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The Daily Dispatch: December 23, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 19 (search)
nnot but be productive of mischievous and embarrassing results." Even the Tribune sneeringly speaks of the proclamation in question "as another illustration of the infelicity of our commanders in this species of composition." Details of news from Washington. We copy the following from the Washington Star, of last evening: The only arrival since our last report is that of the Mount Washington, which went down on Saturday morning, returning that evening. Messrs. Hale, Clark, Edwards, Rice, of Massachusetts; Rollins, of New Hampshire, and others, went down on the Mount Washington, and after passing Stump Point the steamer was stopped, it not being deemed expedient to expose her to the enemy's fire, and the party took to the boats and proceeded to Budd's Ferry. Two shots were fired by the rebels at the boats, but without effect, both going wide of their mark. It is thought the design of the enemy was not so much to injure the party as it was to draw the steamer down wit