Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1863-05-07

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allowed to buy freely in New York, 81
Louis and elsewhere.
Special to tie tribune Chief Eusineel
Wood of the Z. s. Navy, now on duty il
connection with the iron clad vessels, ha,
made proposition 20 the Secretary Of tbs
Navy to the following effect: He offer.
TO take monitor up the harbor of Char.
lesion, removing Oh his way all obstruct,
ions that may impede the progress OF
ships, Or if the department only desires
the destruction of Fort Sumter, he will
accomplish that.
A State Senator of California, who en-
joys to large degree the confidence OF
engineers, also offers to accompany Mr..
Wood on the Important expedition named.
1t is understood that the President and
Secretary Welles look on the proposition
with favor, but the action o. the Govern
meDt, of course, is not known.
Cincinnati, April ga court mar.
tial assembled here last Thursday, Gen.
Porter presiding, for the trial of Sandford
ID. Talbot and Thomas Sullivan. for har.
boring and shielding persons who are en-
emies OF the Government, and Thomas
Nj. Campbell, of the confederate army, on
a charge OF being a spy.
The court found ali the persons men
toned guilty. Talbot was fined $1,000,
and three months imprisonment. Sulli-
van was sentenced to sixty days confine-
ment in irons. Campbell is to be hung.
Gen. Burnside has directed the two for
mer 80 be confined at Johnson's Island,
near SaL dusky.
Campbell is to be hung at noon on the
1st of May.
New York, April 2S.-The rumor that
the rebels are marching on Wheeling or
Pittsburg rests on the fact that a force has
appeared at Morgsntown, Va, on the
MonoDgehala river, and near the State
line OF Pennsylvania. No fears are enter.
tanned for the safety of either Pittsburg or
Wheeling. 1t is not probable that the
rebel force will proceed any further North.
A dispatch to the Washington Star OF
Monday, dated "Harper's Ferry, April
o." says: "We have information that
the rebel Generals Jones and Imboden.
with some force, it is not said how great,
are at Moorfeld, probably on their way to
New Greek to destroy the Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad in that vicinity"
The Baltimore american, of Monday.
says rumors of rebel approaches to the
Baltimore q Ohio Railroad have assumed
quite a serious aspect. During Sunday
a movement of 900 troops was made on
the road to strengthen points west OF
Cumberland, and two regiments left Bal
timore to take the places of those moved
| further westward.
On Sunday night two companies of
rebel cavalry made their appearance at
Rowlesburg, but were driven Off and did
Rot succeed in damaging the Cheat river
bridge.
There has also been rebel force for
two days not far from Clarksburg threat
eniEg an advance on the road. A rebel
| force of 1000, under Gen. Boyd, left Win
chester early this week. Measures were
taken to check them.
Washington, April 2S.-The following
has been received at the headquarters OF
the army:
St. Louis, april 27.-zo Maj. Gen. Il.
| r.. Halleck: Gen. Vandever came upon
| the enemy's rear near Cape Girardeau
last night, and attacked and routed them,
taking a large number of prisoners, horses,
! army stores, &c. The enemy retreated
! towards Bloomfield in great disorder,
pursued by the victorious and combined
forces of Generals Vandever and Mcneil
(Signed) S. r. CURTIS, Maj. Gen.
Cairo, April 2S.-!peciazto the Journal.
-Four transports have just arrived from
Cape Girardeau, two of them having on
board the 25th and 9th Wisconsin regi-
ments. The gunboat Little Rebel has also
returned. Order is restored at the Cape,
and the women and children have return
ed from the Illinois shore.
After the rebels were repulsed on Sun
day, they fell back to Jackson, ten miles,
About midnight, Sunday night, Gen. Van.
dever fell upon them, completely surpris-
ing them, killing and wounding number,
and taking some five or six hundred prs-
eners. The guard house and Jail at Jack
son are full of prisoners.
Gen. Mcneil pursued them on the
Bloomfield road, overlook them yesterday,
and gave them another fogging. We have
not full results.
1t was Gen. McNeil's intention to send
force on the enemy's rear, for the pur-
pose of destroying the bridge over the
White river, thus cutting off their retreat.
Should he succeed, most Of the rebel force
will be captured. All of Gen. McNel's
pursuing forces are mounted.
This information is received from COL
Montgomery, of the 25th Wisconsin.
The rebels, as far as they could, have
completely devastated the country, re-
specting neither friend or foe. Their
force is between seven and nine thousand,
mostly cavalry and artillery. Whenever
they could, they have cut the telegraph
wire and carried it off.
The Federal force sent from New Ma
drid to intercept the rebels, has not been
heard from, and some fears are entertained
for its safety, as it is but 1000 strong, and
might be overrun by the rebels who num-
Der 1000.
New York, April 2S.-A Harrisburg
dispatch of to-day states that many con-
Trajectory reports are circulated relative
to the rebel raid. There is 10 doubt the
rebels have takeE, Morgantowu, and occu-
Ply it with some 1000 to 5000 troops under
Jenkins. Our troops are in mo ton to in
tercept him. and artillery is being sent
from Harrisburg.
Another dispatch from Uniontown, Pa,
states that the rebel flag is floating over
Morgantown, and men, women and chill
dren are flying in all directions.
Pittsburg is thought to be in some dan
ger.
The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad between
Cumberland and Grafton is destroyed.
St. Johns, N. F., April 27.-The Anglo
Saxon left Liverpool with $50 passengers
and crew of 81 men. She was wrecked
four miles east of Cape Race at noon.to. day.
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