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

A Skirnish. sears Williamsburg
Gen. pope OCCUPIES & PIES /, lCl,ollRlIlNTH, llll
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And capture 1000 Prisoners.
LATER FROM NEW. ORLEANS.
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Gunbeats Pushing up the RiAer.
Important General Intelligence.
/ Cairo, May T.
! The steamer Wright was fred into Friday
/ night, 6 miles below, and 5 soldiers wound
ed. The inhabitants were notified that the
to~n would be burned on repetftian Of
the Occurrences san " ,sHaa.f9 wsG
aae sa1fpa - Chicago, Maya.
Yorktown was evacuated onsH turday
night. The Federal troops oc1O$y that
pla'css. and Gloucester. TIE rebels 81 large
amount Of camp equipage. -
q -, II, Sssas New ,Yos May g.
|, The iferald's Washing ton dis| stch says
Two N onths ago we stated hsfe was in
measure THAT it was proposed to offer said
amnesty Is coon as our pe wer extended ov er
bmoud,s and few other places.r Now
learn, not in SO many words directly, bot
indirectly, tha: the subject, matter of .such
amnesty measure is actually unjcr oousid
Grafton, and may soon be issued, the whole
depending on the immediate success or de-
feat Of our arms.s We werefoid, some time
to all except Davis and his Cabinet and the
Confederate Major and Brigadier Generals.
with few prominent and eminent civilians,
5ss s5s.5s II .sgn~U r. New York, May 3.
ss The Times special Washington dispatch
SAYS: Theftown was startled by the, rulnor,
to- day, thai all members of Congress from
the Border, Sta tcs, and a number Of con-
seryative sympathisers, from other States
were seriously considering the propriety OF
Withdrawing, in body, from the Senate
and House, in consequence OF the detefmi-
mination on the part Of the radicals, tc
force the pa ssage of the CopfscSticn Bill,
thus throwing the question Before the peo
pie. -, fg 49, :. ~, va
| .gua7s vs A>7 Fort Monroe, May 2.
EneA A refugee who left Norfolk iass uightar-
rived here this morning. ri SEQ t.sas 10
Commodore, Tatnall, commander Of the
Merrinac, received sea ed orders MonOaJ
but opening them in Elisabeth river foand
! ~ khn noI In n
PROCEED to York river He thereupon re-
formed to Norfolk immediately. tsiee1srs
There are six or seven thousand, rebel
troops, under Gen. uuger, between Big
Point aud Norfolk. - ~ iisss r4&g4y vsg
| Thr.e companies in Portsmouth rebelled
q few days since. s1hti sa5ai , a-rsas@h
It. is also reported that part of Magru-
der's forces had mutinied at williamsburg.
lo7f 'n2-*Saf gen Fort Monroe, MAY 9. p
+ The rebels at Yorktown this, morning
| opened with three rifled cannons and CO.
Iumblads, and 6S Founders, placed on the
heights Of Yorktown. e.1 SO" ''''1'' ssV
lsA 4 dumber one battery of Parrott guns
was brought to bear on the only gun which
has given Us any trouble. Our shots ARE
falling inside Of the caisons, with every
prospect Of its being very soon dsmonDted,
when on tha .223d discharge the eneny's gun
burst, tearing up the parapet and maki5g
great havoc with. the command who were
collected around at the time. No less than
| 10 persons were standing on the parapet,
within SIX feet Of it, besides those who
were hid from view by the works. The loss
| or fife mnst have been considerable. This
I is the only gun the rebels have which has
shown itself capable Of doing No. bat
terry service. 'a asi8 Is'7a-'Es.a @fat
|R6 All the firipg on the rebel side cease,i.---
Our guns continued until obout 100 shots
were fred, when at 2 o'clock the firing
ceased. o'i 80 - a'.9'. y iss'ts i. '@o
A rebel steamer came down the river and
iattem pted 70 land, but was driven OF BY
our 100 Founders. aa' y 'fs.i s03
'a Tue rsbcls Kept up Continuous firing
all last night on our men in the trenches.
/ The only causalties were the dismouhtibg
(sSaass .Stas1s sfasH ei ys Sel BAD sisd5Y sfs
Istsrssa n~d! rge ,.gufN New York. May 3.x
q The schooner Lena Ranie, froms Nashua
18th, has arrived. sAll business there was
sas q dead lock, e1oept farnishinx supplies
co. aret Ell States The British steamer
Southerner, Ella, WarleJ, Gladiator and sar
Estcamer, Bull Dog.a we're jns port; also the
rebel steamers Nashville Asds Cscil- aipa3
lssesasaFsa0saa .xmss New York, May 81
ts9 A special 20 the~Ns y. a1sibune; giving an
account Of sthe c4psuss sfs Fort HMacop,
says II wasa flne ifsif. 0ursbaatesies die.
nouhsed 13 'of she esemyss guns .Oat of
loo shot aud shell lsbro Oh By thsnaatitSe
Fort, $50 struck her works. Toe guns Of
the Fort wsfe worked With skill and cour-
Faee, bat our sabA htHs possfishsa afforded
complets psotectios sosour men. a. Ese7i
no. lasa - Pistsburg Landing, May 8
: Roads sinpsoving. No battle Jet. De-
serters from the rebels siriy daily. go
IL Afev days since, one Tennessee and one
Mississippi Tegt. II months men stacked
thor arms, their time having expirsd and
rsfascd 80 ight; lhey vers put under ar
4 tess.asnf .ssa7 st~as n4aaI4oE q.aaA xtsf
4 asaa a.ip zil' . Washington May s.
According to reliable intofmation from
Richmond, ths planters have detefn'ined te
r,sassev hn ,tohaccas IhisAeas n. The military
1have received Etha stpckson shnnd ~ pyese
ifa failing into the hands Vt the Fsdefa