Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-11-15
MISCELLANEOUS WAR NEWS.
FROM PORT ROYAL.

FROM PORT ROYAL.
THE telegraph has told of an expedition
from Fort Royal, to destroy portions of the
Charleston and Savannah railroad The
following is more particular account of this
affair: -
'',The officers of the Western World report
that three hundred Rhode Island troops had
proceeded by the steamer Planter, conveyed
by the gunboats, on an expedition to tear up
the rails on the Charleston and Savannah
railroad, and had met with decided success,
having removed the rails for some distance,
and cut the telegraph wires. Every precau-
ton was taken to prevent the rebel pickets on
the shore giving information of the enterprise,
and the launch of the Paul Jones, the flag
ship on the occasion, succeeded in capturing
rebel lieutenant and the pickets under his
command; but those in the rear fed, and in
formed the main force of the nature of the
expedition.
Soon after the rails were torn up, a train
was observed coming down the line with or
binary speed filled with a regiment from
Georgia. Our troops fired upon them, and
soon atterward they received the deadly COM
pliments of a howitzer and shower of shells
from the gunboats Uncas and Patroon, which
had arrived to aid the work. The train was
stopped by the engineer, who was afterward
killed, and the rebels retreated toward
Charleston. Subsequently immense rein
forcements came down the line for the enc
my, which compelled our troops 10 retreat to
the Planter. The colors of the Georgia regi-
ment and several piekets were captured on
this occasion"
GEN. MCCLELLAN AND THE ARMY.
The Bath Sentinel publishes the following
extract of private letter from an officer of
one of the Maine regiments in the army Of the
Potomac Mcclellan is not so popular with
the army as the newspapers would have you
believe. We get few papers, except the Her
aid, which happens to praise Mcclellan most
indiscriminately. Occasionally Philadel-
phia Enquirer comes into camp, and often
Baltimore paper, but the Herald has the
largest circulation. You are not to suppose,
however, that the extent of circulation is any
indication of popularity. Papers are circu-
lated here on horseback, and the men buy
what they can get l don't pretend to say
how 1t happens that the paper which deals the
most IN panegyric comes into camp, but l
don't believe that it is owing to any real pop
ularity on the part of Mcclellan. Porter's
men speak highly of him. l do not know of
an officer, (though very likely there may be
some who does not censure him. Of course
they speak cautiously. The men will hurrah
for general, and sometimes for Mcclellan,
when he happens to come near. 1t strikes
me that he will be pretty certain to gain bat
ties When he makes the attack, but he GER
tainly does not profit much by victory. No
tice the point of land near Blackford's Ford,
where the rebels bagged themselves after the
hattie of tho 17th Tho +Lo vi =
narrow, and the path on the other side steep.
There was no other place of passage. Why
did we not take them all? Nobody here
knows, unless that flag oftruce which the reb-
| els sent in on the morning after the battle,
was an insurmountable obstacle. Everybody
praises Burnside"
GEN. KELLEY's SUCCESS.
MoREFIELD, HARDY COUNTY, Va, Nov.
l0.-IO Cor. PieTpont Il left New Creek
Saturday morning, Sth inst, and after a con-
tinuous march OF twenty-tour hours-distance
of about sixty miles, reached Imboden's camp
on the south fork, eighteen miles south of this
place, at l2 o'clock yesterday morning.
We attacked him at once and routed him
completely, killing and wounding many of
the enemy, also capturing his camp with so
prisoners, quantity of arms, $50 hogs,
large number Of horses, cattle, wagons, &C.
Inc infantry were routed and entirely dlSplr-
tied, fleeing to the mountains. Their cavalry
were, unfortunately for US, away on an expe-
dltion, or our success would have been COM
plete. We burnt their camps, and returned
to this place this evening. Our attack was so
unexpected and impetuous that our loss is
trifing; three or four men slightly and one
severely wounded-none killed
b. +. KELLEY, Brig. Gen.
FROM NORTH CAROLINA ria THE REBELS.
The Petersburg Express of Nov. 10th, has
the following: 1--WE have information that
the enemy are in possession of WILLIAMSON
and Hamilton in Martin county, and large
federal force is marching on Tarboro. Our
small forces engaged them at WILLIAMSON,
but the enemy's overwhelming numbers forced
our men to fall back. Our loss was twelve,
and the enemy's one hundred Much damage
was done to the buildings, by Smelling in Will
liamston and Hamilton.
1.-The cars have been ordered to Tarboro,
to move the government stores on Tuesday
night. All of our available forces around
KinSton, received marching orders to go as
near Newbern as they could get, consequent
ly we expect stirring news soon from that di-
rection. We believe that Weldon is the point
that the enemy wish to reach.