The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1864-02-27


The Herald's n. o. letter of the 9tn,
reports that on the Sunday previous, Gen.
Dick Taylor attacked our troops stationed
opposite Natchez, and was repulsed with
considerable loss. The attack was renewed
the next morning, but the rebels we're again
unsuccessful.
Gen. Grover has secured the country
with his cavalry in the neighborhood of
jacksonville, across Lake Pontchartrain,
and broken up several conscript camps
and captured several prisoners.
A Washington despatch says several
ladies, refugees from Richmond, have a.
rived via Fredericksburg They were as
sisted to escape by rebel pickets. They re-
port that the rebel authorities within the
past month have seized meats in the Rich
mond market and forwarded them to Long
streets Army.
A special TO the Cincinnati Commercial
from Louisville, KY, says Gen Gallup sur
prised Col. Fugusson's command in Wayne
county. Va, capturing sixty prisoners, in
Guiding Ferguson, his surgeon and large
amount of stolen property.
A despatch from Cairo, of the goth, has
the following information
Gen. Sherman reached Meridian ten days
after leaving Vicksburg. A portion of
Gen. Tuttle's division got behind and was
cut off from the expedition, and returned to
Vicksburg.
A refugee from Mobile reports hat the
inhabitants of that city feel secure from at
tack. $1,000 rebel troops are reported in
and about the city.
Guerrillas keep up a musketry FIRE upon
steamers below Memphis, but little damage
is reported.
Gen. Buckland, in command Of Memphis,
is gaining much favor there by his judi
cious administration of affairs.
The following is from Fort Smith, Ar
kansas, Feb. goth
Intelligence has reached here that Gen.
Price has received sixty days furlougb, to
enable him to go to Texas and Mexico. The
belief at headquarters and throughout the
rebel army is that he will never return. He
left Camden ten days ago, with small es-
cort, in citizens dress.
Gen. Curtis, on his return 10 Kansas,
when near the old battle field at Prairie
Grove and while separated from the main
body of his escort, was fired upon several
times from ambush, but escaped unhurt.
The following interesting news from
Florida, was published on the Goth:
Baldwin occupied by our forces is small
town eighteen miles from Jacksonville on
the Florida Central railroad. There are moi
over twenty five families in Jacksonville, al
of whom claim to be Unionists.
The rebel forces in Florida are abou
2, 800 strong, under Gen. Finuegan. TIL,
! railroad is in running order, though the
rebels had intended to take up rails prepar
at6ry to an abandonment of Florida.
Ban bour's Station and Sanderson-the
latter FORTY miles from Jacksonville and also
on the railroai-have been occupied. At
the former place skirrnish was had with
the rebels, in which ne had four killed and
fifteen wounded.
Several buildings at Sandusky wsrs in
flames on the arrival of our forces, one cI
them containing 5000 bushels of corn and
another 1000 barrels of turpentine and
resin.
A document was found at Sanderson, en-
anatiug from the Chief Commissary of the
rebels, which gives startling evidence of
their desperate condition.
Beef and Bacon are exhausted through
out the South, and from all quarters cries
were arising for relief from Florida
Our forces subsequently advanced to-
wards Lake City, where the rebels were
found in force, and though we fell back to
ed, and evacuated the place with 5000 in
fantry and cavalry.
Lake City is half way from Jacksonville
to Tallahassee.
Finnegan, before leaving, carried off all
of the rebel Government property.
There was reason to believe that the enc
my, if he fights at all, will take position on
the left bank of Tunnel river, which is not
fordable.
Up to the 18th, we had captured thirteen
cannon. Late reports say that Beauregard
was marching up to Tallahassee, and Lake
City was being garrisoned By Georgia
troops.
Of the prisoners captured, about half
take the oath of allegiance.
Our forces captured and caused to be de-
stroyed over million and a half dollars
worth of property. Probably two hundred
bales of cotton will be procured at Baldwin.
A letter from Kanagarra, China, dated
Jan. 7th, has been received By a business
house in San Francisco, stating that "the
Alabama is in dock at Annoy, China, and
the Wyoming is standing sentry over her.
We may hope her cruise is ended. The
jamestown is also there before this. The
news comes by the brig Barry Capen, FIVE
days from Shanghai, and is authentic"