Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1862-04-10

GnTce DAYS ago, UT Wuat ulSdSGeIS--lI Hy-tDcy
have met with is probably from prudential mo-
tives-kepta profound secret Being only per-
mitted to record the bulletins issued by the As
ISOLATED Press. under the authority of the War
Department, it would be extremely improper in
us to presume to have any knowledge of events
beyond that which comes to us from the only
source from which official information in regard
to war matters is now derived. We simply
state therefore-all rumors to the contrary, not
withstanding-tha the news from Fortress
Monroe amounts to just this, and nothing more.
Shipping Point and other places formerly occu-
pied by the Confederates, have been taken by
the Federal troops some skirmishing and cam
nonading have occurred between the outposts
in which three Federal soldiers are said to have
been killed. and six wounded. We are also in
formed that up to the departure of the boat on
Sunday evening there were ono signs of the
Merrimac."
General McClelan's movements on Richmond
are acknowledged by the Examiner to be of sc
imposing nature as to render the demonstra-
ton both serious and formidable. 1t is believed
in Richmond that the Federal army now con.
centrating upon that city numbers one hundred
and eighty thousand men, including the forces
of Burnside, and the supposed plan of operations
is explained Momcntous and decisive events
saws the Examiner, are approaching and then
adds cit is not for us to speak of the heavy
movements of our own troops that are constant
" going on 1t is sufficient to say that our
Generals are cheerful and ready for the conflict.
Advices from Newbern to Thursday last have
been received 1t was reported that Gen. Burn
side had been ordered to evacuate Newborn
within six days, and that he returned an answer
that he would meet the Confederate commander
at Goldsborough and Raleigh. At Beaufort
matters remain about the same as last reported
Fort Macon still holds out. Preparations fol
its seiee and reduction were being made, and it
was expected that operations would commence
in few days Some shells had already been
thrown in the fort.
The operations of the Federal feet against
Savannah proceed but slowly. Some impor-
tant reconnoisances have been made which have
disclosed the fact that the Confederates have
fortified every point of advance to the city
Two deserters from Fort Pulaski who were taker
on Birds Island, report that there are twenty
thousand Confederate troops at Savannah that
an ;ron-clad steamer has been added to the fee
Of Tatpall, that preparations were being made
to attack the Federal batteries on the Islands
and tbat-in the language of the New York
Commercial advertiser another Merrmac ex,
petition, only on larger scale and attended
with greater results, will be enacted ia the Sa
vannah river" The prisoners also assert tina
Fort Pulaski has abundance of ammunition fo
long seige and is provisioned for six months
The writer gives full credence to these state
ments-which, if true, afford a complete contra
diction to the reports of the Associated Press t.
the effect that the garrison Of Pulaski had offer
ed to capitulate on certain terms, and that Gen
Sherman had demanded al unconditional sur
render.
General Banks had halted his victoriou
column at::Woodstock, thus abandoning, appar
emily for the present, his pursuit of Jackson
This s,a!en caution OF the part of the f'rme
is inexplicablc, in view of the fact that Jack