The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1863-11-11
NEWS ITEMS.

dous energy. On the morDlngo OF the olss
ult. portion of the wall fell in, burying
beneath the rufus some men believed to
be of the 18th Georgia and 25th South
Carolina. Thirteen were buried by the
falling in Of the barracks on the sea face
of the fort On the 3lst fierce bonn
bardment was kept up all day from the
monitors aud land batteries. Up to 3
o'clock no further casualties had occurred.
Over 200 shots were fired in "a hours.
The BON mbardment of Sumter continued
fiercely without nteruission on the lst
the shots averaged four per minute. The
firing was from two Iponiters-two heavy
and two light rifed guns at Fort Gregg
-four 10,inch mortars at the middle
battery, and four riAed guns at Wagner
The Rev. Mr.. Bussey, of the Christian
Commission, was taken prisoner while
aiding the wounded in the late battles 10
Tennessee, and was delivered to Judge
Terry of the Rebel Army the same Ter
ry who shot Senator Broderick. On re-
ceiving the prisoner he exclaimed: Here's
id Abolition preacher Boys,
hang him ~ Mr.. Busseys name does
not appear in the list of prisoners sent by
Bragg to the Provost Marshal, and it is
feared the Judge has carried his bruta.
threat into effect
Richmond papers of the I'd inst. CON-
plain of the scarcity of food and high
prices Beef sells at 81 to 81 50 per 10.
coal $50 per ton. They say the Yantee
prisoners eat too much, and think it best
not to take any more of them. They
have news that 5000 Yankee troops
landed at Newport News on the lst inst.
A Cincinnati dispatch says that we
nave possession of Tuscumbla, Ala. The
dispatch adds : There has probably been
severe fight in that quarter between
/ Gen. Sherman's forces and the heavy
Rebel force sent there to dispute bis
passage"
The 18th Michigan Cavalry had a
| fight with 400 Rebel cavalry, about the
| I'd inst, 90 miles from Uolu uIbia, Tenn.
Tie Rebels were beaten, after four
charges, with loss of eight killed, seven
wounded, and "A prisoners. None killed
and but three wounded on our side
We are told from Knoxville (4th inst. }
hat East Tennessee is once more free of
Rebels, with the exception of guerrillas.
The fight at Roam Springs resulted in
the rout of the Rebels. We lost IL kill
ed and 81 wounded.
We have news from Newbern, n. c..
to the "a inst. The Congressional can
yass for the election of members to the
Confederate Congress is prosecuted with
much earnestness. There are 2S candi-
dates In the ten Districts The Hon.
John A. Gilmer, the Independent candi
date in the With District, has the field
to himself. In a recent speech he was
quite severe cn the Administration of
Jeff Davis, and highly Indignant at the
treatment North Carolina has received at
his hands Dawson" is ont with anoth-
er constitutional argument against "Se-
cession" in 1he Rateigh Standard. The
Standard appeals to the conservatives
to rally at the polls, and unite against
the "DeStructives," and adds that there
is no chance for peace until the original
Secessionists are hurled from power In
alluding to the recent defeat of the Dem
ocrats in Ohio and Pennsylvania. the
Standard says the last ray of hope for
the South from the North has de-
parted-that the prospects of peace are
more distant than ever-that the South. !
ern people stand alone with the world
against them, and that they had better
make peace either with Providence or the
North very soon. The war debt of North
Carolina is being rapidly extinguished By
the proceeds received by blockade run
ners, which are making regular trips into
Wilmington.
One of osr prisoners. just from Rich
mond, says that soon after the battle Of
Chickamauga, 200 Union prisoners-all
wounded-were brought to Richmond
they were three days on the road, and all
the food allowed them in that time was
four hard crackers per man. At Rich |
mond they lay in Libby Prison two days
more with their wounds undressed and
not mouthful of food Some who had
money offered S5 for a loaf OF bread, but
the ferds who guarded them would not
allow them to purchase. Is there no
way to stop this dreadful business If
not, outraged humanity will ind road
to fearful revenge.
News from Gen. Grants department
has come TO hand through Southern
sources An Atlanta, Ga, dispatch, dated
last Wednesday, saws that during the
preceding 4S hours the Yankees gained
important advantages, which, unless at