Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-04-21
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destructive Freshet-The James and
Apponnttox mt Flood IIight-The
Military Situation In virginia-A
Southern Opinion OF Northern Cove
ernors, etc.--Attack ON Mobile An.
ticipated.
DESTRUCTIVE FREsHET.
The Richmond papers give details of a
great freshet there on the 11th inst, the
water raising higher than during the food
of 1S47. All the islands in James river be-
low the Petersburg bridge, and portion of
lower Main street, and part of Cary street
were submerged. The water Of the river
and dock were merged into one. The gas
works were SO inundated as to be obliged to
stop work. There were several feet of wa
ter in the Commissary storehouse, on 18th
street, near the dock, (Davenport's), where
were stored over a hundred tuns of bacon.
Even the enclosure Of the navy yard at
Rockets was far under water, and much
valuable lumber and uncompleted work
was considered in great danger. Upwards
of thousand people In Rockets and Butch
er fiat were driven from their homes during
Friday night by the invading element. For
tunately, there was no loss of life.
.Et SITUATION IN VIRGINIA.
The Columbus (Ga.) Sun saws: "We have
good reasons for believing Virginia to be
the scene of the next hostile engagement of
a general nature. The enemy's movements
are pointing to this conclusion, and we
need not be startled at any time to hear that
Lee has fallen back to the environs Of the
capital, and that a stupendous decoy move
ment Is being made by the enemy on the
south side of the James river, from the di-
rection of northeastern North Carolina.
Large numbers Of citizens-noncomba
of the northern counties of Virginia are
being arrested by the enemy. This has
been the usual prelude to general move
ments, and may, in the present instance,
be intended to cover designs looking to a
now Grants army" 'ar
ATTACK ON MOBILE ANTICIPATED.
..,..,-...s.s.t.,lo MOBILE, April IL.
To Gen. s. Cooper, Adjt. and Inspector Gen.:
Farragut reported preparing to attack Mo-
bile. Six Monitors coming to him. The
garrisons of New Orleans and Baton Rouge
were very much reduced for the purpose of
increasing Banks forces.
(Signed) d. H. MAURY,
.--ls : s3 Maj. Gen. Commanding.
NO MORE PRISONERS TO BE SENT SOUTH.
The plan which has been pursued for the
past month or two of sending off South
large installments Of Federal prisoners has,
in consequence Of the small number now on
hand In this city, been discontinued. There
are now only remaining here about eighteen
hundred, about half Of which are officers
If the practice of exchanging prisoners on
parole, which has been carried on by flag OF
truce for the last three weeks Is kept up, II
will not be long before the number now in
Virginia, will be exhausted.-Richnsond
Dispatch. g
DIFFICULTY OF TAKING RICHMOND.
The Richmond Examiner, referring to the
expected movement of the Federal armies
against Richmond, says Me-.
They will come as they have come before
and there Is no reason to think that they
will not return as they have invariably
done before. Every line Of advance upon
this coveted city has been tried, and 1t now
remains IN sheer desperation OF accom-.
plishing the purpose by a persevering and
concerted plan, that they should resort tc
the doctrine of chances, and trust, In sever
al simultaneous assaults, luck may befriend
them at one point.
The hope built upon this plan must Of
course, look to immense superiority Ol
force. If numbers alone could have taken
Richmond, the Federal Generals from Nc
Dowell to Meade could all have had it in
their power. t,,I.r.s,I l..eal
Yet were they all foiled, and as Richmond
Is certainly a harder nut to crack at present
than it was two years since, we can afford
to wait with calmness the coming of the re.
doubtable Grant and his three conver ging
columns. Federal ingenuity has constructed
all the machines tnecessary for opening the
road to Richmond. Labor has been ex-
pended with nntiring perseverance, yet the
one unsurmountable obstacle Of Lees army
still bars the way. If Grant Is required tc
overcome this before he can pluck the fruit
of the Presidential tree, he may as well be-
gin to put his house in order, and compose
his mind for the dismal journey by those
drear abodes where rest the shades of Buell.
Mcclellan and Rosecrans.
s4s. ~ MISCELLANEOUS. .r..r
1--WE give below extracts from the Mobile
papers up to the I'd inst.
The bombarding fleet had not presented
itself before Fort Powell since the 26th,
when they weighed anchor. All was quiet
anu UuJ i've OF SIX SillpS-Ol-Wdr WcIc CruiS-
ing within sight of Fort Morgan. D,i
The Confederate Gen. Dick Taylor had
defeated the Federals on the banks of The
Rio Colorado. On the 30th Of March, sew
eral Yankees reached Jackson, Miss. with
flag Of truce, and confirmed the defeat
but no details have been received.
The railroads destroyed by Sherman IL
hisivandal raid have been repaired alons
the entire route, thanks to the energy anSS
activity of our workmen. The trains now
run regularly to 0kalona.
one hundred and fifty Yankee prisoners
had reached Demopolis from Yazoo City
among whom was O Captain attached X
Gen. Grants staff.
Gen. Beauregard has issued a proclama
tion Offering pardon to deserters from th,
Confederate army, and others subject tt
military duty who had concealed them
selves or offered resistance to the authori
II The Charleston Courier Of the oath ult
seays that the batteries Of the enemy wer'
much injured during the late storm: Some