Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-01-09
SUNDAY NIGHTS DISPATCHES,
Rebel Accounts.

NEW YORK. Jan. 8.-Thc new Governor
Dlagrath, OF South Carolina, has issued {
proclamation calling upon all free blacl
men between the ages of sixteen and sixty
10 come to the defense of Charleston. will
ingly II they will forcibly if necessary.
Ihe Richmond Enquirer suggests hang
ing certain merchants in Wilmington, who
refused 10 take confederate money while
our fleet was before that city.
The Raleigh Confederate says the surren-
DER or the Junior Reserves by Major Reese.
near Fort Fisher, was an act very damaging
to his reputation. @
BY the Columbia South Carolinian il an
pears that number of Union prisoners
who had agreed to join the rebel army TO
escape rebel prison pen, had been discov-
ered In plot to escape to Sherman's lines.
Seven were shot and the remainder sent to
prison.
Gen. Suliferro is in command of the dis
trict of Charleston, succeeding Gen. Ran
som. Gen. G. w. Smith is in Augusta
Maj Gen. John &. Brown, brother of ex-
Governor Brown, of Tennessee, is recover
ing from his wound received at Franklin.
Inc Raleigh Progress says of the Roam
oke affair, in which the rebels at first claim
ed so great victory, thatit did not amount
to much, no one being killed or seriously
wounded on either side.
Inc Richmond Enquirer reports a skir-
mlsh on the Spring Place road, near Dal-
ton, in which the rebels captured 70 pris-
oners, IL horses and 40 or 50 stand of arms.
No date given.
The Mobile Register reports steamer.
powerfully armed, just completed at that
place, has taken her place in the harbor.-
she has enormous strength and speed.
Richmond papers of the 9Th, in addition
to what was telegraphed last night, have the
following: A violent tornado passed over
Middle Alabama on the 9th of December,
Killing fifteen persons, demolishing large
number of houses and destroying the rail-
road bridge Oh the Montgomery and West
Point railroad, twenty miles east of Mont
gomery. The amount of damage done was
immense.
At the battle of Franklin the Missouri
brigade went into the fight G8S strong. and
had l09 killed, 242 wounded and 96 cap-
tured, making loss of Az. Gen. Cockrell
was wounded three times, but not seriously.
Col. Gates was also wounded. Col. Garland
and Major Parker, with long list OF cap
talns and lieutenants, were among the kill
ed.
The Examiner says: Yesterday a COM
mission from Grants lines arrived at Va
rlna under flag of truce, with 1,j0O blankets
for distribution among the Federal prison.
so
ceived last week.
OF the fifty odd thousand Yankee prison.
ers held in the South not over 10000 are
confined in Richmond, and more than half
OF these are in the hospital for year past.
The great body of them have been shifting
south. Richmond is hard pressed to feed
its supcrabundant population, and the lar pe
armies defending its gates is relieved from
ehc lhcunas OF an oVerstocked prison post
in its midst. r
The reports of Sherman having crossed
the Savannah are confirmed. He is believed
to be moving on Grahamsvile.
Rebel papers furnish the following:
AUGUSTA, Ga, Jan. 5th.-Kilpatrick has
crossed the Alabama, but he is supposed
to be on the Carolina side of the Savannah
river.
Western Virginia papers report that Gen.
Forrest has been killed by one of his own
men.
The Yankees have made raid on the
Mobile d Ohio railroad. They tore up
some miles of track near Verona.
A private letter says that Gen. Price is
not dead.
1t is currently reported here that Gen.
Hood is dead.
CHARLESTON, Jan. 5-No further move |
ments OF the enemy are reported to-day. |
MS iorcc is sUlll concentrating and assem- |
ping between Hardeesville and the Savan-
nah river. There is no truth i'm their re-
ported advance OH Grahamsville. The re-
ported deaths of Hood and Forrest are not
confirmed. From Savannah we learn that
Gen Sherman is pursuing very conciliato-
ry policy, and has issued a proclamation
permitting planters to bring in their pro-
duce as usual, and holds out Inducements
for them to do so. This looks as if he felt
perfectly secure and meant to make all the
friends he can.
The Charleston Mercury understands that
Sherman has given the citizens of Savan-
nah fifteen days TO settle up their bank and
other accounts, which are to balanced in
confederate treasury notes. If this be true
there will be but few open accounts in Sa-
vannah after the fifteen days truce expires.
Everybody and everybody's relation will
be eager to square up at once.