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most distlnSulahC1 pTaIerY, anu t40H r U''
/ dience % orders"
/ The Navy Department. has ordorod tho
I Vanderbilt 70 cruise in the latitude where
the resent depredations Of tho Alabama werO
I committed, and among other ports she wGs
Instructed % enter was that Of Fernando
, deNo75nts, where Tic Alabama rendezvous
el. Uron reaching the West Indies, At-
mirnl V likes seized her as bis flag ship, end
a;ihe latest dates s-e w-s cruising an4er
his direction.
thursday morning, Capt. Moliahou, list
Fenn. N.ls., shot ami ki,el nlm1st ins:sr:-
lv Capt McNIaaas, of the 69th : I. Vols,
with 2 revolver. This happened on the Aap-
lahsuu1ck N1llahon j. under arrest 70 an
sve7 J'e charge Of murder.
Nai. 6en. sicsle5 impaired health has
rendered q lrief term of reposc necessary
Ilc j, going 70 iae sea shore.
Lieut.. Commander Brown, who Is among
the returned prisoners, on Thursday in per
son delivered b the Navy Department his
. circguI- -aa.i1l rg11rt Of tie capture OF tho
/ Indilu ,5. oi which be az that timc had ools
m-ai
lie rG-ir Of The 10th, by the advance
esari os the 1T New York, was moro disas-
ts5us % tho rebel party at Berry 5 terry than
yas ac Irs. realized. OaJ Of the p rebels,
, were killed. S wounded and captured, and
this nv l5 men af the 1t y. Z. Cavalry.
One -f thc killed was Capt. ". W. Mead
. lie was srot FROM his horse and drowned IN
the Ir-r. ! document WIS found n
his r1ck.-. being the authority from the rebel
/ SECRETARY Of War 20 organize his company IN
- a.
. one surgeon aui Lieut.. Morgan. Lieut.. Yer
MILAN, who commanded the party, is entitled
q all praise. The rebels were IN ambush
and permitted tas rarty to approach within
a sh6lt distance. The first indication they
had Of their rrescnce was a volley and their
immediate formation in their rear on the
road. Yernillian's men instantly wheeled
about sui charged with results slrecdy-re-
ported.
\ Paladelp5is dispatch dated the 29th,
-1v- the I. S. supply steamer Massachusetts,
rrriv.i O. tic rsvv Yard to-day. She reports
t1attte -uuAlat Penohscot while chasing IN
English steamer Of Wilmington, \. c., came
close I'm shore anI was fred upon by the reb-
el f.-teri. e. hT which her assistant surgeon
was killed. ma tire steward wounded. The
Na-sachuse-ts smoke the iron clads of Edisto,
= C.. aa- c.c New Ironsiies of Cha-lestoa-
s srec,a' from Cuiso gives the following
Ps--l,i prisoners who left Sherman's Land
i5s 11 tie a3i, say that just before leaving
Uhev c1uver-ed with the bearer Of dispatches
from PEN fe-c o % Johnston who had been
capturc- He says the number Of rebels al
Viek-hurS IS between $500 and 5000.
Friiav mo-uir. Gen. Pembcrton cent =
far . t71ce . Gen Grant Offering to sur
renlsr Vicksh1rs II Gen. Grant would allow
tnc rs's's o. Lev down their arms and msrcl
01t TIE offer w,s refused
Thurs ay the rolol batteries on the hill
north cf tie town ver9 taken s1d turned On
the enemy.
On tis e~cri-- 4 the sanae day the v1.cr
batteries r. the loot Of tho hill were cap
tureI The same evening the water batter
IL bel0y Tlc&slc... were taken by Porter Z
mortar b51s.
Frilav. after ;ls refusal 70 accept Pember-
IONS terms. Gen Grant " moved on bis
work, and he Te1Ils were Lrivel 10 the
iuues tjr.j1-a;ilu-.
Cen. Logan guards The Black River bridge
Gen Grant feels certain that be viii DO
able q take care c: Johnston. lie latter
has only a551t ten thousand mcr, exclusive
Of what nc may -et hy rcini1rcements- ten
Grn,'s oruY is larger than i generally sup
r5-.d-qui.e numerous cEough for the WORK
IN hand. i- stretches completely around the
doomed city, each win. resting on the river.
Viek,bur. IS tuii OF women and children,
not only the original inhabitants there, but
many Vh3 hove come in from sas surround
ing country for safety
4 spclial = tie Times. dstei "ih7co
miles east of Vicksbur-, 23d, says Ou-
vyourled % tho battle Of Champion Hill
number over 1900. The enemys loss Is ac-
knowIcl-eG % be not over half that. We
had ab15t 90 600 troops engaged and the re-
bgis about 10 000, according 70 the account
OF their wounded.-We took three thousand
at the battle OF the bridge.
G.n. Sherman Gro sed on pont00n bridge.
NcPher.an's and McClornauds forces built
;hree bridges Sunday night, and crossed
their commands b Monday noon By 4
O'Clock tsc advance Of SherI4.an's corps IN
der Steele reached the eleny's works back Of
the CITY, and took a position IN the night on
the biuds above and commenced tho
: b1mharLmcut Gen. Mcpherson planted bis
command in iront or N the center. Gen.
NIcClerrand took the extreme left, reaching
aImos, 70 the river below.
Al possibility OF escape is cut OF. Every
living man. woman and child must fsu into
our haud-.
All the forenoon Friday different brigsdes
were takin- position, forming lines of battle,
sc At2 O'Clock the battle began in earnest
There had teen skirmishing all the forenoon.
Gen. steele dove the enemy from several
f5rtz. and took enc complete line of fortifcs-
-tions f-ont,i b7 ride pits. His eEtleme IiGh'
restsi Oh TIE river bank under the bluf a
, sund0vn His division fought calamity al
: dar. though hungry, dirty, tcot-sore ard
Z s!scpv. 5 erman' 5 left and Mcpherson
/ rirHt arc in supporting distance. Both AZ
vsnced their lines cf skirlishers to vtthir
fftv Yards Of tho breastworks, ard thelr a.
tillery to within FIVE hundred yards, and an
in position az these distances.
: Sltu-dav morning, Gen. MeClernand !
L not progressing 50 fast, but Is doing well
We lost about Gt;een hundred killed snt
!, vounded Friday. Saturday morning sin
I ultsnsors sssult was % be ordered on the en-
M. works from all points.
4 There SEEMS T. be growing impression
/. horo tha: Lee is izsditatlng an attack up
on Hooker, 20 an advance in the direction
Washin,t5n. The rebels admit that the 20
!; si,ion is q desperate one, ard that they mus
b dare uncommon dangers IN tie hope OF des
q trovIuc cur army in Virginia and OF esptuE
- ine Washington. It is regarded IS certain
z tia. Beaurcgard has left Charleston witt
e noss of Lis forces for the West or Virginia
5. uore probably for tie former, though ne la
C been ordered 10 Lee On tho Rappahannock-
e Tie c11ucl Of war held on the 10Th st 70.
Whi.e Housc was the result Of tho last visI
/ Of Senator's Wade and Chandler to the arm,
I, Of the Potomac, Gai had refererce 70 the oi
fensi7s movements which the rebels IN VIZ
r-r;a hare bssn fos sons tiua threatening :
: Hooker Is said 70 express toe opinloR TIA
!, tie enemy axe bringing up a. tnelr ioTee
= froza Charleston and probably North Csroiin
: e. Desperate sggreesivo n9vouent. L
v;cv, howeyc., os tle Publicity given ties
, threats by tho rebels themselves, it seeE
!, more likely that their design Is TO provide 70
: tue detcnses Of Richmond, and by thei- usl
: al blus.o- = deer Hooker fso-l another e'
l.. tack.
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