The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1864-05-05
NORTss siRN NEWS.

kHoANiLLE. April i5.-Aiter ioar days
el prIoonIs w.anSn"., the radicals broke
u, the convention. Tie whvie affair is
scamdaiuus.
y corr, spondcnt of tn, Gazette, who
has just returned to chattanooga IRON a
.cpuI into Dixie, 81 - lie dad not visit Dial
ton, bu; learned from rebel citizen who
lately vis!toI oiust, 5 hcad, uartcrs to
sec iI.s sou, that the rcbes IN ear front
mun1ucr 10 Regiments, Including infant
~, cav.hy amG artillery. This citizen es.
tIInatcd Johusiuus numerical strength al
Ou,uuU, aud declared that he intended To
assr he tne chensive III very lev McvSs
Tic slated That the rebel soldiers were ui.h-
" cIa. III "Ith the lea vi uurrstruiucd uuu
quest. Inc rcOvi officers have induced
the prlvat,s To He'ievc that they Viii br
ablc ~ invade kentucky. lhi, citizen
HLs IN high spirits, aud talk cd freely tuurr
scout, supp s.liS hIm Iu DC Texan Ran.
ger
81. Louis, April l5-The corresl lond
ent Ui lac Union, who was aboard the
81 amer Platte Valley ut Fort P!liow,
gives even more appalling jescI puon vi
:i.c !ccbdlshmcs. .hau our CAIRO despatch.
Many OF the wounded we've Shot IN Tie
h"spItaf The Remainder were driven u, t
aud thc hospital burned On lie morni! :.
after thc battle, the rebels went over tho
heid an. shU; the ne1iocs who had hot
died from thcr previous wounds. Many
vi those who escaped from ths works aud
hospitals, aud who desired To be tr.ated as
prisonrrs vi war, were ordered ~ fall into
iine aud Inhunilnly shot down OF the
oJU colo cd trunps, not more than So cs-
capped the tnassdcre, and not one ushver Of
tha com'a4md survives. Only four uliicer-
] oi the 18th i"nuesse escaped dra,h The
loss ot the 18Th renfessce was 90 Killed
aud the Remainder wounded aud cautured
Gen. Chain rs told this CORES nuudcnt
that, although he WIS against killing he
Sro sU.uiers anu their officers and hai y one
ah III his power to stop the carnace. yet,
al the same time, he SAID he believed j,
was rsht. Another officer said that our
"hltc troops wou.d have been protected
had they not been iotnI on dnty with he
ncSroes. While the rebels endeayore to
conceal their loss, ~ was evident that they
suffered s,Vr.ely Two negro soldiers.
wOun"cd Fort Pillow, who were buried
by the rebels, an afterwards worked tnem.
se.'es out of tnclr graves, were among
tnosc brought Oh the i'la,te Nal.cy, aud
are now IN the ho>ys;ri at Mound City.
We learn that flad -f gueriilas, SUD
posed TO bc Benncutes, passed through.
iiaIdm'buTg on Alo"day. The circuit
curt vas IN Sc SION aud a large Lumber
81 the e,uzeps u The county were ia at
tc"d' q, "cro, armed 10 the tectn
atc"niphn Cd The gans, an II was the SUI
Z -;tson ~ many tha he sable individual
"'~ i1dr o;her tnun Brnnctte ia d s.uise
s} entered lnc place on the Louisville
''r. iIn,, o'd AL aong ihc roa,i house.
We visit. nd p!unAclcd. and travellers
- ...'' oH ;"c m. .;hway Wherever IA horse
'n,.I - met Woo owned u finer stead. or
boast, ucitcr saddle or bride. than any
III The Ihievi < ut throats, hc was at one,
hallcI aud ,orcld I'D make an excLa,.c
GroaI 'x.itcncut preva led when the
gueri!ls hated "n the square. However
taey dld net otfrr any violence TO the citi
In, and, ftcr short delay, started ou,
the Lltchdeld TurLrk'. Bcnncttc and