American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1864-05-04
NUMBER 20.
NEWS by TELEGRAPH.

more appalling description of the fiendish-
ness of the rebels than do our Cairo dis
patches. Many of our wounded were shot
in the hospital, while the remainder were
driven out and the hospital burned
The morning after the battle, the reb-
els went over the field, and shot the ne
groes who had not died from previous
wounds. Many of those who escaped
from the works and hospitals, and who de-
sired to be treated as prisoners of war, as
the rebels said, were ordered to fall into
the line when they were inhumanly Shot
down. OF three hundred and fifty color
ed troops, not more than thirty six escaped
the massacre, and not one of the officers
that commanded survived their Deaths
The loss in the 18th Tenn, is 800 killed
the remnants wounded and captured iia
Gen. Chalmers told this correspondent,
although it was against the policy of his
government to spare negro soldiers and
their officers, and that he had done all in
his power to stop the carnage, at the same
time he said he believed it was right
Another officer said our white troops
would have been protected had they not
been found ON duty with negroes. -
While the rebels were endeavoring to
conceal their loss, it was evident that they
suffered severely. war1
Col. Reed commanding a Tennessee reg
iment, was mortally wounded. Two or
three well filed hospitals were short dis
tance in the country. is'aa
CAIRO, Apail 15.-No boats are allow
ed to leave here for points below Columbus
since the first news of the Fort Pillow af-
fair
The attack on Paducah yesterday proved
to be mere raid for plunder, made by a
couple hundred men who were shelled out
by the fort and gunboats. After occupying
a portion of the city in squads about an
hour, they left, taking away number Of
horses and considerable plumber, leaving
behind half dozen killed and wounded
No one hurt on our side
Several guns captured by Forrest at fort
Pillow were spiked before falling into his
hands and others were turned upon the
gunboat No. 7 which, being exhausted of
ammunition, having fired some three hun
dred rounds, was compelled to withdraw
Although only tin clad she received but
slight injury.
Gen. Lee arrived and assumed COM
mand at the beginning of the battle, pre-
vious to which Chalmers directed the
movements
Gen. Forrest with his main force retired
after the fight to Brownsville, taking with
him the captured funds.
While the steamer Platte Valley lay
under a flag of truce taking on wounded,
rebel officers, among them General Chal-
mers, went aboard. Some of our officers
showed them great Difference, drinking
with them and showing them other marks
of courtesy Prominent among them is
said to have been Capt. Woodruff of the
18th Ills. Infantry.
New YORK; April PA special DIS
patch from Fortress Monroe reports da-
ring attempt on Saturday morning to blow
up the u. s. steam frigate Minnesota
An apparently floating spar approached
her; and getting near was ascertained g,
be boat containing three men. The
lookout warned them off, but they pushed
boldly for the frigate, and in few mos
ments an explosion similar to that Of 20
cannon was heard. The vessel shook as if
paralyzed, and the crew were tumbled out
of their berths and hammocks. When
the confusion subsidized, orders were given
to pursue the daring rebels, but the Ad-,
mirals dispatch tug on picket were too
far off to be of any use, as the narauders
rapidly disappeared in one of the many
creeks in the James river. ~,
The damage by the torpedo was trifing,
and has been repaired. The commander
of the tug has been put under arrest, for
not keeping steam up at all times, as re-
quired by the regulations.
New York, April 12,-The steamer
Metropolitan has arrived, with Hilton
Head advices of the 9th inst. The Pal
metto Herald has Florida advices Of the
1st The steamer Maple Leaf, while re-
returning to jacksonville from Palutka,
on the 1st, struck a rebel torpedo which
blew off her bows, and she sunk in ten
minutes. Two fremen and two deck
hands were lost. All the passengers were
saved, but they lost..their baggage.
Two or three regiments made a rec
reconnaissance, on the I'd inst, to the
Jacksonville road, which resulted in askir-
mish with the rebel pickets, FIVE miles
from the town. s,..s;..,.5 +.
A regiment of loyal Floridails is being
organized. M asa s ..n
WASHINGTON, April 26.--On Wednes-
day, Capt. VIM. Riddle, of the 9th regi-
ment Veteran Reserve Corps, discovered
man lurking in the vicinity Of Laurel
Hill, Md, about eighteen miles out on. the
Baltimore road, under very suspicious cir
cumstances. The Captain arrested him,
and, upon being questioned, he gave his
name as Lieut.. Geo. Taylor, of Mosby's
guerrillas. He was this morning locked
up in the Old Capital prison. -,
The subscription to the Forty Loan,
reported at the Treasury to-day, amounts
to 1907 900. a MI basri,
Lieutenant Commander De Haven has
been ordered to the command of Tallapo-
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Els A desperate encounter occurred to-day
. hqtwepn Hnla in fho Daxy tba Ch.af of