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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-04-17

WAsHNdS0N, April TO- 1874.
Dispatches from The headquarters Of the Army Of tho
Potomac state that yesterday, about nocp party u
rebel cavalry made on attack the pickets AZ Bstce
Station, but were driven on after brisk skrmsb Doc
man was Killed and two wounded, belonging 10 tho
Thirteenth Pennsylvania. Several Of tho rebels were
wounded bu. carried or by their comrades. The
mail train, with General Grant on board had lust passed
few minutes before the attack was made aud II sup
posed the intention vas TO capture him.
The body OF Captain McKee, Of the Second infantry,
who was killed BY suerias on Monday last. was for
warded 70 Washington today. Tho man who shot him
was named W. Fanders and no. with three others madc
sn sisacs picket post ncar Catictts on Wednesday
when be was shot dead BY soldier Of tho second In.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-04-17
strength OF Grants Army.

Iron the Richmond Daily Examiner, April IL.
II Is satisfactorily ascerained that Grant has as ye,
received no organized renforcements So far the aces
sion 10 the enemys forces In Northern Virginia has been
from furlvuehed men, &C. and is inconsiderable. In
the reorganization Of Grants army there ere enumerated
thirty briSades which, Estimating the average Of
the Yankee regiments three hundred and nifty men,
wnn,s give Grant about forty -four thousand Infantry
These figures the result Of lille speculation but Of
an the full particulars OF which We need
not give here il s supposed that Grant cannot convent
entity OF prrdently draw any large achievements from
Tennessee Mississippi he certainly could not replace
hs garrsons in tho West by colcred troops or other in
different material He will have 10 look for reinforce
ments unmportsnt posts in the North and from bis
coast lines and from these he draws twenty thousand
mon he will have gone TO the extent OF his present
sources.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-04-17

"
Northern man lately from the South, who passed
portion OF last Iecember 10 Wilmington, gives few
In compaTnc the relative value to the coufedsracy OF
Richmond. whore be has lived upwards 81 three years,
and Wilmington. be says Richm nd is nothing, Whining.
heart Of tho contedsrsy for through Is fed clothed
ana armed, and through IL IL obtains an outlet for ats
n has long been Known here that the cotton Of the
confederacy was mostly owned or cained by it,
tain mastery over what they have bought cannot
fsii to astohish tho reader wilmpgton is the port
a .s.e" % :. carry
amount Of cotton TO that port unless hef the Invoice Is
government property; Z y e not. The government
fifty rcr pound in Confederate paper Now all the
cotton seizures included sold to blockade
Gle Is purchased ali goods a. enterprise and pluck
through the same blockade which the has
70 rick. They fight on a cotton capital.
This blockade informant describes as lcss cec
tive than generally supposed TO be at the North ow
eng 10 ns have sysss S Yo s@a rs@p
Nassau blockade runner Is = swim steamer, painted
white, with telescope or folding chimnsys sparess
as to be entirely below the line or horizontal
vision at any distance greater than fron two TO
Choir, and generally keep steam about half up when
OF the runners Is like eager gull making In.
before tho bockader can have all hands up the anchor
weighed and steam sufficient on, tho NIFTY craft has
passed and lett tho range Of vision With these regular
voators OF International and maritime Law running the
blockade into out OF Wilmington has charm excite
mont Ia II somewhat akin 20 that OF Irish seellc
chase with about tenth the danger.
elbow about foodgp asked we.
"Ihcy have enough was the answer. tsThe army Ia
mostly fed on Ohio bacon. which vM New York hnds Ia
British bottoms it's way 10 Nassau tho feet OF block
AIDE runners, thence 10 wilmin. ton"
so far our friend presents entcng picture Of advcn
tuc coupled with profit, and to spirits pleasure.
10 some subsequent remarks however, he conveyed the
doa TO US that this buccaneerng IN reality less gen.
oral than his words led TO fear. For u much Is
brought IN and much got out how no 60 tell
the following startling facts 20 the state Of living OF
MI and Mrs. Mallory Wen give his statement In his
own WORDS
"f lived within q few doors OF Mr.. Mallory, the Con.
Ieoerste States Secretary Of tho Navy. Ills wife,
Spanish lady most anxious 10 reach the state 81 Mas
schusets where her sister living The Secretary
and MS irdy are actually very poor poor that when
guesss were % their house. they usually had 10 borrow
IRON us table equipaee and that OF the smpss During
atewp.rary abserce MADE tbe Secretary welcome 70
the mix o. my SOLITARY and he estsens< ", for bis
wi's's sake, IN excsedDgly great kiodperc"
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ianry Articles taken from the body Of Captain Mckee
were ound 10 his possession.
Gen. Gibbons division Of the Second corps was re-
viewed yesterday by General Hancock. Georrals ads
sedswck and and others beisg present. The division
large one, we'll disciplined, asd ives sulogizsd BY all
present
General fitzpatrick has been relieved from the com.
mand Of his cavalry division and ordered TO report Tor
duty 70 Gessr.i Gregg. He win take command Of .
brigade under the latter.
Gregg's division 10 have been reviewed to-day by
General Sheridan but storm having prevailed since last
evening, u has been postponed TIL next week
suffers and citizens have all LETT the army, and will not
be allowed TO return before next autumn.
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The Siege er Charleston.

Iron the ChArItHt0n HefCuTy, April
new embrasure for q three hundred FOUNDER Parrott
gun, bearing Fort sumter, was opened on Friday
morning. During Thursday night four shots we're hred
from Gregg at Sumter all or which struck the fort On
Thursday the Yankee working PARTIES had raised gin
for the purpose Of hosting gun into position. when
suddenly our batteries opened upon them, causing q
rather hasy lowering Of tho gin and dispersion OF the
blue COATS Since then slow, desultory hre has been
kept up against the enemys works from few Of our
guns
We hear that or late the enemy's guuboats have been
amusing themselves BY Smelling Johns Island.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-04-17
Rebel Conjectures OF Forrescs Move
men

from the Richmond Daily Examiner, April H.
Tho movements of Forrest until be ID again within
lines, viii necessarily be the attraction 10 the West
The public speculation maps out for this gallant and ad
yenturous command extended field Of operations and
i'm ortant results some suppose that Nashville may be
the OBJECT while others imagine Forests certain cap.
ure OF Memphis before he returns hs original base Of
operations But this Of 10 all conjecture. bis
inv OF Tennessee aud Kentucky may be part Of
general plan Of campaign, involving other important
movements, or II may be entirely independent OF all
connection with the movement Of all other armies and
commands.
There was rumor yesterday that Burnside was land
Ing troops at Newports News. IL was not confirmed at
the War Department and do not know Of any reason
TO treat II rs probable.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-04-17
NEWS FROM FORTRESS MONROE.
Foareks NoSsox. April Il. 100

FORTRESS MoSsox, April II. 1864.
Captain Ainsworth returned from the sesn after the
steamer Scott on the steamer wuao'~ The steamer
5. o. Pierce has also returned.
Spoken April r. at 5n e NJ, ship EiIen Stuart, for
baltimore. I3th 80 AM. 1ftynvo miles from Cape
usnrv .,a.--er Arago at $50 P. M same day or Cape
light, bearing southwest, spoke steamer Victor
rom New York for Hilton Head same day. twenty miles
northwest OF Cape Henry saw Ito stcamtua plot with
a schooner 10 Tow.
French armed transport With bark ia tow started
up the river this morning, intending bring dow
tobacco from Richmond belonging the French govern
ment
The steamer Mon,aus. from Beaufort, s. o., has ar
rived.
The steamer New York sailed for City Point this AFTER
noon 10 charge OF Major Muiford, Gag q truce officer
The steamer Kenncbec, from Baltimore, arrived at
twelve O'Clock noon to-day, in place OF the steamer
Ceoraiana.
suecessful Expedition Under General
Graham.
t FORTRESS MoSsox, April i5, 1884.
An sxpsdltion under command OF General Graham,
sistns OF tho army gunboats, the Ninth New Jersey
Twenty third and Twenty-hfy Massachusetts, and the
One HuDdrsdth and Eighteenth New York regiments and
two sections OF artillery, uudor Captain Eastsry, let
hero on Wednesday night last, and landed at different
points 1hcy concentrated at smhacd. Va, on thurs.
day evening and succseded In routing tho enemy, cap
turing one commissioned officer and I've mea--a wound
cd also several horses and carriages and some commits
sary stores rebel mail and one piece OF artillery
formerly taken from tho sunbo~t Smith Briggs also
captured Fifty ccsirabsnds wee also brought or Our
loss was one plssps and I've sNsht,y wounded
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-04-17
Rebel Torpedo Boat David san x.

HON inc FtttfkUuIB INHJ EApTess,
Il is believed at the Navy Department that Lieutenant
Dixon aud his little torpedo boat the David lie side by
side with the Housatonc. at the bottom OF the water
The big ship sucked the little one down With her All
was ever 10 i've minutes.
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20 Paducah.
TFrsm the Petersburg lya,) Express, April 81
Inc .nns 81 - ,Ss
lars General Forress operations In Kentucky Of which
the enemys papers brought 10 the nrst accounts the
Tennessee river In the tter part Of 10 oourse crosses
the state OF Tennessee almost due north drection and
also nearly parallel 70 the Mssiiappi, which about
about midway these rivers, terminated
1t Padvcah, the Ohio river, q the mouth Of the Ten
ne:see Dre.den from which hs despatch 70 Gsnsrsi
near Boundary Of hundred and
nine miles west of Nashville. Ripley at which the prison
this great advance Of Forrest cannot
but where that mighty cavalry host under 0rersou
v forrest q have Saa
thing bis own way. 90.
The following dispatch from General Forrest has just
been received. l.. POLK. Lieutenant General.
DRnDRs, Tenn, March 27,)
TO IIEUTEHAxT GENERAL PoLK-I left jackson on the 23d
ulto and captured Union City the Gath, with four
anass and most Of his ssn aSou. two
horses and I'VE hundred small arms.
also took possession Of Hickman, the enemy having
moved north with Bufords division, marching direct
from Paducah In nfty hours attacked IL on
boats AID forts held town for ten hours and could
have held longer. but found the smallpox raging, and
evacuated the place.
captured many stores and horses burned up sixty
bales Of cotton steamer in the dry DOCK and brought
out fifty prisoners.
Ny loss at Union City and Paducah. far known Is
twenty five killed and wounded-among them Colonel
Thompson. commanding the Kentucky brigade, killed
Lieutenant Colonel Ianhum, OF the Faulkner regiment
mortaily wounded; and Colonel Crossln, Of the Ninth
tucky and Lieutenant Colonel Norton Of the second
Tennessee, slightly wounded.
The enemy's loes at Paducah was fty killed and
wounded. The prisoners, in all, i've hundred
N. B. FORREST
DEMApoLis April 3, 1894.
The following despatch just received from General For
rest
JACKSON, via WATERFORD, April 2, 1864
Six hundred federal prisoners will arrive at Ripley
Miss, to-day, en- route for Demopolis.
Colonel Neeley engaged Hunt ~ on the Goth March
near BOLIVAR capturing his entire wagon tram routing
and driving him to Mem phs, killing thirty and capturing
thiryfye prisoners, killing two captains and capturing
L. POLK, Lieutenant General
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The Ohio Soldiers voting NIL.
CLEVELAND. April 10, 1874
The Supreme Court Of Ohio has decided the so'a's'~
Voting In. constitutional
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-04-17
NEWS FROM the SOUTH.
~~~~>~~Nr~.~>o-v~~o~~Nr
FORREST,s PADUCAn EXPEDITION.
~>S,->~,~o~>~>oS-c~|>oo~
The Strength u Grants Army definitely
lsesFtatned Through Rsbsl SooutS,
-, h.. ~

We have received Rehnond papers Of ths nth Inst
from whch w saks the following interesting summary
Of news.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-04-17

The following persons died after being removed to the
M,rne Hospital We give their nathes in the order u
death with the hour or the occurrence OF each
The Union. [volume] (Georgetown, Del.) 1863-1866, 1864-03-04
ouR LEGrsLA AZURE ABROAD.

We are almost ashamed to let the pub
lie know. what is. thought of our State
Legislature by the loyal people Of the
North but for the benefit of the public,
we clip the following from the Lancaster,
Pa, Eromi,ser and Herald:
oDrsoRAcEruL.-The Copperhead Leg
islature Of the State Of Delaware has re-
fused to appropriate $475 toward provi-
ding place in the National Cemetery at
Gettysburg for those who were killed in
the battle of Gettysburg, from that State
Yet these are the men who claim to be
| loyal and the friends of the soldier. Sob
diers, there is not copperhead (and be
alwayss claims to be Simon Pure Demo
craft who would not do just what his
brethren did in Delaware. They woulc
not grant a miserable pittance to give him
a decent burial by the side Of the taller
heroes of other States. ALAG! Poor Del
aware! She must bear her chains ant
/ disgrace few short years more, when w
hope the rule of traitors will cease foreye
there and everywhere"
! Is it not time that we, the loyal citizen
Of Delaware. should awake from this leth
argy which hangs over us, and endeavo
to prevent our sister States from thus sal
castically throwing slurs on US in regard
, the State Legislature. Let us put tn
Z shoulder to the wheel, and with unite
L
energy, we will hurl the traitorous cliqu
from the controlling powerof our municip
. laws, thus giving our patriotic Executl1
, full scope in which to vindicate the loyal
q Of Delaware.
The Union. [volume] (Georgetown, Del.) 1863-1866, 1864-03-04
The Natiena1 Union Cow ention.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.-The Union National
Committee met at the residence of Hon. Ed 4.
win D. Morgan, at noon to-day, and was call
ed to order by that gentleman as its chair
man. Hon. Edward Mcpherson Of Pennsyl-.
yania, was elected Secretary Of the commit
tee, ia place of Hon. George s. Fogg, Of Now
Hampshire who is absent from the country.
Upon consultation, call was unanimously
adopted for National Convention in the fol-
lowing terms: Tfq wl
The undersigned, who, by original appoints
ment or subsequent designation to fill vacan-
cies, constitute the Executive Committee cre-
ated by the National Convention held at Chi
cago on the 10th day Of May, 1860, do here
by call upon the qualified voters who desire
the unconditional maintenance of the Union,
the supremacy of the Constitution, and the
complete suppression of the rebellion, with
/ the cause thereof, by vigorous war and all
apt and efficient means, to send delegates to
convention to assemble at Baltimore on Tues
day, the 7th day of June, 1864, at IL clock,
noon, for the purpose Of presenting candidates
for the offices of President and Vice President
of the United States each State having a
representation in Congress will be entitled to
as many delegates as shall be equal to twice
the number of electors to which such State is
entitled in the electoral college Of the United
States. a- t e;f.4,.
A resolution was also adopted inviting the
Territories and the District of Columbia to
send delegates, subject to the termination
by the convention of their right to vote.s
The COMMITTEES agreed again to meet at the
4 call of the chairman. The members present
: were as follows: Edwin D. Morgan, of New
York, chairman; Chas. j. Gilman, of Maine;
{ Lawrence Brainerd, of Vermont; John q.
Goodrich, of Massachusetts; Thos. G. Turner
of Rhode Island Gideon Wells, of Connects
cut; Denning Duer, of New Jersey; Edward
o Mcpherson, of Pennsylvania Nathaniel b
Smishers, of Delaware; james I. Wagner, Q
It Maryland Thomas Spooner, of Ohio; Henr.
IL S. Lane, of Indiana; Ebenezer Peck, of ILL
d nois H. M. Hoxie, of Iowa; VIM. d. Wash
burn, of Minnesota; Cornelius Gull, OF Cab
II fornif; H. Irish, Of Nebraska; Joseph 9er
c. bardt. Of the District Of Columbia.
le The committee were entirely harmonins !
lie their proceedings, and adjourned IN the pei e
n possible spirits. M ia;gr ee1n ieaa.
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Correspondence of the Union.
LETTER FROM LITTLE CREEK BID.
--~ LITTLE CREEK HUNDRED,
s. Feb. 26th, 1864

Mr.. EDITOR: -Hs79asA
As you have favored my FIRST article |
on temperance with place in your paper
have concluded to give your readers another
if you consider it worth publishing.
Idonot feel justiRablein keeping silent,
because cannot do great things. H
The more we look around u.s. and behold
the fearful effects of intemperance, the more
necessity we see for making an effort to rem
edy the evil - st
intemperance not only effects the present
generation, but future ones, not only for time'
but for eternity. go asa
| The report of the Worcester Lunatic Asy-
lum, lately published, in giving list OF the
real or presumed causes of insanity, remarks
that the largest number were the result of in
temperance.
| In the Jail at ogdcnsburgh, New York,
seyen-eighths of the criminals were intem-
perate men. In Ltchfcld county jail, Con-
Inecticut, thirty-fve out Of thirty-nine con-
4 yicts were drunkards. In the State prison
of Ohio, Of one hundred and thirty-four con.
yicts, ninety-eight acknowledged themselves
to have been incorporate. of six hundred
and forty-seyen in the Auburn State prison
three hundred and forty-six were under the
influence of liquor when they committed the
crimes for WHICH they were imprisoned, ane
more than ninety out of one hundred ant
twenty, were of the same class at the Stat
prison in Wethers6eld, Connecticut.
A distinguished lawyer testified that
eleven cases of murder in which he was call
ed to defend the prisoner, ten were ocoasione'
by spirituous liquor, and that nine cut OF tel
of all cases of assaults and battery, ARRAY
and riots, were from the same cause.
j. O.. Cole, police justice of Albany, He'
4 York, testified that -af fifty eriminaI case
brought before him in one week, forty-eigh
originated in drinking and that ninety-six i
one hundred of all criminal cases which b
had investigated during the year, might b
traced to the same cause.
Where could the Father of lies" find be
ter means than alcohol, to make men lk
himself, bring them under his power,
them to do his work, and prepare them. f
his place of torment. Let men but give wa
(. to its influence, and they will be led capti'
by the devil at his will and pleasure, to
what devils themselves would not attempt
do without the agency of drunken men.
But the above facts need no comment, b
how little is being done to counteraet, or p
vent the foodtide of iniquity. DELMAK'
The Union. [volume] (Georgetown, Del.) 1863-1866, 1864-03-04

St. Louis. Seventy members of the Wiscon-
sin Battery have re-eniisted. The veterans
are en- route for home, on furlough.
Over two hundred new recruits. from Iowa
arrived here this morning, and about the
same number yesterday, from Indiana, en-
route for the South.
(, THE RETREAT OF LONGSTREET
KNoxvILLE, Feb. 28.--At the last accounts
Longstrcet was still retreating. his head
quartcrs being at Greehsille on Wednesday
night.
Our cavalry came upon his rear guard in
the vicinity of Beams Station, yesterday,
and a slight sllirmish ensued, when the rebels
gave way. el5 s 4 Ere
General Scho6eld Is psrsuing with his
troops but owing to the rapid retreat of the
enemy, no engagement is expected this side o.
the Virginia line. The railroad bridge Of
strawberry Plains and the track were injur'
ed beyond the possibility of present use
Five officers and anumbor Of men deserted
when Lengstreet fall back, and have takcr
the amnesty oath. The officers state that HI
is retreating to Richmond with his origna
troops, leaving Johnston and Buekner +
protect the Virginia border,
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sfe gsSs3Ngy alwMlzz7xsS
~gMMgSs@ - gMgEGI@atG,i
M, 40! . Kd;x'3tS
war i'm the Southwest.

CINCINNATI, Feb. 27.---The Gazette's Tun-
mel Hill despatch, ofthe 26th, says: On Thurs
day night our troops fell back to Tunnel
Hill; which place will be held. The recon-
noissance was entirely successful, and de-
veloped the fact that the enemy is in force at
Dalton.
Claiborne's division, which had been dcs-
patched to reinforce Polk; was recalled, and
got back in time to participate in the fight.
This was oneimportant result accomplished.
Our entire loss was three hundred.
The rebels suffered moro severely.
J The Commercials Huntsville, Alabama,
despatch says, reliable information shows
that Longstreet is falling back to ,Atlanta.-
Part of his force is supposed to have reached
there on the 25th. ssis. '.rp
A large portion of his forces were without
shoes and many nearly naked. a. ~ 3.
| Wheeler has been relieved from the com
mand of the rebel cavalry by Breckenridge
and BuclZner, who were preparing for rait
into Kentusky.
MrMPHIs, Feb. 26.--ARix}s from Wick
burg confirm the preKisps reports that Gen
Sherman had occupi& Selma, Alabama, anf
is safe. 50
The reports from Gen. Smith cavalry ex
pediti9n araAsros such a favorable aharac
4 ter. ..,..,.. :.
r.. seykal r&gglers that arrived here to-da;
4 xebortsthef the rebel forces under Forrest
lAdams' Lee, and Roddy had concentrate
'against him, and succeeded in forcing hi'
back with considerable lossa Also that 8
we're fight had taken place between them
West Point, Miss. -SliiaesaHa 1855
+ The slow movement of Col. Warnings q
vision consisting mainly of New Jersey al
Pennsylgania regiments) delayed this exp
dition some eight days, giving the enen
n time to concentrate its ferces against them.
1t is reported that Smiths slowly tslii
{, back towards Memphis; but the report
not generally believed, as but little credItlc
h be given to the statements of stragglers. 2
rel lGAIRo, Feb, 27.--The. steamer Deckey
e. rived here se-day, with 80 bales Of cotton 4