NORTHERN NEWS.
New York "Oaten to Dee. 17.
Another Victory over Hood.
By the arrival of the S. R Spaulding
yesterday, we have Northern papers to
Dec. 17 The Cassandra arrived last
evening, bringing a mail bat no later
papers.
Wai DF.rATtT'4tNT. Washington. Dec. 1C?9.15
a. ra. Maj.-Oen. Dix?The following official report
of the battle before Nashville, has been received
from Maj.-Oen. Thomas: u Nashville,
Dec. 15. Attacked the enemy"* left thin morning,
and drove it from the river below the city very
nearly to the Franklin pike, a distance of about
eight miles. Have captured Cbalmer's headquarters
and train and a second train ot about
twenty wagons. with between eiarht hundred and
one thousand prisoners, and sixteen pieces of artllery.
Onr tri?ops behaved splendidij, all taking
their share in assaulting and charging the
enemy's breastworks. I shall attack the enemy
again to-morrow, if he stands to fight, and if he
retreats during the night, I will pursne him,
throwing a heavv cavalry force in his rear to den
roy his trains if p va'ble."
An nnofflcial despatch gives the following de
tails: " Nashville, Dec. 15. Our line advanced
and eogaged the rebel line at 9 this a. m. The
line wan formed thus: Steedman on the left; T.
*F. Wood*, with the 4th corps, next: A. J. Smith
next, with Cox in reserve, next, and the cavalry
under Wilson, flighting dismounted, occupying
the extreme right, aided by gnnboats ou'the
rtver. The artillerv practice hi* been fine, and
at times the musketry firing continnoua and
heavy, and though the casualties have been light,
the results are very fair. The left occupied the
same ground as in* the moraiug. hat the right has
advanced live miles, driving the enemy from the
river from his entrenchmeuts, from the range of
hills on which his left rested, and forced it back
upon his right and center. His center ?vaa pushed
h ick from one to three miles, wita a loss in all of
seventeen "tins, and about fifteen hundred prisoners,
and his whole line of earthworks, except
nbont a mion his extreme right, where uo sc.
rions ott mpt whs ma le to dial dge him. The
whole of Hood's army is here, except the cavalry
and one division, which has been detached to
threaten or attack Mnrfreesboro. The whole action
of to-day was splendidly snccess'nl. The divisions
commanded by Glen. Kimball, of the 4th
corps, by Gen. Garrard of the command under
Gen. A.* J. Smith, and the cavalry division under
Gen. Knife, were under my observation, and I
have never seen better work. Gem Kimball's
division carried two fortified positions by assault,
with very slight leas, captariug at one point roar
hundred prisoners and six <rans. No aoubt the
other part of the line did as well. I only apeak
of what 1 ?*." ?. M. SiikTux, Sec of W?r.
Ci.tRKBWiM.ie, Tesk, Dec. lfi-l? A. M,
To Hon C, idnm IfVtf.u, Secrttary of tkf S'nry
Gen Thomas' attack yesterday upon Hood's
.r left, supported by the Tenth Division of this
squadron resulted in the capture of Chaliner's
be.idqa iiters' train, with pnpe.n, 1,000 prisduer-j,
and sixteen pieces of artillery. The probable
los*to the army will not exceed son killed aud I
wounded. 8. P. Lkk Hear-Admiral,
Commanding Mississippi Squadron.
Nashville. Dec. It! Hood has fallen back and
Is appatently doing his be*t to get away, while
Thomas is pressing him with great vigor, frequently
capturing guns and men. Everything,
o far. is perfectly successful, and the prospect is
fair fl> crush Hood's army.
War Depart*rvt, Washiueton. D. C? De<v 14 i
8..10 p. m. To Maj. Gen. Dlx?The Richmond
papers or to-day confirm the reported capture of
Bristol, by an expedition supposed to be under
command of Stoueman and Burbridge ; also the
surprise and capture of Glade Spring Dep<it, on
the railroad, thirteen miles south of Abmgton,
CiTT Por.vr, Va., Friday. Dec. 16. The Richmond
Dispatch of to-day. ufter fu'.ly confirming
the previous reports of the capture of Bristol,
atates: . . ^
" The enemy tb*n aavancea np ae rauroaa toward
Abingdon. which we presume fell Into their
bauds, though we hare no Information of the
fact. The next we hear of them, they had at !>
o'clock yesterday morning pounced *dowu ou
Glade* Spring, a depot ou the railroad thirteen
mile* thin side of Abingdon, taking every onethere
by surprise, and capturing all of the railroad
employee* except oue, who managed to escape
to tell the tale. At laat account* the enemy
were pushing up the railroad in the direction of
, Marion, which l* 27 mile* this side of Abingdon,
Tbi* is a raid in Breckinridge'* rear. The raider*,
leaving their force* soinewhero in the ncighborh:>od
of Knoxrille, came up the north aide of
1 lob-ton River aud crossed over to Bristol. It is
probable the raider* separated, one party proceeding
to Bristol, and the other to Abfngcon.
If uncnecked, it is likely they will come np the
railroad even as far a* Sale m.fand thence escape
to the Kanawha, by the route followed by Hunter
last -urnmer. It I* unknown who is iu command
of this expedition, but it looks very much
like some ot Stuueiuau's galloping work. None
of the despatches received s. y anything about
.SJtvUle. If it is unprotected, it has donbties*
beeu visited by the enemy. If however, thera
were any troop* there toe Yankees were upt to
fight shy of it, aud confine their operations to Die
r tlroad. At Glade* Spring the enemy captured
an engine with fourteen flats, with some railroad
handf. On these a party of men were moauted,
nod sent up the road toward Marion, and a dispatch
from the operator at that place on yester?
,_n_ >h,t fh?v u'pw. at v o'clock, within
n mile of that place. Their object in easily divined
It is to biuru 'he bridge over the llolston
Hiwr. and break the road to prevent troops flr mi
being sent down the liue by steam to reintorce
Saltvilie. To Saltvllle the main body will aiidoubtcdiy
go, ami in uli human probability hua
already gone. There are pome fortifications at
Saltvilie, and some reserves, whose nnmbers we
do not know. If these can check them by any
icriflce, reinforcements will soon put the place
out of danger. At present it is certainly in great
danger." E. M. StanroN, Sec'y of War.
[From the New York Times, Dec, IT.J
By the Morning Star, which arrived yesterday
afternoon, we have news from New Orleans to
Dec. 10. Gen. Davidson's great raid from New
Orleana was meeting with entire success. Mobile
papers of the 4th inst. express the opinion
that he was marching on that city. He oas a
force of 5,000 cavalry. The expedition reached
Tangipaho on the 3oth nit. Lieut. Earl's men
have captured Gen. Kirby Smith's Adjutant General.
Gen. Canby'8 wound is gradually healing,
and he is now able to attend to all the important
business of his office.
Extracts from Rebel Papers#
HivnorAXTKH, Arwt of Nouthfrn Vntoitna,
Dec. 10,1364.?Hon. Jas. A. Seddon, Secretary of
War: A boat noon yesterday, the First division of
the. Second corps of the enemy. sn"'?oyting the
cnvalry, forced back onr civalry pick ta on the
Vanghn road, south of the Apponctt>h and advanced
towards Dinwiddle Court Home. To-day
onr cavalry, reinforced by infantiy, jrove them
back across Hatcher's run, captm.ag a few pris...
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wunr, aiiu ic-ri?iauuMiiu^ Ulli UUC0. A v. a. uw,
IIE VfXJt'AKTKRts ARMV OF NosTurot VIBCIMA,
Dec. 10,1S64.? Hon. Jus. A. Seddon, Secretary of
War: Gen. Hampton, after driving the enemy'*
cavalry npon his infantry on the afternoon of. the
Sth. recrossed the Nottaway, and reached Bellfield
at day light yesterday- In the afternoon the
enemy attacked the poahlon. but were successfully
resisted. Th s morning the enemy la reported
retiring and Hampton following. The
bridge over the Meherri* was savefL Our loss aa
far as known is small. The garrison under Garnett
and the reserves behaved well.
: R. E. Lkk, General.
[From the Richmond Dispatch, Dec. 12.]
Yesterday morning the Yankee officers In the
pri-oo at Danville made an attempt to overfiower
the guard. They were fired on, and Col. Roseler,
of New York, was instantly killed and others
wounded. This frightened the rest, and the attempt
was given up.. The straggle lasted but a
few minutes, and all was soon quiet.
[From the Richmond Whig. Dec. 12.]
The end draws nigh. The advance of Shermau's
armv was reported to be within twenty
miles ot Savannah yesterday afternoon. The
fight for the possession of the city may be progressing
to-day. Gen. Beauregard commands
the Confederate forces.
THE CIVILIAN GUARD.
The members of Co. A Civilians, met
at the house of Dunbars & Frauz on Monday
evening, to fill vacancies occasioned
by the resignation of 1st Lieut. John Mott
and 2df Lieut. J, H. Redfield. The following
were elected: 1st Sergt., Richard
Mufuin let TJpntf>n>int 9H Scrirt Phaa
W. Lewis, 2d Lieutenant; 3d Sergt. Cbas.
E. Wakefield, was appointed Orderly
Sergt; 4th Sergt. VV. L. Peabody, 2d do.;
5th Sergt. W. J. Eunis, 3d do.; 1st Corp'l,
W. II. Lucas, 4th Sergt.; 3d Corp'l Q. Hamilton,
5th Sergt.; 2d Corp'l H. A. Jophana,
1st do.; 4th Corp'l O. II. Dennis,
2d do.; 5th Corp 1 M. J. Brennin, 3d do.;
Gth Corp'l B. Honey, 4th do.; 7th Corp'l J.
Barnes, r?th do.; 8th Corpl D. R. Cary, Gth
do.; Private H. S. Styles, 7th do.; Priv.
J. T. Reading, 8th do... After the election
the members were entertained in a hospital
manner by Col. Dynbar.
In Co. B, 1st Lieut. J. H. Tonkin has
been appointed Adjutant of the battalion.
Lieut. C. A. Davis is acting as 1st Lieut.,
and the ac;ing 2d Lieut, is Amos A. Crowlev.i
*
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j MA90KIC.
Mr. Galen H. Osborne, special correspondent
of the New York Herald, who
died here on the 29th ult., was buried
with Masonic honors at Oswego, N. Y.,
on the day following the arrival of his
body there. He was a member of Clinton
Lodge, No. 1G9, Clinton, N. Y.
The Masonic Commission for the supply
of flour and fuel to the poor of New
York city at cost price, went into operation
last week, and in the course of
a few hours over 2."? barrels of flour
and 20 tons of coal were sold in quantities
varying from a barrel to one-eighth
of a barrel of flour, and from one ton to
one-quarter of a ton of coal. The flour
was sold by the barrel and delivered at!
$10.70; half barrel, ; eighth, $1.8T>;;
six Dounds. 33 cents. Coal, delivered.
$8.&J per ton for large nut, and $10.7?!
tor stove; per bushel, +0 and 48 cents.;
iscusdiakt FlRB?GoVKRSMEST Saw
Mill Bcrxko.?Early on Monday morning
last, the government saw mill of
which Mr. William B. Morton was Superintendent,
about two ami a half miles
from here, was burned to the ground. !
The tire broke out in the engine room,
and was evidently wilfully set, as the'
fire in the engine room had been care-!
iuuy exuuguisnea some uveive uours Defore
for repairs to the engine. An alarm
was prrmptly given by the guard, but
the flames spread too fast for the building
to be saved. The loss to the government
is at least $10,000. The mill will not
probably be rebuilt.
Fostbr Dramatic Association.?Owing
to the fact that most of the members
of this Association have been of late actively
engaged in militia duty, they have
been obliged to postpone performances
for a time, but they hope soon to be able
to resume operations.
Hkard from.?Mr. Win. H. Hill of
this city, has. received a letter from his
son, Capt. Varnum H. Hill, A. O. M.,
wlto is now a prisoner in Richland jail,
Columbia, 8. C. He was removed thence
from Macon, Ga. He mentions having
met Col. BedelL, who was captured iu the
memorable charge on Fort Wagner, July
18th, 1863. He was then Major In the
3d regiment. Captain Hill says he has
met many old associates there who had
been with him in the Department of the
South, who have all been confined there
over fifteen months Capt. Hill is in excellent
health, and is as comfortably' situated
as could be expected?Manchester
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hranqcarrr.r?. Dkit. ok ttik Sorrn.
Hilto* Hka.ii, S. C.. Dec. 2ft, ISM.
Before a general court martial,
which convened at Morris Island, 8. C, by
virtiiA nf OrHoiii Vn 9TX /merunt a >pSoo
from nejwfqoarfers. Northern District, Department
of the South, dated at Morri9 Island, S.
October i9, 1*44, and of which Lient.-Col. Rockwell
Taler. 56th N. Y. Vols,, is President, was arraigned
and tried:
2d Iient. Frederiek-F. Rogers, 64 th Regt. Mass.
Vole.
Charge let? ''Neglect of dnty."
Specification?In thie; that sdd 2d .Lieutenant
Frederick Rogers Co. A, 64th Regt. Mass.
Vol. Infantry, an Officer ot the Guard, having
been placed in charge of the relief poe*. ,,
ea tf> guard the Prisoners of War tipou
Morrisjlsland did lie down and go to sleep.
This at Camp of Prisoners of War, Morris
Island, 8. C, between the hours of 4 and 0,
A. M., Sept. Id, 1864.
Charge 2d?"Conduct preindicial to gtxxl order
and military discipline."
Specification?In this : that said 2d Lient. Fred.
E. Rogers, Co. A,R4th Mass. Vol. Infantry,
an Ollicer of the Guard, having been placed
in charge of the relief posted to guard the
Prisoners of War npon Morris Island, did
lie down and go to sleep. This at Catnp of
Prisoners of War, Morris Island, 8. C., between
the hoars ol 4 and 6, A. M., Sept, 16,
1S64.
To which charges and specifications the accused
pleaded as follows :
CHtir.r T
To the Specification. 14 Not Guilty."
To the Charge, 14 Not Guilty."
Ciiacge n.
To the Specification, "Not Guilty."
To the Charge, 44 Not Guilty." " ..
Fixruxe.
The Court, after mature deliberation upon the
evidence adduced, find the accused, JJeirenant
Frederick E. Rogers, Co. A, 64th Mass. Vols., aa
follows:
cuahof l
Of the Specification, 44 Guilty."
Of the Charge, 44 Guilty."
Cuasob II.
Of the Specification,4 4 Guilty."
Of the Charge, 44 Guilty."
Sentence.
And do therefore sentence him, the said Fred.
E. Rogers. 'Jd Lieutenant Co. A, r,-ith .Mass. Vols.,
44 To be dismissed the Military Service of the
United States."
II. The proceedings, flnd'ngs and sentence in
the foregoing case having been approved by the
authority ordering the C'onrt, and submitted ro
the Major-General Commanding the Department,
the.same are approved; but upon tb? recommendation
to mercy by the members of the
Court the sentence if commuted to fcreitnre for
three mouths of all pay and allowances, except
the allowance for oue ration. The Commanding
General trusts that no similar offence by an officer
will hereafter occur to make him regret tiie
leniency shown to Lieut. Rogers.
By Command of Mai.-Gen. J: G. FOSTER,
W. L. M. Bikoeb,
Asst. Adjt-Gen.
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