, 1864-12-14

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suppress the news, the earliest Information q
to The fall or seige Of Savannah will still com
through rebel SOURCES.
FROM <s4eAr-.~s .--,--
1.tr. r~o u.,. D....
rc..,e I;Tncdition :, Smccnx. s1d Re.
turned to Com,n-THe Wefi1on 1load
Cut,
New YORK, Tuesday, Dec. 13.-The Com
,u<re;ar. Washfnrt.n dfsnateh savs of Gen
w. .-.s,Ia;.7a- t1. ~ as.:., o,S -. asn
n.' a1su ~ y. s4I'1u.ou anu 1ne oss's ueu'u Ill
nlcteu on the "cldon hadroad, tnat tue loss
Of this important avenue Of communication
will result in great Inconvenience to Lee, aud
may noss;h,r ic,d to thc evacuation ,f p,tcra
,nro II. l. nor dsaendan. AN tha n. sou.,,
ou'E' 1ae - no" oepeneent on LIE sou'n
side road for supplies.
WAsu1SG1oS, Tuesday, December 1S.-The
Richmond Examiner Of tic 10Th says: ave
lea1n that the force sent by Grant down the
Weldon road consisted Of one entire corps,
besides cavalry. Every in-a Of them ought
10 be captured"
The Hhfgsays;; "A good many knowlnsp p:o-
pie are c Ixe as te the Of the
ported, they will. OF course. soon get to the
end OF their journey. IN the other band. We
are incnnea 70 oeHeFe mat 1hey are better
equipped than reported, ana We WILL soon
near o. lne destruction o. ptldscs. ctc., In
Tue oHcc1lon OF Mcloon. 1nls, VIC are frank
70 aamtt, VIII Eve Us SONG lnconVenlenee,
but VIII not reir1eye 10 the least tha paipab!e
a. ard irretr'eEa be failure w1lGh Grant has made
Ill US son1toenunu voI'. m"n 20 ;aa T reaef9aut HE- H.
ta3'o. f.en 10y. .,,, .5. nefGd s3,s: w.
t"lGue2 lton E1uut uFMy PNes Adultiona1
fMn; uSnaaas .. ~ - -rssonuoissalice s M oI Hen.
~. eo eot'auu, .uay iaet, ~ uaIcetr
hnn; on tle fisAL q Tue feoel 1orces defend
1r5r1,s c:nn s3iaa, ,ncn toS ,hnE, +I-e,,oiS
~ .,;,St Thnis ah;nat 49,. sn
the1 KS aro nIan,r,n uv, UTes - u
10y metC 1e .1 uIAt DA anna nos " IT,
eaa!a eun ~ LIZ aaM5 " uc aotoaae, muea u
te,a Snu "ae luaas upun 1nsna ~ tue
lSoets, "no "els @ eSon 9o aepaiseu, anu N tufn
n'4h th Hna IIs; n.tsn at noae 1issnce-
il ~ 1nls' thG 1'un .lool's de1usnea 70 tnelr
s ou eami', "n1en iue1 ltaeuG9 2asa1aay even
~ .o,,a1s ancr 1,.a oa,,tt Ana1oer
ol e rees1s 1ehc, ~t5H dirs}on nndcr ccn Field ,ao
aaN:u au. t:oei ~ !olo9 4nusl oGu. 1ttia 1naoe
+ @ II. ~. un s,. ooHn 1ne DARBY
49,. son. s" " sae - III nus.1 t.nss.
ah9s seta " ~ ~ eaeu ~. 49, "!'a sery nasty
onser'auon' as sney soon ret1aced 11er
steps. ,,
Aoont Inlunnt tfioay, me fceel artlne
- 9lsuc'u ~, nIa' 9osn ~ ~ Uuaca zap Sanal
4,.o, ~ +ha - roo5 ~, =. ;.i. IL ,;t.i
~ Gsa' 49, .u... -. w. atlie u
;be 20 ~ ~ 'n 1n1or " an' poseT cnaa
49,, aIG . .us " - ussoe. 19le.u NAt1eu,
Gn.Iu ~ T.,S.. ku4 rsu " mn,ncsoa3 lasL
a.or ,nnt @ T., sun i.ad H.t,'t a 1Hs "e:e la,
- Iarnn,,,. W s+n,;on ua ,rfo nna
Tho .t,s,si -ea'1ans -. ~
1-,ar 1a7 'nn7, iod~as i.nt,,,,, rna, ns,,1
,Ir .o,S .i !01 ~ Gee1 toseu oGi"een usats
ANIL A4AA AAV VII A4u"AEtt . AVASp udLttE.
fes' lated
HEADQUARTERS Anar er the pezanAc,t
,,.. e"oet LIZ !o'L
ine eHpea1tlon under Gene1al warren,
Wnlca le11 some dass since, has returned to
cAmR 4bis moxs nor he cons,aoraa o,,o -, ~.
-. ials mo'e may oe conslacfea one Of the
!lost successIui ol inc campaign; some Ut,
teen nnss VI snc lt1SA ~ INC heiaon railroad
"As ueslEtteu- +All tHc cepots along the
route were onrned. numerous mills. barns
ana 9"e,iingf' from me cove; Of which guer-
iilas Aau Hseo en- our troops, or from which
N 1ne occupants % @ naa aea, were aest5oycd. Our
ded. ana rev straggiers captured.
Nolnln@ new IN front Of Petersburg. The
weather Is cold:
Tue Mo'6AENl VI 1AE 3fh COKPS.
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF TIE PoroNAc,
Dec- Tine movements In this department
Wnlch nave oeen IN course Of execution for
tile past lew days, hnre finally been derel-
oped, and now the objects intended to be &C
complislied may be given to the public, as
well as Tic results attained.
II WAS Known that the enemy were pro-
c1llne lalge supp1es Tor thelr troops by Eny
OF 1he Weldon hallroad to Stony Crock,
whence they were tfaggoned.' The cavalry
iorce cent there ten days ago not hciug able
70 e11ectnally stop febel operations, the 5th
Corps, VIII dfe:gs cavalry and the sd dj-
VISION 81 Tue "a Corps, were detailed to eff
iec1oa4iy put stop to Il " destroy
1nG Lie ratlroau as lar South
as H1cks1ord: and, If possible, that station al
50. AZ daylight on "Wednesday the column
Started south on the Jeruaalem road, the cav
any taxing the aqvence. On arriving at
point * 3n1les from fe1eEsburS they dlvcrTcd
from Inc ioau ABOUT mile to tnc right, when
1AeF 1eaehtd lie Nottoway Riycr. and the
command At once commenced crossing. They
blvouacked on the other side for the night,
anu a. nali-laSt III a. ~. 1he position was taken
sl+ai r. aaI ans c9lnnn stasteu+ leaving cayalry
1..aenns1 t',.s. ~ pleA " straeiefs anu r.
tmu m!.4 eutm- W reacnlng point
sno nl'es oesoou susse5 eoart aouse, some
casAis "etG encountered ana driven oa:E to
"nedF .a Inc Welaen fa1road crosses the Not
s,, soHas :: ont 1t, noou, snall Hree OF Inc enemy
ausuea ~ ues" etn our caSaT5, anu IAe ~
'.:. sanee Q! ,ae lnlahaTF, CUT were soon routed
MIN sl!:at LOSS d:.re Q cavalry man was
1ouhd' WIG had evidently been murdered, and
stnpPed o1 eIcn h1s boots. The advance then
comHcncea me obstruction OF tue railroad BY
burning the bridge across tue Nottoway. and
cOntluued On Lu Ialfttl's StAtl0n, ,bey0uacEinw