Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1864-04-01

/ Inc (OmmSTCf0t HAS ucspittu holi
Chattanooga which says the rcbe' in
very strong force on our front at Dalton,
and have 5000 cavalry this side.
Deserters report that Polk is reinforcing
Johnston. Longstrcet's cavalry, under
Martin, has arrived at Marietta, Ga.
| The rebels are moving up artillery from
the rear.
Our army is in splendid condition.
A despatch from Fort Smith, Ark. to the
! Gazette says the army Of the frontier is in
motion, and it is supposed they are bound
| for Northern Texas.
The Bate at Paducah- -Four assaults
made on the Fedcrdi gorks-1hc rebets
rcpaiScd ciM htary toss.
CAIRO, 2Sth.
| Gen. Forrest had about 1000 men i'll
the attack OH Paducah. His line of bat
| tie was 10 miles long. The fight lasted
all the afternoon; four assaults were made
on the fort en- masse, each of which was
repulsed with great slaughter to the
enemy. The gunboats fired 600 rounds ;
large part of the town is in ruins. The
rebels plundered stores and carried off
horses. During the fight forty GONZALES
scnts in the hospital were captured. For
rest sent a flag of truce to exchange pris-
ouers, but Col. Hicks refused. Three
Eans Harris AND R,rhr;Jrc were With
rho rnhols
D,.ts from, p,5uc,b At noon Yesterday
ron.rt.1 all or;.t rho citizen: are rc.
-, 80 ,bn town Snycr,J women
80, I;u.d anr;ne I'll. f,,ht o,r lass
mos II L;,,.5 and i, wo,n1cd Tho run.
hnn. ,,,nad 6rs s;nult,ncouslv with the
Enr, on rho onem,.s advance into.,he city.
and r.n5nrod ;nyniuahl,. service tbrourheut
the engagement.
Afts, heinz once rcnu,scd. Forrest sent
n communication to Col. Hicks, demanding
the surrender of the Fort. troops. and
public stores. and promising that if the
demand was complied with our troops
should he treated as prisoners of war, but
if he was compelled to storm the fort, they
might expect no quarter
Col. Hicks replied that he was placed
there TO defend the fort which he should do
and peremptorily refused to surrender
The enemy then made third assault on
the works, but were repulsed each time
with great loss.
lie TtbClS lIleu bGtht Idilhs. lti
squads and occupied the houses. keeping
up fire until late in the evening, when
they were driven away, our artillery max
ing the building too hot for them.
On their way into the city the enemy
fired the railroad depot. which was con-
sumcd, and towards evening they burned
the ouartermaster' building. They plum
dered the stores of all immense amount of
| goods. and took all the horses they could
! find. Some merchants have loss from
"PPe".:s :, rarco Of tho for, The
es "'ni' 'nusA ~, advance and
after asl;ng for an cyeban,e of prisoner.
which was darlinsJ. they r,t;rsl in the
d;rn,,;an ,f rolnnbus
I, was discovered tho. ,nr ammunition
vas ps,rIy exbans,eJ when Co| Hiek,
orJerad that WHEN II shonlJ giy. out the
fart shnulJ he defended with m. bayonet
~ lnpg as = man remained aliy,. which
DENOMINATION WA. received with hearty
.he.rs b,. oil tho t,oops The ncrr,e, in
the t,rt $40 in ALI fourht with rreat
rnll,nfrv
An ,:,s o,,;o, a, paaucah Yesterday
our forces he,ns ENGAGED in bur,iu, the
asoJ
m apen,r had Al, small cannon
d., ~ h,,iE,,r. w.r. h,,nsa i,
el,5;,, ,ha h.sn;,., va xorls and same
y, ,hs ,;nast ,..idsn.s; i. The fow,, Tbe
C,s,o,, un,,s., o,,j p,st-otf;c, yar, ;,;pr-
sd
o,r ,-o,ns CONSIST If m. 10Th Illinois
infantry Col. Hicks. a battalion OF negroes
and resiment-name not known.
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ndose
LONDON, 18th. The following kilograms
have been received.
CoPENHAGES, 10th. All the superior
officers and mayors in that portion OF Jut-
land occupied by the allies have been con-
veyed to headquarters TO reqnisition for
supplies, intended to be enforced on the
inhabitants.
The enemy yesterday kept up heavy
fire. One battery was directed against our
left aud the ships before Sunderberg. The
result was uninportant.
CHRISrIANA, 18th. The Stetslirg open
ed to-day. The King announced a bill for
the extraordinary credit of 100000 rig
dalers to enable the government To give
material aid to Denmark in certain con-
tingencies.
The King also desired liberties for all