Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, December 21, 1864, Image 2
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Bs^, To thoseof our frionds who have
promised provisions, &c., for work done,
It is earnestly desired that they come for"
ward with some supplies, for we dod it impossible
to subsist ,<m promisee alone. Printere
must eat as well as others.
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Custom has sanctioned that Printers are
" Jjtfjjfc entitled.to some recreation on Christmas
week, and having faithfully endeavored to
the preseatjear, no paper will be issned
I from this Q??e nest week. The Enquires
I Wednesday, 4th Jataiaiy, 1865. A plew
g ant Christinas and a happy New Year to all.
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not published in the Columbia papers as
done; tie letter of oar eeteemed oorrespondent
having iailed lo come to hand in time
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n?? On Tuesday last Hon. A. G. MeGraih
was elected Governor on the 6th Ballot.?;
3P6e Governor was formerly Judge of the
United States District Cocrt for South Carina,
and more recently of *faa Confederate
Court He brings to the discharge of
liia duties a well cultivated intellect and
SB?,- rored the. interests of the State through
I bite will receive bo detrhnenlh&i^lj^^j
On the nme day Col. R. G. MeCaw, of
our District, wifl elected Lieut. Governor,
- on tbe first Ballot, without oppoflitiou.
It is just three months to a day, since
our Battalion left home, and though we
have lost several from disease, we have
.got along tolerably well, so far. There
has been anenteral clearing out of measle
cases from the hospital, those who were
able to travel having been sent home to
' 'Chriatmal" A few still remain, but
the general health ef the Camp is much
better than it has been.
. * ^tr ^. The exchange of prisoners is still
going on?they are delivered in Charles-!
ton harbor, instead of at Savannah, as
heretofore. Though they are sent off
a thousand at a time, we have new accessions
daily, and just while writing, a
number are passing our quarters on the
^way to the Stockade ; they were caprecently
at Pocotaligo, and have
MS 51 thus succeeded in gaining a foothold in
-^he interior.
It. is now understood that a stockade
is being buHt on the South Carolina
il^jtc'2LiLa K^SOuk rUlwrn^ia
i* rouroou, cic*ru uiiicd uvivn
to which point the prisoners remaining
unexchanged will be removed, and the
reserve* so# on to the front, as jfche mi.
V- lifcia will r&rre them of any further
guard duty. It is hoped by that time
(some twenty days, it is said) our commanding
oncers frill be at their posts,
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as it w, we. are hke "sheep without a ^
shepherd," and it is hard< to tell from
one day to another, who is in command.
The Georgians are still lording it over
' "ns, but it is thought they will be relieved
after a while. Gov. Brown certainly
has some dse for them in his own.
State?there is none for them .here, except
to "keep out of hfrta's way, and
sport gay uniforms, trade in greenbacks
find Yankee jewelry, and drinking whiskey.
As a consequence, late hours are
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kept, and we have now a new feature in
. guard mounting, at 3 o'clock, p. m. instead
of in the morning, as has been
^Hreustom from time immemorial; the
change produces great dissatisfaction
among both officers and men, but it can
f* ^bthw&tonger than some sober-minded
men are placed in command. General
Jfjnder did not stay with us long, but
left a good many in his trail, who
should be doing duty at the front, with
guns on their shoulders. A company
of "M. D's" can be. picked up at any
hospital station, and we would call the
attention of the war brokers to the fact.
It is a source of regret among iw
that the hospitality of our ffeHow-citizens
at home should be called in Question
; that Yankee prisoners are Better
treated in Yorkville than our own soldiers.
A week ffinee, one of our men
on his wiy home, with a sjck furlough,
bad his leg hurt, and was left at the
York depjjt until late in the evening,
without assistance, until a good Samari.
ten moved him in a hand-barrow to the
hotel, and procured a night1 s lodging and
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refreshments. The next morning arhis
conveyance home by an old "hacker"
for $25, a dollar a mile, bat at the end
of the journey $50 was demanded, and
paid! If this is not extortion, what is
it. If this be the hospitality we meet
with at home, what must we expect from
strangers ! It is not necessary to name
the party, he has been for sometimemarked
by high professions and low
pr%otices, which old age rather increases;
miser-like.
Still prowling,-relentless, and eager to save,
Still grasping fcr oaM o? the bdtut oftbe pave.
The near approach of the Christmas
| holidays, though but little merriment
[ can be expected at tins time, oas created
quite a furor for furloughs, amohg
both young and old. They had been
suspended for twenty days, which time
is near out, and as your correspondent
expects to be with you in "afewdays,"
he would like to h$Ye company home.
Many of our boys have not been home
.for three months, and as they have withstood
disease, a furlough home to see
their sweethearts should reward ftiekn,
especially,, as they pipy have to go into
harder service op their return to duty.
The scramble for the office of Governor
will be over, before yon receive,
this; whoever may be "the lucky man,"
the position, to be properly filled, will
be one of great responsibility. The
hand that is to guide the ship of State
through the storm now threatening it,
should be a sober and steady one; there
should be no halting between two opin
i6nsnbw,d>ut Jtih? 'tBazi' "oT- n?iire is re- j
Quired, 011$ who. will take the responsi-j
bility of putting im.the army the innu- j
merable skulkers that infest the c&pitol; \
and with spirit and capacity to lead the
troops oyer whioh he is Commander-in- j
Chief. The man who can now claim
exemption, from any cause, with the
Yankees besieging Savannah and Pocotaligo,
are unfit for any office, of either
profit or truBt, and the sooner the State
were rid of them the better. At thistime,
every man should be in the field; i
if they shrink now, their coward hearts'
will more surely fail them, when the,'
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danger is at their own doors, ana neipless
women and children oling to them
for protection^ When' the history of
this war is written, though many a brave
ssoldier will only be numbered among
Ihe "unrecorded dead," there should be
a page or two reserved for those who
slipped into soft places, and, Nero-like,
fiddled while Rome was burning. The
great names of the Revolution have,
passed away, blood has degenerated, and
time has created new names for the page
ft history; let the broken down aristocracy
who have gloried in the nameof
their ancestors, remember the deeds
they are now vainly called on to perform.
Do they relish the picture ? E.
FBOM SUXIirVAW'S ISLAND.
December 12,1864.
Messrs- Editors:?I stated to you in I
my last letter, that the.truce would lastl
a couple of weeks, and I am sure it: ie j
no little gratification to the pebple of
^ ?ii. ??? i?AA?a fJ-nli Ar\s\A o^ '
UJLLU LUC ULVUpp ?round
the harbor ; as they all used to
get a taste of the Yankee spleen, once
in a -while. To see the steamers plying
back and forth to the city, with decks
crowded with the exchanged prisoners,
makes one feel as if the dove of peace
had spread its wings over our beloved
land oheemore. Everything.is so quiet
Here that you would actually think there
was no enemy near us, were it not for
the piles of sand, so familiar to the eye,
and such a dread to the enemy. 01&
Sumter' stands qtii defiant to the last.?
The troops of this Island are pnder
marching orders, but where to> is only
known to the powers that he.
- 1Ye had quite a God-send here, on the
10th, in the shape of about 500 fibs of
fish, of that rare, and long sofight for,
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tisft, Trout, xne weacner nere was ierribk
on the 8th, and drove the fish over
the break waters, when our boys pouncedupcm
them like so many hawks, as
their rations gave out the day . before
the storm set in. I have not heard of
any casualties but the upsetting of a
small boat, near Mount Pleasant, by
which accident two women, whose names
I could not learn, were drowned.
Our tobacco ration,, we are told, is
stopped; but I understand we are to
get something else instead*?the boys
say it must be red eye. More anon.
Fair Play.
From Hood's Army.
Richmond, Deo. 15.?The following
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tlwpMvu ,wwi?w(?iw? 1 "y n
Headquarters Army of Tennessee,
gix milks from Nashviuj:, Deo. 8, via
Mobile 9.?Bon J. A. StddoTu?About
4 o'clock, p m., 80th nib, we attacked the
enemy at Franklin, drove them from their
f ?$Dtre line, of temporary works into their
inner line, which they evaouated daring
the night, leaving their dead and wounded
in our possession, and jetre&ted to Nashville,
closely pursned by our oavalry.
We caDtured several stands of colore and
about 1000 prisoners;. Oor troop^ fought
Ssiemwd Trevm mem ^?cie!
bnrne, Brig. Gens. "Williams, Adams, Gist,
Strahl and Grs'nberry were killed; Maj.
Gen. John-Brown, Brig. Gens. S. Carter,
| Maniganlt, Queries, Cookerell and Scott,
were wounded. Brig. Gen. Gordon, was
' captured.
{Signed] J. B. HOOD, General I
From Savannah?Fsfll of Fort MoAlis
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tFe loarn that the enemy made a demon-.
stration cn Saving Tuesday land were repulsed.
It is supposed to have been only a
feeler, pat forth to ascertain our strength
there. Gen.Hardee, in a dispatoh to Gen.
Beauregard, dated Savannah, Tuesday, December
13th, reports everything working
Well, and that in his opinion the enamy were
endeavoring to reaoh the coast by Way of
Genesis Point arfd Fort McAllister. Fort
MoAllister is reported well garrisoned and
I wall nrnvisraned. and has been ordered to
hold ont to the last extremity. The enemy's
fleet off Ossabaw Soui.d had largely increased.
Arrangements have been made which,
it is confidently believed,will interfere very
materially with Shannon's progress toward
the coast, if they do not check him altogether.
Sherman has been disappointed'hi'
not being able to erota the SavaniJah river
into South Carolina _ end effect 0 junction
with Foster's forces at Poeptaligo or Ohosawhatohie.
He was, therefore, compelled
to move down along tbe Qgeecfcee. All
was quiet along the line of railroad yesterday?Courier,
15th.
We have no very foU budget of intelligence
from Savannah. Sherman seems, for
the present, to have abandoned the direot
attack on the oity, and appears to be turning
his attention to the reduction of the outworks.
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We regret to annoanoe tbe fall of Fort
McAllister. That post was oarifed early
yesterday morning by assault, in whioh a
heavy column of Sherman's best troops participated.
It is believed that the enemy
will next make a desperate effort to gain
possession of Genesis Point.
The news given above is perfeotly authen -
jj a.
tic, bat we nave neara no aewus ui too assault
or of the casualties.
Along the line of the Charleston and Sir
vane ah milroad all oonUhawqoIet.
Mercury, lbtK.
We have little additional from Savannah. *
The disaster at Fort MoAliater, announced
in onr last issue, is folly confirmed. A
thousand rumors were ^M^esterday?
nono of them trnstwortby.' our. mind,
however, the aspect of affairs about Savannah
is not particularly cheering.
Wheeler's cavalry is at Hardeeville. The
enemy has construotecUwo batteries within
range of the railroad near Coosawhat&ie,
and continues to shell every passing train.
Mercury, 16tA.
.Many of the Confederate soldiers who
Arrived here, as renortad elsewhere, left
Fort Pnlaaki on Wednesday evening at a
late hoar. They knew or hoard nothing of
any late news from Sherman beyond a report
that one of his couriers Fad reached
Hilton Head.
The Yankee papers seen by our men and
aooonnts of Yankee officers and soldiers,
confirm previous reports of unusually severe
casualties on their side at Honey Hill and
other attempts near the Charleston and Savannah
Railroad.?Courier, 16tA. ^
Iu the present state of affairs, it is by no
means an e?^ matter to obtain any trustworthy
news from Savannah. We may,
however, once for all, caution our readers
against believing any .of the Jhousand and
one rumors which are afloat daily upon our
streets. Aa far ;?( we aw ai)ta. to teain,
the report of tho evacnation of Savannah
by our forces, so current jreisterciay, is altogether
withont foundation. Gen. Beauregard
left the city by the Savannah railroad
yesterday morniDg.
/Foster's batteries in the neighborhood of
'Tulafiny creek, near Ooosawhatohie, continne
to shell, with great vigor, every train
that passes the latter point. As yet, however,
we have heafd of no.matprial damage
done, otherwise all remains quiet along the
line of the road.?Afercury, 17th.
Siege of Charleston?saetii Day.
The steamer Celt took down the harbor
Friday forenoon, the balance of the Yankee
prisoners doe on the present exohange.
The number of Yankee prisoners delivered
thus far, singe the commencement, in Savannah
and Charleston harbor, is as follows;
Privates, 10,665 j officers, 225, making a
total of 10,910. The truce etpires at 10
o'clock this morning, at which time the
usual firing between the batteries and the'
shelling of the city may be expected to be
rammed.?Courier. VIth.
News from the Co^si.
We are still.without authentic news from,
Savannah. A cheering report was in gen?
xral circulation Monday, stating thatw
heavy fight had taken plaoe at the junction
of the Savannah and Central Railroads on
Sunday, resulting in the defeat of the enemy's
forces with heavy loss. No confirmation
of this report was received up to a late
boor last evening. The most reliable infer-1
mation received states that there has been
oonsykrable skirmishing and fighting at{
different points near the city, but no particulars
are given. It if still believed that!
Sherman is end^ariog toedge down along
the Ogeeohee^ river to Genesis Point or
, Brunswick.
A friend writing from Poeptaligo, Deo.
11th, gives the following aeeonnt of affairs
in thst nnarter.
"The wires towards Savannah have been
oat and we have therefore do definite oewe.
Ad engineer from Savannah river says the
road is cat between and Savannah.-rWe
have had no communication With Savannah
yerterday or to day, Hepyy. firing
was heard this morning in. that direction,
supposed to be oar gunboats shelling the
enemy at or near the railroad bridge.
"Two regiments of the enemy are reported
at Makey's Point. Our troogs are in
'fine spirits. The latest news from Savannah
is favorable. Sherman has passed Sister's
Ferry, and is going down towards the
the city. Our troops in the trenches, ineluding
the Cadets, need stimulants. The
weather is cold and raby."
r It was also reported yesterday that the
hridge over the Savannah river. had been
burned.-? Charleston Courier,18$.
A GooiThaul.?The UniUiT States N?
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Vj. j/epartweui, una rcueircu tut? ireuouic
, bo* taken from the Florida upon her arrival
iD port, with twelve thousand dollars in
gold in it.
f P Ot doarse that w*? attend#! to before'the
j@* It ia.rumored in Londoo that Lord
Palmerston will retire from the Primiership
id the Smgm W ^oeedeWthe
Eari Grauvftie.
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Prom Virginia.
The reoonnoisanoe by (Jen. Longstrefit, \
on Saturday, and the shelling of Fort Oil.
.mertheame day, were in the opinion wfc j
many obsegyere, the eh?i9g exentojjf the J
expiring year on the tines below Richmond. 1
No movement S iin|drtuiotr, itfoffchfight, t
will be undertaken on either side until after
the first of January. The holiday season
is fast approaching, and it is not im|
probable that General Grant, who was_hnrv <
I ried away from flew 3"ork1>y the absurd iu- t
| mor of the evacuation of Petersburg, may i
| revisit his family to spend the Chistmas t
with thein. The severe weatner ana oon- <
difion of the approaches may also prevent ,i
| active hostilities for a while, hot neverthe-' <
j less, our Generals cannot "be too vigilant at i
! all tunes. We have a wary Toe to contend ]
against, and we may be Sure they Will avail i
themselves of the slightest opportunity t<f }
obtain an advantage. Let oar pidkets, \
therefore, he ever oh the quivive. I
From the 8oath*ide we bave nothing 6f i
imppr&ooe, It Is presnmed that Warren's ?
raiding-column has succeed in retdrning to 1
the lines of the main army. i
Richmond Examinert 1 %th. . i
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J8T From the following dispatch reoeiv- ]
ed yesterday, it will ho seen that the-Jan- 1
kee foroee in North Carolina were prepared
to oo-operate with Warren's oolamn: . 1
Headquarters, Deo. 18, 1864.
Eon. J. A. Seddon : 1
JVhile General Warren was before #<>11- ,
field, tho enemy moved up the Roanoke 1
against Fort Branch, and fijppi ifpwhdrn j
against. Kinatoo. Both parties J
fore the forces sent against then), 4JJ la
quiet in that dietriet. >: '
ffiiwedl jLA,L? !
Richmond Dispatch, 15th. 1
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Afikira in Mis sissippi. 1
. Mebiman, Deo. 10 Aatheotie infor- 1
action h?8 been received that the advanoe 1
of Gen. Davidson's raiding column from J
Baton Bongo passed through Angus ta, i
Pmj County, Mississippi yesterday, for *
Mobil*. ]
Scott and others are in the light place. 1
Warm work is expected on Mondayor <
Tuesday next. . J
The following is a copy of an official des- 1
patch reoeived at Headquarters in.Mobile:
On the first of December, Col. Griffith
engaged the enemy near Yazoo City, killing
seventeen, wodndiug five and capturing a j
lieutenant and twenty mod. Oar lo* one i
killed and seven wounded. The enemy i
was driven baok to Yasoo City. 1
Dover, Yazoo County, December 2 **? J
The fight yesterday was at Concord Church, <
oq the Yaseo City and Vioksburg Koad.? j
The Yankee force was tooregiinents. They 1
were oompleieiy Touted. Eighteen dead i"
counted, besides wounded. Twenty-three i
prison era were ca ptured, incl uding a lieu- <
tenant. They carried away most of -their 1
wounded. Their entire IM is between* j
seventy-fire and one hundred. Onr loss 1
one killed and six wounded. A large quantity
of arms and equipments and several <
borse3 were captured. i
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From Hood's Amy. 1
Headquarters Ashy op Tennessee, i
COLUMUIa, Nov,-?, *ri Bartow* Bee. 9: 1
-The enemy evacuated Columbia hat night i
and are retreating on Nashville. I
Our army a in good health and most ex - j
cellent spirits, and are rigorously pressing i
the enemy's rear, while Forteat will hsrrasa i
his front afid fi&nki. i
Supplies are abundant, and the people are ;
delighted beyohd measure at our rethrn. i
The Tennessee regiments Will be filled. '
ISHAM 0. HARRIS. '*
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TenQesseo. i
the tight at franklin. 3
The Montgomery Appeal publishes] the
following despatch from Gov. Harris : 1
Headquarters Army or Tennessee,
near Nashville, December 5r via Bartow and !
Mobile. December 10.?We pursued and 1
overtook the enemy at Franklin, where ho. J
had that morning thrown up one line of. 1
breastworks and had commenced two others..
The enemy evidently intended to hold permanently
the line of Franklin and Mot- 1
freesboro. ^We attacked him in position a- ;;
bent 4 o'clock p. m., and successively oarried
their two lines.
At dark, we had reaohed and stood njxm
.'the pnter edge Of their interior and laat line
$fttka, where the fight continued. until ;;
11 o'olock.
We held our position daring the night,
expecting to renew the fight in the morning ;
but, unfortunately, undercover of the .darkness,
about |2 o'plook, tbe enemy retreated, '
leaving bis iiiled and wounded onthe field.
We "Were unable to use our artillery, on
account of the preaence of the women add *
children in the tows. We massed about
100 pfeeeB of artQlqy tht^ night to oped oti '
the enemy-at daylight, expecting the noncombatants
to have been gotten out before
day. " ?
We bare lost an unusually large proportion
of offioers. Gens. Cleburne, Granberry,
Adams, Strahl and Gist, were killed. Gens.
Brown, (paries, Carter and Scott were
wounded.
* - Wb havA am tared about 1,800 prisoners,
and bsr? picked up on the battle field abont
6,000 stands of aims. We have ulso captured
four locomotives and trains, and are
muring the Tennessee and Alabama Railroad.
Other trains era cut off, which we '
hope soon to have in onr possession.
Abont 5,000 of the enemy are out off ?t 1
Mnrfreesboro.
The army is in fine health and excellent
spirits, and confident of success.
The people are delighted and enthnaias-' 1
tic at eur advance.
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From the North. ""
HWhmond, Deo. 13.?Tbe Washington
Chronicle of Sunday has been received. A
Nashville telegram of the 10th says the
Federal loss in the battle of Franklin is as-,
oerteinedt by official reports to_heonebun- |
Prisoners report Hood abont to make amoveh
SMQ from the front of the 4th curpia J
Jixi: ^
j monuerQ owes on mvwuv) w^??; |<
I Gold cloejedin New Y<^k on Sat&day at
Gen.Daw's expedition from Vioksborg
leftvoyed the Mississippi Central Railroad
or thirty miles above Big Lick Crossing.
Fwenty five hundred bales of cotton were
dso destroyed.
From Richmond.
* Saturday morning found the ground oov>red
with two inches of snow and sleet, the
ouoh of winter had no effect in preventing
nilitary operations, for the first time id
lereral months, thh initiative was taken by
mr troops. Between three and fonr o'olock
i. m. Gen. Longstreet, with a heavy force
>f infantry, cavalry end artillery,^made a
reoonooissanoe down the Charles City and
Darbytown roads, and in the course of the
norping, advanced as far as Now Market
[Till, four miles east of fort Harrison,'
vithbuk meeting any serious resistance. In
net until reaching the point named, he found
oothing but a thin picket line of the enemy,
rhe objects of reconnoisaance having been ]
fully accomplished, Gen. Longstreet return-,
scf to h|p ordinal position^ which he reach
9<i on Saturday night We Killed a lew 01
the enemy's picket* and took a few of them
prisoners. Our loss was one man killed and
feveta! wodnded. , i
Daring the forenoon and part of - the'
sveniDg, oar mortar t batteries shelled Vort
ttarriMin Iftxriodlly, causing great excitestent
amongst the negro soldiers.
By this reoonnoissance the aotnal position
of the enemy's line'of heavy defences
)n the north side of James river wasascerainod.
Instead of running northwest from
fort Samson tod hugging our line even ta
the Charles City road, as had been believed,
ii least by civilians, it runs from the Hardsbn
due east to $ew Market Heights,
vhiohdant hat/oar miles further distant
from the *ty than the ftrffcer point. Bewee#
tfet Market and the left ofonr line
ihere is no fortification or entreuohment of
wnseqfieuoe, and, as we hate stated, was
baud on Saturday to be held ohlyby a picks'*
line. Though oor troops, both in going>nt
and ieturning, traveled over the ground
from whioh the Yankees have been threatening
to shell Richmond, they discovered
10 big guns and no preparations for mountog
them .-riWfwmh, 12th. \gi..
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From metersDurg.
We We greedy stated that hriskakirsavalry
and a detacbmenl^f the eneriy, at
iurratt's Depot, on Thursday. This was
)ut a Small affair. While it Was ill "pte
press the enemy was moving a heavier body
if his troops towards Hicksford, for the
mrpofld of destroying, if poesfble, the tins
uidge Over the Meherrta river. This mote*
nent becoming known to oqr OQramander,
rtej* warh at once taken to meet it. Troops
sere immediately thrown forward, and long
? stroogforoe of our cavalry*were in poaiion
at Hiokaford, to meet him.
On Friday afternoon the enemy's colamn
We in Wight, ind at once made disposidons
for attack- They bombarded and asBolted
our position, bat were most gallantly
repulsed, and compelled to retire without
treated from Hioksford, and was at once
pureawLbjr oar cavalry, who closely follow-'
fd and haria&ed his rear. Poring the retr^at,
the Yankee column Way general rimes
struck and pierced by oar dashingcaviljy,
and it is believed to hate 8'Dffcred heavily,
not edly in killed and wounded, but in
prisoners..
The raiders, after their signal fepnlae at
Hioksford, and the snbseqaent olose pursuit
that befell them, are believed to be retreat-1
lug in all haste ]o their lines in front of
Petersburg. What they have aoflomplishod,
amounts fg reality, to nothing, unless
we except their depredations upon private 1
property in Sussex county. They stole a"
umber of horses and cattle, ran off aome
D egroea and robbed a great many hen roosts
and pig sties', but that is all.
Prisoners say the column was destined for
Weltlon, after destroying all the interaedi-'
ate property of value, but. it is halted and
y xp t
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Prom Savanneh,
An jhniportisit juitior yesterday, said to
have originated from high authority, stated
that Sherman, with a portion of hiscommand,
had already established communication
Wilis the Tanked'fleet from Genesis
Point. Fighting was also reported as still
going on in front of Savannah.?Charleston
Courier, 14th.
[fat disabled soldier, who was on a visit to
Savannah end left there onMonflky morning,
has communicated some statements to
the OfcarRwton (kntrier;
r J^e reports that on Saturday, lOthinsfc,
three several and severe charges were made
against our lines between the Central and
ftnif Railroads, and about five nrilaefrom
the city, beginning at I p. m. These asaaaits
wen repulsed in good style and wijjjb
good spirit and determination on our sideIt
was reported that the Ogeohee Bridge,
on the GoU Boad, mot Savannah, had been
burned by to* forces* perhaps too soon, and
this bad prevented tbe~arrival of eomo forces
who wobld and could have reached Savannah.
It is mora than probable that these
soldiers may find good work todo, however,
paths Sontb side of theOgocbee, as tbingr
now go?at all events, they can work their
way to and for good service.
On Friday, We learn there was something
of a panic in portions of Savannah, and
some croakers were ready-and Willing to
give up. Some of the warebocaes and depomtarfas
of provisions We? opened and all
perns www foW to help themselves?a
very questionable mode of defending a city,
bat a good example to be followed in good
time .?d in good order by_M,^p prefer
As far as we can learn, all rW^MJW
quiet in and'around JBavahnalir Wer
haue received the Savannah Republican
of Eriday morning. It says: "We
have nothing new to report from the
front. All continued quiet- yesterday;
scarcely a gun was fired during the
whole day."" The
ted on a quarter sheet, and the MorkThe
tone of the EepubMcan is quiet "and
confident. No complaint is made of
any scarcity of Drovisionsfr'thejeity;,
"but notice is given in . the loc&l coHAn
that the Habertbam Mills Wiilatrpply
the people with rice flour at $4perwMliel.
We can get no hint ae to Sh?r-,
man's present Whereabouts and d&sigfr.
We learn that Col. Young, rfabout
900 men, wfeht oir Friday to Argyle
Island, where the enemy, 500
strong, had possession oftwo ride mills,
at the other, threshing nwffor lus Own
use. With the aid of two Napoleon
guns of Earle's light battefy/the Yankees
were soon driven away. One mill
and several neighboring buildings were
burned, and the other mill rendered
useless. Although the enemy's sharpshooters
kept up a*constant fire upon
us during these operations,-not a man
on our side was hurt- Next morning,
however, the enemy on Arcrvle Island
was reinforced by 3000 menT' ::
While we aee quite in the dark as to
the progress of events at Savannah,#*
are glad to know that we have ample
force to hold the line of J|he Savannah
river (north bank) in any. emergency.
We also hear from good authority that
(Jen, Hardee is confident of his ability
to hold Savannah.
: . Charleston Mercury, 19th.
Important if True.
A gentleman who arrived from Macon
Saturday evening informs cm, says the Constitutionalist
of yesterday, that a report was
in circulation at Macon, that Gen. Hood
assaulted the enemy's works at Nashville,
carried them, and W*dn {tifenen of the
city. The rnmct,also'states that General
Cheatham Was killed at the head of his
corps in the streets of the oity neartbe-ofcpifot.
We art disposed to beliove
Hie city oiuseiy ueaiegeu at inar hotuumj
and ^preparing to iearalt the works.
JSoxUhem Oatrrdxan, 19rt.
MRS. BLUM'S SCHOOL '
THE exOrcishs of Mrs. BttJM'S
X SCHOOL will be PMumed, at the OARfiTSON, on
ivr O TIC/E .?I -WII& PAY-FQR
?1 allTAX IN KIND hauled lotto Dnpiit on the crop
of 1683. Planters- win bring tltefr estimates whan calling
'for paymto.;?,"* JSlfH- FAfBBOVXii.-?
Agent, Depot No. 1,8 C. D.~, 3. C.
December 81 S St
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A N Extra *<?Otlliniiiucation o? PhilanJLX
throveNb^7^A^F.
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ESTATE SAUB. .&M>
T WILL sell to the highest bidd^ fe
A TUESDAY.the 3d day of JANUARY next, at the
?SHence of B.1T. CALDWELL,deaeaacdJPOUR LIKEEX,PuKKITCTjE,
and other thln*?. 1 will-.slab Si NT
oat Uio LAND of said deceased at the same time and place.
All petjflM having cW?ts ajalntt the sold deecwed will
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