The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1863-01-16
WAR NEWS.

Tkursddy, Jaa. 8h "A special telegram
| to the New York Tribune. dnrod Helena,
January 2, via Cairo. Japuar, z. snyssg b5
Tho blttlc 10, still raging at Vieksbure.
with no decisive results. seia fs8f
| Our forcos took tho main battery and
rifle-pits Of tho enemy on Monday, but
we're nfterward rcpulsvd aud lost their
! ground. Five, cannon wore taken, spike d
and again lost, II, ts.fa1 u,al etsal- fg
| General Morgan and Colonel J B. Wv.
man wero killed, and Colonel Morgan g.
| Smith. and Captain dwinn were wounded.
! but not MORALLY. rr t- rnear Et.
! Both nrmms rested or Monday night
after tho hard fight of tho day \,
| Our troops were still cot fidont Of victory.
Price and Van Dorm command the rebels.
Tho gupboats are NOT doing much. ia
| Our army we'll posted aud protected on
tho flank and 10 tho rear. and will not Yield
tho contest until Yicksburg is in ihcir pos
session. ,.... -.....I sf7 .z 4
Our loss in killed wounded so is estimated
at three thonsnnd. 81 tt1 r r.st1i b..
| General Carriers expedition. consisting of
a thousnnd caya'ry. which left London, Kun
tucky. on the 2lst .ul imo. ruinrued from
East Tennessree on Tuesday TO Manchester,
Krntueky Tho results of their labors ure
5sfrlluws: Two important bridges destroy ed;
five hundred and fifty rebels killed. wound d
| aud taken prisouersi soveo hundred stand
| OF arms. and large amount of fluur. sslt.
and othor rebel stores captured; aud a
locomotive aud two cars destroyed. A
Jtisk ski mish took plac. Watt u "a b, ijgc,
| and another at Jonrsviile.
I The raid was one Of tho most hazardous
| OF tho war. and attended, with Rrca. hard
ships anc privatioD. Wo los. only ton men.
dispatch from Cairo gives ono Gay later
nows ON Vicksburg. The rebels have
concentrated their forces from Jackson and
Grenada and along the limo Of tho road
amounting 10 sixty Ave thousand rpen, ut
Vicksburg, This overwhelming force at.
tackled General Sherman on Sunday. and
caused him to fall back on his first iine OF
defonses. Tho robei intrcnchmcnts and
Notifications extend back from tho city six
! miles 77I f7i''"' f'i,." Nf9
General Shcrman's firces had fought TO
within two mikes OF the city, wbou he was
attacked by Tho superior forcus Of tho rebels.
The fighting on Sunday is u resented as
desperate Ia the extfeine. Batteries and
Qualifications wcro taken aud ro.aken.--
Whole regiments. tnt ev, II briga fought
hand TO band over uas aud for tho posses.
iiop1of tho defshses. .i 1e5t~.i3i'aR IT.
| Nothing yet has been heard from the
| Federal forces below, nor can vo learn that
our grnboats have taken any part in tho
acIion. Ii 10 reporied that rcbol g soamcrs
are, crossing trrm tho Louisiana shore TO
! ,Flcksbnrg. and supposed 10 be carrying re-.
| iufurcomonts 20 tho rebels. fqrll n7esl7's
| Tho lat st accounts stats that tho rebel
! Goneral Holmes was marching in tho di-
rcciion OF Vicksburs. and IL is not i'm possible Q
he has arrived there. gFal
/ General n. u. Sm Oh vas .veur.ded In tho
breast. There was some fighting On Toes.
day morning, afror Sherman had fallen
back. but il was,thought lIo could maintain
his position. The reptri that General
Sherman was remit Feed by General Grant
Is Incorrect. n - T h
II is reported that General German Ia
evacuating Helena, Aikansus, with the in )
tention of occupying Napoleon. Gen!
cral Shermans loss is estimated at between
four and five thousand men, killed. oupded
and missing, e5 .t. .,f, .f.,1.,b
Friday. Jan. Tho official report of
Col. D,ckoy 20 Gen. Giant. of tho late
| fpray into Northeastern Mississippi. and
the destruction OF Brsggs railroad commu-
| nication with Mobile, Col Dickey says /:
10 six days we marched chou, 400 miles.
worked two days at tho railroad, captured
about 100 prisoners, destroycd "a milos of
important railroad and . largs amoun, of
pubic stores of tho, enemy, and retained,
passing round an enemy Of nino to our one
and reached camp without having q man
killed wounded, or captured. ,,, y, 49,,
There is nothing now. by way Of Cairo,
from Vicksburg IL is supposed, that the
Rebels have planted batteries TO Intercept
upward bound boats, BY way of Richmond,
however, wo arc Informed that on the
81 our forces were driven back 10 thoir
transports IN the Yuzoo, and had gone down
tborivcr., II was supposed, however, that
they would assault the Rebel works at Chick,
asaS Bayou.
Richmond papers of Yesterday say that
tho Rebels have oapturod Trenton, Union
City, and Humboldt, In West Tenucssre,
aud destroyed tho railroad from jackson to
Coiumbus. This news wanIa confirmation.
report from St. Louis says TINT Rebel
force had uttaekcd Springfield, Mo. and
trod upon tho tosn without giving notice
tor the removal of tho wpmor aud children
WAsnlSsroN, Jan. s.-Eichmond papers
contain tho following; es'l
'p 8FIcKsBuRo Jan, 3-Yhis morning our
forces advanced against the enemy, who
wero orocting works on tho lake, causing
thoDr to eyacuate the place, leaving all their
implements for erecting fortiicutions.-
Our forces nov occupy tho whole country
bordering on tho lAko, tho enemy having
reformed TO their transports and gono
down tho Yazoo. aatf et+ A
CMRo, january 0. 9.--Nothibg from vicks-
burg tosday Tho jackson Appeal Of the
3l oharacteriaes tho fight at that place as g
trivial affair as far as tha Confedorates are
concerned. 1tsays tboir loss was small aud
plaoes'the Federal loss NJ 1000. IL regards
the Federal falling back aS as,rap. afguing
no good to the Confederate cause. o 71aa7
= WAsHIEeroE,i Jan. 9 9--Iniortnation from
she Army oftne P0iomao, shove tha. our
piekets exieDh from 'Falnioath to- sKiug
George Court House, aboat 20 mites distsnt
N ooR.rabands ;aeree in stating that rubel
inepBions are nightly raade bslow tho
Court House for long distances aud nsgroes
are carried away and sont south. The
geAter portion, however, of the slaves Ia the
long neck OF land between tho Rappahan-
mock and the Potomac rivers. have already
made their escape TO our Hoes, bringing
with them their masters teama and other
property. sa yai .hisg So 3slfa 9fia
To Major General WrigbL-The daring