The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1862-04-16

The sharp Shooting at yorktown.
The New York Tribune's correspondents
with McClellsn's army. says Of the frs
days fight before the enemy's intrench
ments AZ Yorktown:
AT first the rebels werc very daring
springing on the rsmpsrts and cheering. 6u
the deadly results Of this braegsdocio speed
lily taught them caution. Our men could SCI
them fall; could perceive their comrades
catching them or pulling them down iron
behind The fret rebel killed. conspicuous
from his white shirt. fell while hu:rshine
and waving lis hat upon the breassworks
He was picked IF BY Truman, sharp.
shooter 81 eleven years experience in the
Rocky Mounssins. SO terrible q fire did
Berdsn's men keep up that tie rebels found
Il next 70 impossible &C load and man gun
They put up plsnks and endssvored 70 effect
il under their shelter. and actually dismount.
ed piece, brought IL round the parspess,
and sent its contents scattering through the
peach orchard with such savage haste thai
they did not wait to remove tho ssmmer.-
Still they could not dislodgs the human bor.
nets croschiDg within its friendly shelser.--
Ping ping ping spit spit spit pstter
pstter went the rife bullets, and boom
sounded the artillery. cutting end crashing
through the trunks and branches. CoIone
Berdsn estimates that q least hundred end
6hy cannon balls tore through the peach or
chsrd during the days fight.
1.-THE gIourious news from the West Il
acting % IN excellent stimuIsnt for oul
army, and greatly encourages the troops.-
Bsrdsn's sharpshooters give good secouts o
themselves.
"They hold an advanced position unde
the rebel batteries, from which they con
SANITY hsrsrs the enemy. A head sbov,
the parapet becomes On instant mark fc
half dozen rifles, which 1t one thousan,
yards distance rarely fail 10 biz their mark
Zone shsrpsboo,er, belonging to the Cali
fornia regiment, hss almost wholly prevent
ed The rebels from using large gun 10 q
important position. From we'll selecte,
rife pit, be keeps constant aim upon ID,
gun, and hardly an attempt has been mad,
for two days to Gre it,without the rebel
losing one or two men from bis deadly aim
1T is said that one Of our divisions hal
secured On important position, the holding
Of which will lead TO the eventual forcing
Of the rebel line Of defenses.'
WAsHrScroS, April IA dispatch "a
the Secretary Of War from Gen. Wool, d..
ted Fortress Monroe, April IL. says:
The Merrimsc has been stationary near
SswalI's Point oil day, but ia plain sight.
The following Dispatch was received BY
The Secretary Of War, dated Headquarters
Sd Division, Huntsville, Alabama. A pril IL
After forced march Of incredible diff
Guilty. leaving Fayetteville yesterday, my ID.
vance guard entered Huntsville this morn.
ling. The city was completely taken By sur.
prise. no one considering the march practi.
cable.
We captured 200 prisoners, fifteen loco.
motives and largo number Of cars, the
telegraph apparatus andtwo Southern mails.
We have q last succeeded In cutting the
great artery Of railway communication BE-.
tween the Southern States.
1 o. N. MITCHELL,
Brigsdier General.
The last dispstch received from Genera
Wool q $40 r. M. ssys:
\ The Mssimac has not made her appear.
sncs to-day. think her object 10 70 pre-.
vent interference with their ssinioscsmsnts
from Norfolk 10 Yorktown.
4 Constant reinforcements 10 the rebels
from the direction Of Richmond and The
Rsppahsnaock are arriving.
i JOHN e. WOOL.
A dispatch from Gen. Nc Dowsll says N
learns from contrabsnds that the enemy HAD
|Iefs Fredericksburg for Richmond and York
town.