The Soldiers' journal. (Rendezvous of Distribution, Va.) 1864-1865, 1865-01-11
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS.

AT last accounts part of Sherman's forces
had started on expedition, the, destination
Branchville, the point OF Junction between Inc
Georgia and Carolina Railroads
of the twelve thousand Union officers and
soldiers recently exchanged Oft savannah an no
Charleston, not twenty per CENT Will ever o S;n S
for service again. Five hundred nave uleo
since thew have ueen handed over to us.
A woman in Detroit recently in a tit OF rage
with her husband, threw his favorite dog through
the window. The spouse retaliated Dy cnro ,,'s
ing the baby after the dog, Wheh Pea0o ""'
agreed upon.
"A man recently executed for desertionfn
the Army of the Potomac was smoking cigar
as he mounted the scatfold and before the rope
was adjusted around his neck cody pulled upon
tito see if it was sufficiently strong to suspend
him.
The Boston Herald says the cotton captured
by Sherman at Savannah is enough to pay the
whole ex pense of the campaign from Atlanta 10
Savannah or the whole cost OF the war for q week.
| 1t is also nearly as much American cotton as
| has been thrown on the market for twelve
months before, and 1t cannot fail to have an Ell
| feet upon the price of cotton fabrics.
| The reaction in favor of Ben. Butler, and
| the justification of his withdrawal from Fort
! Fisher, were made complete by the publication
| of report of the military operations at Will
mington, in The NORFOLK Regime, made by the
| Editor of the paper who accompanied the expe.
| dtion in a capacity most favorable for observa-
| ton.
M. Babinet of the French Institute has dis
covered the means OF cooking wlthouC nre. ne ns
his terneriments. His receipt is: Place your
food in black pot, covered with sundry panes
| of glass; and stand it in the sun. The water
| soon boils, and the food is said to be OF Detter
| flavor than if cooked III the ordinary way.
| While Garrett Davis of KY, was running
muck, few days since, at the Government, In
behalf of some imprisoned Kentucky traitors,
are a traitor" Her husband persuaded ner IN
to the hall and begged her to keep quiet. :"
| won't be quiet" she answered. "'rhat Senator
| 10 trai tOr
| men. he and all other traitors would be flung
out of this Congress-
| We are informed by persons who seem to
have been informed in regard to the secrets OF
the secession leaders, that Il plan was seriously
discussed by the rebel authorities, for the SUD
den massing of all their available force In vlr-
ginia in the event OF their AFFAIRS peconng ues
perate, and marching into the Northern States,
with the determination to conquer peace or
die in the attempt. May not this have some
connection with the reported unusual SUE III the
rebel camps at RichmOndf
Francis p Blair, senior, and Montgomery
Blair, have gone to Richmond on mission OF
peace. 1t is questioned here if their errand is
self-inspired, or if they went In ooedience TO s
Davis 1t is understood that the passes and or.
ders which cover this expedition were received
by the President -
THE above item created quite sensation with
the press last week, but has since completely
exploded, the Bairs having only paid friend
ly visit to Gen. Grant
. l Letters from the Gull DopafClHeno luloI iAt
us that on the 18th ut., Major General Granger
: commanding the forces cooperating with the
] feet in Mobile Bay, landed with considerable
force at East Pascagoula, and proceeded brisk,
from that point on the road toward Mobile. Ii
: three days, on the east side ola small! stream
4 known as Franklin creek, the expedition en-
countered force of the enemy and are reported
to have driven them from their position after .
sharp skirmish. AT last accounts Gen. Granger
, who had been Joined by Gen. Davidson and hi,
forces was pushing forward. The information
. CLEANED from refugees and others coming from
I Mobile was to the effect that the place was gar