The southern aegis, and Harford County intelligencer. (Bel Air, Md.) 1862-1864, 1862-12-27
WAR NEWS.

1t is stated that the Confederates are erecting
strong Notifications in the vicinity of Vicksburg
extending eight miles back into the country
seventy on the river. Ar early Federal attack
is anticipated.
Late Southern papers have some war items Of
interest. On the 18th instant an engagement oc-
CURED at Port Hudson, on the Mississippi river,
about twenty-five miles above Baton Rouge, be-
tween some Confederate batteries on the shore
and two Federal gunboats, resulting in the YES
sells retiring with damage. A despatch from
Charleston states that the Federal gunboats
again shelled James Island on Monday last. Gen.
Floyd is reported to have had considerable sue
cess in Southwest Virginia, near the Kentucky
order.
The intelligence from Arkansas is to the effect
hat the Confederate Gen. Hindman has crossed
eArkansas river with the infantry, while Gen.
eral Marmaduke is on the north side with the
cavalry. 1t is stated that numbers of the Con
federates have deserted and joined the Federal
army. Gen. Curtis has received u communities
ton from the Confederate commander asking ex-
plantations of the killing Of Ten Confederate citi-
zens by Gen. Mcneil.
On Friday morning about one hundred Con-
federate cavalry entered Occoquan, in Prince Will
liam county, Virginia, and captured twenty Zone
Federal troops stationed there. Eleven suffers
and their wagons were also captured. Occoquan
is about four miles from the Potomac, and TWEEN
ty-one miles south of Alexandria
Gen. Lees report of the great battle of the
18th, confirms in the main the accounts hitler
to given, but claims that the Confederate loss
was only eighteen hundred killed and wounded
General Morgan is reported to be moving to
cut the Louisville and Nashville railroad Gener-
al Van Dorm has arrived at Stevenson, Alabama
with fifty thousand men, to join Gen. Bragg
The whole of the Confederate force in Tennessee
is estimated at seventy thousand with their out
posts about eleven miles from Nashville.
The complete official return of the Federal losses
at Fredericksburg shows total of twelve thous-
and three hundred and eleven killed wounded
and missing.
The Confederates are again very active in the
northwestern part of Tennessee A body Of
their cavalry, several thousand strong, made
demonstration on the .railroad at jackson, on
Friday last, and tore up the track for consider
able distance. A general raid on the villages was
in progress. Carroll Humboldt, Trenton and
Kenton had been taken, and at last accounts
they were moving on Union City. Great excite
ment prevailed at Columbus and Hickman, Ken
lucky. Gems. Che ATTAIN, Morgan and Forrest
are supposed to be in command of the Confeder-
ates.
We have some further interesting news through
Southern sources. despatch states that fight
occurred at Goldsboro', North Carolina, on Tues
day last, in which the Federal force was repulsed
with heavy loss. Heavy reinforcefnents were
being sent to that point. Goldsboro is in Gayne
county, twenty-six miles west of Kinstoh where
the battle took place on the 18th inst 1t is an
important railroad centre, the Wilmington and
Weldon and the North Carolina railroads inter-
secting at this point. 1t was very fourishng
town before the war, and had about two thous-
and Inhabitants. The latest advices by the way
of Fortress Monroe were that the Federal troops
were moving on the town
Gen. Beauregard expects an attack on Charles
ton both by land and water. Three Federal gun
boats passed the Confederate batteries at Vicks-
burg early last week.