New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1862-04-18
NUMBER 50 .
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81 We Days. received q copy Of the Chicago Tsis
bnne, Of the1st inst, from wlifchswe gather some
interesting ltenA The National InteIlj IljgeDceraass
there is such conSsnce IL the early restorstion 81
richmond to tne 0Sefnment, that the old South
for resumption of travis via AQUA CrseK. The
Federais found nothing b4 4 iaasa N rt1ina at
Great Bethel. Magruder haS II burned before
eyacuating It. Recently g detachRent Of Stewards
the house Of Mrs. Tennant, living sfAsniiles rom
Chain Bridge, were charged upon by Aparfy Of
.Bayard's Pennsylvania Cavalry. After IL eI.
gagement in which one Of the FederaIs was wyqnd.
and daughter with their buggy. She was Union
woman, and her husband fell under the atara and
stripes. 81 I s
St. Louis advices Of The slst say dispatches were
received at headquarters, stating that on the night
of the 26th some five or eight hundred Gonfedsrs
ates attacked four Companies Of The State mlIrfa,
in Polk county, Missouri. Several Federals were
wounded. The Confederate loss 5is put down$at
hIseeP ne shas Killed and large number woundsd
the 3ist, which give some Information 0f Burnside
and his doings. Burnside was still al NeVberI.
His dillon to Whining ton, NJ. O., was snccess-
full He sent about lLg0 men under the escort of
gunboats, to the place, who, upon their arrival,
nailed tue stars and stripes to q tree before tho
court.house. They held the place one dag, ascer-
tained that there was but little Union Sentiment
anong the people, and after gaining all the in
formation they could, returned 70 Nswbern. Tbs
Federals were rebuilding the railroad bridge be-
tween Newbern and Beaufort, which our forces
had destroyed. Our forces were believed to- be in
7qnenty appeared in the vicinity Of IN ewbern. The
traitor Foster was Military Governor of that city
The enemy had not received full details Of their
loss " Winchester. The Fifteenth Ohio Regiment
had fifteen killed and thirty wounIed. Most of the
wounded viii die. Eleven died on the 29th and
Both. Previous to that their loss stood Killed
and died Of wounds, iU3 wounded, al missing,
Us. Sixty Of our wounded were taken from the
hospital by The enemy, and placed n the houses Of
their friends on parole, to report to the nearest
commanding officer upon their recovery. Fortress
Monroe dispatches say the great Lincoln gun has
been mounted and tested. II threw q hail weigh
ing four hundred and thirty-seven pounds near
SswelI's Point. ball from one Of our f,fied guns
at sewell's Point startled the Federalsat the fort
recently. The ballfell within about three hun
dred yards ofthe shipping in the upper roadstead.
The same paper from which we glean the above,
copies letter from Savannah, Tennessee , 10 the
Cincinnati Gazette, v hlch contains some items Of
interest. The correspondent has discovered that
the great massea of the people and The leaders are
still firm in their belief of our auceess. Says
: where you find one jntelligent educated maIi 81,
the Federal side, yon find fifty on the Confederata
side. Two Of eur pickets, hailing from Mississippi
were recently brought into Savannah and pre-.
sented to Gen. Wallace, since kille The General
asked them it they were disposed to tell anything
about the position or numbers Of their army. .sNo
sir" promptly responded the elder of the two II
do not think it would be honorable, and won't
tell anything about it, They were armed with d
short, rifed, muzze- loading carbine, very much
like the ld-fashioned yager. and bearing the
stamp of a New Orleans manufacture. Had Gen:
Wallace and iota of common SOL o., he would have
known that a Mississippian would never forsake or
betray his country. s$i3 s24
Donpoh,,.,
ment, telegraphs the gorreep onding Secretary Of
the State gricultnral Society al Springfield lIi-
nois, from Paducah, that he has purchased three
thousand bushels Of cotton seed In Tennessee
adapted to the climate and soil Of Southern
Illinois. ga55ss Z is {7 5;.3s ss55f5 "a a
The steamer King Philip arriped at Fortress
Monroe on the 2Sth uIt. bringing VieesP President
Hamlin, the Senate Committee on Naval Affairs,
and several other Senator's and in.
vifed guests, on 3 visit ~ ss53g
s. The Federals have been able to open the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad again. The last rail was
put down on the 29th, and between that time and
road. The falling back of Johnstons army of the
Potomac has enabled them to open this great
thoroughfare. Il !. as q IA :E@ss X! ~ ss
FROM HAvANAAND KEY WEST We are indebted
to the captain OF vessel, which arrived yesterday
evening from Havana, for late Northern papers.
She brings an assorted cargo consisting OF coffee,
tea, soda, ash lead, kerosene oil, etc. She had d
good run from Havana, making the feet off PEN
sacola at 10 o'clock this morning. She gave them
wide berth, and favored by . strong southeast
wind, came kiting through the sWash, rounding
Mobile Point at twenty minutes past,2 I. o'clock.
The fleet off Pensacola consisted Of Is sail two
square;rggea, the rest parently mortar vessels.
Passed the Miramon ten miles out from Havana,
bound I'M, and another Northern steamer, painted
green, o few hours afterwards. Is * "a 2S8
4 From passenger on board, recently from Key
West, we learn that the conversation there was Of
ftanl
Orleans. The Federals expected something from
their large vessels, but not much from the mortar
boats one of which, in some experimental firing at
Key West. : shook herself to pieces = Il was the
understanding there that the Virginia was yictual
ed and supplied with ammunition for along cruise.
and great fears were entertained that she would
visit that port. The vessels at Key West were the
niagara, the Mohawk, and two other inferior
fore our informant left Capt Campbell of the NAL
lory, and four Key West secessionists, had given
the Federals the slip, leaving in an open boat.
3.. I. .. Mobile z dyeriiser. 18th.
The RArPAHANNocK FRONTIER The Fredericks-
burg Herald, of the 4th inst, says that the Fsde-
rails still occupy the country north Of the Rap.
pahannock, in the county Of Fauquier and upper
edge of the Stafford, and had not attempted to
cross the river up to our last advices. We hear
that o lively skirmish took place betweent some
forty Texan scouts. and 9 party OF the enemy early
yesterday evening above Stafford Court House.
One Of the Texans is sure that he brought down a
colonel at one of his shots, Judging from the style
of uniform worn by him. The officer fell dead
from his saddle in full sight of the Texan. have
it3on pretty good authority that while at Stafford
Court House the enemy destroyed and smaltreated
the records of county; one report is that they
burnt them, but this is not well authenticated.
They also took the silver from several private
families in the. neghborhood, and perpetrated
several other acts of infamy. *
ESCAPED PRIsoNEEs 5REoAPTURED.s Two Of the
Federalssoldiers, captured at Shiloh, who escaped
from the prison in this city during theirtoonne-
sment, were reeaptnreds day before yesterday at
Wythe station, tweIty.six miles distant up on the
Memphis and Ohio Railroa Onesof the fugitives
was dressed in cit'zens Clothes the other being in
the regular Federal uniform: They assert, how
truly we are unable to say, that about seventy
prisoners managed to escape simultane eously with
themselves. and that many of them are yet con
ceaed in Memphis. Perhaps il will be well for ths
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