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The Reverse At Fredericksburg

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Parent Issue
Day
19
Month
December
Year
1862
Copyright
Public Domain
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It is unléHS ti coDcoal tliü faot that, our urmy has met wiih n severo reverse sU Fredcricksliiirji. The róbela wrej i'ouiul too dtrong boih ni posilion and 1 nniiibürs, and fuilipg tf) curry their I wuikü by sinnn, on Mondny (jen. Buhnsidk witlidrew liiti aniiy to ilio north sidé nf tho Rnppuhannock, leaving tho robóla :it leisüVe to fflrlhér strengtWn Fhelr dofepoes. In anothor column wi'l bo tound the telegraphio ro[joi't of thu principul engngöiDBiit, that of Suliirdav ast. & detaited sketoh ivo vvill endeuvor to give iu another is.-iue. Wo have neilhcr spacü nor licart tn a péc utate on tliis revérae. Wo had Iioped for viotory, wo have gotten do. feat. Onr &rtny fouglit well, but was i'.nahle to aucteed. Wo cannot tbink Gen. BoaNiUDB n fatill, and hotiusily e think the faihire s ohargaable to gefteraf, mismanagürfient ui Waabingtnq', to the 6amü causes havo macio fallares of so many eanipaigns. Our loases are variously cstimated at from 10,000 to 15,000. The men churgcd gajlantly upon heavy works, and vyere terribly sláughterod. We can not prödict the ncxt move. - Rumora are various and conQicting, and we eau only wuit and see. S3T llon. B. F. Gkangek, of thfs district, voted ngainst the bill ftdruitting.Wüitttjrrt Virginia as a State. ïïu tliink tbat v.hen ihis división and new State fa rpe shaü have buon plnyed out thtre are othur nicinbors who will wish tliat llieir uiunes were recordad among the naya, füouutitutiópit] 'tiuai-nnteos and priiíiiliiiii ds aro scarcol? worth tho npor on wliich tlicy are writicn, if CongitísiS can wirè llirongli and around them as readily as ihey havo in ihis '('ir'ving a new State out of Virginia. ït is too palpable a ijumbug to dtiiiive any body for n eijiglo day uftor roasop B.ball eave resumed her sway. - Wliat position' do the RepresentativpK irom Eastern Virginia novv oc c-upy? J"r Usad the lutter jf Judgn Gocld to tho PresiJerit, on the subject of aibhrary arresta. It m;iy ba fcund on tho fust pagfl oí this sheül. ft a a little tart, hut thon as t ooines from u high republicari souroe tho author {a-y possibly escape being deiiouncod as a (ruitor. ïiiu Pieaident vvi.lt J- well tó ruflec; upon its plain English, and wel] w:ll it be tor the peoplu 1' it brinca the functlonarjes at Washington to rely inore upon thü lid of tlio courts and lesa u pon tha strong arm cf power. - Theru is no rtttwon for arbitrary arrests in any of the loyal States. L-JE We rt'gret bemg coiupellcd to announoe that Lieut. Col. Gilluly, of the Fifth Michigan Jnfantry, was killed in one of tbo recent eiigiigerueuts at Fredericksburg. Col. Gh.luly bas long residcd in this and Livingston county, aud is well known to many of our citizeus, and was high)y_ csteemed by all wlio knew him. Iïj 1859 be was a ineinber of the Legislature, after wbicb he entered the Law Department of thé Uuiversity, graduating in the Srst clasa, Jli.s rernaius were to leavo Waahington ou ïhuvsday, and vvill prob.ibly arrive to-morrow. ïhe funeral will take place at liiigh'on wliere hia faiuily rosides. tA beantiful üttlo poem addressed 'Toiny Wift) :ind Cliild " is goiitg ilie rounHs ot the prosa-, nnd is aaid to have buen written by ''Stonewüll Jackaon" il uring the Mexican war. ütn Jack bom in n letfer to Mra R. W. Eri'iss, of Kockbriclge Alurn Spiing.-J, Vn,t duted Nov. 27th, 18G2, and given to tho public thiotigh ttie HiuhiTiond Enivircr of iUu Glh inst., deiiies tho uthorship, and saye tliat it was rittan by t!o IJop. John B. Jackson, f Alabama, wlio was field ofBaër of one of tho Alabama regimenté in thö Mexióan ,war. This (orreciioQ tihows "Stonewall" anariibitious of wearing laureis due to others. jSC The publisber uf that favorito agricultural and family Journal the Rural New-Yorkcr, has issued liis prospectus for the ensuing ycar. The several di;paitments of Agriüulturo, Hortieulture, Architecture, Rural Kconomy, Education, Arts and Science, Ljiterature and General News are woll maiined and alwaya well íilled, making it a complete papet both for the practical and amutuur farmer. It is beautifully printed on c'.ear white puper, and baiidsoinely illustrated,.and the years numbe.ra bound up inake a most valuadle volume. Now is the time to subscribe %'l a year-; three copies 85 ; six copies $10; ten copies 815, with a free opy for every club of six or more. Specimen nunibrs and premium lisls sent free on appliuaiiuu. - Address D. I). T. Moore, ltochcster, New York. -The Jiural and tho Arqus for 83, J"-2C" Military affaire-' iu the Southwest look a little squally. Skirmishcs are of daily ocenrrence, and general en gagements daily predictud. News from thut quarter is soatteing, unreliable, and unsutist'uetn-y. Kt3T Tjie Banks uxpoditioD lms not been dofiniiely heard iiom, although reportad " uil alorig shore," Ë" The 'itíth Michigan left camp at JacksOQ' on Saturday last, and lis probably reached Washington beforo.this E5ÉT" Froin reportetl lists of killed and wounded wc learn that the lst, 2d 3d,-'.ltl), öth, 7th, 16th, 17th and 20th Régïmoirts of Mic'iigun Tnfantry ivcro all engaged in the late battlcs,

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Old News
Michigan Argus