Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1864-12-17
SUMMARY OF NEWS.

man wa, east of the Ogbechec River,
twenty-five miles from Savannah, and
on lba, city. We have adviccs,
received by the steamer Donegal, Of The
South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, to
the effect that Poco!algo bridge, on the
railroad between Savannah and Charleston,
was destroyed on the eth by anaye and
land expedition under Admiral Dahlgren
and General Foster. The scouts Of the
latter are said to have communicated with
the forces under General Sherman, who
were expected to reach Savannah Oh the
l4th instant.
The denomination made on Friday by a
potion df the Army of the Potomac, did
not result in bringing on an engagement
between General Lee, army and the Fec.
eral troops. The object is said to have
been to keep the enemy from sending
forces to interfere with General Warren,
and is believed to have been succ; s,ful -
At any rate the advanced troops returned
to their old quarters on the 10Th instant.
Nothing definite has yet been heard Of
General Warren. The change OF weather
has caused suffering in the army.
A despatch from Cairo states, that
force Of Confcderatcs, said to number four
thousand men, are on a march to Konuc.
ky.
General Rosecraus was removed from
the command of St, Louis and Missouri
Oh Thursday last. lis sscccssor is Gen.
Dodge. No new command is set given
Gen. Rosscrans
A body Of Confederatcs, on Thursday
last appeared on the'Miss ssippi, north of
Mem phis. 4 force Of one hundred aud
fifty negroes were sent To drive them off.
Tho negroes went up from Memphis on a
steamer aud Landed, The Coufederates
ran off, the negroes aI'cr them. Soon,
however bushy place was rerchrd where
large force Of CunieIerates was hid.
They all then turned uCou the negroes
and drove them to the river M,ny were
killed and wounded, aud many rushed into
the river and were drowned, 1t is said
that tut seven escaped.
At Nashville The condition of aff.iis il
the same as usual. Hood is still uboring
cn hi, carthworks. II is reported that
rcinfor ccments are being sent to Thomas.
The detachment Of Federal troops that
held Johusonvilie, but were forced to
yacuatc it aud retreat into keltucky
were terribly harrassed in their march. -
Thirteen are reported killed and wounded
and sixteen captured.
The Coal derates have recently made
d raid into Western Virginia. Colonel
W;chcr, the commaa der, reports bayiog
captured cue haajrrd horses, three hup-
ircd bctf cattle, ald one cannon He
bu'ned two steamboats, and two block
h uses, aud destroyed three icns. lie
lost two men.
From Petersburg we have the impor-
taut intelligence, through private cbaanrls,
that the construction OF the nutch Gap
Canal has been abandoned. IKE Cohred.
crate artIllclisis have succeeded in break
ing the enormous drulgiDg machines that
are employed in the execution Of the cal a!
and now moth ing can be done. The army
is in winter quarters, however, and despite
the many rumOrs of new advance that
reach US, it is scarcely robable that any,
thing will be dcue. The suerrilas have
seized Federal schooner aud tug on the
lower amcs River robbed their crews,
and then abandoned ihcm.
Tie Age says, we have reliable irteli-
gence of General Sherman's march from
Mlen towards Savannah. lie evacuated
Aillen on December 3d, He moved south
east, keeping his men well together; send,
ing out 20 raiding parties, and marching
on the harrow strip OF firm ground between
the rice plantations of the Savannah river
Oh the left hand, and those of the Ogeohee
on the right. His fanks were thus well
protected On DccembeE 5 his advance
was eighteen miles from Milleu. 0ne Of
his corps marched along the Savannah
river, aud one along the Osceohee. The
others were between. On December 6,
Sherman moved faster and is said to have
marched eighteen miles, Great numbers
of stragglers fell out Of his ranks, and were
picked up by the Confederate cavalry,who
followes close upon his rear, harvesting
him terribly. Sherman is said to have
had then but twenty thousand men in his
army. All tho rest had stragglcd off, or
been wounded. On Lceember Z, be ad.
vanccd about sixteen miles, ard on the