The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1862-05-24

,he Acct vss fr61 On from -. Morgan 20
r.n!v "a. gwen Tbs 6ses ssterwsrds re-
'o1 The v.co.t,.n II Pec.acok AM. iss .
cunn.;on by the FEDERAL t,sss1 y c''arnro
Tn. BARRACKS. fnundby. hlacs -sa'.n -n'ps ~
tha N,vv5Y, 4 ~sre saved. ne veor's
f.rmerIy had 8 900 men shrre. on'e. ue";
Jones. The headqa ,r'ers :" n'"
WAS established 10 the city IN %" = q.
t Wnshinetnn, NAV 90.
r,sr, J.6,;... comnsndernf the Monitor.
IN h,s odisin. report IT the iate eng 8
rnent on Ja,ne. river SAYS
shortly after weighing nnHaof ~ h'nxs'
hand creek /. SHARP 6rs % nu-se'fy ~Hr
a mueoc. from b,,h -ides q tns river ~
an IN. sh,ns. Al half pas seven extensive
f,r ,,6rar,.,os were i,sc'vrreu IN =" ''rv"
non 200 fee, hiyh, with srsera' sina''es
bnurr,rs, Ill apparently! "'u"'.'R. gun, !.
the heaviest cal,bre. ~ y
huff The river was 0b-tfu"eo ~ su"Ao"
ve..rja and sf.amevs secure" " c.'"'""
The Gaiena having ancnores = .""os".
ward. DISTANT from thu "T''"o''i"""' -.
brinv warmly engaged, !. rnusav",su -
n.sa up 10 her and take IN .'m' o' me u'e,
hut fou nd could not .omc e".'y e'es"'"
NV guns 10 reach the Ior'suo''' ~
u.l,N ahAf atPnSK the W
10 ret. and two on the s'.1 sIu''1 n""I ~
~. h,..p ne,,h4r ~ whlch dome any dam
w h.y,nL h.od,oy the plates. II Was I'M
: IN. - : duce such fortl6cati0ns with.
out the aid Of land forces.
Tupstall's Smtion, Va. May 20.
rhe .dvnnce under S,nnshnm re ,cbrd
Cal u.rI,or on The road to Redmond wa
Ms R.,dye. YESTERDAY, where the enemy
were f.unJ in force; he drove their pick-,s
w,,hin two miles ii thu main body, and en-
c,mnrd for the night. Everything sindi-
cota. that The rebels intend to defend the
c,tv Of R,chmo d with all the available
force they can bring onward. Congress-
men, representing every Southern State,
were there encouraging the tro"ps by their
presence AMI c%ouns-l, to n d-'etm,n-d re
9 9 anc. To the advance Of the Un,on troops.
Richmond papers # the 18th contain the
correspondence her wen the Virginia Leg,s-
ia,ure and J q Davis in RI, atlnn TO move
mpnts If the rebel armv he states that he
never entertaInad \ thought Ut withdrawing
the army from V,ryi",n, or nbantpn'ny the
STATE; tina, u. IN c nnrse vt events R,ch
mond should fail. n necessity which he It'd
NOT n%nticpate, there would b. no reason for
W, hiraw,ng The army 'r"ln the State.
Floyd has b en app intel N j. General
Of Virginia ~fnrc.., with authority To raise
II force OF 10000 men -c,nscA,pts-for the
dcr-nc- If W y ern v rg,nia.
The papers acknowledge n lrss Of 6 kill
ell and wounded IN The engagement ut
Fort Darling below Richmond.
Tunstal.'s Station, May 81.
The advance under General Stonrham
reached NV Bud.e yesterday within 3
miles of Richmond IL. found no enemv
n th,. siih Of rhe Ch,chah ,iD,nv, which
ut this point ia but u small creek. SIX
pi.ce- of artillery we're found [" be p"s'ed
TN the opposite bank. but hts purpose MOI
being to bring or "a general engagement
he retired and encamped for the night.
While driving in thr enemy's p,ckets yes
t-rtav b.. had "n- killed AID three wounded.
The while army moved this morning
early, with the inrent,"n If making u
lengthy ~ ,rch. What road they took It is
not n, cOs~arv :" mnnti n, but the Head
quarters of NJ GirlIan 1t is thought are
with II short distance Of r chm,nd, in
front Of which city il IS supposed rhe man
body of the rebel army II enrampsd IL II
aim at INV ,rmhiv acknowledged that they
intend to give the Urlon forces battle.
Washington. Nay 81.
A iispnrch from F ntrrss VI nr"e To-day
sa,s the Or,.n,a:. in wnlcn Gan. Saxon
Ma,rpv. Nil, ary G vsrn"r If ) mrh Car,li
VA. tnnk passage FIR p vt Rnva . was wreck.
Ell 33 n,l-- n"r'h # Gap: HIATT rns pa
seng-rs and crew saved u portion Of the
cargo was lost.
Cairo, May 81.
By an arrival from the q .st We .aras at
- 49, s,uo, ~ -. ,.or ,5,Un fhn rtunp IN
Monday. toward. T ,rs Wright, and return-
ed with the intelligence that neith.r tro"ps
nor gun boats ware TO be seen. The river
WAS clear rs far ~ the eve could reach
The enemy. wi h flag Of truce came up,
hut gave M exp anat,on whv "ar g .g VIA.
not ar swarrd. 1t is believed that the rel,
els nave evacuated, and gone 10 F + Ran.
drlph. were there are strong fnrti6cat ,ns,
l3 niles below An expedition had heen
sent i .wn {" ascertain tie facts, but had
not returned ut the time the steamer left.
Chicago. May 81.
Memphis papers Of the 18th announce the
arrival Of the Federal h.-t at Vscksburg.-
They had mer NJ successful resist, mo-. F..
Adams - 100 miles below V,cksbnrg, and
the presumption Is that u fight had taken
place there. So al ylss-ai aez eya
Washington, MAY 81
Voluminous dispatches from The tiuf re 1
ceived :" dav. Vessels Ut feet b, en- Judi.
c'"us y distributed gn,ng up far rs V,ck>.
burg. On our f"rc-s occupying Pensacola,
the Mayor PROMISED thar the c,t,zrns wound
behave ,h.m-e vrs p~encpab '. Reb Ia pvac-
uated on hearing our >tpam-rs the duv be.
fore were gong ,nro Mnb,le Bay, and that
ortar boats Mould soon fniinw.
Com. Porter left Ship Island on 7ih. with
steam belonging t. mortar fleet. TOR Nh.
bile b II, for purpose fixing place for NOR
tar vessels. and plant hu,ys for ships to
run in when th"y ~hnn d arrive. G., eat ex-
ci'rment seemed to exist within the { ,rts at
the pr gres- If me feet. There was reason
to b-i,rve that Fort Gaines wa~ evmcua,ed
the troops leaving to reinforce Fl. Morgan.
Washingro on May %.
A d.spa'ch from The l~ieu,.qn,,ters l..
the Army OF the Potomac Ut tn. 2l-l says
the encn mpMent Of the advance u, my unirr
Gen. Stoneham is still nj lla,n-,' Mill, 81
miles from R chmund. The rebel picke,s
occupy one side OF the stream, and the fed
erals the Otner.
A balloon ascension was made this morn
ing. reaching an alntuI. OF 400 f-et, and
an admirable view at Richmund and tie
r-bei camps in the l,m Is Of the c ,rpora-
ton obtained. To the left Of the civ, on
II line with the road leading to B ntnm's
Bridge, a large numher of tr~ops were seen.
A smoke was also seen fr"m numerous
camp fires IN the woods n trent, showing
that they We're occupied by q large force.