The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-02-16
GENERAL GRANTS DEPARTMENT..
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Additional News Of *: The Entry Of Con.
SheTman's Forces Into Jackson.
The Rebels Fall Back Over Pearl
River.
FIGHT NEAR UI1U9ToN,
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CAmo, H.. Fob. 10, 1864.
The reports from rebel papers Of nght near clntoo,
Mes, the sb pet confirmed by ofrcers ust from
that point.
Our troops charged The rebel battery and lost fifteen
killed and thirty wounded.
Among tho wounded Is Colonel Rogers. OF Igircis.
The enemy were driven OF, and forces proceeded
towards jackson.
OiSmsEAg, Feb. Is, 1854.
A Nashville despatch gives the following ofDcial
news
General Sherman entered jackson, Mis-, Cd the bib
INST The rebels offered but little resistance and are
falling back Pearl river.
Gen. shermaDs headquarters ere reported 10 have
been al jackson the 7h He has heard Or
at Brandon.
II is believed that The rebels receiving reinforce
.men,s from Patton.
There rs ro,hipg rev from General lbomas' front
Jbe veteran soldiers rapidly returning the army
CAIRO, Feb. Is, 1854.
General W. j. Smiths cavalry expedition left Memphis
on the 18th inst, the direction Of Colersville. The
entire line Of the Memphis and Charleston Railroad
evacuated by forces the 18Th having been held
for The past six months merely 10 aid General Smiths
cavalry expedition 10 get good start General Sherman
considers the holding and garrsonng Of the
been source OF weakness 10 W. He does rot favor
guarding railroads unless they are Of vital importance
The steamer Mil Poy sunk on The let, eight miles
from Jackeouport. White river. she was laden with
government stores for the troops Batesye Part Of
The cargo saved The boat was valued at $50 COO
She % q total lOss.
Owing 10 the large amount Of government stores for
Little Rock accumulated at Duvars Bur- The railroads
have been prohibited from ansIo rtipg private freight
for the preteDt.
General Coobaugh, formerly Captain General
hcfhersons STAFF the Mex lean service arrived
Dere Cay as bearer Of dispatches from the jusrez
government to washington.
On the 18th Captain Madison, Of the Twentieth Ten.
necsee Leavy artillery (colored) shot through the
lance below Coumbus Ky Sx citizens OF the vicinity
were arrested and will DO bcd as hostages for the
who did the shooting.
About seven hundred bales Of cotton were shipped
from Memphis on the l2ih The market Is dun and
dropping good middlings seventy one cents.
The Rebels Driven Out or the Indian
Territory.
FoRf SMITH, Ark, Feb. 10, 1884.
Colonel Philips, commanding the expedition in the
indian Territory, reports TO General Thayer that be
driven The enemy entirely Of that region and
that in several skrmshes ne had killed nearly
bred reoels ard captured captain and twenty FIVE
mer.
General Curtis leaves hero 10 morrow.
Four Blockade Runners Destroyed.
WASHINGTON, Feb. Is, 1864.
Ire Navy Department has received the following
NEwroRr's NEws. Feb IL, 1864.
Hon. GIDEON WALES, Secretary Of the Navy
The Pequo has arrived an brings the intelligence OF
the destruction OF -four blockade running steamers
me NatGeld the 4th Of February by the sassacns
the Dee, February s. by the Cambridge the Emily and
the Fanny ard jenny, on the 10th, by the Florida.
y T.. LEE, Acting Rear Admiral.
The Sut1eld iron paddle-wbee steamer OF about
four hupd ed tons new, fine and powerful boat she
saiied from London ~ December last, with pork, bis
cut, &c
The lee vas double screw iron steamer butt especial.
~ Tor TIE trade al London. She vessel
Of light drs1ghi and said have made eighteen
twenty miles hour.
1heyauuy and Jenny the old Prize Scotia, eartured
10 ctoher 1892 condemned and sold ontssde parties
no, beng considered fit for naval service. Her
changed 10 Gpfrai Banks. She was taken to Halifax
ard sailed Rom there July 1858, engage IN blockade
running under The name Of The Fanny and Jenny.
rhe hmlly was screw steamer, built 10 London
lasi ran aud by Bgbie. She handsome boat
of about eve hundred tons burthen.
yhe Opera Islander Suits.
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