The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1864-02-11

IMPORTANT PROM THE soUTT

Special DisPsteh Of. the cineapsti Gazette.
res WAsHlNeyoy, February 4, 1854,
The Richmond Examiner of last Sa-
.turday is received, fron which / select
the following :o. ,e1 p Ho
JACKSON, COURT HousE, Jan. %.
Fifteen transports with troops ar
rived at Vicksburg on the 9th, The
enemy are in force along the BigBlack.
Sherman and staff With three or four
regiments, are reported to have passed
to YAzooriverto Aechanicsburg where
they met the I'd Texas regiment,whieh
fell back, Heavy demonstration are
being made toward Ponchatoula; the
enemy. said to. number 10000, are ad-
vancing from the coast below. !.
"MoRRIsTowN, TENNESSEE, January
20.-MajOr General Buckner has arrit.
ed here. Longstreet's headquarters
have been moved to this place The
enemy attacked General Martin with a
superior force beyond. the French
Broadriver on ednesday, and after
a severe fight compelled him to retire
with the loss Of two pieces of artillery
and 200 men killed, wounded and miss
ing ......r ... q. ..t.-.
"CHARLEsToNJ January 29.-The enc
my at nine o'clock last pight opened
fire on Sumter. Three lO-ineh eolum-
biads and one 30-pounder Parrot are
directed at the south end of the fort
During the nj nightl25shellswer thrown.
SO of which burst in and over the fort;
two Parrot shots also struck the fort
The firing on Sumter continued all day
and is still going on this evening. No
casualties and no damages are report
ed at the fort" r' ..
ao,. "HoUsroN, Texas, January 12, !
via JACKSON, Miss, Jan 90 :
y"W e haveaccounts of another serious
Indian raid in Cook county, in which
twelve or fifteen people were killed.
The Indians were armed and equipped
by the Yankees a.i :. ''---.'1 -
T. c'Fifteen millions of Confederate mo-
ney that had run the blockade from
some Eastern port TO Havana, and had
safely reached Monterey, Mexico, EN-
route to the Trans Mississippi Depart
ment; has been attached by the Eng
li3h house of Milman q Co., at Mata-
Iimoras, for the alleged failure of Major
Hart, Quarterinasters Agent of the
Confederate Governments 10 meet his
contracts for Cotton. The, same house
attached alarge amount of Cotton in
transit in Mexico, belonging to the
Government. OnHthe same account
General A. J. Hamilton, the Abolition
appointed as Military Governor of Tex
as, has had apublic reception atMata-
moras by the Government In a aspeech
at banquet heannounced that ia case
Of a French advance on Matan1oras
the Yankees would.help the Mexicans
to whip them out. The Yankees, five
hundred strong, have advanced from
Brownsville, on Kings Rancho, with
out opposition oa"
"Colonei Benarnts and Colonel John
S. Ford, the cid rangers. are raising
a force in the West, to suppress the
Mexican bandits now invading our
soil a.I '-u. .4f. ."a-
"The Yank ee force at st. Salaria and
Dickens' Point is about twelve thou-
sand men, occupying 1hdianola with e,
small garrison, andhave visited1avaca,
doing no damage there save sacking a
few houses The railroad from Larac-
ca to Victoria is thoroughly destroyed
They alsolanded a force of d few nun-
drcd, one day lastweek, in the upper
part Of Mstagorda, for the purpose OF
cutting off loot our pickets, below, The
pickets escaped in oyster boats. A
company under Captain Rugby at
tempted, last week, to cross from the
main land to the peninsula, They
were caught in a storm, the boat
swamped and they were obliged to
swim ont Fourteen of the men perish
cd in the attempt, their dead bodies
being subsequently washed ashore by
the waves, They We're frozen to death.
Since the lst instant, we have expe-
rie,ccd the coolest weather known for
any year. | believe. Nearly all the
stubblc in the sugar cane has been frost
ed out, The proclamation of Linooln
eXcitcs hardly a thought. The health
and spirits of our troops are good, and
the organization ofthe army thorough.
Many Of tire regiments are from 900
to 1000 strong. Teas is ali right
The enemy has in two months taken
no point regarded as important and in
tended to be defended They will not
attempt anything with less than two
to one" t'....-...,....
The Examiner learns that sixtyTah
kee prisoners escaped on Thursday
might from the pris IN at Danville, Vir-
ginia. The telegraph operators III the
principal cities South, Rave formed a
secret league, and on Thursday last,
struck for higher wages This strike
occasions serious inconvenience to Go
vernment These operators will be
put in the army, and in few weeks
it is hoped new ones will be at full
work again, .,.-.,. .,-,,.,r ,,-.
The enrolling officers are proceeding
rapidly as possible with the new Con-
scription. The Senate yesterday, Jan
uary 29th) removed the injunction Of
secrecy from the military bill which
passed the Senate in secret session. 1t
declares all white men between Is and
55 in the military service Of the Con-