New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-02-15
NIrWS OF THE Day.
THF, WAR.

oo~rosnondant of Tie Boston HcrG'd, wiring
r., CHARLESTON under date Of the 9th. says taat al
oor, a,,emr,s TO reinforce The worn-ou garrison o'
c,,rtar have failed. because our guns eonlie,'!
.o,aroord tho whole harbor. and at night cniciui"
,,,,ts r,ovant the approach OF The enemy WIN
go, 10 m;nutes huge shell is dopQed INTO Inc runs
,,. .or,o oorrcsropdcnt mentions an attempt D!
I,o,oI ror, occomnanied b. an Internal m'chihc' 10
.,,.oo,d low, the South Channel for the pnrioS' Oh
dtrovinc two # orr vessels doing guard Gu! 'H'i'
Taforc thew cot down the internal machine long,
cir,r.sbaped ,hne sunk carrying dowa eisH' o' "''
crew. The Rebels haze not tycd 10 raise her ro'''
er tell strong tales Of the desperate condition OIL tue
Rebels and Of their purpose - break the boc@"'e'
On Thursday night la>, he wcStNard-noo"o
train on the Baltimore AID Ohio Railroad was '"i,--
10 miles west of Iiarpers Perry by i ph"u u
The usual signal to stop ihc u.''" WIS sN'''
,h;oves an, rounded it, ami commenced genera TOD
berv Of the passengers male aEd female ui''"'"
;orc,v md other veuabes were taken, and ie" OF inc
- cso,r.d vi.hou. losing something. The OBJ
of seemed 20 be entirely 10 obt"n booty Ms ho'"'n
standing several Union officers ahd So'Hiei' "V1' ="
b,ard ma prisoners were taken. il Is reported that The
passengers lost. altogether not less than SS1oVO III
money and yluables Tie engine and tender were rnn
ofthc track bat the train was not injured HE ROD
bers then left.
The Washington Republican is authorized to
announce thai, the telegraphic reports published under
date OF Cincinnati Feb H. to the effect that parties az
irving al Nashville from Knoxville on the l0!h instant
report that Cumberland Gap Is cut OF, ana that nearly
al that part OF East Tennessee in possession o tle
Rebels. is not confirmed by any information IN Inc
possession Of the Government but on the contrary tAeIe
is good reason to believe tina, the report Ia not true
such news had been received al Knoxville on the 9TH
or 10th instant il would certainly have been commuri
Gated 10 the Government before this time.
A portion of Gen. Sherman's expedition was
attacked on the Yasoo on the 9Th inst, by 1900 Rebels
After smart fight the Rebels were routed ana driven
or Eight Union men were killed and 80 wounded;
Rebel loss not known The occasion marked b! an
act Of justice worthy Of record Ecbc, Lieutenant
and two priyaes deiberael, murdered negro soldier
who sick and had struggled from our lines. The
rascas caught made to kneel On the ncgros dead
body and were satisfactorily shot.
The Memphis Bulletin publishes a card signed
by three hundred citizens Of that city addressed to tie
people Of Tennessee upon the subject Of the reorgan
cation of the State and reGoabiisAiDg relations with
the National Government II recommends immediate
and unconditional emancipation tie best, tEues
policy, and only alternative. and calls upon I'LL TO sup
port the same, by meeting at Memphis on the cd in
slant.
We have q story, not fully authenticated
that over 100 Union officers escaped from Libby Prison
In Richmond last week. -Four or five had been retaker
Among those said to have escaped are Col Streight
Col. Tiin. Col Rogers and Maj Henry. Capt. job
+. Porter Of the l4th New. York. who escaped SON
time ago. has arrived CT Washington.
A dispatch from Lake City, Florida, date
Feb. G. published in Richmond the 9Th. says IN
eighteen vessels, gunboats and transports, ore 7
ported by the commanding officer at Camp Finnegan
having arrived at Jacksonville. The enemy, presum
to be in large force. have landed and were last mig
q, reported as advancing"
On Friday afternoon and evening Mosf
y made several dashes pickefs near Aa1assa
killing two or three of them. cavalry force
out in pursuit.