Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-05-09
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BALrrxoRE. Nay 2, 1864
REPORT OF THE CAPTURE OF NEwBERx.


BALrrxoaE. Nay 2. 1864,
REPORT or THE Capture OF skwBERs.
1t is reported here to-day, that Washington at
the head Of Pamlico Sound in North Carolina,
was evacuated by the Union forces on Thursday
Of last week; that, on the 18th ult., the enemy
in strong force appeared before Nesbern. in
vested that place closely on all sides. and de-
manded its surrender. Besides the irouclad gun
boats, the rebels are said 10 have at the mouth
of Neuse River their iron-clad battery for
sharpshoo,ers, and three powerful rams The
land forces are said TO consist of the same troops
who captured Plymouth, reinforced BY someother
brigades that were at that time at Kingston and
Wilmington, the whole under command of
Major General Picket. They are said to be
twelve thou sand strong. If this report is true,
there can be little doubt that N ewbern has fallen.
and that all our military stores, munitions Of
war. and artillery, both at that place and at
Washington. are now in the hands OF the rebels.
From the Information which l get from other
sources, | am satisfied that The report is true, or
at least that il will be verified by the events that
will ~transpire in a few days. IL the loyal people
Of the North were deceived by the plausible as
surance of General Butler. that be had sent a
feet OF gunboats down to Albemarle Sound to
destroy the rebel ram and retake Plymouth"
the rebel authorities were not. They knew that
our little force at Newbern and Washington. and
our works at those places. were at their mercy,
from the moment that their ironclad vessels and
ram, from the head waters of the Roanoke River,
had glided over aud past the ffimsy distractions
above Plymouth. u
wHES The REBEL TROOPS IN NORTH CAROLINA WILL
-rrf COME NORTH, 7a-
When Newbern is captured the Union forces
will no longer have a foothold in North Carolina.
The whole of that State will then have to be
abandoned TO the tender mercies of the rebels, as
Texas, Florida, Northern Louisiana and Eastern
Tennessee have recently been Abandoned: and
then the fifteen thousand or twenty thousand
rebel troops now in North Carolina will be trans
ported rapidly to Richmond, and will take an
important part in Gen Lees Northern campaign.
The idea that the rebel forces in that State would
abandon il. and would forego the capture Of
Newbern with its vast stores OF artillery, ETC., al
"a time when that place was completely within
their power, was an idea worthy of Butler But
no military officer with any preiensions to com
mon sense could have credulIy enough to be-
lieve il. ls-l H ta
DEVELOPMENT OF GEN. JoHNsToS's CAMPAIGN TO-
WARD THE NOKEu.
1t is understood at Richmond that Gen. Grant
has drawn largely upon the Uuion forces in The
West. in order that he may have a sufficiently
large army in Virginia for his campaign i'm the
East. IL is believed by the rebel leaders that
two whole army corps have been withdrawn from
Sherman near Chattanooga and sent east for that
purpose, and that other points in the West, aud
even one point on the Mississippi river. have been
greatly weakened by the withdrawal of certain
divisions and b~rigades, which have been sent to
the same destination. i have no means of
knowing. and ] stale to you frankly that / do not
know, whether such movements have been made
or not. | only know that at Richmond they are
understood to have been made, aud the %particu-
lar corps and divisions thus moved, their officers,
and the route they took in order to reach Vir-
ginia. are said to be no secrets at the rebel War
Department.