The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1863-05-29
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Portland Daily Press.
FROM FORTRESS MONROE.
Items from Southern Papers.
REBEL REPORTS FROM vIOKSBURG

FORTRESS MONROE, MAY 81.
The steamer Georgian arrived this forenoon
from City Point. She brings Richmond pa
pers of the 26th. They contain nothing from
Vicksburg.
The Richmond Enquirer of the 2Gth contains
the following:
Goldsboro, N. c., Nay 25.-A number of
abolition prisoners arrived here this evening
from Kingston, seven of them being the cap
tain and crew of the schooner Seabird, cap
tured last Thursday, twenty miles from New
bern. The schooner and her government car
go were burnt.
Raleigh, ". c., May 25.-The Kingston cor
respondent of the Raleigh Progress, under
date of yesterday says, 5000 Yankees attacked
our force, consisting of three regiments, at
Gumswamp, and surprised and routed them
We had several wounded and from 80 to 100
taken prisoners. We took eight prisoners.
Gen. Hill forced the enemy back to within
eight miles of Newbern.
DIR. Myers, Assistant Surgeon u. S. army,
now confined in the Libby prison, is held as a
hostage for DIR. Greene, of Pittsylvania, who
is in fort at Norfolk as hostage for the in
famous traitor DR.. Runkerhose whose trial is
now pending before the County Court OF Bat
tletown. For two officers recently murdered
officially in Ohio, two officers of equal rank
now in our rebel hands, are to suffer through
that proceeding. This intelligence has been
conveyed to Col. Ludlow, Yankee Commits
sioner, by Commissioner Ould, with the addi-
tional assurance that hereafter, for all Confed-
crate soldiers or citizens improperly held or
executed the law of retaliation will be rigidly
enforced.
A Miss Hayler was arrested at Suffolk yes
terday. A document containing plan of all
the Notifications at Suffolk was found in her
possession, and letters to Gen. Longstreet,
stating that he could make a raid to Norfolk
and capture Gen. Viele and Gov. Pierpont.
The document was prepared by an attorney at
Norfolk. He is under arrest.
FORTRESS MONROE, May %.
The following extracts are clipped from the
Richmond Wing of the q:
Mobile, 27h.-A special dispatch to the
Evening News, dated Jackson oath, says fir
ing was heard until o'clock this forenoon.
No report of artillery has been heard since
that hour. This forenoon the goth Mississippi
mounted regiment dashed into Raymond, and
captured 400 prisoners, fourteen of whom
have been brought to this city, and the rest
being sick and wounded were paroled.
Jackson, 25th.-An officer who left Vicks-
burg Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock says the
enemy attacked our LETT and centre four times.
The first attack lasted thirty minutes, second
twenty, third fifteen, and the fourth nine min
utes. They were repulsed each time. Our
loss was so men.
When the column of assault was brought
up on Wednesday, the officers leading the
troops broke, and the column Disappeared
On Thursday the enemy were engaged in
shelling our entertainments. Our works to-
wards Warrenton have not been menaced.-
The Federal line of investment is imperfect.
Some of the prisoners taken report that Gen.
Steele has been killed.
The Wing has also the following editorial;
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