The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1864-12-07
THE WAR NEWS.
TFrom the Da,N Are of Doc. ISL

Georgia. We print in another column va
rious Soathern dispatches about Sherman's
movements, but they throw very liule light
I on the subject.
We have received some few particulars
Of the sinking Of the Florida, but The affair
is still involved in great mystery. The Fl orr
da had been al anchor of Fortress Monroe,
and was ordered by Admiral Porter to move
across the harbor 10 Newport News, TO
escape The effects OF a Storm The Florida
sailed III the night, was run into by a trans
port, and sunk in a hundred feet OF water.
The people on board escap ped.
From Petersburg there is information of
the renewal OF The heavy firing between The
picke.s. No event of IN poriance has &C.
cured, however. General Pope is now al
City Point and il is rumored he is 10 have a
command. General Humphreys, who, since
he battle OF Gettysburg has been General
Meade's chief of staff, is now in command
OF Hancock's Second Corps.
General CadwalIader has succeeded Gen.
Couch in command of the Department of
The Susquehanna. Pennsy %lvania. His head
quarters are al Chambersburg.
Roger A. Pryor.was yesterday impris-
oned in Fort La Fayetle, New York barbor,
beirg sent there from The Old Capitol al
Washington.
Colonel Lyle's Ninetieth Pennsylvania
Regiment returned home yesterday. 1t con
tanned but twenty-six officers and men.
From the hge Of Dec 2d
General Sherman's movements can now
be explained much more clearly than here
tofore. GeL. Slocum's column, which was
marching or Macon, turned eastward. Join
Ell Fitzpatrick, crossed The Oconee River aud
on November 22i, was marching 10 join
Howard, who was ior:y miles west oil Au-
gns,a On November 20ih a Confederate
reconnaissance was sent from Macon north
west low ards Atlanta. 1t went TO Griffin.
thirty miles south OF Atlanta, and reported
that TO Federal troops were TO be seen any
where. Gen Socum's army had all march
ed east OF The railroad On November 22I
Slocum's rear guard had crossed the Oconee
River and was reported thirty miles east OF
Macon. The expedition against Macon
had been given mp. Miied geville was
abandoned by lis Federal captors and was
again IN Confederate possession. General
BeauregSrd, with the Con!ed crate advance,
arrived al Macon on November 22d and al
once marched in pursuit OF Slocum Gener-
al Forrest led his advance. On that DAY
General Howard was encampe tory miles
west Of Augusta. A large force of Confed-
crates had been collected TO oppose his pro
gress and Tor some time he had been in
trenching. General Bragg was in command
of The department., but General Ewell, who
had brought a considerable iurce from Vir-
gina, was reported TO be in immediate
command OF the army opposing Howard.
Slocum was forty hve miles southwest OF
Howard. Sherman's principal aim appeared
TO tie 10 JON ms TWO columns They were
pressed in both front and rear and a juno
lion was a necessity.
There has been a contest near Nashville.
General Thomas retreaIed some lime since
10 Franklin, eighteen miles south OF Nash
vile He was followed Sy General Hood
wlh the Confederate army. For several
days the two armies were quie. 10 camp
On Wednesday afternoon, atou, four o.
clock, Gen. Hood attack ed Gen Thomas.
The contest lasted until after dark. The
Confederates, it is said, we're repul.ed WITH
a loss OF one thousand prisoners, among
them a Brigadier General. The Federal
loss is stated at five hundred the Confed-
crate al elk thousand. a Nashville Ges-
patch, received at IL O'Clock last night, an.
nounces That General Thomas has reirealed
from Franklin, and taken a position three
miles south OF Nashville. His forces were
closely pursued by the enemy, aud skirmi-
shing was going on all day yesterday. Al
Nashville The Notifications were manned in
anticipation OF an assault.
There seems TO be a general impression
in the Confederate camp at Petersburg that
Grant intends TO make another effort to cap.
tnre the South side Railroad. He is re pOr-
ted to be moving large numbers OF trnops
10 the Weldon Railroad. In Inc Federal
camp, however, there IS an equally strong
i'm pression thai a Federal attack on the
north bank OF The James is Intended and
there are constant Tumors OF the completion
OF Inc Dutch Gap Canal. Nothfug has oc>
CURED on erher side, however, which
would indicate The beginning OF an attack
On November % a Federal cavalry expe-
dilion which had been sent iuto the interior
to Louisiana, returned to Baton Rouge with
Two hundred prisoners, seven hundred hor>
ses and mules, and three cannon. The Fed
eral caValry suffered some slight loss in the
expedition. They penetrated a considerable
distance into The inferior Of the Slate aud
burned a large amount OF Confederate sup
plies.
The Confederate raid on Sunday upon
New Creek ,on the Baltimore aud Ohio rail-
road, was much more serious than has been
supposed. The Coniederales captured three
hundred Federal troops and SIX or seven
cannon. y great deal of plumber was also
taken. The railroad was not seriously
damaged.
The Federal prisoners confined at Sails
bury North Carolina, recently made an at
tempt 10 escape. Alter a fierce conflict, in
which tory OF The prisoners were killed and
many wounded, the guards o~verpowered
Them.
Fairfax Court House has been reoccupied
by the Federal troops. The suerrillas, on
Tuesday, captured TWO Federal officers
within six miles OF Alexandra.
From the Age of the 81 inst
We are compelled by The news This morn
ing 10 tell a very different story about Inc
battle al Franklin, Tennessee, from that
printed yesterday morning. The dispatches
sent US over The telegraph on Thursday
night, and especially The one signed by
Major General Schofiel6, were ial-ehoods.
The haule al EIanklin Eesnlled In The with