Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-03-24
From the South.
Rebel Successes at suffolk and Va
ZOO City.


at the Libby prison. ~. i'
Two hundred and seventy-one prisoners,
captured near Cumberland Gap on the 22d |
of February, were received at the same |
prison yesterday. H'i .'i"1
t, FUNDING OF TREASURY NOTES.
up to last Monday evening there had been |
funded, in four per cent. bonds, $737, 100
with the deposita'y in Petersburg, Va.
in Raleigh. N. @. up to Saturday night,
100000 had been funded. b, f-, ly.',f
In Macon, Ga, up to. March 8, $2,500,000
had been funded. and they are now funding
at the rate of $500,000 daily.
-$2200000 has been funded In Charleston
in six days. ~. .gIi .r,..
Amount funded at Demopolis during the
week ending the Sth, 100000. l &, ~
$l,043,200 was funded at Wilmington up
to March 9th. ge rrt rr
r from tho Richmond Sentinel. March Ill u
FOUR PER CENT. BONDS.
The funding In tour per cent. bonds has
become very brisk, and will be more and
more rapid as the 1st of April approaches.
In this city, up to Wednesday inclusive
nearly four millions had been funded, and
the Office of the receiving tellers has for
several days been packed and jammed by
the eager crowd.
THE MARKETS.
Prices of dry goods range very high.
There is bnt little change in groceries. Pro-
visions continue scarce and high-country
dealers holding back supplies until after the
list of April. Flour was selling yesterday
at $275 to $500 per barrel; bacon 81 to So
per lb; dried beef S5 90 per lb; fresh beef
81; butter So to $40, according to quality;
corn meal $45 per bushel; beans $50; peas
$40; dried apples $50, and dried peaches 500
per bushel. T r.
ANOTHER VICTORY.
PETERSBURG, March 10.-The following
dispatch has just been received:
''HEADoUARTERs SUFFOLK, March 81
7i.e "(Via WELDON, March 10.)
SThe enemy occupied Suffolk in force on
Sunday. We attacked them to-day, and af-
ter short struggle drove them in rout
out of the town, killing number, captur-
ing one piece of artillery and large guam
tity of commissary and quartermasters'
burning bridges and leaving everything be-
hind. We pursued beyond Bernard's Mills.
uI-., / M. w. RANSOM, Brig. Gen'l."
FROM YAzoo CITY.
The following was received at the War
Office last evening:
.DEMoPoLIs, Ala, March IL.
'.T'o Gen. Cooper:
"Gen. Lee telegraphs that Ross and Rich
artlson attacked Yazoo City on the 9th, cap
turing many stores and destroying much
cotton about being shipped. The enemy
retired to the city, and held It until rein
forced. They were driven out of the city,
which was recaptured while stores were
being destroyed. We have quite number
of prisoners. Our loss was about fifty kill
ed and wounded. The enemy still occupy
Yazoo City. and Liverpool, intrenching at
the latter place.. Sherman issued a general
order at Canton, in which he speaks of
many regiments in his army entitled to
flrlou gh. a s8 r
81. Polk, 1t. General.
@ From the Richmond Sentinel. March IA.
| THE FIGHT AT SUFFOLK.
The following particulars Of the late
movement of our troops in the vicinity
of Suffolk we gather from the Petersburg
Express of Saturday:
+ y"Gen. Ransom, learning that the Yankee
| troops had occupied, Suffolk on Sunday,
moved his force from the neighborhood OF
Somerton, and reached Bethlehem Church
on Wednesday morning. About 10 O'Clock
in the day his skirmishers advanced to the
| Merry Oak, two miles from town. where
some negro pickets were posted. They fled
and were pursued into town, where regi-
ment of negro cavalry were stationed. The
| fight took place in the streets, the negroes
dismounting after the first fire and flying
| In every direction. Several were killed in
the streets, and many took shelter in va
cant house just beyond the-limits of the
| l,a aoot x.rsxo oh
by our men, and all but four captured
These four refused to surrender, and the
house was fired. When the flames were
well under way, one came out, firing upon
our men as he did so, and was killed. The
other three remained and were consumed
by the flames. The flying negroes were
pursued to Jericho Run, where they tore
up the bridge; also the bridge at the canal
a quarter of mile distant. CQ
Ransom's forces pursued and charged tn,
camplat Bernard's Mill, the Yankees run
ming as though the arch fiend of the region!
of woe was after them. Having only
small force of cavalry they could not be fol
lowed. The camps and Quartermaster'
stores were destroyed the men first supply.
Ling themselves with overcoats and othel
articles which, they could bring off con
veniently. 49,! ~ q sl.}.llg
awe lost three men in the engagement
and the. number killed of the enemy wa
about thirty. We had two men captured
and have not learned how many prisoner
we took. The affair is regarded as avery
brilliant one. ono Niiase tol
Seen Ransom has fallen back this sid,
of Suffolk, and the Yankees have again ad.
vanced, and there was some skirmishmJ
Thursday morning at Cowling's Landing
two miles west Of Suffolk. Should thl
Yankees be reinforced, and make any fur
ther advance, they will find the gallan
Ransom In the right place. /,
aSeveral Of the negro soldiers killed II
the battle belongedtoa gentleman in Suffolk
and dieda few hundred yards from their OLE
| homes. 4,
sfaGen. Rapsom obtained from the enem.
some fine horses, o piece Of artillery, ant
many small arms." "oHSD
y Carr. FERGUSON, who was arrested som
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