The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Fayetteville, N.C.) 1864-186?, 1864-05-10

Fl lighting.
Steele is reported at Camden, Ark, in q
strongly fortified position.
Goll Ola tn. I'd, I'll.
RIcHMoSp, May 5.-European advices to
the 221 have been received:
The PruSsial,s, on the 18th, assaulted and
heavy on both sides. The Danes retrcatcd'
to the Islaad Of .Alscn
The Conference in regard to the Danish
AMI German war was to meet on tho 10Th.
L Maxitniiian WAS at Rnne the 18th, from
w..,hcc he would embark f,r N exico.
Itwas reportc that GaribaI,:i would leave
England inmed ,tcly, at tae instance Of the
government.
Cotton ad7anced q1artsr OF a perry !;
brca lstutfs dull.
ORANGE c. IT,, April Oar scouts went.
into Cnipeptr <. II. this morning., capturfn&l
about dozen strigglcrs. These scouts rsks
port the country about Culp.per e.. H coYS
cred with debris of th.. ene:ny's casfslls.
du,ting cfothing .srsl -
are reported still ,-i1olL out ut Fts5zlE 81
ton, in Gnlpcper county. Their infantry and
artillery nj: crossed ut the lower f1rels EsSt
night, and spread this morning from Chule
celIorsvilc up to Perkins Store, poin: about
20 mics bolov here. 1t is reported that they
arc moving this morning out from Ciianccl- :
lorsyille towards Ike Central RaiiM ay. Some
sill t'cav.,lry skirmishin3 has beea going on
about 20 miles below, near Perkins Store,
this morning. Gr,nt's force is variously es-
timatcd at between 100 and 1SU coo mcn.-
The first fl ufes are most probably correct.
Frosl tla fact that Grant only took four
days rations iii leaving Culpcper, it IS not
improbable he will decline acting Extensively
and will fall back to the hei ,hts Of Freder-
! ick>burg
No csnnonaling heard here up to o'clock
to-d,'y-
RIcHM IND, May S Additional Foreiga
items The Enslis', G"veru n:nt retains
possession of the gt,n,o.,t Alex ,ndyi;,, but
| was ready to deliver her to the owners on
Application. Alexandria correspondent Of
the Lon .on Times says it quite certain that
the N'ceroy Of Egypt, gave the LarIs an or
der for the construction IN tho McrSey Of the
rams.
The steamer Bavaria from Hamburg, for
New York, was c,pture1 Oh the 18th, by
Danish frgatc.
LUG I/Dil'ioH IiiaSS attIlo ittS tnC Iiuy Ol
the Confederate loan, and tn" reaction in the
Paris COURSE, to the action Of the lank ce
House o! Rep. sentative; On the MEXICAN
question.
DEMoroLEs, May 5.-Special to the Ctarion,
Ne'Iian, from Tangcl.hoa, on tho 4th,
says: Advices frou Olive BI inch, just re-
cciycd, stctcs that after eight hours deSper
ate fighting, our forces rcpulSed u 4 drove
the enemy across ThnEa r>nt. ; creek, the en-
cmy numbered fifteen thousand, our forces
eight hundred. Rrinforccmcn:s arc being
rapidly sent forward to Col. Pow ers. To
tlc same from Clinton, tie 81, vi, Susf-
nit OH the 4th, states that Cal.s Jehn. s..
Scott
men, engage fivc thousanl Yankees from,
| Baton Rouge and Por; llu lson, under Gen.
Andrews, ard after several hourS. fighting in
which Col. Powers and M.jor Osd n~ and
! I4ie:;t. Powers, behaved with distinguished
galantry, he repul>ed them with heavy loss, J.,
4 incluiing Col. TeaboOdcrnan, of the 4th
/ Wisconsin cavalry. killed and Il large number
wounded. Jar loss five wolnd.l The fight
tooh place at Olive Branch Greek; the enemy
arc i'll full retreat tow ards Baton Rouge, and
Maj Ere Ogden commanding Mayticlrs
cavalry, pursuing.
R1euMoND, May--5.-The flag Of truce boat
brought 90 officers, and 235 priyates for ex-
change.
Chase has not rcsigred. He has been in