The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1864-04-20

49, Col bradford was u residelt u 1oiN0
Forrest himself was wounded. and aftef
the capitulation he confessed that the
fort had been desperately defended
After the fight was over the steamer
Platte Valley came up the river. ohe
was hailed BY the rebels and some o.
her men sent ashore to help bury the
dead and take the wounded up to caro-
She arrived at the latter place thurs
dav evening with some of the sufferers
With allowance for exaggeration IN the
accounts received, there can be no doubt
that the massacre was enc of the most
, horrible that has disgraced the history
of modern warfare. Fort Pillow, the
scene of this tragedy, is situated on the
{ Tennessee shore, about eighty miles
above Memphis. At last accounts the
rebels were supposed to be moving to
wards that city
Six guns captured by the rebels were
carried off, including two twelve FOUNDER
PARROTS and two twelve FOUNDER howitz-
ers, and large amount of stores de
stroyed or carried away.
EgTwo negro soldiers, wounded al
Fort Pillow, were buried by the rebels
and they afterwrrd worked themselves out
of their graves. They were among those
brought up on the Platte Valley, and are
now in the hospital ut Round City
The officers Of the Platte Valley receive
great credit from the military, and all
others, for landing at Fort Pillow at i'm
mincnt risk, and taking on our wounded,
and for kind and humane treatment
manifested toward them on the way up,
doing everything possible to render aid,
and relieve their suffering.
A mistake occurred in the order con
solidating the Eleventh aud Twelfth
Corps. The new Corps. under General
Hooker, is hundred the Twentieth, not
the First
A large number of female relatives
of rebel officers are coming up the river
to locate in Northern cities They arc
required to take the oath Of allegiance
before leaving New Orleans.
Worhnen engaged in repairing the
Nashville d Louisville Railroad just
beyond Cave City, on Friday, carelessly
left an iron crow bar on the track while
i
train going South ran upon the bar,
upsetting the locomotive and piling the
baggage car and one passenger car upon
it, and injuring all the cars of the train
more or less, fortunately without killing
board at the time.
There ere $50 men in tie frontier garrisons
Of Gen. Pope's department. The main force
G.,
the Missouri.
by the gunboat No. &c, near Crocketts Landing,
Ark. Five hundred letters, many of them
official communications for Shreveport, from
Richmond, incosing quito amount in green
backs, were taken. The uniucKy postman also
had $4,000 percussion caps for PAGES army.
The President has signed the bill extcndi ne
the time for the acceptance by States Of the
grants Of land for agricultural colleges to two
years. West Virginia is now admitted to share
in the provisions Of tina bin
General links has Just returned to Poin,
I lookout from an expedition to Virginia, where
he captured $50 600 worth OF tobacco. together
with gang of blockade runners who had it in
charge The tobacco was fresh, and of Rich
mond manufacture.
A woman was recently arrested near
Fort Pillow, charged with smuggling.
Upon her person were found orders from
the rebel Colonel Hicks for ammunition
and other contraband articles, and in
formation was obtained from her i'm
plicating men in that vicinity.
The New York World has a report
that Smith will command two corps and
move up the Peninsula against Rich
mond, while Meade engages Lees atten-
ton in front, Burnside at the same time
attempting the route TO Goldsboro.
The majority Of the House Committee
on Elections will report in favor of
Blair's right to his seat, and minority
in favor of Knox.
The recent storm caused considerable
damages to bridges across the various
streams in Virginia, and cut Off com
munication between Washington and the
Army of the Potomac. The damages
are, however, mostly repaired.
Fernando Wood SAYS that 1.-The Demo
cratic party cannot be War party
True, because there is no Democratic
party. The part for the Union is the
War party, and it believes in the subiu-
cation or submission of the rebels.
The appearance of Speaker Colfax on
the floor of Congress has been remarked
as unusual. Henry Clay, when Speaker.
vas accustomed occasionally to take the
floor to address the House The Speaker
is a representative of the people, and if
he sees fit, it is unquestionably his pre-
rogative to call some other member to
the chair while he ADDRESSED the House.
Both branches of the PENNSYLVANIA
Legislature have passed the bin providing
for special election throughout the
Stste on The .rirst Tuesdag ia august merit,
nj which the people shall decide whether
the proposed amendment to the Consti-
tuition permitting soldiers to vote, shall
he adopted. The Legislature is to meet
on the 23d day of August to receive the
returns.
fE Sam Medary, threatens to balk the