Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1862-02-05
News of the Week.

ed at that time. After their arrival ~
Hatteras a series of storms of such unnar
alleled severity set in, that for two dav,
in succession it was impossible for any tive
vessels to communicate with each other
Much difficulty was experienced in oct.
ting over the bars. The propeller City OF
New York stuck on the outside of tbc
bar. and was a total loss. The caU.aii-
and crew were saved. The report tele.
graphed to the Associated Press saws thai
the vessels Pbcahontas, Zouave, Grauesbo.
and two other sehooners were lost Inn,
the official report makes no mention OF
their loss. Much difficulty is experienc.
ed in obtaining pilots at Hatteras. which
added not u little to the existing troubles.
Col. Allen of the Ninth New JERSEY Reg.
iment, and his surgeon, DR.. Weller. and
his mate OF the Anne Z. Tompson were
drowned IN attempting to pass from that
vessel TO the flagship in a life-boat. At
later accounts the storm had passed away,
and entire confidence was felt in the sue,
cess of the expedition. On the arrival at
Hatteras one or two rebel vessels approach.
ed to reconnoiter, but they speedy re.
treated when chased by our gunboats.
General Beauregard, according to the
Richmond Dispatch, has been transferred
from the command of the army of the Po-
tomac to Columbus, Kentucky where he
will be subordinate to no one but General
Sidney A. johnson. General Gustavus A
Smith, formerly street inspector of New
York will take his place at Manassas.
The military commission, assembled at
Palmyra, Missouri, for the trial of the
bridge burners, has found seven person
OrtIlfv and canfanaa1 AIar, - L. rI1&
The sentence has been approved by Ma
jor-General Halleck. and. they Will be ex-
ecuted at q time and place hereafter to be
designated. The rebels burned Long
Bridge on the Hannibal and St. Joseph
Railroad, last Saturday night. The bridge
had just been completed.
A reconnaissance was made by the reb-
els, near Sandy Hook, on Monday of last
week, which resulted in their repulse by
the Federal troops. Reports from the up
per Potomac, state the recent flood has
done much to damage the dams. Gen.
Jackson, when last heard from, was at
Myers, a small town near Martinsburg.
The latest arrival from England brings
some matters of interest. In England the
wal fever was working off, although some
of the London Presses was still bitter
against the Federal Government. The in
ter diction upon the expectation of saltpe-
tire and other article of a warlike nature
had been removed. The privateer Sum-
ter had been ordered to leave the port of
Cadiz and had gone to Gibraltar. Much
was being said about mediation" between
the rebels and the Government, in which
England and France would be engaged
No doubt such a proposition would be
hailed with joy by the rebels, as they have
everything to gain by any change in the
war programme, but the North will not
ask for help from outsiders.
The news of the defeat of the loyal In
dams and their retreat into Southern Kan
sas is confirmed. There were about 1000
of them under Ho-potheyo-ho-la, the aged
Creek Chief, who fought under jackson.
In the last battle the loyal Indians got
out of ammunition, when aretreat was or
dered to Kansas. There were a large
number of squaws and children with re-
treating Indians, swelling the number to
over six thousand. They were eli on foot,
poorly provided with clothing and provi-
sions, and numbers persisted before reach
ing Southern Kansas. The Chiefs have
had an interview with Gen. Hunter, and
provisions. blankets, money to buy beef
cattle, and rations in large quantities have
been sent to the sufferers.
By the way of LeaYenworth; Kansas, we
have information that Gen. Lanes expe-
dition is to be commanded by General
Hunter in person, unless otherwise order
ed by the government. General Hunter
has issued a special order to this effect,
and also that as no transportation is to be
had the army must move without it. He
further says that the general commanding
will take his yalise only, and but n
change of clothes (; no officer or soldier,
therefore, will take more. All trunks,
tents, chests, camp stools, and surplus
clothes are to be stored or Abandoned
Every officer and soldier is to carry his
own bed and bedding, ammunition, and
provisions.
England, France and Spain, in their in
vasion of Mexico, are not likely to have so
good a time of it as they fancied. The
factions in hat distracted country have
united at the approach of foreign enemies;
an army of one hundred and fifty thous-
and men is set on foot the soil is TO be
contested point by point, and the first
movement of the Spanish from Vera Cruz
has been repulsed. driving them back in
confusion. Vera Cruz is almost beseiged
by guerilla bands.
The Secretary of War has issued an or
der appointing Rev. Bishop Ames, of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, land Hon.
Hamilton Fish, as commissioner to visit
the prisoners belonging to the United
States army, now in captivity at Richmond
and elsewhere and will proceed under a
flag of truce from Fortress Monroe, and
make known to the rebel authorities the
object of their mission, when, if refused,
they will return.
Dispatches from Savannah, dated the
Odd inst, state that the Union troops last
week, took possession of Cedar Keys, a
small group of islands on the west coast of
Florida, and a most important point, be
ing the Atlantic terminus of the railroad
across the Peninsula to Fernandina. Be
ing in the possession of our troops, the
land connection between the Gulf of Flor
ida and the Atlantic is completely cut off.
Advices from Fort Pickens state that
the rebels have withdrawn a portion of
their forces to Mobile, which they consid-
er in special danger. 1t is understood
that the rebel forces opposite Fort Pick
ems is not now over 5000, inclusive of that
at the Live Oak Plantation, which is held
by from n TO three thousand, and forth
fed. Contrabands are constantly coming
in to Col. Brown.
The committee on lake .defences, of
which Representative Arnold is chairman,
have been delayed in their action by the
sickness of Gen. Mcclellan, but since his
recovery they have been plaeedin posses
sion of his views and opinions. They are
now awaiting detailed estimates from Gen.
Totten, but will before long make a fun
with regard to the defences of the
Northern frontier.
Troops are arriving at Cairo daily, and
the ChicagoTribune says the forces now
within the district cannot be less than
So, 900 or 10000 men. Quite a column is
being concentrated at Smithland, the
mouth of the Cumberland river. There
has also been a large amount of shells re-
ceived for the mortar feet and the work