Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-05-04
MORE ABOUT THE REBEL Rail

INV YORK, MAY 1.-The Tribune, IN addition
to what was telegraphed yesterday has the fol-
lowing.
Thursday morning the scene changes. The
movement down the river was TENT Late on
Wednesday night the Sd army corps, which was
at Four Mile Bridge, marched up the river again
and Joined the Cd corps Mt Banks Ford. and early
on Thursday morning the lat corps followed in
its Path and also halted at the same ford, so that
ON Thursday morning there were three corps
across the Rapdan, marching straight on the
rear of Fredericksburg by way of Chancellor
Vile village twelve miles distant from that city,
and three more at Banks Ford with the road TO
United States Ford opened and communication
established with the advancing columns, all six
corps being in position 10 move directly upon the
Rebel line of communication. and the 9TH corps
still with formidable display of force threaten
ing to cross below and assail the other flank Of
the enemy.
1t may well he believed that Lee evacuated
Fredericksburg precipitately and fell back to-
ward Richmond Telegrams to that effect were
received Yesterday. but were based upon the pre-
sumed necessity Of retreat, perhaps. much
upon direct information. Ii it is not true.
much the worse for Lee He had no alternative
but to march out of Fredericksburg TO fight,
with the certainty that his whole army, If de
feated. will be destroyed or captured.
Stoneman, with his cavalry, is in the rear of
any position to which Lee can possibly have fallen
back. and shall probably next hear that both
the Virginia Central and Richmond and Freder
icksburg railroads are severed. In that case, Lee
must fight with what forces he already has, for
no achievements can reach him before Hooker
falls on his isolated forces. We regard great
battle as not merely inevitable, but imminent
perhaps already fought.
The groundlessness of the runors which filled
the city yesterday may be judged from the fact
that no kilograms and no communications OF any
kind. except Official are suffered to pass outside
the lines to the North. Those which alege that
battle was fought below Fredericksburg are
nanfestlv exaggerations OF skirmishes which
occurred when the troops were nrsJ thrown over,
on Wednesday morning. and circulated in igno-
of the fact that the whole of that move
ment was a feint 1t ia impossible to suppose
that Hooker has divided his army, meaning to
attack the Rebels on both TANKS at once, and
without communication between the two wings.
The inevitable result of such strategy would
be, that with small force Lee would hold one
half in check, while he hurled his whole force on
the other and destroyed it, and then annihilated
the other, and aside from strategetic considera-
tons and probabilities our information On that
point is positive.
The Times correspondent gives the following
as portion of the casualts:
Capt. German, 7th Wisconsin, killed; Lieut..
Ryan. ditto, seriously wounded; r. j. Shields,
9th Wisconsin, ditto; Corporal Plummer, ditto.
hand and leg; Charles Adams. ditto. back; Lieut..
Topping, eth Wisconsin, killed. Amos N Strong,
9th Wisconsin, foot Chas Adams 9th Wiscon-
STA; Lieut. Burchell, oath Michigan Frederick
24th Michigan, neck; Corporal j Schelt; Alex.
Goddn, 7th Wisconsin. chest; Lieut.. Geo. Haight.
9th Michigan, head; J. Morrison. 9th Wiscon-
sin, chest; Ravsom Lawn, do, arm; w Jamison,
2ith Michigan foot; Thos. Goodsworth, ditto
ditto; Corporal Wildey, 9th Wisconsin hip: W IN.
Ross, eth Wisconsin; Chas. Boshook, 9th Wis.
consin, neck; L. B. Hills, ditto, arm; T. J.
Charles, ditto. leg; Capt. ". S Ford, 9Th Iudi-
ana, leg: Charles Conklin, 9th Wisconsin, leg;
Joseph Wither, ditto ditto; Sergeant Chas. Petty
18th Indiana. left leg; Joseph Corcil, Oath Michi-
gan, head; NJ. S Snodgrass, I'd Wisconsin, head
John s. Walter, 10Th Indiana John Paul, 9th
Wisconsin; Andrew Warberger, Oath Michigan
NJ. ". Ryan, eth Wisconsin, side; JOS Mckee,
oath Michigan. arm.
FRANKLIN, Tenn, May 1.-The Herald's spe-
cial says:
A detachment Of Gen. Changers cavalry, un-
der Col. Campbell, dashed among Van Dorm 5
pickets near Thompson's Station, this morning.
The enemy were vigilGnt, owing to the late sur
prises, and were prepared TO run Fourteen Reb-
els were killed, twenty wounded and eleven pris-
oners taken, including one oficer-all of the 4th
Mississippi. No Federals hurt.
MuRrREEsBoRo. Nav 1.-The Tribunes special
SAYS:
dispatch to Hon. John Forsyth, of Mobile,
from a citizen of Brookville, Ga dated April
%, states that the Unonists captured Mayhem, on
the Mobile anu Ohio railroad, twelve miles from
Columbus, Miss. Twenty miles of the Central
Mississippi railroad has been destroyed by the
Unionists from Corinth Great excitement was
caused by this raid of the Unionisis Scouts
again report that Gen. Johnston was preparing
for speedy attack Nashville and Murirees-
boro.
The Herald learns that Col Robert NJ
Westcou, of Fort Magruder, with in
fantry and cavalry made an attack on the enemy
the Rebels out of town. Our pickets are at pres
ent stationed there, and are ordered to main
tain the position at all hazards
By the arrival of the Escort from Newbern
we have information from that region up to the
29ih ult.
Gen. Palmer made a successful reconnaissance
toward kinston. and returned after driving the
Rebels from their position behind the earthworks
within eight miles of that place
The chief parties in the affair. were the 45th
Massachusetts, and 56th Pennsylvania.
Explosion of n steamer.
SAY Francisco, Nav 1.-The small steame.
Ada Hancock. employed in conveying passenger:
from the wharf a. San Pedro TO the steamer Sen
atOr, which was anchored in deep water FIVE mile:
from the landing, exploded boiler on the 9th
killing forty out of sixty passengers. and wound
ing the balance, excepting seven. Among the
killed are Captain Seelay. William Bumford
Fred kerlin, DR. II. NJ Miles, Vim. z. Richie
| Herman kmbal. the Mormon missionary. Cap
tain Joseph Bryant. and son of the late Genera
Albert Sydney Johnston.
Latest from Western Virginia.
! NEW YORK Nav 2-The latest information
from Western Virginia is 10 Friday. Col Multi
| gan repused hear Fairmont, and the Bait
more and Ohio Railroad bridge at that point wa
entirely destroyed large force Of Rebels nov
occupy Morgantown. The Baltimore and Obi,
| Railroad suffered severely.
The bridges at Paramount and Cheat Rive
were blown up.
| The steamer Creole has arrived from New Or