Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1864-01-06
From Charleston.

christmas morning, lasting from l to 8
o clock. Several fires were kindied in
the city, which burned a considerable
amount of property The rebel batteries
replied without damage The q. S. gun.
boat Marblehead was fred into by rebel
battery in Stono Inlet, and two men killed
and FIVE wounded.
! Assisted by the Pawnee she compelled
the rebels to leave their works Gen Ger
don, with detachment of men, landed
later in the day and took possession of the
works. The guns were subsequently,
brought off by Commander Balsh of the
Pawnee. They are two eight-inch howit-
zers. The rebels had one killed and FIVE
wounded.
Gen. Grants CougratuIatory Order to
his Army.
The following is Gen. Grants Congrat-
ulatory Order to his army dated Headquar
ters Military Division of the Mississippi,
In the Field, Chattanooga, Tenn, Dec. 10,
1868.
GENERAL ORDERS, No. 9.-The Gen
eral commanding takes this opportunity of
| returning his sincere thanks and congratu-
latlons to the brave armies of the Cumber
land, the Ohio, the Tennessee, and their
comrades from the Potomac, for the recent
splendid and decisive success achieved
over the enemy. In short time you have
recovered from him the control of the
Tennessee river from Bridgeport to Knox
vile. You dislodged him from his great
stronghold upon Lookout Mountain, drove
him from Chattanooga Valley, wrested
from his determined grasp the possession
Of Missionary Ridge, repealed with heavy
loss to him his repeated assaults upon
Knoxville, forcing him to raise the seige
there, driving him at all points, utterly
routed and discounted beyond the limits
of the State. BY your noble herosm
and determined courage, you have most
elEectually defeated the plans of the enc
my for regaining possession of the States
of Kentucky and Tennessee. You have
secured positions from which no rebellious
power can drive or dislod ge you. For all
this the General commanding thanks you
collectively and individually. The loyal
people of the United States thank and
bless you. Their hopes and prayers for
your success against this unholy rebellion
are with you daily Their faith in you
will not be in vain. Their hopes will not
| be blasted. Their prayers to Almighty
God will be answered. You will go to
other fields of strife; and with the irwin
chile bravery aud undinching loyalty to
justice aud right which have characterized
you in the past, you will prove that no
enemy can withstand you, and that no de-
fences, however formidable, can check your
onward march.
By order of Maj. Gen. U. s. GRANT.
T. S. Bowers, Assistant Adjutant Gen
The War in Tennessee.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30-The following
despatch has been received at the head
quarters of the army:
Col Long, of the 4th Ohio Cavalry,
commanding the I'd Division of Cavalry,
reports from Calhoun, Dec. 28th, that the
rebel Gen Wheeler, with 200 or | 800
cavalry and mounted infantry, attacked
Col Leibert and captured supply train
| from Chattanooga to Knoxville, about ten
o'clock this morning, at Charleston, on the
south bank of the Hiawassie. The train
escort had reached the encampment at
Charleston last night, and Leibert's skir-
mishers were wholly engaged with the enc
my this morning before Col. Long was ap-
prised of their approach He Immediately
moved the small force for duty in his camp
at the time-one hundred and fifty men
and crossed to Col Leibert's support The
rebels shortly after gave way, Long pursu
ing them closely. Discovering portion
of their force cut off to the right. be charg-
ed them with sabers, completely demoral-
izing and scattering them in great contus
ion in every direction. Several of the
enemy-number not known-were killed
and wounded One hundred and twenty
one prisoners, including five commissioned
| officers, were captured.
The main rebel column fed, and was
pursued for FIVE miles on the Dalton road,
and when last seen was fleeing precipitate
ly.
Longs loss was one man slightly wound
! ed.
The officer in command of the courier
station at Cleveland also reports that he
was attacked early this morning (Dec. 28)
by force of about one hundred rebels.
| He drove them off.
GEO. H. THOMAS,
Major General Commanding.
Official Despatch of Brig. Gen Kelly.
HARPER's FERRY, Dec. 25, 8 a. m.
Gen. Sullivan's column has returned
safely, bringing one hundred prisoners,
about one hundred horses, accoutrements,
&c. My different columns are all now
safely back. We have captured, in all,
over four hundred prisoners and large
amount of property. My plans and others