The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1865-01-14

len Fer, Branch, on the Roanoke, the preceding
MONDAY, unsi the engagement, had With the Yam
| ices on The ocrsrou Of thor late advance was
very small sfAir-n6t man being killed on eithei
| side, and none seriously wounded. Col. Hinton
and Ave six men were a.sn by the Yankees
while eight ~ tho rcdsras tax On by our boys
Two ~ the Yankee guuhoat we're blown up In the
! river by tor e'oes. Col. Whuord's arm was trV-
Ken, hut vas Thought there was no danger Of his
| ..suz It TIE nemy came above Fort Branch,
Re otning sisrbaL they retired Plymouth
gu niaa,ug aIy de,srmiued effort ~ take H.
D,r,ich,s irlui Caarles,on Z, Jan. tih, state;
l.um ssv,rnah We lesrn ,bat Gen Sherman 10
piTsulng vety e'usu,atpry policy. and has issued
PROCLAMATION perm Ting plant'fs " bring IN tier
fr'cuce as usual, and ,SoIas out inducements for
.iem ~ do b.. Ih.s looks az Z hc felt perfect
'drc and senl % Ak all the ircnds he could.
TIC Charlcs,7. MtrcrCY understands that ler-
ma has vtn tio cit.4,u OF Savannah fifteen days
Co sc,te up t.oT AK aud Of or accounts, which
Ic TO be balanced in Confederate treasury notes.
u ihs he true there viii bc but fow open accounis
- savannah ster the tiitevn day truce expires.
t'erJ body and ever bOdys relations will be eager
' u i4ro UP At once. Gen. Hood being now safely
..rJss the rnnesSee River beyond Ill doubt, We
."ai' with some Interest," Tor dctsils Of his future
n.oScueuts. ton. Thomas will end by all
practical means T. prevent Tim IT p sBible, bu, do
~ a. IN NJ all cyeuHs from ptpccedn- " Ch arles-
ton, VI any otAci Iout 10 the prospective line Of
shcilusn's march. Whe.h,r Il be tie Object VI
~ 10 marh o. the u, once II Charleston 70 aims
W y" fcu NbatcNof hs destLhtlou, We may an
LcipAie more severe 'hnng between the rival
armies of tie Tennessee. Meanwhile Shornan's
msfch northwsrd FROM savannah docs not appear
t"ue making very RAPID headway. The weather
mas cen unproptiuuH, or other and more iuicrt-
ant eau 90 have combined to impede bis advance
upon Charleston
The RNhtnoTid sEsrnEL has y iong article ON the
l'rlce OF beet, which Ia scng at Biz dollars pound,
AL Complains th., the government, ascut appoint.
~ n q M s.li,n t.,,t
now charges more than he ,pccuistofs. Il adds;
Tho reorle Of Rcttnond--the great multitude
Who by The most unr mittng labor, csnno, make
ope-haf the sum paid to government clerks are
starving. Ihis ~ not = flourish, but fixed taCt.
The syaricc OF tradera hucSs,er1 and butchers b.ve
spine1hng
tBy Teegraph)
Richmond papers Of the 9Th, have the following
yiolen, tornado passed over Middle Alabama
on NE H,h Oi DecointeT, kill.ns hiieen persons
DIMINISHING lArgo number Of houses, and destroy
~ the Railroad fridge on TIE Montgomery snd
Wes1 PJ,nt Railroad, ~ males at Of Mont. emery.
Ine amount OF damage done was iinInouse. =,
At the battle vi franklin The Missouri Brigade
went into the night 6SS srong aud had 100 killol,
"a wounded aud ~ uAp.ufod--Iu.kius . loss Of
40. General Cockerel was woun ie4 three umus'
Uut not seriously. Col. Gates was also wounded.
Col. Gsrisnd aud Major Parker, with q long list "
captains and heutsnsnts were among the killed.
Tic ExAsIsm says;
Yesterday commission from Grants lines ar
r'ei 81 Varins, under flag Vi truce, with fifteen
Hundred blankets for dlstr intuition among the Pod
ersl prisoners at Richmond, IN addition " one thou
sand received last week, Fifty odd tlrou sand Yam
kee PRISONERS held In the uIn, but not over two
hOuran1 ore eOnilnoi in cGmond, and more than
itli Of these are In the huspItsl. Fors year pAsG
the grcas body Of tnoni have been shii4ug South
HicLInnnd 10 hard pressol To feed its supei abund
ant Opullu n, and the large arm es duenui NJ a.
nd rDfu a 1ltfa ala ,ts.r.
slo, sed prison post IN seer lniusI.
The repor,s Of Sherman having crossed the ga.
yAnnah are confirmed. lie ia believed " be moving
on Grahamsvillc.
Washingto'- Jan. s.-Rchmond papers Of the
al instant contain tho following items;
Mobile, Jan 5.-A rad Is reported advancing
South toward sm..hhcll, 90 uos north A. Der.
deem The destruction Of property is " kn yyn.
l, - also reported that Con. Hood army h.. .ross.
ed the Tennessee River, and IS moving ON Iupelo,
which will probably 10 the future base Of operations
The Fort Gaines prisoners are expected ~ arrive in
III = . ty to-day.
% inst, that ou the ~ OF December fight took
pace ut Shoemaket's Gap, lotwceu Captains W
Ps,'c, Ross and GNr.rel 'icoynpsncs- and some de-
serters, tlrlcg nnd iuhterH They attacked our
forces from ambush, hui were speedily routed and
wounded.
The Columbia CAuorINAS says General u. II.
HI passed. down tire south Carolina Railroad yes
terday under orders to report TO General Beaur,-
gard at Charleston.
The RRBHL notices the arr val at Selma, Ala, on
the goth ult., Of deianl uent Of four or five hun
dred galvanized YANKEES" under the charge Of
Capts. Clark and Rice and Aijutsni Sey mour ~ The
lob Tennessee, their way 10 the 'front.' They are
Gays tn REnEt! ftrong, able-bodcd soldiers
mostly foreigners. Only those were accepted who
had uo families in the Nor,h and lew ties TO attach
Iheu to that section.