The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1864-12-21

IIgApQuAHrgus ARNY ~ Tug PoroNAC,
December Il -Unusual quiet has prevail
ed along tie lines in font Of Petersburg
the last few days scrrc&y n shot being ex.
changed except in the evening on the
right Of the lnes. last night however,
quits AN excitement was kept up from
about 60 10 o'clock, whei the firing died
waygradualy, and after midnight rot a
shot waaheard. OF course tho pickets in
the. vicinity of Fort Hell were responsible
for tbs ontbreas, although some other
parts Of the line farther west were particip.
ants.
a report is current tliat nnmbcr Of
pickets watching the Ymar of our lines were
taken and n1Wdere,l night before last, and
that in consequence rho force Of lneR oa
this side have been doubled
Changes are being made in the disposi-
ton Of our troops. bat there is nothing TO
Indicate an early attack ON the enemy. The
troops engaged in the late raid are most
all in good condition. Some of them re-
turned from the trip with frozen hands aud
feet aud others ILL., caused by tho severe
cold weather which prevailed at tho time.
On Friday FIVE dcserters are to be hung,
two from New York. two from New lamp
'shire. anl ouc from Missouri.
Rebel deserters are coming in daily;
they report nothing uew from rebcldOm.
Signed W. d. McGREGOR
NEW YoRl, Pee FT.--rhe HerdlEs CORES.
pondeut gives the following account Of the
expedition up Roanoke river: a gunboat
expedition sent up the river, when oppo-
site Jamestown, 50 miles aIy0ve Plymouth,
suddenly came in contact with sOme torpe-
does placed in the channel by the rebels
. / 1 IL II.
Wyalus ng, Commander Macomb, took the
load and passed safely through. The Otsc-
20 a double cnler. Lieut.. Commander Ar
mold, followed; the bow came in contact
with an cbstruction but which was appa-
rcutly passed uutil struck by the stern,
proved to be large torpedo which eX-
ploding blew iFp the Otsego, sinking her in
u few minutes. After the blowiHg up Of
the Otscso the reminder of tho hect re-
nniue| hy her Until morning when those
vessels uniAjured by the explosion, passed
up the river,
soon after Comman Ter Macomb dispatch.
cd on special duty his aid, Paymaster
Lewis Sands, on the steamer Bagcly, with
two guns. On arriving in the vicnnity of
the spot whore the Otscgo was sunk, a
torpedo explode under The Bigcly blow
ing hole through her, causing her to sink
Immediately. Oue man aud one boy were
killed, The officers and tlTc rect Of the
crew escaped by swimming. Paymaster
Sands aud Capt. Ames commanding tho ting,
swan to the wreck of the Otsego, and were
pickle up. Soon after the sinking of the
| Blsoley, the steam Picket launch No. 5,
was also destroyed.
! The Roanoke river is a perfect net work
Of torpedoes. A large number have already
| beou taken up, and still larger number
are supposed to remain.
! NEW YORK, Dec. 17.-Tnc Richmond
| Wing OF the l4th says: "We again failed
| TO receive our exchanges from Georgia
/ this morning and are consequently without
| details Of recent events in the vicinity OF
/ Savannah and between there ami Charleston
! As far as we can learn, Shcrmar,s army
| has investod Savannah but beyond the
usual skirnshing, NJ tight has taken place
! Gen. llardee is in command of our troops
The Examiner of Dec. 14th says: up to
| yesterday forenoon no fighting had taken
! place between Slorman's army and the
| Confederate troops III the defense Of Sa
vannah. A cotcmporaSy paper says 81
yanuah is invested. This is not the case
Savannah is no more invested than Rich
monl, and we haze no evidence that il
st1loS lIt the ltaSt ulllHcI lIou H'9""' -
scigc. Ar oni3ai dispatch OF yesterday
M Mtious that Sharmlu hat developed his
army near the town, hut that does not sig
nifythlt he VII 50 into til! trenches"
WASHINGTON, D,c 10th. Re A lmira
Stcbbins, conmanding the East Gulf Squad
ron, reports to the Navy Department, ua-
dor date OF Dec. 3 |, the destruction of {;
act of SILT Works on Rocky Point. lamp,
Bay, by detaohmcuts from the u. 5. steam
; er Stars and Stripes, with the Hundrici
Hudson and the Ariel Several largo boil
, ers and everything OF value connected " Il
the works were demolished, without sin
) gle casualty on our part