companies, some of which proeceded to New York to participate in a trial of skill at the poie on the corner of Franklin street and’ West Broadway. Engine companies Nos. 8, Tand 17 represented this city on the occarien, Engine Company No. 19 received their new engine trom New Haven, and had an interesting time in consequence at their headquarters in Pacific street, Sts had hold of the ropes, Tho members of Kngine No, 22 atko recelved their apparatus, which was renewed by the maker in New York. Theevent was celebrated in a be- coming manner at their house in Degraw streot. Ti city churches generally wore open during tho forone and germons applicable to the oecasion were preached by | the pastors. The Observance of the Day om Governor's Inland, ‘Yesterday being the day set apart as a day of general thanksgiving, to implore tho blessing of the Almighty on the country, and to invoke His Divine Aid In they mt condition ef the United States, now #0 dreadfully disturbed by the rebellion which has so Yong been" going on, was observed by not only the authorities at Fort Columbus with becoming roveronce, but by all the military and civilians located thet From an early bour, the public offices being closed against the transaction of business told to the many visitors who went there by the General MoClollan stoamer that jt possessed more than ordinary rejigious soriousness, and the compact and elegantly Auished place of worship was well filled at half-past ton o’elock. Among the parties who set the example of yisiting the house of God for religious exercises were Colonel Loom's, Military Superintendent of the island, and the other military authorities connected with Fort Combus gether with their wives, relatives and children; and the PRICE TWO CENTS. INTERESTING FROM EUROPE. ARRIVAL OF THE CITY OF WASHINGTON, Ant OUR PARIS AND LONDON CORRESPONDENCE, THE MEDIATION SCHEME, Position of the Great Powers Towards Each Other and America, Speeches of Lord Palmerston, Lord Brougham and the Lord Chic! Baron of England. The Shipment of War Materials from Liverpool Forbidden. The Privateer Alabama Chases an American Ship. Queen Isabella of Spain on the Blanche Case. Bankruptcy of the Owner of the Rebel Trader Circassian. A fSieel-Plated Steamer for the Confederates, &., &. &e. Yun ecrew steamer City of Washington, Captain Mier- church was also well fied with many others of ‘tho mili tary staff on the island, among whom were many wound. ed poor fellows at present stationed in the Military Hos- vital. Piltr. Allen, private secretary to Colonol Loomis, exerted himself, much to the satisfaction of all prevent, in svoing that no indecorous or il) deportiment existed among the younger branches of the military department. ‘The Ordnance Departinent, under the superintendence of Major Whiting, alto ceased from ite labors; and this Deautiful epot, which affords accommodation to so many well conducted troops, assumed an aepect for orde and regularity alike creditable to not only the veteran officer in command, but to all the others who were ormitted to tako part in the religious coremonies of the av. The religious services were plain, imprersive and eacy to be unierstood, and were confined to prayor and road- ing the Scriptures, after which a short and appropriate addrese was made by tho minister, All present appeared to feel that another yoar had rojled round, and thos sul! the rebellious war was in their midst, This ticularly dwelt upon by the reverend vlergy implored them to supplicate the Throne of ( they might seok mercy and find grace tw hel time of need. The conduct of al! located on tho ist during the entire day was most cred'table and exemplary. Thanksgiving Day at Bellevue Hos- pital. THE BOLDIERS FEASTED BY HILL i, ‘The sick and wounded soldiere at Bellovue Hospital had aglorious time yesterday. Although far away trom home, they were made to feel at home by the kind ladies of tho Rose Hill Soldiers’ Relief Association and others, who provided them with a bountiful repact. At an early bour wagonloads of provisions were brought and tadlea eprend in each ward. These literally groaned beyeath the ‘weight of good things placed uponthem. Turkeys, chick- ons, vegetables, pies, fellics and other edibles too uumes rous to mention composed the bill of fare. They were duly ap and, se an evidence, had a downward tendency. The lady visitors arranged the tables and waited handsomely upon their gucats. They anjoyed te happiness of those they 60 kindly. befriended, und in their labors were amply repaid by the grateful thanks of the soldiers. Since the soldiers have been tn the in- stitutions the ladies have been unwearied in thelr efforts to relieve the wants of the sufferers. ‘All day long the warden was overyibere enjoying the pleasure of those committed to his watelful care. The matrons, Mrs, Riddle and Mre. Corwin, relieved fram all responsibility and care, visited from ward to ward and rendered every assistance to the jadica who bad as- sumed the work. \ ‘After dinver patriotie songs.were sung and addresses made in each ward, The Commis: f Chi Correction were present, and enjored the scene. sident of the Boord, Mr. Simeon Draper, in 1 v r kindness to the sol- jon of the Commis. ty for carrying ow CHE LADIES OF ROBE every fac their good work. Tn tho afternoon thi Lwes or diers and their frieuds. Several patr' ‘and an oration delivered by S. M. € "ast, Present wth of our tthe re indies closed by city. His theme and Future.” The country, ite progross in cause of'the war; paid © merited heart and hand rise as lion which devastate wasan bour and @ hin ce were not wearied, The aperker was y applauded. and whenever the name of Cone lan WaS mantioued rapturous appl: ollow ed. ‘Thus passod th 0 long re. feute cou stitution. membered as one oi the pie nected with the stay of the soldiers iu Lae Thanksgiving in Washington, Washington, Nov. 27, 1962. Thanksgiving wae generally observed here, The ¢ol diers in the hospitals were liberal i tox ries, &e. The contrabands at their camp wore feastod by their colored friends, of whom & largo number were in attendance. There were specches and singing by the multitude. Thanksgiving in Phil Puriaviria, Noy. 27, 1862 The hosphals of Philndeiphia wore filled with yoy and happiness to-day by the ibdrelity of itepeitizens, which supplied to each m a (istive board, around which heroes of all the gathered and feasted to their hearts’ content. The day was generaity obrerved, the Churches being crowded and business suspended Thanksgty ing tm Boston. Boston, Now 7, 1862, Thar kegiving was obeorvod to fashion, ed New England stylo, Absent ones were remembered in the church services and at tho family gathoring. Business was ont) suspended and the wonther plea. sant. Genera and Mra. McClellan attended divine sergice yesterday morning at tke Madison evonve Presbyterian chureb, of which Rey. Dr. Adam ie ibe pastor, The re. jer of the day Wae spent very oviewy ie company with bis family ance fow intimate {fenda. Personal tute! igen Geweral Waisworth reaches | on Monday evening and was wolcomed by bit arighbors, ip procession and with mosie, Tho Geveral rade @ brief eddrew, In the courae of bie romutke be alluded (o the late canvass, end the many porsonel avaaiie made upor hitesit, but fp no Opirit of censure oF ree: tua, He, howe vor, wished to allude to one rlander of the press which had just out Wo Bie novice, ane tat was that be bad at ono Line te’ graphed to Daan Richnwnd regarding av opportunity to secure “a good thing” in & governmen) contract, Thie Le denounced oF * falechood nud forgery, aa he Rad never had apeuny’s tnterrat f2 such @ contrmt, or dea'c- 1 {9 uave, hor Lalegraphed anybody on the wublect, Leo | occasion wEde a pleneant One, aed ii sole fondship f galiant General wero Lo iy best kuown, Police inielligowce, } Movements of General #eCleltan, Re Aareer OF Atisomn Bocrry Seisonent.—Four cen, | mame Mathaio, Mnguiro, MoCasroy and Lynch, were Drought before Judge Barnard a (he Supreme Court on Wedarevay, 08 & wr't of habvoas corpus, (rom Pert Co. lurvbus, where Ley bad beon finprisoned for ao ulegod attempt t ebiain bounty money by fraua. moars. ‘the Sada ordered them to be dieehargea, daci: “State } A id not ba Hell under tho miliary jaw, Captalo Potty aud ef'-er Taylor of the Fifth precluct reertested them be‘oro juaving the Oourt , and tock them before Jus tee Quackenluei, at the Jaferecn Marke! Police Curt, (ea, who committed, them for ¢samination, whew af Will be seen what the civ!) law can do to checks crimes ’ house, which satled from Liverpool at noon en the 19th ond from Queenstown en tho afternoon of the 13th No- vember, arrived at this port at an early hour yeeterday morning. Her nove bas been fully anticipated by the telegraphio reports of the Africa from Cape, Race and Malifax, pub- lished in tho Henaup on-Tuesday and Thursday mornings. ot, however, contain some very interesting de- talis of the progress of events to the 12th instant ‘The following poto has been seut from.Constaut nople to urnals = overnment, having been Informed that ing to Turkey think that they may di ity of having their passports vised by jaies of the Porte at tho place of , has adopted the following measure — drial Joing to Turkey whose passport shall not vigued by the Ottoman agent wiil notfenly bo Jraisgion inte any part of the empire, but will be seat back by the same vessel to his port of em! tion, and if he has come by land he will be taken bact the frontier, ‘The Paris correspondent of the Loudon Times, writing hh instant, eays:— ore \p every appearance that the French intend o¢- nico for sume time to coms. Locomotives, ad trucks have been ordered for a railre a Cruz and Orizaba, and it is gaid there will be ready for delivery in the course vext. A sum of fifteen thousand france to the Minister of Public Works for the of a lazaretto mear St. Nizaire. This mea- § ne necessary after the Mexican expedition in order to avoid rendering ships sailing from St. Niaaire liable to quarantine op arriving at foreign ports ‘the Paris Meni‘eur contains tables showing that for the first dine mouths of 1861 the total value of producis of every kind lunported from England into France was 116, 901,000 francs, exclusive of grain and flour, agaiust 234,- 711,000 francs for the corresponding period of 1862. During the Orst nine mouths of 1861 the exports from France to. Eygiand were of the value of $16,016,000 france, against 483,635,000 franes for the comenponding period of 1862. A Brussels letter in the Journal de Liege swoon that there is no foundation for the rumor of the Count de Flandre belng a candidate for the throne of Greece, a8 pe ue can become atandidate but by his own act, and it certain that pis Royal Highness has neither taken nor authorized any steps in the matter. ‘A correspondent writing from Odessa says: — The covernment is devoting much attention to the en couragoment of cotton culture in some of the trans-Cauca- Sian districts, and it i6 expected that uext year a consid. junatity of the staple will be produced in places 1¢ las hitherto been grown. The cotton mani in Russia are suffering severely fr: ar raw material, and will doubiles® have to tb city ¢ experiouce greater pressure belore any reel can be oxporienced THE AMERICAN QUESTION. Oar Pi i» Correspondence. Pari, Nov. 4, 1862. Lord Lyons’ Course in Washiaglon, as Marked Out by Palmerstor~A Cartful Eye to the Progress of Affairs, tut No I ence England's Dangers Fiom a Re uni to Jeff. Davis, &e. Every ono here is anxiously aeking what iustru Lord Lyons bas taken out to Washington from the British government, But, as it is contrary to Lord Palmerston’s practice to confine bis political agents by ordere specially precise, such inquiries aro not likely to meot with the desive’ solution. Ina matter of this importance, in which existence of bis ministry is at stake, Lerd Pal would not be likelydo Jeave the whele rerpunti- ths advice given to Lord Lyons to Earl Russell, antecedents of that noble Farl may be, and knowa among the English diplomats in Varve he did not. Lerd Lyons was perpetually, when io 4,00 the move between these two great pillars of tote, now at Broadlands, now at that beaut\f! coun: try seat given by the Queen to Rarl Russell for bis Tife, near Richwoud; aud i Lord Lyons were put to the coo foxsional, I am pretty sure, from all I Jearn, that lo could ovly acseverato that bis instructions were to watch diligently and warily the tide of events norose the Ailontic, always remembering that if, at the an opportunity presented itself for the good ofiices of bugland, the government, supporged by the raajority of tue electors, waponly wo ready to offer them, baton ne account whatever todo any act, overt ofinys ‘ious, avving fer its object English interference Gero @ nothing, Lord Palmerston is knewn to bave said, that would bs more agroeadle to the eontineat wropa, than thet by some poliey ef ours we should bring the combined power of North and South down npen ue. A faice atap un tho part of the government might cause this avy day, as matters bave gone jn this eivil strife, and, therefore, the ulmost.care must be taken to walk wartiy. Bolier a thousand times that the whole dietress of Loneashire should devolve upon the eonsolidated feng thon ete war to Ure knife should be risked with the teholy continent of America, North and South, at the bot- tow of he's Lewis, hate ua intensely; and, as im France, Rothiug Woujs Gore surely unite all parties jhan a war with &pglaid, so iu America a declaration of war against the o'4 coontry weuld rally hundreds of thousands to tbe Uhion whe wow do shotr utmost to shatter it in pieces. oat we shall imately interfere, J look upon as a fact ca clear ag the noonday sun, but that tuterference can wo made when the umass Of the people of the Noi vown by thelr ar bg 3 baal Ls oo > ‘bie \waguage of mersion, Mi ‘ters, rH rm) wecret; and, without ju the least y what ‘or uf his counsel haw been cor! hat he bas*heard poth rincipale oentrary to whas ebb wedg protouding ta to Lard Lycos, ? am from ofvner of hie noble p! ba swale containa @ long: letter this morn- Tha Opinio 280! mn aoa aigaing bitoself Joby Henry Vriew Hea (eon feet co Davis, President of the Southerp ating uy a that oman to desapad frow bis o’reeident Linooin, itmmertalize bine aicing Wberty to the oI . [are afraid ‘of (ke writer will not prove quite oquivaless ‘vet (Rorght to Paris that the revolutios in d geveo gore brag hy A the relat: Kug! atihat frenze should play the compart sor oraince vale she did fa i when, in com! mist Rometa nad Fog'aat, @ king was for Greece. y important ries Goror 1s'bet Aieposed (0 maRo@ third. Tb le understood fiat France as Dave aekyowledged the with Russie the 0