zcifr• Otimareat. iTIRDAY, DECEMBER 5,;1563. WAR NEWS! THE ARMY 4W THE POTOMAC . Meade's Advance Movement. Logagement at Locust Grove t aST OF THE THIRD. CORPS 50TNER BACKWARD XOVENENT Army Again North of the Rapidan. la Friday the Army of the Potomac advanced the lords at which they crossed the Rapi sad formed in line or battle. At one p _ to., a contest began on the road leading ()image Court noose, but the enemy di,/ ' tiy with artillery. At 4 p. m., fill's Corps ,mashed our centre, and at 4i heavy musket heard, proving that. our Third Corps was ,ged. Up to 6 o'clock our casualties in the Ire were few_ The battle ground Was in a .d. Fuld it was difficult to aecertain positions. Thursday afternoon Gera. Gregg's cavalry ve the Rebel cavalry back upon their sup and then himself retired—his loss is said ,350, which is eery large. But then our sth eme up and forced the enemy back. In reran time, Gen. French, with the 31 Corps, 1 a conflict with Ewell (on our right). He 1 his position, though losing severely, and re ris the capture of 900 Reapla.-Oldn;griday. ruing, it was found tinitllift4i, Iwo miles from our .art Iloilo. This day akirantilidmmtV with considerable artmeirsliktinit le line up to Ip. whin - it lientike ?req . ' re vu both sides, and so continued until dark. ,ems certain that Meade del:tidied Lillie to r)int of crossing, and that Lee abeidiked all ,Lung earthworks only to let our teen take .a. tea Saturday operations began at day-- A, Gen. Meade advancingto the front. Picket continued until noon, and it was thought awe enemy would slowly retreat and decline general engagement. Wasnirtorow, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 1863. Ilrports from Bealton Station confirm the state Ito of heavy firing yesterday. 'he engagement of the 3d Corps on Friday iv said to be exaggerated, especially to the ,er of rebel prisoners taken, which was far thaw heretofore stated. The train captured by the Rebels in the plank ad on Friday, is said to have contained a small suticy of ammunition which the Rebels ex- Acd. They also captured the mules, 80 of ch they carried away and killed the remain— The wagon—master was killed, and toe dri— (two excepted) were conveyed sway as prise In relation to affairs on the front on Saturday, is stated that at daylight our army. lay across 0 Fredericksburg and Orange turnpike, at Anrison's tavern, about 12 miles from Orange urt Rouse. The Rebel line was light, and was gradually •hed back by our skirmishers for one mile and if over to Mine Ann, near Verdiersville. On h sides of the road, eloping a half mile on :h side of the river, is an open space, and on edge of the woods west of the run the enemy re in line of battle, on both sides of the road, ta their batteries entrenched. The elope from .ice to the river is studded with rifle-pits, from ich the sharp-shooters Sled scattering Shots. nit 1 o'clock in the afternoon, the clouds to and the rain ceased, but the road's were Ds tin au impassable condition. One of our . series fired a few shots, to which the-RebelS, tied with great spirit for about half Ain,hour. following positions for battle having .been igned to the several corps, were takedby ring the day, and each was ready for,its duty 4 o'clock : he 6th Corps, commanded by Majoi General igsfick, on the right; next the 2d Corps, doom vied by Major Alegersl . Warren, wide& held , turnpike, and together with the Ist Corps. ;mended ltp-SiOu;L.4avt * faect• center ; the • leftolorot c.fT lmanded ' "by Major fienend....Fietioh ; the sth ,rps, commanded by: l. l .l3APAstneriti Sykes, - rmed the reserve. About; sunset several guns re fired from our lines, but failed to draw the 2my's fire. A few additional particulars are furnished of engagement on Friday, namely : The num of prisoners taken by the 3d Corps has been my exaggerated. Only 80 have as yet been .orted to the Provost Marshal. Among the untied are Colonel McClellanand Col. Biggins the 86th Pennsylvania Regiment ; also two ptains, names unknown. The Medical Dirac ' of our corps estimates our loss at SQ.; wound and about 100 killed. The enemy retreated Ira the front of the 3d Corps during the night, tying their dead 'and wounded on the held. ring to the enemy's change of position it be one necessary for us to leave them there. Their =hers greatly exceeded ours. A note dated noisy says: Yesterday closed clear with the two armies ly *, in line on opposite sides of Mine Run Val On examination, it was found that the sad on the sides of the Run, excepting where no crossed by the turnpike, was impassable )ur troops owing to the foggy and swampy con dos of the ground. All was quiet in front on Sunday_ On Mon ty morning, at 8 o'clock, all our batteries which .uld he placed in position to bear upon the Re d works were ordered to open. The siege train was .in position in front of dgwiek's command. After a half hour's slow mnonading, to which the enemy feebly respond !. an attack was ordered. Warren, on the left. came upon the Me— y stronger in numbers and poaition than was nicipated, and asked for further ioalructionp. it forward movement was then checked and firing ceased. iTEADQUARTEES Muir OF THE POTOMAC, 1 WASHINGTON, Wed Headily, Dec. 2, 1863. The Army of the Potomac crossed the Rapidan is three eoluoms on the 26th of November, and concentrated the following day on Mine Run. The enemy occupied the hills on the opposite Bile of the stream in full force. The position of the enemy was naturally a very strong one, and ha waa found to be intrenohed along his entire line, his works being a continua tion of those on the Rapidan, to turn which was the object of our army. The enemy's position was too formidable to be carried by assault. The great difficulty of keeping up the euppliee of the troops at this season of the year, at any distance from the railroad, ee well as the imprao ntability of the country for offensive military operations, prevented a more extensive move ment, anti the army returned to the north Bide of the Rapidan. The idling back to o ur present position W&6 accomplished without loss of men or property. The entire casualties during the• campaign Till not exceed 1,000 in killed, wounded and Raging. A few men who forded Mine Bun and lay on picket duty during Monday night were frozen to death, and eeveral bodice of - Rebel eltirtaisherc were carried to the rear on stretchers the tame Morning. with the exception-of a few cavalry skirmishes The enemy did not attempt to annoy our rear on Our return. It is understood that Gen. Meade visited the eultre line, carefully noting the enemy's strong position% formidable beatteriee and ettethworks; an'i, after consulting with his officers, deemed it advisable to withdraw to the north side of the Rapidan, and orders were accordingly issued to tiot effect. General Meade abandoned the cam- Deign when it became evident that the enemy Lid anticipated his advance, and rendered an ap t"o•m4 to Gordonsville and Orange Court House an juipoSSibilitY. TIIF, THREE DAYS BATTLE AT CHAT TANOOGA. brFICIAL DISPATCH FROM QUARTERMASTER =I iIOADQUARTEBS, CHATTANOOGA, Nov. It 6 l•1WWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War: Sir: On the 23,1 inst., at 11:30 A. M , General Omni ordered a demonstration against Mission i te Ridge, to develop tho tor' holding it. The troops marched out, formed i rder and advanced id line of battle, as if on i e. The rebels , ~-.lkti*.s;',.if'l.-:::t I watched the formation and movement from their picket lines and rifle pits, and from the sammit of mission Ridge, five hundred feet above us, and thought it was 0 review and drill, so openly and deliberately .and so regularly Wad it done. da the line advanced, preceded by SP irliii9herS, and at two o'clock. I'. M. reached our picket lines, they opened a rattling volley open Ihp rebel pickets, who returned it and ran two their ad• vauced linen of rut pile. slier thrill Went our NW:yeti:Alters, and tutu them, along the centre, of 23,009 troops, which General Thomas had so quickly deployed. Until we opened lire, prisoners assert. they thought the whole movement. was a review and genetal drill, and that it WI - 0 too tote to send to their camps for reinforcements, and that they were overe belated by force of numbers. It was a surprise in open day-light. At three P. i. the important advanced position of Orchard lirtob tind the lines right and left were in our possession, and arraugetnence were ordered , for holding them during ine night. The neat day at daylight General Thomas had 5,000 men Heroes the Tennessee and established ou its south bank, and commenced the conmructiou of a pon toon bridge about mis milts above Chattanooga. The rebel steamer Dunbar, repaired at the right moment, rendered effective aid in crossing, car rying over Sin thousand men. By nightfall General Thomas had seized the extremity of Mission Ridge nearest the river, and was intrenehing himself. General Howard, with a brigade, opened commanication with him from Chattanooga on the south side of the river, Skirmishing and cannonading continued all the day on tim_hift and centre. . . General Hooker scaled the slopes of Lookout Mountain from the valley of Lookout Creek; druid the rebels around the polpt,:atiptkid'9;ooo'itTW oners, and established himself hip: up the pietist tain side in full view of Ghattationsn. This raised the blockade, and now steamers were ordered from prid g e m t to 044u:it:Mgt?, They had be fore ` oiai todi'reitz'elto4lf29l4. 1 9, frfalliAl.o l • . - s44. l fifivrtwicl, nor =Osseo_ Ohtociti -brake' a; Irdiihditribliagi* 2 4oo*-6 . 04 1 tif: ieesba t f htax. te*e left, and 'ail, *la ofAgnkc!at Mountain on the okitenie rtg t , lazed with the camp llreehf loyal troops. - • day - hadbnan ormorainmensa pie* and aiinch , a4hi4frooker's battle had bete figlkshoter .tbsOcroildi,-/thiak - L coilitet viOw,"Mit , frititurilitiitelait=ittu L likeltS WnikettO ,41'nkttifill ~ ..tite'lid'.:r t aidr4;- . and , SisKaratiOn,,the traitoredisilin, alkikiipturthe beautiful Scene until 1 A. ff. sparks upon the mountain Bide showed that picket Skir mishing was going on; then it ceased_ A brigade sent from Chattanooga crossed the Chattanooga creek and opened communication with General Hooker, General Grant's headquarters, during the after noon of the 23.1 and the day of the 24th, were in Wood's redoubt, except when, in the course of the day, he rode along the advanced line, visiting the headquarters of the various commanders in Chattanooga valley. At daylight, on the 25th, the stars and stripes were discovered on the peak of Lookout. The rebels had evacuated the mountain. Gen. Hooker moved to descend the mountain, and, striking Mission Ridge at the Roseville Gap, to sweep on both sides and on its summit. The rebel troopd were seen, as soon as it was light enough, stream ing by regiments and brigades along the nar row summit of :Mission Ridge, either concen trating on the right to overwhelm Sherman, or marching for the railroad to raise the siege They had evacuated the valley of Chattanooga; would they abandon that. of Chickamauga ? The twenty.pounders and rifled guns of Wood's re doubt opened on Mission Ridge, and Orchard Knob sent its compliments to the ridge, which, w'th rifled Parrotts, answered, and the cannon ade, thus commenced, continued all day. Shot and shell screamed from Orchard Knob to Mission Ridge, and from Mission Ridge to Orchard Knob, and from Wood's redoubt over the heads of Generals Grant and Thomas and their stalf, who were with us in this favorable position. *hire the whole battle could be seen at in an ittatiliiiheatrel• The headquarters were Iniidees fire, ell 'day Ong: .Cannonading and;. mnaltetrt weie beardlrom General Sherman. _ General Howard marched the 11th Army:Corp to join him. Thomas sent out ekirinishet4=who drove in the rebel picketsandt - ohasedtthein info their iutreachmente at this;r94.6fAhe 'Mission Ridge. r-,, Gentiesil ,4 : o lnirlatate4 lllo9 Auk`e 66l tiatildV 4 , JYtwitlec right, intfinfiheil on`a ;ugh Vint mei" 4, Thet aft*li r li entt lirrilg* ase t was ge " Wilop : ctsitot r soi, the 00001WAN/.01411" t It settiniditri` r latA me an welii:ll 11 i pulsed by• the reserves. '-;;iu .` A general advance was ordered, and'a tarots line Allbtra' Atitsers followed hy a deployed line of battle some ten miles id length. At the signal of the leader, (shots from the headquarters, on Orchard Knob) they moved rapidly end orderly forward. The rebel pickets discharged their muskets, and ran into their rifle-pits. Our skir mishers followed on their heels. The line of battle was not far behind, and we saw the gray rebels swarm out of the edge line of the rifle pits in numbersw_ h ic surprised US, and over the base of the bill a few turned and fired their pieces ; but the greater number collected into the many roads which cross obliquely up its steep face and went on to the top. Some regiments pressed on and swarmed up the steep sides of the river. Here and there a color was advanced beyond the lines. The at tempt appeared to be most dangerous, but the advance was supported, and the whole ordered to storm the heights, upon which not less than 40 pieces of artillery, and no one knew hew many muskets, stood ready to slaughter the assailants. With cheers answering cheers, the men swarmed upwards. They gathered to the points least difficult of ascent, and the line was broken. Color after color was planted on the summit, while musket and cannon vomited their thunder upon them. A well directed shell front Orchard Knob er.- Ploded a rebel caisson on the summit, and the gun was seen galloping to the right, its driver lashing his horses. A party of our colliers in tercepted them, and the gun was captured with cheers. A fierce rotteketry broke out Lo the left, where, between Generals Thomas and Sherman, a mile or IWO of the ridge was still occupied by the re- ; D 1 E D . bell. Bragg left the house in which he had held - On the 2,1 Mat., In Kutztown, Mitten, daughter of Daniel his headquarters, and rode to the rear as our R. and Mary Levan, in the 20th year or her age. troops crowded the hill on either side of him. On toe lit mat., in this city, Itlammtan, danghter of Men. ben and Sarah Richard, aged 2' . years, 1 noath and 1 day. General Grant proceeded to the summit. and On the 29thSiovetAcP, 1963, at blur g inteWn. Berke only then am we know lie height. Some of the County, JEHII ions, in the 60th year of bin aim captured artillery was put into position, artiller- Oil ia the 27th nit., in Linn city. Joaarrr FI. linear., non of m Rhoads, or , aged 30 years, 6 months and 13 lots were sent for to work the guns, and caissons days. were searched for ammunition. The rebel log on the 27th ult., in Bernell's, Piusonme, wife of Edwin breatttWOtha Were torn to pieces, and carried to m- o r t gia t ' i t' l 23l , e , /11 Y /LO n W r eolf' her age. 3 9113 BIM; sot the other side of the ridge, and used in forming of the into Danlal Yfelger,• aged 3 yearn , 10 menthe and a* barricades. A strong line of infantry was day& _ - formed in the rear of Bairire line, who yiittaiedji • oomit - nfil nit ilfltutown, SARAH, wife, of 001 . Dallier I,B.lrtU r aged , Wyears, t 1 months and 4 dart. engaged in a musketry contest with the, re tea the Sett ..Ailt. in Duna, HAMA% wife of Pillty the left, and a secure lodgment idle IlattErtfitittedi- ,Alaig,4l,tl . 44 , ohri Hill, agedratirearAand Is The other assault, to the rigkit' ' ttnigitifiViintisZlit - 0, - t ' . t 0 ' . gained the summit, and the rebels t 6 f4ifin= t '"'"" .... Yt&inVrittirtetfitirt , ' 'i ck in y o ' ntli k s 7 'LlTANlA” . their arms and fled. General Hookiitcitt ming , Oa the 29ta ult., 11l Muhlonberg, Ezumetzaw, eon of ad into a favorable position, swept the rieieof the ain Ind Clitharine Pottelger, aged 14 yeare, 0 mouths and 14 days. , ridge and captured many prisoners On the 25th ult., in Greenwich, ROsANNA, daughter of Bragg's remaining troops left early in the John and Mary 'Jimmie', aged to months and 14 days. night, and the battle of Chattanooga, after three On the 24th nit., in Hamburg. Mamie stizteeru, days of ntanteuvering and fighting, was won. Thor daughter of John and Sabina Williams, aged 4 year., 1 mouth and le 4,,y, strength of the rebellion in the centre was broken; 1 0 the _a 24th utt , I n this city, dernattast f rases, aged Burnside relieved from danger, East Tennessee, 3l o y n e t a h r e s, ,, 3 l, m h ontba and .. 3 . d b a , y alts, II 0 5 .1 a. DAM), WRWLEY, late a Kentucky and Tennessee rescued, Georgia and ' soldier of the 167,11 Donna Regiment, aged 41 yews, the Southwest threatened in the rear, and another month and 16 days victory added to the chapter of " Unconditional , On the adult ,in Pike, Unser. eon of Gideon and Mary i Weller . aged 17 years 2 mouths and 17 days. Surrender Grant." ~ On the 23d ult. In UteenWieh, Mills, wife of Josue To-night the estimate of captures is several Orehringer, aged 41years, 5 months and 29 days. 1 thousand prisoners and thirty please of at I.l.llety. 1 Olt the 934 nit, in Albany 19., Atm QM/MS; deep- The loss for so great a victory is not severe. i!!. 1 4. 4 1t. y i ,, "" and L y dia Fritz' egad 7 y earn ' b Mouttin and Bragg is firing the railroad as he retreats to- i On ‘ the 224 nit., in Albany tp., SARA% daughter of wards Dalton. Sherman is in hot pursuit. I Charles and Diana holigararald, aged 2 years, 6 month,' and 17 dam, This is the fifth child that these go rent, hare To day I viewed the battle field, which extends 1.4, by 4141,65ta, tu the shaq epee of NIX weeps, for six miles along Mission Ridge and for several • On the 294 ult.. near Newman6town, a:makes:To, widow Milne on Lookout Mountain. Probably not 211 of Jacob Geschwind, agetl77, years cud IL months. well directed or so well ordered a battle has been Ra tt e t l iito u l re n r it 4 , ge 1l ra t r y l a ti, r ti a taj 3 dals t t . of Daniel and delivered during the war. But one seawall. Well 6„ ti o , 51st oil . , in ibdts,„on, Aggi luau, wife of hull. repulsed, but that assault, by calling to that 11.111 ) W . ti i r:t.u i4t age t d 63 yp e rs, r (l months wad 10 days. point the rebel reserves, prevented them repuls- ja , a t i i „ - ,,,,,1 1 ,, , , ,: x n e / d x , ' y e e ,4 E : 0 7, 2 1 T' d " . .7,. 0r, W "am a i d leg any of the others. On the '2oth nit , in Bethel, Puihil. Bnesiso. aged 74 A few days 212242 General Bragg sent to Gen. years, 4 months and le days. Grant a flag of truce, advising him that it would eat t e i o n ni th ad eVi i i l o u n it iii 1 i:8 '11 th - 16111 ' p ' D a A g l ac i t " a . 1 1 E gl i 'rY) a inittliitl be prudent to remove any nun-combatants who and 9 days might still he in Chattanooga. I On Ilia 19th tilt L uz Tulpuboccon, CaTinant.sm, widow of No reply has been returned, but, the coming- the long Umtata Francis Berkey, aged IS yearn, 10 months sad I day. ants having removed from this vicinity, it is On the lath ult. ' In Marion , Seitittleti, roe of the late probable that non-combatants can remain with— John Klapp aged IS years, 10 Months and 18 days. Out imprudence. On the 19th tilt ., in Richmond tp., Jaunts hCHLEOEL, aged 60 years, 3 months and 17 days. AL G. Maws, Quartermaster General. On the 19th nit., in Baguet. Aga a MARIA, widow of the nig deceased Martin Walborn, aged 50 yearn, 9 menthe ed 7 days. EYE AND RAH Wormer J. Wave, M. D. l Oculist and Antis!, formerly of Leyden, Rolland, Is permanently located at Ito. rm. 'PINK STREET, PHIULDELTAILb were persons afflicted wllb &Mount of the eye and ear will be ecientlfically treated and cared, it eatable. Air ARTIFICIAL EYES inserted without pain. At) charges made for examiustiou. N. B.—The medical faculty le Invltedots he bag no ee croft! In ht. wide of treatment.. Gene /383-17 = , MC DIL TOBTAW - - • VENETIAN LIN.INIENT, liar given Quiver,' bath-fat:tine during the' [o !sittien Years it hal boon Introduced into the United States: . After being tried by inilinize, it has been prouleia ed the Inge ae,:troy., of the la. rain cannot to where this liniment id applied. 11 used 113 direct.] it enact end Never bee felled is Eli - Ingle, immure. 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