Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1862-04-02
NEWS OF PHI WEEK.

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Va having took possession on the 2jult.,
800 rebelsleft the place at our approach.
The deserters represent that there was
a great panic amongst the rank and file
of the rebel army, on account of the RUM
ors of Federal victories. ar
The Union forces found at Newbern
five hundred OF the finest Enfield rifles,
part of the cargo of the Nashville, which
brought three thousand.
Gen. Buell. was reported to be within
Is miles of B~eauregard, on Sunday, who
is at Cofinth, Miss. A great battle is x
pected TO cone off at that point.
After a lull in the bombardment at Is
land No. 10, it was vigorously renewed
on Friday last. The rebels nave put up
guns of longer range. No signs of their
leaving.
Contrabands state that the rebel steam
er Merrimae having been fully repaired,
was brought out of the dry dock on Mon
day morning, that her crew had been plac-
ed on board, ard she was ready for ac-
ton.
Hon. Emerson Ethridge has written a
letter from Nashville, stating that W. H.
Polk, brother of the late President Polk,
is in Nashville, and that Hon. W. H.
Stokes is shortly expected. Both are
strong Unionists and win cooperate with
Gov. johnson in putting the State Govern
ment in operation.
A Washington dispatch dated 18th ult.,
says that two squadrons of the New Jersey
cavalry under Gen. Wyndham yesterday
surrounded q party of Texan Rangers
near Dumfries, twelve miles below the
Occoquan. One of our men was slightly
wounded. We took ten prisoners and a
number of wagons loaded with wheat.
A military Department to be called the
Middle Department, and to consist of the
States of New jersey, Pennsylvania, Della
ware, and the Eastern shore of Maryland
and Virginia. and the counties of Cecil,
Hartford, Baltimore and Ann Arundel,
has been created. Major Dix of U. S.
volunteers. is assigned to the command.
Headquarters at Baltimore.
A gentleman who arrived at Cairo, on
March %, from Memphis SAYS that the
report that the South is well supplied
with provisions is absurd. They nave not
stock enough on hand to last a month
Clothing. shoes, ETC., are also very diff
cult to obtain. No confidence is felt in
Southern currency, Southern politicians,
or Southern military leaders. JEFF. Da-
Wis was universally denounced as incom-
petent.
Since the battle of Pea Ridge, Arkan-
sas, the rebels, reported 81, 900, under Van
Dorm and Price, have gone to Van Buren,
and Fort Smith Texas troops said to be
much disheartened over the death of
Ben Mccullough. Pixies Indians nave
mostly returned home. The havoc made
by our artillery made them panic striker.
Gen, Curtiss army has fallen back to Keits-
vile for forage, Arkansas having run out.
Very lettle Union sentiment found in
Arkansas.
A few days since the pickets along the
lower Potomaeand the Chespeak Bay were
drawn in by Gen. Hooker. The rebel
sympathizers in lower Maryland took this
as an intimation that the United States
forces were about to leave, and immedi-
ately commenced to send their slaves to
Virginia for the rebel service. This per-
fdy did not escape the vigilenee of the
General who Immediately ordered the ar
rest of some six or eight ring-leaders, who
are among the most prominent citizens of
that sectionof Maryland.
Generals Beauregard, Cheatham, Polk
anu OliEkt Mtul - OOTlulu. AllSS.~ Il lOIL-
night ago. The rebels have a force of
$4,000 there, and expect to make a stand
either at Corinth or Bethel. 1t was the
general impression that this battle. would
be the decisive one OF the campaign, and
that the fortunes of the South would
hinge upon its result. At Memphis, and
at other large points, even New Orleans,
there is Considerable Union feeling. Soutn-
ern papers do not represent the feeling of
the mass of the people; they. as well as
everything else, are under the control of
the politicians and military.
An individual named Pollock, from Gull
pepper county, Va, near where the rebel
army now lies, states that in the vicinity
from which he came, there is a loyal insur-
reetion among white people who are bit
ter in opposition to the rule of JEFF. Da-
Wis. The people, he says, feel that the re-
bel cause is hopelessly lost, since the re-
treat from their stronghold at Manassas.
The rebel defeat at Winchester has also
depressed them, though every effort has
been made to conceal the bad news from
the public and that portion of the army
which were not engaged in the fight.
The rebel force at Corinth. Miss, Is re-
ported at one hundred and seventy thou
sand. Doubtful story. Corinth, however
Is a very important strategical point. 1t
is situated in a hilly, semi-mountainous
country, is the junction of the Memphis
and Charleston and Mobile and Charles
ton railroad lines, which forms the inland
communication of the Atlantic and the
Gulf seaboards, and which is vitality i'm
portant to the rebels. The enemy are re-
ported to be under command of Gen.
B~eauregard, who proposes there to dispute
the advance of our army upon Memphis
from the East.
At the taking Of Beaufort, NC. by
forces, the capture of the rebel privateer,
the Nashville, was being shut in the har-
Dor. and of course certain of capture
But she escaped on the night of March
Is, by running the blockade. One U. s.
steamer and M sailing vessel were the
only craft there at the time. The steamer
followed the Nashville and fred a num-
Der of shots at her with the hope of get
ting her into a fight, but the superior
speed of the Nashville soon put her at a
safe distance. Two of the shots from the
Cambridge were supposed to have struck
the Nashville.
Memphis is in a state of agitation md
ltIIOI. Inc Ad4L SIOu1iOo dIc uScO IOI Il
camp. Every n capable of bearing arms
is being impressed into service. Men are
even dragged from their beds. The pro-
clamatiOn of the Mayor in regard to burn
ing the city has no influence. A E%Iajori-
ty of the Aldermen, in connection with
the leading military officers decided, at
a meeting held a fortnight ago, to burn
the city when they evacuate, in spite Of
the Mayor. There are no Notifications at
Memphis. The news of the battle at Pea
Ridge caused great depression. The Fed
eral grInboats were expected daily. Two
hundred and five Union prisoners are in
the city, who are made victims of much
abuse at the hands of guards. Ono of
them was shot at for looking out of the