Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-04-26
REBEL VESSELS AT NASSAU |!
THE REBELS At GORDORSVlLLE |
A TRAP FOR OUR FORCES
This Mornings Report
FROM WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, April "a.
Tribune's dispatch:
An officer from Corinth, according to the
Atlanta Confederscy, reports that the Con
federate lines extend over the recent bat
tle-sround, and that the Unionists are nine
miles beyond there. Active preparations
are being made by both armies for the
grand decisive struggle at hand. Besure-
gard is being heavily reinforced.
Skirmishes daily occur between the ad.
vance guards. o.. as
A telegraph from Augusta says it is be-
keVed ct OoTinth that the enemy is eVscu
citing his position and going to his gun
beats. .. .a
Mobile papers assert that Nashville has
been evacuated, and 900 Union prisoners
taken.
Gen. Kirby Smith, With large force, is
according TO the Atlanta Commonwealth,
ct Bridgeport within seventeen miles of
Huntsville. The evacuation Of the latter
plaee BY the Yankees is predicted
Refugees from Norfolk state that the
rebels have five wooden gunbosts com-
Pleted there, ell Of which are ready for ser
vice. Also, that the rebels are also build
ing another Merrimao Of smaller tonnage,
and that four more are now building at
Norfolk.
The rebel Congress adjourned on Mon
day-last TO the second Monday in August,
The bill organizing a battslion Of sharp.
shooters was passed on The last day. The
flag and seal report was indefinitely post
poned. r. NJ T Hunter was elected Pres
ident Of The senste pro TEN. The rebel
Senate passed the House bill sppropristing
$l5O, 600 for the construction Of q railroad
between Galveston and New Orleans.
The President TO day nomin ated Colonel
futile, Of the I'd love-, to be Brigadier
General Of Volunteers. .J .e -
Tines dispatch: -H
A gentleman arrived here to-day from
Gen. McClellaR's head quarters, and re-
ports cur forces to have greatly the adTsn-
tsge Of the enemy, as time will show; that
our sharp shoOterS are the terror Of the
rebel gunners, and cur approaches COM
mRnd the rebel entFenehmeRts. Every
thing is working ss Well as the most San
euine could wish. On Monday last there
was firing between two rebel regiments
within the rebels works, causing muah
oOmmotion in our camp. 1t continued so
losg and SO severe that it was mistaken at
FIRST for regular assault on our oUtpests,
and the long roll was. beaten in our
camps. -.m-sgs, d ,5t
Itturued out that one Of their regiments
WAS firing into another, which returned the
fire with equal spirit, Our forces could
distinctly see them carrying of the dead
and wounded. h7eife
The affair is believed TO have been smu- =
tiny, and measures were taken 70 queH it
The Yirginisns now being forced into the
service ct the point Of the bayonet, resist
as far as they can, more especially being
drafted and forced into regiments from
other States 70 FL the latter 10 their res
pective quotas. 1t is supposed the mutiny
grew out Of something Of this sort.
lnformotion was received st hesdquar-
ters at Yorktown, that the rebels we're
concentrating . large foFeeas Gordonsville,
hoping to bag Gen, Banks; and that was
their intention 10 allow Mcdowell to get
across the Rsppahannoek, and then to pre-
eipitste 3 superior force upon him.
The Richmond Examiner Of the 22d,
says official despatches received yesterday
state thst the bombsFdment Of the forts
below New Orleans continued during the
whole Of Saturday, and that there we're no
! Casualties on our side. Il is said that the
enemy's armament owing to the sboalAesa
Of the water, cannot get sufficiently near tc
the forts to batter their walls to any extent
and that thereis no possibility Of reducing
them but by shelling the garrison out.