New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-11-08
FROM TIE SOUTH.
Tmporrant from North Carolina-Capi"re
Of PIymouth-Our Gunboafs Ascend
Middle River and Descend Roanoke
River on the City.
IMPORTANT FROM NORTH CARoLISA-THE CAP
TURE OF PLYMOUTH By oCR TROOPS.


TURB OF PLYMOUTH By oCR TROOPS.
from The Richmond Enquirer Nov J.
4 special dispatch from near Plymouth VIA
Rocky Mount North Carolina. dated on the 3lst nit,
saws After three days hard fighting the enemy passed
up Middle River and came down the Roanoke tins
morning Gen. Baker commander Of the garrison
fought until the encmys gunb0as had passed our iOrs
and dsm0uned all our guns in the harhor An eyacua'
ton was then ordered under severe shelhng which
was effected without much loss. Col Wmtford acted
with conspicuous bravery" As Middle River does not
appear the ordinary maps and there may appear 70
be something Of paradox in the statement that gun
boats went up one river and came down an"iheI IL is
proper 10 state that there three channels IN the
Roanoke at this point separated by strips of land eN.
tending above Plymouth the main channel passing by
that place. Vessels ascending the middle channel
would emerge above Plymouth and thus be enabled TO
descend in Tie rear Of the place Meantime where was
the AlbcuaIlef -
TIE ENE,fY EvACUAIR THE CITY on TIE APPROACH OF
OUR Gi'NBoATs.
From The Richmond Dispatch, Nov. 3
Tie enemy have IL appears retaken Plymouth North
Carolina u viii be remembered that this place was
stofncd last sumner by Gen ioke at The head OF ms
brigade and that q reward FOR bis galantry he was
promoted 10 the rank Of Major General in the pro.
visional army. The enemy. after three days hard
fighting passed up Middle River and Oh the jls came
down Tie Roanoke toward the forts. Our troops IN the
two fosoue above and the Other below plymouth. on
the Roanoke--were commanded by Gen Baker, who
fought until the upper fort bad been passed ana the
lower one rendered useless by tie dsmOuntng Of all
the guns We then evacuated the place under heavy
slelliug from the encmys gunboats Our loss was
slight. ~
ance TO u.s. except rs a check 10 the enemy guboat
excursion into the interior OF the State Of North Caro-
Ina
GTYlRAL rRAGG TO BLAME FOR TIE FAIL or PLYMOUTH
From The Richmond Examiner nov g.
There j. an unofficial report that the small COncder
ate force under Col Baker has evacuated Plymouth
without loss of artillery stores and that tie Yankees
have taken possession Of the abandoned town.
Plymouth is n small place on Albenarle Sound. To
take il from the Yankees last Spring nearly lost
10 MT
Of Gen Brage'i reign By tie way. is not Gen. Hragg
now in command somewhere on the coast oi North
Caroln0i
SUDDEN ATTACK ANTICIPATED OE WILMINGTON
From Tie Wilmington journal.
There is IN old saying that threatened people
live long Perhaps tins saying may apply az well %
places to individuals; and fso, may account for the
fact Il al Wilmington whose fate has been long and
So frequently threatened prcdcaed, "still lives or
ia tle classic phrase Of young gentleman who caught
tie idea but not the words. . II amt dead yet"
Now once more, ana with redynbied force ana ne
eueHcy We are pointed ont as sleep OK the siaurner
Tie knife that Is to sever oar Joints and several
iuglars has already been whetted sharp that like
unto jobs warhOrse, even the lnaDiuate cutlery
smeleth the battle al o-thirstcth for our blood and
says ha hsl
Confound tie people We wish they would stop
their nonsense. This taIng OF having people grinding
axes. and wheiting knives, and fixing mp gunbOats
and loading bombshes all the time for special
and behoot may be fun 10 outsiders but We don't
soc the joke and more than that We don't gain IN our
power OF understanding or approaching IT. ana con
expeet TO. Our advice 20 Admiral FaraPut or to any
Other admiral whose ends, would h. 10 keep
away irom lure. II lie comes here he may get hunt
the end Of his hame.
Seriously however, this thing OF an attack may be
sprung upon n. instap.,s II at Mobile o.
Charleston. IL aas appeared just as probable here
before us 1t does now, and still il has not yet
come II appeared no more so at Charleston and
vet the city IS now under fire.
GEN. vAUGHN's DEFEAT IN EAST TESNESsEE.
From the Richmond Wing. Nov. ,.
NorriSontOwn, the point at which General
Vaughn is said to have suffered reverse losing four
nioces of artillery is in East Tennessee about thirty
seven miles cast Of Knoxville. The East Tennessee
railroad runs by H. AT last accounts the enemy had
Knoxville two negro regiments. numbering some fifteen
hundred and about three hundred Ohio troops. At
Strawberry Plains they had two regiments tie Six.
teenth Kentucky and Tenth Michigan. Between Morris
town and Strawberry Plains there were three East
Tennessee Federal regiments, tho EiRith, the Ninth
and the Thirteenth. estimated at two thousand four
hundred men, with Kinks cavalry, some hVe hundred
strong.
General Vaughn's cavalry is reported 10 be nov at
Bristol.
suFFRRINGs IN THE SHENANDOAH vALLEy--HB-
ROISM OF THB REBEL WOMEN.
From The Richmond Dispatch Nov T.
The Valley is still quiet The enemy are so
cluted with the fruits Of their last victory that they
seem 10 be completely eneryated
A uriyate letter from lady IN Clark county gives
sad account of the uerngs Of the people from the van
das and the heroism Of our Southern ladies. The let
fer saws that they LETT dOsOatiOn IN their track Manv