Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-12-14
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES
FROM rHE SOUTH.

FnON1 td r SOUTH.
Progress Of the Siege Of fCharIesion-Shelf.
ing Of The Clty-Lopsstrees i'm Line Of & {.
tie at kGtiedgr-Tbe court. House aue
Jan, at M"unt Sterling Burn.d--Jeif Da
Wis denounced by rx.G Gov. oate-rreat.
meha OF L Mon p ri isonerS, etc.
FORTRESS MONROE. De- ,2-The Richnc nd
Enquirer CT The C;h and lth insr. has oren Re
ceiVsd, and ccntsibs the following ,eIlisene
The siege of charleston.
CFARLrsIoN. Dec e.-1h:s afternoon the On
tmy Pc, ed nre on the ci'y, and thre " eight
trries return. d the fire. siiencipg the enemy
rive buildings were struck. No per sons In.
jrrtd. 80
CHARLss7oN, Dec. le.-The enemy shelIe
fe city D. tween lC and II o.. .ock last night and
and O'clock this morning Twenty shots
p Wtre TN tn1omn: o. batteries opened heavily
SECOND DISPATCH.1
constant fire as kept up to- dav, driving
the enemy 8 working par les from Forts Gregg
ard Wagner. Thr enemy replied occasiona ,
No firing # any consequence on Sum er. No
sbelling Of the city to.day.
From Fa>t Tennessee.
"RRleIoL, TENN, Dec. lC. Longstreet's
force es are in line OF battle at RutIedge. Has
rear l. skirmIsh, with the enemy, whose
Iurs nit b a. Lot b, en- vigorous since our rcas
lett NJ orriStoUn. Onr cavalry was sk'rmish-
IL g all dsy Mon%sy with the advance Of VIII
ccx's forces on Clinch river.
"CaIt Eve ratt's raidIng party has returned
10 Ahin gdOn He attacked ihe enemy at Jun,
S'er ing, totally routing them after a stu ubborn
lesit tsncr. The ur:-house and jail wrra
burned. Everett captured number OF horses
snd Shf,eh in grfeIbark Tue enerav h. in z
heaNiy reinforced. he returned rapidly throu yh
Pound Gfp, closely pursued By 1880 cavalry,
who we're al lads vile, Va.
The Confederate .onsress-Dsnunciasien
RIcBNHND, Dec. ti.-Yastsriay, the Ssrata
Passed the ill nroh hitiug the snpIoynieas Of
substitutes IN the army.
IL tie rshei Consrrse, on the Sth Mr Jots,
OF Tennessee, IN a speech, said tina. The prSsi-
Gent never visited the army without doing it
injrry-naver yet bnt his visit vvas folio we'd
by disaster. He charged him with having
"ln-os' RI !nt the country, and ha SAID ha won,d
n.Fft MS Champion any where TO ds cussi Il He
&C used Com m ssary Nor:hrop with having
stIr1'd the enanyrs prisoners, and stealthily
Flscru the Eo"fedf rate govern inrnt in the at
htrds charged by thu enemy. From the ls. 20
The E6th OF last month meat was furnished 20
The prisorers very irrss uiarly: for twelve fars
the the ,spriy ss innsae9na:s. and Tor eisAt tys
removal Of Norihrop for the honor of :hs
country.
From Gforsin.
DALTON, Dee. L. Cur forces ssa,t Ihrou IN
Cleveland Twelve h hoUrs after the enemy s sRp-
ply traine, which we're Twelve miles in rear Of
Il sir army. The enemy advauceh has raachad
London. The enemy are laying waste The
country as they advance.
DALTON Dec. S.--Tha FDrrny's cavalry an.
pesred yesterday az RinzFold, bat our forces,
under Col. Grietey, drove them mus beyond
town.
Surprised by Yankee Cavalry.
Col. Slemp's 6i.h Firsinia regiment WAS sur
priced by Yankee cavalry On the 29th ult, in
LIE county, nine miles below Jones willie. Col.
Slemp had about $50 men waiting IN ambush,
when they found themselves surrounded and
kemmed in by 80 YsDka.s. Half our force
was captured and q few kllsd-among the lat
ter Capt. Gray.
From Danvill~, Va.
The Whig says that in Dan Vile Ave dollars
In gold was sold at auction day or two ago
for one hundred and forty dollars in Coafsder-
ate notes.
Small pox and typhoid fever shn prevail
smong the Yankee priEo in Danvilie
Thirty three cases Of the &ormer disease a1s
reported.
large quantity OF hard bread, mess pork
coffee, &c, has been lately received a. Dan.
Vile for the prisoners, from the United States
government.