The New York herald., 1861-12-31

- river at pano No. s, on the Upper Potomao fhey
wore driven of by tho Union ritemsH with the loss o6
Alsssn twenty killed and many wounded No loss ON
aasrameno, s.oekton Marysvine and other places in
california were inundated caused by very heavy res het
9Dme lives lost and large amounts Of property and
sssok destroyed.
othA detachment OF another feet, composed Of
sx ships and one bark left New Bedford for Southern
I0rty Union mon, from Colonel Burnsidc's regiment,
n.ned bridge at whppoorw! Ave miles from Russell
vaIe on tho Memphis Branch Railroad they attacked
ne rebels guarding the bridge numbering thirteen keo
Suo and look the remainder prisoners
10th--Four gunbOats Of the Potomac fotilla opened
me upon Freestone Point and after driving the fsDes
from the vicinity, boats went on shore anu h'eu
100r buildings which filed with the enemy ssoe
fAe buildings and their contents burned TOT oshseen
Aors
1lth-An the islands adjacent 70 Port Royal, South
Carolina occupied by Union troops and Inc work OF
sstton picking on the plantations commenced
12th-A destructive confagration broke out on the
night Of the 1Ith in the city Of Charleston o. and con
Gnucd NEARLY the whole Of the day. Five hundred and
seventy-six buildings were deatroyed-among which
the Roman Catholic Cathedral ST. Petcr's Episcopal
church the Cumberland street church. the Methodist
church, and the Circular church, the theatre, large
coach factory. the express building, the old Executive
Datding, and nearly ar the principal stores in the city
no loss was estimated at from tive to millions OF
oiars The fire was supposed TO have been the work OF
Acendiary negroes.
l3th--w William Henry Johnson a private in Company
y, First New York cavalry, known The Lincoln Cava-
~ was executed for having deserted from the national
ssmy with tho avowed intention of giving information 10
30 enemy. Tho unfortunate was shot by twelve OF
As comrades under military order.
rebel fortincation in the woods opposite Edwards
Berry va routed out by shot aud shell from Frank
knH Rhode island battery.
One OF the hardest and best fought battles Of the
ReH a. Aeshany esmp; Po,aa1n,ss @ a county sa
0an. Johnson Of Georgia, commanding the rebels The
nghi lasted from daylight till dark Gen. Milroy with
dEcw his troops II nighali, intending the at
Sck the next morning. but during the night the rebels
SILENTLY left their camp, burning everything they could
thirty wounded yhe loss Of the rebels was thirty ono
Killed and ninety wounded according TO their own
aOco0nis.
TAs town OF PapiHsvile, Mo, was burned by Union
fesCca under command Of MAJOR H. H. Williams. The
1ace had been notorious for hnrborng rebels and ma
The OF Butler the county seat OF Bates county,
10. was also burned for similar reasons
1Ath-Within few days more than one hundred
soases the residences ana property Of rebels were
Ourncd IN the Western counties Of Missouri by order Of
Col Jcnnison
SUNDAY, 15th.-The Union pickets were attacked by
ysst Of rebels at Point Of Rocks the Potomac river
he Union men rstreasd, fighting their way TO their
vents and lost killed and two taken prisoners.
The rebels lost two killed and Eve wounded
1Oth-patte City, Mo-, fred by the rebels, and be-
were burned
The government troops under General Sherman were
snpoyod picking sea island cotton all the plantations
sdjacsn, TO Port Royal harbor, South Carolina.
Great excitement created In this country by
me helgercnt tone OF the British press relation the
seizure OF the rebel ambassadors, Mason aud Siidel
l5th-rhree regiments of rebels attacked eight com
Danies Of the Thirty second Indiana volunteers the
gAroad bridge across Green river, Munfordsvite
Kentucky After short but fight rebels were
Accatcd, with the loss Of colonel and sxiytwo pri
Yates killed, and largo number wounded Tho Union
loss was thirteen killed and thirty wounded.
The entrance to the harbor Of Savannah, Georgia,
blocked up by sinking seven vessels loaded with Stone
me English steamship Fingal, which had get,
ang past the bockadng fleet and entered the port
che old vessels were sunk, was efectuaiiy shut in
16tts-General Popc's expedition successfully Gu, OF
the enomy' camp near Shawnee Mound, Missouri, and
scattered thsm twenty two hundred strong, every d
xection Three hundred prisoners aken with most
OF tho cnemys wagons, tents baggage, horses, &c.
erain OF seventy wagons well loaded for Prices rebel
army was captured.
part Of General Popes forces. under Colonel c. Ia
vs and MAJOR Marshall, surprised another camp Of the
snemy at Milford Missouri little north OF Warrensburg
4 brisk skrmsh ensued, when the enemy, finding him
Dslf surrounded surrendered at discretion Thirteen
hundred rebel prisoners taken including three colo
1sis and seventeen captains, and thousand stand
ms one thousand horses, sixty Ave wagons and large
two killed. wounded The enemys loss in killed and
wounded was not known.
The war feeling became rampant throughout Canada
anA the other British provinces
10thThe rebel battery at Point OF Rocks commenced
smelling the encampmeDt of COL fsarys Pennsylvania
Ssgiment Tho Onion battery returned the fire. aud the
Ysbcs Fctreated, with loss Of fourteen killed many
wounded The Unonsts did not lose man.
me Hevald newspaper Office at 81. Stephens, Me- was
eeont Of its secession prociivities.
Aspecia messenger from England errived in Washing
IN with dispatches tn Lord Lyons the British Minister
supposed 70 be in relation the seizure OF Mason and
0idsn
The rebel General Prices camp at osceoa, No, was
sArown into confusion by the that the Union troops
were upon them. They beat hasty retreat and when
lsat heard from were hurrying South.
10th-Major Mckee, with one hundred and three men
ssur hundred rebels four miles north Of Hudson Missouri
nd killed ten and took seventeen prisoners and thirty
rebels had attacked stock train captured ali the socI
and held the railroad prisoners They were in the
oct of unloading the stock when the and men
The rebels destroyed, at night, about ono hun
dred miles Of the North Missouri Railroad commencing
near Hudson and extending to Warrentown All the
brdges wood piles water tanks ties rails and telegraph
DolAs burned.
General Ords brigade. consisting af the Sixth, Ninth
Tenth and Twelfth Pennsylvania reserve regiments the
Buckai Rifles six companies Of cavalry battery Of
sour pieces had brisk engagement with rebel force of
over five thousand men, near Dranesve Va After less
shan hours hard fighting the rebels broke and ran
having forty dead and ten wounded the field Their
whoe loss according to their own accounts. forty.
enreo Killed one hundred and forty three wounded and
fortyour missing The Union loss seven killed and
thirty nine wounded.
2IstThe rebels in the seeded States we're iubilant
and Great Britain.
An the Charleston, 8. c., insurance companies exceps
sue broke down and went into liquidation
The entrance to the harbor OF Charleston g. c. was
eectualy closed by sinking seventeen old whaling YES
isis loaded with stone across the channel II was Thought
ehat the sand would settle huks and form an
mpassable bar that artificial or natural means f
ever move. The city Of Charleston may thus no longer
- nsidered as seaport town. The following ia the
position in which the vessels were SUNK
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