The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1863-04-24

LATEST W A 46 n 4 W ,.
General activity now prevails in General
Dix's Department. The rebels having re-
occupied Williamsburg and Fort Magruder,
force will be dispatched soon to dislodgs
them. The Inhabitants have been warned
to leave. BY Gen. Keys. In their recent at.
tack upon our troops near Suffolk. the rebels
were completely repulsed. Gen. Dix reports
as follows:
FORTRESS MONROE, April 10.
ITO Mojor- General IIalleck:
Il deem it due TO the forces at Suffolk
to notice briefly their gallant conduct for the
last six days. On Tuesday General Peck s
wing was attacked. and the enemy's ad
vance was gallantly met by Gen. Fosters
to their line Of pickets. Anderson's divis-
ion WAS engaged at the same time on the
water front with our gunboats and batteries,
and suffered materially.
On Wednesday rebel battery Of 90
FOUNDER rifled guns was sllenced effectually,
and an attack on the Smith Briggs and an
armed Quartermasters' boat was repulsed.
The storming Of the enemy's battery near
u.
Esly and the gunboats, under Lieut. Law
son Of the navy. and the capture Of six
guns and goo prisoners. closes the operations
Of the days against the enemy's large
force very satisfactorily.
Jso. DIX. Maj Gen.
Gen. Foster has been relieved at Wash
ing,on, N. G. On the 18th the steamer
Escort, with a volunteer crew from the 9Th
Rhode Island. run the blockade, line of
unremitting fire. six miles in length. They
were welcomed as deliverers alone can be;
left provisions plenty for the garrison, and
taking Gen. Foster on board, ran The same
gauntlet of fire and leaden hail, back to New
bern. Gen. Foster will soon set movements
afoot to drive the rebels away.
Nothing further from Charleston. Admit
raj Dupont is much blamed by many for
retiring from the contest before Charleston
Others, well informed, say he acted very
wisely.
Gen. Hunter has sent part Of his troops
to the relief Of Gen. Foster.
FORTRESS MONROE, April 2l.--A steamer
arrived this evening from Newbern, 10Th.
and reports that General Foster left there
with a brig ade, yesterday. for Washington.
NC.
Tie mails of the Peterhoff. the supposed
rebel blockade runner recently captured by
Admiral WILKES, have been delivered to
the u s District Attorney at New York,
by order Of the District Court, to be returned
by the attorney to the British Consul. un-
opened. In the minds of some legal
authorities there were doubts as TO the regu-
larity of the capture of the Peterhoff. and
Lord LYONS had made urgent demands for
the surrender OF the mails. Secretary SEW
ARD, it is reported, was in favor of giving
them up, while Secretary WELLEs insisted
that the matter should be referred to the
Court. The latter course was adopted,
with what result has already been stated.
NASHVILLE, April.22
An order appears in the morning papers
which will be enforced. CITIZENS must take
the oath or GO South in ten days
General Mitchell intends TO ride the city
Of Secessiopists. Six hundred took the oath
with heavy bond. including fifty zone ladies
to-day.
In few days six rebels will be sent to AL
ton JAIL thirty through the lines by way Of
Wick sburg. forty forth of the Ohio river to be
treated as spies if they return
The expedition from Munfordsville to the
Cum berlsnd river was an affair of great i'm
portance and splendid results. At Celina.
in Jackson county, Tenn. near the Ken
lucky line, and seventy-two miles by river
above Nashville, large quantities of corn
and other stores, with great number of
boats, which were being used by the rebels
in transporting supplies, were found and
Ii was q severe blow to the
enemy. Tire Union loss was ,rifling The
national forcss are getting accustomed 10 !
the expeditionary business, and in their |
are eclipsing the rebels, who |
for time monopolized that mode of warfare |
Military movements, which bid fair to
reach important results, have recently taken !
place in 81. Mays Parish. in the extreme
south OF Louisiana. The Atchafalaya river
here empties into the Gulf, and the numer-
Gus bsyous in the vicinity had for months
past been the resort Of blockade runners and /
smugglers. Accordingly, some time since
General Weiizel was dispatched thither. and
made many valuable captures. He has
since returned a second time. On his arri-
val he found the rebels better prepared TO
receive him, and their forces were too large
or him to assume the offensive. Scanty
details OF subsequent operations have been
published. bat it appears that Wei,zei was
General Banks himself taking
he field At the heed Of Growers. Emory's
md Weiisel's corps. Early 10 the presen,