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Runaway.--$50 Reward.
--Ranaway on Friday morning, January 31st 1862 from the subscriber, at Camp, four miles from Manassas, my Negro Man, CÆSar — about six feet three inches high, dark, copper color, thick lips and open mouth, a little round-shouldered, and weighs about 195.
lbs. Had on when he left a brown Petersham coat, gray pants, with black stripes on the sides; black slouched hat, with narrow brim; checked cassimere vest, and a pair Of new pegged hoots, No. 1l. He has been serving me in camp as cook and waiting servant for the last eight months. He may be harbored by free negroes in the neighborhood of Bristol, Centreville, or Manassas, or has made his way to Richmond, where his mother lives.
I will give the above reward for his delivery to me, or if lodged in any jail so that I can get him.
Ro. S. Abernathy,
Capt. "Co. G." 19th Reg. Miss. Vols, fe 5--ts 5th Brigade, Gen. Wilcox Com'g
Landslide, &c.--damages to the Tennessee Railroad.
By a telegraphic dispatch from the President of the above road, received here last night at ten o'clock, we learn that there is a slide in, and culvert gone near Bristol, Tennessee, also, a large slide at Seven Mile Ford, another at Madison, one east of that place, the tressel work washed away; one slide at Mount Alry, three near Wytheville.
one each side of Martin's, and 126 feet of crib work gone; one slide at New River, and tree on the Allegheny Mountains.
It will take some days' hard work to repair the damages.
Which was caused by the heavy rains.
In the meantime travel will be suspended.
Occupation of Nashville by the Federals, &c.
Lynchburg, Feb. 26.--A special dispatch to the Republican, of this city, dated at Bristol to-day, states that the enemy occupied Nashville on Sunday last.
The number of Confederate prisoners taken at Fort Donelson was about 7,000, the number killed about 500, and those wounded about 1,500.
The admitted loss of the enemy, in killed and wounded, ranged from six to ten thousand.
Gen. Gloyd saved all of his command but the 20th Mississippi, and Guy and Jackson's batteries.
They were taken prisoners.
Chattanooga, Feb. 26.--It is reported here that Federal gunboats appeared in the river at Nashville on Yesterday morning.
The capture of Murfreesboro'--the women in battle.
The Bristol (Tenn.) Advocates gives some interesting particulars of the capture of Murfreesboro' by Col. Forrest.
It says:
From thirty to forty of our men were killed, and from forty to fifty wounded. This was done principally by the battery, and from the court-house, in which large numbers of the enemy had taken shelter.
Our men broke a hole in the court house, and were about burning it with its contents, when they learned that the Yankees had a number of the citizens of Murfreesboro' under arrest in a large upper room, in order to try them for treason against the Lincoln dynasty.
Never were soldiers hailed with more enthusiastic expressions of gratitude and exultation than were the Confederate soldiers hailed by the citizens of the town.
Numbers of them, including not a few ladies, joined in the bloody conflict, and with pistols and everything else with which they could fight, assisted in dealing dismay and death
The Daily Dispatch: June 27, 1863., [Electronic resource], The Yankee raid is East Tennessee
The Yankee raid is East Tennessee
--The Yankee raiders who went to Knoxville, Monday, numbered about 3,000 mounted infantry, under Carter and Bird.
They came out of a little Northeast of Sparts, in White county, and came through Kingston, in Roane county, where Bird formerly resided, and where he captured some artillery, The Bristol, Tenn., Advocate, of the 25th inst., says:
When they reached the bridge at Strawberry Plains on the E. T. &Va.
R. Road we understand that they met with some alight resistance before they succeeded in burning it. --Our forces there, however, succeeded in making their escape, losing their artillery (five pieces) and a portion of their small arms.--After destroying the bridge at the plains they came on to Mossy creek and there destroyed another bridge.
Here they resolved to rest a while, turning, their stock, into the grain fields adjacent thereto.
Learning, by some means that our forces were advancing upon them from both East and West, they sa
The Daily Dispatch: September 19, 1863., [Electronic resource], Twenty five dollars reward. (search)
The surrender at Cumberland Gap.
The Bristol (Tenn,) Advocate contains some particulars of the surrender of the Confederate force at Cumberland Gap.
It says:
It is with deep mortification that we announce the unconditional surrender of Cumberland Gap to the Federal forces on Wednesday, the 7th inst. According to the best information we can gather there were 2,100 men in the garrison when it was surrendered.
It is reported, however, that something near a thousand refused to comply with the surrender, and made their escape.
Of these latter it is said that some two hundred belonged to Col. Slemp's (64th Va,) regiment.
Our loss in stores, arms, &c., must be considerable.
Among them was Leyden's battery, of the 9th Georgia battalion--one of the most splendid batteries in the service.-- It was presented to the Confederacy by the merchants of Liverpool, and was stationed near this place for several weeks during the past summer.
That splendid company, the Gilmer Grays, who w