Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-06-13
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TIE NEWS

Since the battle of tie 3lst Mag anG lst
june, ia tie neighborhood Of Richmond, things
in that quarter have remained quiet. There
has since been an almost constant succession
of rain storms, wh' Cd have ca2sed . heavy rise
in the streams and rendered the roads almost
Impassable-tbe rese!t Of which has been
continued inactiOE- report current the frst
part of The week that our guuboats had sue
ceeded in passing the batteries below Rich-
: mopd. was unfoEnded- I; IS positively assert
cd that 4 considerable portion OF Reauregard's
fo-ee has arrived at Richmond, but on the oth
er hand it Is certain that Gen. Mcclellan has
also been greatly strengthened by reinforce
ments since the late engagement.
After series Of skirmishes with tie rear
guard of Iacksons army in ore Of which The
rebel GeDeral Ashby was slain. on the 10th
Gen. Fremont succeeded ia over-hauling the
uaip body Of his army near Harrisonburg,
aDd general engagement cnsEed. resulting
ia the defeat of the rebels The loss on both
sides is seyere-ours iron SIX TO eight hundred
killed. wounded and missing, while that Of the
enemy Is said 10 be much larger.
The rebel city of Memphis is finally in our
lauis. It's capture was proceeded By one Of
the Gnest naval achievements Of the war. our
dsat entirely annihiIating that Of the enemy,
single one Of their boats only escaping and
that pursued With i fair prospect Of being cap
turrd. This opegs the Mississippi river from
/ its source to its mouth. AMI cuts Of that por-
ton Of reheldoin west of the rifer from the
eastern portion. Yicksburg at last accounts
still held out, but il has doubtless been cap
/ inred ere This.
! Adgjces froin the Goaihern coast show that
Chaglestop, Mobile and Galveston are recciv-
/ Ing atteation. Our forces had succecded in
! penetrating to within few miles Of Charles
/ ton by way of Stono Inlet. avoiding the forts
Et the cnttauce Of the harbor, aud at last nc
counts several important points had been ia
ken, and nothing interviewed between tue city
and our gunboats but single small island
/ the works on which will doub ubIless soon be re-
duced, and the grand focus Of treason fail iato
our possession Mobile, Savannah and Gal
weston will AL share the sam. fate so sooa as
! cur commanders see ct to make s.ricas d,m-
onstration against sbcm.
/ Several OF our gunbaais rescrtls 'reBt up
TO the city Of Georgctovn. 6. C.. withou; op-
position. and then penetrated a considerable
distarrc irto the iatcrior meeting no obs,a-
cies on the way, Charleston is now thc only
point Oh the South Caroliua ccast 10 which
our vessels have rot fseo aect@s.
a brief tclesraphie despatch. rcccired yrs
ieF,Iay ploruing, announces that Gen. Mitchell
has achieFee apothez sP3es3id Fictory. qeetinss
at Chattanooga y Iazgc body OF rebels. and
after seven bntfle of two days duration,
completely rogIing ihepa. 70 particulars are
g;yen.
II has 1sen reported 9urias 'he =eck. on
apparently reEabc suthorilT, tI,2t the rebels
were marching in large forcs from East Ten
nessce for Nashville, which place, being leit
@ith bat snail force, was Threatened with an
attack. R-inforce;geEts were promptly des-
! patched thither, and the last advices are frce
frors iutiriatiqas of apprebcndea danger,
Nothing seztni., is known as to ths move
ments Of the rebel army that was lately cotl-
ceptrated at C9rinth, except that large por
tion Of it has dispersed, and the remainder i;
considerably ieporaliaea. II Is doabtfu! whe'h
er they will attempt serieas slaB! anywhere
0zr forces haze advanced a considerable dis
tanee sQalh md west Of their late position. ar,
repairing The bridges ard raiIFooda rs the,
advance, and if the rebels can be avcrhauIed
vill aot fail to pitch into them,
Latest adviccs from the fesce aDscr Morgan
at Cumberland Forl. states that be bad corr
: nscncoi an aa7ance upon East Tennessee. an,
ne may soon anticipate important news f7on
: that quarter,