IMPORTANT FROM VIRGINIA: Refusal of the Authorities to Surrender Fredericksburgh; Preparations of the Rebels for Defence (11/23/1862)

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HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC.

FALMOUTH, Va., Saturday, Nov. 22 -- 12 M.

The following is the reply of the Mayor of Fredericksburgh to the demands of Gen. BURNSIDE, which, owing to the late hour could not be had last night.

FREDERICKSBURGH, Nov. 21, 1862.

Brevet Major-Gen. E.V. Sumner, Comd'g U.S.A.:

SIR I have received, at twenty minutes before five o'clock this afternoon, your communication of this date, in it you state that "under cover of the houses of this town, shots have been fired upon the troops of your command that our mills and manufactories are furnishing previsions and the material, for clothing for [???] soldiers in rebellion against the Government of the United States that our Railroads and other means of transportation are removing supplies to the depots of such troops that this condition of things must terminate; that by command of Major-Gen. BURNSIDE you demand the surrender of the town into your hands, as the representative of the Government; of the United States, at or before 5 o'clock this P.M.; that failing an affirmative reply to this demand by the time indicated, sixteen hours will be permitted to elapse for the removal from the town of the women and children, the sick. wounded and aged, which period having elapsed, you will proceed to shell the town.

In reply, I have to say that this communication did not, [???] in time to convene the Council for its consideration, and furnish a reply by the hour indicated. [???] P.M. It was sent to me through the hands of the commanding officer of the army of the Confederation States, near this town, to whom it was first delivered, by consent of Gen. [???], who brought it from you, as I am informed:

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Important from Virginia: Refusal of the Authorities to Surrender Fredericksburgh – 2-3
News from Harper’s Ferry: Rumors that Jackson is Still at Winchester, With 40,000 Men – 3
Important from Missouri: Burning of Lamar by the Rebels – 3
The Privateer Alabama: Where She Got Her Guns and Ammunition – 3
The War in the Southwest: Why Holly Springs was Evacuated by the Rebels – 3
News from Washington: Brigadier-Gen. Patterson Found Dead in his Tent – 4
Editorial: The Supreme Issue – 4-5
Sunday in the Camp and Forecastle – 5
Butler’s Rule in New-Orleans – 5
Editorial: France and Mexico – 5

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