Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-04-03

The accouu~s were that the enemy had 81.
tscked Gorio0s lines sith forces heavily nss'ed
, and were repglsed With great slaughter IN Eve
assaults Our contemporary the Petersburg II
press, vas completely taken 10 and Published a
glowing and fsnciful account about the yankees
charging up TO the brekstvorks and being fairly
moved down by the FIRE Of OR Own troops, the
slaughter being terrific aud The yankees dismsyed
and fed although il was confessed the night was
so dark thSi mn could not be seen distance
Of 20 feet.
The truth Of the matter We learned o. yester-
day was that there was Indeed . grand display Of
FIRE works bat no battle and scarcely any enc
hurt The troops holding Gordon's lines taking
advantage of the dArkness were strengthening
Their eierauT De frise and abattis in front Of their
works.
The Yankees opposite. heating the noise. and
supposing Gordon was coming after them again,
opened heavy ERE OF ARTILLERY which was replied
to or our side. The Two picket lines also kept
up FIRE for several hours. A very few men
were wounded side. and the enemy prob
ably suffered 10 more
Passengers by last evenings train from Peters
burg, report considerable firing on our right yes
terday They also reported that our cavalry had
skirmish with Sheridan st Dinwiddie Court
House
The Richmond Dispatch Of the 3lst has the
following:
Between aud 10 o'clock Wednesday night
the city was aroused BY rapid and heavy can
nonade in the direction OF Petersburg. From
parts OF the city he fash from the guns could
be seen through tie black hight. After IL N
il slackened but vas renewed at intervals until
daylight
Early yesterday morning the city was aroused
by a report which was to the effect that the enc
my had attempted to burst through GordOn's
lines, but have been seven times repulsed with
terrible carnage The assault Was represented
to have been made oil the portion of Gordon
lines Immediately in front OF last Saturdays bat
tie field
Our loss was said to be 300 That of the enc
my was computed by the thousand
The Wing of the 3lst thus gives the situation
in \ Orth Carolina:
All the accounts which reached Us through
officers and private letters written from the
North Carolina front gives us a most encouTsg-
ing view of the situation there
The Lynch6Lrg Nirnsn 29ih says:
The enemy We suppose have fisnked Bristol
leaving il to the left and are passing via Tsylors
vile in the direction Of Gladespring
The following Telegram appears exclusively in
The Wing:
From Alabs anna Montgomery, March %.
A Yankee raiding party struck the Alabama
and Florida railroad 20 miles below here Tester-
day and captured train.
The passenger train which LETT here Thursday
evening. colided with the wreck, and was also
captured. Some Of the passengers were wounded.
The enemy left stating that their destination
was Greenville.
Gov. Watts called on the citizens to prepare to
defend the city, and the commsudans OF tie post
ordered the organization of all persons belonging
70 the army, 70 repel The movement. or the rail
road
The steamers Folly AMI Dixie collded on the
river, four miles above the CITY, last night The
Dixie was sunk The passengers were saved.
Five hundred bales Of cotton we're lost
SECOND DISPATCH
MONTGOMERY, Ala. March 2e
The enemy on the railroad below moved down
toe road after the capture and destroyed one Of
the trains below Greenville
The force Of the enemy is believed 20 be 25,-
600 strong principally infantry