Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-04-18
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I lPEspgedis defy the Federals in whichever
nuRbsI S5Jn aBss ssttAok himAs sSVVf
He,cialms the battle 81 Pitisburg Land
ing As s. wost rebel vietorS. He
sssszke captured 5000 Federal prisoners
The BiapasSh, 6oaiaaltiag on thS above,
thiBks that the=total Iout Of Generals. Buell.
and Grant is certain. {. No insntio5 Is Es dc
of Besufega 3 being Ruuude ed -
The Dispatch says, in=fsferenos 70 The
affair In The Peniusulsg shEt no anxiety
need be felt as 10 the rssnlf OF =tbg5fo Nh.
coming bsttle.=The Ysnksea aEsi=fozbe
driven back 70 the Fortress and thOFouehir
yanquIshed by The forces und6r GynsTals
Lee, johnson and Magruder. -. .z : -
The Richmond Dispatch has Soms= COM
menls on the Merrimae, whieh=iE=6sys
Bpent two dsyBin Hampton ROgdsh hsRIer.
ing the Monitor and Yankee feeEEo=oonie
up from the shelter Of the 7bsttsriess The
rebels claim the MerrimAc is-ths mastsE Of
Hampton Roads.
Tbs exploit Of the jamestown, in seiEing
three Of the Federal vessels, is regarded as
showing the terror with which the Yam.
KEGS view the Msrrimac. -
The Dispatch considers it not weElh
while 70 waste any more cosl to entice the
Mohi or into conhict -
Ths=MerFimso has returned to her an.
ohoVage. -. a
Tie belief is very general. here that the
MeTrimac received some injury during the
recent raid, which compelled her to GO back,
to NOrfIlk. She was undoubtedl " ground
all the second day and msy,fFOm the heavy
weight Of her armament sprung alesk.
She has, however, gone back 10 the Nor,
folk Navy Yard, and there is littls,doubt
but she gone back for repairs Of some Kind.
r She was very close to the English steamer
Racer. At one time she was olcse alongside
in conHeftation with one of the English sail
=ors yesterday, an experienced gunner he
assuree me that the last gun the =MsHimae
6fed the shell exploded before iE=lsf the
-muZzs. He#ag close enough to=see q great
eomno otion on board and the escape Of smoke
from the port holes. s '.========== '.=====,,s2s -
The rebels have for severzlzdaYs been
building large =feFtiheations on the Gfouces5
ter side Of they or k=TtYer;E Eabout two miles
from Z Yerkto9ns and Rifhin sight ofour gun
bosts, but thsir=RHHs=@eIe OF too fong O.
" NllQA VI lu6 gun
the Fks.=4bout 1000 men
sFfese aiz4oEk oT=fbs= furtifcations, and-tbe=
=ragrtsTs5EsTe not Of safieient range to check
the up6Ta atons-==== -
IS Yesterday morning, however, the gun
sboat SO6agO oErfFed, having q hesvy 100.
pdunder rided Parrot gun, and at once
opened with them with shell, which were
so well aimed that they could be seen fall.
ing in their midst, and exploding with IA
tsl effect rff .rll
The rebels could be seen carrying of the
killed and wounded, and in the course of
two hours the work was entirely suspended
and the men retiring out of range. AteYery
attempt to renew the work they were driv-
en- back uPto tonight
The guns mounted by the enemy on tie
Yorktown side Of the river T.umber not less
that fifty one hundred-p under. Some
rifsd are bearing on the bs Our Runboats
sre at present about two miles below the
town. There is said to be skirmishing along
the whole line before Yorktown and the
BSrdan Eharpshooters are spreading terror
among the ganners of the enemy BY their &C.
curacy. The enemy have made several sor.
tias with infantry from their works dislodge
or capture our rihemen, but have been driven
back with heavy loss.
AZ 70 Sus ar1sugements for the final seiQe
We need only say, ''tns work goes bEaTely
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