Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1864-12-23
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iag Ct interest has oceD' red on
II front Of L cblDral duling
tie pest week.
3n ho Ines about Perclibulg there
1sa.. leell Of latc, 4.ole than the usual
casI45aaes.a~ and picket firing On
5itfafday evening the enemy, for sev-
,gal hours, SHIELDED onf lines near the
4 mr. n1attoz furiously, but with no
result worth mentioning. Besides
there daily ca1luonades there is moth
Ing Of interest," occurring in the Peters
burg front
From ths Lynchburg Republican.
we have the latest intelligence from
the Yankee raiders in the Southwest,
states that they came as far as Mack
Meadow, a point on the Virginia and
Tennessee Rail Road, and after des
troying the Depot, and one or two
email bridges, turned back in the di
rection of Abingdon, destroying prop
erty Of all kinds as they went. A
party Of fifteen were sent to the Lead
Hines in Wythe, who PARTIALLY de-
stroyed them, but it is thought the
DAMAGE casil De repaired in a week or
ten days at farthest.
At Wytheyilie the Depot, Ordi-
nance and other government offices,
and that of the Medical Purveyor were
burned. All the Depots and Bridges
on the Rail Road, between Mack
Meadows and Glade Spring are de-
stroyed The track is thought to be
but little injured at any point, and
can be speedily repaired.
On Saturday evening the raiders
were met on their retreat, at Atkins,
short distance this side of Marion,
by the command Of Colonel Witcher
A fight ensued lasting from 4 O'Clock
until dark, when the eaemy broke
through our lines and succeeding in
escaping, not however without suffer-
ing considerable loss. Col. Witcher
pursued them and it was hoped would
chastise them still more.
It is reported by passengers from
the West that the enemy had concen
trated at Saltville, and that battle
was fought there Sunday morning.
sEo learn that a.courier from Saltville
7..a we'd at Dublin before the train left
yesterday morning, who reported that
a i;ght had taken place and that the
enemy had been whipped and were re-
treating. We learn further that this
at.ment was believed by the mill
tary authorities at Dublin. If it be
true we shall possibly have official con-
lirmation Of it before going to press.
Conductor f. IL. Buckner, wi h the
eng .ne of his train, went as far as
Hacks Meadows, seven milrs from
Wytheville, ON Sunday He confirms
~ report Of the retreat Of the raiders
'aad thsi5urnins Of the depot at that
point.
u regret to have the report of the
@ea fo!ion Of the Bristol Register
Confirmed We also regret to hear a
port that the office of the Abingdon
yaginian was partially if not wholly
destroyed
It Is hardly necessary to contradict
TIE enemy's tale Of the capture of Sa~
VANISH. and eleven thousand officers
aud men. We learn from the Rich
'mond papers that the Government re-
ceived official dispatches from SavaE-
nab on the 10Th which stated that all
was well The latest public intelli-
gence from that place is contained in
the Charleston Courier Of the 18th
inst which has the following.
The enemy made demonstration
on Savannah Tuesday and were re
pulsed. It is supposed to have been
only froler, put forth to ascertain our
strength there. General Hardee, in a
despatch TO General Beauregard dated
Savannah, Tuesday, December 18th,
reports everything working we'll, and
that in his opinion the enemy were en-
deayoring to reach the coast by way Of
Genesis Point and Fort McAlister.
: The enemy's feet off Ossabaw Sound
had largely increased. Arrangements
have been made which it is confident
]y believed will interfere very mate
rally with Sherman's progress to-
wards the coast, if they do not check
him altogether. Sherman has been
disappointed in not being able to cross
the Savannah river into South Caro-
lima and effect junction with Eos
ter's forces at Pocofaligo or Coosa-
wat HE. lie was Therefore compelled
to move down clong the Ogeechee.
All was quiet along the line of rail
road yesterday"
The news from Tennessee, furnished
altogether by the Yankee papers is in
deed not of the most cheering charac-
ter, and if true, it is wholly different
from what we expected to receive from
that quarter We have however this
ensolation upon which we can always
rely, that Yankee statements, made
for the Press, and the official bulletins
Of Stanton the Yankee Secretary of
War do not always contain facts
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