December 17.—Four hundred and sixty Union soldiers, including eleven commissioned officers, taken prisoners before Fredericksburgh, arrived at Richmond, Va.—The one Hundred and Seventy-third regiment of New-York volunteers left New-York for the seat of war.—Baton Rouge, La., was occupied by a portion of the command of General Banks.
—Major-general Grant, commanding Department of the Tennessee, issued an order from his headquarters at Oxford, Miss., expelling every Jew within his department, within twenty-four hours after the publication of the order.
—A fight took place at Goldsboro, N. C., between the expeditionary force of Union troops, under the command of General Foster, and a body of rebels, under General Evans. The object of the Union General was to destroy the Goldsboro railroad bridge, which being accomplished, after nearly two hours’ fighting, he retired, unmolested by the rebels.-—(Doc. 73.)
