Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1864-12-15
News from Rebel Sources.

"A Cispalch frOm ofdSton bragg uateC
Augusta I'll, says that he has a telegram
of tbai da,e from Hardee, who says tbst
lie had net and defeated the Cavalry
force sent out from Beaufort by the en-
eo'y. They had been driven back to-
ward The latter place. He is an.iciPa;-
iog, he says, another attack a. another
point ca ne Savarnah and Charleston
railroad.
The Gica,asqd Examiner Of tho Pad.
editor'ally has tie following: All news
from Georgia IS exceedingly encouraging.
A few days go it was reported that the
Yankees had reached Millen, and there
WAS every prospect thai Sherman would
reach ihe coast. This is false, and il
Sherman gets through now, which il,
doubtful, il VIII be with the loss Of half
Of his army
The So nlinel, Ubig, Dispatcb and En-;
quirer, cf this date, contain the official
dispatch of Bragg about he fight with
Fosters troops, but no other facts about
Georgia.
The Examiner Of the Sd says:
The following official dispatch was re.
ceived sat the War Department last
night: a
Head Quarters Army Of Northern
Virginia, Dec 2, 1861
Gen Eearly reports that Gen. Rosser
with Raines' and his own brigade ,encoun-
tered, on the 9Th uIt., near MOorfeld,
small party Of The enemy, and captured
forty prisoners and one piece of artille-
ry.
On the 2Slh he surprised and cap
tured Fort Kelly, at New Creek, with
four field pieces and four siege guns
and between seven and eight hundred
prisoners, large number of horses and
mules, eight stands of colors and destroy
ed two hundred wagons, and a quantity
and ordnance stores. He
brought of the wagons and The field
pieces'and some Of the wagons, spiked
the siege guns and destroyed the car
rioges He also captured Piedmont, aak
destroyed all Government buildings. con
tanning a number of engines, buined sev,
eraI bridges, did considerable damage to
aud collected several hundred
head Of cattle. His loss was two killed
and two or three wounded. 4
The boldness and energy exhibited by
Gen Rosser. and the conduct of his men
deserve much praise.
ISigneI] R. E. LEE.
The Richmond Sentinel Of the Sd. con
,ains a series Of peace resolutions, pre-.
sen,ed in thu North Carolina Legislature
BY one Poole. They are as follows:
Rcso|rea That five Commissioners be
elected by lbe General Assembly, to act
with Commissioners from other States of
This COnfederacy, as medium for nego-
liating for peace with the United States.
ResoIred: That each Of the other States
Of the Confederacy be respectfully re-
guessed 70 create similar commission, to
CO. operate with North Carolina in re-
guessing President Davis, IN the name
Of these so7reign States, to tender the
United States a conference for negolial- /
ing peace, through the medium of these
The Wing Of the 81, contains a tele-
gram from Petersburg, stating that Lee
had rot demanded Pryors release. Ger.
commanding where Pryor was
captured while violating tho orders. ef
both armies, ard in retaliation for the
capture Of officer Btr5ridge under simi-
lar circumstance, adding that Pryor could
not be released.
The rebel General Craoia. Of Alabama
was killed, on Friday last, by sharp
shooters.
The Daily Dispatch Of The Sd, says
Grants movements on Leo's right seem
to be important. It records the burning
of StGny Greek depot, and the destruc-
tion of the Weldon railroad, twenty miles
below Petersburg. Their accounts con-
Arm ours.
The Enquirer says that persons from
South Carolina report that there is a
fleet of two hundred Federal vessels a.
Hilton Head. Ii it believed to be Sher-
mans supply feet.
Details of the attack on Macon show
that it was bat a small artillery fight Of
two hours.
Savannah papers say that their troops
behaved worse than the Yankees, in
Plundering after the fighting was over.
The great Tallahassee is in Whining
ton, according to Richmond papers.
McCleIIan's majority in New jersey
js 7,402; in De!axars It WAS 6l0.