Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1863-04-29
The Fighting a, Suffolk, DC.

The Fighting at Suffolk, DC.
FuyngR,rksnrmc. April ol.--Fr"lu tee y. Y
H-raM Of Satur.ax, the 18th inst, We make Wy
a summary of the news il cortain':
,si.pa,ch, dated April'l4ih, from Lieutenant
Com Gushing. OF the Il. :. steamer Com. barney,
20 The N.vy department., says:
Tuc vessels from above came down thi' morn
ing. the Mount Washington disnhi.d AZ IL "A.
M.. tue rn.,ny's artillery upentd "n Us vita
..,,s. frs. At oice We went into .c'i"n ahd -
lerccd them 10 rn hour AZ | 2. NJ. the enemy
opened on the Mount Wnshing;"p (which WAS
.roended) w>h artillery and sharrsh"ofers Ut
7u0 yards. kept cl,>e to the disabled Mount
'wsshugtru and fought until high water, aa"
then ordered the Stepping S;onc TO take her III
tow, although under II heavy rrc, and 1T r. NJ
sieucri the cue.ay'p battery. Loss. Killed ANA
: wounded Cesua ties on other We: soils yet ur-
known. Ny engine ia not disabled, although
have eight rak,ng shots. Tho barney ard crrw
are in guud igh,ins trim, and will beat tue elic-
my sinh u o,lr posts.
disp4;cn d,,ed "oii Newport News, Apr'!
Ii ii. l.. III. says:
K..r A.im,ral LEES rrp-rt, says report, fr"p'
L:us Cusnng rDu Lam 'nn a;e received. III:
.u.uy lave cio>sci .ns river Itere l. every
evidence that bu is rccr ssing. We sa" d'w-' Il
,n.up.r - thei~ u.sn to-day on the Nanscii'.l-G
win cahl6ttT. II al. OuI i's- ~ ~ h'4''. - .
sight wounded iu our ltt!e 9"ti.ia {, ~A:ch n,
u.ut mas hern pretty Iauch c'nhred
1ls Fvr,res, M.hIue c"tresp I'aeht siys Log
flr,vt has tw,cc laid dcwH Pontp"ls. ut Ny
driven ud ly vnr Parrot e.os. T"e u. =" All
.mgtun was c"in.o',ly ri.,iied hy rt,V .iei" ar-
till-ty on the Nai5cln"nl, Tuesday aish' nr-
other s:camcf wa, ircd i.;" cm:ng troa. SG'"ik.
Shirmishiag i. constantly g"ins "G. LorsstrccN
has 81, ,UUJ men. De.urters say he trooTs are "e-
ins rapidly Withdrawn rom thc Rappahanr'cN
and sent 70 Eastern Virginia and North 'ur"i'a. :.
Gen p,x has gone 50 Nor;ek and prah,tlE u
Suffolk No fears OF Suffolk being cue of.
The HeraH says lherc is g'vd dcsl of feel:
ing in this city about the sGair' If C"rc"fau''
Killing kimbail. Ii Is snid he drew his s'v''r!
halted Corcoran without authority, uSe.. - -ulti,
Language, anil swore he sh"rl'i not pass etc.
A Washiugto1,;elcgrs says the roads IN Hta'-
ford arc again iGpassahle.
Five hurd7ed negroes are TO hc sent t" IiGy;i
br the Administration. The Her"|" n nkA th-J
Wili bs wanted after the war to cultivate cotton.
The British Qlsen Lns srrive' in'N~S i''r:
fram Nassau, with dates Of tlc lStf. 1t gtves
li.t Of ARRIVALS ana cloarahccs "t locXslI run
uucrs-24 arrivals, 9 ot which were with cotton
from Wilmington aud Charleston, and IL cear-
ancss wirh coffee, salt and ass,rted cargses, anu
of them for Confederate ports.
- A French oihcer who saw tho Charleston .;sh'.
says the only way to attack rebel batteries IL by
raced batteries perfectly tight With no tangible
object above deck, covered all over with iron,
and two rows of guus, placed one two feet
above watCr. The turret. offer TOO large Il sur
face The reteis have cot the best Implements
--sf modern .,sarfare.--Thc French have pr.jcc
tile which goes through auy iron plate, however
thick, at 400 yards, und czplodes with ioiee sci-
icient ~ blow up Monitor.
The New York Herald tbinns the Ccn:cdsra;cs
purpose to attack Norfolk, "r Washington, n. G.,
and says there will be eXcuse for Hocksr II bc
= lots Lee get away u. Mcclellan let Johnston ges
of from Sldliaysns. j. adds that the rebels, hIv-
log exhausted the conntry between Frcdericss-
burg and Richmond, Tery wisely abandon II to
Hovker. "Ws apprensnd that the War Office is
still splici,ous about the satsty Of " GSh.ugt1D,
amd hcsitatss 70 make forward movement not so
much bccauss Of ths muddy roads to get Lee
hack to Richmond and out Of the reach oi Wash
inston.
In. Herald has the following "a the Confcder-
alto loan in Eue!aoi:
A subscription for the relief of the rebel Gov
ernmcnt--now reduced to the most INDECENT cir
cumstances, and iu peril Of immediate dissolution
bias b,en started in England uudcr the guiss OF
n loan, tue security for which is the cotton re-
mainng unburnt oy the rebels Or unselzcd BY ;he
United States.
The KsroM adds: The loan is already at dis.
count. There is not the remotest prospect of a
single shilling being repaid. England's obj is
the OBSTRUCTION OF tue v. .. CUverDUtIC, ana ]c
Indifferent whether the money she subscribes 10
The helliSerent inendicant is expended in pirate
ships or in support of African harracuons. The
Hcrakd is conten. JEFF Davis should swnGe s,u-
nd Rritishcrs, and regards il If tIe biggest
things that the Rebels have yet done, not even
excepting John L. Floyd's operations. " When
VIC get over our present l:ttlc difficulties we can
See what is the best way oE creating this last man
hesitation Vi Dritisb neutrality"
Airs. ScnMes, wife of Capt. Semmes, Of thc
Alabamu, has bcen ordered. under Durnsides
proclauation, To prepare 70 leave Cineinnnatiand
cross ioto Dixie.
The herUld proposes to uso the "Aid fer Ire
iands fund in !" bringing out the Irish poor to
lhis country" and if ahy Of the able bodied are
disposed to fight they csp gee good bounties as
substitutes, and food and clothing, AND pay.
3. Tho London Timeo' correspondent, writing frem
syicksburs, says: :" The only plan to take F'eks
burg. is to land in front and a,temp: to storm Tie
batteries; but this requires more bravery than
the Pelerals possess"
A telegram from ST. Louia. April 11ti'. say:
Col. PHILIPS has swept the north side uf Arkn:..::
river clear of Rebels.