Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1865-01-09
THE EVENING STAR.
NEWsFROM REBEL sOURCEs.

RICHMOND DATES TO JANUARY s.
Reported Death OF Hood and Forrest-The
Rumor not ConfIrmed-Story Of Prices
Death Denied-Late Intelligence from
CharIestou-The Situation in Savan.
nah-Sherman's s'Conciliatory Policy
CenjectureS 4 bout has misunderstanding
of Cotton Destroy ed-saae Of Three Hun
dred Slaves.
Richmond papers Of January 8 furnish the
following Items:
AUGUSTA, Jan. 4.-Kilpatriek has not crossed
the Altamaha, Int is Supposed to be on the
Carolina side OF the Savannah River.
Western Virginia papers report that Forrest
has been killed by one of his own men.
Yankee raid en- the Mobile ana Onlo
railroad tore up niles OF the track near We
private letter says that General Price is
not dead.
Hood is dead.
From Charleston.
l!HAR,RsroN January 5.-No further move
ments of the enemy are reported to day His
forces are still concentrating, and are assem-
bling between Vaudeville and the Savannah
river There is NO truth in their reported ad-
vance ON Grahamsyille.
Unconfirmed Reports.
The reported deaths of Generals Hood and
Forrest are not confirmed.
From Savannah.
F<om Savannah we learn that General Sher-
man is pursuing very conciliatory order to-
wards the people OF Savannah, and has issued
a proclamation permitting planters to bring In
their produce as usual. and holds out induce
ments for them TO do So This looks as If he
felt perfectly secure, and meant to make all
the friends he could.
The charleston Mercury understands that
Sherman has given the citizens Of Savannah
fifteen days 10 settle up their bark and other
accounts, which are to be balan ced in Con fede-
rate Treasury notes. II this really is true,
there will be but few open accounts in Savan-
nah, after the fifteen days OF grace expire.
Every body and every body's relations will be
eager to square up at once.
The Rival Tennessee Armies.
General Hood being now safely across the
some interest details of his future motions
Thomas will endeavor, by all practicable
means, TO prevent him, IT possible, but delay
him al all events from proceeding to Charles
ton, or any other point in the prospective line
of Sherman's mach. Whether it be the object
of Hood to march to the defence of Charleston
remains TO be seen. If such is his determining
alton, we may anticipate more severe f1ghtin.
between the rival armies of Tennessee. Mean
while Sherman's march porthward from Sa-
vannah does not appear to be making vers
rapid Roadway. Possibly the weather hay
been unpropitious, or other and more impor-
tant causes have combined to impede his ad-
vance upon Charleston. We hear nothing of
interest from that quarter.
A despatch of the 4th says:
1.-The city OF Savannah continues quiet. An
order has been issued not to cut the shade trees
for fuel. sherman proposes to bring wood by
the GNlf railroad.
The 14th and 18th Corps are In entrench-
ments, reaching from savannah near 10 Tue
Plank road.
The Yankees are building new pontoon
bridge opposite the exchange. Many negroes
who joined Sherman in the country are leaving
The roads are lined with them.
Sherman is giving levees to the negroes in
Savannah.
Several Federal steamers are engaged re-
moving obstr actions from the river.
About three hundred negroes were sold in
Augusta on Tuesday, at auction, at an average
of from three thousand to three thousand Ave
hundred dollars each.
Several buildings and five hundred bales Of
cotton were burned in Albany, Georgia, last
Tuesday, by an ncendiary.
From Texas.
The yellow fever has entirely subsidized at
Galveston and Houston.
General Kirby Smith has impressed tobacco
for the use of the army.
From the Trans. N ssis sippi.
Everything was quiet in the tTans-Mssis-
sippi No Yankees south of the Arkansas
river. The condition OF our (the rebel) army
was fine. The troops ara well clothed and fed.