The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1862-05-10

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IL had : airmidS viii 4bs sssay. A nan
Ser 81 prtoossesran1 ! husdssd stasd Of
am wsso eape6red.s Batssvills . %
IWhes River, 100 niluEwsss Of the Miseis.
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Cairo, May 8.
The psws from u. Wright The ssns q
befors-sll qaist. The ~sxpsditioD seel
from Hickman agsiDst tho goseriIss sudes
Clay King, hsys Setsrned, having sneouo'
tsred then Oh Biop Creek. The rebels, q.
tsr { short esgsgeneotS Routes.
wsshisgsos, Nay Q.
The Bill establishing : Bureau Of Agri-
c~uiturs. passed The Senate 70 deg.
The Bill OfkaDising The Territory Of AZ.
ixouia. which passed the House instead oil
the Senate, . telegraphsd last night, Ye-
pesls Ill laws, Congressional and Terrific.
rial, establishing the relation Of master and
slave. IL provides for the entire abolitioa
Of slavery therein, and in al territories NOT
organised. a,ss i.
Pittsbsrg, Ps., Nay 3.
The difRculty with the miners has esa
settled, the troops have returned to Phila-
deIphia.
Washingtos, May Q.
The War Department hiss received The
following dispatch: Franklin and Sedge-
wick's Divisions, numbering 10000, landed
Ut West Point1 Gen. Porter's division il
embarking for the Same destination, toeeth-
or with several bat cries. The river up to
Yorktown, 10 lined with steamers and trans.
ports. No dosbt 10 entertained but thas
we will intercept and cut Of the rebels, M
LEES they sscaps scross the james RIVER.
New Market, Va, May 8.
Yesterday afternoon the rebel pickets
above Columbis bridge, 90 the East eide Of
the Shspandoah river, was attacked BY .
detachment under Col. Foster, who Was
subsequently ambuscaded BY two rebel reg
iments. The seton lasted an hour, when
Foster Withdrew in good order |; the enemy
did not pursu.. One company Of the YER
mont Cavalry were surprised and surround.
ed, but escaped BY swimming the river
The enemy's loss was not ascertained. Fos-
ter captured six prisoners.
Il il reported here to-day that Q skir-
mish occurred yesterday, nesr Stauntou, be-
tween Milroy's advance and Edward john
sons command. The latter we're repulsed
and retrsated.
New York, May !.
Gen. Marcy, Chief Of McCiellan's Staf,
telegraphs that the forces engaged ae VII.
liamsburg was sc, 900 fsdersls sod $4,000
rebels. Geo Joe johnson led the rsbsls 10
person. They have lost several Of their
best officers. Our nsn fought valisntly.
New York, May 9.
The following 10 a. account Of Han
cocks charge to-day: There was merely
one hundred yards between the rebels aud
our men when orr skirmisb FIRE ceased, and
volley after volley was poured into the
rebel ranks with long range musksts, whom
the rebels were compelled to desert their
outer ditch. When near the second, the
Wisconsin 5th aud New York 43d we're or
dered to charge bayonst, wh,ch they did
shouting vociferously. This tho enemy
could not stand, and retreated pre~cipisately.
1t il estimated that our forces advanced
three.6ourths Of q mile under the euemy's
Ere, and ~splendidly sustained tho battery,
the Ere of which was very destructive to the
enemy. The rebels had not the nerve, and
acd in . complete panic.
Cairo, May g.
A dispatch from Fem Wright says 4
rebel gun boats appeared round the bend
of the river yesterday taking the direction
Of the nortsrs, evidently intending their
capture. Our gu3 heats fred fifty shots,
when the rebelgun boats retired.
The firing from the mortar boats, which
had been suspended, has to-day been re-
newed. The mortar boats are toWed up
stream nightly to guard against surprise.
A boat arrived from Pittsburg landing
last night and reports our army within swo
miles OF C0rinth.
We learn that the Memphis authorities
are rapidly strengthening tho forsi6cahoss
st Vicksbur1, which are represented to be
Of euch q formidable character - TO pre-
c'ude she possibility Of the enemy's feet
coming up the river.
Chicago, May 9.
Tho Memphis Avalanch Of the 5th &C.
knowledges the loss Of 20 killed and 100
wounded 1t Pennington on last Saturday.
Ii deprecates the adoption Of the policy Of
persecotiug Union men, and says such 90.
ton is calculated to lead to disastrous re-
suits. uat<
A gentleman who left New Orleans on
the let charges the men 10 Forts Phillipppi
and Jackeon with receiving brides from the
federals, and were thus induced to spike
their guns and surrender.
The French ECommander Of the frigate
Militaire, before the surrender Of the city,
gave notice requiring 60 days notice before
the bonbardment OF the city, in order to
remove the French citizens.
All the cotton, 1t New Orleans and Baton
Rouge has been burned, thus destroying
$4,000 bales.
JED. Davis has issued . proclamation
requiring the people to assemble ct places
OF public worship on the 10th OF May, TO
ask the blessing Of God on the Coated
crate arms.
Fortress Monroe, May 8.
The Naugatuck, Seminole, Susquehsuna,
Dacotsh, and San Jscinto, came in to she
Point, and az soon ~ within range, opened
6re with shot and she'll against Ssw.lrs
Point. Most Of the shots were good Ones.
IL was nearly half sn hour before . reply
Was made from the Poist. The Riprsps
next opened IRE, and then The Nausautck
for tho first time. Several shots were fired
from . single gun on the extremity Of the
Point, when one shot from the Monitor
struck In the vicinity, disabling tho guu.-l
The position Of the Monitor wss far in ad.
vance Of the rest Of the feet. She contiu.
ued in motion until within sight OF the
Point, when considerable executiou must
have been done BY her aocssate fsioe. TIE
Nsngatuck kept in the background oss Of
range, her Psrrot gua esabaog her to DO
%. Sewell's Point battery replied briskly.
The Ripraps fired occasionally. A eonsis-
cal firing vas kept up from the gunboats.
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