The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1864-05-07

news of the death of rebel General Green
in gunboat fight on Red river.
A dispatch from Lexington, Kentucky,
April 30th, says: A detachment of the
45th Kentucky, of Hobson's division. un
der Capt. Adams, attacked the rebels on
the 9th inst, in Breathill county, killed
four, captured sixteen men, twenty four
horses and twenty eight stand of arms.
Adams then pursued and defeated Wood,
Gay and Eyerett's commands. killing Wood
and Gay and capturing 35 men.
Adyices from Newbern, North Carolina,
of dale April e2d. give the following fur
Their particulars of the late fight there The
battle which had, been going on at Plymouth
from Sunday, the 18th, to the goth. result
ed in the capture of the city by the enemy
on Wednesday afternoon, including General
VESSEL and his forces, 800 men. The
enemy obtained possession of the town at
eight O'Clock in the morning. Gen. Wes-
sell and his troops retired into Fort Viii
liam, and held out until noon, repulsing
the enemy in seven.despeGate assaults, whose
loss is said to be 700, while our loss wasI
slight. Gen. VESSEL, who gained much
distinction in the seven days fight before
Richmond, has made in the siege a most
heroic resistance with his little band of vet
eIans. Several weeks since he called for
5000 men, stating in a most solemn man
ner that it would be impossible to bold the
city with less number. Gen. Peek says
he had given Gen VESSEL all the assistance
in his power, and had time and again call
ed for reinforcements. It is reported the
enemy has left Plymouth, and is nov NOV
ing on Washington, and also on Newbern.
The rebel ram at Kingston has, it is ascer-
tanned, moved towards Newbern, and is ex-
pected to make an attack in day or two.
More gunboats and endorsements are inn
mediately required here and at Washington.
Two companies belonging to the Cd North
Carolina Union volunteers were among the
captured at Plymouth, most of whom were
taken out and shot by the enemy after our
forces had surrendered All the negroes
found in uniform were also shot
The Tribune's special says Gen. Butler
will take the field, and that Gen. Smith was
ordered to report to him, and Gems. Gil
more and Smith will take command of corps
under Butler when the right time arrives.
The late battle near Grand Encore seems
to have been very disastrous affair. Frank
lin, the commander, is one of the old Nc
Clellan stock. Banks is pretty well played
out, and will perhaps be superseded. The
Government must now see the unpardona-
bic blunder it made in removing Ben But
Ter, and putting Banks in his place. A let
ter received from Admiral Porter pronoun
ces. Banks recent expedition a disastrous
failure. Besides over thirty pieces of ar
tillery, large quantity of small arms, sew
errl hundred wagons, and 6rst-class gun
boat, the PASSPORT Navy, and four thousand
prisoners, have been lost, and in addition a
paymaster's safe, containing million dol
lars in greenbacks, was captured by the en-
envy. Reports in circulation that Banks is
to be superseded by Sckles are untrue
Generals Franklin and Stone, who lie under
imputatior, have, through neglect and care
lessness, contributed greatly to the disas-
tiers in Louisiana, and will be reprimanded,
and probably court martialed.
The New York Herald's Encore dispatch
of the 18th states our total loss at 3, 400, of
which the killed viii probably not exceed
800; Emery's division, 18th corps, 81
killed and All wounded. The missing in
crease this to 600. Lees cavalry lost 6oO
Report said Magruder was between Shreve-
port and Gen. Steele with II. 900 men.
The Herald's Yorktown letter of the 26th
states that rebel deserters report considera-
bic of panic at Richmond and Petersburg.
and the rebels are living in momentary ex-
pectation of the appearance of a strong
Union force. Many of the inhabitants are
moving south, and the impression gains
generally that the present campaign will
eventuate in success and Richmond will fall. i
John T. Snoddy, one of the editors of the
Border Sentinel, died at his home in Mound
City, on the 21st nit. He had been for sew
eral years prominent man in that part of
the State, and was Brigadier General of
militia when he died. His disease was con-