Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1863-04-21
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Is ELENJRAT11.
CHARLESTON, April ia steamship arrived
this morning from Bermuda, with cargo OF ar
my equipments, etc. for the Government.
CHARLESTON, April 13.-Al quiet here. A
few bIockade,s, and the frigate Ironsides off the
bar. are the only vessels in sight to-day.
CHARLESTON, April l4.-All quiet Tonight
The enemy occupies Coles Island, Hiawah Is
land and Seabrook' Island in eOnsiderab force,
protected by few gunboats. All his transports
have left this vicinity.
[OFrICIAL DESPATCH.
TULLAHoaA, April 13.-To Gen. S. Cooper =
General Wheeler reports from Lebanon, L inst,
as follows
! divided my command into two parties and
made a raid upon the Louisville and Nashville,
and Nashville and Murfreesboro railroads, cap
turing large train on each, and many officers
| and men.
Portions Of Wharton's and Morgan's cavalry
(Signed) BRAXTON BRAGG.
| TULLAHoMA, April l3- Information deemed
reliable was received to-day, stating mat Gene
1 raj Wheeler had captured two trains--one be-
tween Louisville and Nashville, and the other
between Nashville and Murtreesboro, with a
large number of men and officers, destroying the
trains. All quiet elsewhere.
[sECoND DEsPATCH.1
TULLAHoMA, April 14.-Further adylces have
| been received from General Wheeler, confirming
the capture of two trains, containing SoO,U III
greenbacks, and number OF prisoners, lnciuo-
ing three Majors and two Captains, and three OF
Rosencrans's staff. It is calculated thatthlrty OF
the enemy were killed and seventy wounded
! Our loss in killed, none, and only one slightly
wounded,
/ CHATTANOOGA, April IA fight occurred a.
Franklin yesterday. Gen. Van Dorm attacked
the enemy with 1000 cavalry and Freeman's
ILaf< HID cd h1t a
again with heavy reinforcements. A bloody
! fight ensued. Freeman's battery was captured,
and Freeman killed. Our loss is heavy. We
retreated from the place after six hours hard
fighting. s ataa
i Later accounts represent the recaPture of our
artillery after the fall of Freeman. We took no
lprisoners.
! CHATTANOOGA, April 14.-Major Dick McCann
has captured another train on the Nashville and
| Chattanooga Railroad He has also destroyed
| long wagon train. ~r
/ 8 Two more gunboats and three. transports on
the Cumberland river have been destroyed by
i w heeler's command.
CHATTANOOGA, April 14.-The rumorS in re-
gard to Van Dorn's fight at Franklin, Tennes-
/ see, prove to have been exaggerated. The loss
| was only fifty each side. Freeman g battery
which was captured by the enemy, was immedi
ately retaken All quiet along the line to-day.
! CHATTANOOGA, April 15.-AH quiet in the vi
cinity of Tnilahoma. Federal accounts of the
battle of Franklin confirm the killing of Captain
/ Freeman, of Fresman's battery.
A gentleman, just through from Louisville,
reports that, in addition to Burnside's corps, a
division from Frankln,s corps is coming to re-
Enforce Rosencrans. s9A 91ss 8.
/ JACKSON, April IA special to the Appeal,
from Murfreesboro, dated the Sth inst, says
that Wilder's brigade had returned with many
| horses. Sixty .contrabands'' were shot and
hung. Several were clothed in Yankee uni
forms.
The gunboat Cincinnati, disabled at Steele's
Bayou, had arrived at Cairo.
JACKSON, April IA large fire was observed
last night, above Vicksburg, supposed to have
been caused by the bnrning oftransports
4 VIeKsBuRG, April l4.-All quiet here. One
transport, with troops, left the fleet this morn
ing. Many tents and dozen transports are still
IN sight.
/ V1oKsRURG, April 17.-Some eight of the en-
envy Is transports came down at Ii O'Clock last
night A heavy fire was opened on them by our
batteries, which replied to briskly by some
Of the boats. One boat was fired by our guns
which burned to the waters edge in fropt of the
city. The others, including two transports,
pessed down. Two or three are thought TO be
isabled. None are now in sigbs, but one trans
port, lying at Brown & JohDsson's plantation.
1 Two guns of the Yankee battery on the PENN
sula, opened On the city shs morning at y O'CLOCK
and are still firing.
ing batteries opposite Vicksburg.
/ A Jew who was paid to burn the bridge across
Big Black, says Vicksburg will be attacked with
in ten days-tha al the officers absent have been
ordered to report opposite Vicksburg, and tia,
sixty-four steamers have left Memphis for Vicks-
burg.
VDKsBURG, April 17.--Seven prisoners from
the boat sunk last night were brought in to day.
They say tine transport Henry Clay was burned
i and the ram Lafayette sunk by our batteries
also that the remainder of the expedition will
come down to night.
The battery on the Peninsula continued firing
until late this afternoon, but has done damage.
GoLDsBoRo, April 18.-Maj. Northercut, Icom-
manding about 100 men of the 9th North Caro-
lima battalion, engaged and fought a large force
of aboitlonists at Sand Bridge, sixteen miles this
side of Newbern, yesterday morning. The fight
lasted one hour and twenty minutes Our loss
two killed and four wounded. The latter have
a rived here.
Major N. having retired behird breastworks,
was reinforced, and again advanced upon the en-
envy forcing him to fall back in turn.
The Yankee force is estimated at two thousand.
Their loss is unknown, but it must have been
considerable.
LAcY's SPRINGS, April 15.-A fight took place
on the 9th inst, between Is of Col. Witcher's
men and about 10 Yankee cavalry, to the left
of Winchester, in which the enemy lost about
35 killed and wounded. Our men then fell back
without the loss of man. Also captured some
small arms.
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