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A Dispatch from uelk.
side.
PERLA.DELPHIA, ec. irr.4.,04:
Press specials front as ngton says:,
—The following dispatch from Burn
side to Halleck was received at 9
o'clock this evening :—.HEADQUART
7011*ARBITOr THE POTOMAC, December
16. agix p. m.—To Major. General Hal
114vConVililderrin-Chief The Ar
inrof the' otbitiae *as withdrawn
to this side of the Rappahaonock riv
:ei because I felt fully" convinced
that the position in .I;r9gt could not
be carried, and it was a militaty ne
cessity either to Attack the enemy
or retire. A repulse would have
bpen diastrens to Ili under existing
- circtnnstanCes, The army was with
• drawn at night without the kno
wl
edge of the enemy, and without loss,
either of property or men.
AMBROSE E. BURNEUDE.
An inquirer special dated Fal
mouth, the 16th, BA. M., says
have just crossed with the last of the
army, and our pontoon boats have
all been carefully taken up. All our
'stores,. wagons and guns have been
brought away safely. Our wounded
were all removed, and the evacua
tion was conducted under the guns
of the Snowy in a masterly manner.
The river is rising rapidly, and it
still rains. The rapid running of the
river would have, no doubt, washed
our boats away had they remained.
. The enemy fired a few shots yes
terday, but did not venture outside
of their works, evidently being high
fy gratified at being let alone. Our
Bane now command the town, and
the rebels will hardly dare occupy it
again. A fow venturesome ones
!name down the streets and peered
around the corners as we were leav-
lug :.
The army is not at all disheartened
at its failure to whip the rebels, but
is ready and eager for another con
,-Our losses are heavy—about
ten thousand killed and wounded.
THE LATEST, 9 a m.--The rebels
have opened on the city and coin
menneemoaring down their troops.
Ourbatterice , hewe opened, and a fu
rious cannonade is going on.
Burnside not Responsible
NEw Yoak., 'December 17.—The
New York Herald says it is but jest
perhaps ' - to Gen. Burnside to say
'that the advance movement upon
c Fredericksburg was not undertaken
pia siocorclatee with his own judg
mbient, but was peremptorily ordered
"by the military authorities in Wash-
Augton, who, of course, are alone re
sponsible for the result. It is stated
upon reliable authority that the ree
- els sent a notification to our army ou
Bundaythat they intended to shell
! . the town,, and requsted that our
- wounded should be removed.
CaWIWI of Saturday—A Dts
'; • astraus Iltetkat—Our Loss, Sc.
coempondent of the Cincinnati
Commercial just from Fredericksburg,
_pawed through our city last night,
and; according to the Post, the fol
lowing is the substance of his news:
.—" I left Burnside's army at eight
.o'cleck on Monday morning. The
battle of Saturday was a shocking
Ai/under and disaster. Our troops
- who had oecepied Fredericksburg
were hurled against a formidable
natural position, held by an army of
ninety thousand rebels, and cover
ed by redoubts mounted with seige
,gune. • The whole hillside was full
;.of rifle pits, and the enemy were
also protected by a stone wall, a
.deep ditch and marsh. Our artil
jell, was ineffective. Batteries on
the .North side of the river were un
able to do execution owing to the
fact that the shells were defective
.(being contract made) and explod
ing too soon, slaughtered our own
men. Our troops fought excellently,
but hopelessly, and were crushed by
the enemy's overwhelming artillery.
"This refers to operations on the
.centre, Franklin's battle was fought
_on the left, four miles down the
river. Tie had to attack the enemy
in order to support the charge on
,the centre, but was first attacked by
Stonewall Jackson. The battle be
tween Franklin and Jackson was
long and bloody. Jackson was driv
en about a mile, but the crest of the
edge which he held was not taken.
_Franklin took three hundred pris
oners. The general result of' the
_fighting is to show that the enemy's
positions on the hill south of Fred
ericksburg are almost, if not alto
• ether impregnable, unless assailed
in flank and by regular approaches.
They can't be taken by assault, ex
cept with a loss we itiiianot afford.
4'We did not gain a single position
of importance on Saturday, and our
loss was severe. I have high author
ity for saying that Couch's corps, of
Sumner's grand division, lost seven
thousand men killed and wounded.—
.This was the heaviest loss sustained
by any corps.
"Franklin lost about four thousand
xnen. I presume our loss in killed
iiittei wounded will not be less than
twelve or fifteen thousand, counting
the straglers. Our immediate loss
in effectives is more. The loss of
the enemy is comparatively small,
though they were destroyed when
they came out of their entrench
ments.
"The city of Fredericksburg is au
.enormous trap. Tho rebel artilery
commands every house and every
street."
Our LoSN.
Our total loss in killed, wounded
an •missing, writes the Inquirer's
cause ondent from the battle field,
wili'amotint to at least 10,000 or 12,-
000 men, This will go beyond, if
anything. 'There is no way of tell
ing the loss of the rebels, as they
were entrenched, and all last night
wore busy in repairing and, building
new works.
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P. , „ - , jsted i . 401).. sc. Dosern
-I.6th, a no boss this folbwing :—Du
rim Wit *lit tttit aim? evacuated its
positiot offtbe opposite - side of the
river. The movement was a peril.
ous one, - ut was conducted in safe
ty. The artillery was the first to
cross ; the last of the infantry
brought up the real - shortly after day
light this morning. The enemy nev
er discovered the movement until it
was too late to do any harm. As soon
as the last man was over, the pon
toon bridges were removed, cutting
off all co minunicatiJi . Our wound
ed are all safe on this side of the riv
er. There was a heavy wind all last
night, with considerable rain, which
assisted us in preventing the rebels
from learning our intentions.
From what is now known of the
strength and extent of the enemy's
fortifications, there seems to be a
general approval of Burnside's course
in re-crossing the Rappahannock.—
There is nothing known here to
show that the rebels were induced
to leave their stronghold to meet
our troops in an open field. All pos
sible attention is being bestowed
upon the wounded, but comparative
ly few of whom have as yet arrived
in Washington.
Although our loss is heavy, it is
far below some of the published
statements, but the precise number
'cannot be ascertained for days to
come. The reports in distant cities
that apprehensions are entertained
for the safety of Baltimore and Wash
ington, are simply absurd.
From the Army of the Potomac.
HEAD(TARTERS ARMY OF 'ME PO
TOMAC, December 17th, 1862.
The weather is cold with a north
east wind.
Last night the enemy increased his
intrenchments on the terraces in the
rear of Fredericksburg, and threw
up rifle pits near the river on the
left of the city.
To-day their battalion drills were
visible to the naked eye on the plains.
No movement of importance has
tlAen place to-day.
Our troops are as enthusiastic as
previous to the late engagement.
The Retreat over the Rappa
hannock—Citizens Returning
to Fredericksburg.
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY OF
THE POTOMAC. Dec. 17.—Yesterday
morning when daylight appeared the
enemy seemed to be, as they no
doubt were, parfeetly astonished that
our army bad succeeded in returning
to this side of the Rappahannock.—
We returned without losing a single
man or gun. Tn the retrogade move
ment a few soldiers, who had strag
gled off made their appearance on
the river bank after the pontoon
bridges bad been removed, but were
brought over in small boats.
A few cavalry meu who were
guarding a house inhabited by a pri
vate family,were not during the night
aware of our crossing, but in the
morning they safely swam the river.
The pickets of the contending armies
being separated by only a few yards,
rendened it necessary that everything
on our part should be conducted with
the utmost caution.
Those an the outpost were una
ware of the movement until just be
fore daylight, when an officer went
to each invididual man, and in a low
tone ordered him to fall back. After
they got sufficiently far off to be out
of danger, they were ordered to
quicken their pace and reach the
bridge.
At about nine o'clock yesterday
morning the enemy advanced their
skirmishers along the entire line, and
by noon had established their pickets
near the river bank. We had a large
number of dead on what was regard
ed as neutral ground, and as soon as
it was known that our forces had
evacuated, the soldiers of the enemy
commenced robbing the lifeless bod
ies. This was plainly seen through
afield glass as well as distinctly with
the naked eye.
About 10 or II o'clock, females
neatly dressed, were seen walking
the streets of Fredericksburg. They
had doubtless been concealed in their
houses during the time the clty was
occupied by our troops, and had
availed themselves of the first oppor
tunity to make their appearance.
On Monday the pickets in front of
the left wing agreed upon an armis
tice among themselves, and freely in
termingled, exchanging their dead
comrades who lay on neutral ground.
During the truce, a General of our
army rode by, and put an end to
these proceedings. The result was
that both parties immediately com
menced. firing, when pine of our men
were killed.
After the General had loft, the
friendly relations of the pickets were
renewed, and butternut and blue un
iforms freely mingled, About this
time Gen. Franklin dispatched a flag
of truce which the enemy immedi
ately recognized, and the exchange
of dead bodies was resumed and con
tinued until completed yesterday af
ternoon. Gen. Lee sent s flag of
truce to Gen. Burnside, asking him
to detail men to bury his dead in
front of General Sumner's Grand Pi
vision. This was done.
The woundod, with the exception
of those whom the enemy obtained,
have all been brought to this side of
the Rappahannock, and as rapid!y as
possible are being sent to Washing
ton.
During the flag of truce Gen. Stu
art, of the rebel army, in answer to
a question, stated that banks' Ex.vo
dition had gone South, buu he did
not seem to know c:etly where,.
The entire ::rely im now encapiped
on the sam , ground which they pre
viously occupied. They are comfort
hie for the present as they can be
in shelter tents.
.Our army has been considerably
reinfercod since the battle, and no
datigor te i zui appahed to its
.
present
-..11 is ops,iion,ef military men
tbatilad we evicts uc*Wed in taking
the first ridge" iiityiolits, the opportu
nity for slaughter .by the enemy
would have been far greater than
previously.
Our men, it may be repeated, be
haved with the greatest gallantry,
but no troops in the world could
withstand such a concentrated fire
of heavy ordinance and musketry un
der cover of their fortifications.
Condition of the Army
A Fredericksburg letter of the
14th says :-11 7 batever the result of
the battle may be termed—check or
repulse—it is certain that the failure
to accomplish what we attempted is
not the only evil fruit of yesterday.
I have spent several hours this morn
ing in visiting the field and the po
sitions held by out troops, and I
found the most unmistakable evi
dence everywhere that the expendi
ture of strength has been so great
as to produce exhaustion to a degree
that will render the resumption of
the offensive on our part impossible,
not only for to-day, but several days '
to come. The fatigue and exposure
of the last three days also severely
affects its capacity for work. For
three nights the troops have enjoyed
nothing like regular sleep, and for
three days they have been standing
under arms in the mud and cold.—
Upon the whole, it is my deliberate
opinion, and I know it is shared by
many of the general officers I have
seen, that the army is not fit for the
immediate renew al of hostilities, and
that it requires rest imperatively.—
It is likewise evident that the unsuc
cessful fighting of yesterday and the
hardships endured have not only af
fected the bodies, but also the spirits
of both officers and men, and time for
mental recuperation seems also to be
required.
Severe Loss
Colonel Heenan's Irish regiment,
raised iu Philadelphia, went into tho
Fredericksburg fight with two hun
dred and twenty-six men and nine
teen officers, and in the evening at
roll call but forty-five then and offi
cers, all told, Answered to their
names.
THE SUFFERING IN ENGLAND.
The following statement of the ac
tual condition of things at this mo
ment in Great Britain, has been pre
pared from the latest statistics pub
lished in the English papers :—Total
population dependent on the cotton
manufacture in Great Britain is
about 4,000,000. There are about
2,000,000 operatives thrown out of
employment, and 150,000 uow on
short time, and soon to be turned
adrift. These, with their li4m!lics:
and all dependent upon them—arti
zans, mechanics, tradespeople, and
storekeepers—aro now suffering the
actual horrors of destitution and fam
ine. Ashton and Staley bridge dis
tricts have about 40,000 now idle ;
25,000 soon to be so, and now on
short time. Operatives now entire
ly idle : Blackburn, about 17,500 ;
Manchester, 11,000 ; Oldham, 11,000;
Preston, 20,000; Rochdale, 20,000;
Stockport, 20,000; Wegan, 10,000;
Berry, 15,000, and a proportionate
number on short time, and daily ex
pecting, in many cases, a complete
discharge.
The Suffering Poor of England.
We have already published an
account of the munificent contribu
tions for the relief of the starving
cot ton operatives ofLancashire made
by the people of New York. In
Philadelphia the good work has
boon inaugurated with much spirit.
At a meeting at the Corn Exchange,
on Monday forenoon, $14,000 were
subscribed on the spot, and arrange
ments made to dispatch a ship load
of breadstuffs at an early day, anoth
meeting was held at the same time
in another place, at which Bishop
POTTER presided, at which a commit
tee was appointed to raise funds, and
a recommendation passed that col
lections be taken up in all churches
ip aid of the object,
A Rick Placer
The value of the oil thus far ob
tained from the Venango oil region
is estimated on good authority at $4,-
000,000, yet the producing territory
is but some eight miles long, with an
average width of less than forty rods.
The number of persons engaged in
the oil business, as manufacturers,
dealers, &c., 7,500. The amount of
capital invested in the various branch
es of the oil trade is estimated at
about $10,000,000. The present dai
lyyield of the Venango oil wells is
about 4,000 barrels, and the value of
this, at present prices, is $25,000.
This, of course, is exclusive of th e
daily product of the Oil Creek refin
eries, some thirty in number, of ca
pacities ranging from fifteen to three
hundred barrels per day.
Diptheria
This terrible disease is still prevail
ing in Ravenna, Ohio, amtdesolating
many a, household In the west part
of that township. Mr. John Dil
worth, from the 23d of November to
the 4th of December, lost three
daughters, and Mr flatinger, whose
family reside in the same house,
lost one child, making four from one
house, in a period of about two
weeks. The fatal prevalence of this
disease is alarming.
The late Ice Gorge at 011 Creek.
The loss by the recent gorging of
the ice at the mouth of Oil Creek is
now estimated at $350,000. One hun
dred and fifty boats we-, destroyed,
and upwards of thirty thousand bar
rels of oil lost.
A-A. new Baptist Church was
dedicated in Harrisburg, Pa., week
before last, and the next day after
the dedication the Pennsylvania
Baptist State Convention commenced
its session in it
Our Losses in the Late Bate.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 18.—A-Aorri
' bune o t dated
the Teth' eafli liritit his
entire command, hes arrived. The
estithates of our lames in the late
! battles vary widely. The fallowing,
j based upon official reports, as far as
made out, and upon the estimales of
those who have the best facilities for
judging, is as near correct as can be
obtained up to this time :
Right grand division, Gen. Sumner
—Second corps, Gen. Couch —How
ard's division, 980; Hancock's divi
sion 3,300; French's division, 1,900;
Total, 6,180. Ninth corps, Gen. Wit
; cox, Gen. Sturgis' division, 925;
Gen. Getty's division, 400 ; Total,
I 7,505.
Centre Grand Division, Gen. Hook
er's—Fifth corps, Butterfield—Hum
phrey's division, 1,500 ; Griffin's di
vision, 1,200; Sykes, on Sunday, 150;
total, 2,950.
Left Grand Division, Franklin's -
First Corps, Reynolds—Gibbon's di
vision, 900 ; Meadc's division, 1800;
Doubleday's Division, 150 ; total,
2,Bso—Seventh Corps, Smith's, 200.
Grand total, 13,505.
It is believed that these ?'figures
will fall under rather than exceed
the official reports. The severity of
the battle may be inferred from the
fact that while Butterfield was enga
ged but half an hour he lost nearly
three thousand men.
Gen. Hancock lost forty officers
killed, and one hundred and sixty
wounded. His total loss embraces
fifty per cent. of his entire division.
His conduct, and that of Humphreys
and Howard receive special commen.
dation, but where all did so well it
is perhaps invidious to individualize.
Though Gen. Hooker was original
ly opposed to crossing at this point,
he led his troops in person, behaving
splendidly, and is generally spoken
of as the hero of the battle.
The report that Col. Cross, of the
sth New Hampshire, is, mortally
wounded, proves untrue. He is do
ing well and will recover. Though
this is the tenth wound he has re
ceived during the war he says the
rebels will have to shoot him at least
once more before they kill him. His
veteran regiment went into the battle
with two hundred and fifty men and
came out with seventy-five.
The report _that Gen. Banks is not
to operate against Richmond cause
intense dissatisfaction through the
army. Gen. Burnside will visit Wash
ington to consult personally with the
Government Within a day or two.
Gen. Franklin's division suffered
somewhat from the enemy's shells
while crossing the river. had he re
mained a day longer his position
- ,vould have been most perilous.—
One of our brigades left its tents and
knapsacks behind in Fredericksburg.
LATER
Gen. French went into the action
with 7,000 men. Tp-night, two days
after the battle, but 1,200 men have
have reported to him. How many of
this number were taken prisoners it
is almost impossible to tel. But
his dead and wounded present a fear
ful list. Gen. Hancock, who engaged
the enemy later in tue duty and
fought upon nearly the same ground,
lost but little less than Gen. French.
With a division quite as large, he is
not able to call together to night
more than 2.000 men, and it is doubt
-11/1 whether ho has that number.—
Gen. Howard, who was ordered to
the support of Gen. Hancock, and
went into battle but a short time
before dark, lost but 1,000, and now
has in his division 0,000 men who are
fit to go into action.
The entire loss, therefore, in the
corps of Gen. Couch, consisting of
the divisions of liens. Howard,
French and Hancock, and which, on
the morning of the battle, contained
forty regiments, old and new amount.
ing to at least twenty thousand men,
is about ten thousand. I think the
official reports will not vary from
this estimate more than five hundred,
above or below the number. The
losses iu Gen. Reynold's corps of
Franklin's division, whicb were at
first supposed to be but two thou
sand, are to night considered by
some of Gen. Franklin's staff officers
nearly four thousand.
The Seventh New York (German) .
regiment went into the engagement
with about five hundred men, and
came out with only one hundred and
fifty. At the roll call of one company
of this regiment the next morning,
only fifteen answered, and the high
est officer who was left fit for duty
was a corporal. Tho Fourteenth
Indiana regiment lost half of its
numbers.
In Gen. , Roynold's corps the offi
cial report of the losses is as follows:
Gen. Doubleday's division, 190 ; Gen.
Gibbons, 1;160 ; Gen. Aleade's, 1,480
Total, 2,730.
Military men, says the - Washington
Republican, estimate the proportion
of those killed and wounded in bat
tles generally at one-fifth of the
number engaged ; but it is said by
persons on the field during the re
cent engagements at Fredericks
burg, and who are competent to
judge, that the proportion in these
instances were nearly twice as great
—that is on our side.
Our Dead Soldiers Stripped on
the Field.
NEW YORK, Dec. 19.—A dispatch
from the Army of the Potomac, da
ted on Thursday, says that 600 of our
dead were buried on Wednesday and
455 on Thursday. •
Nearly all the dead were found
stripped of their clothing and lying
naked on the ground.
From the official reports it is
thought that the proportion of the
killed to the wounded in the late bat
tle is smaller than in any battle
fought during the war.
HON. WY. H. POLK, brother of Ex-Presi
dent Polk, died suddenly at the St. Cloud
Hotel, Nashville, on the 16th. General
Rosecrans accedes to the request of Mrs.
James K. Polk to send' the remains to the
family of the deceased, at Columbia,
Pederal Sucoesso in North Carolina.
OUTRAGES.
, The .41114iiiii are only a few of many
!
Battle at and Capture of Kingston. plographs with which our ex
.
change papers are filled. Truly we are
TAMPIPIIIb4T MM.— beginning tereapthe fruits of Abolitionism
Tie °raid says :--After threidays' ' very near home—much nearer than agree.
skirmishing arid fighting, eemnseneed able:—
on the 11th init., Gen. F oster eaptur- CONVICTED or RAPE.—The colored men,
ed Kingston, driving off the forces Reuben and David Long, recently tried in
of Gen. Evans, killing and wounding G reens b urg, for hawing violated a respect
-250 rebels, taking 900 prisoners and able married lady, residing in Westmore
-1- pieces of artillery. Our loss .in land county, have been convicted. The
the action was not more than two defendants were brothers. The punishment
hundred.
; for rape is imprisonment in the l'eniten-
After the success our troops ad- .
tutry for the period of not less than one
vanced in the direction of Golds-",
nor more than fifteen years.—Pittsburg
boro' and Weldon, the occupation of
these places being the main object Post.
of the expedition. The account by
our correspondent to-day contains
all the particulars.
Our gunboats attempted to sup
port the land forces. but owing to
the shoal water in the Neuse River
they were not üble to render much
assistance. The gunboat, Albion,
however, of the marine artillery
force, showed some fight, but was
met by a battery of the enemy with
in two miles of Kingston, the fire
from which did her some serious
damago, and finally compelled her
to retire. The flotilla, on its return
down the river, was constantly fired
upon by guerillas from the shore.
The latest rebel dates, to the 15th
inst., report that artillery firing was
heard below Goldsboro' on that day.
No fighting occurred up to the 16th.
From the Army of the Potomac
HEADQUARTERS OF TIIE ARMY, DEC.
18.—Yesterday the rebels sent, un
der a flag of truce, a request that
we would bury our dead: A bury
ing party accordingly we,nt over,
and continued their labor to-day.—
During the truce, Colonel Walton,
chief of Longstreot's artillery,inform
lad some of our officers that the rebel
infantry force engaged on Sumner's
front, on Saturday, was only two
brigades, but that they had a large
reserve near by. He said aur men
exhibited the greatest bravery—but
ho considered the rebel position im
pregnable, and that a force of five
hundred thousand would find it im
possible to carry the heights in the
face of their batteries.
The rebel loss is small compared
with ours. Our losse,3 heretofore re
ported have been considerably de
creased by the arrival of stragglers.
The enemy took nearly SOO prisoners
from us, a considerable portion of
whom were absent from the camp
when we evacuated the south side of
the river. The prisoners taken on
both sides have been paroled, It is
stated that (ions. Lee and Long
street came down to-day, and hold a
conversation with some of our offi
cers. The flag of truce was with
drawn to-night after all our dead
were buried.
The Blowing Up of the Cairo
The telegraph has mentioned that
on last Friday, as. the steamers Cairo,
Pittsburgh, Marmora, Signal and
Queen of the West, were engaged
in removing torpedoes from the
Yazoo river, about twelve miles
from its mouth, one of the infernal
machines, hitherto announced, ex
ploded with a loud report, just under
the port how of the Cairo, tearing a
hole twenty feet long in her hull,
and throwing every one on board
violently down. A ram being near,
hastened to take off the officers and
crew, six of whom were slightly in
jured, but none killed Four officers
saved their baggage. Everything
else was a loss. She sank in nine
minutes, in forty feet of water, leav
ing nothing but the pipes to be seen.
The affair occurred about noon.—
Five torpedoes were taken up by
other boats, eleven miles above
Cairo. At Haines' Bluff the enemy
has a battery of four or five guns.—
The Cairo was the flag boat of the
expedition, commanded by Captain
H. K. Hazlitt. She mounted thir
teen guns and was built at Mound
City, and considered on of the light
est and swiftest boats in the fleet.—
She had just been improved by a
covering of railroad iron around the
forward part. The whole expedition
is now at the mouth of the Yazoo
river. We believe this is the first
instance whore torpedoes have been
successful, although they have been
tried many times.
Government Negroes.
A lately compiled number gives us the
following numbers of negroes now sup
ported chiefly, if not wholly, at the public
expense :--At Algiers, Louisiana, 7,000 ;
at Port Royal, 3,000 ; at Newbern, 2,000;
at Fortress Monroe, 2,000; at Cairo, &c.,
4,500 ; total, 18,500. These contrabands
must be clothed and fed out of the public
treasury, or by private contributions.—
Have any of our readers taken upon them
selves the trouble of calculating the ex
penses ? At the least calculation, it will
average forty cents each, or [lB 000x40—
$7 400] seven thousand four hundred dol-
Lars per day ; equal to $2 701 000 per an
num.
SerA certain. country editor thus cour•
ageouslydashesthe hopes of those patrons
who believed that they could control his
course by any threat of withdrawal of
patronage:
"We do not belong to our patrons,
Our paper is wholly our own ;
Whoever may like it may take it,
Who don't can just let it alone."
Se - Among the Indians taken pris
oners in Minnesota was a negro, who
it is alleged,killed thirty three whites
with his own hands. He wag born
at Mendota. Principally upon his
testimony most of the Indians were
convicted. By the betrayal of his
savage allies, he has endeavored to
save himself.
A SoLnt lifurtnEßED.--On Saturday
morning last, a soldier named kanner
Conklin, belonging to the Carlisle Garri
son, was murdered in North street, Car
lisle, by a black wan, named Abe Bell,
into whose house he was trying to gain ad
mittance. Bell, who is now in jail, made
a full confession, and attempts to excuse
himself by asserting that he acted in self
defence. Ile has always been a bad and
desperate negro.—Carlisle re/unteer.
A SOLDIER STABBED.-A great excite
ment was created in the neighborhood of
Third and Mulberry streets, on Wednes
day afternoon about 4 o'clock, by the
stabbing of a soldier by a negro. It ap
pears that a soldier had been in one of the
negro huts in that vicinity, 100kin, , 2:
some clothes which he had given out to
be washed, and as he was leaving the
house, lie accidently ran against a negro
who was standing near the door.
collision seemed to ruffle the temper
_the darkey, who, not satisfied with abus
ing the soldier, followed and stabbed him,
inflicting a severe and it is thought a fatal
wound. The Provost guard arrested the
uegro.—Harrisburg Telegraph, Nor. 2O.
FIENDISH OUTRAGE UPON A FEMALE.—
About 11 o'clock Saturday morning, Jae."
Anderson, a negro of about twenty years
of age, residing with D. R. Doretnis, in
Hackensack, N. J., followed a young
woman about three-quarters of a mile
down the railroad, and then committed an
outrage upon her. After the accomplish
ment of his design, he stole his employ- ,
er's horse, saddle and bridle, and made
his escape to New York. The girl thus
foully wronged is about nineteen years of
age, of irreproacahble character, and a
daughter of the manager of the Ayers
farm, near Woodbridge, in this State.--
Newark (AT. J.) Joariv.d.
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