The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-04-30

siitiOn-B BOmb emit Of Char.
lestOn.-The French Tobacco
in Richmond, &c. ,q
FORTRESS MoNRoE, April 26.A-The Pe.'
tersbuig Express of the 23d has the follow
ing:
"Oraage Court House, April '22-It is re
ported that the enemy commenced to>day7
moving up their rear, preparatory to an adj
vance. There is nothing going on in our
front Indicating an immediate advance
The roads are dry and hard. 10
'Richmond, April PA fleet of gun
boats appeared yesterday in Rappahannock
river, twelve miles below Tappahannock =
A dredging machine was sent in advance
to search for torpedoes 1t is now believed
that Tappahannock or Port Royal will be
the base of Burnside's co operative move
ment against Richmond. ( % 3 @S' '-''
'NoJAe, April 22.-On Wednesday Gen.
Writ Adams repulsed l,500 Federals near
Mechanlcsvile, Miss D ~ -
The United States steamer Fort Jackson,
arrived this afternoon from the feet off
Wilmington, with fifty six rebel prisoners
captured by our navy at the time of the
destruction of the salt works in North Car
olina. She brings no additional news from
North Carolina. s,F1
Richmond papers of the 18th have reach 4
ed the North, and the following extracts
are published: a-s" :
THE SIEGE OF CHARLESTON.
The Charleston Mercury has an article
on the 20Sth day of the siege of that city,
and remarks:
THE enemy kept up brisk lire on the
city on Thursday, firing between forty and
fifty shells About one O'clock, Parrot
she'll entered the roof Of Alexander Dun
cans work shop. at the foot of Hasell street
struck on the anvil and bursteds TwUi
young men aud a negro boy were standing
by tho anvil at the time of the explosion
The two white men escaped uninjured The
negro boy, named Aaron, belonging to Mrs,
Heath, was struck on the shoulder and the
left arm broken. He also received several
severe bruises on the head. 1t is believed
:bat amputation of the arm vii! be necessa
y Between thirty and forty shells have
been fired at Fort Sumte: since our last, |
most Of which struck, but did no damage
The enemy were again busy at the Swamp |
Angel on Thursday. There was no change
in the fleet -
THE FRENCH ToDAcG AT RICHMOND.
The French tobacco stored in this city,
and which will soon be shipped to Europe,
consists of between seven and eight thous.
and hogsheads, all of which is Of fine quail
ty, and worth several millions of dollars
To transport it away at once. will require
seven or eight ships, and it is said that the
requisite number will be at City Point III
a day or two-Eaqairsr A'- 3 tEgl
FEDERAL DEsERTERs IN RICHMOND.
The records at Castle Thunder give US
strange evidence concerning the remarkably
fnc spirit of the Yankee army in Virginia.
Within the last few weeks nearly hundred
de>erters from Grant have passed over the
line and come asking asylum in the bosom
of the rebellion. For the last few days they
have been particularly persevering 10 getting
to Richmond ahead of time, unwilling to
wait for Grant and stand the chances of be-
inc put to a deal of unnecessary trouble
and no little danger. 1t is becoming Gus
tomary sight to see squads OF =, 3, or lO per
day marching up to Gen. Winder's Office
under guard, but seeming as gay and glad
as if they were in the best luck, with the
best pros poets in the world -Rich. Eng.
GENERAL BURNsmes EXPEDITION.
The Richmond Enquirer says: -sts4
4 gentleman who left Maryland about 10
DAYS ago brings us some interesting infor
nation from that quarter t.,a He recently
visited the camp of Gen. Burnside at Anna
polls, where he counted 1900 tents. and hs
lea. ned that the forces amounted to ABOUT /
10000 men,nearly half of whom were ne>
groes The transports to convey them to
their expected destination had not arrived,
but were expected daily. The opinion pre- |
vailing in Annapolis, Baltimore anoI Wash
iugton indicated the james river rs a base
of operations for this formidable diversion. |
Burnside is to land short distance below
Drewry's Bluff, which he is to take by as !
Sanlt, while Meade advances on Petersburg.
Troops have been pouring through Balti-
more for the pasttwo months. The rcgi-
ments are spoken OF as full though Of in
ferior material a. ~ - "a
sS ARREST OF AN ALLEGED SPY.
The Enquirer states that adashing young
fellow, calling himself DR.. l.. Lugo, who has |
recently cut quite q fine figure inifashion-
able and official circles in this city, was ar
rested on Saturday morning, last in Tappa
hammock, Essex county, while en- route for
the North. with lots of plans and drawings
Of bright particular spots in the confedera
CIV and doubtless memory we'll stuffed
with the latest "semi official Information
relating to the movements of Confederate
troops. The arrest was made bY Detective
John Reese .,--..,
.-.. \ DECLINE.
In Lynchburg, on the 9th beef fell from
SIS Der pound to So so. Potatoes, which
had been selling for Sl5 or $40 psrbpshel,
old Tor $Io. y 20 $40 cor