Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-04-28
News Items,

| SudIdullues Will De RICHLY enforced below
New Orleans after May Ist. . -.
An Alexandria letter of the 9th saws the
| rebels are burning all the cotton on the Red
and Ouchita rivers. F.'s..- --z - 81
| 1t is thought Forrest is preparing 10 return
South. Grierson is to watch and harrass his
movement. '' ..s-s-fs ~
An unsuccessful attempt was made by the
rebels on the 18th to decoy and capture the
steamer Leani'sary, S5 miles below Memphis
The Senate military committee reported
against the House bill giving s25 bounty to
| 9 months men.
The Senate Pacific railroad committee have
| authorized their chairman to report some
important amendments to the Pacific rail
road act of 1852.
letter states that the Confederate Minis
| ter, Gen. Preston, will leave Havana for Vera
Cruz about the 22d inst, and there await the
| arrival of Maximilan.
| The Inquirer has letter from Norfolk,
| giving particulars of a rebel attack on Ply
mouth and an assault on Fort Gray. The
rebels were repulsed with fearful slaughter
Ten more wounded at Fort Pillow. picked
up few days since from hiding place where
they had been suffering since the battle, have
been brought up to the Mound City hospital
Vienna papers give positive denial to the
report that revolt had been planned by the
| Hungarian troops in the Austrian army, and
| that in consequence wholesale executions had
taken place.
force of 400 Texas cavalry attempted to
| surprise camp of "a Federals at Cassville,
on the Arkansas river but were repulsed with
loss of II killed and large number woun-
ded. Our loss was killed.
| Gen. Sherman has directed Gen. HurIbut
to report at Cairo. This probably indicates
some change in the 10th army corps 1t is
| probable that Gen. auckland will be again
left in command at Memphis and the vicinity
The naval investigating committee have
| nearly concluded their labors. The report of
| the majority will doubtless exonerate the
| Department, while Senator Hale will proba-
bly, make minority report on corruption in
making contracts.
| A letter of April 1st, from Lappazor, Color
ado river, says the Indians were killing peo-
| pie, stealing stock, and preventing miners
| from working in the Walker river district.
| Unless energetic measures are taken, little
work will be done this season.
On the 14th Corporal Phelps, of gunboat
No. %, captured a rebel mail carrier near
| Crocket's bluff, Arkansas, with 500 letters
from Richmond and other parts, and &C, 900
percussion caps for Prices army. The letters
contained official communications for Shreve-
port and considerable federal money
| The Inquirer says that rebel deserters who
arrived in Washington, state that Lees force
| on the Rapidan is $4,000. Longstreet was at
Charlottesville marching toward Staunton for
| the purpose of advancing down the Shenan-
doah valley. Lees army had received seven
days rations for a forward movement
The Times Washington special says: 1t
| is reported that Gen. Gilmore is recalled
| from Charleston and ordered on service else
| where. 1t is not unlikely, notwithstanding
| this change, that our ironclads will be along
| side the Charleston wharf before summer is
| gone. Gen. Hatch has been mentioned as
| the successor of Gilmore
Rev. Colin Fairbanks, who was implicated
| with Della Webster in enticing slaves from
Kentucky several years since, and who had
| served IL years of the sentence of Is years
in the Frankfort penitentiary, was pardoned
| by Lieut.. Gov. Jacobs, while performing exc
| cutive duties during Gov. Bramlette's alb
| sence from the state.
The 9TH and 10th Miss, I'd and 18th Mo-,
I'd Tenn, and regiment Of Texan rangers
| are known to have contributed part of the
rebel force engaged in the Fort Fillow massa-
| ere. The rebels acknowledged loss of 10
killed and 80 wounded, but there are evil
dences of its having been much greater.
| A Norfolk letter to the World says the late
| mission of the rebel commissioner Ould to
Fortress Monroe was to ask Butler to send
| up for the very sick prisoners at Richmond,
| who are too far gone to be removed South
| 563 have since arrived at Old Point, of whom
Ould said he would consider it almost miri-
Gle it our government succeeded in saving
half
| According to the Raleigh Progress the PEG
| pie of Western North Carolina have recently
hung several Confederate officers and soldiers
for attempting to enforce the CONSUMPTION
act The Raleigh, N. c. Confederate says the
election III that state depends on the success
of the rebel armies. If defeated Holden will
be elected by large majority.
The steamer Fulton from Port ROYAL arriv.
ed at Fort Monroe Saturday. The Alliance
was captured by the South Carolina. Her
| crew, 80 in number, were all found asleep.
Her passengers, six in number, escaped in q
| boat She had an assorted cargo valued at
$4,000, vessel about 700 tons and worth
| $685. 500.
The Richmond papers report riot in Gen.
| Wolford's (Ga) brigade at Bristol, Tenn, re-
Gently. Some 200 members being dissatisfi-
ed with the quality and quantity of their ra-
tions, the store ofthe commissary was plumber
ed. The Provost General fired upon them,
killing one and wounding 5 or 6. The rest
escaped with their plumber. A number had
since been arrested and would be sharply
punished. The men were armed only with
| stones.
The guerrillas made a raid recently upon a
| cotton plantation at Tensas, La, 40 miles
from Vicksburg, capturing a large number of
mules and wagons, and carried off w. r, AL
lison, Mattoon, ILL., After getting to a safe
distance they compelled him to dig his grave
and then shot him, and made the negroes
| bury him. This may be relied on GuerriI-
| las along the river are determined that the
abandoned plantations shall not be worked
| by Northern men.
The HeroJ@s Portsmouth CVa) correspond
ent reports recent expedition for the pur-
pose OF capturing the rebel torpedo boat,
which tried to destroy the Minnesota, suppos-
ed to be up the Nansemond. 1t was not
found, but several sharp conflicts were had
with the rebels Fifty contrabands and
large number of horses were brought in.
Two of our men were killed and Z or wound
ed. One of the killed was Lieut. Z. ?. Will
der, executive officer of the minnesota, who
was in command Of the gunboat Stepping
Stone and several naval launches. The rebel
Colonel Whitson has been captured in fight
between the goth New York cavalry and his
command, the sth North Carolina cavalry.
The rebels were driven some distance.
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