The southern aegis, and Harford County intelligencer. (Bel Air, Md.) 1862-1864, 1863-04-17
WAR NEWS.

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fleet before Charleston, than have heretofore been
received. dts ll.IG- SAT-, gay T....
We learn that five of the iron7clads, including
the Keokuk, were more or less damaged. OF
these, we gathes from the correspondence of the
New York Times that the Nahant was injured
in thirty different places projeetiles Of the enc
my ipficting several bad fractures Of the deck
and sides below tbei water line D. But the most
fatal blow is said to have been received from
a1heavy .rified cannon-shots which struck the pi-
lot.house, and, dslodgiug. several bolts, wounded
rlt the inmates.pi Another irep-clad+the Pas
sAic4- areeeiYeds freua rs to- 80 Woupls.3' IN One
I0-inch riaed projeetile struck the tqrret, and
scooped out u huge portion Of the ron, breaking
alb the eleren plates. each of them glleipg an
inch thickv A second shot struck the iurret for
cin~ the plates inward, disabling the carriage of
the eleven inch gun, and loosening a-portion of
the interior casing, so that il fell, and lodging
n the grooves OF the turret stopped its resoius
tons. \ third iron-clad-the Nantucket-had
her turretso Jared that the icoser OF her port
could not be. opened, and. consequently, herelr-
reitinch gun was rendered temporarily useless
From Helena, Arkansas, we have ttn an
nouncement that the vessels and land forces COM
posing the Taz6o Pass expedition, have alt re-
turned to the Mississippi river. During tho pas
sage up the fitef the boats were frequently fred
upon by the guerillas, whereby quite anumber
OF Federal soldiers &ere h& ounlsd aund sorse
twentyof Thirty killed. Ibs !!iw J tUc" .t,i!!
57ttis stated that the Confederate 'arS destroy:
Ing the ri,foads trains In Kentucky and rtnnes.
see;, ruhnmg thein off thu truck and Killing the
tain guards 91u9 OH aaa 't2r'si oa1hj 30
9gon ths IA, instIIsn.' Grant ,seDtt0 vitksbnrg
Under Gag 81 ttuee' The object of HIS visit Was
2nnot made pd6iit.H The Headquarters 81 eheSt-
my had been Moved to Nfillikeii's Bend Fo'Coi
federate adyices from FortPembertou report that
ahel Federal forces commenced cmbarking on the
Attn and were rapidly moving away. a',.'
ACiaeinhati laespatch!says tlnt the newrana
atf6ts aEs pehinsulN before VGksburgi leadsiEt6
-sEaIhaeBas You, gaichgcoau near the river oa
ahe Loaisia1a side, 1aultiilikens BEND, sani raps
into Mefiser at New ccarthageslf'seii iDiesfuuni.
swsrreRton9 lts'suecess;isd dubrdI = TheGeport
sffAeattatk, on IIainesls Bluff iyicoutraaiceeduo
bnA Eiter from tho headq quarters of the afruso of
HE Potomac stats' that ION every fair day abe
;Confsderates are ac,iscls cagagsdih strengthens
ing their cid and otdilding new eartll4works
arodnd Ftederick sbhtg.9di 9dL I'll .oto 8 nj
- Advices from Newborn, NORTH Caeolina, are TO
Hhe 9th instnnt--at Which tiihc il was expected
there that General Foster would be compelled TO
surrender. Two expeditions--e by the way
tof T atriver, and another md much larger one
by thee iNeuse'- attempted 10 relieve hin gbut
signaly failed ,aemdrl div =. VOC t
Sonthernopapers of late dates contain Interests
ing war uews tromthe Southwest. ] A despatch,
dated Eicksburg, the 7th instant, states that the
: Federal troops have evacuated the peninsula,
opposite the city. and that foua large transports
have gone upthe river with trodps.
Some skiymi hing took lace on Saturday
morning at Williamsburg, but it was rumored
Mt Fortress Monroe ut a later hour in the day
that the Confederates were between .Wiliams
burg and Yorktown. 1t ~ss also rumored that
that the Confederatcs we're threatening al attack
/ on Suffolk. r,e,,4 - .'.,[,&t W. 2 :
aaA Washington despatch reports the resgpa-
.isno Gen. Mcclellan, I,u5 " f,a
ID "a train Of cars from ,Mprffsssborp' TO Nash
yills was captured by the GopfFderatss On Friday
saiiIida 3 TT yt5IyTss ~ E7JUFo J31Eo, ad3I
c ,TgasF.KE RoAp.-TWe understand that the
,,s;,izena allstop and vicinity have, ~ private
,a,Ibacfiufion topether with four hundred dollars