New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1862-04-16
NUMBER 81
Late Northern .InteIiIsenIcs.



sLass agrustlcAs 4reassror Hearasss Pans,
wAsHlsovos np1s ssss. esss pessisa ssbur. / S
command Of !, division under Fremont.
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It is not positivsty determined who will succeed
Carl schurz as Miintxer 70 Spain, and no norDfna.
ton will be made to NE Senate BY the President
until Schurz is confrme9 as Bngadisr General.
Hon. George ,Ashman, OF MSssachaaetss, q talked
Of for the place. x w
Department in New Mexico, arrissd here to-day
He brings much important informatsan ID regard
to the Rebel raid into thataterrtory. H says the
Rebels hold every pointlof yslue except Craig
tant fort in the far West containing seven mliAns
of dollars worth of Government stores, and is now
safe beyond peradventnre, and garrisoned by 1500s
soldiers. It has water within the and
provisions for an almost unlimited siege. II will
be the rallying point for the ample Union forees
now marching to repel she invaders. 575s s5Sss9 IL
The Major incidena Of the late battle near
Fort Craig and says that MAJOR one e
the Texan Rangers, in their terrible charge upon
sMcRae's battery. ssTss
Secretary Stanton viii proceed TO Fortress Mon
roe tomorrow to give mstters there his personal
[Heraids Di.pa' ell q.
Itis rumored here to-day that the RebeI Cabinet;
has decided to burn the city Of Richmond on the
approach of the Union army. sss
The number of sick soldiers In the Government
Hospital in the district, at the last weekly report
was TWO thousand two hundred and fourfeen. Of
these, five hundred and thirty.s are from New
Slight skirmishing continues to be the order Of
the day along our 'front.' each army lying fn sight
the other, entertaining each other with occasional
artillery practice and cavalry charges.
h The completionof of the railroad to within the imr
mediate neighborhood Of the advances, places
many of our forces In q much more advantageous
position, and will greatly accelerate the
movements of our advancing army. s59ss5
The Rebel cavalry continue to make incufsipnss
through the country beyond Manassas junction.
FORTRESS MoNRoE, April z. The weather to-day
is clear and pleasant and ything y progress-
fired several shots from Sewell's Point last night
at the transports in the harb0r Some 6 the shells
fell within fifty feet of vessel loaded with horses
The Peninsula was formerly the garden spot Of
one. house was left standing The houses, fences
and trees have been burned by the Rebels.
A.sscond Reconnaissance was also made TO Big
| Bethel. The enemy was found TO have returned
and occupied the earthWorks i'd force. On seeing;
our scouts they thre wsshss into the woods which
we're unoccnpied and no damage eswas done.
The steamers conye ying. troops 30 NeWport
News were repeatedly fred into from ssweIrs
Point, and also BY a Rebel gunboat this afternoon
i No damage, aa far as we can learn was done. 3s
WOODSTOCK, Va, april The Rebels, when
lover creek near Narrow Passage bat II was ex.
lstinguished. The magnificent railroad bridge, loo
Ifeet high, over the same stream, was burned By
jackson when retreatiBg from Gen. Shields. ST A
shot yesterday near the town. The ball must
have wounded the rider ID the left thigh. The cur
rent report, however, that Ashby was wounded 10
lnotcredited at adquarters.
NJ Some of Ashby;s scouts made their appearance
this morning early on the high wooded ridge on
the opposite side Of Stony Greek and beyond Edin-
burg. They were fred on by some Of the 2sth
Pennsyl ylyania, when Ashby nnmsskeds fonr guns
lat,
sequently retreated under the Are 8of Iouf guns:
\ During the day they frequently inferfered with
our bridge builders shelling them at long range
4 The foot Of the bridge has however been com
i pleted, and our skrmishers and some of the An
drew sharp, shooters are now on the other side 81
4 the town. 3s38S
Second Lieutenant Dof and two privates d
Ashby's cavalry were captured yesterday while
carrying dispatches, but refused@ to- digulge the
contents or tell who they we're from. s
| A late intercepted letter from d Rebel line Off
speaks significantly of the anticipated open re-
belon in Maryland, but this is regarded as one Of
their followers. st ;3 s5 3sz
Ashbys artillery was reinforced to-day by two
or more heavy guns, with which he practiced ON
US at long range. 5ss: s Z MS 3
Gen. Banks il here and Gen. Shields is at Stras.
| burg. 4 Il y5l $s
| WASHINGTON, April Sit is now conceded
among the Rebels that the Virginia troops are
equal, If not superior, to any In the Rebel army
The steamer King Phillip arrived from the lower
| river last night. bringing mp four refngaeH from
Richmond and Westmoreland counties yirginia
| who came up from Kinsale on Saturday last.
The refugees say that late Secession papers state
the Federal loss In the conflict with the Merrimac
i was 500 men also that the shots of the Monitor
i had no more effect on the sides Of the Merrimac
4 than haiistones. s. W. 81 5kS 1gS
Our loss in the engagement on Saturday and
Sunday, the I'D and 23d of March, was s6 killed
and 424 wounded, of the latter SO have since died,
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