Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-01-12
0Oeeester Daily Spy,
NEWS FROM THE WAR.


son Is, about ~ miles above Baton Rouge
Gen. Banks and Admiral Farragut must take
and pass this strong position in order to get to
Vicksburg. A false report some time since
said they had taken it. That work is still to
be done. A New Orleans letter in the Eve
ming Post says =
cat Baton Rouge, the Port Hudson Chron-
icle, rabid secessonist sheet of the dimen-
sions of twelve inches by six, and printed on
common brown wrapping paper, is circulated
as freely as the New Orleans Delta Its last
number reports visit of jeff. Davis to the
works at Port Hudson. That position is the
key to his own state, and its defence is doubt
less subject of anxious care with him since
the arrival of Gen. Banks expedition. 1t re-
quired no very close observer to perceive the
Importance of this place to the rebels. 1t is
connected with Clinton by railroad, with only
thirty-seven miles of turnpike to be passed
over to reach the New Orleans and Great
Northern railroad, SO that in twelve hours
jeff. Davis could pass from jackson, the cap
ital of Mississippi, to Port Hudson. This
town of Port Hudson is situated on a high
bluff, defended on the north by Thompson's
Creek and deep marshes, and earthworks
some twelve miles in extent, created beyond
the reach OF our gunbOat missiles, are said to
form a semi circle to the south and east
Some thirty heavy pieces, ranging from "a
Founders to l0-incb guns. defend the an
proaches by the river. The estimated rebel
force now within these works is about 10000
men, and by the Mississippi papers we can
judge of the efforts to increase the army from
the fact that school teachers are no longer
exempt from conscrption."
THE FIGHTING AT vIoKsBURG.
sta,, -. - o"li al "a niSn. the
nj hot4ia Iii a1 W IN sicAspue'
M e"st't; l Is uP " pionu,'y night
a. So. haJ i,''a
~ ~ I ,,,'u t'le ,i;'i''
N%.ioli9 W 'ne capturing ilne cannon,
%"iCn "e!e ePineu' Se'uiS possession ALSO OF
n.i9 pu' Ilg enemy charged again
i' ~ Ce 'nu ieGoNeleu t'le srouIlu
e il''u 'os'' lliclauis 'e battery anu repeL-'
I ~. WIN ~ So 1!@usn'el' me loth
HI;l: 'ii..i.y, co Coi /" liilaiISon' anu otll
80 IL 1i0i ga" L. oi,li'h' SUI
go ~ Sly sIi III hiiiee anu Wounueo' recelV-
1 nv LII ~ 'lio0N - 'no enclIy cliaiseS'
anu holuin9 On WIN "ohuerIul persistence
anu anu Courage I'LL swept away by superior num-
-, w
III nlah occuPleu the lett wing ana
oon'enu I against tiie enemy WIN unsur-
P"9'eu oi"'eiy anu Heroisili, ne Iell on the
~ ,ioo ooiite'teu heiu' Iiortaily wounded, ana
iiS ue"u oocy was orou9ht up by the MIME
ma mana " oe forwarded 10 ms friends IN Limos
Inns occurred on MONDAY last, the hardest
anu pioG'esU u"y u tne oa'tle mus lar' ne
,yaS vol worthy, Of t,oir ,.,,, a Jonoo 81 e.
ton. His regiment was unruly at times, but
brave and dauntless, and many of them were
oole ou'lS, wiz i 10 - va Ianaa ,,
bnrs of whom, are now sleenino in death with
their brave commander.
The gunboat fleet had as yet accomplished
hoIhing' lhey were nearly ous ol COIL anu
Of tha nonture Of tbe RInP VIM, which had
two coal boats in tow when she was taken by
the enemy and carried off up the Arkansas
river. IL Is no" oelleVeo si,al t'le onlcerS Oh
tiiiS poat were TRAITORS anu iilu pui PoSeiy az
toWed themselves u pc ,"Aei' ne p""'
ROUNDED 10 anu surrehuereu Oh sihsle sho'
DeinS Ired across ieT DOW "reat lnuSha
'ioii anu iesrel are iei. On account Vi lhe Ioo'
Oh Tue man anu Vi Naiudole oiuiia.ce SUITS
nag Oh truce Doat mas Jus. arllNeu lioli
lhltle hock' bringing tne pIisonGIs U[ eA-
change that were taken WIN lle blue w lhS'
but Uehefal norman refuses 10 receive tleLii'
on the ground tiiat they nave oeeh euii'y Vi
crime III Surrenuerih9 themselves WITHOUT ne
cesslty' ana as lie oeheVes lor the purpose Oh
giving ana 10 the enemy. Wnether he VIII
be lnduGea 10 change ms decision CANNOT
tell Inc Ooat sun lies III the river opposite
Heleha'
MASSACRE OF GERMANS IN TEXAS.
The f5llowinp article is n translation from
A. Ca,,,o..o,, IT. c., .,a.,.. -,
wy 0''0 N'-' A'1- P"PO. N'''
lhhed SINCE the occupation OF that place by
The Union forces. 1t will prove an incentive
TO still HIGHER deeds of LOYALTY and heroism NV
A. Con.,a,,, ,,,,,, ao;.o. .o,,;oo; a. -
'ne mans nv" u''"e 'ei WY III ''ie A"nA'
OF the Union army, ana uay be read with
profit by those rebel sympathizers who are
onnosed TO the government bringing the whole
.d,,+L 80 ollorionoo
Soutl ~ any
NEAR the origin OF tne Grand cape ana re
druales on Johnston's Creek, several Amerl-
can and two German families settled but two
years ago. Contending against the roughness
of the soil and the wild Indians, they had no
pleasant position, but they persevered, con-
scious OF their courage and their intrepidity,
and the lower settlements owed it to them that
they had less to suffer from the raids of the
Indians. These border inhabitants received
but little news about the condition OF the
country and the events OF the war; All at
once they were notlhed to pay war taxes and
to drill. The first demand they could not
comply with, because they had no money, not
even corn meal for their families, and the last
order they could not obey because they lived
so distant from each other, and their absence
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