The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1863-04-08
THE WAR NEWS.


Gen Peglas, has come TO nought i appears
thai bis force, 600 strong, was Overtaken BY .
Gen. i.mo-e. four piles for.h Of Somerset. and
a spirited e. sa-e.n. toos place. Gen. Gil
more stated thai d. f.aad tle enemy iu strong
position OF hs o~u selection, defended by ~
cannon fought n.m Tor I've hours, driving him
f-om one position 20 another. finally $50 med
his position. whipped him handsomely, and drove
lin IL confusion toaarjs the river His loss =
over $40 in killed. wounded And prisoners. The
euemy oatnanoered u Two 10 one, aui were
commanded ov Pegram 10 person. Night stopped
the pursuit. .hca viii be renewed IN the morn
ing We captured two stands Of colOrs. Our
loss ia killed. sounded and missing vii not ex-
coed 81. SCOTS famous .ebr regiment wss
cut of from me rest aud scattered The pur
suit sas Lot rcnswei next d4y. the rebels aav-
ing crossed The Cumberland during the night,
and made their taest speed toward Tennessee.
Pegsas's los is 4oout 500 aen. Gen. Burn
side Is advised Tat the entire rebel force sas
been driven out OF Central Kentucky, ard much
Of their plander has been recapiured Their le
ported force ha- been greatly exaggerated, a.
well a. the amount of plumber taken by them.
Oar men behaved sp=ndidls al through
Az important capture 49, 'aade on the lo~er
Potomac, GA Ta,-.as .a-t l. @as schooner
heavily laden with coatrabaul goods aud 4 large
mail, containing letters from male and female
{ traitors IL Washington and other cities. About
IS men were captured Oh the schooner. Among
J the goods were very rich presents for JEFF DA
Wis, from the she traitors who trail their venom
{ through the streets OF the Capital, and whose
: Dellah Establishments have shorn the locks Of 50
4 many honest but soft hes ed men.
There was cavalry skrmirh on "Wednesday
f morning. hear Drausville, between about $50 OF
the - Vermont Cavalry, under Captain Flint,
p aud about ala equal number Of rebels uuder Cap
tain Mosely, the man who took Gen. Stoughton
r prisoner Our side 90 I'd worst Of t. Capt.
D Flint was killed and several prisoners we're taken.
n The rebel Captain was seriously wounded in the
e ARRAY.
: Some Rebel guerrilas in Hickman county,
: Ky, recently attacked a railroad train near Nos
# COW, five miles below Clinton. They were pur-
sued and whipped by Capt. LOOMS aud loo
G with 20 others, two we're killed and SIX woand-
c ed As our men were returning, they were al
q tackled by 800 rebels, who were, after hard
d hand 10 hand tight, completely repuised, 30
j killed and a large number wounded and taken
o Tae entire Union loss was six killed and 81
r wounded.
% The Yazoo Pass expedition seems to have
IF proved a lailsre. As usual full accounts Of the
p proposed expedition we're put in circulation be
81 forehaud, and the rebels fully posted 10 our
e Intentions. Owing 10 the many obstacles in The
way OF the expedition, its progress was extreme
1t " slow When last heard from, it had reached
IT tbe Taliahatchie and Tallabucha rivers aud wa,
( engaging the Greenwood batteries An expe
e dition was sent recently by Admiral Porter
ID through Steele's Bayou, for the purpose of en-
lie tering the Yazoo, to attack Hanes' Bus in tn,
ID rear, but having failed TO accomplish the ob
n ject, the Yazoo Pass expedition il said to hAv'
e been ordered back.
y Reports from Bermuda to the effect tina
III the Confederate steamer Florida had been pur
e sued by the Vanderbilt, after leaving Barba
e does, aud had escaped by an artiul dodge. Nigh
r coming on, she tackled ship and stood for th'
lie Vamaer6ih all her lgh,s having been eItin
guisbed aud her steam stopped. The Vdnder
K biz approached, and hailed to know if steam
e er had passed her. The reply was Yes, an
Il going al great speed right asterH." The Van
e derJih kept on after the " will o the wisp."
d Advices from Cairo April 4th, state that GU
e forces have succeeded in planting battery Q
81 TWO 81 pound rided guns on point directly op
posite Vicksbarg TIE levee at this point
l. eight feet high, aud forms an admirable prOlec
e ton to our guaners. The position, however,
e made more secure by placing Railroad iron, TAX
Ell from the shreveport Railroad, OF the cute
q side Of the evee, at such angle as to caus
d every bal from the enemy's batteries to glanc
d over their heads These two guns commando
d the court house, signal stations and other i'm
: poriant places in Vcksburg. 1t was the nten
> ton TO have them open Oh the city last Frida
d night, but a severe rain storm prevented.
e Many OF the transports with Gen. Sherman
expedition had their chimneys knocked of an
y upper works injured BY contact with trees in IN
n narrow passage through SuufOwer river
r Dispatches from Murfreesboro, Tennessee
5, give account OF a brilliant affair, that oc
n Cured on the lst instant. Il appears that
n force consisting of eight regimen of Crofts an
e Hazen's brigades, Pamer's division, under Ii
IS command OF Brig. Gen Hudson and Col. E
z wards, and accompanied BY 100 Of the 4th OH
< Cavalry, started for Woodbury., to capture Hor
tons rebel brigade, stationed at that point.
b was the intention that the Infantry should sur
b round the camp, so as to capture the entire ret
q force, but before they were properly posie
the Cavalry dashed in so vigorously that ih
rebels were overpowered aud fed over the bill,
4 number were killed and HOuaded and thirt
were captured, together with City horses al,
mules, four wagons aud the rebel csmp. "
cave only one sounded. The rebels we're 60
+ strong, and were commanded BY Col. Smith
=; The expedition would have been completed
successful if the Cavalry had not been too eager
kilograms from Con. Huribuit, at Memphis
10 Gen. AsOoth, az Columbus, and Gen. Dodge, a
p, Corinth, represent that there is a heavy force Q
m rebel Cavalry Oh the Tennessee River abov
h. Florence. TIE rebels we're constructing Ori e
in TIA, section. and building f5sts for cros=n,
r. the Tennessee River, indicating a eEDeLt o
II the rebel army at Vcksburg 70 join Bragg, 0
- tue intention OF the latter 70 move that wsv