The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1863-04-22
The War News.

states LnnL our lOICSs, COu piioiuS Sofa an ~
infantry, and artillery, under Gen. Stone
man, the Chief of Cavalry, after making
feint of crossing at Kelly's Ford, crossed
the Rappahannock some distance higher
up, and rapidly pushed on to Culpeper
and Gordonsvile. They now occupy the
latter place, having driven out the enemy
This movement took place Thursday, we
presume. What more might have been
done but for the iaopportuue storm-the
third or fourth that has fallen upon the
Army of the Potomac at most critical
moment-we can only guess. By the oc-
cupaton of Gordonsville, the Rebels lose
the use of the Virginia Central Railroad,
and are practically fanked at Fredericks.
burg Perhaps this movement may ac-
count for the otherwise uuaccOuntable
suspension of the grand Rebel effort TO
capture Foster and retake Newbern, Spf-
folk and the Sounds.
The Navy Department has received an
account of little fight in the Nansemond
River on Tuesday last (The Nansemond
is the stream rnninr into the James, next
above Elizabeth River, and is the regular
water communication with Suffolk, in
which ueighborhood the Rebels have been
operating all the week The report
states that on Tuesday morning some OF
our vessels came d0wn-from Suffolk,
propably-the Mt. Washington, steamer,
being disabled. About noon the Rebels
opened, and our vessels at once got into
action. At o'clock the Mount Wash
ington got aground, and the Rebels made
her special target at only 700 yards
At high water the steamer Stepping
Stones hauled the Mount Washington off,
and at p. IN. the Rebel batteries were
sIleuced. Our loss was slight, only FIVE
killed and eighteen wounded. Our ves
sells were to anchor for the mig ht just where
they had fought all day. The object of
the enemy was to cross the river, SO as to
get in the rear of Suffolk but at the
date of this report they had not done SO,
and it was thought that they were in re-
treat.
From Richmond papers of the 10th
we learn that all was quiet at Charleston
! Con the 18th, we presume Union
troops occupy Coles, Kiawah, and Sea-
brook Islands. Seabrook lies at the
mouth of the North Edisto River. Kia-
wah lies Immediately above Seabrook,
from which it is separated by narrow
creek. Coles Island lies at the Junction
of the Folly and Stono Inlet. Coles Is
land was occupied before the late attack
by two or three Union regiments, who ad
yanced inland some distance, driving the
Rebel pickets before them.
By way of St. Louis we have a word
from Arkansas. A dispatch from Col.
Phillips, dated the llth, at Park Hill, in
the Cherokee Nation, states that he has
cleared the Rebels from the north side of
Arkansas River, and part of his command
now hold Fort Gibson. Park Hill is on
the road from Fayetteville to Tahlequah,
and Fort Gibson is an old Government
post beyond Tahlequah, on the Neosho,
near its junction with the Arkansas
] Col. Phillips had received overtures of
loyalty from the Greek Indians. The
Rebels were in force on the south side of
the Arkansas, and held all the fords.
We have extracts by telegraph from
Richmond papers of the 18th. They
have dispatches from Jackson, Miss, of
the 10th, saying that "fifty-three Yankee
gunboats have gone up the Coldwater
Riyer" The Coldwater is the stream
running from Yazoo Pass to the Talla-
hatchie If this exaggerated number of
gunboats or any number have gone there,
Is it another attempt to get into the rear
of VichsSnrg? And they say cup the
CoIdwater. ws,ich could lead nowhere but
into the Mississippi. TO which river the
Yazoo expedition long since returned.
They further say that in Black bsyou,
stream little north of Vicksburg con-
neeted with Sunfower Pass, the Yankees
are retreating and laying waste the coun-
try as they go. And again, "Our river
/ mississippi, we presume), patrolmep re-
port that two Yankee gunboats, convey
ing five cavalry transports, passed up the
river on the 7th inst. also 10 transports
with infantry. and 40 freight boats"
Rebel Vicksburg dispatches to the 10th
report all quiet; two additional trans
ports went up the river on that day,
loaded With troops, and others were pre-
pairing to 90. Of affairs near Memphis
they say the Yankees are re- reinforcing all
their depots on the Memphis aud Ohio
Railroad; and thirty transports and
twelve gunboats have gone from Mem
phisto operate on the Cumberland. Heavy
shipments are being made on the Mem.
phis and Ohio Road; the Corinth mer-
chants are shipping their goods north,
and the suffers are selling their wagons
ga great strategic movement Is afoat."
, If these statements are cnrrect the con.