Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-03-30
&C.. &c. &c. xc.. ac.
rom Warrington

WASHINGTON, March 90 ALI letters mailed
in the United States for the vest Of Mexico
embracing the states OF Ginalo, Sonora, and
Lower California should be endorsed via San
Francisco. as letters for these states by the way
Of San Francisco, reach their destination much
earlier than by other routes
The Richmond Enquirer Of the 9th inst has
a special dispatch dated Petersburg March %,
which says:
Gems. Bushrod johnson and Gordon stOrmed
the breastworks on our left this morning and
drove the enemy one mile, capturing his works
and 500 prisoners, including Gen. Mclaughlin
and other officers.
The f ght wss terrific, and the loss on both
sides heavy General Terry was badly wounded
The enemy massed his artillery heavily in the
neighbOrhood of the captured fort, and was ena
bled TO pour such terrible nilading fire upon
our ranks as to cause our troops to fall back TO
their original position
The Yankee Major General Warren il sup
posed to have been killed.
In the Trans Mississippi department, and be-
yond The Mississippi, military matters entire
y at stand still.
The rebel forces hold the lower portion OF Ar
kansas, along the Washita river, commanding
the greater portion of the line of the Red river
Information from City Point. dated yesterday
says the losses in the Sch corps are much larger
than heretofore reported.
The FIRST division have in hospital l60 wound
ed, and 80 are known to have been killed.
In the Sd division hospital there are l66 wound
ed and about IL killed.
The losses in the I'd division were not known,
bni in their hospital they have l2 wounded
Picket firing was kept up ali day and last highs
yesterday and the day before.
The killed on both sides were exchanged, the
enemy showing more courtesy than heretofore.
A general order was issued 10 the army yes
terday.
The enemy, with a remerity for which lie has
paid dearly, massed his forces and succeeded
through the reprehensible want of vigilance OF
the Sd brigade. 9th corps, in breaking through
their lines, capturing Fort Stesdman and bate
ries 3, 10 and IL
The enemy by right was driven iron his Ell
trenched picket line, and all his efforts to
the same, which were partially determined snt
persistent the ID corps front, resisted
and repulsed with heavy slaughter, leaving Will
the 9th corps over four hundred prisoners, anC
with the "a corps two battle flags and over 800
prisoners
The troops OF the sixth corps reported b,
Major General Wright engaged in these oper
atoms were Getty's division, Jeei's brigade. Sey
mour's division, anu Hsmbln and Edward
brigades of Wheaton's division.
vi tue tOOpe OetcbBInb W the IL corps Mdlv
General Humphrey mentions Miles aud Mott
divisions, and Smyth's brigade of Harp's division
who were supported by the 9th corps
The result of the day was the thorough defea
OF the enemy's plans, the capture of his strongl,
eutrenched picket line under the artillery FIRE 0
his works. aud the capture OF 10 battle flag. an,
$500 prisoners.
Ii il result on which the Lieutensnt Genera
commanding heartily congratulstes the army
( The order says that two lessons can be learne'
from these operations. one that no fortified posi-
ton. however strong, will protect an army from
an intrepid and audacieus enemy, unless yigilant
/ IL guarded: the other that no disaster or misfor
/ tune is rrepsrable where energy and bravery arr
displayed in the determination to recover what i
+ lost, and to promptly assume the offensive.
! Another of the defenders OF the cOnfederac
! has just come 10 He is Is years old, but look
several years younger. being about three fee
high, and slender. he says he enlisted to b
sent to the front so he could escape and get some
! thing to eat