The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1865-01-05
Highly Interesting Military News Summary

New York, Sunday, JAM 1.-The N. Y.
Herald editorially thinks Lee is about to
transfer his army, ordnance, magazines, &c,
the reDel capital and the president, eabl
net and congress to Danville,
The mail brought by the Arago recently,
from Sherman's army, contained over 200.
900 letters, the largest single mail ever re-
ceived at the New York post office. 1854 nd
FORTRESS MONROE Dec. 30.--Nearly all
the steamers composing the portion of the
extraordinary feet under command of Mai
Gen. Butler, which sailed from this port
several weeks since, have returned in safety
notwithstanding the severe storm expert
enced along the coast and while anchored
off Wilmington. The Santiago de Cuba and
Fort jackson have been the only vessels at
taehed to the naval fleet which have yet ar
rived from off Wilmington, and the latest
adYices from Admiral Porter represents him
as still sabjecting Fort Fisher to vigorous
bombardment. 51a Is iii s..sJ
sThe Norfolk Regime. of to-day, contains
the following correspondence from Fort
Fisher, dated the 9th inst. THE shore is
strewn with broken boats which have been
wrecked in one way or another they lay
scattered along the beach from Fort Fisher
Masonboro, were destroyed by fire last Sat
urday Many of the vessels have with
drawn from these waters, and the lombard
ment may be said to have come to an end
''The Hon. Montgomery e. f. P. Blair ar
rived here yesterday and left at late hour
last night on visit to the army operating
against Richmond. 250 OF the n. g. reserves
captured by Mai. Gen. Butler in the vicini-
ty of Fort Fisher, disembarked from tive
steamer Baltic, yesterday, en- route TO Point
Lockout Md The condition of these pri g.
oners was exceedingly wretched, many of
them being without blankets or overcoats
and in some cases shOeless and hatless.
Two.thirds OF the number apparently had
not reached the age of twenty one, while the
remaining third of them ranged between
the years of 10 and 1G
NEW York, Sunday Jan. Midnight.
The New York Board of Supervisors have
authorized loan of 1000. 900 to increase
the bounty Of recruits to one thousand dol.
lars. 1t is estimated that the quota for New
York, under the present call, will be 95, 900
if all excuses under previous calls, both for
the army and navy, are allowed. A strong
effort will be made to secure the credit of
1000 naval recruits hitherto assigned to
Brooklin
A Washington special says that about
$500, 600 have thus far been expended in
paying to paroIed prisoners at Annapolis com
mutation of rationsa due them while in the
hands of the rebels Up to yesterday 5000
had received their certificates
The Post Office Department finding that
the letter delivery system works badly, has
determined to confine it to large cities.
A large number of applications for passes
to Savannah have been made to the War
Department, but were nearly all refused.
Col. Milford will go to Richmond this
week, authorized to negotiate under a new
cartel that will probably exchange the
whole of our prisoners in the South The
largest number of our prisoners are at Flor
ence 5. e., 100 miles north of Charleston.
A large number have recently been sent to
Lynchburg about $4,000 were sent south
from Savannah There was no army with
them equal to the force Sherman sent in pur-
suit The HeraJd'& Hilton Head special
says Gen. Hatchs column commands the
railroad at Durands Point"
The Richmond Examiner of the 10Th saws
that the Pirate Alexandria has been seized
at Nassau by order of the British Govern
ment. The same paper says that Savan-
nah is full of Yankee merchants and Jews.
The cotton probably belonged to them, and
we may be assured that they will do every.
thing TO prevent its being destroyed The
excuse is that a conhagration would have
consumed the town; but Savannah had bet
ter be in ashes than in Yankee possession.
Sherman says he took 500 prisoners; if
lie did SO, they must have been skulkers who
wished to be taken
The Richmond SeatjaeJ Of the 29th says
that the repulse Of the enemy's fleet at Fort
Fisher gives great exultation, and turns the
tide which seemed SO much against us.