Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1865-01-14
Rebel New =.
WASHINGTON, Jan. b.
Richmond nnnrrs of SnInrllnN, Ian. I'll

WASHINGTON, Jan. g.
Richmond papers of Saturday, Jan. eth
contain the following items;
"SfoHLE, Jan "a raid is reported al
vancing south, towards Smithticld, 20 milcs ,
| north of Aberdeen, Tire destruction uf
property is unknown 1T is also reported
| that General Hoods army has Crusseu the !
Tennessee river, ana is moving ON Tupelo,
which place win probably be the future
base of operations
"4hc Fort Gaines prisoners nrc expected
to arrive iii this city to-day from Western
North Car llina.n
The Raleigh Cagyc,,erute, of January Sd,
says 1--WE learn that on December 22d
fight took place at Shoemakers Gap be-
tween the companies of Captains n. Price,
Ross, and Gortrell, and some descrters, TO-
ries and robbers. They attacked our forces
9 from IN ambush but were speedily routed
and severely chastised. They lost IA killed.
: 4 wounded, and 4 were captured. We lost
= /, no killed or wounded. The woods were
l. i fired during the engagement, which caused
the discharge of n considerable number of
= guns which mad been thrown away by the
| enemy.
{, captain Price was in command of the
" battalion, and distinguished himself by
= GOODNESS and bravery, as did his entire com
's mauln
y The Columbia Carolinian says: General
q d. II. Hill passed down the South Carolina
Is railroad yesterday, under orders TO report
z To Gen. Bcaurcgard at Charleston.
n The Rebel notices the arrival at Selma, o
$ "a detachment Of 400 or 800 galyanizct
a Yankees, under the charge OF Captain
X Clark and Ricc and Adjuant Seymour, o
II the 10th Tennessee, on their way to th
D. front. They are strong, able-bodied sol
lt dicrs, mostly Foreigners, embracing aimoS
II. every European nationality, with only
VI slight mixture OF the genuine Yankee. Capt
al Clark inform us that almost any numbc
'h could have been obtained, but that onl
ly those were accepted who had no families II
the North and few tics To attach them t
that section. They will be distribute
through the Irish regiments of the Army {
la the Tennessee, and Viii ill up their dcple
er ed ranks"
he At the battle of Franklin the Missou
ld Brigade went into battle GSS strong, an
nj had 100 killed, 242 wounded, and 81 cal
y iUrct, making total loss of 4i7. O'
lis Gutz was also wounded. Gen. Cocker'
III WAS wounded three times, bnt not scSiousl.
IL Col. Garland and Major Parker, with "a lou
nd list OF captains and heutenants, were anon
nj ihy killed.
!" WAsIIGIuN, Jan. 8.
ms Richmond papers of Friday, January
-rs in addition to what has been already tel
no. graphGd, contain the following:
am ~ violent tornado passed over Midd
NJ. Alabama on December 21th, killing titct
ii. persons, demoishing large nnmhcr
he houses, and destroying the railroad brid;
ed on the Montgomery and West Point Raj
,It road, twenty miles east OF Montgomcr
he The amount Of damages done Vas III
-er nlensc.
nm The EIuminer says: yesterday COZ
.L missioner from Grants lines arrived ut V
,cn rina, under II flag Of truce, with 1900 bla
, kcts for distribution amongst the FEEDER
we prisoners in Richmond, in addition to l,Ol
nn rucei> eel last week.
II, ''Of the fifty odd thousand Yankee pr
J., oncrs held III the Suuth, not over 2,OOO u
confined in Richmond, and more than h'
of these arc in the hospitals. For the yei
past the great body of them has been shil
,,,. ing South, and Richmond. hard pressed
feed its superintendent population, and Il
large army defending its gates, is relieve
from the incubus ui an uycrstockcd prls'
post IN its midst.
The report uI Sherman's having crosse
Il the Savannah river is confirmed, ana lac
the believed to hr moving on GrahamsvllIc'