Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1864-11-18
WAR NEWS.
From Petersburg and Ricbu

All quiet III HcnL OF Ootn OI lneeo OibiSS,
except the usual picket firing and sheng.
Butler has been transferred to New York city,
where he now commands
From the Valley.
We clip the following from the Richmond Dis
patch of the 18th:
. General Early passed through Winchester Sa.
turday, at one o'clock, Oh his way towards the Po-
tomac. Ills army is efficient and enthusiastic. Our
cavalry had successful engagement with the enc
my on Saturday some six or seven miles beyond
Winchester, OIL the Martnsburg road We have
no particulars of the fight.
Sherid ms army had, as stated in Saturdays
Dispatch, been weakened by sending two corps
oss the Potomac in the direction Of Washing
ton."'
TEere is nothing else definite from the Valley.
T. From East Tennessee.
Gen. Lee telegraphs the War Department as fol.
lows:
"HEADQUARTERs, Nov. Is.
To Hon. Stc'y of Var.
Breckenridge reports that on the night of the
y h he turned Bulls Gap, when the enemy at
te.lptcd to retreat About one o'clock on the 14th,
wistL Naughan's and Dukes commands, be STRUCK
their cGluIt,n aud routed it. Several hundred prs.
oncrs stand Of colors and six pieces ofartllery
with caissons and horses complete, fifty loaded
wagons with teams, ambulanceS with medical sup.
plies &c, were captured.
(Sgned) R. L. LEE"
From Zen. HOODS Army.
Gen. Hood crossed the Tennessee river at Tus.
cumbia, Ala, and did not capture Decatur WIS
reported.
|. Gen. Sherman it is said has returned TO Atlanta
whence with four corps he cOntemplaes an onward
movement towards Charleston or Macon, leaving
Thomas in Tennessee with 40 900 men to look after
Hood.
Another account however seems to indicate the
evacuation and destruction Of Atlanta by Sherman,
and the concentration Of his forces in Tennessee
The latter is more probable.
Gen. Beauregard telegraphs from Tuscumbia,
Ala, as fellows:
"TusCUMBrA, ALABAMA, November 5, 1864.
Gsnsrdt 5. CQopcr,
"IGjutant and Inspector. General: o
General Forrest reports the 9th nsL that
he was Thea engaged fighting the enemy at John
sonville, na.ing already destroyed four gunboats,
Of eight guns each, fourteen steamers and twenty
carges, with large quantity of quartermaster and
! commissaIy stores, en the landing and in
houses, esumated 1T between seventy five and one
| hundred thousand tens. Six gunboats were then
approaching, which he hoped TO capture or destroy.
q. I. BEAUkEGARD"
/ JOhnsonvllle which is named after Andy John.
! son, Ai.iitary Governor of Tennessee ard Vice
President elect of the United States is on the east
bank of the Tennessee river, four miles above Rev
qOldsbu!g, and is the terminus of the Northwestern
DAD, which connects Nashville with the river at
| that point. AEuy johnson caused the NOrthwes
tern railroad to be completed to this place in order
( to supply Nashville by the Tennessee river when
/ ever the Cumberland should be too low for steam
! boat navigation. Since the completion of the rail-
road 1t has grown to be place great importance
being the depot OfsuppeS for Nashville, Knoxville
! Chattanooga and Atlanta.
Latest from the North.
Chicago teegramS OF the 9th say that Sherman has
! only made show of pursuing Hood, while he has
been bUsily engaged preparing his forces, repairing
the railroads and accumulatlng supplies for new
movement Of the greatest Importance. After gather
ing sufficient supplies he will start with five corps
on winter tour through tde Cotton States leaving
SchutieluS force to hold Chattanooga and look after
Hood Ii Is probable the coming week will witness
the starring of Tins expedition.
: Washington correspondents Of several Northern
Jo"rnais, assert that offers being made induce
Lincoln to send Commissioners to Richmond to sound
! the authorities upon the subject OF peace.
The Republican papers had discovered a tremen-
dous conspiracy to destory Chicago and release the
Camp Douglas rrisoners. Large quantities of arms
were found in the houses Of Southern sympathsers.
Several hundred citizens had been arrested includ-
ing Gen. Marmadukes brother
The Washington government has received informa
tion that Capt. SemmeS has gone to take command
OF the Sea King large Stauuch screw steamer built
{ at Glasgow in 1864
Yankee loss IL government stores at JohnSonville
six million They say the fire of FORESTS batteries
was terrific. M heavy iron cladS north of Mem
pms; 10" water prevents them going up.
EoSenCrans Is superceded by Meade The gunboats
bolo% JohnSonyi.le unable to proceed up, owing
to Forests batteries commanding the stream. Ne
gun boats or transports above Green bottom bar.
New York correspondent, Oct. 20, says Buckner
captured Murgansea the 25th. lie held the fort
seven hours captured 1900 prisoners and carried
Oft all the Federal artillery, destroying all the siege
and war materials
Price is reported at Fayetteville, Arkansas. He
is supposed TO have crossed Arkansas River, Guer
rila troubles continue in the State, though the main
bodies left with Price.
The Florida was captured just before daybreak, on
the 7th October in the midStGf the Brazilian feet in
the hartOr Of Daa, and under the guns ofthe port
Twenty minutes only elapsed from the time Of the
first attack upon her li the Wachusett steamed to
sea, with the prize The Brazilian fort fired two shots
at the Wachu,Ctt as she left, without doing any
damage, 2ad TWO war vessels pursued her next da,
for some distance Intellectually. One half the
Flortas crew were snoCe, the other half were
asleep on the vessel She was TO have left the next
night on a cruise. During the stay of the two YES.
sells at the port, afflr similar to that of the
Alabama and Kearsage was attempted to be gotten
up, but failed The Yankees then cut the Florida
out, as their last desperate resort
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