The southern aegis, and Harford County intelligencer., 1864-02-19
WAR NEWS

sra.s.ll nd; WAX NEWS. ei aasas,. p
Itis reported that a number of the raiders who
on Thursday night last attacked the train on the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad, and robbed the
passengers, were overtaken and captured by a
force of Federal cavalry from Gen. Sullivan 8
corps TIE whole number of these raiders, it is
saiadid not number over thirtyreight and that
.ofYthese ten have been captared.g i.la ,tdqin
ia dispatch from Major General Buaer,T dated
Fortress Monroe, announces that General Wis
tar confirms the previous statement thata large
number of Union officers had escaped from the
Libby prisonat Richmond. They Rumber one
hundred and ten.n Colonel Streight and severn
teen others have succeeded 10 coming Withinthe
Federal lines. .G va Ok jis Rto sagl93
t9z The expedition of Cen Sherman, which went
yup the Yazoo, was attacked at Sarlatia by a
force of three Thousand Texans. A fight enSued
in Bhiclra portion of the Federal Infantry and
the gunboats participated. The Confderates
were defeated, with what loss. Is uuknown.-
The Federal loss was eight killed and thirty
owounded. The Federal forceshad taken posses
sion of jackson and Yazoe city, Miss, without
serious opposition t1"' 50. =. rt Oh 1Fst3 vL
diA Gghtoccnrred at Lebanon, Aia., on Wednes-
day last, between Lewis's squadron and the
Union troops. according to the Selma Reporter,
the latter subsequently abandoned Lebanon and
eretreated toward the Tennessee river ,9Yf
b1A dispatch from Fortress Monroe announces
the safe arrival there of twenty six Of Che Union
Officers who escaped from Libby prison at Rich
mond, on the 10th inst. About twenty five 9TH
fers, who escaped at the same time, were recap
ctured, among whom was Adjutant Small, ofthe
Sixth Maryland regiment Three other Union
prisoners, who escaped from Dan7iite, Va, have
also arrived at Fortress Monroe. y, -.
General Smiths cavalry expedition has left
Memphis, going inthe direction cf ColIierviiie. u
The entire line of the Memphis and Charleston
Railroad was evacuated after the expedition had
been gone two days, General Sherman consider
ing that the holding and garrisoning Of the road
had been a source of weakness !,@7cfa "1l
"7iAdv;ces from General Kelly's department state
that General Early is still in the neigffborhood
of Harrisonburg. Va, and that portion Of his
Confederate forces are at Woodstock The Fed
eral scouts are said to be actively operating in
that section of ofcotntry with the citizens who op-
pose the Southern conscription law, and id CON
sequence frequent skirmishes occur. =! a''"
lia On the 18th inst.,, q skirmisfi occurred two
miles east Of Bfentsville, Va, between scouting
party Of about Fifty Of the 18th Pennsylvania cav
airy and number Of guerilas Major Larrmer,
ofthe cavalry, and three of his men, were killed,
one wounded, and two taken prisoners. Sever
al ofthe guerillas were either killed or wounded.
! On the1atii instant Captain Madison, or the
Second Tennessee Heavy Artillery, (coiored, J
was shot through the shonlder by a citizen, q
short distance below. Columbus Ky. Six citi-
zens Of the vicinity were arrested, and win, IT is
stated, be held as hostages for the man who shot
the captains s@t'''A ana 1'o1' 81
Col, Phillips, commanding the expedition to
the Indian Territory, reports that he has driven
the enemy entirely out of that region. Nearly
one hundred Confederates and Indians have been
killed in skirmishes -. n
~ The situation Of affairs at Knoxville Tenn, on
the'9th,l was unchanged, Gen; Lopgstreet, it
was reported, had the railroad in running order
70 strawberry Plains .ss,,sJ ~ ,sj..;sis" MN
Coal. The attention of our readers is called
to the advertisement ofw. r. H! Onion, corner
ofLombard streetand Central avenue, Baltimore.
Those in want ofiCoal viii End his Yard one Of
che most convenient in the city to load at; and
Goal wilalso be promptly delivered Ut any Of tue
, railroad stations. s6t taia cd ,ss5g5 b6Yp
5oiREIIeIous There VIII be Divine service at
Rock Spring Church, on Sunday morning next
at the usual hour The Rev. Mr. DaIfymple viii
heficiatesS aGgts sdT ",uii4 ta 'nj2p1 goA
bsligq :oe-7r -a--sss- ~ 5d3 is
,GIiTHE NEW PEEsIoNs LlsrsabA Wash
sington letter, published 70 the Rochester
N.4Y MON refers as a follows@to the
rapidly increasing pensions liat;oeg ssaJ
A visit to the aficesrevsals the
consequences of this terrible war. The
,Eclaims forpensions already t6ledsby widows
s1and hothersexcsed dope hundfeds and fifty
bthoasandp dt Is autieipatsd what about
hlIalf that actually exist hayaibeeu presaut