The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1864-12-31

Vos~ssse MopaoE. Decemee 20.
...., California arrived here q is'elm
bcur ,,ss evening. " So hours from 70" III
pul.sti. bringing i9por'ses dispatches go" J" j
General shrrmss. End e'odous con hfns'o'y =
intelligence Of the capture q Ssvsnnsh on I
the 21ss inst. .,
q, The sob Sherrss hsv'rg nearly con- =
,,s,.S the icveCusns o. The ei'v. s"d eso' :
,u,.d Fort Lee and ssvsrsI minor oo'-w"'ss :
\, he immediate vicinity Of tho pnne'ps'l.
;n,,scehmsn,s surrounding The sosn. snd I
,,sn,ed HE siege batteries 10 sush s'oss
,rcximi.v 10 tho rebel 'inss - 20 c""ma"'
e6,e,usllv sverv position held bv me 'o'cs'
,sa,r ccmmsnS o. GeoevsI Hsrdees sew
.ummo.s bv az Of rses. 70 shs snse'
',hst n the place res cot. 10 ees'h" "".'
..rrendereS. hcmbsvtmsns sns sssso"
/ .-o.,a :, oces eommeocs. To This summons
n. viIv rebel Gsseral scot back sesv
nsh,,. o bic eonmunics'ia" sere yes op"s'
, md ME usu fully sspplied With subsistence
!, s,ores Of every kind. he go enseied 20 ~"
! stand long siege. aud wss determined ~
ho,S ,hs civ 70 the vsfv Isss moment. ESQ
defend shs ei,ireos add property which hsd
beeu placed under HE pso'setion' unsh "s
% fc,e.s vers evespow cred and forced 70 sur
= render. Every preparation hsd teen m'ae
9 81 sherman 70 assault the rebel po-"''"
Or the oexs dsv. but when 'hs mora'ag q We
"a 2lst inst dswasd. IL wss ssees'a'neo w.
i,he snemv had evscussed their intrenea
rsr,.. Several regiments Of infantry were
Al Immediately sdvssced. who took possession
o. them; and shortly aftsrward Shsf@a'
entered tho city q the head o. ms o'os
gusrd. md received rom tho hands y
us dspu,s,ioa o. cisizens The surfsndss y W.
hR' place. I,
the 4, sppesrs that General Hsrdee, on ~
We c,ch, - ,he ooh. seeing the imSess'oin'
ner ~ no ,dssg tie cisy and tearing that 'hs -
in " means q escape lef, open seroes 'he =
Of v.nssh River wss Ekeiv 20 be eS' III - 90
ded mcneus he dessrmi ned 10 avail hlmseh
- this route for his retreat HE troop. 80
Ong ;unedis,sly yes 70 work 10 psn''i'y desr'
the The ssvy.yard and Govesomsn' prop,/
ord. sod q twilight usdsr the protection :. y
lady IRON c i'd rams. succeeded In CROSSING y
msn S.v.nn.h River over The csusew-y. ~ F"
Sew north side, Intending 10 push for~s'a
sns Charleston.
lin az 600 bales OF cotton vrse stored 10
stsnii civ. which tae rsbrls ~ their hss'e -
fshe lsc,ed 10 destroy. T~oiro cad rams ~
adj .u,k. and al Goyernm-nt pf'srfv
rmed stores which they could nil carry 81 :
ssive hem. they burned os hrrS ioiv me nv
which Fsos small s,esmerr, one suusaat. :
y he icsptured, which. together ~nh ne eo'
with "a : large amount q rebel mn"''lnl'
a full = A.. form part Of the spoiis d Sherm'
Ahen. victorious army
strict. SAs~ssAH, GA- Dec. =
Mrs. TO He Rxc cheney PfrsIdsni l'nccln;
!. Ssl 1 beg 20 psssest ysu a Chf's'ms.
u the IN. eisv Of savannah. With 80 gans. v''
,lsrks. az ammunition, and about ls.4Jo n''es
Mated, ..,,oa w +. 5lEREAs.
s,.c,s N.ior. General Com'd
many nx.rsr,oss or rrssrssEEAs rscx y
, large NAsHviLLK. Drcsmber 2
General Thomss is not idIs, but b. N
tier Of men,s are contrsbspd. His he-dqus'
g. and are stia u Pulaski. His army = o.
en- sur ork. Tie telegraph i ~ operation 70
hictsn ,s.Li. and the railroad 70 Duck River
: tinsd dsys viii b required 10 complete shs !"
rculds. wo-k over that sussm.
ed the N..,,v ~ Of the Tennessseans hav'
q the Hood. They are found 70 nearly
= d. nou,e ID this region They Usually =
Arksble mar in 10 knov Il they oil be permit
stand cone IN and take tho oath. Amoea
ulsssoDl member who have abandoned Hood y
srletsu,s A. Nicholson.
u neck The Tennessee 10 very high. %
Of pur- in many places il 10 over The banks
I'D each HOOD caossIre THs TEHEkssEE At FIJI
> Ssna- Harr MS ARnr DEsraeSsD-sKiEn
WITH Ms nEAR.
Froa escaped prisoners who 'si' ne
n.'''-' army sigh, miles this side Of Florence
NV bsms, and arrived this morning. iesF
ncisossi FIood's army were crossing the Tens
Of Pub River on the 3ist. Hood IN person 2
sys end week go. The rebsIs hsve 40 POI