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The Daily Dispatch: January 9, 1862., [Electronic resource], Northern news items. (search)
The news from Kentucky is very important. The rebels, under Generals Johnston and Buckner, have destroyed a large portion of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad beyond Green river, burhing all the material of which it was constructed that could be thus con At last advices they were engaged in blowing up the tunnel, which is some three hundred feet in length. There is nothing of particular interest reported by the arrival of the transports Roanoke and Cahawba from Port Royal. Com. Truxton, of the sloop-of-war Dale, is rapidly becoming acquainted with the rebel positions in the country around him, their strength, &c. Reconnoissances are being made, with some success, in the neighborhood of the Edisto river. The military movements are unimportant. A new naval expedition is said to be on the tapis. A rebel privateer succeeded in running the blockade off Charleston harbor on the night of December 29, having previously made several ineffectual attempts. Newspaper Opini