Washington telegraph. [volume] (Washington, Ark.) 1839-1871, 1863-05-06

FROM THE EASTERN CoAsr. r. cII-
mOnd, April liz The Peter bug rx-
press vt to-day. gives Favorable arcuuur
of the operations az Suffolk; and .: enfi"n~
a report that one IF tic euemy's ~ boat,
IN Nai zam M river. has been destroyed
by our batteries aud another driven VII
i'll crippled condition.
Wilmington, April III : Tie steamers
Flola aud Pct, arrived here This m"rstire
from IA: sal. targoes chiefly Salipeirc,
&c.
Gold,boro, April Is Major Nrrher-
cut commanding abuut l2U men u the
Srh North Carcl'na Battalion. -r..ag-.
and fought large force Vt ahyiirionl-r>
~ Ssnd Ridge, sixteen miles thu -lir NJ
Newbern, yesterday morning Tie fight
lasted ~ hour and twenty minutes. Ou
los is two killed ard fnur wounded tn.
latter have arrived III town. Mi u Y
having retired behind brea,i work. VIZ
reinforced and again advanced man ~.
euemy, forced bin ~ fall back ~ rnrr
The Yankee force j. estimated nt 1000
Their los IS umkuvHL but must be con
siderable.
Richmond, April lS.-Two st"am pro
Feler guuboats, one Ut large sizr. brth
filed with uonps, came up York river II
Thursday. Tie latter vent up Pumunkey
river about one mile abov9 West Point.
when our artillery opened fire, doing greaI
damage. At tie end Of the ac-iun SIC
was gotten off with great difficulty The
screams of the wounded we're heard dis
tinctly at West Point Both the propel
lers went down the river.
Richmond, April 1S.-The Perer>burc
EXPIRES to day contains intelligence from
Northern dates Of the 18th. The New
York Herald says: The attempt to take
Charleston IL abandoned for the present
The experiment having proved too hazard
Gus. The fire from the batteries was ire
mendous. as the condition of the Keokuk
shows. She was riddled through and
through with steel shot furnished the re-
bells from England The Ironsides re-
| ceived forty>fve shots, the Keokuk ninety,
the Weehawken sixty, the Montauk TWEEN
ty, the Psssaic ffty-ivt, the Nantucket
tifty-one, the Katskill fifty one, the Pa
iapsco forty FIVE, and the Nahant eig hty
The Herald's correspondence from the
Blsckwater gives an account of Long
streets advance upon Suffolk, and the cap
ture of the outposts.
Lieut.. Col. Kimball, commanding Haw-
kris Zouaves, who had just ariiv ed as
reinforcements, was killed by Gen. Cor
coran on Monday Corcoran attempted
to pass without the countersigh, and was
STOPPED by Lieut. Kimball
The Express has news from Norfolk 10
Tuesday last. Great CONSERVATION pre-
vailed among the Yank ees and traitors In
that city Gen. Keys, com handing the
department. had issued an order stating
that the proximity to Confederate forces,
renders it proper to notify all foreign con-
suls and their families, all women, and
children and other perso-s not ia the
service of the United States, who prefer
safety to The conflict of war that on ap-
proach Of the enemy to any town or vii
lage In that department and in the range
OF Union guns, such town or village will
be fired on without further consideration.
The citizens of Norfolk have been re-
quired to deliver up all the firearms 10
their possession.
The Express makes mention of report
from perfectly reliable source, that two
Yankee gunboats and six hundred prison
ers had been captured near Suffolk. No
official confirmation Of such report has
been received here.