Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-04-30

the vicinity of Newbern.
Two genteel looking rascals put up at the
hotel OF William Wheeler at Milford. last
Friday, and during the night decamped with
a quantity of wearing apparel, jewelry, &C.,
belonging to two girls who worked in bon
net factory in the place. The men were
traced to New York, and no further.
WAR ITEMS.
| The following extract is from letter in the
Norwich Bulletin, written by a member Of the
| 18th Connecticut regiment; "ApyH 1--we
have had q hard battle to-day, but came off
victorious. We are now about three miles
above Il place called Franklin, on the Bayou
Tecehe. Our loss has been heavy. | had
seven wounded, but no one killed. Their
names are as follows LIST Lieut.. j. Strickland
of New London, slightly in the arm; John
| Carney Of Norwich, severely in the side; Grin
NJ Price, Norwich, slightly in the FOOT cor
| poral George Brown, Norwich, severely in the
| leg; corporal George w. Ingham, Cheshire,
severely in the abdomen; Conrad Mitchell,
severely in the leg; VIM. Black, slightly in
the foot. Our brigade did all the fighting.
Our loss is probably about 100 killed and be-
tween 800 and 400 wounded"
The Yankee cavalry in north Mississippi,
by whom the rebels have been so much
| frightened, consists of infantry mounted upon
!
mules are only used on the march, and are
tied up while the fighting goes on. 1t works
well for quick movements.
The 25th Connecticut, which has led the ad-
vance in the recent successful attacks upon
the rebels in Louisiana, and lost heavily in
consequence, is under the command of Geo.
2. Bissell of Hartford. He was in the adj
| vance, also, in the former movement towards
Port Hudson; and has been acting for some
time as brigadier general, into the bargain.
Rev N. II. Allen has resigned the chap
laincy of the Goth regiment.
Recruiting for the 54th (colored) regiment
will close in week or so, the regiment being
nearly full.
Col. William Wilson, and several of the
line officers of the 9th New York, are under
arrest at Baton Rouge, and "A privates are in
prison at Donaldsonville, two of whom have
been sentenced to be shot. The origin of the
difficulty seems to have been the well-hlled
whisky canteens of the men. The liquor was
obtained at Baton Rouge on the 25th ultimo,
while embarking for Donaldsonville on the
steamer Morning Light. The bar on board
the steamer was broken into by the soldiers,
who attempted, in fit of drunkenness, to
throw Gen. Dwight overheard. Col. Wilson
made every effort in his power to quell the
outbreak, but was unsuccessful. The arrests
of officers were made under the charge of in
efficiency and characterization. The sum of
500 is deducted from the pay of the privates
Of the regiment, for damages done to the
steamer.
The negro brigade is still doing picket duty
on Port Royal island. The moment the reb-
els on the opposite side of Beaufort river dis
covered that the negroes were in front of
them, in direct violation of an agreement not
| fi-utt
the negroes and wounded two of them. The
moment Gen. Hunter learned what they were
about, he gave orders to the negroes to return
the fire vigorously, and shoot every rebel
they saw on sight. The order was quickly
obeyed, and several butternuts were seen to
bite the dust. For the past few days we have
not heard Of any more firing upon the negro
burg, and the cutting of the Yazoo Pass, are
said to cost So, 100000.
The Quebec indicator says that large
amount OF ammunition has been sent to the
west for the forts on the frontier of Canada.
FIVE vessels have left English ports for Que
bee with government stores.
few days ago one of the officers of the 9Th
pennsylvania cavalry was captured by the
rebels near Williamsburg, Va. On proceed
ing toward the rebel lines they lost their way
and called their prisoner to guide them, which
he very kindly did-into the Union lines!
The treatment of the Union officers at the
Libby prison, Richmond, is most outrageous.
Ihey are confined in the garnet of the prison,
most OF them without even wooden boxes to
sleep in, and only filthy blankets for bed
clothes. The filth is most disgusting and the
whole place alive with vermin. There are
nearly two handred and fifty officers confined
there. The bread supplied to them is decent,
but the meat is decayed and stinking-much
OF 1t mule meat. Captain Turner, the pro-
Vost marshal, who has charge of the Libby
prison, Is perfect brute in human shape,
VINO delights In heaping abuse upon the un-
fortunate victims who tall into his hands.
The Canadians, who have had a pretty tho
rough experience of fugitive colored people.
do not regard them as worthless class of
population by any means. The Hamilton
Spectator, in abiding to certain efforts to OH
tam Union recruits for our army, says: eve
hope the colored men who have found home
among us will not permit themselves to be
duped into enlistng for the purpose of be-
coming food for POWDER
The Altoona (Pa.) Register tells of fe-
male just returned to that city after service
OF Is months In the army, without having her
| sex discovered. She took part in three bat
ties and was wounded twice, first above the
| eye and then in the arm, the latter wound
compelling her to disclose her sex.
MISCELLANEOUS
Robert Wilson, clerk in the interior de-
partment, and Thornton Smith, a resident of
Washington, are two of those who have been
indicted for conspiracy to effect the escape
of prisoners in the Old Capitol
The barque Gen. Cobb of Boston, Captain
Haskell, from Palermo Feb. 20, and Gibraltar
March %, arrived at New York on the 2Sth,
reports on the Sth inst, lat. 81 OF, lon. 80 I5,
was boarded by boat from the ship Morning
Star of Boston, from Calcutta for London,
who reported that she had been captured by
the confederate steamer Alabama in lat 9 NJ,
and released after giving bonds to the amount
of 100000. On the 18th the Alabama was off
the harbor of Ponce, where she was supplied
with coal by the Spanish authorities.
a negro slave was hung in Maryland, one
day last week, for being man and a father.
The mother OF his child was the young
and accomplished daughter of wealthy
farmer.
There was method in the madness of two
convicts IN the insane department of the Au-
burn state prison, who last week deceived the
keepers by putting an image of man in
bed, and then escaped by saving off the bars
of the window.
young man named James Rassine, of |
Blairsville, Pa. while on his way home fell |
forty feet down an embankment, and his loot |
caught IN a bush or fallen tree-top, which |
held him fast, head downward In this posi-
ton he remained till next day, when he was
removed, but he died in few hours from in
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