Delaware State journal and statesman., 1862-04-11
THE NEWS

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on board our vessels which lie in Mud
River supporting the batteries, and
drawing of il was made 1t is described
us yery much resembling the Merrimac in
appearance, hut is much smaller in size,
and is considered to be every way less
formidable From the fact that. although
alloat in the river, She has made no at
tempt to approach the batteries, it is pre-
umed that she either draws too much wa
Ter, or is defective in construction and not
yet wholly completed
The new United States legal tender
Demand Notes have made their appear
ancc. Government is issuing them, now
al the rate Of about four millions of dol
lars per day They are said to he much
prcttier than anything of the kind here
tofore issued The paper is winter, and
the whole appearance of the note calen
lated to please the artistic eye. The Wig
nette is an excellent medallion portrait OF
Robert Morris. The seal Of the United
State, impressed on the face j. in red. and
about the size Of II ten cent piece. fhr
tint rs in the other notes, is green, hui
the back il lghtcnrd in the center by The
insertion OF the inscription relative 10 The
notes being legal tender
A correspondent of Western paper
who has lately visited New Madrid say
that the town presents Il very sad specta
Gle. Whole blocks Of houses have beer
destroyed by the rebels in order TO Obtain
clear sweep for their guns and evet
this wholesale destruction of propert.
does not appear so badly us the building
which are partially destroyed, bore'
through aud through with shot and tom
with she'll, leaving just enough of them t.
Show what they once had been. Ther
are none of its inhabitants left mot on
and many years will elapse before TIL
town will be what it once was.
In Western Virginia, the Mountain d,
partlnent under Gen. Fremont, Genera
Nilrav, with his brigade, has advances
against the rebels from Cheat Mountai
to the position they held at Camp All(
ghauy, which they abandoned, and he o'
cupied The rebels are supposed to hay
gone to Stannton
Our fleet captured at Newben nh
merchant vessels, laden with 1000 barre
Of rosin, besides tar. pitch, tnrpentiu'
cotton, &c.
The keels Of two vessels on the mode
Of the Monitor, hut thirty feet longe
were laid at Greenpoint, n. \ D., last wcel
IN attack has been made by the Rehe
upon a portion of the forces stationed
North Edisto, Information was conyc
ed to the Rebels Of the position orcupi'
by three companies Of the 5jth Pennsl
yania, and their capture was attempted
three battalons, each five hundred stron
moving simultaneously last Saturdi
morning, ut dayhreak, upon their acpara
positions Ii happened that two comp
nies had moved their camps the day !
fnc. and the two Rebel battalions
search Of them were obliged to retil
having effected nothing The third "
cs fortunate, Thirty men of Compal
+. capt. Bennett, under command Of til,
First Lieutenant, We're at llannahal
plantation, on Little Edslo, separat
from the large island and the main for
Wv a creek, the bridge over which was (
lroyed by the rebels, and their retire
completely cnt oil This msgnilea
iarre. thus attacked by 500 Rebels ma
FAMED desperate defence for All ho
falling back toward the bridge, of whC
destruction they were unaware, avail
themselves Of the inequalities Of /
ground rs cover and partially screen
hy tile thick fog, through which, huwcy
the flashes Of their guns betrayed them
the enemy They steadily maintained I
unequal conflict until when within Ii
dred yard of the bridge, their ammunit
rlyc ont, and no other defence was p
ible stil, they would not surrend
bnt throwing their mlslct into the liy
sought refuge in thcliets along the ban
Five men escaped by swimming, and "
afterward picked up by one OF the Cu
ier's boats. Five arc known to Ii
been killed during the sight. The remi
ing twenty, some Of them wounded,
missing and undoubtedly prisoners
By the steamer Hibernian, nj Portl
from Liverpool, we have later news fl
Europe The gunboat Tuscmora
rebel priyatecr Sumter were still at {
mltar The King Of the Belgians is d
gerously ILL., On American affairs
tone Of the London Times aud Her
slill continues mfavoable. Prince =,
dischgratz and Count Nesserodc
dead. The Spanish government has
tlercd Gen Prim not to negotiate with
Mexicans until the allied troops shall HI
entered the City Of Mexico, It is ass
cd That the Greek insumection is sill
suppressed The Italian government
issued a circular asserting that RO
should be its capital, and that Venc
should b. annexed to the Italian l,ing'lo
The rumors of ministerial chances