The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1865-04-20
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From Alabama.

gopery lEail We extract the following
its issuesof the evening Of the 9Th !:
Official intelligence has been received
that fighting is now going on around
Selma. 1t is stated that Forrest has got
up Nj thsa considerable force and had ad-
Sancetl against the city. The General is
himseifin! the saddle. We have received
as yct tno particulars.
Everything is quiet along the river,
and no advance If. this direction has been
reported.
We have no news from Mobile.
The NdilaIsossayss:
Montgomery has resumed its wonted
prophet receives sensation rrmors
with Indifference. The liquor saloons arc
all closed, and large quantities of China
Berry gone Is the land of departed spir-
it's. some energy is displayed sfn remov-
ing cotton, and probably all will be rc-
pnoyed beyond the corporatelimits before
{ the enemy arrives.
Nc have conTsysed with Mr.. Allen, of
General Adams escort, who left Selma
Sipnday. at SSso'elocS, a. NJ. With par
ty of others he was.teeding his horse on
sthe day before, while the fight was going
on, in tlie.strect, when the enemy dashed
land commenced firing upon them. He
counted ten dead bodies in front Of the
Gee House The Federsls burned Phil.
Wcarer's store, filed with dry goods, and
the naval works. The Confederstcs
burned the Central corn depot. and he
thinks Campbell 5 drug store. The NUM-
bersof. wounded and killed. i.sess-
sssllsi9Sse or four hsIndEed. Eeady $
:avalfy did considerable fighting in the
/ streets. Thc enemy ran over the breast
! works with ease.
Il a painful rumor has reached us that
MI. Williams, Esq, the editor of the
Selma Daily Reporter, was killed in the
esstrsncl.es Mt Selma during the recent fight
which sessaailtea in'llie capture Of the. place.
We sincerely trust this statement may
Pmve Incorrect.
10 tilings whatever have been recciv-
. edit Montgomery, as to the future of the
sea,a Press; though tits believed the of
ticfeN prey to the enemy, while the
abtehes went towards Demopolis.
he following ,is:an extract from 4 pri-
yat letter which has been shown the
We Point Bullctins s
dar town is pretty we'll evacuated:
Evdgbody is busy hiding and sending
.awa things. The Government sent
,,assas everything. Wemado little. or'no
srcsisencs at Selma. Preparations were
/. madsthis evening for a vigorous defence
fthl place though this morning the can
non. yere all taken down and the place
evac1ated, they have been returned this
-evenilg,ant the place is to be5defendedto-
the lat extremity, and at all hazards. :"
Froh the correspondence ofthc Colum-.
bus SUI dated Montgomery the 9th, we
extracs as follows:
TheIs was another extensive scare this
bstcrnosn; The enemy in force were re-
ported ID Benton, Lowndes county, this.
side of The Alabama river, twenty five
snilos byland from Montgomery :rad the
same distance from Selma, and half way
alsohy water (about one hundred miles
in.the distance) between the two places.
Everybody commenced packing valua-
bles.
Later instho afternoon it was said the
force was foraging party numbering be-
stTeen ono and three hundred men. OBJ
;ect chiefly to gethorscs: The Telegraph
;S,erator left Benton but returned. The
anthoritics believe that only fifteen OF
twenty Yankees were in the place. Fear
eb,agnifed the rest. The telegraph line
J Mite tonight workingto Benton, the Yam
SSecs having goheScr been driven back.
! IS, s5ss,,;nr made known, 1ilitis lsnown,of
J ;sbs ener,sv's movements. We'll informed
Lon -, believe that neither Chalmers nor
sc,sson's divisions had gotten to Selma
sSbeh the place was attacked.
Iyesterday and Inst night I am inform
foss wero being impressed to ear.
y cotton that remains in the city to
Of the city to be burned in
necesseiy. Details for
U 4
ady received thoir Or
sh presents will be.
,aent and State