Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1863-01-07
THE news.

Goiasboro with 5000 troops The rouI
was compleIe the enemy being driven 10
/ their gunbohis, Gen Smiih look command
thsre The following Sunday.
he iact that tho enemy ~lmil loss or
5000 In killed, wounded aud nl'sinS, A.
Fredericksburg, is confirmed,
| Al tho end OF tie second days fight, or
on saturday night Burnside army became
completely demonlized. So much 70, lhut
on sunday morning Burnside could mot
bring item into an engagement.
Had Gen. Lee known this, and not cXPco-
led To have renewed the fight an Sunday,
he might have haggod az least dO,0ln al the
enemy, The number on each side was
about the same, ora liulc over 100000.
The bulk of Durhside's army will now 90
into winter quarters nj Washington. Tie
remainder will scatter abroad,
!. A private letter from Wo'dvil'e, states
that the enemy took possession Of Baton
Rouge on the lIIh, Our force there being
smnl! made no resistance and retired.
RrnNoSo, Dee. l1.-iUtclligcnce from
Norfolk state that a desperate fight occurr-
ed NJ that town on Monday night, between
u large number of soldiers and the forces
Of the POv0si Marshal.
some one in the theatre proposed three
cheers for JeiT. Davis when the applause
shook the building. The AboliioniS;s then
called for three cheers Tor Lincoln. il meet.
ing with faint response, 400 rioters were
arrested and gent To Fort Norfolk.
The Confederate cavalry pnde 4 raid TO
Poolcvilic, Md, and captured about forty
Yankee cavalry.
The Federal Gems jackson md Bayard,
and Cul. Dickinson. were killed at the bat
tlc OF Fredericksburg.
CHARLESTON, Dec. lS.-Thc iron steamer
Columbia, formerly the Gira:fc. Of Liver
pool, with cargo Of shoes. blankets, White
worth Guns, and ammunition arrived yes
fcrday AT II Confederate port. The cargo
and slip belong 10 the Government.
RlrHMnyp. Dec lS..-lhc Yankees loft
large numbers of runs, knaasacks aud a
quantity Of ammunition in Fredci ickslurg.
They also lcrt abou, X hundred OF their
dead about town. !
Most every house was sacked. and tie
contents wantoAly destroyed. Every con
cpirable niury that moiice could suggest
was resoited to. In their retreat across tie
river they rroIpcd up the Dead bodies OF
their soldiers TO represent pickc's.
CHHRLEsqay, Dec. i5.--Fo,t Sumter fred
u runs in honor of the success of our array
in Virnin;a. and in North Carolina.
A detachGIcnt Of Yankees destroyed the
salt work near !5anicc river iareIy.
GoIusuoRo' Dee l8.-The battle rester- |
day resulted il the enemy taking t e back
track last night for parts unknown, They
are reported rs havi Q pussea White Gaii
today, rs miles herce. on Ne,isc river.
The greater part Of Yesterday was spent
ia artillery ,,Ucl resulting in q very Slight
loss 10 our side. In the evening Gen. Cling
mans BRIGADE erased the enemy. aud by q
tonsterly movement caused tie enemy to
skocdadgc. having lost les. than thirty in
Killed aud wounded. or oaiy KILLED.
The Yankee hospital, near the ba.t!e fed
gives evident signs OF the numbers wound
cd anon. them. Four ampu,atirg tools
were fond.
Vie Railroad for miles has been torn m
bridges DESTROYED and fine mill on the
battic soll was huraea.
Numl,crcss accounts Of murder and in
ceDdiaris,n are reported. Our entire loss
in killed. wounded and missing does not
exceed 200.
If the Yankees had riycn our forces bat
tie to-day. thcir chastisement would have
been equal to their crimes. ltarpcars they
cn,ne only to burn. murder ana destroy,
aud tbey have succeeded only too well. As
for frht, that they dare not do.
GoLnsnoRo'. Dec. ia reconnaissance |