New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-05-05
Terms Of The Tribune.
DAILY IRInII Ne
NEWS OF THE DAY.
THE WAR.

The order printed in another column, OF
Gen. Meade to the troops the veteran Army of the
Potomac. indicates the probability-and that imme
distcly-of hot work on the Rapdan
Evidence of the atrocious back-hag character
of recent Rebel victories acoumuates daily. Mr. Blow,
Representative from Missouri, has letter from r.
Criticized. Acting Masters Mate of the steamer Silver
Cloud which stopped at Fort Pillow the day following
the butchery This letter confirms the worst that has
been told. The writer says: IL saw several coored
soldiers of the 9TH United States Artillery with their
eyes punched ont with bayonetsi many of them were
shot twice and bayoneted also. Going up into the fort
saw there bodies partially consumed by trewhether
burned before or after death cannot say anyway
there were several companies of Rebels In the fort while
these bodies were burning and they could have pulled
them out of the IRE had they chosen to do So One oil
the wounded negroes told me that he hadn't done a
thing and when the Rebels drove our men out OF the
fort they (our mem threw away their guns and cricd
out that the Surrendered; but the Rebels kept on
shooting them down until they had shot all but few
This is what they all say The writer adds that the
Rebels burned some Of the white dead. In addition to
this we have accounts that in little victory over cur
pickets at Nckaack after they captured those
who could not march fast enough to suit the Rebels
were shot or stabbed death and their pockets emped
and clothing stripped Off their corpses by "our
Southern brethren" The detail of these massacres is
enough to appa the coolest heart Let the reader pom
der well the facts and ask himself what measure OF
Justice should be meted out to the offenders
Commodore Parker reports that on the
27th ult. Acting Master Hill commanding the Z. ).
steamer Currituck succeeded in destroying go bushels
of grain which process of transportation to Rich
mond On the 2eth another expedition under command
of Acting Volunteer Lieut. Hooker sent to Carriers
Creek which succeeded in destroying eleven boats and
canoes large quantity of grain and number OF log
hut said to have been used barracks by the Rebel
soldiers.
Major-Gen. Stanley testifes to the blood
thirsty character OF Gen. Forrest the murderer of Fort
Pillow. In 1862 Forrest surprised the post Of Murees
boro After our troops had surrendered, mulatto
servant of OF the Union officers who was free man
from Pennsylvania, was shot by Forrest, because he
was "nigger" The act was so inexcusably Infamous
that one Rebel officer who it refused to serve any
longer under Forrest.
We have advices from Alexandria, Red River,
to of April o. at hch place Gen. Banks then and
in good position The Rebels had followed our forces
from Grand Ecore. when near Cane River an en-
gagement took place in which the Rebels lost LOO
men and pieces Of artillery.
There is story from the West Of q disaster
to our arms in Arkansaae Gen. Marmaduko attrcked
and captured train with escort after sharp fight.
Report says he took ZOO prisoners. $40 wagons and
pieces of artillery.
Rear-Admiral Porter recently sent an expedi-
ton up the Washita River far Monroe which cap
tured three thousand bales of Confederate cotton
brought away eight hundred negroes and destroyed
much Rebel property.
Our Norfolk correspondent says that Gen.
Butler has compelled that city to pay for its own govern
ment and of the same time introduced number OF i'm
provementS.