The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1862-04-29

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MaaaaY.
New ORLEANS Taken.
Foa Nouroe. April y.
u Hsa. y. N .StaaF'ss, Sc har
Afes,,ivs hlaek lusl arrisfsi from Fort. 4
.,.oa,h hr,ass ibe Pylsiflturg Exprtsi u
,p.,.,aay. nhish coniaiiss 'he 'gi'o~in
di'ialch 800 Al,
4Tbr enemy passed Fon Jackson II
eei,sk. Yesterday mornins. Whrn %
.sw. Reached Nrw O,lesas. the excite
men, was bouudl,ss. Maui.l law was
M N lAl. Face. assd business was com.
plelsl, su.peodtd. Al the cotton and
steamboat. cKcer, tuel, a were Necessary
10 transport co5u, ammunition, &C., were
destroyed
A. oae o'clock to-day the operator babe
d. .a..,a h,r." saving that ihe enemy las
appeared ab sc ite cils. ! hi' = si.e i''si
ue knon regarding the fall Nih ssnd
laaicuIars "a soon - tines can he had
Tie n.aro bringing lhe abosr, reports
tic rebels l,aye two iron.cad steamers
nearly romple.,d, end that i q believed
The Msrrimac viii be out 20 morrow.
JonN 4. WooL.
Headquarters, Department Rappalia''-
noek. April 9Th, 1862.
10 Loa r. H. Stanton
/ have just returned rom the camp
opposite Fredericksburg ! WIS told tlal
t,e Richmond Examiaer Of tie 2Gill, h'td
bsen received in town, an ouncins as iol-
lows
eNew OH AN. taken." Great desiruc-
ton ot property sud Cotton " Steam
boats enough saved 10 lake away The am
mnui,ioD. ',Gieal CONSERVATION among
tic inhabitants.
lRwlS Mcdowell, Maj. Gen.
Washington, April y.
Tho news from New Orleans. which
Ia een,e through several rebel sources, IS
depmed Eere ia bp o. The utmost import
anee. Wha, Old England tailed 70 90
gih Al L. fowef, ~ been handsomely
ACCOMPLISHED Us New Eagkmi W"
u.hntirr IL Which tbc success al Forts
Jackson aud ST. Philip was followed up
i II hiy eomplmcnied. Ia nGous our
brave mcn consumael lhelr victory, and
appeared before The great city o. tie
SauihRcst 10 receive is submission. ms
!. but i iprrlAsir Of Southwest ~ raiions.
No mention is made ly The tchels o.
tlgrir iron clad turtles and rams, that were
10 a..nlliIaic the Yankee fleet which leads
10 suspicion that the common estimate
.! tbe r.bcl motive power flon their own
Misrepresentation havc been n.siaSr'
Ii i clear liza, on this occasion they could
nnt stop to conceal Tie truth.
Headquarters. Army OF the Potomac,
Camp Winfield Scott, April 70,
70 lion. y. H. Stanton
Eahy this morning. an advanced lunelle
of the rebels on this side OF the Warwick,
nc.,r IFS lead. vas carried by assault W
Co. H. ii Mass. Rea't. The work had
ditch Fix lcrt deep, with strong hard-
pet, AID wa manned by two cUmraa'e- OF
lnimry--nD Artillery. Our mcu moved
over open, soii gruund some COO larl*,
received ll.e ire 0t the rebels at % yards,
and ,lil not return Il, bu, rushed over the
ditch aud lar,pet ~ The most gallant ma''-
ugr. The rebel broke and rm a. soon
as they saw our men intended to Grass the
paiapet. Ga. loss was thirteen wounded,
ol4c moftally.
We loak IL prisoners, destroyed the
work sufficiently TO render il useless, AID
returned. The operation was conducted
las Gen. {. Grover, who managed The
affair mo-, handsomely. Nothing coalj
have been better ilan the conduct vi AL
,he men under ire. The supports, who
werc nl.o under Artillery fige OF nhet
works, we're Cos +. Isl and / llh Mas.
In spite ot the rain our work progress.
6 rapidly.
Gao. II. MCCLELLAN, Maj, Gen.
New York, April 81
The Sunday Mercury states Oh author
i,y ~ officers OF tie steamer Boston, that
Fort Jacks ION, six miles below Savannah, i
ia possession Of our troops. and that ouI
pickels are within four miles Of Savannah
The steamer AtItatc from PORT Roya
24,.. brings s. Of tic Fort Pulaski pris.
oncfs, and ,959 bags al angtned cotton
and 30 bags ginned cotton. No news.
Chicago, April u.
S,eeial from Cairo to the Chicago Times
Passengers FROM Pt'sburs report tina
on Thursday over 80 desencrs from th'
rebel army entered our camps, and l,rggvs
10 he enrolled among or troops. Iacl
all corroboraled the statement relative e
the evacuation BY tie rebels Of their PC
sitioa. AID asserted that Beauregard has
wiitsd,awa considerable poriion u hI
isrer ir,m the defence of Memphis.
Tuesday Morning.
Fort Monroe. April u.
A bosi containing Four black men an'
one white man arrived here tbs mornin;
from Portsmouth,. They rel,or, The Mer
fimac will cons oar son.