Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-04-30
IMPORTANT NEWS.


Loss about 3.4OO men-Immcnse Loss
of Property = Generals Franklin
and Stone 20 bc Court.NIartialed-
Banks not 10 be superssdcd-Report-
ed Rupture I'm the Cnbinet-Beaure-
gard ON his way to Join Lee-Panic
ntPetersburg and Richmond.
Especial to the Times.)
WASHINGTON, April 2S.-Facts showing
the determined energy with which the reb-
els are concentrating troops i'm Virginia,
continue to multiply. The President to-
day received dispatch from Gen. Butler
stating his belief that the rebel forces are
withdrawing from North Carolina and has
teniDg to reinforce Lee.
AS far as heard from, up to eleven o'clock
tonight, nothing of much importance has
transpired Mt the front. |ta
NOTE.-Preparation are still heard, and
the indications are that the collision cannot
long be delayed. lt1a
Burnside left yesterday by special con-
veyance to join his command, and the sig
nal corps that has been stationed here all
through the winter left their camp day or
two since for the army.
1t Is now generally understood here that
Lee will endeavor to bring on fight with
out leaving his entrenchments.
A letter received to-day from Admiral
Porter, pronounces Banks recent eXpedi-
tion disastrous failure. Besides over thir-
ty pieces of artillery, a large quantity Of
small arms, several hundred wagons, and q
first class gunboat, the Eastpost. nearly 1000
prisoners have been lost; and in addition a
paymaster's safe containing million dol
lars in greenbacks was captured by the en-
emy. The reports in circulation that Banks
is to be superseded by Sickles, are untrue.
.x,l,. 10. .1aa
the imputation of having, through neglect
and carelessness, contributed greatly to the
disaster in Louisiana, will be relieved and
probably court martialed.
Worlds Special
There are reports of q rupture in the Cab
met, and that Secretary Chase has abandon
ed his post, feeling directly msulted by the
assignment of Blair to the command of the
18th corps. The correspondent says that it
is suspected breach so wide can't be healed.
The above is given for what it is worth. 1t
looks very much like canard.
1t is now understood that Newbern and
Washington, N. c., are safe, as the rebels
are concentrating to guard against any pos
sible flank movement by the York or james
rivers. .
NEW York, April 29-The Herald has
letters from the fleet off Wilmington, dated
tne ZZu, staClnS JnaI DeauregdTu went
through Wilmington on the 21st, with q
large number of troops, on hisway to Rich
mond. The enemy is sending all the men
they can to the rebel capital.
[Herald's Special
A Yorktown letter of the 26th states that
a rebel deserter reports considerable panic
at Richmond and Petersburg. The rebels
are leaving in momentary expectation Of
the appearance of one or more strong
Union columns. Many of the inhabitants
are moving south, and the impression gains
generally that the present campaign will
eventuate in success and Richmond fall.
The Herald's Grand Ecore dispatch Of the
10th states that our total loss is three thou
sand four hundred, of which the killed will
probably not exceed three hundred. Eme-
rvs Division, 10Th corps, lost sixty-one kill
ed and four hundred and eleven wounded.
The missing will increase this to six hun
dred. Lees cavalry lost six hundred. Re-
port said Magrader was between Shreve-
port and Steele, with eleven thousand men.
New YORK, April 29.-The Tribune's
special says that Gen. Butler will take the
field, and that Gen. Smith was ordered to
report to him, and that Gilmore and Smith
win command corps under Butler when
the right time arrives. r