Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1864-03-30
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Rebel Raid in Kentuckv.

Cioch p M, yesterday, the rebels
made an attack upon Paducah, Ky.
and the steamers Peosta, Pawpaw and
Fort Hlndman. at once opened fire.
Capt. Hicks holds the fort The front
part OF the city IS destroyed, our shells
setting fire TO the houses on the levee.
4 brisk cannonade was continued un-
til about 10 o'clock p m, when the
fire OF the rebels ceased. and they re-
treated. Oar loss was twelve killed
and forty wounded One hundred and
fifty To three hundred rebels are re-
ported killed, among them General
Thompson.
Fort De Russy and IL Guns and 800
Prisoners Taken.
a dispatch from Cairo, dated March
70, says we have good news from the
Red river expedition, which comes
from undoubted authority.
Gen. \. Smith landed his forces from
transports a few miles below Fort De
Russy. The rebel General Dick Tay-
lor promptly marched against him
with his whole force, and attacked him
in his rear. General Smith, instead of
attempting to keep up communica-
ton with the river. proceeded, by fore
ed marches toward the fort.
When Taylor saw the trick. he start
ed Tor the same destination. and for "a
time the race seemed doubtful. But
finally the Yankees came in about
three hours ahead, capturing the fort
and IL guns, four of them parrots. one
eleven inch and several thirtv-twO
Founders; also, 800 prisoners. This
gives General Smith a strong toothold
III the country, and will enable the Adj
miraI TO proceed TO Alexandria with
his gunboats without opposition.
We have advices from New Orleans
to the 10th inst. Alexandria, La. was
surrendered to our forces without op-
position. The army in Western Lou
isiana was moving, and General Banks
WAS about leaving New Orleans to di-
rect its operations The prisoners cap
tured at Fort De Russy had arrived at
New Orleans
From Tennessee we have the report
Of Il minor reverse TO the Union arms.
Four hundred OF the 7th Tennessee
Cavalry were besieged at Union CITY
by superior force of Rebels and were
forced to surrender before assistance
reached them.
From the Department of Western
Virginia a despatch states that whole
company of our cavalry cd Virginial
were captured at Wingtield, in the
Kanawha, by a body of Rebels. and
that the steamer Eiclress. with Major
Bucker, on board, carrying important
dispatches from General SigeI. mar
rowly escaped capture. 1t appears
that Captain Cox, commanding the
steamer, finding that the wind was too
high to 90 through 'the Shoot" shot
off to see his wife, who resided in the
neighborhood, and Major Buczer, on
his own responsibility, started the
steamer, and thus saved himself and
his Cespatches.
From North Carolina
Governor Vance, of North Carolina, de-
livered recently speech OF immense
length. 1t is an argument against the par
ty in North Carolina-and We Judge from
the admissions in this speech that the par
ty is very strong in numbers, if not domi-
nant-whn desire TO have State Conven-
ton called, for the purpose, as Governor
Vance says, Of seeding from the South
ern Coniederacy and repudjating the whole
thing His grounds of opposition TO this
are chiefly these three First that it would
be useless to secede from the Confedcracy
secondly, that it would be dangerous
thirdly that it can't be done
Now says be, permit me to ask you
what it was that got you into this scrape? ?
Why, YOU all know that it was the fact of
your secession in the first instance. Sup
pose you were sick of typhoid fever, and
had been close to deaths door; and, be-
coming convalescent, the physician should
gravely inform you that the only plan to
effect your entire recovery, would be to
take another spell of the Internal fever?
Would you not think he was fool p
Laughter Secession was tried after it
had been considered for period of forty
years, and the whole country understood it
as completely as an abstraction could be
understood We were promised it should
be peaceable What is the result? Why,
it has been everything else 1t has involv-
ed US in war that has no parallel upon
the pages Of history. Do you expect to
fud a remedy by repetition of the dose
that brought you TO bed 2