New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-12-18
LATE SOUTHERN NEWS.
MOVEMENTS IN WESTERN VIRGINIA
FIGHT IN GLEENBRIER COUNTY.
TIE AFFAIR on TIE PENINSULA.
TIE SITUATION IN GEORGIA..
Comments Oil the Presidents Message.
MOVEMENTS IN WESTERN VIRGINIA
FIGHT IN oREENBRIER COUNTY.
TIE AFFAIR on TIE PENINSULA.
TIE SITUATION IN GEORGIA.
Comments Oil the Pyes;itars Message.

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.oving.
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AVTsGL'S nov t,i'-NTs--VtPoRr. AngAACh
Tr,yAKD SrayrNioN.
Eiic movement e.. tAc forces u!.iicc ilr aH-
Boz, Gensali 5VT 81, ifr isyas 20 ir -'li, nv r.. or
Saiurda, lass thn NJ ar Department. we, adf sd hat
WITH a.a,s oscc 90. rleaiV sad Ilpuntc i.iantrs, bc
Nes ,,raA''a OIL g. -'I.- with %, fupf"scd it ID
son 81 rushing les nf 20 lf NtL'ma ana tcnn' 'stc
Railroad Ni'h s't" i iRte.ccpiue E9pGd cc'n'iun-
tou With '5cn lons cri tud ye,iclday we had ruror
Mai Dc W, aYuoa .ug :. -Hnior h- IS III Mellow ci
Tins latte cla, af, Inclined f1 ff'..Fc be- .tfcui
iondaiicn tAo -e'l-cr, by tie Central trau lnfr
might stat thst le e2ci,uou. existed 20 StauIton
Yesterday u0rn.u. i probable nat luc lnloI
received % tlc Va Department IaoIo N app' Los
the Whereabouts II NNerili snd his comnaud ana he
may ere ihis have .eacl "a ieNishurg.
Since the above Nss Put IL W, sre informed lr
lr, ste telegram fuG stanton thlt hr ', il -rH
hccyed 60 BE- prrty cons.d' able. 90 fe!y icoe.nE
That place UutlHg HeStt'dns ucllsc sIrnisHirE tor.
place hetRfsu itsls alvsu ard and orf m sac
ueigheorhood of Mcdowell .ihc1i ary de' -r-u'.
Prom thc loNef Valley ~ nave Cd report fEri .he
Yankee .h0r 1880 sfruT- moved Up from haIJers
Ferry by way g.. Borryys, o. tivpt ROYAL last week.
Al last accounts they were IA the ilray Ole! VS.
believed that u. movement Aas shade Win TIE desi
II destro, my he large iron furnaces along ihc Ir m
HAT rcs.oa On lI-cl! nisl' ia.' detachment isgu
tbo YANKEE iosco .t M''se4e'd numbering about q"
bet IRE 20 and tcsiin9 81 i.c g 90. i.'nEcc -t-"t
n'e n.il,s north 81 Edin.prgh, : aando4l County.
Ff.-- iLe a--4c s.- Dec. IT,
There Wa> nothing nCa y', cTjaY from Siam
%
tie enemy had been s,.ui1 t.'.sa .D go neigh
Prom Tlc Dl ps.,h D.. e.
FIGHT IN CBtkaBRlER COUNTY.
We understand that % Co. patch Yesterday
received In Vid,il quarters ll.r aa er.r- mcr' Lad
'sien gace or sanday L-i 49, 0r, '' Ridge. few
miles from Icvishurr bH,~C the fo-,.s unaeT Cen.
fehos and laFeci! superb. .os'. = ia' 74er! 'h'
sdYanoe OF tie tafupAs roaa rslng from Le solrg
Il Charleston, ia haianha County. o. l1 peitisu.'ss
81 N hgit We o"lia lefiF hpihH - u. fft ''A.
keho, compelled 20 fall hacs ihra' ~ ieW-h.g.
which wac afteTraff occupied b. .lc ".oug. Ii.'r
force Eui. heied Gh0u, i.St
Pom The b.fra'-t Dec IS
'Ag1URI ~ TWO toAaNu> OF OUR CAyAiRY
ON THE PLSINSJLA.
Two companies OF our cayalry were captured
l., the cncns sunday incoming. near Chsri, cry
Sour; Rouse. The facts - We have Obtained fh'ul.
Sith r,frcu,c D." ihc affair aold seem iu sndi, DO
lack Of VgLce thc part ~ or irD0ns - Tat iu4t
I'm Sunday morning. Oh hour after slnfsc 10 vA1 %.
Major KOh,r;pgs command. consisting OF tive corpa-
mes OF The 4"d ugnia battalion o cavalry, were CON.
yletely surpfseo. aud. viii two exceptions. al
tte men cariured, II IL said ihai the surprise was 40
complete not To- admit oi resistance he capturing
force composed Of csVeds. ard cans up On the
main road from Williamsburg
j: reported here yesterday morning that TIE en-
envy had destroyed The isce of Chaile. City Cont.
House hot later in tie iay the report contr diccd.
They did however. bum two or three buildings IN the
llsce.
IRON last TrSErsSrE.
Bristol Dee. ii.-6cnrrl Longs,reot j
slowly falling back Iom MorristOwn. presenting bold
'front.' 10 the enemy, wEo STAGE tho saap ssiIish at
MouistoWn. have not pressed him. Our last 0dyRes
represent him at Watauga River, near hingsport. As
Cumberland Gap no longer IN bis rear IA" apprehen
sions sre felt "A. 10 bis safety All the hospitals along
he railroad have been cDpiicd 10 receive s "oeheo
Lunb. ring about six hundl ed.
DALToN Dec 1.-THE latest accounts received here
epresent Long street be az Beans station twenty
niles beyond Knoxville on the Cumberland zap road
TIE Georgia State Guards reported 10 have been
driven in yesterday No particulars.
FROM THE ARMY or TENNESSEE
toYespo ndcuce OF The D!.pa.ch.
DALToS Ga, Dee. 10, I-63.-But little I'M
,srtance is attached 10 the report circulating IN At
t4nta il regard TO the appointment OF Cen Johnston 10
tie command Of this army with Gen Bsgg as chlei OF
sieff " lille such arrangement Of the command
would give satisfaction 10 Tie army the behti IL wei
Informed circles j. lhst ii Wlh nOt be made. IL y more
likely that Gen beanregard VIII be sent 70 Us ~ I.oht
street here. or should lie succeed IA e1r4caitg
himself from tie difficulties which beset MN ~ Rust
Tennessee. II Is not improbable that DE would Dc no
man Meanwhile Gen. Hardee. WLO C04scats 10 tho
POSITION only temporarily. is busny engaged IA re
ofganziAg The army and preparing Il Tor active duty
We have D. thing from the front worth rpOftng'
That sherman las gone with heavy fetnfOfcsincAa 20
The relief Of Burnside there can be 10 ooubt Scouts
reprt that there but few troops left al Chattanooga
bur they agreed IS the points % which they hno
gone IL indeed many OF them have len tie Ycniy NJ
all IL viii REQUIRE some weeks for the reinforcing en-
petition % complete 10 TClk III East ehnesset ana
return 10 Chattanooga. In fact, il Is not believed that
their forces can YctUrn and sufficient supplies and
IranspOTtGiiOn be accumulated Tor further advance
into Georgia before next Spring But il H. unsafe to
reason about the movements Of tie enemy. With such
. victory A. al Missionary Ridge and such army as
be has AT Chattanooga aud IA East Tennessee he may
coucluLe the ConiedeTates In condition 90 Tesist
him and consequently decide upon NIntcT oanpaigD
IL such ais hs Intentions however it il impossible %
explain bis o0ndnct IN destroying The Georgia state
Railroad nom EiuggOld back 10 CHIC kmnaIea station.
and The Georgia and East Tennessee IOad from C,ye
i,rd ~ q point twelve miles this side.
The following table embraces casualties during
he late battles around Chattanooga, including the al
fairs on Lookout Mountain and at Enegod. well n
Tie battle Missionary Ridge. II viii DO seen that
our loss in killed eud wounded is very shghta fact
hich can only be- accounted for tie theory TINT our
forces were well protected by their position. The
greater part of TIE loss on tie Ridge occurred after
our lines broken and subjected 20 an onilading
fre The artillery r not included IN the table.
L,r;.ioas Killed. Wounded Total.
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