Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1863-04-24
THE WAR NEWS.

THE WAR NEWS.
Nothing of interest has transpired
at Charleston since the attack Oh the
Forts. The Yankees drew off their
forces from below the city at the same
time their Iron-clais were taken across
the bar. 1t appears from all the in
formation we can tier, that they arc
perfectly satisfied With their reconnois-
'isance, which they at first claimed il
to be, but which later news from the
North proves to have been an attempt
to take the city. Their papers now
speak q the failure Of Dupont and
his iron clad vessels to accomplish
what he expected, 50 furious and tell
=inyS,, was the fire from the Rebel forti-
tications. This reconnaissance, as they
desire to have it, proves that we have
Z tts .tss fully able to compete with thei1
f'roas clads, which guns we forbear t.
describe, contcnting ourselves with the
statement of what they accomplished
The Herald from which we get oul
information, admits that the nine yes
sells were struck five hundred and
twenty times, and says that the kc3-
XIX was struck ninety times and that
when she came out of action her plate.
were bent and bolts protruding all
over her Her scars we've SO Numerous
that no one had then been able to count
them. The tdrrctts upon her are
frustrums Of cones and plated with six
inches Of wrought iroA and those OF
the Monitors are perpendicular cylin-
ders and yet her turrett was pierced
thro' and thro' by a smoothly polished,
steel pointed ball. If our balls can pen
citrate six inches of iron on the frus-
tum Of cone, at a distance. of 700
yards, how will perpendicular sides
fare when they come in range Of these
guns
Genl. Hill has not as yet attacked
Washington but still has it invested.
No assistance has been able as yet, to
reach the enemy in Washington.
The enemy are believed to be pre-
pairing large force to attack Vicks-
burg from some point not known yet.
Five of their gun7boats passed the
.Vicksburg batteries on the hight Of
the 10th inst. They are able by this
to control that portion Of the River
between Vicksburg and Pert Hudson,
but can not take taaeir transports WITH
them, as one Of the gun-boats in at
tempting the passage was burned and
another sunk.
Hooker has not done any thing in
the way OF a movement, though we
expected some movement, following
the skirmish of Stuart on the upper
Rappahannock. It is supposed that
lie has sent i-einforcements to nosen-
Grams and is delayed tiereby-While
we get no definite news from his Gro
sencrans) army. The enemy are re-
ported as largely reinforced at Corinth
and along the railroads from Memphis,
and we may look for an advance into
Northern Mississippi, upon which they
seem at present to rely most for sue
cess.
Nothing definite has been heard
from Gen. Wise at Williamsburg,
though he is believed to have met
with decided success. Some few
prisoners together with a number of
negroes have been sent to Richmond
by him.
Our forces under Longstreet are
near Suffolk, and the enemy in that
section seem to think a battle immi-
nent. Torpedoes aid cambustibles
are prepared to blow UP the bridge at
Suffolk and Genl. Keys has issued the
following order
HEADoR's DEPT OF VIRGINIA,
Norfolk Va April 18th 1868.
The proximity Of the Confederate forces
renders it proper. by virtue Of the military
and naval authority Of the United States to
give the following notice: All foreign
cousals and their families; all ,co,hess aAa
children and all other persons not in the
service Of the United States, who prefer
safety to the conflict Of war. are notified
that on the approach Of the enemy to any
town or village within this department. and
the range Of the Union guns. such town or
village will be fred on without further con-
sideration.