Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-04-18
GENERAL NEWS.
THE WAR.

~ fhat the l. nlteu states Government,
having $4,000 more volunteers than
the law allows has had to put stop to
cnlistments; while the rebel leaders are
uhout disAonoring themselves by forcing
paroled prisoners into the ranks again,
are proposing CONSUMPTION of all above
Ia years old, lighting or disarming or
imprisoning mutinous regiments, and
filing the newspapers with frantic aud
evidently Ineffective appeals to every
hndy tn destroy HE property and join
the army. No more startling contrast
/, in respect to yigor, hcpcfulness, earu-
estness, could possibly be conceived
he eombataat WHO .cannot even rally
his own strength for the conflict Is
ready to fall at touch.
q The total forces of the rebels aud j
the GovernmcEt are stated, on author /
iiS seemingly reliable. at 368 aud 700
regiments respectively, being 265, ,93f,
and nearly 700,0 men.
1t is with exultation that We an
nounce that once more the standard OF
tho Uuien ie visibly and rapidly ad-
yancing upon the last line of the de-
fense of tile rebels, and from the East
ejHQ Inc WEST w lSSOt'S SoOu ehN
risus newr,
s--lsseneraL MeClellan's army, acme
time since transferred by water. to the
peninsula between the York and James
Rivers, at last moved from Old Point
ON Friday morning, the 4th, toward
Yorktown. "a miles away, where Magru-
der is supposed to be in command with
10000 troops. On Saturday morning,
at 10, the adyaace came ia front OF the
strong iutrsnchments which the rebels
have throwa ap before Yorktown, and
acoanonade began on both sides, opened
by the rebels, aud continued until dark,
without effect On Sunday, General
Mcclellan carefully reeonnoltered the
rebel works, which appear we'll placed,
defended in front by swamps, and are
soue two miles long, heavily armed
There was considerable skirmishing as
our forces advanced, and some casual.
ties occurred. The rebels were driven
back from all their advanced ontwerks
to their main line. 1t Is, however, nee
essary to attack them with heavy artll-
iery, and siege guns and mortars are al
ouce to be opened on them.
Every patriotic heart will rejoice
that this ma gnifcent army is at last tt
see the face Of a foe; and Is ready tt
give supera bounding praises to oott
soldiers aud commander, if only gooe
work is DONE Later news places tn
rebel force at from $4,000 to loO,eoo
surrounded by the U. 8. troops, ant
with no apparent means OF escape.
~ in concert with McClellan's ad
vance. Banks and Fremont are pushing
down the mountains, the rebels retreat
ing as thoy come. Milroy, one Of Ere
mout's generals, is prsssing the enem;
southeastward toward the Shenandoah
mountain, (parallel with the Blu
Ridge which must be crossed before
iurctioh can be effected with Jackson
who is in Rockingham couty; and ther
is good hope that Gen. Banks may &c
between them. or even cut OH Jackso
from his railroad connection to the cas-
ward, and compel him to fight Or SUI
render.
Gen. Garfield, the eouqueror
Humphrey Marsha, gained ano,h' a,
---..:ll;aat little victory whose details ha'
come very late to hand, in the early pa
of March, over some 500 rebels, who hs
seized Pound, or Sounding Gap. Th
pass is on the mountains between he
lucky and Virginia, some distance mort
east Of Cumberland Gap. Finding tn
these fellows were becoming the pests
all that region, Gen. Garfield spied the
little, and then making two day
% forced march, with 700 men, OF for
miles, over painless mountains, IN co
slant rain and snow, he sent bis caval
np in front. while with the infantry
scaled the mountain, marched aloug t
ridge, and fell upon the rebels IN Han
A single bayonet charge scattered the
and they fed out of reach, while &c
Garfield burned their camp Of comtor
ble log huts and ali the portable pro
erty'' which his men did not happen
want, and proceeded safely back hon
1t ia thought that the hornets will |
build there again.
Coy. J Johnson having required
city officials Of Nashville to swear al
glance to the United States, they
elined, on the ground that nobody b
made them do so before, and that tt
had taken no oaths unfriendly to
United States. So the sievernor, to
gin with, had their Mayer arrested $
clappsd into the military prison, on 9
erai charges of reasonable conduct, {
has deposed the whole city governme
substituting Union men.
The great latte at Corinth has b.
fought and won. For the first and o
time in the war, the rebels have da
to attack. Either stimulated by m
desperation, or encouraged by their
cumulated numbers and the presence
Beauregard, Johnston, and all their n
trusted generals, they marched out II
their lines at Corinth, and with fc
of 10000 attacked Grants army
$4,000, with the intention Of cutting
TO pieces before Buell. could come
Their attack commenced at day br
on Sunday morning the 9th, and all
day the vast rebel host, pushing forS
with desperate courage and overwhe
ing numbers, pressed the Union
fighting more desperately still, fur
and further back toward the river,
by evening had possession OF two-th
Of our ground. They were now repu
by the tremendous execution OF oul
tillery, aided by the guaboats Lex
ton and Tyler, and now -Buelis a
and Nallace's brigade appeared IN 81
During the night junction was etfe'
the battle was renewed on Monday,
continued with unfinching hercene
.,.;lo Q ID " when Gen Ii