, 1864-02-23
FROM THE SOUTH.

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tried, condemned and hung as Yankee spJ
at Castle Thunder.
The following named hare been recapturc
md returned to Libby Prison:
CO.; Gsptl Il 41amss; 1%llss; Hsh,I i2th p: s,.n IT,
fieanf. as tenfh ). Z. III. nslfi 11stih III IL ILL.,
Lieut.. Greble, 6th Mich
capt. Wilkins, s12th III.
c.pt e. co1 T. e. g. smte. LIT c9ah; 954s u 8
lieut Wlleo7, oth n. 7. ca1.
Lieut. Adm Haul 4oth N.Y..
T.J. Roy, 4sth OLlo. S1' ~A'' -
J: q: Godaby, 18th U. S. Inf Is
Il: Il: Bedae1'. 4; dnasise,ss 1ssd SS 4. II: Y:
Capt. III. Moore, s9.h, and Lieut.. simp5on, 10th
Capt. Phelps, I'D Ind.
Cspt. Roseman. ID Ohio.
| COL T. &. Rofe. nth Pa.
! H.P- Crawford, sdiil car,
/ An of1leial dispatch to the War Department
| Of the 18th inst announces Shcrman's arri-
yal ut Quinlan, on the Ohio and Mobile rail-
road, without opposition, but he will not be
allowed TO take Mobile without desperate
battle :.
:. Their advance IVES without comparison the
boldest movement Of the war.
T. Sherman has from q, 900 to 5000 men
They tore up the rnilrosd aud burned the
bridges on the railroad. He meditatcs no
step backward.
Maj. ten. Scammon and staff have arrived
ut Richmond and been lodged In Libby Pris-
! on, which to the rebels is pleasing offset to
| the loss Of Col Strcight.
Fifty.eight escaped Yankee officers have
been returned to Libby Prison.
Three dcserters who went to Newbcrn and
took up arms against the .Confedcrncy were
hung at Kingston on the 18th.
The Richmond Eaquirer of the 7th, D. NJ,
publishes the following dispatches:
No4u.E, Feb 15.-Merfdian uas cYacusted ves-
tert1Ay. 1'hs GovcrumeHs~ property was saYed.
Capt. Adafr, Of Forests staff has arrived hero.
Forrest was At Oxford On the 9th. He was co.,
fronting column OF infantry. 5000 strong, from
Memphis TtA He1ando, and twelve regiments OF
cavalry, via Colefsvi1lo. kherman's forces IS coo
strong. arc marching In close order, with Lee's
cavalry ha1rassfrg their hanks and picking up
strnggleEs.
ORANGE c. H., Feb. 1s.-The enemy have not
fallen back to CenteEvl1e, a. reported 0i1moro's
cavalry threw train Of cass of the Baltimore aud
Ohio railroad, eix miles above Hazper's Ferry, and
paroled fifty officers and Obtained some booty.
PAtcAaou1A, Feb. 1b-The enenay's fleet, fn-
cluding the tag ship, have gone eastward through
the Sound In the direction Of Grants Pase. Four
more gnnboats have just appeared, steering in the
same courre.
MOBILE, Feb. 18.-Gov. Watts this morning
Issued proclamation to the citizens Of Mobile,
stating that the city is about to be attacked, and
exhorttng nou-combatants to leave.
AonnE, Feb. 1o.-Fanagut has not renewed his
attack On Grants Pass. His feet lies in the
Soand. The weather being too bad for action, 10
new landing Is Jet reported in the direction Of
Pascagoula.
New Yonk, Feb. ga rebel dispatch OF
the 14th reports Gen. Polk ut Meridian and
much ccnsurcd for not attacking Sherman.
His force was II, 600 men.
Morgan was at Dalton on the 18th. Forrest
and Lee are stated to have re-occupicd Jack
son and lowering on Sherman's rear. An
other report says Adams and Logan re-occu~
pied Jackson instead Of Forrest and Lee.
- There Is O rumor current that Gen. Smith,
leading sherman's cavalry, had fight at
Meridian and was severely wounded. He is
thought to be coward
a Mobile dispatch Of the 18th reports that |
Adams attacked Federal supply train ut |
Decatur, Ala., yesterday, destroying 10 wag-
oens. The infantry coming up, in force he had |
to abandon his prisoners. |
4 rebel dispatch reports the Fcderal force
In Florida at 50 coo.
:: 4 Charleston dispatch Of the 18th says our
batteries ahclled Morris Island to-day. The |
Yankee Flagstaff on Wagner was shot away;
Four shells were fired into the city by the |
Youkees.
:. Another dispatch, Of the 18th, says the
Yankees hare withdrawn from Johnson's
Island in gunboats. The Yankees on Morris /
Island are repairing their batteries. $.
No further shelling Of the city had taken
place.
New YoRK, Feb. IA Washington dis
patch says that several lad1es, refugees from
fcksbu1g. .- -
cts. They report that tie rebel authorities
within the last month have seized Ill meats
In the Richmond market and forwarded them
to 1ongstreet's army.
FORTRESS MONROE, Feb. 22.-The flag of
truce boat arrived this afternoon. Richmond
papers have been received up to the Goth.
They contain no dispatches from Charleston
Of Inter date than the 18th, and those are m
important.