New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-04-29
NEWS OF THE DAY.
THE w AR.

Late Richmond papers furnish some interest
;,- tens They say on Wednesday 2Cth inst. fleet
of cunboatS appeared the Rappahannock, but they
left next day after destroying much property The ont
standing amount Of Rebel treasury notes Of the dc
nomination Of s. and under, IS about SIjUOO0O. The
fuading returns sum up aggregate OF SGT OOOOJo
with twenty small repositories yet to hear from The
only State from which complete returns have been TO-
Ccived is Georgia where the amount funded Is So lel'
900 The RickrDos I'd ErGnuer has article the war
news of the past few days full OF congratnlntion for
the past and hope for the future The gcntle-soned
editor is clearly disappointed because Gen Hohe ala
not murder all the Union soldiers captured nj Pynou'h
lie says Gen. Hoke judging from the large NUMBER
ol his prisoners, does not seem 10 have mHue SI'n
Soreuh work as that by which Forrest has so SAocAcu
,ae fender souls and frozen the warm blood OF 'he
Yankees The resistance he encountered was, PROB
by not SO desperate and tic blood OF the Tct''s not
30 heated; though in fertilization carried ny storm
fe los, of the garrison must inevitably he large Tho
strict laws of civilized warfare acknowledge the power
of the victor to put all to the sword in such cases
However severe such example might seem Ii would
strike a sautary terror in the Yankees. which VIII be
useful 10 them in the end and their melancholy whine
at meeting part Of the punishment their baTbartics
merit is absurd"
We have two DAYS later news from New-Or-
leans, and something later from Gen. Baukss Army
Gen Smiths expedition which went up Red River just
before the three days fighting. returned safely on the
18th instant The greater portion OF the Rebel arm! Is
a, Mansfield and the river opposite that place IL
fhe fighting which followed the attempt OF the gunboats
10 pass the Rebel battery at Cowshatta Shuc the Rebels
were compelled to fall back from the river giving the
transports clear passage. The boats suffered very ut
lie As soon as this expedition arrived at Grand Ecore
preparations were at made for another advance Of
fhc army The Era saws: ave have good reasons Tor
becy M that Gen. Banks is again IN route 10 Shfeve
pori portion Of our army is known 10 have left
Grand Ecore moving toward the Rebel position. \
Rebel battery had been planted at Campt few miles
nboye Grand Eeore. in consequence OF which Cen.
Kiby Smith burned the town. Gen. Growers division
is st at Alexandria asd will probably remain 10 pro
feet the country and people Of that region from incur
sio,s of guerrillas and raidng parties.
On the DIST inst. an expedition in boats from
The gupboats Nippon and Fort jackson under com
r,aad Of Capt Brcck Of the Nippon proceeded 10 win
in seven miles OF Wilmington, y. c.. where they sue
cceded in destroying the North Carolina Salt Works
and other property valued at 100000 and brought
away - prisoners, workers in the salt lines
Memphis dates to the 18th state that ,h'
steamer Curew from the Al kansas Xiv Wilde agrOunt
at Johnsons Island was attacked by gacrrll, but th'
soldiers aboard drove them off, killing the leader Ton
KcInan. the notorious guerrilla end boat-buncT better
known as the wild Iishnau."