, 1864-12-14

rendezvous on the North Mountains. In the
recent cavalry reconnaissance orc1 the Blue
Ridge, repeated attempts were made to brine
A1osby to fight, but in every instance they
fniled. One morning, when dense fog pre-
yailcd, Mosby himself appeared suddenly In
front Of the 1st Michigan Cavalry. He wheeled
his horse and rode of. The advance guard
charged after the retreatiug force, and sue
cceded IN capturing :Mosby's color. sergeant
anu n1s oattailon nag.
In burning the wheat and hay stacks, many
guns and some SHELLS were exploded, conceal
ed in the stacks by the enemy to prevent them
falling into our hands.
The AeTolds Army Of tho james special
says movements of large bodies Of rebel
m;1;torv nore,,a,,te - c-n1+ ona pn+ra. ~
ne tuu'stNentS u ofant ano ,"tler' Us
We'll 1s u lnose VI oAeF1nan. 1ne fepel rams,
since their short engagement with Ft Brady,
three days since, closely hug DrurY's Bluff.
II ;e 1,a1;o@aa ,ho, warn enr,d,., ,,,i ,,..,
- e,, rs ue,1eseo - lucy "efe So'na'y ana success
to"5 PePpe1e"'
| neoe' Se"s, :.
1ne Augusta toent'net, OF fne 9th, says, On
the authority Of one who was prisoner for q
dav iii the midst Of the Yankee ar1ny. that
! ot,;ccrs anotc f,c.,v of tl,r,r n1ans ana sid
/
e"a1 snetn4n ofo nos lnsenu III fasN IN cn'
gagement nc could help 1t, as he had no
ammunition to spare They seemed content
to make their way pcaceably to the coast at
the most nroct,c.hic no;nt v;thnpt f,rht,nr
r..a ,sH.s.a na's,:t,,.a 49, 49,. ~ ~ n..'
Ane August" tonSsAm'o"a as@s, ol tne otn,
says on midnight OF Saturday, Gen. Wheeler
fell fri1iously upon the encmy's rear. The
y,n1.oo 1,o-eo,ro, 1.ho ,o,-,roa Tim -,or ,-oxo
| 1, ,, ~
o'''en DICE upon tne'F in'antEy support anu
our troops, after considerable fighting, re-
turned. In our tight with Kipatric}1's cavalry.
assisted by the nth CORDS. ,yn renulsed the
| enemy IL avery attnmnt 10 d;s,o1tra rs hv
n1c anu eountef eAaIees, put 1naAy, oelns
| 1anked, were compelled to retire, which was
between seventy and eighty that OF the
FcderalB, 1t is reported officially, as very
heavy on Yankee officers, who were captured
in hand to hand encounter, and fitzpatrick
| himself WIS wounded. On our side Colonel
Gaines, acting Brisadicr was severely Wound
ed.
The Richmond papers publish LincoIn's
message, and call It hard names. The 6enti-
nj, nt The end OF long editorial, concludes
TINT The messnpe is n Tesnnnsc to a nronosI,
ti';n tign .. .ne peaeS nG4. ns supRose, y any,
| lnlng can, mat atI. Lanco1ns emphatic brutal
declarations VII silence all IDEAS Of that sort
to be followed by the spoilatfon Of otir prop
czfy and Afflcanization Of our country, ia su-
! pcrciliorsly la1d down Us the only terms of
reacc. The declarations Of the message viii
silence al objections Of every sort TO the use
Of our stores in the public defense, II that or
In the rebel Senate resolutions concerning
the seizure OF the pirate Florida we're taken
up and passed, after SONG discussion and con-
| siderable amendment.
Stnmcs, Of Louisiana, wns opposed to the
resolution which 1nstructs the ministers to
call the attention Of foreign powers to the
seizure. If that resolution was adopted, in
formation would havc to be communicated III
a Eert Of back door manner, both England
| anu France having refused to recognize the
tonlsdrate Government. He felt moro like
| !Seal1nS .e shose commissioners then senains
1nTm FL 1tseh seh;3 nls1.nctnns. =
r. n crassing tts Mfssissn,,i stsrn " 'naant
co,,fom fo'A1' oe"s '1'' 'u'e neeea7Al' p'e
Tie tno,,.t, ssnt;,s, ,f +he -tb s,ra ,to aa
r;cos IN rsnarJ ~ Sha-.,.-;s 80 ~
yeIy ~ meacer. ~ '''' = ''10 '>|'@~'' 70 "''
was ,fEpotsa Of to bs smishps
vigorously towards Savannah, ind we have NJ
doubt that a deeis.ve battle between tbs raiders
and TIC patriot forces hns t1Ecu place. tho result
o. Wien we may oe enabled to almonncs Ills af-
se4Noou'
T.. .,o 1,.,n.:t" Ns" ~ aoTh s' News. -, o,.....
a., IN INC elect!on i2r the general officers OF
~ tng ~ hsc oepnFanent aast n'snt, thosc Opposed
~ r1 .tie ;. l'aau ess.em WIZ % ciecteu.
~. iae Ffl7e steamef armstrong arrived acre,
tn1s 1! morning IN 1oits-e1S1I hours from Nor-
lo!k. she was captured eighty miles oil WI.
mngton oy the steamers: Il. 4. Cuyler and
no.us' cue IS last sa'ler, averaging ionr-
-tccn iniles an hour, an iron slac wheel steamer
Of 700 tons burden, to!if months Old, aud has
cargo Of cotton. She was captured on her
third tip;
Geglge Z. o upayhss .hoei sun asat1sl 1 taus-
INV So,;;n@ ;mnn-tant , wv sncoo>ul;.aI ~.
~. NutnR ~ 'n.a'o9tnu. a nas nltp1isueu.
-.o.o ~ Enr aussIs p !ea .no ae.snsc'
"e'' 'oA1 w. 4enone anu Nu'us E. Auo'e"'
washington Items.
ne Hofd.s washington special says Goy.
~, E1e!9eoef, o1 missouri, had an mterVle" With
Inc ftes1aent to-uay, ana left TINS afternoon
ior IT, 1:onIs.. subcommittee will be ap:.
pointed from the Committee on the Conduct
VI TIC War, to 20 to New Orleans to take
!est'mony concerning Banks Red River expe- I
dldlon.
me 1Tounes washington specia! says:
~ ihe sanita15 commission h9ve shipped stores
10 savannah. a military Board Of Inquiry |
Las be.n constituted to Investigate the cir |
c1mstances attending the sinking Of the !
FLORIDA. The Board Is composed Of Brig. |
Se9; = u: r; ;shipley, President; B5lg; Gen; ).
The Naval Court adjourned sine d;e, without |
coming to any definite decision.
The Hern1.z's Washington special says: Maj. |
Gcn. Ba.,!;s Ta- % have left here this even
ing, to resume immediate command Of the
Department Of the Gulf; Init after in inter-
Tiew with Mr.. Lincoln, hts departure Tas
postponed. Tue reinstatement u Gen, Banks
In command at New Orleans is IN official en-
dols sement OF tho reconstruction policy he
advocated while here. Maj. Gen. Frnnklin
has been appointed President OF the Army
Retiring Board, to sit at will.
From c1ar1cstcu. 40.
The following item tccurs in the Charleston
"Dufinr thc nro-ress of tho cvcb,noa of
prisoners now 9oinT m in thr 1,arbnr ond
which viii nrof"hir 1ost E,r f,ro 1soate NV ~
fha ho;nha rinonnt NJ +ho H., ,.r
the enemy il to be snsnendcd. iJnicr this NJ.
there wns m slr1l;nt- vcstordav
Ne understood twice that that Vas to nnniv
to yntfous hostile BATTERIES in tha hsrhor mi
by some mistaEc the ca,,se nf WhicI w. hnve
rot learned the terms nf truee rnre mt f;,l'T
known at Fort snutcr. md onc NJ o;,r sharG.
shooters at that nost aahnt md t;1teJ va Van.
kee who showed himself at Battery % Grcrr.
Whercupon several of the enemies haftef;es
opcncd ire On Snn,ter F;na11v how"Usr uas hy
tie activftr of C"nt Hotnh ~, n,n1,r ,,ros ~
oDpriecd az t1e natnre nf ,ha ,,istats an5 "n1
annlcrv ten1erel The barhor than ass,,,ra5 n.
more Guiet.,, N1N'~A
Navnl intelligence,
Information reached the Navy Department
today TINT The limited States pnnfoat Cam.
Arnold was Sunk a few days arn bv rebel
torpedo on Roanoke River. az mfles ahoye
Plymouth, n. c. The torpedo was attached
/ r.