The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1864-01-08
NEWS.

D.
Infantry / 9TH Pennsylvania, Dobson 3
Cavalry, and Ewing Battery, and his
safe return to our lines, with the loss
of six men drowned, one officer and
four men wounded, and four Officers
and twenty men missing.
From The official report we make
the following extract
Three depots were destroyed, con.
tanning 1000 bhls. of -four. 10000
bushels of wheat. 100000 bushels
'shcllcd corn. $4,000 bushels oats, ,2000
bIls. meat, several cords cf leather,
1000 sacks Of salt, 3 boxes clothing,
20 bales Of cotton. large amount OF
harness. sllocs aud saddles, equip
mcnts. tools. oil. tar and various 9th
or stores, aud 100 wagons.
The telegraph wire was cat, cOiled
and burned for half mile.
/ The water station. turn-table, and
three cars were burned, and the track
torn up rails heated and destroyed
as much rs possible in six hours
Five bridges and several culvcrts
were destroyed over an extent Of If
teen mics.
y large quantity Of bridge timber
and repairing materials were also de-
stroyed.
! Ny march was retarded occasional
/ ly 10y the tempest in the mountains
and the icy roads.
/ | was Obliged to swim my com.
mand. and drag my artillery with
ropes across Crogs Greek seven times
in "a hours On my return | found
six separate commands under Gems.
i Early. Jones. Fitz Hugh Lee. limbo
den, Jackson. Echols and McCssstin
arranged in a line extending from
Staunton to Newport, upon all the
available roads to prevent my return.
/ captured a dispatch from Gen. Jones
to Gen. Early, giving me the position
and that Of jackson ut Clifton Forge
and CoyiuGton was selected to carry.
| marched from the front of Jones
to that of Jackson at night. His ont
posts were pressed in at a gallop by
the Sth Virginia mounted Infantry,
and the two bridges across Jackson S
River were saved, although faggots
had been piled ready to ignite.
My horses have subsisted entirely
upon a very poor country, aud the of.
ticers and meu have suffered cold
hunger and fatigue with remarkable
fortitude. Ny command has march
ed, climbed, slid and swan $50 mile-
since the Sth inst
I. WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.-The Navy
Department has received official in
formation in relation to the attack ol
b the gunhoat Mayblehcad, in Stono In
let, on Christmas morning, by which
Robt. Brown, Lorenzo ID. Sharr apC
Jos. Phillips were killed. and Charles
Moon, Alex. Henderson, John Hack
EFT and Charles Semmes, were wound
ed.
/ Commander Bolch, OF the Pawnce
says ut 6:25 on the morning of tn
25th of December, the enemy openc,
on the Marhlehead. which was reptile,
to vigorously. At 6:25 the Pawne,
opened fire on the cnemy's battcrie
i O'clock, the grrnboat c. = D, D. y wiz 1nr,ni, 4
on hearing the firing, slipped her ca
bic, and came down Folly river mde
- sail and opened handsomely.
The rapid fire from the three yes
!, sells soon caused the enemy to retreat
'und at $3.50 the enemy had retreate,
Tin disorder, leaving two of his gun
!. in the batteries. The Pawncc the
proceeded OFT Legarsvllc. Soon al
:, ter this, Gen. Gordon, commandn.
the troops on the south end of Foil,
Island, came up.
John Morgan is advertising tor mel
To make up another guerrilla force
: and expects ere long to he in the sad
die. The Southern papers are elo
.QUent on his wrongs. and breathe no
, thing but revenge. 1t is to he hope,
that he may once more try Ohio as
, lounging place; it will not need peni
tentarics to keep him safe. But h
| will not be likely to visit the Buckeye
, again.
\ A CorrERuEAp MAYOR Tho Ian
: caster GAZETTE says that the Demo
cratic Mayor of that place, refused
the use er the City lI9ll for the pur
pose of holding a meeting for the ben
eft Of the soldiers families. He ais
refused the children Of tho Higl
Scnv3.. 70 occupy the Hell, for an ex
, hihition, until everything polite:
was stricken from the programme .
the entertainment. This rule Of tn
doughty Mayor would exclude al
thcators which enact patriotic plays
and all concerts which sing the '!Sta
, .Spane led Banner" That Mayor sho',
be sent down to Dixie where he be
! longs.
+ The rebels are working hard t,
{ build new railroad 10 connect Rich
2 mond with the Gulf States, indepen,
t emily of the Weldon and East Tenucs
see road. It's Southern terminus wi
y be at Greensboro, to which point the
Y expect it to be completed by Jul
/, next.
T. A wreath was exhibited ut fair i
Gloucester, Christmas week, that
composed of the hair of 100 diflercr
residents of that town, none of whol
= were under 70 years of age, while tc
of them are over 90 and one is Gel
tenarian. The lady who made it