The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1862-06-27
WAR NEWS.


Civ Lexington, Conesloga, and the transport F,
New National having ou board the 46th Indiana,
Col. Fitch. which lett here week ago to open
with General Curtis army, aud
remove all obsruciions from White river, ascend
ed that stream.
The gun ,oat Mound City Capt Kelly com.
mnnding. nbodt mile and a half in advance in
n bend oi the river near St. Charles, two con.
cenled batteries opened on her. Her decks were
Immediately elearcd for action. and as soon as
range " the works could lie obtained her guns
opened fro. .
Captain Kelly signnlled Col Fitch to land his
force about mile below the fort, which was sue.
cessiul'y accomplished, tho Lexington aud s.
Louis Smelling the woods, under coVcrol winch
Coz. Fitch gained the rear of the rebel position.
Al this nncmrc n plunging shot from the siege
gtya,lnOuuiod on bluff. st'uGk the forward aud
port side ul the Mound Guys easements, ptne.
ir,tint H. nnd passed through the steam drum.
ii ling the vessel with escaping vapor, scnlding
noarly every man on board.
Twcn'y.throe officers and crew, out OF over
IN escaped uniniurCd.
The sceno which onsued was horrible Many
OF the crew, frantic from injuries, jumped over.
board aud wLre drowned
The b,rts from the COnoNogn, which were
coming NJ al the time to support the Mound City,
were sont to th0ir relief but the rebels fired on
the men in the water with grape and c1Is'er
from field pieces, numbering many oi those at.
tempting To csonpp.
Nuprscd Of the position Of affairs nj the river.
Col Fitch drew up his regiment and pushed far.
ward. carrying tho fort by storm at the point OF
the hnyonCt
The rrhol works consisted of t@o batteries.
The lower one mounting six Held pieces, md thc
upper one three heavy solge guns. manned by 400
ur 600 ncn, under command o! Col Fry, late U.
S.N.
About 900 rebels said to have escaped, over
ljO reported killed and wounded.
Thirty rebels were tnken, among them Col
Erv. WIN was wounded in the sIDullpT. and
brought here on the COnestoga.
Capt Kelly was severely scalded nOout the face
and hands, but will recover.
Second master IIrarit, 80 master Kinzie, dth
mHs'cr Scovlllc, mns'ers mate II. r. Browns,
aynla spr Gum, Chief engineer John Cox, as
si5tan engineers j. Mca!oe and Holiingsworth,
killed.
Pilot Charles Young severely scaldod, reported
since ,bud.
Surgeon Jones and curpont er Manning wore
slight y scadded.
From 80 tn 100 of our soilors are already
burned over % sill missing.
Col FIch reports lew men wounded md none
Killed But Tor the unfortunate accident of the
Mound Ciy the rebel works would have been
carried without loss on our side
The MOuud Cily can easily be repaired The
flag officer has sent 10 Cairo Tor another crew.
b The rebels have obstructed the channel nb ovo
hy sinking two largo steamboats, and a gunbon.
believed 10 be the Mnnypoe.
MGMPms. June 90.
The Mobile News, of tho 10th, says nothing
Of tho capture of Fort Morgan, no mention
of an attack boing made. Some naval ar
rangomcnts in progress at New Orleans are
considered as aiming at that point.
Advices from Vicksburg to tho l7th, by
way of Grenada, state no active demon,
strations wore made 10y tho Federal feet
since its rotTemcnt. Several of tho gun.
boats appeared on the 18th from below.
Report says that 5000 Federal troops
with gunboats and transports, leave Baton
Rouge on Friday for Ylcksburg.
Col Slack still retains command in the
city. lIo has issued an order requiring the
Board of Alderman. Mayor, Recorder. and
all other city officials to take tho oath WITH
in three days. aud iD default will be re-
garied as Oympathizers, and will be arrested
and treated as traitors, r.r....
| Tho Vicksburg Whg of tho 18th says
Wo hoar that Gen, Lowell and staff, and
family. have moved thoir headquarters to
Meridian Ho hopes he Will not find it nco.
essary to visit tho city soon again.
The Federal advanced division arrived al
their old position Saturday evening. They
fred half dozen shots at tho lower battery
SUNDAY. All quiet yesterday.
FoRT MONROE, June 23.-A steamer
from City Point arrived last night.
Richmond papers o! Saturday contain
brie accounts from Charleston of bloody
battle fought on Monday last, between
/ five Federal regiments and battery ol
Parrot guns. and parts Of four Conied.
crate regiments and II battery. The bat.
tie lasted all day. with heavy loss on
both SIDES, ......
The Charleston Mercury feared the bat
tie would be renewed the next day, and
expressed apprehensions for the safety ol
the city in consequence Of the great ex
hausIion of the Southern troops and loss
of many officers. H
Gems. Evans and Pemberton had com
pIimented the rebel troops for their
bravery in standing up under the heavy
fire of shells and shot from our gunboAts
and batteries,
The fight took place four miles from
Charleston, and from the tone OF an edi,
torial in the Mercury should think the
rebels had been cut of from retreat from
James Island by our gunboats. II this
should be so Charleston must soon fall.
The Richmond Dispatch says that it
cRn no longer be denied that General
Jackson has been heavily re inforced
lately, and the Federal columns must
either combine or fall back across the Pc,
tomac. r..
MEMPHIS, June 2l.---The Grenada Ap
peal of the l8,h, contains the following
dispatch
Il MoNTGoMERY. June I7.-Gen. Beaure
gard and staH are on theiI way to Rich
) mond. We hear that n large portion o
the army of the Mississippi will soon fol
low their General. A sufficient force viii
he left with the Invincble Bragg to checl
any step towards the interior by tho van
dais under llalleck.
; The Charleston Mercury OF the lTth
says that the Confederate loss at Seces
sionvil'e yesterday, was 40 killed anC
100 wounded. We buried on the felt
! l4J Federals and took 40 prisoners.
Special dispatches to the Augusta pa
pers:
1 CHARLESTON, JuCe l6.-A severe battl
took place this morning on James Island
p four miles from the city. Five regiment
= of Federals with artillery, attacked ou
battery at SecessionVille.
Col. Lamar commanded tne Conceder
ates, and with few hundred troops re
pulsed the enemy three Zines with greR
ell ,t.r A Il