The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1865-01-10 00:00:00

AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE.

The Chart eat on Courier of the 111th contains the follow-
ing :—The fl.g a truce bcot brought up, on Thursday,
104 p aroled Confederate officers froin Fort Pulaski
The Ynokep &pre in the fleet repott Sherman and
staff at Hilton Heed. It was Rho- nunougoil that
Savannah was to cap itulate on the 17th, at twelve
o'clock. Another thousand Yankee prisoners are to be
tak. n down this morning. Thu completes the
exchange, and makes the number turned over by Colonel
Hatch 11,000. Savannah is represented to be poorly
supplied with provolone, and burdened with f, eding
the large surplus population, its all sources of supplies
are cut off. The population with refugees, not counting
the garrison, number 20,000. The probability of a
surrender at an early day wan considered good by the
Federsla. There was a report that Bragg, with 10,000
men, was moving doen from Augusta to attack General
Sherman's rear. The Confederate papers confess that
the campaign of Hood in Tennestee is very disastrous,
and lament thst Joh oston was displaced for Hood.

"'The New York Herald's Fort M'Allister correspon-
dent nays:--" When o.neral Sherman arrived in front
of Savannah, he had drivt n 1,200 head of cattle
through, though he started with slily 200, and had fed
his army on full rations on a march of 300 miles. He
also gathered on his way over 700 able-bodied negroes,
and so many horses, mules, and wagons as to embarrass
him. His army, during a considerable portion of their
march, extended over a breadth of country 60 miles
wide, and 40 miles at times intervening between the
right and left winrs. The whole lose of men from
wounds, sickness, captures, strazglers, and all other
causes, up to the time of arrival in front of Savann.h,
was only about 1,000. The average daily march was
twelve miles. When Savannah was invested the city
was unprepared for a siege, and could not hold out more
than a few days. General Sherman's corps holds all the
approaches on the north tide of the city, inclnding all
the railroads leading out of the town. General Howard's
corps connects with his right, and swings around to the
Ogeerhee River at Fort M'Allister."
The New York Times has a special despatch from
Franklin, Tennessee, dated the 22nd December, which
says :—The rebel retreat from Franklin to Duck River
beggars all description. Hood told his corps commanders
to get off the best way they could with their commands.
The rebel army is now beyond Columbia. The railroad
is but little injured, and trains run to Spring Hill.
Telegraphic communication is all right in all directions.
Johnsonville was not destroyed. The rebel loss during
the campaign is 17,000 men 51 cannon, and 18 general
officers.—The total Union loss will not exceed 7,000,
with two generals slightly wounded —Hood has a posi-
tion shove the shoals on the Tennessee river, where our
gupbosts cannot reach them.—Hood marelted on
Franklin with 40,000 men and 65 pieces of artillery. He
will have lost nearly half his men.
The Richmond Ex 'miner of the 21st says the army
of Tennessee has been terribly misused, and has
suffered awful injury, but it may be restored to its
full state of efficiency by the hand that did it after the
Missionary Ridge fight—that of General Johnston.

All was quiet with the army of the Potomac. A
despatch of the 21st from the head quarters says :
There is nothing of interest transpiring. T e enemy
keep up their lire on Dutch Gap Canal. Very few
casualties occur, owing to the precaution taken to avoid
the shells. For the week ending the 18th, 180 deserters
from Union allniet had resched Richmond. They would
be forwarded to the border to start for their homes on
blockade runners.

A Wilmington telegram of the 23rd says :—Governs
ment received a deapatch last night from General Grant,
announcing thst Richmond papers of yesterday contain
an official despatch from General Bragg to Jeff Davis,
dated Fort Fidler, New Inlet. N.C., December 21st, as
follows :—" The entire fleet of the enemy is now in
sight, but cannot operate. The weather continues bad.
We are able to hold Wilmington." Efforts were being
made at Washington to secure the ambassadorship to
France to Senator Hale. The President had expressed
himself in no haste to fill the vacancy. A rumour had
been current at Washington that the Governor-General

of Canada had given 4, or wee about to give up, the
St. Alhan's raiders who been arrested, without further
judicial proceedings, but the ststement was suppoiled to
be erroneous, on the prevumptioft that the Governor-
General has no such power. As the exchange of pri-
soners at Charleston was ended, the bombardment of
that city would goon be resumed. The peace resolu-
tions before the Senate of North Carolina were defeated
by a vote of 24 to 20. Soule of the Itichmoad papers,
under the influence of the late reverses, were bitterly
attacking President Davis, and denouncing him as the
evil genius of the rebellion. According to Wash-
ington papers, the Confederate General Brecken-
ridge was fleeing before Generslis Stoneman and
F3urbridge, who were pressing his rear and both
flanks. On the other hand, Richmond papers give a
report that Breckenridge had defeated Burbridge or
Stoneman, end compelled a retreat into Tennessee. It
was said the salt works at Saltville were stillsafe, though
it was believed that the lead works at Marion were
destroyed.

New YORE, Dee. 22. —Advises from Savannah
to the 18th instant announce that General
Sherman was still actively engaged in operations to
compel the surrender of that city. The New York
Herald asserts that he had destroyed 40,000,000 dots.
worth of cotton, and captured 1,000 negroes, 4,000
prisoners, and, 30 guns. His loss only amounted. to
1,500 men. General Hood has crossed the Duck River.
Thomas is in pursuit. The head quarters of the latter
are near Columbia. Hood's lessee are estimated at
12.000 men and 50 guns. A portion of Lyon's forces
have been defeated in Kentucky, with the loss of all
their artillery. Burbridgo has retreated from before
SAltville. A resolution has been introduced into the
Confederate Congress to send commissioners to confer
with commissioners appointed by the Federal Govern-
ment upon the restoration of peace. Foote made a
speech in the ...:onfedemte Senate urging the passing ut
a Currency Bill, as the South was on the verge of ruin,
and Congress was building n p an irresponsible despotism.
The interference of the President was the cause of the
present unfavourable military situation. Savannah
was about to fall, and the fate of Charleston seemed
only deferred a few days later. Mr. Foote refused to
support the measures paned by the Secretary during
the session, and announced his withdrawal from
Congress.

CAPTURE OF SAVANNA%-ATTACK UPON WILMINGTON.
The Cuba brings New York &deices to December
28. It was officially announced that General
Sherman occupied Savannah on the 22nd instant,
capturing 150 guns, 30,000 bales of cotton, and
800 prisoners. Hardee escaped with the main
body of his army by crossing the river to Union
Causeway opposite the city, after destroying the iron.
clads and navy guns. 20,000 inhabitants remained in the
city. Correspondents state that Sherman having cap-
tun d Fort Lee and several outworks, demanded the
surrender of Savannah on the 219 t inst., stating that if
refused he would take no prisoners. Hardee refused to
surrender, and escaped during the night. Despatches
from bleauregard to the 24th inst, state that Hardee
reports that a Federal force of infantry, artillery, and
cavalry, was moving from Savannah towaids the
Allamah river. Hardee had made dispositions to check
their advance. Their object is supposed to be to
destroy the Savannah and Albany Golf railroad. The
cotton captured at Savannah is believed to belong to
foreign owners. Grant reports that the Richmond
papers state that the Federal fleet, numbering upwards
of 50 vessels, including 12 monitors and several armed
frigates, furiously attacked Fort Fisher, below Wil-
miugton, at 1 o'clock, on the 24th inst., firing on an
average 30 shots per minute until night. The attack
was renewed on Sunday morning, and was furious and
continuous. The fort replied to the enemy's fire slowly
and deliberately. The enemy, under cover of a heavy
fire, landed three brigades two miles and a half above
Fort Fisher, and a smaller force immediately engaged
them. At night the enemy held the ground. Late on
Sunday tight the enemy's infantry attacked Fort
Fisher, but were repulsed with considerable loss. The
southern papers state that the enemy having effected a
lodgment above Fort Fisher is • serious matter. It will
cost double the force to dislodge him that would have
prevented his landing.