Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1862-04-09
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
FKox APsIL I'd TO APRIL Sth.

III w lnLIIOD All0 Ol0bANf W
reconnaissance in June '6l, Is {
now occupied by our troops b,
Gen. Fremont has constituted western
the Railroad. District, and assign
ed to its command Brig. Gen. Kelley, VINO
has established his Head Quarters al
Grafton. The Wheeling lntelhgencer
speaks OF Gen. Kelley as not yet restored
to health.
Intelligence has been received from
Richmond, via Baltimore, that the rebels
are sending their tobacco 10 the interior,
towards DansvilIe and Farmville, and be-
yond Petersburg. 1t is added that pri-
waite citizens have no control over cotton
and tobacco, the military having assumed
charge of them.
Fl. MONROE APRIL IA despatch from
Charleston says General Evans advanced
on North EdistO Island with 1000 troops,
but finding 5000 Federals there he re-
treated in a mastery manner.
Fort Pulaski had been thoroughly IN
vested for thirty days, and was moment
arily expected to surrender.
1t was said there are about 500 rebels in
Pulaski, and they had offered to go out
with honors of war, but Gen. Sherman de
manded an unconditional surrender, and
would. on the LIST of April, open fire on
them if they did not yield.
The rebels had withdrawn all their for
ces from the coast of Georgia and had
abandoned the works at T~hunderOolt,
| taking all guns to Savannah. The Semi
mole landed a force and destroyed Thun-
derbolt Fort which is within 8 miles OF
Savannah over a good shell road
Refugees from Savannah say that the
friends of the troops inside OF Pulaski
had offered thirty thousand dollars to any
one who would release them.
A despatch dated Woodstock, Va,
April ,, says our troops have driven the
enemy to-day from Strasburg to Wood
stock. u miles, and thence to Edinburgh
II miles further. He contested the
march most of the way.
The enemy contested sharply a strong
position at Edinburg. We lost one killed
and one wounded. A rebel Col. Ashby,
received 4 shot through his cap. Our
men behaved admirably during yesterdays
advance. Our skimishers were frequently
fred upon by Jackson's rear guard We
|, sheIled them as often Us in range but
) they succeeded in burning several bridges
this side of Edinburgh.
The President has received a letter
from Gov. Andrew johnson, dated al
Nashville, representing that the secession
feeling is very strong IN that city.
The mail contractors who haye arrived
: from Kentucky declare that that State
will probably accept the plan of emanel
nation suggested by the President in hi
recent message.
, Washington report says that John Jan
nv, President of the Virginia Secession
: Convention, has taken the oath OF aIlegl
: ance to the Federal Government
4 A despatch from Augusta, Ca, date'
. March 3Ist. saws the Charleston papers o
. TODAY contains a despatch dated New
Orleans. March 29th, stating that tw'
r Federal gunboats on the 2Sth, commence
a an attack on Fort Jackson at the moutl
of the Mississippi. Up to that time N
a body had been hurt.
New Orleans papers of the 9th
March report the loss OF the rebel steame
Vanderbilt. The Captain crew an
eight passengers are safe on the Florld
coast. One boat with II men on boar
a had not been heard from.
2 The rebel ordinance bureau has issue'
e an order calling for all the bells that cal
It be obtained. to be recast for light artille
nv.
Rebel troops are gathering in larg
numbers at ~Jacksonport md
l. Ark.
, Gems. Va1Dorn and JEFF. Thompson ar
? ~preparing for an early movement at som
: point in the Mississippi river with TN
force.
The Memphis Avalanche of March 29tI
a saws the enemy in attempting to take l;
land No. 10 had throwing shot and she
for 30 hours without doing any damag
To our works or u and up to this tim
only one Confederate soldier had bee
killed.
N BALTINoRE, April 2.
ID The following intelligence IS from tn
tie special correspondent at Fort Monroe
the Baltimore American: ,
+ The number of rebels in Fort Pulasl
a as reported BY deserters, Is 5OO- Nv
n German companies had revolted and wei
lg in irons.
70 Sherman's mortars and seige guns wei
10 so stationed that the guns OF the FOL
er could not reach them,
The rebels have withdrawn all the
NJ troops from the coast, and
n their earthworks, previously remoVln
is their cannon to Savannah
ir The CITY of Savannah, however, IS III
derstood to be very strongly fortlhed, an
all the approaches to 1t.
al The force there is variously estimate
by refugees at 20 to 10000. Probably q
600 is more nearly correct. !,
no A great dependency existed among Il
= -oo,s aud Daonle at Charleston.
m The fall of Newborn created the grea
est CONSERVATION. The fire eaters rldlcu
-, ed the North Carolina troops, chargh
81 them with cowardice. The shop keepe
~ and bankers in Charleston had also reiu
ed To receive North Carolina Money. Al
u there being two regiments OF North Gar
. lima troops there at the time, q revolt W.
' the and the shops were br
~ ken omen, and the troops helped ther
II selves.
a LONGER. and were allowed return home.
al No direct information of the abando
NJ ment of Pensacola by the rebels mas J
TO been received, but it was generally D
IS lieyed that our troops had crossed oy
,eI from Santa Rosa Iiland and occupied u
he place.
re- The latest adYices received from NC
on folk by the underground railroad, leav
re no room to doubt that the Merrimac "
mt thoroughly repaired and in commlsslo
and ready for another expedition again
ut the wooden walls of the Federal Navy an
at River transports, lying in the roads II
delay of the Merrimac in coming out
pit believed that she is waiting for ammuI
cir ton for the heavy guns that have Del
nd nIaced ON board of her, and also for son
in internal machines being constructed
ks Bombastes Maury.
no The rebel steamers jamestown al
CT Yorktown were also getting strenStneh'
and more thoroughly clad with iron to a
company the Merrimac-
There were stilla number OF the woun
ed surviving. The c~ontraband also star
~ that the last two shots OF the Mon u
en- 4.l 60 ha the only ones til