Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1862-01-11

universally sought aud II is no uncommon thing
for the men to pay premiums for the privilege
of going cut where they win have chance to
shoot some body or get shot at themselves 1t
is o good sign
Latest wpr News.
on the Ist Of Jauuary our forces, $500
strong, made reconnaissance from Port
Royal Ferry 90 the mainlaad and after
feeling the eucu,y's position, aud trying bis
force, Withdrew, s,with.be loss of Que man,
taken prisoner. The rebcl loss, by their
own showing was fifteen killed aud wound
ed. Next day our troops landed in greater
force, at the same point, when the rebels
say, eGen Gregg'S brigade fell back short
distance to sn eligible position" News
has been received OF Richmond that our
troops, on the 2ld had iauded on the main
aud driven back Gen. Gregg's South Caro-.
lima Brigade with heavy loss. A dispatch
Ia the Charleston Mercury also states that
q large force of Unionss had landed on
North Edisto River, and seized Railroad
Station No 4, on the Charleston aud Sa-
vannah Railroad.
On the lst inst Fort Pickens opened
fire on o Confederate steamer, when the
Confederate batteries replied, the firing
continuing on both sides throughout the
day, without any casualties ou The part Of
the Confcderntes-so they say.
A dspatch from Mobile states that Gen
Butler had landed with 5000 to I, 900 0men
from Ship Island in tAe Mississippi Sound,
on the main land, aud had taken possession
Of Biloxi, small coast town, capturing
two cannon, aud that he was about TO pull
on and occupy jackson and all the towns
and viilHges in the vicinity.
From Louisville, we learn that the bridge
over Green River was completed. Union
reconnoiSsanees were made almost daily
south of the river The rebels in Eastern
J Kentucky had retired before Col. Garfield,
who was advancing on Prestonburg. Gen
Schoepff had made several attempts to draS
! Z0licofler from bis Somerset intrenchmentS
but he would not he drawn out, SO there
was no inmedisie-prespect of q general ell.
gagemeut. Another account from Nash
vile, Dee. 81, states lhat the Oonfederates
! had fallen back towards Bowling Greeu,
and were still reireating, destroying the
railroads by the way. The tunnel near
Cave City was blown up on the 9Th ult,
aud the roud leading to Mumfordsyille,
where the Union forces were stationed, were
being obSlructed with trees aud other i'm
pediments.
The Richmond papers of last Friday re.
! port that the Rebel steamer Isabel had ar
rived at Charleston from Nassau, ~ r.,
| having run The blockade of Charleston at
daylight on Thursday, the I'd, with q cargo
Of small arms, cannon, ammunition, aud
drugs She is also reported 10 have brought
in bearer of dispatches from Mr. 1ancey
to the rebel Government.
Two hundred and forty Union prisoners
have been released by the Rebels in ex.
change for those sent South week or two
since. They report that Richmond paper
had given fearful picture of the coudi.
tion of the Rebel army on the Potomac,
the troops being utterly demoralized, regi.
mental drill having ceased, and card play
ing being their principal Occupation.-
Great numbers were advertising for substi
tutes, one offering as high as 81 500. En-
liStmcnts could not go on, and the Govern
| hlCuL hoS VI bcu W uO bOlucbuiHS W IOAOdJ J
the evil. lucendiarism is still rampant il
Virginia. a great FIRE occurred at Rich
mond on the %, burning the Theatre aud
other bnildings.
The news have been received from For
tress Monroe, to the effect that Big Bethe
bad been occupied by ogr troops, withouI
loss, the enemy having abandoned the plae'
and fed TO yorktown. A scouting party
100 strong, left Camp Hamilton on th,
morning oi tue Ord, under command Of Bri
gadier Gen. Max Weber. Six miles thi
side of Big Bethel, our cavalry met th
mounted piekets and drove them IN. Upor
arriving at the village it was found desert
ed, although there were evidences tha
three or ionr thousand men had oecuple,
the place bnt recently. Breastworks, ha
a mile in extent, pierced for IL guns, Wer
found. but the artillery had been removed
Our scouts returned wthuot leaYing
t guard. The Burnside expedition was dall
:. expected at Fortress Monroe.
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