Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1863-04-16
PUBLISHED (DAILY) BY
EDGAR SNOW DEN, JR.
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ooared in large force near Suffolk, Va. 1t
snnpars that the Federal troops who have been
1gnarding the passes of the Blackwater have
aaI]en back to this point, where the other forces
I are concentrating. Some skirmishlng occurred
Ion Saturday last, as previously reported, but
& no general engagement is Immediately expected
unless the battle is offered By the Federal for
ices The Confederates, under Gen. Wise, 1t
is reported, are engaged in throwing up en-
trenchments above Williamsburg, and have
designs on Fort Magruder. Richmond papers
give currency to the rumors that the town was
occupied by the Confederates on Saturday last,
the Federal troops retiring to the fort.
. Rumors were In circulation IN Washington
YESTERDAY that the Confederates had again ap-
reared in the Valley of Virginia. and on Tues
day sent cavalry force to Charlestown, and ad-
yanced detachment on reconnaissance TO
Harper's Ferry and Martinsburg. This re-
mort comes by deserter and is doubted alto
getheT
3 It is said that private advices received from
Gen. Foster down to Saturday last represent
that he had plenty Of supplies, and thav he
believed he could hold out for three weeks, if
necessary.
q Advices from the Southwest published in
#the dispatches to the Southern journals report
that fifty three Federal gunboats went up the
Coldwater river on Friday last. They destroy
! ed three gun iron-cad at the mouth Of the
Amite. The Federal forces in Black Bayou,
Louisiana, are reported to be retreating. Thir-
" transports and twelve gunboats have gone
j up from Memphis to operate On the Cumber.
q land Admiral Farragut is reported to be
blockading the mouth of the Red River.
& Charleston dispatches to the Richmond pa
pers state that steamer from Nassau ran the
blockade and entered the port on Friday last.
i On Saturday night another attempted to run
in but was SO closely pursued BY the blockaders
& that the captain ran herashore and burned her.
. On Friday last skirmish occurred near
D Fort Donelson, in which twenty Confederates
were taken prisoners.
q Private advices from the Gulf report that
B the larger portion Of the Federal forces have
. LETT Baton Rouge.
D Confederate account of the Charleston
B fight claims that Fort Sumter sustained no dam
4 age in the conflict.
n We learn from the Port Royal correspon-
4 dence of the Philadelphia Press under date Of
!. llth. that:-"The Monitor fleet, with the ex-
B ception of the Montauk and Passaic, will now
. proceed to New Orleans, and thence up the
/. Mississippi, to the vicinity of Vicksburg The
4 Ericsson, which bro, ght a large cargo of tor
. pcdces for Capt Encssons newlyinyented
h raft, or devil fish, will 60 TO Fortress Monroe
!. and discharge it, The same writer, IN another
!. part Of his letter says:-"Y esterday q body OF
|. rebel crossed over to Folly Island from the
|. mainland. captured thirty OF our troops, and
moved of before they could be intercepted. >
The Memphis Bullentin says it has news
that week ago Sunday, battle Of some mag
I n!'ude took place between the Eedera|s, under
acClernand, and the Confederates, in small
| ;m1Fcee, at or near Richmond, Louisiana The
| (In9ntederates fell back This move placed Nc
I lternand ID nnssesinn of the town The brig