THE WAR IN AMERICA.

Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 41, 31 March 1863, Page 5 (Supplement)

THE WAR IN AMERICA.

We have files from America to the 12th January. We take the followipg particulars from .our files :-r-The intelligence of the important events that have transpired is in various particulars meagre and fragmentary. The following abstract connects the narrative of events, so far as they can be collected from telegrams, frequently inconsistent : Great fear had for some time prevailed concerning the fate of the armies of the south-west, and the results have shown •that they were not without foundation. Both the generals, Grant and Kosencranz, had been cut off from their bases of operation, and the choice of time and opportunity lay at the mercy of the Confederates. Gen. Grant had marched southward, crossing Tennessee, and penetrating Mississippi, some 70 or 80 miles to the south-east of Memphis. His supplies were to be drawn from Columbus, along 250 miles of railway, and he had no second line of communication. Taking advantage of this ill - chosen position, the Confederates had no difficulty, by an ingenious, but very obvious diversion, in compelling the garrison at the Tailway-station of Holly Springs to surrender with a large amount of stores, seizing finally on the whole line of railroad, and eventually threatening Columbo itself. General Grant appears to have had no alternative left but to cut his way to Memphis, with a view to form a new base of operations. . Simultaneous with these movements a still more important struggle has been going forward in Tennesssee. General Eosencranz occupied Nashville, the capital of the- State, which i& connected by. Railway with Louisville in Kentucky. Here the Confederates under Morgan again seized ; upon the line, and cut off the Federal general from his communication with the North. Under these circumstances Rosencranz marched_Bou|hjgard some thirty j^bs^|^flflH|^^HflMflM

of explanation or apology, when she replied, pointing to half a dozen dead Federals lying within sight of her house, f I am repaid for all I have suffered by the sight of these.' " The Lyunchhurg Bepublican of the Ist states that " a body of 5,0 00 Federal cavalry, composed of one Pennsylvanian regiment and others unknown, have destroyed nine miles of the East Tennessee and Virgina railroad, burning the important bridges over the Holston and "Watawga rivers, and capturing 200 rebel cavalry who were guarding the former." The Republican says "it will take several weeks to repair the damages, at a time when the road is taxed to its utmost capacity." It characterises the Yankee raid of nearly 100 miles as one of unexpected daring and audacity. The Confederates have made another raid out of Virginia. A Washington dispatch of the 4th says r — " On Friday a large detachment of Stuart's cavalry, commanded by Major Herring, made a dash into Dumfries and captured some public stores and ten sutlers' waggons, for the greater part belonging to Maine and New York regiments. Two drivers only escaped by cutting traces and riding off on their horses. The movement on the part of the rebels was accomplished with extraordinary expedition." The Philadelphia Press, of the 6th, has a Nashville dispatch which says that ' Colonel Bruce has recaptured Glarfesville, Tennessee, and taken- a number of prisoners, and 8,000 barrels of flour, which he sends to Philadelphia; He states further that the river is rapidly rising. : At New Orleans, Christmas Day was marked with unusual rowdyism. Eight persons were arrested for cheering for Jeff. Davis, among them a lieutenant of her Majesty's ship Vesuvian. He was very violent, ,and assaulted' the policemen. He-was placed in the stocks and the following day fined 50 dollars. The British schooner, Emma Tuttle, Myhich was lately captured while atHHMM|^^^^^ie blockade at Wil- : Bay,

■■'■■■' ' " j * he cannot, "although," says a New York correspondent, " mast husbands under similar circumstances do .get married, and the law does not touch them. Mr James to-day is not the husband of the late Mrs James If she is single, he is too, in a common-sense point of view, although the law says that he is not."