The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-12-26

vessels had appeared of that plabe. NJ
s4th, says Richmond papers Of {he 24ti
contain an Official dispstcb from Whining
ton Friday p. q. AT that time 26 Unior
sttempt had been made to land troops o1
attack the forces 10 consequence Of I
storm.
Hebel papers also contain ru1or that
Charleston and probably Savannah had
been evacuated.
A rebel dispatch from Wilmington d
the 10Th says the enemy's feet. 30 odd
ssil, appeared of New Inlet this morn
ing.
The Richmond Examiner Of the esd
says telegraphic communication ID inter.
ruptcd BY storm with ell points except
Petersburg. and the continuance Of .
north-easter last night no doubt prevent
ed Butler from landing. We hate very
little to fear from the land forces. Bragg
is in command.
The Richmond Wing Of the 2sd says
Gen Disk Taylor is in Mootgomeiy.
The Wilmington Journal SAYS the
steamer New Era, belonging to tie Bee
Company, was run ashore on B4dhead
Beach and heavy firing was heard Ia that
direction on the llth.
The Richmond Examiner of the 22d
says our iron clads cannot be moved up
the river 30 as 10 prevent our EVACUATION
OF Savannah. owing to the torpedbs and
forts there.
The Richmond Dispatch 22d, says the
enemy keep up an incessant bombafdment
on the lines between Jerusalem road and
the Appomatax.
The force sent out under Palmer is
supposed to have gone to operate against
Weldon.
The Richmond Whig Of the 22a ssys
many we'll meaning people in the South
believe the resources Of the Confeh heracy
in men is at the point Of exhaustion. but
the belief is erroneous. 1t says the Con-
federacy is not near exhausted in its arms
bearing population aud proceeds to show
by statistics that il has had force Of about
100000 fighting men making allowance
for details. The Wing assumes that they
have in the field 45l .864, larger fprcc it
claims than onr Government has bought
against it, and by which the ConfeHeracy
cau be defended and the tide of invasion
rolled back.
The Richmond Examiner of the 22d,
says.
There is no confirmation of the report
that Breckenridge had been beaten BY
Ssoneman or Burbridge's raiders near
Glade Spring. nor has il been con,radic.sd
An unofficial dispatch says the damage
done the lead works was slight and viii be
speedily repaired.
Tie Richmond Examiner of the 22d
has oHlcial information that a column of
the enemy numbering 5000, we're on the
Ohio & Mobile r. X. north of the crossing
OF the Miss. K. R.
The Examiner also say. 1t has no sd-
vices from Hood, but it fears he is in >
bad tx.
The Richmond Wbig says of Andrews
Gordon Magrash. the newly elected Gov.
ernor of South Carolina, that he is in the
prime oil life and fully identified with the
State right views Of the South Carolina
school OF poiitics.
Tho Richmond Whig Of the 22d has
an article on the DIRK Days of the Con
federcF. II says Hood has been badly
defeated, but he can learn a lesson of en-
jurance from Early. If his defeat prove:
worse than it is reported, it will b. tbs
first instance Of the kind during the war
The rebel City Marshal OF Atlanta re
Gently returned to that town and com
plains bitterly OF the conduct Of Geor
gians who have been there and carried OF
from 6ty to three hundred wagon load
per day of our furniture, books, lumber
&c. They came from so to 100 miles il
every direction.
Much space 10 rebel papers is occupied
III lamentations over disasters that have
f.llen on the army of the Confederacy.