The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1864-04-19


csirs April - Another dsmsnd wsa
uais this anerncon 81 shs ssrrspasr ofPa.
dssaA. giving ons hess igr ths rsmssal q
wemsn and shilaFen, Capt flh declined to
sansBder. and prepared 70 uesi The an,iei.
pstea seaek
A brilliant 6gh, recently took place ~
Pensacola betveep the S0,h and ilsh Ca,-
airy and toe 5s,h Alabama Cavalry, ia
whiSh The Rebels wers almost annih,islci u
hand to hand cuoounter siih sstres
cAino. Atrl DO 1.-Two mcgee soldiers
Wounitd al fou PLIES. vert uar'ea % III
retcl.. lot AZ erward worked ihemscl' q
out " thyir rfaNs. we're ameug thcs'
brought up Ia The Platte valley aud slv nov
IN iIe .plial al Mouud CHy
ST 10 ~, april rs. The correspondent
n The Taioa sho was On board the Platte
Valley. a Fora pillow gives even more an
railing description II the tsndshness q the
rebels, than our Cairo Dispatches Many
If our wounded we're shet IN The hospital
the remainder were driven cat aud The hos.
pital burned on the morning after he bat.
tie. The rebels wcnt over the a,lds and shoi
the negroes who were Wounded.
Many of those who have escaped from the
works and hospitals desired as prisoners d
war, the rebels said, were ordered 10 tallin.
10 line, aud when they had formed, we're in-
humanity sho, down uf 800 eolorcd troops,
not more than j6 escaped the massacre. aud
not one cfheef that commanded them sur.
wives Only four officers Of the 18th Tehu-
essce escaped The loss u the 18th Tennes-
see is 500 killed. The remainder wer,
wounded aud captured.
Gen Chalnsr told this correspondent that
although u was against the policy o. The
government 70 SPARE negro soldiers or off,
GERS, be had done III 10 hiss power TO siop
the carnage, at the sine tine he believed Ii
WIS right Another officer said our white
troops YOU have been protected had thcy
not been found on duty with negroes
While the rebels end,a,orcd 70 conceal
their loss it is evident they suffered severely
Col Read, commanding ftnuessee regi.
nlent was MORALLY wounded
MFNPuIs. April l1,-ihere is not much
said. but general gritting Of teeth among
& ftutlN bHlctts HtlNt Nieh llit lilAsNiCiN 81
the brave garrison al Font Pillow Is alluded
10, ] have heard several officers say uneS,
government takes setaiaiary steps they
should consider il their duty 20 sheet every
man e Forests command they meet taking
40 prisoners Soldiers have threatened I,
shoot Forests men now in Irwin prison. II
they could get chance, This is the gener.
al feeling
CARo, April l7th.-The main body d
the rebels left Fort pillow on Friday morn.
ing, and their rear guard in the afternoon.
after destroying all the ammunition aud ey.
erylhing else destruc,lbe
Late adyicts from Dowal's Bluff report
( The country infested with querrllas
On the 18th 400 Texan cavalry attempted
to surprise canpof a iederals nj Ross
/ vile, on the Arkansas river. but were re.
/ pulsed with less. Our loss was five Killed
4 LOUISVILLE, April l7.--On thursday, q,
Colonel Gallup was falling back to get Al
/ advantageous position, he aitaeted l,0ol
rebels, killing aud wounding 200, capturing
/ fifty rebels, 100 horses and 200 saddles, meal
Sellysyille. The rebel advance ran into Col
Truc's advance, which was going from IVES
! Liberty 20 Sellysylle, which captured siS
rebels and pressed forward to Join Gallup,