The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1862-05-14
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CoHfSTH, May &c Despdtch TO he Sa
rdnndh Republican. .)-Anolher day ha.
pa-"ed with the tvs" armies almost face t.
face. and still all !. quiet. The weather i.
good, but ihe enemy hesitates.
Col. Scou, Of the Louisiana Cavalv,
burnt the railroad bridge over Lim.s,on.
between Decatur and tlunts,iI. Thu rsday
last. lie also captured ;wo Yankee pro
Vision trains. burnt twenty cars, and killed
and wounded thirty four Federnls lie
also engaged the -nem,'s cavnrly on Fri.
day last, at Elk River, and r.puI-rd them,
though half his men had creased the river
and were not in the tight. lie killed thirty.
fv. Of the Fedrrais tue Confederate loss
on the expedition was four killed, five
wounded, and twelve horses.
Colonel $40. gan report. through n cou.
rier that lie engaged the enemy near Puia,
ki, ON the Decatur and Nushvili Road, Fri
day last that he killed several aud cap
tur.d 26S prisoners, including non Of
General Mitchell, the Federal commander
OF the forces who Recently took p"s>e,.ion
Of iiunis,ille. l,e also cnptured u train Of
"ugous loaded With arms aud other proper.
~. Several Of them w... lon led with cot
ton, bound I, r Nashville. The " uguns. TO.
gether with u number Uf cars in the servic.
of the Frderals, we've burnt. This is 9th,
cial
Morgan. prisoners, who were taken to
Purdy, su,s that Fremont has corue Up
aud united his forces wi h u. main body
OF the army, aud that the real strength of
tie federals out here is $4,000
Coionel Adams, of the F.deral army,
who Was captured by ou, scouts ON Earur.
day, says toe Northern army must fight
s"on, or te,one wholly deniorulized. Tie
men are uneasy about the climate and sick.
ness, aud don'. want to 70 any further
South.
From New OIleana
M"BrLE. Aa, 7.-The Della, Of Thurs.
day, says that business i. generally susp.n.
Jed IN New UrIeaiIs. Must VI the haukx
arc closed, aud The whole city ears. a sad
ASPECT the posloth;e is still open, and
guarded by U. > ma'ines. The telegraph
othcs is shut, aud railroad travel has been
stopped. The Della think. that th. enemy
"""ia begin landing troops on Thursday.
ln rcp'y ~ remoDsIrance from the For
eiyn Con,uls, resident in New Orleans, Far.
rgut saId that he would allow PROVISIONS
~ reach the city in hat.boats and skiffs,
but that no steamboats, would be allow ed
T. come down the river. fa,rngut also NO.
titled ine municipal auIhorilIes Of New Or
leans tnat Le would hold uv fur,ner com.
muHicalion with IheuI, Us he had been mis-.
represented by tnrm. lle added that G.u.
srai (Plcay une) Butler was expected soon,
aud that The cviuu,aud of ,as ri,y would be
turned over 10 MN
Iae mu,i"y u, Fort Jackson was caused
by the false news that the city of New Or.
leans had surrendered. The Della SAYS
that $50 men Uf the garrison mu,ini.o and
marched OF from the For,, giving them
serves up to the enemy opv COMPANY
stock to its guns to the iast.
a despatch iron Camp Moore, dated
May y, saJs: "A desertsr irom the Yankee
heet has arrived here. lie says that Com.
r. r'sr las left tue Mississippi River with
ths mortar boats, for the purpose Of at.
tacking Mobile. We have faith in his
statement"
Important from Richmond-The Hard
fign,iny Begun.
RicHnoxD, siay Tan ,ihcial letter
from Gen. Johnston states that n sharp Gu.
gsgsn'~nt ocsurrsd a, WiII,sIp.burg On
Monday. The enemy attacked our rsas