New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-04-25
NEWS OF TIE DAY.
THE WAR.

The news respecting the attack on Plymouth,
n c., the sinking of the -ub1ats Soulfed and Bomb
she'll and the dceth of Crit Flusser Of the Miami is
verified by the accounts wich we publish this morning
NewCcrn correspondent writes that tue IeDei ia'n
had core down the Roanoke River below thetowD ln"9
cutting of communication with the garrison anu icui
were entertained Of the capture Of the place. anu
the TROOPS Several OF the officers ana mon "
the Soutnied are missing, and are Suppos'u " W
prisoners in the hands OF the Rebels A goit7u"N WIZ
left Roanoke Island on Thursday says that tne ast DO"
from Plymouth arrfed at tie Island on wednesday,
when fztng was sill in progress but there was no
hone tina, rhe garrison woald long hold ont The ram
is described as being somewla. Ike tue Mcrr;nac N
appearapce and to be very heavily plated. Admiral
Toe has sent llrce naval force % try and destroy her
Numbers of women and children, refugees from
Plymouth. had arrived az Roanoke Island.
We copied on Friday, with some doubts OF
IT'S truth a paragraph ssyin; that Gen. Butler had
written to high osieer rsy.ng TO serve II Gen. W. F.
Smith should be placed oYer him. something to that
effect Gen Butler expressly denies that he has writ
ten anything OF the sort. and says there has been no
occasion for suah action TIE .tstemcut seems to have
original ID in IN, T. Eorsa Ssct which we did nos
know ct the time Of copying or it would have gone into
the waste basket as one OF that papers malignant
forgeries.
A St. Louis telegram, dated Saturday, says
that Edward B Benton, native Of Wal.Lam Va ior
nearly two Yeas past resident Of Fort Pillow ana
who was in the fJIt during FORESTS attack up'" !"
was examined at Gen. Rosccrans's headquarters or
Tuesday and ny corrobo-atad III previous reports I"
Rebel barbaritios there. lie also made the eddHona
statement that boodhouads were used to discover Inc
tidinc.places Of those Wlo escaped the massacre lie
also SAYS that Trustworthy reports state that MAYOR
Bradford was shot and huns near Darlington
Ohio begins the expected movement Of calling
ont Militia TO do garrison ard post duty for short
period 50 that all available can be sent to the
main armies to participate in the grand Spring cam.
pairn. Gov. Broughs order calls ont the National
Guard about 30 OOO to serve fer one hundred
May o Our special dispatch nom Washington says
that the President is to accept 5000 Western MiH
for this purpose 10 be Taised in OHIO, Indiana LIMOS
Iowa and Wisconsin.
Advices from Esperanto, Texas, to the 1911
ut are 70 she effect that schooner laden with 23'
bales OF cotton lad been csUturCd the 3D. and that
the Harriet Lane steamer Isabella and bark all laden
with cotton were waiting On opportunity to run the
blockade. An attempt had been made to run the
steamer Clifton out OF Galveston Harbcr, bu. she get
ting on tie bar the captain set her on fire 10 escape
capture by the bloekaders. The Clifton has been before
reported as lost.
On Tuesday last a band oftghty mounted
Rebels attempted an invasion Of Kontncky through
Pound Gap but were driven back BY detachment OF
the 45th Kentucky (nouated infantry band Of 80
euerras was also driven OFT Of the State into Macon
County Tenn. eigh, Of them being killed and len cap
tured With fifty Of their horses.
The United States gunOOat Mohican arrived
at this port on Saturday evening from Philadelphia
She has been absent nearly two years in search Of
Rebel privateers During her absence she bas sailed
$1,000 niles visited fifty iogegn ports and spoken and
boarded l62 vessels.