Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1862-04-23
WAR NEWS.

| YoRKTowN.-Various rumors afoat in rela-
ton 20 affairs at Yorktown The old tune of " fall
ing back is said 70 be the fate of Yorktown. An
other is, that army has retired from their en-
trenchmens to an open plain to give the enemy bat
! tie We do not vouch for these. We hope the
mails will give US definite information before we go
! to press.
The battle at Lees Mills which noticed in our
last, lasted from to o'clock, P NJ 1t was mainly
participated in by Gen. Cobb's brigade our side,
| the 18th n G. regiment bearing the brunt for a
half hour before the other regiments came up Our
forces sustained themselves nobly The 18th N. G..
! had II killed, "a wounded of whom several have
! died since the battle and 33 missing. Col Mex in
ney and Capt. Stancil are the only names yet pub
lished.
| Observation-Disclosures had been evacuated
! by our troops. The enemy numbering %, 900 &C.
cupied Falmouth On Friday, ard commenced she'll
| ing Fredericksburg, The Confederates burnt the
bridges the Rappahannock and several of our
vessels loaded with grain and cotton Several Skin
mshes occurred before they reached Falmouth.
Warrenton had been occupied by the enemy, but he
| had left. At last accounts Gen. jackson was re-
treating before strong force of the enemy towards
! Staunton. Fremont was advancing into Western
Virginia, and his forces occupied Monterey and Nc
! Dowell. Gen. Marshall near the Kentucky
| line with a small force of Confederates The track
of the enemy is marked with cruelties towards our
unoffendng people.
NoRFoLK.-We have no account of any move
ments of the Merrimac. report was in circula-
ton on Sunday evening that Burnside had landed
5000 troops at South Mills, Camden county, prepar-
tory to a march upon Norfolk.
NORTH CARoL1NA.-The enemy is committing
cruel depredations upon the people of Pasquotank,
Craven, JONES' Onslow and Carteret. The enemy
commenced a land and water upon Fort Macon, it is
said on the 18th, and was continued several days.
A correspondent of the Wilmington Journal says:
"Col White sent.out about fifty men to capture
Federal picket Of as he supposed, twenty men,
on Monday, but they were met by three hundred
Fifteen Of our men were killed The remainder
retreated to the Fort The Federals then commenc-
ed the attack on the Fort but with little success
They have eleven vessels outside and have sent to
Newbern for the gun boats They are also erecting
4 battery on Bogue Banks, two miles from the Fort"
SAvANNAu.-A dispatch from Savannah on the
&, 10th says:
1.-The Savannah Morning Neus says that skir-
mish took place on Whitemarsh Island on Wednes-
day. between some companies of the 18th Georgia
regiment and Michigan regiment The latter were
repulsed with loss of about 20. The Confederate
loss in killed and missing was and slightly
wounded"
ISLAND No. Notwithstanding the secrecy OBJ
served by government to the fate of this Is
land it is now evident that We have suffered con.
siderable loss there
The papers OF the enemy contain Commodore
Foote'S official account of his occupation Of Island
No. 10, on the 9Th inst From this it appears that
Gen. Pope had succeeded in crossing the Mississip-
pi below the Island, whereupon our forces evacuat-
cd the Island and the works on the neighboring
Tennessee shore. Seventeen of our officers and 36S
prIvates besides some sick soldiers and employees,
were taken by the enemy. Also 20 pieces OF can
non and four steamers.
TIE SHILOH BATTLE-The Richmond Dispatch Of
the 18th says:
IAN official dispatch received yesterday from
Cornth states that the reports of the several com.
maaders show that in the engagement at shiloh our