Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1863-03-28
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WAR NEWS.
The City of Jacksonville was taken by
black soldiers on the 10th inst. The peo'
pie were in great fear Of an indiscrimiuate
massacre bu. the negroes behaved with
propriety. aud no one was harmed. On
the llth Col. Montgomery, Of the I'd Col.
ored Regiment, met with about 200 Reb'
els, With whom he had q sharp skrmish -
Baldwnsville, the junction OF the railroad
from Jacksonville to Tallahassee, and with
that from Fernandiua to Cedar Keys, is
surpassed to be The point aimed at by the
expedition. Desertions fiom the Rebels
continue quite frequent. Five sailors from
the Rebel gunboat Savannah reached Fort
Pulaski on the night of the l4th, bringing
with them Lieutenant as prisoner
The snow storm at Fortress Monroe
ended Oh Saturday in q heavy gale and
severe fall of rain, The snow was over
a foot deep, aud there is but little chance
of the roads in that vicinity being available
for some days. The Intelligence foom Gen.
Hooker's army represents the roads in an
impossible condition
We have news Of the Rebel p-iyateer
Florida by the arrival at New York on
Saturday Of the bark n. II. Castor, from
Trinidad which reports the privaleer was
at Barbados taking in coal on the 23d ult.,
and left there on the 25lh. Since her cap.
ture of the Jacob Bell she is not reported
to have taken any more prizes.
The village of Mount Sterling, Kentucky,
is said to have been captured by Rebel
force under Col. Clark, on Saturday morn
ing. There was q sharp but irregular fight
for three or four hours, but the Union
troops were compelled 10 surrender, and
the place was burned.
Mr.. Denvs, a correspondent of The NeU
York Herald, has been convicted by q
Court Martial Of publishing contraband
news and sentenced to six months bard
labor. Gen. Hooker has remitted the
labor, and sent the offender beyond the
lines of the army, never to return.
A Dispatch to ST. Louis says that the
Union gunboat Chilcothe bombarded Fort
Pemberton, on the Yazoo, for two day,
without decisive results. Reinfo!cement'
were going forward, and it was thought
that the fort would soon be reduced.
The 50. Louis Republican states thai
the condition Of the people of Soulh.Wes
Missouri is positively alarming, they being
so destitute as to be in danger of actua
starvation.
There was report in Louisville OF
Saturday that the Union forces under Stan
ley had met aud defeated John Morgan''
Rebel cavalry at McMinnville on the pre-
yions day.
1t seems to be pretty certain that thu
Rebels are abont to abandon Fredricks
burg, an fall back TO Richmond They
fear and attack by way of James River.
Deserters and returned prisoners cencuI
in the statement that actual want of breaC
begins TO be felt by the poorer classes il
and around Richmond.
Washington dispatches note some i'm
portant interviews with delegates from va
rious Indian tribes along the Rocky Noun
tain9. The Government is ANXIOUS to con
ceBtrate these tribes and coneiliaie then
so as to render the overland routes more
safe.
The treaty between the United States
and Liberia is officially promulgated =
There is to be perpetual peace aud friend
ship, and reciprocal freedom OF commerc
between the contracting parties, and the.
bind themselves to treat each other on foot
ing of the most favored nations, including
the full protection Of persons and proper
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