, 1864-12-30

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(,rr 7;enotcbcs t,r,nr Ad,n;ra, p,r+o-,s om-
c;,l rcnort covor,nr one,,tiuns md resu1ts
..1sev1,e.~ taf.-rad r. al Wore lcov4b
Ne havc olso General Rurbridrc;s imnort.nt
official details of successes IN Eost Tennessee
rushed by our eager troops into Virginia. and
"a t1,e canturr of several tmoorta0t, no,nts
-,amed. and the destruction Of two lcsdinr
eources of the crcat staples OF The South.
lead and salt, the loss in the latter being If.
rcpasablc
Hoods army hus undoubtedly crossed the
Tennessee, and taken its ragged and slaatter-
cd lines into comparative safety.
Jeff. Davis takes new responsibility,
much as if Judas, the arch-betraycr, should
confess to having srcat-d one Of his thirty
pieces of silver. JetE. asks to have the st.
.A1bans raid passed to ycry long account,
where, sure enough, it is oat OF sight, from
the cnormitics Of its new companionships
But 1t isa question whether JET. has Jun
ming account with our Canadian cousins, and
with credit enough to save tue land pirates By
this, lis "charge it t" me-" We rather think
he has not.
We hare important adyices from Sherman,
showing his army well At work, auu reporting
Id, and oilers nur H,1ton Head d;snatch
,,:1 1,e road viii interest u
Onr cairo d;sn,tc1, announces t,o3 f.cner,1
1sh,m X H.yn;c of ca,ro has hcen annoin+.
I'd tv f.or t,r,osbv ad;ntont f.araro1 ~ +h,s
stoto ,ood eo;.ct,o,, 1rl,c.aor so,na.t;no
dose-,as hereof,or T., !. s,;d
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WI otnefs on 1uI'oussn' ase III bus1aso "1tn
tnc oes'E" o1 taa",nS rala mo eanaoa III
ie'ense ''' .nc o.. A'"aa5 a11a's a"a lnc CUP
'a'e u ',e in"" tasohH'
ra1a Is reporter oe7ns prepared 1of Cross
ing the river.
Secretary Fcsse1den~s Official announce
1ncnt appears among our Washington dis
rntc}lcs, withdrawing the 10 40. loans after
.1onuary 10th, Cu,il that time the snhscr,n,
inns viii nc.ivc,r cont,nue cn,ctcnsd w.
cy;tah,r tv thc nrns,ectiro c1os;,,o ~ +bs
books,
p;s,,atcnrs and letters from +he Ar1nx ~
.hc Potomac contain m news.
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WILMINGTON.
Loyal people can bear to be told that there
is probability that the great combined land
and naval attack on Wilmington proves to be
q Reconnaissance in force" The annals of
the var have abundantly familarixcd the
reader with the meaning Of the phrase, 7aich
mist not, however, sct 1t down among the
class Of operations whereof the.movement Of
thu King Of France with his forty thousand
stands the familiar type. There was pur-
Jose in this great movement, 3 power grand
and terrific il Us execution, aud get the sum-
miE1. up thus far reaaa. ~ cv'r tn n" list Of
operations that deserve SUCCESS IRON the
Fnlof OF thclf part'clpants, ana cease because
7heft are points Where discretion Is the
hrtfer part OF Talor'- Briefly snnned
ni, INT s1ory VIII 1nRe us place IN
1'''1hanea' war "'stor!' as 1oe long aeiageo
assault on reoI pos'u'n6 up 10 tnla 1ano un-
asa.:1ea ~ t1ls "n', anaas ~ ssasop VIII Wy
l'as a>.n..,.,,*. ~ 1c'a1aen.d hg The terrora
49,. ,'n,,o T.snnsd t,'o, .oost for mariners in
l,,at Law rt.ers ~ .t~1n..,,- ,,ostad z..,,ora
49, ' - e+or1,,, 11at4tr.s roo,, .,ro,a
the hai's Va ,,s.a.uod ~. 49, arsst I o~nos;
s'',aNst, so'A. 49, ,,a.o oo7,-+aa zrintrr tow
t'ou "guiu tsa ~. Darns ~ Nor,,, Sa-o,;ns T. was
lass ~ ~ rono1, ,,,,nn mn reccnt s,,cccss.
s ~ -,,ss+aS Tu.oc,ydo, ;nto Government
.;,o ~ N ana .,,o e,snt hos 80 ,,ror.d It.
.d-a;,so1 povtrr a,w.vs n-.u,nt md do.
- T., ia d;snatcbcs bns his re,ort q,
r-''1 t.,o,1.,,3 words n1nc,dv IN tbr hands al
4,.a no,,artn,cnt md fi,lI abstract Is cj,cn
.Is,,r1,are II Is 5nnos.51o mt IN admir-. thu
ca1,.ntrv of onr troons md tars uni,e, cir.
s..e..',ao. tsa+ x.;,r,,t ,x.,, o,,n,1 ~. c+ent.
- ncorts. and Il js wonderful that so few
7;ros 1,o,.c mid tha corr,5t or t,is yenture
,. w.. +ho dae;o, ~ bo1d thc cne,nx
IN thc fort in rover hr an artillery
1cmnest which should reduce and weaken
these works This end was sourht to BE-
rrarhra liz the noxel experiment Of 9 great
noottnr torpcdo. three hundred tons Of DOW.
,,cr cyn,oaed at oncr The idea Was barrow.
"A f,o,,, ,ata Eno1;sh ac,onnfs of t1e t-roat
-'a u4iso"1 =. e s,.r. ~ ~ 1oo,.ad fa.
effects that none are reported. bulcf'i
troops landed. rushed III under tue fire Of on,
own guns, anu pes'o'neo no'ue'ou' us.as
Of fvalor amounting 10 comple1e PROOF Inaa
Fort Fisher was psec1cauy unchanged ana
zoo ftr"ns 70 DC reaacea II 1oal manner.
The RECOMMENDATION YVES ICES 'oftanate' aat
II: dispatches 1ca'e ae1aeoea portion O
}ntler's force looking across line o. pftnes:
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