The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-04-23
rHH WAR NEws

no % atlonsiN tue past week tnougn
Z 3 attep ded with any ven decisive results
eithe9sds, arg yet indicative of early
Cd heavy sno4sments.@ An additional
Monitor has been sent to Charleston, and
thexessels d;ssblea inths-i fight are re-
ported repaired and ready for new assault,
top which the northern papers are very
clamorous, and which it Is said the Presi-
hdenkrequines- shah bssmade transportation
with Gen. Hunters land forcesss The
northern papers utterloud land lugubrious
khovls inFegerd to AdmiraI Dnponps inef4
efciency and old fogy charge him with
prejudice against iron 7elads, and ell new
Improvements and specialization for wooden
vessels. and say be Is the only obsticle to
new and successful attack, demanding that
be shall be relieved and Farragert put in
his place. tzu-q I5sg ss;aa4 bose -ees
i Gen. Foster fortunately escaped under
cover of. gunboatsI from his critical and
EperilOusp6sitioh IN North Carolina. g
= A number of skirmishes have occurred in
| Virginia tand Tennessee, but with only
Esligbtresults 30 far, the most important of
which. perhaps, was the capture Of six pieces
of rebel artillery and 200 Alabamians -
LII Gen, Wise, occupied Williamsburg with
1000 men. Hooker is throwing forward his
advances in the direction Of Richmond,
via GordoUsvilIe. a route by which, unless
Lee falls back correspondingly with Hook
-er's advance, the rsbels will be fanked, I'M
less, indeed, they send an opposing force
from Richmond to check the Federal ad-
vance. In any event we may soon expect
to hear of trem endous battles between these
two chiefs. The battle near Suffolk, thought
to have, been imminent last week, has not
yet beet, fought. .ssa'2aeF
Repeated skirmishes in Tennessee, i'm
ply the probability of an early battle of gil
gantfc dimensions between the forces OF
Rosecrans and Bragg, the result of which,
however it goes, will have q most signal
bearing or the condition of both Tennessee
and Kentucky. It is now reported that
! steamers have been sent down the Mississ-
ippi to transport Grants army from the
front of Yicksburg and convey it tc Ten
pessee, with view probably OF forming a
junction wit tn RoseoraDs to make COM
bined attack on Vicksburge in the rear Of
the city. Z This can only be effected, how
ever, in the contingency of Rosscrans' sue
cess in defeating and routing Bragg's army.
Gov. J ohuson is authorized to raise Is 600
men for special service in Tennessee.
Banks is in motion in the field, marching
his forces by way of Berwick's bay and
Jacksonville on the Teche. A negro
force under Col, Daniels bad captured Pas
cagoula in Miss. Six gunboats and three
transports had run the batteries of Vicks-
burg safely, all except the transport Henry
Clay, which was burned opposite the city,
A small battle occurred at Fayetteville Ar
kansas, in which the Confederates were re-
pulsed. n. S e"df .a'F
At Pilot Knob, in Missouri fight occur
ed, in which the Fedsrals 400 strong were
defeated and pursued for miles with loss
Of so killed, wounded and missing.
With this summary, we remit the rea-
der for the rest to the dispatches copied
elsewhere. -iF Efas it-
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