, 1864-04-27
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NEwBKRx, April 23.-Reports from Plymouth
hare Il that our flag still floats ever our forttfc,
tons in that place, though the enemy h1s posses.
sion OF the town and river. It Is said that General
Vessels had retired with his force Into the fortia-
cations With fifteen days proytslons This report
appears to be believed.
On The ARRIVAL of more gunboats we shall be able
to reach Plymouth. and ASCERTAIN the factH. WASH
Ington md Newberu are much stronger fortified
than Plymouth, and With 4 few more troops add
gpnboats, which are eaid to be on the way, they
can be held against all rebels that can present
themselves.
FORTRESS AiosEoE, Apr;ls4 Tho steamer Noon
light has arrived from Newtern. NO news OF lm'
The poMder msls At nalei2h, N. c., exploded On
the 5th, Killing several persons. -.
Gen. Vim. P White. OF Georgetown .. tst MS
been aEsasslnated BY his own men.
NEW YoAK, April 26.-A Norfolk letter q me
CO.. strong, recruited at Point Lookout nom rebel
sth n G. rebel resim ent, was captured at his house
let's IN bis body. =.
wAsnraroH, April ., 1851; -
The Navy Department has received TIC following
Information OF the destruction OF the gunooas
About half past five o'clock p. m, Apri! II, Fort
Gray, above Plymouth, was attacked by the rebels
| with battery or six Geld pieces on a 1and bank
some thousand yards up the river.
Ceres .o eomenieats With tie Whtehead which
was doing picket duty up the river. In passlny oy
the rebel battery ehe received shot through her
ng on tSs 1 ceased sas It ne
| O'Clock. The Ceres returned about that time.
| At early dawn Of Monday the enemy charged up
| The BON Ishell. an army gunboat, In command Of
Ensign Thomas y. Stokes, steamed mp the river to
communicate With the fort. She returned and sunk
Later In the day the enemy appeared in force In
| the rear Of the town, ard at sunset commenced
vigorous attack on Fort Williams and Fort Wes-
previously chained tosesher-werc cast loose. The
tCnthlcld steamed up tie river to project Fort
Messele, while tic Miami / droRPsa u down and she'll
During The evening the enemy assaulted Fort
TesseIs aud were repuleed three times, the Sonth-
Geld throwing shell among them;
down the river and repurtcd to Lieut.. conma1dsr
Finsser, who ordered the vessels to b. lashed TO-
Reshe1 With hawsers ne sonthed bs,nE on Il r.:
| eide The Eiarni, and reported the ram coming
.Ata =. n: On Tuesday the ram dropped down
the frees and when near Ean obliqnely across into
had eecn firing al! the previous evening at the enc
ny on shore, aud their guns were foa1ed with
thcIl. which there was not time 70 draw. The
its bursting come fragment, either from that or the
t;outhue'd's she'll, rcbounded, which caused bis
sa tue tD rrng hs caes Cheat an ana c
Acting Enefsn Thos. g. :'argfs, Acting Third .As
tlstsut Engineer Harrington, and some six or eight
Tuop the snproaeh O, tbs ram tho southac,a firee
at htr. The PROV Of the ram running Into the
southdcld caused her to 1ll with water, and sie
rank inside Of nftecn mihutes. The forward lash
in;s we're parted By the pressure Of the ram be-
twten orr vesHea, and the after ones were cus and
ss many a. could Get on the Miami did go, WneI
tancc by the ram, which mas considered slow. max
irg hut fur knots per lonr, the Miami throwing
s.i.a rhot nt her as .hc retired. Some OF the me1
picket Up sy the Mhitehe ID aud Ceres. :.
The Ceres WAS dispatched to SeHbcrn 1nmcdi
ntely With the body Of csnmandsr Flgsssr.
Tie officers miHetbg al th. 3outh1e!d were:
Acting Master Wm. 3. Newman,
Acting Ensisn Thomas B. Stokes.
Acting Second Assistant Engineer Wm. 7. Cot
Aetin$ aas'eE's Mate George IS. Frat.
Fa,m5.ter's CLERK George " Brown.
somc Of the officers and men Of the soushtel,
Few Or none were. probably lost. The Aism' IL
uninjurtd.
whist nnder ti,e bows Of the Miami md South
ltld, ror- could tur guns then bear Oh her. Th
shell fired at her Was when ehe approached, 49,.
, | brave garrison Of Fort Gray. The eunboats mate
i:y aas!stsd The siege guns of ths tolt and pou5e
tneit hrosdeides into the rebel column repeatedly
making huge Wlhro"s tn thflr EAn&<B. Inns engage
m-nt was only cqualfed In it, execution an
slaughter by the great battle at Malvern Hill, wbcr
the Eavy poured such raking volloys Of grape an
ehen iato the enemy's lines, Amer tho third r
+ pulse the enemy retired, and np to l2 on sunda
hight, when my informant LEFT, everything wa
I ! quiet. .,
Another attack was expected by Hstg. Gen. Wes
eele, and, to be urtEanmslcd BY oil possible contn
geuces th,t might arlse, he Ut once ordered all th
| ou-comhatants. women and child en-, to leave th
town. The guards were doubled, the ynns shotte
| and cast 1ouse, while the gunboats lying of th
? town made tln,ilsr preparations to shell the wood
bcyond Plymouth on the tirat signal made Of ho
; tile approach. Cnpt. Flusscr remained above Fo
Gray, os reliable Intelligence WAS brought to hsl
TINT the rebel rams from Kinston had really CON
ont, and were expected to make IN attack on h'
I feet.