New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-12-22
THE ARMY OF THE JAMES.
Asw . Rebel Strain Ien Came to Na"3ht
-Ruuors Iva Rebel E:anks-Eiiness of
Ion Davis-The Neero-Arning Qucs-
fsen- Despou lcncy in Ric hmoud.
S,sr Our Special Correspondent.
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NEAR RICHMOND. Va. Dec. - 1904.
Deser,ers from the other side report the most
intense ineres, ss existing inside the Rebel lines for
rev. from sherman and Hood through Northern four
ss, Richmond and the Confederate army in Our front
full Of ruIuors Of disasters their cause. Which is
having q dsquieinc a. well dem0rszing eject upon
fhsr officers snd men. Yesterday being Sunday. there
yse no exchanges, and Gen Picket in command OF
Hs Division Of Rebel troops extending across the Bcr
nuds Hundred front between tue Appomator and the
james undertook to effect the capture Of some Of our
,tkets to obtain the news. small squad Of men
we're accordingly smbushed and one Trustworthy Viz
g,Isn sent ont 10 act es decoy TO indues some OF
eur men 80 indulge in friendly chat at point where
vac hoped, they might by sudden coup be gob5led"
The dscoy entered upon his delicate mission with en-
tAtsasmso much enthusiasm, indeed. that he forgot
the unqualified curiosity of his General and walked in
Ode our lines where he rel ned the ingenious s.retagem
u the too-confdng Rebel General who, for ought We
know is still awaiting Lis return.
TIE RicbIyond papers AFFECT ignorance of BE fsi OF
Savannah but It is believed in the Rebel Army that 1t
- been captured by Sherman together with twelve
sAousand prisoners They deny to-day the loss OF Salt
yse, In southwestern Viz, ina, and claim that the
sai:vorks at that pace defended by Cen. Breclin
r,dgs-vho by the way, is Known to be elsewhere. 1
,ssehed Richmond three days ago that our raiding
party hsd captured ami destroyed these works.
The Whi1 OF to-day says thss JEFF. Davis has been
suffering from neuralgia for few Geys past but 10 so
puch better as TO be present yesterday at Cabinet
meeting On the contrary, asfured, and believe it
\ be tru. that JEFF. Davis is lying critically III with
ssvous typhoid fever, from which il is doubtful il he
sSooyer, is condition Is said TO be rendered more
srsos~ous BY the successive disasters which have be-
6nsn the Rote cause at every point Of the compass
sssdsring 1t difficult 10 keep his mind sufficiently com
esssd to meet the wishes Of his physician and the
ssssssities OF bis case.
Ths Rebel Senate, on motion OF NJ Hin, Of Georgia
vsui into secret session .diacly upon assembling
- Saturday last, and q stormy time was had. The
Sseson Of Immediately srI9ing tie negroes was sgain
breugh o. and Il ssietd hare been Pcsssd GssoS
sssn4pso1s ro,e
For several dnys past every able-bodied negro IA
Richmond whether free slave has been quietly seized
sa< hurried of to q camp of instruction.
The gloom which the news arriving through their
svn and the Northern journals has censed in Richmond
n unparalleled during TIE war, while the rGmors Of still
farther disasters which the public and the Amy be
heve has been suppressed BY the military authorities
sarSs q feeling OF ceSpondenCy AID uneasness that
cannot be adequately described in words.
Ethere anything in Indications there Is abundant
evidence to show that the beginning Of the end ID al
isssth attained and that heDeeoth tie hbors OF our
axuios will be employ cd within narrower compass.
J. X.