Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-05-29

thew refused 20 fire on the Feiersis. and shot in
the air After this engagement they enca mped /
at Mississippi Springs. Ia the middle Of the night +
half of the regiment left their Campo. deter !
mpei 20 make their way into the Federal lines. +
They say there has been az NJ tine more than I
10 nnO Rebel troops AZ Port Hudson.
TIL Granger. alias Norton, was arrested here /
to dav on the charge of being connected with the 1
forgeries of drafts purpor,ing to be issued by I.
Granger AdIms, OF Chicago HIS operations 4
seem tn have been carried on privately IN Wash
inston and Baltimore The amount of the for |
reries i estimated at $780, 900. The accused ad- +
mitted his guilt.
southern Dispatches.
The following extracts clipped from the /
Richmond Wing OF the 27th;
MoRiLE. Nav 25-Specia dispatches to the !
Evening News, dated Jackson. SUNDAY May "a !
saw that firing was heard Till nine O'Clock A. NJ
on that day No report of artillery had been !
heard since that hour.
This forenoon the Doth Mississippi regiment.
mounted dashed into Raymond. capturing four
hundred prisoners, four cen Of whom were brought
10 this cit, The rest being sick or wounded,
were paroled.
Jackson. Nav % An officer who left Vicks-
bure TUESDAY At 10 o'clock. A NJ saws: The
enemy attacked our left and center four times
The first attack lasted 80 minutes the second
twenty minuteS: and the third fifteen minutes
and he fourth nine minutes They were re-
pulsed each time Our loss was 90 men. When
the column OF assault Was brought up on W eJnes-
dav the Ofiirers leadug the troops broke, and the
column disappeared On Thursday the enemy
was engaged IN Smelling our entertainments. Our
works toward Warrenfon have not been menaced.
The Federal ue of investment is imperfect.
Some of the prisoners report that Gen Steele
was killed.
The Wing has the following editorial with re-
gard To Vick>burg:
We give under the telezraphic head -one en-
couraging ne~s from Eick~burg. basel upon the
situation of afl.tirs Oa Thursl,y evening Last.
Speaking OF the investment of ihAt stronghold,
announced in the disg,,ches of last week. the
Mobile Register snX~. unless have been
strangely misiniorme the strength OF the
place. it cannot be carried 10y storm The town
is well garrsoned and prOvl>oned, and the reduc
ton of such place by siege j. slow operation ..
Meanwhile, Gen Johnston has vet play his
part in the drama. He is behind the enemy with
pretty large force. and that daily accumulate
ing. From all accounts. uOops are still pouring
towards Jackson from the East.
Gen. Grant will have to encounter Pemberton
in il forts in front, and defend himself against
jackson in his Ii will probably require
weeks months 10 reduce Nicksburg. Ia the
meanwhile, chances OF war open abundant hopes
of raising the siege by cutting off Grant from
Richmond papers of the Goth contain nothing
from Vicksburg
--latest from VicKsburg.
CAIRO. Nav y The steiner Imperial ar.
rived AZ Memphis from ViCksburg Monday nom
ing From Capt Stevens, passenger we leaTn
the folowine:
On Friday tine battle was raging iuriousy
Grant charged The Qualifications and took some of
them, BUT the Rebels rallied and re took them
There was much hand 10 hand fighting Capt
Stevens saws thar our loss Ia killed and wounded
on that day will reach 5000 The Rebels used
hand grenades when our forces attempted to storm
their work. II reported that corps OF
Banks army had arrived at Nairenton.
From Warrington.
WAsHIxeToN, May 25-From the statement of
gentlemen who have just arri, Ell from the Rap
pahannock il seems probable that the Rebels
have greatly reduced their strength, and are
maintaining mere shell in front OF our lines. Ii
this was positively known TO the mtary author
tiles. il i probable that our forces would not
much longer remain inactive.
Il i further represent ed that in consequence of
certain information received by citizens of Fal
mouth. which Was not obtained through legiti
mate channels in relation TO atfIiTs in the enc
my's lines and az it 80 believed that such nfor
| nation had been communicated by Rebel sol
| diers who have been engaged IN hauling senes in
| the Rappshannoek. note WAS addressed to
Gen Lee the subject. protesting against a
continuance of the practice The result Is that
! the fishing has been discontinued and the pckets
! withdrawn 20 "A considerable distance from cit her
shore of the river : his also breaks up the
! friendly visits OF the pickets TO another
From North Carolina
RALlrGH. y c MAY - The R,leigh Pro
! gress Kingston correspondent under date OF yes
terlay -ayS:
Some 1000 Yankees attacked our force, which
consisted of three regiments at Gum Swamp, aud
surprised and routed them.
We lost several who were wounded, and from
50 to 100 prisoners We took eight prisoners.
Gen Hill forced the enemy back to within
eight miles of Newborn.
The Colonel commanding the Yankees is re
| ported killed.
The enemy burnt the court house aud otbei
buildings at Trenton.
DE- Vim Myers. Assistant Surgeon L. > A.
now confined in Libby Prison, is held as hostage
for Dr. Green of Spots yvania. who is in For
| Norfolk hostage for the Infamous traitor DR.
Runke Runkes trial isnow pending before The
county court of Boniecourt.
For two officers recently murdered officially il
Ohio two officers OF equal rank now in our hand,
| are TO suffer through the operation of the IeE fal
ionis This intelligence has been conveyed &c
Col Ludlow the Yankee Commissioner, BY Com
missioner Ould with the additional assurance tina
hereafter for all Confederate soldiers or citizens
| improperly held, OF executed, the law of retalia
ton will be rigidy enforced.
The Alabama AGAIN
PHILADELPHIA. Nay 2S The brig Wm. VI
Dodge from P,rnambuca 23i. has arrived. Cap
tain Potter, of the ship Oneida. is "A passenger
and reports that the Oneida WAS captured anC
destroyed By the Alabama. She was bound from
Shanghai to New York At the time saw
on fire the bark Henrietta Baltimore for Rio
also the work of the Alabama. Captain Potte
ascertained that few days prior 10 his capture
the Alabama had in company with the Florida
captured aud destroyed the following vessels
Ship Louisa Koch. Captain Grant. from Cordif
for Longspore; ship Nova. Captain Adams. from
Liverpool for Calcutta; ship Chas. Hill. Captain
Percival, from Liverpool for Montevideo. In ad
dition to these they had jointly captured and de
stroyed the following whalers: Bark Lafayett
of New Bedford, Capt Lewis; brig Kate Cary
of Westport Capt Flanders; schooner King
fisher of Fair Haven.
from Fortress Monroe.
FoRTREss MoSRor. May 29-A woman names
Miss Haser, was arrested at Suffolk Yesterday
A document containing plan Of all the fortifca
tons at Suffolk found on her person, and let
tiers To Gea. L9ngstreet, stating that he coni
make raid 70 Suffolk and apture Gen. We'll
and Governor Pierpon.. The documents wer
prepared hy an Attorney at Norfork by the ham
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