The southern aegis, and Harford County intelligencer., 1864-01-01
WAR NEWS.

= A steamer arrived at Fortress Monroe on Mony
day from City Point, having onlboard FIVE hum
dred Federal prisoners, received in exchange for
the same number of Confederates taken up
The Confederate authorities, however, refuse
any further exchange unless their. laws in re-
gard to the officers and soldiers Of negro regi-
ments be recognized, and questions for which
the Federal Government has been .contendfng,
relating to the exchanges, be given up. Nego.
tiations with Gen. Butler are also refused on
the,ground that he has been outawed by pro-
clamation Of jefferson Davis. nv ,N'' .'. t
On Monday, the 2lst inst, d cavalry expedi-
ton, consisting of, four regiments, was sent out
from the Army of the Potomac towards the She
nandoah Valley, On the march they encoun-
tered several bodies of Confederate cavalry, and
some sl;ifmishing occurred and number of
prisoners were taken. The troops arrived at
Luray, in Page county, on Wednesday, the 23d,
and returned to camp the next day without loss,
Considerable property was destroyed on the
march, consisting Of tanneries and other manu-
featuring establishments, supposed to be engaged
in furnishing supplies to the Confeierates. Sew
eral of the veteran regiments are re-enlising un-
q der the, inducements of the liberal bounty
General Robert Tyler has been assigned to the
command of the Irish Legion at Fairfax Court
House, vacated by the death of General Corco-
ran. o. ,,
From Charleston we have Confederate advces
to Saturday, The 2eth inst The Federal bate
ries commenced bombardjng the city on Thurs
day night, and up to four O'Clock on Friday af-
ternoon had fired one hundred and thirty shells
Two persons were wounded by the bursting of
the shells. On Friday there was an engagement
on the Stono river, the Federal gunboats attack
ing the Confederate batteries, resulting ii no
particular advantage to either side, and with but
few casualties on the part of the Confederates
A Dalton (Geo.) despatch says that General
Johnston took command of the Confederate army
on Sunday last
1t is reported that nine schooners engaged in
oystering in the York river, Va, about thirty
miles above its mouth, were captured and de-
stroyed by tide Confederates last week, and the
crews sent to Richmond.
A Confederate deserter reports that blockade
running at Wilmington, N G., is as lively as
ever, twenty-three vessels arriving during one
night recently. VIZ ~
All was quiet along the front of the Army of
the Potomac yesterday, the troops beng mud
bound" in camp. It is reported that small
Confederate force hold the north bank of the Rap
idan at Raccoon Ford. The Federal forces occu-
py Cedar Mountain. There was little skir-
mshing on Saturday, occasioned, it is supposed,
by the. Federal army extending its picket lines on
the right. The Confederate army has gone into
winter quarters between Gordonsville and Orange
Courthouse.
1t is stated that by order Of the War Depart
ment, the county of St. Maryy's, Nd, and eoun-
ties Of ofNorthampton and Accomac, Eastern Shore
of Virginia, are annexed to Gen: Ruler COM
mand. -" I
y, A Confederate despatch dated at =, Bristol,
Tenn, the 23d instant says that The iorces IN
der Gen. Longstreet have gone into. winter quar-
ters around Rutledge and Morristown. .a.i
PROBABLY Fatal SHooFtNe CAsE:
"A case Of serious Shooting occurred at
o drinking house on Bank lai1Ses,9 near Cal
vert street, Kept by'a man named Nc
Gairk, IN which young man William
White was shot BY Lieut.. J. H Oppehler,
Of the First Delaware Cavalry It apg
npeared from the testimony that Oppehler
iowas lin the place, and between two and
three o elockse sebn Saturday morning Mr..
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