Washington telegraph., 1862-04-30

AID many private houses are filed with
them. 4 great many have deserted, and
they are stil daily deserving in SQUADS
One Pennsylvania and one Iowa regiment
had mutiuied an1 refused to 20 further
With the fc.'eral army The Filst Michi-
gan regiment has SAID that if the war did
nvt cease in thirty days, they would nv
down their arms. All this information
II sagne aud uncc .rniu. aud purports 10
have Eeen received at Corinth by .sdirect
information irUm Nashville Of III, u 6ih.
= iaIer despatch iiom Memphis (l6th)
says that the report If the mutiny and
diebindlng Of two keniucL.y regiments is
conhrmcd-(nv dUubr the same, and
.add- that also TWO Wisconsin regiments
mutInied. Another account SAYS that on
the receipt II Lincyli.', emancipation mes
sage eighteen federal officers resigned
their commissions. A Knoxville despatch
of the 18Th says that gentleman inst from
Nashville reports .at the enemy are re-
moving their stores ami sick across the
rivcr ~ Edgcdcid. rhis looks like max
lng ready for uip in Sc Of emergency.
We almost believe 10 our hearts the
women have shamcl them into leaving }
MncH VI this j. no doubt exaggerated.
We are sure that much o. il is true, aud
t.'a! ti"y are tired If til ir conquest. We
~ them a. ru Epfs 10 cur readers. The
-atne knoXvilie despatch s1ys that Col.
; r.ri.s, in late fight. killed 10 of the
cnrny ana wounded large number .-
ihI> must hayr been svine place near
NaTracr nn tile Chattanooga road from
rhr ntczi The surrender of Fort Pu-
m,,I IS iuIy confirmed. Our flag was
struck at TWO o'clock, p m., Oh the ! lth
last Our men made 4 most gallant de
frace, but were completely exhausted
CDl. O-lethOrpc seut message 10 Savau
nah that the garrison had done all that
Gieu could do. lie attempted to signalize
CIn>rUn's Bluff, but could not do so.-
The enemy brought Two of the largest
vessels into tie river, anchoring one
abreast Of the fort, and one abreast of the
5lrtuIc- at Jakley's point They had a
reneudU'gs battery of eight Parrot guns
barring upDn the South aud weakest walls
y. he init. The heavy, couical, steel
PJi"rrd Ua,lc went entirely thror "a the
walls # the fort wherever the7 struck
nj! tile barbc;tc guns and nearly all the
casematcd cuns were di,inounted. Nearly
thousand shells of the largest size we're
thrown into the fort No one was killed
in tie folt and OILY 4 wounded, who were
doing well. The surrender was uncondi.
tipnal.
4 Savannah dispatch of the 18th reports
a skirmish at White Marsh Island on
wednesday the 10Th between the 18th
Georgia Regiment aud Michigan Regi,
mcnt, about seven miles from Savannah.
The MichIganders FIRE rcpulsed with
loss Uf about twenty. Our loss in killed
and missing five, slightly wounded I.
The Northern papers express the most
entire GO. fiience IN tlieir ability to take
Savannah. We shall see
The above account seems 50 reliable
that we d. not credit report in ia /,
Charleston Courier Of the 2lst which states
that some prisoners taken at the fort had
been released by the cucmy and arrived
in that city. They sax We lost Il killed
including one gunner and that the walls
Of the fort were not hreached. Uncon-
dtional surrender would not be possible
nndcr such circumstances, to the brave
garrison at Pulaski.
Jacksonville Florida has been evacua-
ted by the Federals and is now in our
possession. They said they were going
Y to Tybce.
An Atlanta dispatch Of the 18th reports
an engine and three cars were stolen off
\ the railroad there. Ii goes en- to add
that s bridge burners "who stole our en-
gine," had been caught They are sup
posed to have been sent from Shelhyville
BY the fejerals 10 burn our bridges and
prevent reinforcements. CA somewhat
singular statement all tLrough.)
An attack was commenced on Forts
\ Phillips and Jackson below New Orleans
on the l4th at two o'clock, from the ene-
my's punbuafs. Il has been renewed oc
casionally since, but seems to have been
merely experimental. No definite results
had been obtained on either hand At
last accounts from New Orleans, the 10Th,
brisE firing was going on
" Stirring events are transpiring in the
/ Peninsula Of Virginia. Since the time
Of the landing Of the enemy early in the
month, >kirmisLing has been dali " going
%. On the night of the 10th official dis
patches were received at Richmond from
Lees farm. They stated that the enemy
commenced furious bombardment on
our lines at o'clock that morning, which
continued until o'clock 10 the eyccing
.sThey tried to force Gen. Cobb's position
between Lees and Wayne's mills. They
waded the creek, apd for time occupied
some Of our rifle pits. They were splen
didly repulsed. Our troops behaved no.
bly," We lost twenty killed, amongst
them Col. Mckenney Of the 18th North
Carolina regiment About rs wounded,
| 8 artillery horses and | howitzer dis
abled. Col. McKenney vas inferred in
Richmond on the 18TH An official dis
patch from Gen. McGruder, of the 18th
makes nomention of any further fighting
On the Rappshannock also, (another
of the "on to Richmond" roads, to be un-
dertaken simultaneously there is a great
deal of action. On Monday five gunboats
proceeded up the river to Tappahannock
in Essex county, but no troops were
landsd-supposed to be only reconnois-
/ Sanca