Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1862-04-10

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Thompson, has assembled a force of consid-
siderable strength at Alcumb's Island twelve
miles west Of New Madrid. His position is
BY the,rebels as very strong. I
The rebel gunboats and transports pass .
our batteries at Riddles Point without
difficulty. None have come above Point
Pleasant. h ~ II
A spseislJd aespstoh 10 the Cairo Post says
that Daniel ;MrigAG formerly . sailor at
OswAeo, At}113d to-day, having de-
'eested from GenfB 8Banregapd' & army aweek
since. He says thote wore about 10000
troops at Cosihth, but no heavy guns around
the works. Z One regiment was under arrest
for being rebelliods. Their army presented
. state Bordering on characterization. Our
informant thinks there will be q stampede II
attacked
A special dispatch to the Chicsso Times,
dated New Madrid, 5th, says the guuboat
Carondolet arrived last night, having run
therebel blockade at Island No. 10 without
damage. She had in tow on the side en-
posed to the batteries q barge loaded with
hay to protect her. The night was intensely
dark aud stormy.. She passed the frst
battery before being discovered. The second
fired on, her as soon as its runs could be
brought 10 bear, but owing to the darkness
and thespeed with which she moved the fire
wasatotally harmless. A third battery also
concentrated its fire but not o shot struck
the boat, She passed the fourth and fifth
batteries With the same fortunate result
Ffty-three shots were fred Mt her. Three
miles below the Island the rebel floating
battery opened on; her and continued firing
until thu Cafon6c1et was out Of range. All
through the ipdssage q continuous fire Of
, musketry was Kept UP from the shore and
many bullets struck the boat, but all hands
being below nobody was hurt The Caron-
? dolet did not discharge a gun during the
passage. She passed the last battery within
an hour after leaving the fleet. lssll.l
A telegram from the Island at six O'clock
last evening says: Very heavy firing in the
: direction Of New Madrid. It is thought the
. Carondolet was engaged with some rebel
7 gunboats. From | to : heavy reports were
= heard every minute. The escape of the Ca
ondolet from INJURY in running the blockade,
> is attributed that she Rugged the shore oil
: the Island 80 closely, that it was nearly i'm
. possible for the rebels to ddeepress their guns
= sufficiently TO hit her. There is great re.
!, joicing throughout the fleet at this sigma
From Washington.
WASHINGTON, April 6.-The following
message was received at the War Department
q this evening: 'n
.e FoRrREss MONROE, April s..
!. To Ms H0ss S4aH'0"'a Secretary q
nt We have hssraisome firing in the directio'
St Two orthreo1 regiments have gone TO shir
n. From information received to-day it or
pears that the Merrimac is on the dry doc
"a loaded with coal. She is to come out Of th
IS, dock to-day with'twq more guns, one oflars
Ie. calbre.
q. All goes on very smoothly. <.
I'll ] do not believe the army Of the Potomt
c. viii find very many troops to contend witt
N ISigned1 sNf' Hn7 j. u. Wool,
~ - Major Gen. Com Dig
he The boat which brtught this message
Cherry Stone telegraph station lett q
IN. Fortress at 5 O'Clock this afternoon, up
m. which time was no change in AFFAIR." IN =
' immediate vicinity. .ItI..
am The telegraph cable to reconuect Fortre
,rv Menroe With Cape Charlss will soon be
~ working order, IS the material is alreat
10 there; and three hours Of uninterrupt'
RI. work, with favorable weather and smoo
.se water, VIII be sufficient for the success oftl
" enterprise. o'.l ~.
nj. WAsniSaroN, April 6.-The boat viii
= left Fortress Monroe at 10 o'clock this NOR
ing, brings word at that hour that all v
+, quiet in tho immediate vicinity, and no
&c, 3 dications OF any movement on the part
me the Merrimaa
a We are authorized by the War Depa
'es- ment to say that dispatches from Fortr'
Q Monroe, dated3 o'clock Sunday afternoc
lL.... L..- x.c.,oJ ~ ,ha Va na,,a t,uai
BID A Reconnaissance had been made iowa
my Yorktown. The headquarters Of our url
es.-, are about five miles from Yorktown, The
I'm. Mad been sd,ne c%annonading but apparen
mp without any iniSry on either side aud no
racemeut had|up 10 that time taken pla
ION Z A despatch o the Secretary of War, dat
New Madrid. April 9th, states that !
IN. uirht. CAPT Waugh, with the ganboat \
|or. Tond6lets Gun Abs gauntlet at Island No.
the and is now available to General Pope. =
was fred upon from the Memphis batteri
mt. but was not struck once. 81 !
Important from Washington.
WASHINGTON, April THE following
No, d summary Of the intelligence received
Of the War Department up to 10 O'Clock
, II Monday. of the frs. operations ut Yorkto
i it and Fortress Monroe yesterday.
The enemy's works were carefully exs
amined by Gen. Mcclellan, and were fou
to be very strong, and tho approaches dl
,ye. cult. The enemy wero in force, and :
4 4 water batteries at York aud Gloucester
mt, said to be much increased. There was she
our firing on theright, but no harm done. y,
Our forces were receiving supplies fir
our large trains II seemed plain that mort
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