The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1864-11-24
Southern News.
Interesting Extracts from Late Rebel
Papers.

ing details Of recent events Tho SENTINEL OF
SATURDAY s,a,es that General Grant was uassing
troops on the risb, Of their line Battery Hsrri.
son, md that large portion of General sheridans
forces mad arrived on the james River. An attack
was anticipated. Ar,ilcty and muskeuy sk'r-
fns,ins ~ reported to have occurred on tho Lines
south and Southwest cf Petersburg, on wctnes-
day and 1hursiay. Tho following account is
given Of tie picket hsLt near uowleu House ON
Thursday night:
Il belng considered desirable to advance and
s,rslghten our picket Inc N front ~ Hunpne snd
stewart lrigades, the pockets On iHty we're REIN
forced soon after dark, by detaclm men's rom the
III hth F. ghteenti, Ninth aud Eighty eighth ree-
meuts The line thus formed advanced quietly but
rardy. and were almost upon the snemN 8 p.eke.s
before thev were discovered. Hresk nS tbrouSh ~
the poiu, frst struck, our troops wheeled right and
left, tax " the enemy's pctets in line. lhe re-
suit that we captured almost every peket Tor
q distance of about six hundred yards. ne troops
Of S,ewaft's req inents captured colonel lCohh by
npnel, two captains, two Ieuteusnts. and MY five
priyatcs The ouloncl was engaged In tour OF in-
spectOn of the picket lite and arrived just ia time
10 te INSPECTED himself Hunton's men t,ok
seventy prisoners, Lisk.ns total VI one hundred
and thirty prisoners.
Rlulors again current that Gen. Buffers
Du.ca Gap Canal had been completed.
Tie D.srAIca publishes the following respecting
operations IN lhe Shenandoah valley:
The Yankees have ASSUMED the defensive and
fallen bnc. to the line OF the baltimore AMI Ohio
! Railroad, and drawn in their lines everywhere In
| d 4 vicinity. IAOse vanias who remain are sad
to lie the y,rlcst thieves and rol hers alive They
mask the I taccS force thcir way into the houses
q citizens and, without respect to the female M
mates plunder the rooms, trunks AMI possess
/ Themselves Of everything valuable. TIe people are
in continual terror, ss they have n protection aud
] a. reNr IA he II n
KIN lhelo's partisan rangers attacked squad oil
s,ou,s, belonging to the llIh Illinois Cavalry kI',
1 ing three, wouud!ng ten, and capturing several
hors.S without tive loss oi single nian
nosBY TO SHERIDAN.
NOVEMBER II.
GISrEAL: Some time in tie month OF September,
during my at tscnee from my comm md, six of my
men, who had cen captured by your forces were
hun, AMI shot In tie streets Of Front Royal Ivy
order and IN the presence of Brgadier-bonera "a
Custer. Since then another Captured by Coi
Powell, on u plunlcrng ,xpc!uon Into Kappa
hammock. shaIcd sim.la fate. lale' saixed t
the coat u one of the murdered men, declare
"ust III ? would bc tile fate of NJ Jsby and all hi
nea" sncc the murder Of my men not less thai
seven hun red prisoners, including many ofhcer
of high rank, cap.u,el from your army by M
command, have cen forwarded to !. c mond ou
the execution VI my purpose ~ lelaIistlon was de
fcrroi. IA urder Ear possible, 10 conhns ~
oI.rs, N to tie men Of Custer AMI Powell. Ac
coriingly, on the 9th Instant seven of your me-
!
your highway Of travel. Hereafter any prisoner
falling .uio my hands will bc treated with the kind
ness due to their condition, unless some new nc
OF barbarty shall com el me, Reluctantly, ~ adop
n line vi policy repugnaut 10 humanity
Very respectfully your oleiitnt servant
J0nS :. SosGY, Lieut.. Colonel.
To NJ .jog -Gencrnl snEIiDAs.
The d,slg gus Of General Sherman continue to a.
sorb the attention Of the Richmon papers whci
. However, contain but Little real news On the sui
lee, no, already Published in the Scs. They .
nut tho brs, face upon the matter, ard make il q
=, near ,ha, sher man is going to be "gobbled up"
y. the Georgia militia. The DISPATCH contains u
IL following upon this subject
II We have no doibt thst Sherman, with an arm
- Of q, least 10000 men, has moved solth from A
q larta. with the design Of attacking Macon. u u
o Gcor. ians true to themselves they, not ben
- prepared ~ undertake . pr"uactod s'ege' h'i
10 hurry past tho city to open communication Wi
!. some new base of supplies Tho country cam
suuport him, and II II impossible he shoild carr
=. more than ten or fifteen daSs supplies. Durl1
10 the Revolution, Burgoyne, meeting WIN an une
i Dected checs au4 delay IN attetni uug mnVelne
, very similar to sherlnsL's, lost h.mself aud b
nruv-a contamination whcA, more than al
other ONE lAug, led 10 the recognition py ure
y Britain Of tho independence OF tho Colonies
ii The EsauIaKR contains the following attack
C. JEFF psv.s;
r. No government Ia so despotic o. that OF popul
ID leaders when they ave relieved FROM oil control
d, tie part Of the other p wcrs Of tie state THIS
" tie teaching o; history and tie result OF tie "or
Ut ings Of human nature. Woare exporIoncins II no
but We arc not yet fully awake 10 the extent
IN which We have a.dcated popular sosernme
w We have, with au iutclli, ,euue and confidence U
10 paral leel IN the annals of mankind, str pred %
~ selves, as peotle, Of one right after anoLer u
power has ,asseu almost without reserve, from
'' rlany to one from tie Ie pla to tie ruler l
,r- C1uiederacy sOnv 10 st.ll holding the ls1 lor
H. sacreI cause. But while We ought, wtL one I.i
and one hear, t. devote al VIC have and all We
- g. this noble purpose vc ought also not to N
IS. ght VI the end IN our endcayor 10 secure
,,a means. We mCst have a stTouS eenIra gov,
II cut dur.nS the war. In this all agIee, and
lp- this all are ready and or to make any sac!
that may be- needed. Bat We look IT, our Iepres
tat YES IN Congress ASSEMBLED, That the essen
eleLleu,s Of uatorsl liberty not put In Jeopli
ami that the sacred rights of q iree people ure
,e. bar.creI To- pottage oi lenuls. We have The va
ing example Of our enemes before our eyes.
lie us proft {. Y tLe.r sad tate. Without str. kim
-, blow IN theig doionce, with folly and Ioliroor
'- unexamplei in history they have surrendered sv
SD right O. ,hs!r own, u ths vsyy asmsnd Of cssp
IN. biz upstays dsspos