The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1865-01-03
Many Nrwa

troui q tie S sih CORPS Ter the ps
few days Indicating offensive NOV,
meuts BY tba rebels Itrthoued, S.
some obey were intended 70 e5naea
the Withdrawal q iroeps-- porto.
! p Lynehburg, or iothal dirreiioa. ..
& operate agajns, sheridan. ana aao,h,
3 20 aIl Che force az Wlminso or d
: Charle ton.
Gen. Butler aud staG arrived a
Aikou' Landing on ,ho 2S.h.
A derier report. thai Re was told
Gen lee coatsmr0ales movement
within thirty days which would aston
ish The world
A lady, on her way North from
: Richmond, represents affairs 10 tia
: city more gloomy than ever. Decla
rations that the rebel cause Is hopeless.
are openly made among the people
Southern politicians visit tie army
+ daily to encourage tbs soldiers.
! The Hera'ds New Orleans cores.
pondence says:
Two recent expeditions from Nor
ganzia into the interior OF Louisiana
had met with great success, in break
ing Up the guerilla camps, capturing
stores, &c. Twenty-Five hundred reb.
els, under Writ Adams and Scott, were
threatening Baton Rogue on the 2lth
Richmond papers say Mosby was
wounded, but not mortally.
The Herald Publishes accounts
from the navy and the land force, in
the attack on Fort Fisher. The de.
tails are all interesting, and DO not
pile up much glory on the head Of Gen
Butler.
Il is thought the bulk Of Hoods ar
my is still north of the Tennessee riv-
er. Hood first attempted 10 strike
the Tennessee River at Decatur, but
Gen. Granger occupied the place in
advance and headed him Oft. At the
same time, the gun5oats came up the
river and compelled him TO abandon
the point near Florence, where he
had pontoons.
Fort Monroe, Dec 30.--Nearly ali |
the steamers composing the portion Of !
the expeditionary fleet under the com
mand of Maj, Gen. Batter, which sail
ed from this port several weeks since,
have returned in safety, notwithstanl-
ing the severe storm experienced
along the coast and while anchored OF
Wilmington.
The Santiago de Cuba and Fort
Jackson have been tie only vessels
to the naval feet, which have
as yet arrived from Off Wilmington,
and the latest adyices received FROM
Admiral Porter, represents him as
still subjecting Fort Fisher to a yigor- !,
,us bombardment.
New York, Jan. 1.-The Richmond
S.cominey has the following:
"The seige OF Wilmington is over. !
The telegraph dispatch tells the whole =
tory, which is as follows;
Wilmington, n. G. Dec. 23.-Tbe !
federal feet has disappeared, and on :
= the usual blockaders remain. .
EXPEDITION THROUGH TIE GuLF i
TATEs.--Meagre accounts are vet
Of the expedition under Gen p
davidson, which left Baton Rogue q
'ov. ~, but it was known that il ar al
we'd safely at Pen5acola, Florida. hay. to
e passed through southern louisa n
a, Mississippi and Alabama, and wes- =
ru Florida. na
The Richmond papers predicted til
at the expedition would be annihi- sa
ted but it met with little opposi- i,
IN, and destroyed large quantities of j
bel army supplies, occupying mum "
n OF towns, tearing up railroads re-
Irning bridges, capturing a number bo
prisoners, two valuable mails. and OF
ilicting immense damage on the en- III.
~ generally. The operations caus-
great conformation. Tie entire
suailtcs were two killed, eight
bundled, and forty captured. The %
papers called earnestly on FIR
g people 70 rise and destroy lhe in .ou
ders, bat the people did not respond -
Late rebel papers give additional MA
counts Of Dayidsons work from Ba- cot
J Rogue across the southern portions el
four or five Of the Gulf States. A. III
,ng other work, portions Of Mobile
Ohio and Moble& Great Northern q
ilroads were destroyed. &c
- rec
a letter from that vile copperhead, strc
'nry Clay Dean, 10 Mrs Morris, one me.
the conspiralors to be tried By mil GER
~ commission at Cincinnati, has ed
into the papers II Was written a viii
ok after election, and Dean said tie KIN
& thing to be done was to get the ers,
nncrals lllll.nd - E,r..i.l.