The New York herald., 1862-01-06
HsCCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
from the Richmond Dispatch OF Jan. a.
REu0vAT. on YANYFF PRISONERS.

COLUMBIA, 8. c., Jan. !, 1904
All the Yankee prisoners from Charleston, including
COL Corcoran, arrived here this afternoon IN speciaI
train They met at tha depot by the Rebel Guard
OF this city and conducted 20 jail.
M'cLELLAN AND TIE LINCOLN CONGRESS-.
II is currently reported that movement on ioos IN
the washington Congress 70 superseae Gen, McesH
complain Mcclellan is too slow, and they want COM
mander who will respond to the popular camor for an
onward movement The Yankees have been eight months
engaged In the work of subj eating the South, but
still as far from accomplishing their purpose they were
at the outset We do not wonder, therefore, at their
impatisnce
THE SURRENDER OF MEssRs. MASON AND sLIDxLI.
despatch received in official quarters STATES tnas the
Baltimore Ssn Of December 20 Publishes Sewad's com.
inicaton to Lord Lyons releasing Messrs Mason sne
Sden The willy abolition Secretary sayst are yeded
THE GEORGIA TROOPS.
.uhonr ali volunteers and other troops in the service
from that State at all elections without reference
to tho place where they may be in service a. tns time
we feel perfectly justified in saying from information
in our possession that fully eghts Of the Virginia
troops now in service will enlist when their present
AnRIyAL OF VESSEL FROM HAVANA AT MOBILE
schooner arrived at Mobile, Alabama, on the 27th
ult from Havana bringing Of coffee, sulphur,
medicines &C. The blockadng eet saw her as che came
good pilotage brought her through
THE WAR ON THE sEACOAsT.
we tsk0 the I4loWing. tIom Sl@iaossvn A,'s"S~
the 30th uii. -
Although ms,ters are getting quite brisk along tho
neighbour there does not seem TO be that ini
nence OF battle which believed, few days ago, 70
exist. On saturday Major General Lee and staf visited
Brigader General Evans military district, and spent
the entire with the hero Of the Sone Bridge and OF
| Leesburg making observations in that quarter Tne|
enemys gunboats still in sight OF White Point but
IL is beey this point OF the inland communications
has been occupied by the enemy for the purpose Of more
eecualy bockading The Yankees believe that our
Commissioners and many valuable cargoes have found
exit this direction One Of their amusements consists
in sheng residences Of the planters on both sides Of
the stream and their practice was even tocrabe much
property would thus be destroyed But, fortunately.
their gunnery bad that many as twenty shells are
sometimes fred large house before ga hit made
Another less expensive game is the killing OF cattle with
long range rifles and then sendg the barge ashore with
| an armed party 10 recover the spoilS.'
On Sunday morning two of the enenys gunboafs ap-
proached White Point and after firing several shells ~
| General Evans pckets retired.
The Planter ran out to sea snort dstahcs on
Sunday afternoon reconnorc and encounerea one Of
the blockading steamers number Of shots were ex-
changed Those the enemy fell short, bat one Of the
shots from the Planter is believed TO have taken erect
This probably for the heavy firing which was
heard yesterday afternoon.
1t was mentioned the street yesterday that the enc
mys gunboats had been sounding Stono Inlet ana placing
| buoys In the channel.
Al Station No e. O. elsewhere the Charleston and
Savannah Railroad everything busy aspect, and
e soldiers very anxious for brush with the Yan
kees
This port was blockadsd yesterday by stsamer, .
bark and schooner the last supposed to be merchant
man,