Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1864-04-22

Cen Sherman at Memphis. He is succeeded in the
command Of the Third Cavalry Division by General
Wilson.
The report Of the affair at Fort Pillow which seem
ed almost too horrible to be believed, is confirmed
by official adyices received at the War Department
from Gen Sherman. Three hundred black soldiers
surrendered to the rebel fends and were butchered
without mercy Ffy-three white soldiers were kill
ed and one hundred wounded. It is almost certain
that retaliation viii be resorted to.
Adviees f,om Cairo Saturday describe Western
Kentucky to bein greatly alarmed condition, and
the peop everywhere preparing defend themselves
against Forests horde Of scourdreis- The latest
news IRON Padneah says thatno fghtlng had yet oc-
cure there, and the Union gnnboats were Yigllsnt
ly pa.rolling the river.
RFpoRrs PROM eAIso.--Three other negroes were
BIN led alive v tho rebels st Fort Pillow, making Ave
Il III An were wounded but one. He was forced
holm d;o ts pits and was then thrown in and Gov
cred up.
Cen, chalmers said to Federal officer on the
plax Eolley thatit was their intention ITO show no
msrcy to homemade Yankees''-thereby meaning
southerners serving in the Union army and negroes
but that genuine Yankees would be treated az
prisoners Of war
Encouraging news from Gen. Steeles army. up to
April IS received He had then reached point on
the Little Missouri River, about % miles from Cam
den, and expected next day to form junction with
Gen. Ihoyer who was marching from Fort Smith
Gen. Steele had been several times attacked by Mar
ua1n Ind Sba1}
each case the rebels had been handsomely repused
There was large force of rebels in advance but it
was not believed they would make much of stand
dispatch dated Pilot Knob, April 8, from Lent-
Col. j. n. Herder, commanding the post states that
Capt. Mills, Third Cavalry, Missouri State Militia,
stationed at Harrington, Mo-, had just returned from
Prairie -duR Racher H., where he was Gent with some
members of tho Captain company, after some ban
dts. He reports a complete success having had a
fight with notorious gang of robbers killed three
and wounded several-among them the notori
Gus bushwhacker and guerrilla chief. John Highly
who had lods been the terror Of this part Of the
State.
The Third Seventh and Eighth Kentucky Regi-
ments are overrunning Western Kentucky with i'm
suspense, not knowing at what hour they may be at
tackled Everybody has slept in their clothes forthe
past two nights, ready to defend themselves or de-
camp, as circumstances might require.
The guuboats are constantly @patrolling,' and tax
ing every precaution to prevent the rebels from
crossing the river here by destroying all the skis
and sinking all other craft that could be used for that
purpose
REPORTS FROM MFMHIs.-There isnot much said,
but there is general grittingo teeth among the Off
here when the massacre of the brave garrison at
Fort Pillow is alluded e Several officers have been
heard to say that unless the Government takes retri
buye steps, they viii consider It their duty to shoot
every man of Forests command they meet and take
no prisoners.
The soldiers threaten to shoot Forests men now
in Irwin Prison, il they can get chance This is
the general feeling.
General Stuart, in his report to the President on
the gunboat canal between tidewater and the lakes
estimates the cost Of ship-cansl around the Falls
Of Niagara. one hundred and FIVE feet wide on the
surface. and ninety-fve feet wide on the bottom,
with twelve feet depth of water, having locks two
hundred and seventyve feet long by forty-ive feet
wide in the chamber, capable of passing gunboat
Of one thousand two hundred and fifty tons burthen,
at $685. 947 with single locks, and 81 53s 529 with
double locks. This is the average cost of five lines
surveyed last year; the average length of lines is
eight miles and three thousand and seventy feet
In the brief synopsis recently given of this report
the cost Of this canal was enormously printed at from
slo,ooo,Ooo to $l3,ooO,oO0
= SITUATION IN YrRGISIA-The Columbus SIN says:
1--WE have good reasons for believing Virginia to be
the scene of the next hostile engagement of gener
al nature. The enemy'S movements are pointing to
this conclusion, and we need not be startled at any
time to hear that General Lee has fallen back to the
environs Of the capital and that stupendous de-
coy movement is being made by the enemy on the
south side Of the James River from the direction of
north-easter North Carolina. Large numbers of
citizens non-combatants, of the northern counties
Of Virginia are being arrested by the enemy. This
has been the usual prelude to general movements,
and may in the present instance, be intended to COW
er designs looking to change in the present posi-
ton of Aeade's NOW Grant's) army
TRAxs- MISSISSIPPI Military MovEMESr- The
st. Louis Republican, of Thursday, thus sums up
AHc HlliltaiY uoVSHleHts III tue southwest
There seems to have been a general concentration
Of troops west of the Mississippi for the campaign
in Louisiana and Texas. There are now on the
move General A. S. Smiths troops from Yieksburg,
General Franklins from 0pelousas, General Steeles
from Little Rock, und the troops composing the ar
my of the Frontier from Fort Smith, under General
Thayer. The Second and Sixth Kansas cavalry, the
Twelfth, Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Eighteenth
Iowa, and Second Kansas, A D., received orders on
the 10th to move next day, from Fort Smith. Alto
yether there hardly be less than forty thousand
-hus put the march against Price, Taylor & Co
The rebels, of course, cannot bring into the field
any such number this, and must either fight at
great disadvantage, surrender, attempt to elude
pursuit by rapid travelling. The latter course is prob
IDLY the one that viii be adopted AS the Trans
Mississippi rebels cannot join, be joined by any
roops on the eastern side of the "big drink" their