Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1865-01-12
NEWS FROM RrBEL SOURCES.

We extract the following items rom the
Richmond papers OF January 10:
Great Fire at Charlotte. ~. C.-Suppltes
and the Railroads.
A fire has occurred IN Government store-
house al Charlotte, in North Carolina. II con-
tanned forty thousand bushels of corn, only
ten thousand bushels of-Which were saved,
and mat In parched condition; also, some
sugar, no meat This is the loss BY what
means II was caused-whether ty the agency
OF Yankee incendiary or the single negli-
eence OF guards not yet ascertainad. The
public s,tention Is much more engaged with
the general facts that vast denominations OF
not forwarded TO the army with the diligence
required by the present condition OF affairs
The fault is evidently in the railroads bet weeu
Richmond and Greensboro. and the blame has
generally teen laid on the Richmond and Dam
willie Company.
Additional Particulars.
CHARLOTTE, Jan. 9.-Ths fire which oc-
CURED here Sunday morning was the result of
accident The Paypaster's Office, in which
tie lire origins ated, and the Government ware
houses, including the Quartermaster's and
Commiss sary's offices, and portion OF the North
Carolina and Charlotte and South Carolina
depot buildings were burned. The loss was at
first estimated as high as s20Otat00 I'm present
currency, but has since been greatly reduced
by the quantity Of grain, sugar, &c, saved
tlom the rpinS.
From South Carolina.
CHARLESTON. Jan s-A despasch from Ora
hams dated u p. m, says; Nonews from the
x II
SavaHnah b reports That sherman has sent the
l7th corps round TO Beaufort. TO cooperate
with Fosters troops between Pocotallgo and
COosawatCbie.
From Charleston.
CHARLESTON, Jan. 9.-Noihing received
from below 10. day. A despatch from Macon
reports the enemy ere or TWO thousand strong,
with wagons and artillery on the Ocauee river,
moving in the direction of south western
Georgia.
General Joseph x. Johnston.
General Johnston was In Columbia, South
Carolina, on the 5th instant.
Latest from The South and Southwest.
The following dispatch has been received at
The War Department, from Macon. Ga.
General Hood reports from Tupelo, jan
nary 6, that Thomas appeared TO be moving
up the Tennessee river until O'Clock a. m. on
the 5th."
Sherman Moving.
"Seonts report six gunboats and sixty trans
ports had passed Savannah, going toward East
Point, loaded with troops and supplies.
"P. I. BEAURKeARD, Major General"
War News.
From Richmond Examiner. Jan. Q
Thtre was heavy shelliDg Of Dutch Gap
yesterday. Despite all their bras, the canal is
not com plete. The explosion failed to open IL,
and il must he finished, IL finished at ali, by
dredging, under the fire of our cannon.
General Hoods Report Of the Battle at
Nashville.
We have, at last, General Hoods official tel
egrGphic version of the battle In front OF Nash
Vile. 1t was received Saturday al the War
MACON, Jan 1850 Cen S. Cooper -
Gen Hood reports from Spring Hill, December
%, that Oh the morning OF the 18th instant, in
front OF Nashville, the enemy attacked both
fiaDks OF his army They were repuised on
the right with heavy loss, but towards even
ing, they drove in his infantry outposts on the
left flank.
Early on the 10th the enemy made general
attack on his entire line. Ali their assaults
were handsomely repulsed with heavy loss,
until 81 p. m, when portion of our line 10
the left OF center gave way, causing our line to
give way at all points, our troops retreaung
rapidly.
{" Fifty pieces Of artillery and several
ordnance wagons were lost by us on thst
day.
"Our loss in killed and wounded was
heretofore small-in prisoners not aseer-
tanned.
"Msjor Gen. Edward Johnson, Brig .9en'ls
l.. Il. Smith and II. X. Jackson were captured.
80. 7. BEAUREGARD, General"
Sherman and Thomas.
While Gen. Grant, from policy OF force OF
circumstances remains quiet within his en-
treDchments on the banks OF the James, his
coadJutors, Sherman and Thomas, keep their
troops in motion, and bid f:ir to throw the
Lieutenant General tinto the shade" and
monopoliZe the popular honors which the
Yankees SO ravishly bestow upen their military
heroes.
1t seems TO be well ascertained that g
large portion OF Sherman's army is advancing
in the direction of Charleston, but whether
his spurposeis to attemptthe capture OF that city,
or move towards Branchville, cannot be as
certalned until he reaches the Combahee
River.
The Charleston and Savannah Railroad ex-
tends in westerly direction from Savannah
10 The Combahee Isl miles), and thence 10
Charleston in lire almost about dne east, $50
milas). The South Carolina Railroad from
Charleston TO Augusta) runs from charleston
10 BTanchyille (62 miles) in a norihwesterly
direction, so that Branch Vile is due north OF
Salkehatcbis, the peint at which the Charles
ton and Savannah road crosses the Combahee
II Sherman forces his Way To this river he can
move either towards Charleston go miles J. or
Bran Vile. due north (iO miles), and In case
OF any disaster or reverse, can fall back To
Broad river, above Beaufort, under cover OF
the Yankee gunboats. ......
II the railroad from Charleston to Branch
Vile is kept intact, Sherman's purposes, what
ever they may be, will probably be thwarted,
and we shall Eot be surprised 10 hear any day
that Fitzpatrick has been sent for ward TO cutH,
provided Sherman's infantry are not enceunt-
tred and driven back west Of the Combahee.
At last accounts they were moving oward
GTahamyllle, which is twenty miles from the
river.
In regard TO Thomas movements we have
no new development. Its surmised by some
that his destination is Southwestern Virginia,
and eventually the rear OF Gen Lees army.
his would be q sLupeIdous undertaking, with
bptthe faintest hope OF success, aud, therefore,
We cannot believe that such an attempt TO out
Sherman Sherman will be mada. 1t is more
probable that the main body of Thomas army
VIII be kept In tennessee AS corps of obser-
yatisn, whilst large detachments will be sent
as re Inducements TO Virginia and Louisiana,
THE DRAFT-ProvostM Marshal General Fry
it would seem, has modified his recent order
concerning the draft. dispatch dated Har-
ris burg, the 1O.h. says:
Major r J. Dodge, Provost Marshal Gene
raj OF Pennsy lvania has issued circulars an-
founcing that by directions received from
Provost Marshsl General Fry, the district
quotas asslgLe ed by him, under the call OF De-
cember 18th, 1864. and announced to the dis
trict provost marshals OF the State by letters
from Major Dodge, dated Decent Der goth, are
repealed. and that new quotas will be estab-
lshed for the different districts by January
3lst, upto which time corrected enrollments
will be received. .-">3
A letter from New York also states:
"SupeT visor Blunt, who was sent TO Wash
ington to see about the draft, retnrRed on
Tuesday, as smiling as a basket OF ohipH, and
he assures every body that IL is all right, New
Noxl a ha.- i.a athar rZnrds. IL