The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-11-12
Latest Southern News
WHERE WILL ADMIRAL
PORTER STRIKE?
Enemy's Horror Of his Fleet.
LARGE UNION SQUADRON AT
DUTCH GAP.
HOW OUR PRISONERS AT
RICHMOND VOTED.

/ From as RtrlHona ysH.p,', N.rratsr %.
| The calm continues on this side thc f1m's. no
] ohcnsNe movement OF amy Kind having JAbun
! place Tor several days.
! A large Acct of Sunbo,ts and iron.e.lds ar,
| reported to be in the river below .scI Gap. ID
they are waiting 70 get through Blslc's canal. BE-
/ Will ne some time before they assault Ch,pn's
| and Drurys Bluts. The commuters OF QUO
/ uon-CIads, after the .li5.gl4rs affair, gIuuJ. b.
/ too UGtchtul.
| GENERAL UWNCEs CNrTuEEsOS rHE SOUTH sIur.
| On saturday night, we learn from sb3 Er5ry,
/ General Oracle captured picket line near Che
! Guy Point road. Upwards OF thirty prisoners
were taken, without tue loss of q man on our side.
The captured line Is still held bv General G-1cia.
/ About Tue same limc The llO,coHbe Logon, com.
. maudtd by Captain Woodruff uhr.eI the
Cutuy's picket line In front of the Crater taking
| their position and capturing iuu prisoners.
| The enemy opouC. furious hrg with shot and
! she'll from his bltterts but our troop, held their
| position for two hours aud half when, being
nank,d by The enemy IN large force, they were
/ compel ed % fall back. The legion los fifteen
Killed, thirtyhye wounded, and iorty.on2
missing.
Heavy picket firing continued alon, the lines
| all Sunday night
The enemy are not liking rs vet any prcplrl-
| tious for winter quarter, within their lines.
There was heavy firing of both muskatry aud
| CauuuH on our left centre on NOruIy night
There is a rumor that Grant contemplate au
attack upon Wilmington 10y way ot Weldon, AMI
that he IS now sending troops 20 Weldon. Weldon
is siNty-thTee miles fom Petersburg, and VIII
ming;On is one hundred and siNty-tEom.lus from
| Weldon, or two hundred and twenty-five from
| Petersburg From Portsmouth to Weldon, by
way OF the SeabOard and Roanoke road, the dis
tanCc is eighty miles.
NEWS FROM NORTH CAROLINA.
We learn from Moth Carolina papers ,bat Ply
mouth aud Washington have been evaClut5i by
the Confederate forces.
REBEL HORROR OF roUrERs rLEEr-wItEHE Is
HE GOING TO sTRIKE?
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What has become OF the armada which assem-
bed in the water, of the Chesapeake aud sailed
with such formidable show a few days ago to the
sOuthwari, and, as our authorities were inclined
to believe, for Wilmington, and serious operations
for the reduction and occupation ut that important
! pest and port There has been ample time
since it was said 70 have sailed for ts appear
ance of the works at the mouth OF Cape Fear
river; yet We hear nothing of such an event.
and rs we can anticip tc no possible mill
tary end to be served by the cOnreaIment
of the fact by our authorities here or at Whining
ton, we are warranted in apprehending that some
other point than tRat is to be the object of the
eXpediliOn-that the attack will bo made in so ne
other quarter--and that the supposed uulues
tionable information Of the War Department has
been deceptive. But Mt what point may VIC rcl.
sonaby expect the blow to be delivered In
what quarter Of our seaboard nrc there indiCI-
tions OF contemplated descent Of serious pro
Can il be that Charleston is to be again tried
We fancy NOT. Her state Of preparation, the
labors there of B,aurpglrl and the llmCl.sd
| Harris, and the presence of the soldier U4rlge,
are not promising elements for the success OF
such an operation. Besides Yankee Vengeance
can be sufficiently sacl by keeping up the BDm-
bardmcut Of the city long range, to tho dcslruc
ton OF private proper y, with The occasional loss
OF fe Of women and children, aud to the injury
aud discomfort and hardships of u1n-COmbltlurs.
Is Mobile then, TO be attacked, either directly or
, | from Pensacola? ? We think not. We do not
believe an expedition for such an operation would
, | be fitted out in the North.
| Looking along the coast, and scanning the
scus OF The times, we are In lpced 20 believe th.s
| savannah, Georgia, and some point on the coast
! suuthWard OF it, will prove 70 DO the objective Ot
! this expedition after all. One indication may be
| seen in the recent arrang mcnt 70 m Ike SLyln.
| nah the point for exchanging some ten thousand
prisoners Of war. Under cOyerOf that CLOAK, per-
| chance, It was supposed by our troachcrOus
| enemy that he might assemble unsuspec.G his
feet of transports IN that quarter and concentrate
| on favorable LANDS in tina. vicinity force su1i-
cient for the operation, winch in that way could
be made almost a coup de MAIN
/ There are many things which would recon-
| mend such an attempt to the Yankee councils,
tie feature Of bad faith that it would wear would
give TO II very mach the zest which the gOlr.
, mand or Cpicure finds in putrid gane, or CLtha-
! rine Of Russia found 4" in the poignant pleasures
ora rape;" while the theatrical effect would create
' an immense ttTOr from Washington to Bangor
> and around the lakes, away on to the northern
range of MiunesOta-One prolonged current Oi
ecstasy would thrill the Northern public.
! The peculiar incitement 10 such an operation N
U this time wOnd be the hope, by the possession O
Savannah, to make il the base for diversion fol
u the relief Of Atlanta and sherman, Or in ease
j the latter should he forced 10 give up Atlanta anC
fall back out of Georgia 20 his ls ness at Chl,Jl
. nOOga, the possession Of Savannah and the Occu
patton OF the coast of Georgia cD1ld be held ur
as a COmpeusating substitute, indeed, as an aQYai
- tagCOus exchange.
Il Some such motives have inspired this move
!, mont, we may rely on IT, though the present con
l. diton OF Affairs at Atlanta, ana the transfer o
the actual theatre of war from southern Gclrg
b into Middle Tennessee, by the passage Of Ou
army under Beauregard into that region, ma
cause some modification Of the plan OF operation
in the contemplated quarter. In the course OF
. week or ten days az most there should be SOM
"a certain development The works at Savanna
" are well constructed, extensive, and strong
! properly manned, they should make stOu
- defense
. The immediate commader there, Genera
p McLaws, has had good deal Of experience i
the field as a division commander Is said TO b
aert resolute, and possessed Of sound sense an
judgment in an emergency. We do not, ther,
~ I re- appreheud disaster, while hoping that on
u authorities will strengthen his hands at the rig
n moment TO the utmost stretch of our defonsiy
Il resources.
4 THE FIdHT WITH FITZPATRICK IN ALABAMA.
70 From the Mobile Advertiser, Noreabsr2.
S The enemy being reported advancing, as wa
3 believed, 1000 strong, from the direction OF Rom
- General Ferguson, commanding division, fOrme
il his line on leuapin creek, about mile north
4 n
- fight lasted an hour and ten minutes the enem
81 being completely whipped, and retiring in col
lg fusion
They were portion Of Kilpatrck's Cavalr
commanded by General Girard. One regim1I
was composed Of Alabama tories. We capture
an elegant stand Of cOlOrs and eleven prisoner
including four wounded. The enemy left son
"a half dozen killed on the field, and citizens r
port that their ambulgnccs were full Of dead IN
~ | wounded.
Our loss was one officer of the I'd Alabam
wounded, supposed mOrtally, aud three private
killed. Fergusons Brigade, Colonel Boyles con
manding, did the fighting, being posted on tl
road. The brigades on the right aud left wei
not engaged.
VOTE FOR PRESIDENT AMONG TIE UNION PRIso,
ERs IN RICHMOND.
From he Richmond EramiHsr, RoUerber9
Yesterday being the day of the RESIDENTIAL elel
tion North, out OF curiosity a vote was allowed |
be taken among the Yankee wounded prisoneI
Of war in Hospital No. Il, in charge of fSurgeo
Semple Commissioners and clerks we're selecto
from among the prisoners, Of whom there al
about five hundred in the hospital, Including
good many negro soldiers.
Though the negroes claimed the right of an
frage, because fighting for the Union, the Con
missioners decided against them aud only Il
/ white XankpAa were ailoNUad m danoait a. ~ -