The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-12-06
The war News.

this city. The sounds came IRON fIcKErrs lines.
Some batteries OF largo pieces ON thc southern hank
Of the river opened ON oIehal iih anu sneh'u W
during the greater part OF 'ue uay' hut u'e can.
nonadc appeared 10 tNl'Ilu "'c' " iaike potuoh OF
the line leading towards petersburg, aud persons at
thaihn arm llout'' ,ia' ,,.'' '''N '. aao s'iuo
muskotiy' various supposi'o"s as 10 its cause arc
current AZ us' u vas Do'''u '''', 'uo oai"l hau
been op'n'u 'tl'u ''1 '',o i'oio'S "nu "l'olnpcu
70 come up hut 'h's '"'olf H"u TO 'oulu".lVh l'
lno' Ul.'l. ..o ,,',E W. w. ,''Eo' t'a.-
uce. hUl i 100 .''' '.npio''y' 'ii'1 wv VI 'uieo
sno's u 'i'''",1 '"''" ''' W '' ~ ~ i'N,'-N'v ",
ihat inc pra'''e N""'u hu'e D''u inuul 'eu lh wv
uaY III is more ,''""u'v 10 u''O'c INA, .no enemy
were u'7'o''I'" '.'"'' '"'N''- ".N ""lNa ", pG'l,
ing TOT some hgr pos non ''' ''' ,"ef "''o 'oi 9"
out OF them' Inc enemy appear 10 nave Eoiy Iargs
army ON tin' N'' o' 'he river FROM lo.Ls nlH iu
'uV nUilD,' WI 'o'.' ''a'u.' "', ~" 'N'-.' '1'
creased. N' '"''' ovoVN S,''.'u'' many many I'~''
hen'u' p"hU' "Clo p''iu "''N "'"'i 'il' ''N' VI
ao"'lH Oh ''' i"''''onu Io". "'i' "o"s''
We bavo n,cortajrod from n Trustworthy source
,bot tl, co,t.or,,c 1,roccpdoJ from, tbrao nf tt,
p7r,s Ratfor,es Tbcv wcro ehcIlng tbc now
~ - - nj ~. y,.,t nan - 49,, 49,. ~
hmk kee camps NisD'o Oh o'Sno' mn "uu Oh 'Nis 'i"e
OF the river.
From Georgia
The Yankees who landed at Port Royal and mOvcd
into the inferior with the oxpccaton OF meeting
- ii'O Wv -. ,.,, ,,,,,,,+-r,,1 y, bg,,r nt -,
shi HhhN7 uu'a"'', , w. q oo'y Va In ,
fedora troops at a place called Nrahams'llc Inc
enemy were badly beaten, and driven from the field,
leaving their dead on the Ground. Tho telegram
h. ,his a., c,,,,o,i,,, lccs NOT gtoto tpa d,roc
conveying tns 'VnU''ol' "o, "o' '1'S ''0 u'loo
hon IN Wlnch tho enony "oI' .uI'For' puV We p'o'
tume thoY were uilNeh pac" lo"'IuS ho'u'oI'
Later
The following despatch has been received at tho
War Departnent:-
"ArarsrA. Ca. Doc. 2. 1sGi.-GcnoraI CoopEr;-
, N,,,, ,1,,., Il, 80, -o,o.,, tom, I ,,,,
Inc lolO"ihR ueS p''o" 'l7 Nv" i'O0'''' ''' o"-
tenanr General HARDEE, dated yesterday at Sa-
- -. 49,, no,lI,,' ,rbipnad and has retired 70 tho
CIV @ ~ W -. ,li,t ~, ,, ra,Iro,, -
Coosahatche' Ahoher point On t''e l"'i'oau ~
threatened but don't apprehend serious attack.
"(Signedl BRAxroN BRAGG"
An ,bo reyys trou, Georgia IL cyremely cncourag.
- -, ,,a,s o,,o whom rho Yankees were re
n,o5 ~ boo reacbod MILAN tberc was reason to
boiioo NOV ,vould reacb the coast casiIy But tho
M - u, o,Iod ,no,, ycrc ,,lirnod boforo
report was IA iOui'"Nu' ~ 'iPI
hllenJ ara the column OIL rehel mas aIso peen COM
pletely leaten, The aspect OF aiiars has been much
changed, II SHERMAN gets through now, wmeh IS
/ NV"N'A'' Nv W."
| General Hoods Movements.
| W. b,yc nothing Ioter from Con Hoop Of n def
| - o. Srnctcr p'ycant n renort from the YANKEE
,ror tiat he mas made an attack on the detenses ot
90 umtus, h1esSeT ,t anI lu M oGor @ ft Tho rc
y,ons pascauIs repTeseHted tkat the ConiedoFato
@ HIOUo & NJ i'm Tho direction of SheIbyyie
ThcEye TIy Gas been no contradiction OF this statement
| ana It is probably true HOOD can make nothing by
advancing upon Nashville, and attacking THOMAS
behind his Notifications at that place. lie designs
| either TO penetrqte kentucky, or occupy Fast
| Tennessee The Yankee writer's believe that he will
pdopt the latter COURSE and tnCn come to Gen. LEE.
| We can state urOn direct Oihcial information from
Gen HooD that his army is well supphed with COM
missary stores.
| A Yankee Raid
| ~, -. t,e,-,,oa -, n ,ortIor,op fror, Crssex
VIZ atS VtVu ao 90 yba ssoanny astinoted at i've
SOuliy nut @ attc,od tbe Znard NJ Stonv Creoi,
m I, t e w Nv torenoon ond ou,c Iv
III III tlla i rOui t,, @ .oStnrti; a nortIon and dner!
@ er dRsv ihon bHInod the railroad
hrh5doe and destrovod n small quantity of Govern
ment stores. after which they hurried towards
GRANTS lines, from whence they came, our lnior
mant states th0t squadron OF our chVhrS went IL
| pursuit Of the raiders but the enemy maue BOo'
| their escape. stony creek Is IN sussex county
| about twenty miles rom IetersDurg on the letera
| bun and Weldon ROad.
Jnter
| An, a.. -. - a., -, 90 ot,o;,oi tho fol
after INC ABOVE was s N th SPo, We OO'"ii0N '0 0
lowing oulcla @ Iopoit Vi t tiio ~ I, " vt,,r,,
hhAD-Qu AhIl-i'9 1hi'a " -'o "N IN, ~ =.
| Dec. 2 ls64.-ion > A. sEDDoHi-lhe enemy aC
lacked stony creek Depot yesterday, anu Durneu
some stores ana colnnlssaes put most Oh tne IatIe
were saved Inc Ia,rOad was unharnel. e 1ehGra
LEE coming up as inc enemy was retiring A.taCAe'
ana uFONe MN elghl mIeai capturing aOc
ers, Dut coWu hot Drlhg MN 10 m M
deuot was occupied Dy hpOuI lOO mem 9 uh9tI apt
WAlDHAM, ABOUT 10 Ol whom were salu W ,It HaS
been captured among them, regret 70 s'1te, hho
FlTzHUoH, QuaIterma ster, INC enemy iels t, sun
dead at tue Cspot ana along tho rouV OF ms rII.v"
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