Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1863-05-19
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WAR NEWS 1t was stated yesieloay tnao
: ,ht occurred at Raymond, Miss, on the
12rb n instant, and that the Contederates tell
bnrk to Mississippi Springs. Later adVlces
ronort that they were attacked u thas piace
npxt day and driven IN towards jackson. On
Thnr>]av. I'm Jackson vas occupied By the Fed
era forces, the62ht lasting all day; jackson
i the caLital OF Mississippi: situated u on the
rgbt bank Of the Pearl rller,- at the lntefsec
lion Of the Mississippi and New Orleans and
Memphis railroads. 1t IS forty-hVe miles east
of Vicksburg. The Confederate loss In the
engagement at this place Is reportet at seven
hundred
gatherings large cavalry force south OF tne
Cumberland river in East Tennessee, and IN
TEND 70 advance into Kentucky, The movement
ig to be 1aaue sometime during this month";,
and the troops will be under the command OF
General John {. Breckinridge.
Reports have reached Memphis, Tennessee,
that On Saturday and Sunday last battle was
fought at Crowley Ridge, Ark, forty miles
W.T. s A!a.,.:h;- IN which the Federal forces
were defeated
Over 500 wounded soldiers Of the twelfth
Army corps, (Geu SIocun, have been receiv-
ed into the corps hospital at Aqua Greek since
the late battle Two hundred wounded (among
them forty officers were brought In yesterday
from the Confederate lines.
The steamer Conway, from Port Royal, re-
ports that she was of Charleston on the 18th,
and heard heavy firing from two clock until
I've o. m. in the harbor. It is supposed the
iron clads were attacking the batteries on
Morris Island
The Washington correspondent Of the Phil
adel phla Inquirer says: lit IS reported that
every available soldier now on detached SER
vice in and around Washington, baltimore,
and on the railroads in Virginia and Maryland,
will be forwarded to Hooker's command, and
their places sup lied by Pennsylvania militia,
which, it is said, have been rendered by Cover"
nor Curtin.
Aletter from Falmouth, in the n 7. Times
says: THE river front Of the Confed.rates has
been reconnoitered, and the discovery made that
during the night Of the l4th inst. the enemy
threw up new and extensive earthworks along
the ridge Of hills in the rear, and 20 the left Of
Fredericksburg
Surgeon General Hammond has determined
toabolish the use of Calomel and Tartar Emetlc
IN the army, it having proven impossible, IN
any other manner, to pro- 2erly restrict the use
OF these powerful agents, and it is therefore
directed that they be stricken from the supply
table, and that no furtherre acquisitions for these
medicines be approved by Medical Directors.
A few days ago, in the Missouri Penitentia-
ary, one Of the conyicts named William Thom
son. met with terrible and painful accident.
de was in the act of throwing off the band
Eh'ch was turning a circular saw, when his
loot slipped, and he was thrown against the
ssH IN such manner a. 70 get both his arms
,7~1rst one and then the other-sawed off just
oelow the elbow; the poor fellow endured the
1Iost ezcrutlating torture, but submitted to the
uGeSSllg OF his wounds and will nroiahlv get