Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1864-12-24
GHRsNYE WASHINGTON.

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WASHINGTON, Dec. 10, 9p. Major
General John Dix, New York fol-
lowing report OF his operations Oh yesterday
has been received from Major General
Thomas:
IlEADQCARrrRs DEPARTMENT or TIE
CUMBERLAND, NEAR SPRING Hill Tenn,
Dec. 49, 1SG4.-The enemy has been yigor-
curly pursued to-day, hut has studiously
avoideC. any attack by my troops. ! have
succeeded in taking few prlsOuurs-some
two or three hundred but our captures are
light in comparison with the SUCCESSES of the
past few days
The pursuit viii be continued in The
morning at MS early an hour rs the tyraps
can march.
have found the railroad thus far bat III
tie disturbed, and my tynms will be up by
railroad in ~ day "r two ct iarthest. Thc
telegraph is M with me now.
l tiDd, upon receiving more correct rpoFs
of the operations on the 10th, instant, that
Major General Ed. JOllns"n's entire division
with all the brigade commanders, was zap
turcd Ii the works which were carried 10y
assault, besides dcstroying briG4e os the
encmys cavalry and capturing its COM
mandcr, Brig. Gen Rucker
Among the Captures made to-day are Me
Rebel Brlgadier General Quarlcs, wounded,
and a number o. other yebels, also wounded
lying in the houses by the roadside, unable
to get away.
(Sgned) GEORGE II. 1If0AAs,
Major General Commanding.
No report for to-day has reached the De-
partment except the folio 0ing unofficial.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, De-; lG--l L. NJ
This forenoon the rains have been so heavy
that little progress has bech made. Our
cavalry skirmishcd with the enemy q shOrt
distance south of Spring Hill, lin. ling For
rest in command. The river is swelling
rapidly
The following copies of orders found in
Breckinridge's camp i'll East Tennessee arc
forwarded Tor your information:
lIEADQUARTEEs WEST NlRGIHIA AND
EAST TESNEss sEE.-W YTHEvILLE VA. Dec
2d, lS64.-Gcneral Orders, No. 27.-ln ac-
cordance with instructions received from
the Ordnance Department at Richmond
that 1t has become of vital Importance TO
husband small arms ammunition and lead,
the following order is published:
All lead which can be CLEANED from uat-
tle-tields or otherwise obtained will be col
lectcd by the brigade ordnance officers, and
sent to the nearest arsenal. All arms to be
INlltNNN VI iiitlI ApatS loT Cltdnlll1--lllc
balls should be drawn if practicable other
wise the loads should be discharged into
boxes of sand or dirt, so that the lead may
be recovered and turned into the Ordnance
Department.
The attention of the commanding officers
is called to the necessity of giving publicity
to this order, and its rigid enforcement Is
Is strictly Cnjoined by commanding ofii-
GERS
(Signed) Major General BRECKISRIDGE
j Stoddart johnson, \. A. General.
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT WEST VlR-
GINA AND EAST TENNESSEE, Dec. 9 1S64.-
Circular,-The attention of commanding of
fcers is called to the scarcity of forage in
this Department, and the absolute necessity
of using economy in its consumption. Evil
dences of waste have been observed hereto.
fore The proper officers must in all cases
superintend the issue of forage, and COM
manding officers and every company officer
must give his strict personal attention.
BY command Of Major General Breckin-
ridge.
(SignedD T. II. MYERS, A. A. G,
No Intelligence from General sherman has
been received to day.
A call and draft for 10000 troops, to
make up the deficiency occasioned by credits
on the last call, has been ordered by the
President.
EDWIN VI. STANTON,
Secretary of War.