Washington telegraph., 1862-04-09
Telegraphic-

They oil report the boat whlcH was sum
as having been sho: through from stem to
stern. killing twelve men-;Iiso the other
one rendered useless and now lying on the
sand bar nearly under water They re
port that mt the fight at New Madrid, we
killed over one thousand men.
Richmond. Mar 2S-Dispatchcs to
Gov. Letcher this evening from Stanton,
Say Lieut.. Justin Williams and Capt Nor
rison were taken prisoners AZ Winchester
The Confederate prisoners were sent n
Baltimore The enemT's loss i 2rVUV
killed aud wounded. They arc haaiy
wvrstrd Oar total loss in killed and
woundci j. 465 Heavy cannopadinE !
heard and battle j. expected Oar men
are confident. The union sentiment -
Winchester was quiet last night. About
Q o'clock this morning Col. Ashley had
little brush lie drove the enemy back,
killing -. 1t Yorktown the fedeials are
advancing with a large force. In skir-
mish on Thursday, Lieut. May, of Coafe>
deratc army, was killed.
Memphis. Mar 29-Evening Argus
publishes news from tho Chicago Times
of the 25.h, says Wendell Phillips .ec,ur-
cd at Cincinnati on the 24th. lie a.owed
himself IN abD!iri1nS: aud di>unioui.t !:
persons il the gallery hisstd him from the
stage and then rg-ed and stoned him
Memphis, Mar 2g-Ihe Knoxville
Register ofihc 10Th says, wc are indebted
~ Capt. Gail.ord, quartcrna>ter Uf the
post AZ Cumberland iar, who arrived in
This city yesterday for the following prrti-
culars 81 tHe engagement there On Satur.
day last, which resulted in the repulse or
the enemy.
The enemy drove IL our pirkets Friday
even ~ about hali-pl.s five o oclugk. an
hour after Gen. Smifn left tic gap ihev
then f;l! back. The attlei, was comm snc
ed bJuC day light Saturday lnorning with
rGusketry; about ten U'clOck they succeed
ed In getting two rife cannon in position
- the right Of kentucky rcai. about a
mile and a half from our fortifc.tiyns.
| The damage done TO the enc ny we had
% means Of ascertaining. The casualties
ol our tide were few.
THE Evening Appeal publishes tile fol-
lowing from Dnr frontier: 4 ali dffach.
meat NJ federal cIvalrv. consisting Nj six
teen men made their appearance af Paris
\ yesterday morning. Iney made an IT,
qniry VI J l. Lamb ana ii uce, frnrrly
prq-id-uL Ut tLe Tnful. rntc military
b ard, ID tur other pronl-cnt citizens
/ No arrests We're made
They returacd 70 ihgir caEp which j.
aUJat seven miles from rar>. Thursday
I last thirty transport boats wefc scen to
! pass ~ tennessee river loilcd wi.h troops.
! Nothing of interest from is.a..d ~. Fir
iue continued. Oar boys getting used to
/ Il aud take but iIttle interest la respond
\ iug to their fire. No dam = done - ii.e
enemy and none apPrchen1ed-
Augusta, Mar ~ The ~aTlTHaI Re-
pubiicrn of this murnin- say, that on "a
iu.day il-t a federal -arb.a. despatched
ID New Smyrna, Eil., from Ill Augustine,
.eut Iu barEe> hTly-twy m-l Ehl attacked
nnr troops. Jap-- DE-hS, with thirty
hDr>cmen oPruci ifc cn ollie barge and
killed forty f-leIa>. mIrai-y wUanllng
two, and took Oue prisoner, nIne >c4ping
TIE negro pIiJr wly brought Iii The blr.es.
a. captured aud n1l4. The Yankees
sent ia q flag VI truc-, a. aIu- pcrinis-iO
20 bury their dead, which was granted UI
condiiiOn they would ei- u the negroes
they had stolen; they surrendered seven.
Richmond, Mar % -l'rcsIdgEt DAVIS
has Scut message 10 Congress ..sdipg the
repcai o; all exlstIng ulI Itary 4wS, aud
adyUcating the enactment OF eonscript
avs instead. lie recommend the adop-
zion Of a law subj citing every iu.n b.twcen
. he a-es of Is and 80 years 10 lab liry
4 fur military service Va EiS reception a
/ spicy debate ensued, in which tMi4.alI
\ -pYku id favor vi, aud Oldham against the
/ recommendations WI tAe message.
\ n III cial lisparc. from Charleston says,
nn tue list lanker steamers appryacne-
Y ha>nIu-tvn, M XII, auL landed l,UJl
v i.nkecs, who marched lhry1g ihr toFn
\ ulaying Yankee DlyIi,, and h0is "a laclr
fig on the cOurt-hu..se, ani destroyed
some gun carriages aud an unfinished gun
boat in the ship yard i'eop.c of tie town
preserved A sullen aud uuresisting silence.
| The Yankees then i,ft. saying they were
disappointed, not finding any uui0nisis
there Their officers declared hey we're
waiting 10000 reinforccm-nts, when they
would march against Raleigh. i second
Gl0ldANh was iNNNtf NA 4e>A blElA. hEaen
says Gen. Evans had sent a detachment
Of scouts TO the enemy's position on Ed
isto Island, below Charleston, at o'clock
this morning, which encountered the Yan-
kee pickets. Id the >SiImish which en-
sued we killed Que, wounded one, aud
bagged twenty one prisDners-ole Carroll
nian was slightly wounded This i cffi>
cial- Tie Northern papers NJ the 25th
say, fleet consisting ot twcnry~pno heavy
mortar boats ard eight steamers, and one
store ship, under Commander Porter had
left Key West to attack New Orleans by
Ponchartrain.
The London Times thinks that the Yam
kee victories sill open the way to conci-
liation aud peaceful separation. Cotton
declined half penny in Liverpool on re-
ceptiou of the news of the capture Of
Nashville. The Sumpter IS still at Glib
ralter closely watched by the Tuscarora.
Augusta, March 3l.-Charleston Cou>
rier Of this morning confirms the report Of
Gen. Evans expedition to North Edisto.
Also information from Nassau to the l6th.
Ship Great Republic reported u have
| D nna ,r..r,a .n hoard naz~al Naau,,, s.