The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1864-04-30
men with stores aud go pieces of artillery.
(Signed,) f. F. HAZE,


Rocky Mount, April 2Ist, gives further
particulars of the.eapture Of Rlymonth by |
the forces under Gen. Hake with naval CO.
operation. He-says about g, 500 prisoners
were taken (three or four hundred of them
Degroes), 80 pieces of artillery, 100, 900 |
pounds of meat, 1 ,00O-bbls of flour, and |
full garrison outfit. Our loss is about. 800 |
in ALL Col. Rice is among the killed Two
-gunboats were sunk and another disabled,
and another small steamer captured.
Reports said to have been brought by al
=colored man, state that the colored troops
at Plymouth, after the surrender. were all
murdered by the rebels. Rumor probably
untrue.
Richmond papers of the Q2d say from the
Lower Rappahannock citizen brings in
formation of the advance up the Rappahan-
mock, on Wednesday, as far as Boulware's
wharf, of eight gunboats and one transport
They landed three hundred men at Boul-
wares wharf, which is ten miles below Rap
fpahannock. This is supposed to be the ad-
vance of Burnsidefs expedition, as it was
reported at Fredericksburg yesterday that
a feet of sixty vessels, gunboats and trans
ports were at the mouth of the Rappahan-
mock. 1t is also reported that the enemy is
landing pentoou'bridges at, Aqua Greek.
Dispatches from Red river state that the
destruction of cotton on Red river by the
rebels is not over $4,000 bales A fight
between fifty Union soldiers and seventy
five rebels took place on the plantation of
ex- Governor Johnson. The rebels were re-
pulsed, and twenty prisoners and one hun
dred thousand dollars worth of struggled
goods captured.
A Washington dispatch says the heavy
rain of last night retards- military move
ments. The Navy Department is trying to
recover the ground lost at Plymouth. The
rebel ram will be attended to. A rebel spy
in Baltimore has been sentenced to be hung.
1t is reported Gov. Morton will take com.
mand in person of the Indiana militia,
- Advices from Williamsburg, Va, April
Esd, say Contrabands are again coming
from the swamps of the Chickahominy
within our lines here. For some time there
have been but few arrivals of this descrip-
ton. The appearance of this advance
guard of coloFed refugees is an almost in
ffallible Indication of movements on the part
of the enemy. From all reports SO far re-
Eceived, the rebels are evidently massing
their troops in all the strong positions, fol
the expected advance up the Peninsula
The Richmond authorities are evidently
! puzzled as to the designs of Grant, and in
formation is being received constantly O
their marching and countermarching troops
Gen. Fitzhugh'Lee made his appearance in
the neighborh6od of Charles City G. H.
with large force of cavalry. Thefgreatel
portion of this force is composed of re -en.
listed veterans, who have lately returned
from Through. Col. Robbins also com
mands force in this immediate ntighbor.
! hood. Charles City G. H. is garrisoned by
| Pickett's old infantry division, under com
mand of Gen. Elsey, and regiment o
&. heavy artillery. A force composed princi-
tpally of heavy artillery, is stationed a
Branelly Station, York river, where they
are reported engaged in throwing up earth
works. Troops are also concentrating or
all intermediate points, between York and
James rivers. Contrabands state that grea
excitement prevails among the inhabitants
of this region, and Yankee advance il
momentarify expected. 7
A special to the New York World, datet
Washington, 25th, says Grant has taker
measures to add numbers enougato the reg
ular armies in the field to make them ire
tsistible. Concentration is the order of th
day. The troops are now massed upon suci
lines as General Grant believes tend to vita
strategetic points in the rebellion. Instead
of being discouraged at the apparent weak
ness OF our forces in Tennessee, Kentucky
North Carolina, and elsewhere, the country
should be encouraged by that fact, as it i
- --rl~~~t'an that our forces are masseC
against points and armies much more i'm
Eportant. When the next shock of battl
comes, it will find the Union forces in mucl
stronger force than they have ever been be
fore. 1t is the rebels who are now pursu
ing the ''scatteratiOn" policy. hence thei
reeentssuecess in unimportant quarters.
1t is 8 ated that LOngstreet and Joe John
sion hAE largely reinforced the rebels OIL
the Pp9e. Things look stormy.
/
Latest-Jesza.f sara the Red River Expedi
tiea S as pur cavalry drove tn
4 anan1a 81 hut on the fnrannnn q