The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1862-04-23
WAR NEWS.
From the West.


nah Repnb!ican--No general rnpagemvn,
has taken place since the memorable sting
gle OF the 9Th and 7th. We SILL hold par!
OF ,i'e battle field, and considerable skirn,.
ishing is going on daily, in which the Con
fed-raies nearly always get the best
The Federal. "fficinl papers found on the
battle held shows that their .xpedi,onary
forces on the river, exclusive Of General
Bucli's command, amounted to six,y.oue
thousand
PACKAGES Of poisoned balls were also
found on he field among the ammunition
OF The enemy. II has been definitely ascer.
tanned, by sciruIihr .ualysis. that Quantities
oi qninine. which the enemy allowed tn bp
sm"gglcd across the line into tue Cnufrde.
rate States, contains poisonous aduI,era.
tiuns
The.to"ns Of Huntsville and Decatur. in
Alabama, have been occupied by the enemy
This was expected by our Generals, and
should create 40 alarm. When the Fcder.
erals came 10 the bridge at Decatur The
draw Wa" raised by the officer in command
|" prevent t..em crossing whereupnn the
enemy threatened TO sAvll the town if il
wao not let down. The citizens, desirous
"t avoiding the hie Of the euemy, prevailed
"n the officer 1" put il down.
Late and Interesting from uy6>Eorth.
NtMrHIS, Apr'I Is 5--N"rhcri ~ re
c-lv,d here 10 day state that tho Federal
f"ss at the Laille Of SuiIoh was % 600 -
They "l>" sav that many tc,d officers we're
Killed General Buell. was mnrlally woun.
d"d Generals triti"nd-n, the y"nnger son
OF the Senato Sherman and the two Wal
iHcrs acre killed. Two ;eyimeuts from
krutuck, ami tAo from Wlscun.in, on the
1 reception Of the news laid down their arms
at Nashville. and reused H. Continue Ion
! grr in the Lincoln s,r,ice
NoRr LIZ, hprl l5--N"rlhern pap rs of
the 10 h instant have been r.cei, ed her. -
Ihrr claim To have camel great victory
at Piusburg (Shlohl, and state that the
reuel host fled IN d,,may, and that Bcaure.
Iard's arm wns shot off. Their own loss
IN tn battle they admit TO be ilrentv hre.
thousand, killed, wounded aud missing
lhry estimate The Confederate loss tu have
been between thir.y five and forty thousand
General llalieck had left ST Louis for
the Tennessee River to assume command
OF the Federal forces in that department -
The Northern journal, also report that
Island Number Ten has surrendered These
announcements caused great rrjoicings a..
mong tire Yankees
The Engli-h Journals comment nj length
upon the naval battle at Hampton Roads,
's ore of the most interesting incidents that
have marked the progress OF the war Tn-y
SAY that II was q"ite D brilliant affair, and
praise the extraordinary achievements of
t'c |"Sin Alter r-markinp that the
Confederate irigaie had gained al easy vic
tory over her wooden opponents, without
ANY material damage TO herself, they recon-.
mend the dIsc"utinuauce of III. use OF
wooden ships, and the cOnv ersiun Of al
English war Vessels that will bear il, into
steamer Virginia The London Times sr.
gues that Tire success. of the Virginia
shows iha, There are good heads In the
Navy Departures; Of the South" RI Tue
Times also says that tho real beginning OF
Toe campaign uiny DOW be witnessed
From VirsinIs-Arrival of q French
Minister.
| RICHMOND, hpr! 10 In the Senate, TO-
day, II bill Was repnrted from the Comu.it.
tee on Postal Affairs to increase the rate Of
postage on single letters to ten cents after
the first of July.
The enemy have taken possession of VI on.
tcrey, in Highland County. with force Of
| 1000 men.
All is quiet in the Valley. Jack sons force
is mcreasing daily. There are no indica.
tons OF an early engagement
1t Is reported that there hns been 6erce
skirmi,hing on the Peninsula 10 day.
A French Minister arrived here 10 night.
The r'por; of the House IN, .stiyalny
CommilIee II tue Roauuk. Battle concludes
by -aying That whatever Of blame and re-.
sponsIblhly Is justly attributed to any one
Tor the defeat of our troops at Roanoke L.
land "n The sth Of February, should attach
10 Major General iiuger, aud the late Sec
re'ary of War. }. p. Benjamin.
Nothing Is positively Known Of The OBJ
Jecs Of the visit Of the French MInistrr.--
Among various corjec'ures Is that he bas
| cUnie 10 ascertain vi hal commercial treaties
With France are contemplated and Whether
the independepce Of the Confederacy can
be maintained, aud report To u'e Emperor.
A Battle on tho Peninsula
RIcHnoSD, April ~ Official Dis-
patch received last nigh, Fl ON Lees Farm,
on the Peninsula saws:
The enemy commenced furious BON.
bardinent Oh our lines nj halfpasl 3 o'clock
yesterday morning, which they continued d