Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-06-15
Night Report
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MuRFREIsBoRo June l3 The Chattanooga
Rebel OF The llth, says:
jackson, 9th.-Our scouts report the enemv's
pickets ten miles deep. and every means OF ap-
proach To NickSburg closely guar,le,i and great
courage AMI care is required 10 reach the city.
Grant has been communicating with the Fed
eral feet betokening n renewal of the assault
soon
The enemy's mortars heard at intervals
OF two seconds all last night and continues this
morning
Nothing from Port Hudson.
An officer captured bv Grant and who subSe
quently made his escape. arrived this morning.
and reports the Yankee army much depressed by
the know led re that Johnston is IN lssng heavy
force, and by the fact that certain death awaits
them front. Their officers say, certain defeat or
animation
Clpt. Thompson of Rosecrans stat, under a
flag of truce, delivered the effects of the two
spies hung at Franklin. 10 Lieutenant Col. Webb
OF the 5lst Alabama, this evening One of the
party receiving the dag remarked to Capt
Thompson that, Il see YOU have hung two of
our spies" He then added that one of them,
Orion. his particular friend. and was lnspec
tor of Instructions, on Gen. WheelerS staff but
ms Orion was not entitled 10 an Adiuiant he did
not know VINO the man Peters could be- He adj
mitted that the execution was just and in accord
ance with the usages of military law
from Washington.
WASHINGTON. June l3-The following is from
Richmond papers of the 10Th
JACKSON. June 9-ScoutS report the Federal
pickets ten miles out from Nicksburg. and all
/ approaches closely guarded.
Grant communicates with the fleet. by signals,
night and day. He is thought to be making some
movement The mortar boats fire all night at
intervals OF two seconds.
Nothing from Port Hudson
A dispatch from Lee, dated Culpepper the 9th,
states that Stuart drove the Federals back, after
hard fight, lasting all day.
Fitzhugh Lee was severely wounded. and Col.
Williams. of the North Carolina cavalry. Col.
Hampton, brother of Wade Hampton. } and Capt
Farley, of Stuart's staff, were killed
The dispatch admits the loss of two hundred
/ prisoners.
| The 18th Pennsylvania cavalry and the S7th
/ Pennsylvania infantry had a skrmish with some
400 Rebel cavalry yesterday, near Middet0wn,
Penn Eight Rebels were killed, a number
wounded. ard thirty captured
The following dispatch has been received from
Newcastle. Del:
a tender the privateer Florida has made six
captures of merchant vessels, of which she burnt
four and boarded two.
Ply mail TO New York.
The following extracts are from letter of an
officer, dated Hanes' Bluff June / which TO-DAY
was received in this city:
We reached here yesterday, after days march
up between the Black and Yazoo rivers The
object OF the expedition TO DESTROY the re
sources OF the country, TO prevent the enemy sub
sisting their armies, and TO drive out any force
they might have in that region, aud. if possible
to ascertain if the enemy was concentrating in
any considerable force for the purpose of raising
the siege OF Nicksburg
We had six brigsdes numbering something
| over 10000 men. We have marched over IO0
miles in a week, during the hottest kind OF
weather. We destroyed all the forage and sun
plies of cotton, and drove all the cattle. horses
and mules between the two lines for a distance
| of 81 miles We met no considerable BODY OF
the enemy. and had but one or two slight Skin
mishes. We ascertained where the enemy were
concentrating and gained much valuable inform.
alton.
The Commanding General having reported 10
General Grant, he seemed well satisfied with our
operations. Ii was made painful but impera.
tive duty to destroy everything-cotton, meat
mills and cotton ginS-that we could find: spar.
ING only dwellings and a small supply of provis
ions for each family. They can raise no force
which can compel Us TO abandon the siege
From san Francisco.
SAN Francisco, J une l3.-The bark Eldrioee
has arrived with Japan dates of the 18th of MAY,
There were Is British war ships. and two
Dutch. in port.
The Admiral of the English flagship had de
handed large indemnity and the surrender oil
the murderers of Richardson. failing to receive