The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1864-05-06
The War.

There is nothing OF Importance rr5ln II. Z ,p-
il.tn. The ConftderateS are strengthening their
pcket lines and still iaborina ,lard upon the for
tifications Every day of delay is of immense
value 10 them, and it is very strange why Grant
fingers so .ong. Tomorrow viii be the ami
vcrsary of the capture of Yorktown in 1862, by
Mcclellan. He advanced against the enemy in
March Grant has not yet moved and now lI,v
has bagun. The Confederate forces in North
Carolina have certainly abandoned that S ate
AMI are their way to RICHMOND
From Decatur, III Aabam.. die-c l. a IL
tie news. It appears that the lines of Fe.er-
al wagon supply 10 Chattanooga, pass that way
and arc seriously endangered The Confc.ies-
ates are Ill around Decatur, and we shoui not
be asionislled 10 hear of It's early capture or u
abandonment by the Federal garrison Grner-
al Griers"n is reported 10 have had = small : IT,
m>h with tic rear Ui Fvlre~; command. on
the rotrea; from M.rapI,is toward = ,a;lr Ihs
result of ii Is :!@S mag ..!y rege";.I. The a.
numoer Of wag"a9, horse. #l, .nugs that
Gficrson cap;ured is NOT yet k1Y:r, NJ r4}A.t
Of the entire loss Of tie rebels has yet lie n, szr
IN"
We print this morning Il series of dispatches
about General Stee!cs position in Arkansas,
wlich very f2w can comprehcnd lie secras to
have lTIn ali over Southern Arkansas, s'.irmisii-
ing with The enemy, advancing, ,ret.eatinr threat
ening and pursuing, and after wading through
the entire mass of news, our rea lers will be cutie
~ wise as they were before they beg,In There
certainly is nothing of any value from tha; quar-
ter, and no change is reported on tho Red itiy-
CT. The Confederate report of General Banks
defeat has been received His Iyss was ci.lt
thousand and tie enemy captured thir;y-hvc
cui,s TWO hundred wagons and ,yyo thnusar.i
nrisnua-s. They raport general Steel, 10 he
surrounded ON the Ll;le Missouri River n..ar
the Ar..ls 5;l< line and awaiting rei:Ii,rcess, MS
Affairs are evidently approaching a crisis oI,
lie Rapiisn. ReiatVrcements are hsing bur
ried forward to General Lee. Baaurcgari,
with twenty thousand men. Is said to have pas
Sed n0rthward Though Peters>lrg. This we
receive from SO many sources. hat It seems TO
bc t.uc almost beyond doubt. The Cohteder-
ates are reported to have withdrawn them was'
tern wing short distance back from Mld;s,r
Court House, and are concentrating their for
ccs towards Fredericksburg They evidently
expcc; Gram to make dash towards Ra!-
monl over the roate pursucd by tie Fitzpatrick
rajinE party. As me old telegraph line be-
tween AieXandria and Falmouth is being re
CONSTRUCTED this would seem to be proba oie.-
Meanwhile tie sick are being sent from the
Federal army to Washington in great mum hers
LAST week trr two or three days the canal be-
tween the Delaware ana Chesapeake was whoI-
y taken up by Goveynmen. transports going
South. There WAS an uninterrupted stream
day and night, Some sea expedition either by
Smith or Burnside is in contemplation The
capture of Madison Court House. which is
about fourteen mi!es west of Culpepper, is con-
frned. The Federal raiding party abandoned
il. however after burning it-lac