Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1863-05-22
THE SENTINEL.
SUMMARY OF WAR NEWS.

the past week, we extract from the Baltimore
GazGte!
SATURDAY, May lG-There is no military
news whatever Of any special importance =
The Army of the Potomac is quietly resting
in its old camps, and on Thursday, for the
first time since the recent battles, suffers were
permitted to return with supplies. 1t will be
remembered that General Hooker in his order
extoIing the troops for their gallantry in the
recent battles, claimed to have captured five
thousand prisoners, The National Intclligencer
of yesterday, forgetting how wrong it is to
call in question an official declaration Of so
important a character, states that the number
of prisoners taken at the late battles, has been
ascertained to amount to about twenty-five
hundred.
The intelligence concerning General Grant
operations are conflicting to an extraordinary
degree. He has fought battle and defeated
the Confederates at Clinton, and he has not
fought any battle at all lie fell back, subse-
qucntly, on learning that the enemy was re-
ceiying reinforements from Mobile and else
where and he has made no retrograde move
nent whatever lie was eighteen miles east
OF Vc6sburg and advancing he was but
eighteen miles from Grand Gulf and encamp-
ed near the Big Black river, which would
place him southeast by south Of Vicksburg.--
Only one thing appears TO be certain, and that
is the movement OF additional troops, over
land By way of Young's Point, to reinforce
him For the rest-the kilograms come from
Cairo, and the reputation Of the correspond
cuts at that place for truth, is about on an
equality with that Of the women Of the Demii-
lKcnde, in Paris, for virtue.
MONDAY, May ls.--There is but little news
Of special Importance to notice this morning.
The Associated Press dispatches are exceed
ingly meagre in fact there appears TO be no.
thing Of an exciting character occurring in
any quarter.
Eight transport steamers have reached For
tress Monroe from City Point, having on board
seven thousand six hundred Federal prisoners
recently paroled at Richmond, including &c
neral Hays aud other officers. 1t is said that
when he last party left Richmond that city
was entirely clear OF Federal prisoners. The
Confederates, captured in the late battles near
Fredericksburg, are being paroled and sent
home with all possible despatch
The New York cypress has dates from Mata-
moras, Mexico, TO the 28th ultimo 1t is stated
that two schooners were fitting out at Brazos,
Texas, as privateers, and were only awaiting
for crews before appearing on the ocean In
consequence Of this movement several Ameri-
can vessels had left Matamoras in hurry, not
even waiting to procure n clearance from the
Mexican authorities General Magruder had
been in Brownsville for some weeks, and bad
been handsomely entertained by the citizens.
The steamer George Washington arrived at
New York, yesterday, from New Orleans, with
dates to the 10th instant. She brings the de-
tails of the capture Of Port Gibson by Gene
raj Oslerhaus, and Of Grand Gulf by Admiral
Porter. There were various rumors aloat in
reference to Port Hudson--onc was to the eff
feet that it had been evacuated by the Contede-
rates, and another that the fort was lombard
ed by the Federal feet on the night of the Sth,
and all day. on the 9th.
The raid of Col. Grierson through AIissis-
Gppi Is said to have been an entire success
That officer, at the head of some nine hundred
men, followed by several hundred contraband
negroes, had reached Baton Rouge He re-
ports having done vast amount OF damage
to the Confederates in the burning of railroad
bridges, capturing Of commissary stores, aud
seizure of negroes and other property. Ac-
cording to the colonel's account, tre,apd Dc
struction appear TO have followed in his wake.
The only Confederate force he met during his
raids he avoided by taking " circuitous
route, but succeeded in :" destroying the
camp equippage and stores of the enemy, and
capturing three hundred prisoners. -
The town Of Alexandria, Louisiana, has
been captured by the combined forces Of Ad-
lDiral Fariagut and Porter. The former Off
Ger reached New Orleans on the 9th inst, by
way of Brashier City, having left his flagship
on Red river. lie reports that previous to
taking Alexandria, Fort de Russey, on Red
river, was entirely demolished, and a Confede-
rate gunboat captured. 1t is also said that af-
ter the town had been taken by the naval
forces, the advanced cavalry Of Brigader Ge-
neral Dwight dashed into the place, thus form
ing junction between the forces Of Admiral
Fafragut and General Banks.
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an account of an engagement in Mississippi,
which took place on the preceding day 1t is
said that the Federal forces, one thousand
strong, advanced upon Raymond-a town ou-
ly eight miles from Jackson-where General
Gregg had four thousand one hundred infant
ry aud q few cavalry. The Federal command
er was continually reinforced until one o clock
in the afternoon, when the Coniederates open
ed battle heavily with musketry The Fede-
rails being heavily reinforced, the Conlederates
retired through Raymond making a stand at
Mississippi Springs, where they had reinforce-
ments. 1t is reported that Colonel McGayock,
Of the 10th Tennessee regiment was killed,
Two steamers which have been running for
some time between Norfolk and North Caro-
lima, through the. Dismal Swamp canal, were
captured by the Confederates on Friday last,
near Curriluck bridge, forty miles from Nor
folk. The steamers were the Emily and Ar
row, and with tue mails and all on board were
taken OFF to Franklin, on the Blackwater
The Contedesates compelled the crews to work
The vessels IN order to pass the Federal gun
boats without detection. DIR, Myers, Of Pitts
burg, Pennsylvania, was captured on one Of
the boats
che guns Of the iron-clad Keokuk, sunk at
the time Of the attack ON Charleston. have
been recovered by the Cpnfederates, and are
now mounted for the defence of that harbor.
TUESDAY, May l9.-Beyond the supposition
that the iron-clads are again at work in
Charleston harbor bombarding this time, not
Fort Sumter, but the sand batteries forming
the extreme outer line Of deienccs, we have no.
thing particularly new or important from &C.
neral Hunters Department TO record.
What is called the capture Of Alexandria
on the Red river, proves now to be but the oc-
cupation OF place which the Confederates
had already abandoned. As no capture OF arms
or munitions Of war are reported, it seems
probable that all the most valuable material
was removed by the garrison before falling
back 10 Shreveport, where there is said to be
force Of some six thousand men.
The marvellous ride or raid of Col Grier-
sons cavalry from Lagrange Tennessee, to
Baton Rouge Louisiana, has given tSe cores
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