Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1863-05-08
THE SENTINEL.
SUMMARY OF WAR NEWS.

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rumors in abundance, but the facts are few -.
The actual amount Of damage done TO the
western section Of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railway 10 at present unknown nor docs II
appear 10 have been ascertained with any de-
gree Of accuracy whether the Conlederates are
10 force or not. In the fight which occurred
at Greenland Gap, one Of The most important
points on the Baltimore and ONO hallWay,
the Confederates are saidto have been repulsed
several times with great loss, but eventually
succeeded in killing, wounding or capturing
the whole Federal detachment, numbering be-
tween seventy and eighty men. Col. Multi
gam az Fairmont, had also been attacked and
defeated with the loss of his artillery. The
excitement along the Pennsylvania border was
intense the raid having extended into Fayette
county; but for only few miles into the in
terror. AT the last advices they held Bridge
port and Pala.ine, on the railroad west Of
Grafton, and, it is asserted had seized large
quantities Of cattle and horses and sent them
southwark. The extentof the raid, both in
the amount Of damage done and of spoils Ia
ken at various points, is said TO exceed that Of
any previous excursion of n similar kind dur
ing the present war. 1t is, however, the i'm
preston of the military authorities that the
number Of Confederates engaged in it is COM
parauyely small.
or the six transports that attempted to run
the batteries ut Vicksburg, we now learn that
four are known TO have been sunk, and that
the other two, il they got by, were badly da-
mayed.
There were serious apprehensionsa at Young's
Point that the Confederate rams up the Yazoo
were about to make their appearance, as the
raft had been cut TO pieces aud had hoated out
Il was supposed that General Grant was about
to commence active operations, as orders were
issued on Wednesday last forathe whole army
In ma rrh with giy daVei rafipuc
AT the latest advces from Port Royal, the
troops were embarking on board the trans
ports, to be conveyed to the vicinity of
Charleston--or elsewhere. Shipments Of ord
nance TO the gunboats and Monitors had been
made, and some Of the Islands near Charleston
had been re-occupied; but Notwithstanding
these demonstrations it was not generally be-
lieved that any attack upon that city was Sc
riousy contemplated. The correspondent OF
the New York World writing from Beaufort,
South Carolina, remarks, significantly, Of the
new expedition, " before long we shall be on
our way to Charleston-or some other place 4
General Banks, in his headquarters in the
Teche country, appears to have encountered
severe losses, whilst the extent of his captures
were greatly overrated. The correspondent Of
the Boston Courier states that only three hum
dred Confederate prisoners had reached New
Orleans UP TO the 18th ullimo that but three
number of Federal wounded occupied houses
on the Teehe, six hundred others had been
brought TO New Orleans. "About the killed, /"
he adds, "we are not permitted 10 know, for
all communication with the returned soldiers
and prisoners seems to be interdicted"
MONDAY, May Am order from General
Hooker was issued on the evening of Thursday
last, directing that, hereafter, all newspaper
correspondents whose duty or inclination it
may be to report the operations Of the Army
of the Potomac shallbe imperhtively required
to do so over their own signature II they
fail in this, they are TO be excluded hencoforth
from the lines Of the army Commanding Off
GERS and Provost Marshals are directed to en-
force the order, and to keep themselves well
fnlormed Of all the correspondents within the
lHo3is Of tbeir respective eamps.h
= appears, by the correspondence O. the
NtiTfsEf ftmg5, IRON Falmouth hat the ru-
mola heretofore published Of the mutiny Of the
lst regiment OF New York volunteers were
well founded. This regiment claimed to be
entitled to its discharge about the 30lh ult.,
whilst the War Department insists that their
term Of service does not close till the It'll Of
May They refused to do duty and laid down
their arms but General Sickles appears to
have induced them to submission, by u series
Of stringent measures.
A telegram from Cairo, dated on the LIST in- !
slant, reports that on the 28th ult the troops
under General Grant, taking with them six
days rations and leaving their tents and bag
gage behind, took up their line of serch across
the Peninsula Of Youngs Point, Nheir desti-
nation being, in all probability, the town of
New Carthage.
In Tennessee, the Confederate advance I'M
der General Breckenridge is reported to be at
Beech Grove and Hooper's Gap, on the Nam
chester Pike, twelve miles from Murfreesboro'
The entire Confederate force is said to be in
position from Beech Gap to Shelbyyille; but
it is not believed that General Johnston will
advance against General Rosecrans in the for
tilted position occupied by the latter; nor will
General Rosecrans move out Of his works to
force the Confederate commander to an en-
gagement.
We have further news from New Orleans
General Banks was still in the Teche country.
Opelousas Washington and Butte la Rose were
in the occupation Of the Federal forces.
From Kentucky, eia Cincinnati, we learn
that General Carter crossed the Cumberland
on Saturday last, and attacked the Confede-
rates at Monticello, and, after a severe fight,
drove them from the town
TUESDAY, May 5.-We surrender good
portion of our space this morning, to the re-
ports of the correspondents of the New York
Herald and the Times, concerning the move
ments Of the Army of the Potomac up to the
morning ofSaturday last They certainly have
one distinguishing merit-they convey no in
formation by which the enemy might profit
But this virtuous reticence carries necessarily
with it one other consequence--the writer's are
compelled to deal in glittering generalties, "
which may mean much or nothing anG final.
ly wind up with the comforting assurance,
that the operations have, thus far, been re-
markably successful, and that tho prospects of
a successful issue to the Federal arms are uu-
usually cheering. Beyond this, and some
wha; confused narrative Of the movements Of
the different corps, preliminary, and suisse
quent TO their crossing the river, we have lit
Greatly nothing which might tend to enlighten
us as 10 the relative positions Of the contend
ing armies We cannot therefore lay before
our readers those essential facts which might
enable them TO obtain a correct view Of what
is popularly called ''the situauon,n nor would
il be prudent, under the system Of repression
which has been adopted by the Federal au-
thorties, to publish such facts, even if they
were known TO u.s. The best, aud indeed the
only thing we can do under the circumstan-
ces, Is TO give as clear a resume of the opera
tions Of General Hooker MS il is possible 70
obtain nom the sources we have already indi-
Gated
Under the belief that General Lee, though