Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-12-24


attacked sqasd Of men -ish an ambulance on
their way from Falls church Three Of them
we're woandea sed captured and the res. made
their escape.
Nosby has recently been promoted 10 Brig
General, aud y ~ have . fali brigade, intending
10 operate oaihe Sank ard rear Of General shsr
1dsu
The Washington correspondent, Of he Phla
delpbiA Ledger says.
/ /. - said that dispatch from sherman sho-s
that Savannsh !. not bcsieged on the east side.
though all The main avenues are closed. Gen.
sherman 10 confident he rl be In POSSESSION by
Nes Years
+ The nersld's Fort McAlister correspondent
says; Thomas has crippled Hood 30 that be
cant muster - 900 men
Bragg has 10000 men on the river somewhere
aud 1000 more n Charleston aud Wilmington
Hsrdee has $4,000 men In savannah.
Ahesthe fall Of Savannah Shermans cam
psign will not be ended. The correspondent
Jhinks he may move on Charleston aud vii
mington
The correspondent OF tho World give. an sc.
count Of the voyage OF Porlefs feet
A correspondent wri,iog from Fortress Monroe
says that gale has endangered msny vessels,
particularly monitors. II vas feared that they
would be lost. The escape Of the monitor Ma
hassic was almos, miraculous. All the vessels
81 the heet are thought TO be safe.
The Richmond Wing of the 2is, contains the
following. under date OF Meridian. Miss. 10Th.
Authentic information has been received, which
states that the advance of General Davidson's
raiding column. from Baton Rouge. passed
through Augusta county, yesterday. for Mobile.
Warm work ~. expected on MONDAY or Tues.
day
The same paper. 10 reference 20 the appearance
of the teet OF New Inlet, N. c., says: This
foreshadows warm work of Wilmington. as the
defence Of the place against naval attack IL
very strong. Admiral Porter will doubtless dis.
cover that he has undertaken an impractcable
thing II he attempts the reduction OF Whining
ton.
The Wing also says: Dy recent orders, the de
partment under General Besuregard has been ex
tended so IS to include the South Carolina and
Atlantic seaboard Of Ga.
ALBANY. December 23.-George +. Gordon,
on trial for the murder of Oven Thompson. a
! New York cattle buyer. vas to day found guilty
Of murder, committed at the IVES, Albany cattle
yard on the 18th Of September.
BosroS. December 23-A company Of heavy
artillery left Fort Warren to day for frontier ser
vice; destination, Plsttsburg.
WAsnlxGrox. December 23.-The Potomac is
covered with ice. the channel being completely
closed us SO that navigation Ia suspended Boats
! do not attempt 10 approach or leave Washing
ton. The ice In most places IL three inches
| thick
Several boats with troops which LEFT YESTERDAY
are iced up below Gresboro.
The Navy Department TO-DAY received intelli
gence OF the death OF Acting Master Charlie.
Thatcher, OF Maine, commanding the Gaxelle.
| attached 20 the Mississippi squadron. He vas
wounded by guerrillas
This morning party VI gueIrillss attempted
20 eros. into Marylsnd on the ice we're discoy cred
by Ricketts, lst n. II. cavalry and driven back
One OF them vas shot dead
| Major Anderson. who commands ~ that point
il nightly expecting raids.
strong picket line was several DAYS ago
posted along the canal and river.
portion of our cavalry secuted ss far up ~
White Plains. on the Manassas Gap Railroad.
and coming up to large party Of guerrillas \
| light ensued, in which the latter was routed with
a loss of one Major, one Lieutenant MORALLY
wounded, and fifteen prisoners taken By ocf
| troops.
| Nav YoRK. December 81 Mrs. Hutchins
recently sentenced To five years Imprisonment At
| Fitchbufg. Mass. House Of Correction, for a,
! tempting TO send sword 10 the rebel Msior
Harry Gilmo1r, has been released by order Of
tho president, and she arrived here to-day
The World has special from Washington con
1
pers OF the 2lst:
The Sentinel SAYS IL |. rumorcd the Yankees
have removed all their guns from 1T, mouth end
evacuated the place They have rot occupied
Washington
The Examiner says the news from Tennessee
is bad but far from being rremcdisble
The army Of Tennessee has been terribly mis-
used and suffered awful injuries. but may be re-
stored TO its full efficiency by the same hand
4 IL. nta.. Il a.
Ridge. but TO change the fortunes of the country
the Executive and Legislature mus, change
their character and abandon the road TO ruin
| Advices from Charleston yesterday state that
all was we'll st Savannah
| The same paper says since the laundering
\ ankee salute on Sunday morning. quiet has
prevailed along tho lines Of General Grants
army
The same paper says the new sensation of
| \ ankeedom is Grants expedition which sailed
from Hampton Roads last week under commsnd
OF Com. Porter.
| The Baltimore American has . letter from
Fortress Monroe which gives idea OF the
strength Of the expedition.
| The Examiner Gays that Gov Harris reports
that Franklin was unable 70 use artillery on ac-
count Of the presence OF woman and children ia
town. while the enemy poured grape into their
ranks, and the rebels we're obliged to stand idle
iut itaf VI hlill- hOn-coiHoatsnks I'D Tue an
kee lines
The Examiner ssys There is no Official con
| irmstion Of the defeat OF Bnrbridge BY Breckn
ridge at Saltvlle. but MANY persons profess TO
know that il il well founded
dispatch from Dublin. last night. states
that fighting has been going on near the salt
works for Two DAYS. The works are supposed to
be safe
The Dispatch says: We shall likely be Deepen
dent on the Yankee pres. for news from Tenne--
see.
Unofficial kilograms from Nashville state that
there are ZOO prisoners there. and - pieces OF
cannon. taken from Hood during the battles Of
the 18th and 10th
We are not i'm portion TO disprove these
statements. IL is noticeable, however, that
Thomas sends no kilograms on the i7sh. and
unofficial dispatches say nothing OF what IL going
on. Matters have taken turn all At once un
pleasant TO Thomas. who the 10Th by his own
account, was driving our army down ten or twelve
turnpikes
Gen. FORESTS cavalry turned up in the right
place and put sudden change upon the aspec,
OF affairs. lie has bad abundant time. even
though be was 81 Aurfreesboro when the light
began. ard there 10 little doab, has done good
| service
| The Richmond Dispatch SAYS: Tie telegraph
news received yesterday from Lynchhurg is the
latest intelligence from the raiders on the Vir
ginia aud East Tenues-ee railroad