Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1863-05-08

says the sh pnent OF stores tho pat week
Is the largest ever Known.
Several Coving;on Iadiui have been ar.
rested Tor writing scnesh letters. They
will be court martial,d.
| SteaTn'oats are not allowed To rass
S"u'hwnrd. The ST. Louis cnmmisSarv
department Is active, and three IN lions
ia'iolla are getting ready for Grants a,iny.
| III t'e S!i!rmish al Patterson, the Fedcra,s
'"st Killed. Patterson Was burned bc.
| l"'" the Yankees cv"c"ut"l it. General
! MrNclli, "i Palmyra nIass.clcu no!ori.tv.
Is reported captured. Two 1cginr,,ts of
militia replace t'.e garrison n, ST. Louis
wh'"l, gnc- int" the field. it. is bell, we'd
! tic rebels have caplurel Cape Ci:".!eau.
1t is !r.or'cd in Lou,v:.i. that Mor.,qu,
viii numerous cavalr: force. is in
Wayne county. -. An orl"r has been
receive ! in Nashville 'or tie cn,r" po,n,.
la'1"n, i'":ca 'nciuicd, to take the uaiI,
""hin ten DAYS, OF b. sent S.u'h
Tus"u'nbu is 'epot,c., captured ny the
Yankees.
| RcnMoND, May c.--hhont one t!nruS-
and ankce> entered Louisa Cuur, Unus,.
at three O'Clock this sn"rning, and hav4
since that time torn up the Central R,il-
road track a distance of four miles ii. ,hls
direction. The trains are all safe, also the
army stores. Til" latter having been re
moved some days b, fore The raid will
| prove i:ui'ess TO tn" enemy cxcep, the
INJURY TO the track which can be rrp;,r,d
! III n short time.
! RIcnMoSD. May g. train f,om above
to-'iay. No'ilnG drti'ilc iron. iu.,iav', o:.e>
ra'l'ns i'll S. n'Sylvan.a Have far. her
ness bat the S"crcta,y OF War i too
cI">"iv "n@ag Il, and 10 or.cr auth ri,y is
accessible At present 10 APPROVE ,hu dis
! p'tch. VII! try again before the Office
| closes.
RrcuM"ND, May 5 The Yankee cavalry
winch made Il raid on the Cent. al Railrn Il
proceeded to the fredericksburg Eailroal
to-day aud tore up the track at Ashlnrd.
! 1t Is a 50 reported tat an ambulance train.
on lis way t" Richmond, WAS captured by
the ankees. No train has :.rriy, d from
above to,d"y>RNo late nccoun, l,a> been
received OF oiera'"ns in Sp,'s, ;va,i. The
acst reports indicate that the Iar,k,,.
cavalry have Z os. ed the Cenlral H,iruad
IN the vicinity of l.,noyer {. IL nor;h Of
! Ashland.
ElcnAoSo, May 2.-Co"gres- Adjourned
S'te d'e last night. after passing IL" Act rc.
I;..::c !" G"r@-,=>-ona! election ~ r.: ~.
see. a.! the bills, The passage If VIII Ct
; have hc'c:"!ore been Irporlci 10y ir!r.,apn
have been approved and sigucd hv lrc
lre>l'!tn!, except the Ac's lcl;,,Ivr t., I'll.
stall, and the Act for The cou>,.ri lion of
Mary lan'iars, which were no, signed.
Nothing d;in.l- from Fredericksburg
this morning. Weather iirr.
Letters from unmilt.n's Cro,sn. stat.
that IA ac"ntiict occu ed yesterday ahcrnnnn,
III the vicinity Of Charlottesville, between
brigade OF Gen. IIcc's army ;.n,. IT,. adj
va'cr'l column of the Yankees, which re-
suited IN driving the latter back several
niles, with aser Ons loss. The Confederate
loss IL es:ined at about one hundred.
Nothing definite OF to.dav's operations.
4 II accou:,s from above are of CHEERING
ch"raceras TO tie spirit Of our army and
position Of our main forces.
RICHMOND, May L. The Srna'e passed
the House bill placing in military service.
after the ist July next, all citizens Of the
United States, including Marylanders, re-
siding or snj"urning in the Confederate
States. The House amendment to the bill
establishing a flag was concnrred in. a
message was received frcm the Presi lent.
returning with his disaprrovaI the Act to
authorize the transmission Of newspapers to
soldiers free of postage.
In tue House, nothing of interest was
done, except an amendment to create "A
hIl establishing a flag. The dcs On agreed
U, on by both Houses is the battle flag for
the Union, or white fell, witnonl bar.
The House took a recess until o'c., ak.
GoLDsBoRo, April 20.-Three or four
companies Of 'hc 56'h North Carolina
/; Troops, Col. Faison, were attacked yc.tcr-
day at Gam Swamp, Line mile, below Kin
ston, by some 5000 to 5000 Yankees.
Our hoys fought them over two hours
with the constancv and determination of
veterans, and OILY retired from their breast.
works when flanked and overpowered 10y
numbers.
Our loss is estimated at abou: forty kill.
ed, wounIed and missing. Among the
killed is the brave Lieut.. LnIterIol,, of Capt.
Lockharts Company: who died this morn
ing Of his wnunis.
lhe Yankees were expected to continu"
their advance this morning, but evidently
have nos done so.
Gen. Hill wills give them proper wei
come when they come.
JACKSON. MISS. May "A sp cial DO
sparch TO the Mississippian from Snider's
Bluff. states that tho enemy maintained y
steady fire - sterday on one Of onr works
at Graveyard Hill, temporarily disabling
one gun. Desereva report Sherman in
command on The flag ship DrKalb. He
has only one or two regiments. averging
three thousand. The present demon>tra-
ton was only fent- no real attack was
intended. They also report two killed on
the tu' rettcd gun boat Choc,aw. Over for.
ty shors struck the Choctaw
A special despatch to the appeal states
that the Chicago Times, of the 2sth, has
advices from Indianapolis that Gen. Has
kelI orders ,,ll nausDnnor, and