Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-04-01

Ala, Sheibyvl1e- oklahoma. &C.
Bragg lost at the battle of Stone River Is. 500
men In killed. wounded and missing. These are
the Official figures. 700 officers were killed.
wounded and missing-two Generals killed and
three wounded Generals Breckinridge and
Chestham escaped without scratch.
The Rebel army in Tennessee consists Of one
hundred and ninety regiments of infantry and
seventy five of cavalry. the latter under General
Wheeler. Van Dorm being second in command.
letter from the irigate Hartford reports that
she grounded once in passing Port Hudson. and
was struck frequently by Rebel shot.
At Grand Gulf she was also struck frequently.
Her total loss was two seamen killed and six
wounded, all slightly.
The headquarters of the Dictator General
Loneiewitz were Yesterday established at Dziaios
cycre.
BREsLIx. March News from Warsaw states
that the Warsaw Postoffice authorities were mott
fed Yesterday that the express trains on the War
saw Vienna line had ceased running for that
day.
The Government has information from Port
ROYAL that arrangements for the attack upon
Charleston nearly completed. Much conf
dence exists in the success Of the movement.
Ample arrangements made for the safety of
Fort Pulaski and Hilton Head during the absence
OF the iron clads and troops.
Hilton Head letter OF the Goth SAYS: The
expedition which left for Stono consisted of nine
sailing vessels. four gunboats, four mortars and
several transports.
A late Richmond paper contains detailed
count of a great fire there. destroying $50 or 100
hogsheads of tobacco, valued at half million
dollars and Government property OF nearly
quarter million more.
CHICAGO, March 3l.-A Cairo special dispatch
saws:
Last Wednesday morning the rams Lane lster
and Switzerland undertook To run the batteries at
Vicksburg As thes came within range
the Rebels opened a tremendous fire The LIN
caster struck thirty times. Her entire bow
was shot away, causing her to sink Immediately,
turning a complete somersault As she went
down all the crew escaped except two.
The Switzerland disabled by a 81 pound
ball penetrating her steam drum She foated
down by the batteries, which still kept up a fire.
and struck repeatedly Finally the Albat-
ross ran alongside and towed her 10 the lower
mouth of the canal The loss of lie on her is
not ascertained.
On the way up. the Hartfod and Albatross
encountered Il battery at Grand Gulf. more for
mdable than those IT Port Hudson The Hart
ford struck fourteen times. and had three
men killed. Both vessels returned the fire vigor-
Ously and both were more or less injured.
The expedition under General Sherman, to the
rear of Haines Bluffs, via Steele's Bayou and
Sanhower. has returned to Young's Point.
Nothing definite from the Iazoo Pass Expedi-
ton under Ross and Qainby
A train on the Memphis and Grand Junction
Railroad was captured Saturday, by suerrillas
Forty persons were taken and paroed. Fed
eral force started from Moscow in pursuit.
WASHINGTON, March 3l.--Oficial information
has been receiv ed of Colonel Cravens's
battle and splendid victory OH Bear river, Wash
ington Territory. After forced march of l4O
miles, in mid winter. and through deep snow. in
which seventy OF his men were disabled by frozen
feet, he and his gallant band of only two hundred
attacked three hundred Indian warriors in their
stronghold. aud after hari fought battle of four
hours DESTROYED the entire band, leaving two
hundred and forty four dead noon the field Our
loss was fourteen killed and forty nine wounded.
These Indians had murdered several men du-
ring the winter. and were part Ol the same band
nias>acreing emigrantS the over land mail route
for the past fifteen years, and the principal actors
and leaders in the horrid crimes oi the past sum
During Col Corners march no assistance
rendered by the Mormons, who seemed inds
posed, he saws, tn divulge any Information re-
garding the Indians. and charged enormous prices
for every article furnished his command
An intercepted document addressed by Judah
P. Benjamin. the Confederate Secretay Of State,
to Hon / 7. C. LANAI, the Confederate Com
missioner at ST. Petersburg. has lately come into
the possession of our Government. Ii shows the
prudent and significant reserve which the Con
federate authorities prescribe to themselves in re
fusing to enter into any engagements with for
eisn nations not to engage in the African slave
trade
LOUISVILLE, March 81 Major Clarence Prem.
tice. with subordinate officers of the Con
Tolerate army. came into Louisville early this
morning and were arrested this afternoon and sent
Camp Chase
The federai forces are closely pressing the
Rebels and captured l40 prisoners Stamford
and recaptured = 900 head of cattle taken by the
Rebels from Kentucky.
FoRr MoxRoE March 3l.-The Richmond
Dispatch has the following:
The enemy has appeared again in front of Fort
Pemberton. On Monday afternoon heavy firing
was heard: the result is not known
The report of the capture of Gen. Carriers
brigade by Humphrey Marshall is not con-
frmed.
Gen Morgan had fight on the Doth at Milton
lasting FIVE hours, driving the enemy two miles,
when they were reinforced. Gen. Morgan says
his loss of officers heavy
A dispatch dated Chattanooga, March %. says:
Gen. Foster captured yesterday, at Brentwood. y
miles in the rear of Brentwood. 500 prisoners
He DESTROYED house, carried away commssary
stores, burnt the railroad bridge, tore up the
track and captured l7>loaded wagons.
Refugees and deserters from the Rebel army
are n most daily coming INTO our lines AT SUFFOLK
and Yorktown They represent movements as
indicative of an early evacuation of Richmond
which il likely to be accomplished by a slow and
sure process
A division of the Rebel army arrived at Rich
mond on last Tnesday--supposed to protect the
Rebels from any attack whilst the evacuation
proceeds
The Rebels have begun to remove their large
guns and machinery from the shops OF Richmond
to Chattanooga.
YoRKrowS, March by estegday morning
about 100 Rebel infantry stole past pickets in
front of Williamsburg and quietly occupied the
place. At dawn their cavalry in front attacked
our pickets, who fell back upon the towl Here
the infantry fired upon them. killing two and
wound ng five They finally cut their way out.
and escaped to Fort Magruder. excepting eight or
nine who were made prisoners Our force num-
bered about forty. and the enemy three hundred.
Before our reinforcemehts came up the enemy
seized Whatever they could and made good their
escape.
PHILADELPHIA, March 3l.-Yesterday 81 $50
900 legal tenders were converted into the 3 30
loan and 81 900 900 to-day.