Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1862-03-26

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Movements II 7sRpeissa 6 SO ssssaS .syf
highly important dispatshes wers received Seeer
aaJ y Congrssrsisfag iaasz ssss Of an isnpsnd-
Ms snd critical battle stGorinth, 10 the viepsx of
Ss z. rsnd 6snction Of The Nepr6is IA EHsl bon
Danu Mobile and Ohio f.iirpad I6sae d. &rhes
ssass foAsvety that 6eneral Johastsu IaausSe
sosse's cscaH ffom Ausfrseshuo,, va DecstHya oou
, ,s tAs Shsss s9res ps.n that had been
and the advaues 81 Which IS On Ga river about ar
teen miles from Shess crosses the Miss;sssppi line
General Bsestsrd was = last aceouAts II jackson,
in Madison, county. within essy reach Of Johsston's
army. These wide and rapid movemessss DC the
foIoes in Tennessee haye been wholly unsxpeessa;
but the dispatches giving the intelligence @ them
are entirely reliable, and one Of the most1iticzl
battles that has yet been fought ii tbe Yeats I'M
mediatey anticipated on the Borders Of The Slate Of
Mississippi. ..gYiaz bts sil.sf
The Atlanta cortsaeraey Of the mn aass
- WARN TINES ExprcrED.-We resolved nSlsMem-
Phis mail yesterday. We are listening fbr nports
from the clash Of resounding arms from tbs 16rces
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to seize the Memphis and Charleston NAiroa4 thus
not only cutting of eotDnunicati0n ever tint i'm
portant line, but hanking Memphis and iprcing
besuregard to hastily abandon Island No 10, 4Iick-
man, New Madrid, and all points now; heid 10 the
Mississippi above Memphis. Isl Ia
e lAEKANsAs.-A dispatch from Mempb;s dated
March goth says. '''''''., .s'A.s.:s3
On Saturday, the 18th, at Island No 10 the enc.
my commenced Smelling the works at long distance.
1t was renewed on Sunday morning On Monday,
the Federals brought down eight gdnboats, and SIN
mortar boats, and commenced firing again. Tee
guneoats, dashed together, made despersts xssssk
on eupt Fuckers battery it was really terrific
Lieut. Clarke, of Capt. Rs battery, was the only
person killed. .E,,. !, GYi,s O.,
The battery sustained considerable injury during
the bombardment which lasted four days. One Of
the enemy's gunboats was disabled on Monday, and
turned back. Other boats were struck, but the
extent of the damage done is not known. Our
troops conducted themselves with great spirit and
resolution - 20 $50
The river is falling slowly at the island
A special dispatch to city paper, says that 6ergt
Kettle, Of McCullochs brigade hasing escaped from
the Yankees, reached Fort Smith on the lstt inst
He reports the loss of the enemy in killed and
wounded at the battle Of Pea Ridge, in Arkansas,
at two thousand. They took three hundred and
ninety prisoners, many Of whom are citizens. The
Yankees are preparing, for smother attack. Gen.
Sigel was wounded in The arm, slightly. I've Texas
regiments, sent out under flag Of truce to bury
our dead, were fired on BY the enemy. alil gigsl
Gen. Curtis
Another from Memphis date March Dist ssys:
A steamer from up the river brings ths intelli-
gence that the Yankees are moving down The West
bank slowly. -,,''- FS>+
From information received here this morning from
Corinth, MISS we learn the Yankees are retreating
to Tennessee river.
SAvANNAn.-Dcspatchcsfr from Augusta, Ga. dated
| the 2lst says
"The Savannah News Of this morning, lea rms
that the Federals landed yesterday, at Red Bluff
| eight miles from Savannah, about 1000 troops
The Republican says that official information has
| been received in Savannah, stating 1000 Feuerais
were landed ut Button early yesterday morning
Passengers report that 10, 600 troops landed from
gunboats and were preparing to march to the rail.
road.
There is great activity among the troops on the
Carolina and Georgia coasts. a'ao
private despatch just received from Savannah
says troops returning from South Carolina,
the enemy having left Button
PorouAc-It appears that the enemy At severa
points have pressed hard upon the heels Of ou
forces as they retired from the Potomac. We re-
gret to learn that the falling back was delayed &C
long as to subject the army to 'inrense icGses il
the way Of clothing and provisions. It y statel
that the trunks, clothing, munitous storess tents
&C., destroyed by our men before leaving Manassas
were worth $l,O00,000 II Is thus thst our ~
treats are severely damaging.
| New NEx1co-It ia stated that the CONFEDERATE
forces under Col Sibley, with $500 men, have de
feated $500 FederaS, under command Of Col. Can
by in New Mexico. ...s.est5A