The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-04-17
INTERESTING FROM THE BlAcXWATER.
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THE SKIRNISHlNG STILL G0IxG ON.
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NO DECISIVE FIGHTING YET BEGUN.
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ACTIVITY OF GEN. PECK.
Operations Of the Nansemend River
Gunboat Fleet.
EXCITEMENT IN NORFOLK,
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oar suroik Correspondence.


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Oar Suffolk Correspondence.
r,sy sur7oIx, Tuesday Afternoon, April IA 1858.
Return Of Sergeant Hall--Tae Reteb Scost-Ren-
forcsusnss for ~. somhoea--Eosses Yesterday, dc.
Sergeant Hail. captured few days since while coming
down the Kanssnond rver has returned TO this place.
He says that the enemy have nine bridges constructed
over the Blackwater river aud that tho told him
they were coming over here "bg scout" and in
tended 10 forage the whole country up 10 Suffolk Tho
enemy is sedine large bodies Of troops, night and day, By
carloads, to the ScutAsce All the way from Petersburg
up toichmond, every few miles, there are earhworko
OF all kinds, which guns have been mounted The |
rebel sodiers, however, admit that these guns have
been lately taken away.
Tho gunboat Alert is disabled The sunboat West Ead
n well riddled from tanning heavy fire from rebel
sharpehooters and iufantry
All comparatively quiet along hncs on the land side
The following Va list OF the killed and wounded In the
attack on Suffolk, vay on the iath inst.'-
Second Sergeant ehas. H. Tucker, 90. Fl, 1l2th New
Private rhos Kinnoar Co. b, 1sh Indiana, spent ball
Prvats Joseph Iaton, Co ], 18th Indiana, flesh wound
Private VIM H. sibbald, Co. =, iaoih New York volun
Private sidney Case Co. laotA New York Volunteers,
Corporal Thos Young Co l. ssth New York Volunteers,
breast.
SUFFOLK, Va Wednesday Morning, April 10, 1868.
An hrrnpf bv fhs Rets 20 TAX Our unboass
DosA-S SkiymisAtnd on the Franklin Road-Nep Earth
soorks Ersded-1xs Passage Of the Riper Dsfendsd-
Rsin--Ow LoG>s So Mr-Generdl Pecks Adiuity-
fv1e~~s-Skssmss@ on ne hataNm Hodd-LssH'e"o"
I7smsno wtasdsdL-A Rebel Baiery siienced, dc.
c,-ht - .s.d ,ocrablv an,s, FINDER cover o<
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pressed up within q hundred yards Of tho sunboat
Smith Bvirsa cautan Lee (which living & our wharf,
-. - s-s... !. : ~. 80. co, A.. .,,,,o., =,
wncn mey rece'vcd wnoe vonsy ron inc gunooa' "
qusuticn and rsred with the Of killed and
wounded We have no. bssn annoyed by them in this
.
direction eincos
On ths Edsuson road this morning our cavalry
and made dash capturing six Of tho enenys advance
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We had css - wounded. ves
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- ~ III -. - !. 80 zs-".-"s- - -ss
Dosh euv own ana nc spsmy's shnspshootsrs
advance C0yWard with ~ INIT AZ morn tsgOr days
shoosinso Our boys call 70 going hunlng,r end from
piscs sSs s:nIisSd would tSsk hey wsrs ooiug icr
8 woodchuck 70 Ore e. ~ snsoy, h ths direction.
We learn from d%wn mo rives tsst ~ gunossa we.s
End, after sdstaininr heavy nre mom see ensa wse
ana also with some wounded. -.
Prom SUFFOLK Con- Peck has sent sessions o eronery
down the bank OF tho river, 70 prevent the enemy
from throwing up new eafhwor.oy eoo 70 prevcns
him from crossng our arsflesy nov nosd
nent ponts o ana anc .nsIs sne cnomy wouc % nksy
70 sasmp 70 cross sno '""s so' o''"ooo :" s"o r"'s
NOUN. 4. -,,.,o...r, N d.v W. .,. .sn,...
Inc weathet " yery uu1sossAL' " w. we s,s
ea n, WIN h sn,s n,y ILL ~, 49,. rss.S,s ,nsnc, ~ 1
sneitered inisn'ry 10 IN mss 80 IL s pc nns'
MAJOR roster, VINO "a oecn sosen' On save ~ TO
turned, anu Iesumca ~ us - ns'"'""' As'"'~"'
General % ne rac,ar % - soa , o,. In.
INC Mca,c.i pnsv'os IT.. -, nI"u p", =, w% o a.. s ]
teen nos yss nee 70 20 'ns sum
M Mpoass ioss, "n..., @ ,rc.snsS ~ ~ s'' We ~ " " "s
,nn.,o e nv ~ los, ovsSv b,s a,rcei,on 1he
, ~ ron..a ~ pr =, ',bs resre", a. .s,cn,.h,ns
~, s srd h,,cx warp ~ w,,h wI Tor ,bcv can na
BY. N',e ,,. az s s,, w. =, ,,.aa kk " cnar.i % i.S,
see We apsu @ l,e T.. @ 49,, y, % 80 ~ ~ ~
s's. o.ce's q, -, s - sope " % sm ~ % ~. ovo a, h in,
,oasss liars Thew are ws dressed apsear 10 be wen
'ea % ~ 1900 aa ha,ag ws eared cor ana ar. heng
| sent 70 Fortress Monroe.
Ileuionaut Nimmons, u the Eleventh Pennsylvania
cavaiy : aVrnoher' our loss 70 pr's"neFS however,
H'1 Tha - oliov ING was our total loss on the ll,.
wovSDsp.
Prva'c kSh"a haiaen, TO- - hcven'h 'ennsy wanna
pr,vs,e Jos smith. Co n, Thirteenth Indlapa. log
Private Anderson Crawford Co X, Thirteenth Indians
oress po,, Sander, % rb,,,oe,,b Indiana s,o,
fryate VIM sebat1ky, Co H. Thirteenth Indiana,
breast. -. .. ,,.., ~.
.,nd,s,s a,,sn' rjsbt cIb1w frsee,nred, '"''
rrvaic Jlbn Garrison 90. 8, First New York sharp
shooter, he.h wound N thgh -,
Frvae 20 ree wa.'.. - ~. D. I'M" Ne" io'A onafP
shooefs ~ Nouhn ln W lhs .. -, ,-.-
with sna iorcc o. cavalry ana aItisry wen, out on
the to'niyA foV nis inV'nlnk ~ .a1itnf ub"H 'oh-
maia y 'e a., r a ,a :, nss, we ~ nS
nen,, and Drove y back, when |. was reinforced by
Df.a,e lh9 p'knns "t.r I'm. nsavy ssr,nshns, sn
back leary y nles w.on our peopie Iobwsa them
up iind ns 'n tD.y 70 ~, nv hssc moV ement 70 saan
advALce, We ltitea W ,h' h'enep'es '" a'oa peihg
cut. :, ar,1n = r,s,n,,r A., A. o.o n Ca, r.,w
o. = 10