The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-04-04

We give summary Of the news they con-
tain:
REBELLION IN MISSOURI AND ILLINOIS
TROOPS ATTACK D-IrsURaEsTs EN-
TKENCsED
The napas~con,ain The following account Of a
disturbance which bas occurFe;' In hissuun and
ii'nois III the placrs mentioned are In the Nor
'hern portions OF those States, and bh, few miles
distant from each other
81. Lows, Tuesday, March %, le6i.-A special
dispatch to the Lemoerot f. ON Charleston, Coles co
says The cofperheads came into that town TO attend
Court yesterday, with guns concealed In their wa
gons and armed With pistols. Some soldiers In TIN,
Couit- House yard were drawn into an affay and a
general eight occurred.
The Caun:y Sheriff sprans from the Judges
stand and commenced firing pistol at Union n.
Major York, surgeon of the cath, one of the
hrst victims The Union men, being outBuinbereG
at the Court House, ran to the houses and stores
t0r arms. 1hey were fired upon from Iiie wiu
d0ws. -
Ten or twelve were wounded Col Mitchell, of
the Ssih regiment, was badly wouadcd Oliver sales
was Killed; james Guodiich VIM hart, T. G. JEFF
ir9yS and several soldiers bg.ong1g 10 l!ie biti.,
were wounded severely.
The 5ish regimen, arrived in the afternoon, and
formed Ga the square Nelson Wells, the man
WHO fired The first shot, was Instantly killed John
Cooper, anrsoner, was shot while trying to
cape.
Col. Braoks, with a squad of men, went In pu,.
miles.
Capt WiIiams has some twenty prominent Sc
essh Implicated In the affair under guard al the
Court House Col. NJ tchell had conference with
the Hon O u. Franklin aud Judge Constable, who
seemed very anxious that steps should be take,
prevent tuft.cr outbreak,
CHICAGO, March so ie6i.-A dispatch dated Mat
t0pn, H., last night, says:
-Four hundred men OF the t4th Illinois yeein cEt
leave Charleston 10 night TO attack The rebels who
said 10 " three hundIed strong, under the
command OF sheriff John $. O'siar, entreuchce
+. Giady's Mills, ten miles norticas, OF Charles
ton.
poftina of the 5iih Illinois is at Ma;toon that
place also being threatened by rebels from Shelby
and M0ultrie counties
Two companies of the Invalid corps, en- route Cor
spfnsiieid have been stopped at Charleston for
gafriS0l duty.
Picke:s are cut On all the roads
IN the fight on Monday four of the 5ith Illinois
regiment and one Union citizen were killed, and
Io.. Mitchell Ave pTivdtes and Two Union citizens,
were Wounded.
Two rebels were killed and several wounded.
FORESTS RAID-uls CAprUaE OF PRISONERS At UNION
orTy~-HIs REPORTED RLPULsE AT PADUcAH.
The accounts Of Gen. Forests progress iu his
raid are contradictory lie captured Union City,
TsnD. with ahou, SEQ Fede,as, under Col Haw-
kin., aad 1t appears, took prisoners along with
him, as he still had them when he appeared In
front OF paducah, KY, cn tha 26;h. The following
is The Yankee acccnn, Of what they claim 20 be
hs repuse at that place:
Gen Forrest had about GOO men In the attack
on Paducah His line of battle was % miles
long. TIE fight lasted all the afternoon. Four as
saui;s were MADE on tne Ter, en- m3sse, each of
which was Eepuised with great slaughter to the
enemy. The gHnbOat> fred 600 rounds. a large
portion Of the town Is in ruins. Ttic rebels piun-
tsr.a the stores ana carried Off horses during the
fight. Fry conva.esceHts Ia the hospital were
cHGt;rgd- Forrest sent in flag of truce 10 ex-
change pJ.-cness. bui D0i Hicks declined Three
haaJrcd rebel dead lie in front Of eur fort. Gens.
Harris and Barhaga Were with the rebels.
Boais from Padueah at noon yesterday repor. all
quiet. The citizens afs rebuilding ibe town. Sev-
ctai svolnen were Killed during tho 5sht, GU. ,oss
WIS II killed and 43wOuaded
The re0sta and pawpaw, tin-c,a4s, Were the
gunbGats which participated in the late battle at
Paiucaf, opening fire simultaneously with the
fort Cn the enemy advance into the city, and ren
deging Invaluable service Throughout the engage
ment
After being once repulsad ia the attack on the
fort, Nffest sent communication 10 Col Hicks
demanding the surrender OF The io,t, tr0acs and
public stores, promising that If te demand was
Compiled with, eur troops should lie treated as
prisoners of war; but If he was compelled io STORM
tbs tort they might e2l &c; no quarter. Col Hicks
replied tiat be placed iisre 10 defend the fort
which he would do, ahd pefemptotiy declined to
surrender. The enemy tb-n made a second and
t!.ira asthuli upon the works, but were repused
each time with heavy losses. The rebel. tha, broke
lines, formed in squads, occupied the i.oascs, and
Kept up fire until latG III ie et.ning. when tlieg
were driven away, cur artillery making the build
iHss too hot to hold them
/ On their way into the city the enemy fred the
railroad depot, which vas consumed, and towards
evening they burned the QtiariermaSters building
and the steamer Dacotah, mot the Arizona, on
the marine railway. They p!undered the. stores Of
ali Immense amount Of goods, and took all tie
liGr<Gs they could find. some Esfc dnts have iost
from s., 800 to IS Coz
Early the next morning, the 'rabo'5 again ap pear
Ing, Colonel Hicks burned all the houses within
musset range OF the foft The enemy. however,
made no advance, and after asking for exchange
Of prisoners, which was declined, they retired in
the direction of Columbus
Towards the end of the battle il, was discovered
ila, our ammunition was nearly exhausted, VIXEN
C0!Ong. Hicks ordered that when il gave cut the
fort would be defended with the bayonet as long
a man remained alive, which determination was
received with hearty cheers by all the troops. The
negroes in the fort, 220 In all, fought with great
gallantry. AL! was Que, III Paducah Yesterday, cur
forces being engaged in burying tine dead.
The enemy had six small cannon. About fly
buildings were burned including the hospital, gas
works, and some of the hRsSt residences In the
Town. The Custom House. Post Office, aud Con
uGPntai were not iDjuret Our troops consisted OF
the i0th Illinois intdDtry, Colonel Hicks, batta
!i0E of Eegeoes, and one regin.ent-nalne not yet
known -
'Ths'New Ygrs 7'St'''s, noticing Forests raid
says:
Yves. Tennessee, when body Of rebels that fought
US not long since in Mississippi, can ride up from
thence across Tennessee and Kshiueky anu at
tack our posts on the Ohio river. We have great
force OF cavalry and mounted infantry in that sec
ton Indeed, Smith, who failed badly in Mis-
sissippi, there the other daywth his ten thou
sand cavalry, il he bs no; there yet. We should
think Forrest and his everlasting Harauders might
ROW be caught before they got back to Mississippi
THE EL0RIDA's ESCAPE OFFICIAL REPORT cF ooa'R
PRgBLE.
The following Is the report in fall made by Cora
nanaer Preble to the U. s Navy department rela-
tive TO the escape OF the Fleids:
u. s SLooP- oE-WAR ST.. LovIs,
Funchal Roads, Madeira,
March |, tS54-l% A.
Sir: The Florida has succeeded in getting TO sea.
shall follow at once, though hopeless of catching
her out of port. Nelson said the want of frigatss
in his squadron would be found impressed on his
heart. am sure the want CT steam will be found
eEgraven on mine. Had the st. Louis been a
steamer, | would have anchored alongside of
her, and, unrestricted by the tWenty-f0ur hour
rule, my old foe could not have escaped me. Tine
Governor, true TO hiS declared intention, would
only allow her to take on board twenty tons of
coalsufhcient 10 take her 10 the nearest port Her
commander plead for sixty tons, next forty, assert
ing that he needed that much to ballast his vessel
The Governor told him, al the suggestion of Mr.
Bayman, that he came In without IL, and he
thought he could so without it; but II ballast was
needed there was plenty of stone On the beach
that he might take
AS it was supposed that she would go TO sea dur
Ing the night, and certainly in The morning, and
had an intimatiOn that, In passing us, she might
pour In br0adsde, shottsd aud cast loose my
gun and had men 10 man them; got slip rope
on the chain, and stationed loekouls all over the
ship ANA In the tops; cautioned the officers to eK
ira vigilance, and was repeatedly on deck myself
10 watch, and see that my orders were executed.
and he ia lac