The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1862-05-02
War News.
rusi REPORT FOR THE WEEK.


We have a report dated pittsburj
Landing, irril s5tb, ths, Gays a recon
noit>fing party under Brig. Gen. A. ]
stgp, lot this morning and attacked III,
enfkss picket, one hundred and dn,
strong, who len in graft hnstr, leaving
their knsreacks, blankets and everything
else. Tho party proceeded on foot I,
Pea Ridge, where they found 5000 o
1000 rebels drawn up IN limo Of battle
wlr<' at the first sight Of our artillery, al
so rccanPcd, leaving tents, camp equi.
page, private baggage halCwriIicn letter.
aud other things, indioatinga great sur.
price.
Enough tents wcrc icft behind 20 ao-
commodatc a division. Every thing was
destroyed.
We captured ~ prisoners, none of
whom expressed any regret at being
eapturcd. They sny the people ut the
South arc getting sick of the war.
And slsc report from Yorktown that
two dcsortcrs from the 9Th Alabama came
In our lines yesterday. They wore from
P,nnsyivanis. They roprrscntthe rebel
forces az 100000, aud thut tiey arc bust.
ly constructing works In the rear Of
their present lines. They had no krowl-
edge Of the arrival Of JcfI. Davis.
On Tuesday, tho rebels came on, from
their ri1c pits in front of Lees Mills, kill
ing one Of uur piekots. AilCrhe war
dad, about thirty Of them e cd their pcic.
~ into his head, completely nddling II
with bullets.
The officer then commanding tho re-
serve, ordered his men to charge on the
rebels, which was willingly responded to,
resulting ~ several Of them being killed
.nd one taken prisoner.
Two men were killed on our side, and
one mcrtslly wounded.
The schooner Dixie Grmrrly rebel
Trivatccr, wac captured of' Gcorgctawn,
- T., In attempting to run the bloch ade,
bound 10 Nassau n. H., l6uded with
common spirits turpuniinc, Sc, by the
United states steamer Keystone State,
which placed prize crew on board. She
arrived at Philadelphia yesterday evc-
Lin..
SATURDAY.
The reported battle ut pittsburr. Land.
ing turns out to have bccn only a shsrp
shirn'ish. The two armies nre very near
together
MONDAY.
q n. R'no, with hctwcon 800 and GOO
"cn' b,ing parts of the 2lst nIossaehu.
sits, 5lst Pcpnr 9th N. Y, aud 9th New
iinnPshirc landed below Elizabeth CITY
end marched up 10 tho canal without on.
position. The oil CT of tho moyrmcn,
was To trchk up the locks. Tho cnracc
incnt took lice during the sf,,rnoop. and
he rebels were driven irc m the fsld I.,o
The t'tning; il was kBuwn that the
''bols we're receiving rcinf, rctne, Z.
ana 6encral Reno retired ,lnring Tho
night No transportation having been
provided for the wounded, they were lcl
III at mportry hospital and Assistant
Surgeon Warren ofthe 2ist Mossn,h,.
re'ts, detailed to remain with them. sey.
'ra' others whowcrc only slightly wound.
"a were ieii with the other troops, nmong
'l.cm Colonel Hawkins, wound, d in tho
len breast or shoulder, Tho wounded
were sent 10 Fortress Monroe.
The following dispatch was received At
Washington,
FoRTREss MoNRor, April 81.
To Hon. L. NJ. Stanton, Secretary Of
War;
A black fugitive, just from Portsmouth.
hringe the Petersburg Express OF yes,er.
day containing the following;
MomLE, a5th.--Thc enemy pa,scd Fort
Jackson at 4 O'Clock yesterday. Whep
the news reached New Orleans tho rx.
eltemcnt was huundlcss. Martial Law
was put In iull lUrce aud business was
suspended. All the cotton and steam
toas except necessary transports for the
corn shJ ammunition were destroyed. Al
! o'clock to-day the operator badc good
hyr' sny'ng the enemy had sppcnrcd be-.
lore The city. This IL the last known
VIII send the particulars as soSn as re.
eciyed.
The negro bringing this, reports the
rebels have two iron-clsd steam, IA n..rh
completed.
l, is believed the Mcrrinue will be out
tomorrow.
(signcD Jcgx 4. Wool.
The news irem Now Orleans which
comes from several re bel sources is de, m.
cd OF the utmost Importance. What
Englsnd failed to DO has been accom-.
plishcd ly New England. The manner
In which success at Fort Jackson aud
ST. Phillips was followed up Is highly
praised.
IN 80 hours cur men consuinatod their
victory and appeared before New Orleans
TO receive It's submission. No mention
Is made by the rebels Of iron.elsd turtles
and rams.
Our army is steadily advancing toward
corinth' Gen. Popc's division is on the
extreme left, four miles above Pittsbarg
Landing. A reconnaissance in force on
Thursday, encountered a largo fore, of
rebel infantry aud cavalry, s miles from
the landing. The rebels formed in line
Of battle and after firing one yollcy re-