Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-04-18
Sunday Night Dispatches.
BURNSIDE LANDING AT NEWPORT
NEWS.
Blockade Runner Taken.
FIRE 1T FOLLr ISL.s.vD.
&C., &C., &C., &c.
Prom cairo.

CAiRo April 1.-THE main body OF the rebels
lett Fort Pillow on Friday morning. aud their
rear guard in the afternoon. taking all the small
arms and destroying all the ammunition and
everything else desiruc,ible
Late sdvces from Duyal's Bluff report the
country infested with guerrllas. who ere con-
stanilJ rObb'Hg the people and committing all
manner OF deITedatlOns.
Mr Nixon. Stale representative from Franklin
county h's been murdered. ana the representative
from Arkansas county kidnapped nothing has
been heard from him since
On The eleventh four hundred Texan cavalry
attempted 10 surprise camp of two hundred and
forty Federais Roseville. on the Arkansas
river, tut were repul>ei, with loss OF twelve
killed and a large number wounded Our loss
FIVE killed.
The steamer Emma was fred upon. Thursday
night. near Fort Pillow. toy 80 rebels in Federsl
uniform, supposed to have been the rear guard
of the enemy Withdrawing in a northern direc-
ton
1t is believed that Forrest has no, vet removed
his headquarters from Jackson. Tenn
The steamer Swan. from New Orleans. had
l5D bales Of cotton for ST. Louis Her officers
report that Writ Adams force drove our troops
i'm from the Big Black River a week ago, aud
took several hundred prisoners
The steamer Hope passed. Tor St Louis, with
large cargo of groceries aud $50 bales OF cotton.
She was fired upon. ID miles above Memphis;
she return Ell the fire. dispensing the guerrlllas
The steamer Liberty passed here tor Louisville
with a. bales of cotton
The Hammitt from Alex inder Red River on
the 81 arrived With iour more gus from Fort
DeRussey
Two blrges containing 500 bales of cotton be-
came prize tor the Navy.
Four hundred bales OF cotton are reported to
be up Black and Yrzoo Rivers. The gunboats
Avenger, Muchita Chachtin and L ltsyete have
gone up to secure it Two other gunboals are
orde- To assist them.
Ten gunboits are up Red River.
THIS accounts for but Que gunboat being at
Fort Pillow
Red Ri, er is rising
The steamer Golden Gate. from Memphis for
Fort Pillow, laden with boat stores, private
freight, was taken possess on of by guerrillas on
the night of the IL Brsdley's Landing ID
miles above Memphis The boat. passengers
and crew were rifled of every thing.
The steamer Celeste was fired into near Au-
gusta, White River "A few days since. aud had
one man killed and three wounded.
All steamers approaching shore above Duval's
81 fl are fired into.
The fight at ko>eville, referred to in a previous
dispatch, lasted four hours.
Seven hundred bales OF cotton were loaded on
The steamer during the fight
The affidavit taken here declared that the
Quartermas,er of the 18th Tennessee Cavalry
was. while living, nailed to a board by the rebes
at Fort Pillow. and thrown into the burning
building.
Brigader General Croker aud staff arrived
here from below
The 9Th Indiana Infantry. 4th Wisconsin
Cavalry, portion of the 9Th Illinois Infantry.
Veterans, have arrived here en- route home
furlough.
A private letter dated Green,ille. Mississippi i,
April IL. states that the hospital steamer Wood
ford. recently sunk on the shoals above
Alexandria, in Red river; also that the navy was
capturing large quantities of cotton in that