The New York Herald Newspaper, April 9, 1863, Page 1

IMPORTANT FROM NEW ORLEANS. r¥rival of the Steamers Crescent and Columbia. ‘ight with the Rebels on the Atchafalaya River. ‘apture of the United States Steamer Diana. (STANT DEATH OF CAPTAIN PETERSON. FURIOUS CANNONADE OF THE ne Hundred and Seventy of Our People Taken Frisoners. CSS OF CANNON, SMALL ARMS, We have exceedingly interesting news from the Depart- ht by tho steamers Crescent and font of the Gulf, b; mbia, which Atrived yésterday. It will be seen that }@ United States has suffered another loss in the gunboat a and the death of several bra’ men, through an un- rtupate act of disobedience of Orders, Naw, unlit, March 31, 1663. uniled States Sicamer Pera—rew m1 Late Order of Clctor Bultit—Why It Was Ieucd—1o Whig the Order is Intended to Apply — rs and Rumors—Ma ters in tie City—The wordies Pulling the City in Order—Neecsvity for a Strict Quarantine—Killed and Wounded in the Army and Navy tn the Late Affair on the Atchafalaya—<Affairs Up the Réver—Naval Matters, éc. ‘The only excitement we have had since the sailing of ¢ steamer Crescent, ov Sunday afternoon lass, is the ac- ount of the capture of the United States steamer Diana, otlug Master Peterson commanding, on the Atchafalaya liver, near Pattersonville, on Saturday afternoon, the th inst. A rumor reacbed here on Sunday morning to he effect that she had beon captured; but as no particu- had been received, and nothing confirmatory of the 1 aid pot deem it expedient or proper to forward rumor that might give uneasiness and pain, unless there ‘very good grounds for believing it tree. The full par- Heulars of the affair reached here yesterday; but no cor- ligt of the killud and wounded has thus far beoa re-. a. It may arrive, however, before the wailing of the to-morrow merning. Ali of interest, in the af- Special Agent of toe Teng Ooliccier 0: Cis time past the neighterhood of our lines has’ speculators with # class of who shrink at them Ht f ree E i Bel E E I He hi i bill & a i i i le af r r E i if fll | 2. 2 i ant 83 § ; : Abor early made its \ports, and it -behoowes our medical digector to be most to what vessels are allowed to fellow fever cas be carried among el we in the persons of her oifcers does not foliow that because a board she is not infected. ft of this Proacties: the yarantine would ‘be particuiar heveater Gome up to the ey. river and its ap- py eats iJ i vowels were orvered there that hed ckiees ‘on board, It wold be far better than daying crowded In rrow rivet near tho present qusra:tine station. only a hint)phat may oF may notte acted upon, '* oorr . me a} of the killed aad wor jo the late affair of the capture of the steamer Diao! fcnyesige di ~ 2 eee ASD @xtierd pacuest sew Captain J. P. Jewilt, wounded, sayerely, skull fraetar- “iocporal i B, Steele, willed, te Wittens Paley’ Verpiank, wounded, leg. wounded, cheek. Corpora) Josiah hite, wounded, shoulder and hand. W. McPherson, wo'aded, lng. Private 8. Shmons, wounded, Private 8, Ingrabata, wounded, OLE NO. 9703. Private Jeremiah J. Brasott, wounded, leg, slightly. Private Joseph Lewis, wounded, nose, slightly. Sergeant J. J. Marks, shoulder bruived. Second Lieutenant Edwin Kirby, missing Private Joseph Marks, missing; a prisoner. Balance of non-eomm, dicors and privates pae itulation, tase, A of the Twelfth Connecticut, killed.. 1 aster ‘Mate Hall, of the Diana. other easnaltios sammie Teo gainers, and crew, if any, bave vot yet been ascertained ; will probably be fron to-morrow. The although bad, is not as much #9 an | expected; the joes is email when we consider the mur- fey ee to which our peop!o were subjected, and for 80 a time, Affairs in Baton Rouge have dwindled down to compara- tive quiet. Beyond a prisover taken occasionally, or rather a deserter or two coming in, we have nothing to disturb the monotcny. Gencral Grover’s division are on the march to ap important poiat, and will be heard from shortly,.in connection with «nother division of the army, in @ vory satisfactory manner doubtless. We have vory coutradictary reports from these deserters respecting tho losa sistainad by the enemy in the lato bombardment at Port Hudson, of thosd who lat ly camo within tho ies states th ie two were killed and two wounded, Tam inclined to u that their loas was very sinall, their betteries tres! protected and the men work- ing the gung but }ittlo ¢,swased. A former roport that havo saw ct rd beiug oy “Bunered killed and wounded T dig not delieve at the time ,"* “24 "ecelvod. T have just received a second . @#2%¢h from the Hanaup corres ondent at Rayou Boeut re, sing the Irilled and ‘woundéd of tho offigera and crew of t1. Acting Master Peterson, killed. . Master's Mute Dolover, killed, Boatswain’s Mate Craw.ord, killed. Quartermesier ¥umsord, kilied. . | n neon, killed, fe Robert Hail, wounded in the head, mor- tally. Killed and wounded in the army....... 1 Killed and wounded on beard the Diana vl Total casualtioe.. al ‘Tho pilot of the Diana, who escaped, reports being chased bv bloodhounds. and that +3 hid the grouyss | ‘lly To Reap elearot Thonis TE fgst gucatior gicog by the rebels on thelr getting poss" or tue boat was, “bere fe the pilot; has he e-Gapety”” Nava) matters are at a dotj*irative standstill, A sur- vey Was he'd yesterday on the onongae’a. She will require very extensive repairs. We have no news from the blockading tleot, either east or west. or from Vensa. cola. The prize steamer Antonia gajled for the latter Rone gong On her return we Will have news from of bile, and how matters are along that part of the coast. Captain McKinstry, lately wounded at Port Hudson, is slowly but surely recovering. He will beable Wo resume command in a few weeks. Our Brashear City Correspondence. Brasiear Crrv, Murch 29, 1963, Another Reverse—The Gunboat Diana Capiured—Two Com- panies of Soldiers who were on Board Taken Prisoncra— Captain Pederson, of the Diana, Iistantty Killed—Lieu- + tenant ADen, of General Weitzél’s Staff, Badly Wound- ¢d—How the Diana was Taken—Brdve: y of our Proopo— ‘The Force of the Enemy, fc., fc. Ou the 28th the gunboat Diana, Captain Peterson, with Company H, Twelfth Connecticut, Bfeatenant Buckley commanding, ad Company ¥, One Hundred and Sixtieth New York, Captain Jewett, left Brashear at ten A, M. ta reéconnoitre, proceeding ap @ short distance into Grand Lake. Finding no rebels there, they returned by way of the Atchhfalaya, when, about two miles thin side of ville, to the surprise of our forces, ao beavy fire was orened epen them from maeked baitcries and rifle pits. WG Peierton, finding all Tetreat cut off, devermined them as leng as he could man the gars. Dis duty and Monger, he wes Wolk um! ‘and with heart and mournfal tone he orderad the colors va ie Tatere faxayourent ited uwo. ours sad thirty pret 've:due the officers and privates ging jontgomery, d&c. the New Orleans Fra, March 31.) The United States steamer fel Shei El ae from the Rio Grande, bringing about xan ugees. From Lieutenant Colonel Stance! we learn the following interesting particulare:— ‘ The How du the merning of the 15th a rebel force of about one hun- dred and fifty men crossed the Rio Grande into Mexico, at etn en ta mere pe gh TER es rat Texas cavairy; Captain W. W. Tad three widiera, About cos i ki inn al tin and Léeutenant Ruditeki parrowly 6f the marauding traitors. threo river, firing into them, and wou four, twe of whom, it was tained, died that same evening. Some sixty who lay concesied in the saud bank in six-shooters, were entirely at (heir mercy. They tied Colonel Lavis whee they got him over Texas, but umtied him when they started for Fort Brow They also tied Captain Montgomery on tis horse, He lonel-Davispode together until within five mi rown, when the Capiain was ordered by the rebel Major Chelton to fall to the rear, sinee whieh time nothing had <4) aah 4 bim except @ report that be bad been sbange Captain Brewer, a traitor of Northern birth, after Col. Davis taken from the house, returned and said to Mrs. Davis, “Madam, this expedition was gotten ap as muck for your wenelt as your husband's. You qurt doave here.’ ’ ‘After the return of the captured officers and soldiers by the rebels, the refugoes (owe hundred and sixteen tn num be: pee oe beard the steamer There are a number of faraikies ipcluded in the number. Abou men were Jeft at Ors, BOL Deng ry boand of the steamer on account of the rebel raid ‘The bark Arthur, after she had beon brought around from Galveston, threw wo shells into the rebel quarterr, on the night of the 26th, at which time she Hondures left for this chy, which piace she reached om the 20th (yes- terday), and anchored im che river until this morning. vevie, Lieut. Gol deaneel, Captain Monteomery aod the two Keutenants were aficers Fiset Texas caval- e. joria' when Galveston r. ety, and aub- ‘aeother route. a. Pow Urrun. New Youn, Aprif 6, 1863, The following notice was this day received hore. — Ly t-4 Yigade. ot the Forty-seventh mgumest New York “The that left Mew houne falioa inao the beaaaor thertoveee ote 19 284 of March G8, BINGHAM, Lieutenant Pott Quartermaser, Osssbaw Isiana, Ga. AURAM WAKEMAN, Postmaater. ot a Copperhead. if TO THE EDITOK OF THE HERALD, To your report of Tuesday evening's copperhead meeting published in Wodnen!ay's (ERA, { om reported ow boing present and on the piatorm. Not having attended te Meeting, apd eulertaning views entivaly anthgoniacin to the ob ets nn’ puryoet for which It was called, the mention of my name in cannaction therewith ix estouiated | @ place ihe TA falke bo \Kon before the publ @ CLAS ML HALL, Aigerman Fourth Dieteyer, S257 NEW YORK, THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 1863. INVESTMENT OF WASHINGTON, N. C. The Position of the Rebel Works-—Partial Blockade of the Pamlico River, &e, PN * q YREFERENOES pre ety OL SPLAT ee Se ede A—Position of gunboat “ommodore Hull on Wedneslay morning, April 1, 1868. «“ B—Posttion of gunb- Z¢ Tousiana “ “ C—Position of BU" ,poat Fagle “ “ oy D—Position boat Lockwood p “ cs “” E—Point vafero Lieutenant Williams landed to reoonnottre, FF—0ld ‘ortifications, G—P chition of steytner John Farron, op which was Generals Prinea’aa@ Spineta and Henan correspondent, Bipot ein casement Ht THE SIECE OF VICKSEURG, Adyices from Mjssissipp! tothe Ist ingt. state that a terrible siorm had taken plece at Greenwood, Trees “wero blown in every direction. Four soldiers of the Forty-sevenzh Indiana regiment were killed and two wounded, ‘The rebels are building batteries on the Yazoo Pass, Uiree miles from Greenwood, vhe ram Switzerland has been repaired of the in- Jaries she received in passing the rebel batteries at Vicks- Durg, and has been sent up the Reé river. ‘The rebels are constructing a Meet of cotton protected gunboats at Shreveport. , Ap expedition of gunboats went up the Yasou oa the 4st inst. . Twenty-two bundred bales of government cotton arriv- ‘od at Cairo yorterday. Rebel Accounts. In the Richmond Braminer of tho 7th is a leader setting forth the obatacles in the way of opening a route iuland to the Yazoo above Haines’ Bluff. ‘VicasnonG, April 4, 1863. Everything is quiet to-night. But few boate are in sight. There is nothing new from Yazoo, A flag of truce was sent down to-day by the enemy, The object was not made public. Jacnson, April 4, 1863. Reports from Port Hudson stato that General Banks has fatien back. One division of bis army is at Raton Rouge and the rest down the river, Senatorial Bribery Case. GENERAL CAMERON PRONOUNCED GUILTY OF THE CHARGES PREFEURED AGAINST HIM. Hannisucro, Pa., April 8, 1863. ‘The majority of the Senatorial Investigating Committee to inquire whether uniawful means were employed to secure the recent election of United States Senator mado &@ report today, finding General Cameron guilty on the charges of bribery preferred against him by Jefferson Boyer, a member of the Legislature. ‘After arguing the case utr ny aga‘nat the witnesses in Cameron's defence, ig wd yy Or's #tatement fs corre. dorated in nearly all leading details by testimony of other witnesses, and it appears from the testimouy that other members of the Logisiature besides Boyer were The Pennasyivan: offered money and a plan to Induce bim to vote for Camo- roo. It is understood that the minority report, # by the republican metnbers of the committee, will differ ma. terially from these conclusions. The testimony ‘voluminous, occupying over 130 pages. in very Promotions in New York Regiments. Almay, April 8, been made ju the | eamehp, ColnmblemJ. A tis Mies ® Payne, Miss Mt Corey, SPR Burnham, Gd Keatitiken, B ney. AD Grult, M Laru 4 : . Mr, Holbrook, WP Harnmoud Mra LM Stinion, Mise Lydia Collet FHL Noe, apy nis and servant, MreJ V rion, JF Kennett. A 6 Js ‘Thos Oliver, R Houper, Jt, Juan Maria, W Dunham, rs, jady and three children; OM Ry omver, fy BP Dv 1 ves, Geo C Davin Jo. hhew A areas, W P Sunderiand, Wm Dunes vin, Mre AN Parmeive, M Pines, WEA : n, W Pettipain, J M Wasnbuen. 0 1'W Corrington HW Bates, Capt rom Havana un Sinwhford, At hoc, Mion, Gone, by Sharkey and lady M HL Goodwin, lady apd ‘riend: W it Bmailey, Dr Thos it land.| WJ Benjamin, WP Pela ter Are, Gopzulon and cbt Witeomb, John Dowdell, Dr tS Weng, DAO 7 vie and lady, 8 WK nary Mare ® ", 1, @ De Veietl, B Yerzarri ain, M @ Ave ando an't lady, @ Mee Brvoline lay alle ty 7.0 Del taro, Cee an tiaay, AM Rose og, Samuel A Muller, A Mr) CO Codwite, «BM v Garcia, Creseent—Mre EF Robinson, 4 i Mre HS Longley, M Mrs \iajor Witenvre, Mre Parking, Col (flay U8 N, Jared Siete, BA Hoots, W ts o4 Siade, it D Lavirop aud sour © Brown. bird, © Morgan, joody, U BN; haw, WA Iussel, B Btephen, A Rey, Newnrn: A Brooke—and 6) 1a the steerage. Mend Mrs ie; 8 Giliiian, ranean, Lew Brock cisco, Jacob Livingson, & WH Ainerege. us snabip Ante hige F . tooo Hern ew tthe see he's infant, | Caifornia: ip HU De > 2 whew SATA oS dy Demeed on © THE ATTACK Rebel Reports from the City | pins wnen wo ioerned that the to Monday Last. Eight Monitors and Iron-Clads - Off the Bar. The Bambardment. Hourly Ex- pected by the Rebels. ‘was Important Secret Movements of ma the Enemy, ae, &., ae. Caan.estow, 3. C., April 6, 1866. Important movements are taking place here, but for military reasons no particulars can yet be tolegraphed, [From the Richmond Sentinel, April 7.) On yesterday morning eight Monitors and jron-clads were off the bar at Charleston, The brief but significant, telegram, which was received early in the day, and pab- lished elsowhere, tells that the long expected collision has probably come off ere this. The storm, so long prepared for Charleston, hae burst at last. We shall publish tho results as we learn them, Wo await the issue with buoy-— ant hope, but not without the solieitude due to the im- portant stroggle. May Heaven shield Charleston from all th» rage of her enemies an’ ours Accounts from the Union Squadron off Charteston. A private letter de ted °(@ Charierton, Ist ine'.,’ says It in reported that Charleston bas boen evacuated ty all wow od children. Foor of our iron-glads bave been in Edisto river, twen- ty mil for a week fam ont will be here to-day, when, it is anid, the bombardment will commence. 4 {e reported Chat the army will retain at Port Royal Ut) ast. tLe bombardment, I think this roport proba: bie, as the revels have ha tify the land approaches © a pregnable. me and opportuvity tom We have been engaged for the last two days in hanging vides of our veesels, £0 a8 to protect their ehaine to th machinery The officers aud men are Wasmmaros, April 8, 1863. Private letters just received fro ollicers atiached to the Charleston expedition, written on the eve of tb partare of (he Geet to attack the city, exprene them: copfident of sucwess, and they say such is the general feel- ing among both offcers and men to for- | ke them almost im. | pos PRIOE THREE CENTS IEPOR TAN? FROM ROBT CANOLA ARRIVAL OF TRE ELLEN 8. TERRY, The Investment of Washing: | ton by the Rebels. Exgagements Between the Rebel Bat- teries and the Union Gunbeats, The Commodore Hull Aground and Mach In- Jured by the Rebel Missiles, &e. &e., &e, The United States Chapin, arrived at this porty esterday morning from New: Dern, by way of Fortress Monroe, Car Pamlico River Correspondence. ‘Us Roann Sreaten JNO, Faron, Pamuco River, Twive Sines Becow Waeurnatow, N. ., wirit PeneLs ON ALL Sipes Or Ur, April 1, 1668, The Army in a Tight, Placo—the Union Prckets Driven in— Revit Batteries Brected: @ Revel Bateery—A Brove Act—Another Bngugenenc— Affairs at Washington, N. C., Before amd Since the In- teiment— Washington Reliewed, die, e T attempt to write you, thoygh I am inelined to think | that the chances of (hia letier ey indeod, We are de not for the fect that people expect to seo all the dstails of this and every other matter in the Henan, I should wit Iwas ‘to home.” Who would be a cori erpondent in the | ching you are slim field, with such a proppect of fun abead—if the booming | @ Of heavy guns, the Dustling of steamers to and fro,and |, the anxiety and tumult arising from hearing and knowing that our friends—n mero handful—only twels on sah invested and threatened Dy An epg A ow aman ww anocor them, and even ourselves on the eve of a battle, Which must, from the nature of things, ‘be one of tho moxt sapguinary of the war—may be catled fun, Tbave to jumble my reports together somen hat, owing to the “noise ond confusion,” but will try tomake the | whole matter late Higiblg See, far ay we've Bot) 7 On Sunday uicPhlag Inst Geliéral Koster received infor- mation from the commanding officer at Washingtou that General Hill, with a large rebel foree, bad driven in our pickets in front of that town and was menacing the place ‘on all sides. General Foster immediately took the steam. or Faron, Captain Agnew, and arrived on Monday morn- ing, to flud shat the danger was cyen greater than be bad ‘Anticipated. The Faron was despatched back to Newbern immediately , with orders to Liv' Col, bet es to send a Drignde of infantry and somo ligh! Bold pickea Ee boon as porsible, amd Genera) Spinola’s legion was fixed upon for ‘the servide. General, Spinola received his orders to get Bis brignde. ready at balf-past four o'clock on Tuesday morning, and at ten o'clock A, M. he had his entire com- mand qu board steamers and sailing vesse s, and was en role the scone of action, Nothing of importance oc- upon tho route hither until we arrived at this rebola had erected a hat- y at Hill's Point, at tho blockade eixht miles boiow Wax) ington, which commanded the channel of the river, reudering it incumbent upon to us to lay by untt Deat should arrive to dislodge the rebels from the posi- on. ‘This morning at daylight the gunboat Lockwood, Capt. A. H. Hicks, crme up from Newbern, and, without stop- bed on up the of the battery, y ping to communicate with fleet Ping soo went up to within batt th withoat knowing 0 the wing diagram: As toon as Capt. Hicks learned of the character of the works, by request & General Spinola, he moved bie gun. boat up close to the battery and commenced firing. but could pot elicit any reply, but we could ioec by our givsses the “graybacks’’ and ‘‘butternuts’’ ran out of an old Loure near the beach, and up the bank to a place of safety behind the works, as our shella would strike and explode in uncomfortably close proximity to their whereabouts. Our boat also moved up to within about Unree miles of the battery butas the boat could not Gud the channel, and as the banks ite our boat were igh ana casiiy ap ached from the lapa mide, the Gene- ral eh ae ire & con miles farther down the river. Ap d'vere we ab arete, ot All the Morus igs aad ® ring abors a, ie ‘vicmnit; ‘ashington, and dense br: ore BAe been Fa.n¢ over the woods, Ail Coie con with General Fostcr has been cut off until &) 36 2s g 3 z [ | to night, and woe hate beon in a fever of wnxietyall day. But to-night we Lave succeedel :n en 1 | cation, and the way % bet been dove reflects so mach credit upon certain parttos that Il esunot forego detail clack Uhi* afternoon Captain cater's stall, whe came up on and Lieutenant Wiliam M. Cole, | ing it About a quarter past tw G. K Gourwud, of Genera) the Farou with! a General Spinola’s «ta (fortuerly Vice Principal of Wa School No, 31, New York), volunteered take s boat crew and run the blocksde to Washington with de- | Of town, as be (Hil!) hed determined to + ‘am transport Ellen 8 Terry, Capt. | inola’s Legion to the Rescue~ | A New Rebel Flag—Engogement Beween a Gunboa: and | iy ina tight place, Sud, if it was | 4) foaichen. It waa broad day, and a heavy wind was blow. ow the adventure ox an extremely havardous one, And indeed \t was, Dot it bad to be done. They passed the firet battery under cover of the gunboat Lockwood, and proceeded on ap thé river t within about four miles of Washingtov, where they inet @ small aall boat coming out of Waxbingwn, having on board Edwin MeKeever, of the gunboat [uieiune, with de- spatches for ax, who informed ther that it wou bie for them to proceed farther in the out jack that their pabh Iny directly im the ri Actiog Master's Mate wo of the } | | Wasuinar’, ‘neil $10 P.M. | FINE between, the woper battery and. the gunboat Com 9 | modere Moll, so they come back with The exc'tement here in regard to the tedatiack | porth #bo Fret wen wohl ii oh qf on Charleston i# intenes, The Navy and War On reture battery at Hill's Point ¢ ° . rm Md oyard to it. bat | 8p then k fire; bat Wey oeme through an. ments are all withonit offal wivices in-reyard to it; bit | poem (etm nuns We Tre bat Wy came thrwuER ip no doubt is entertained but that the attack has boon | tur ies rven more than a parsing ince, When Con made, and that the feslt is unfavorable to the rebela. id thet the re ad porsermion ef both barks, ‘The contin s.6@ reticence of garded a» version of news which confirms the reports manicateit) ‘he Himatn, that Cha: = It hae hereto(ore Beem the practice of the rebe! they bave met with @ success, to rend a flay of trace neross the Roppahamneck with copies of thelr papere on nouncing the news, Resides this, their pickets have always been very Communicative npon such oocasions. Now they are very gloomy, and decline to converse at | When they bad emerged all upon the subject of the attack opon Charleston, or to allow acy copies of their papers to come across the river. The Navy Department has been in hourly expectation” yo captured by the otber, bath’ wore up the of receiving information in regard to the attack, which thoy knew was 10 have been commenced last Touretay, A prominent oficial im the Navy Department to made the remark, “that by this time the offices board our iroutlads were ojther in Charleston or io ieayen." HOOKER’S ARMY. Rn nn Grend Review of Portion of the Army. arene, KY oF Tu Por A (eview f & PORUDO Of the army Look dhe plains to the FoRPeF Falmonth. Genoral Moke fad, #89 prePent, The soewe prep aty one Of the finest til sun continent, ary pagarcts ever w ed Cle Of Government Vis avnrs va, The exten of ve ends 10 dey « ree quaiters SF Shhh Pye + the A nee Contin tho rebel newspapers is re: Imost Certain evidence that thoy are in pos ton has fallen beioee the combined attack of Gen. Hanter and Admiral Dupont, | wam at its highest pitch, | peared we to-day on hed batteries On tho, river below the i be (inpussible row a guntoa: down, | ore Lenahaw Lot wexietance Us throwgh deny naw q uch a bazardogs bery ove wo volunteer. Mr. MeKeever immediately came ward, and for ealors, amped Rartlett, Poomids and Godirey, of the Lawl i ¢ | pany him = ‘They proeered a emall asf boat aod | from Washington about three o cisele firing hetworn Ube battery ant gunboat ( ‘The wind war high and - , ley ‘came down Kiting.” under the fire of the ‘eee. tories they came upon the mah boat ju which were Cap tain Gourkad and Lieatenant Gole, aod each party mis teking the “Aber for rebeln, od, fearing teat ene bie, and, as the men and threw them overbuard The ine if exch boat seined their arin, and © tminiatare ediiion oF a pave! fight seemed | } | 1 | to be pen the in, when Loeutenant (ow pwung owt bin white handkerchief, about the same tite that one ap. the ‘salar, The beats avprosehed each coher, a64, Soting friends inttesd of ecemien, both par. wined each other in ‘bree rounng cheers rea cute Deck together. Mr. McKeever and Lievtenapt Cole have sont (ten o'clock P.M.) gone back t@nther in @ YAW! buat lo carry despatches to General . Coe speed therm, my all oC on Krow Mr. MeKoever | learn the partiontars of the stteck upon Washington, am f On Satnrdey best, Maret dice 0 thee War Griven iw by 0 large fo 1 rut petote beyond the } xin tide he far rive oom rebel bs hye’ ' ‘ ay it wae dincovered that the exied op all widen, General F wae fenmedistely loformet of ibe Lure, and the forces plaged it the beet prinitions poasibie remained quiet ont Tewsday morning 10 pertirwiar anny Wenpedite bon. Om Mordag Gen. li!) sont @ « dag ed truce & oo Pevter, 8h & Commer eation whore eotesece art GIANNIS GOR Ot irs on it, Gen, Roster refered to r oant the bearer back » ith out understood to be in retatiauion Hill th re'using to receive flogs of truce from Newbern. Atnoon on Monday Gen. Fos ene of bir comp ‘orth ove atmall held pie bank of the river, . Uirow up ap ear(hiwork; but they were go n attacked and driven from their position by the rebels, ‘They fought desperately, however, but finally had to retreat to a fiat beat, which they had brought with them, on which they ereaped, ‘The next rn they attemp!ed to laid again ; Dut when within about fl de of the shore they wore opened upon by the retel musketry, and, though they faved thelr small piece, were repulsed. Capt, Lyon was severely wounded in ‘lires places, and has been sent, with the other wounded mew, w Newbern, The Arab Hontenant of Capt, Lyon's company, Wm. A. King, is now \ pon the farm, and the recoud lesteaant, | afay etter Riggs, is under arrest in Washington for dereriing bis company in the morning. The captaip ond fet lieuten- ant are from Magsachusetis, and the soeond lieutenant ie a native of North Carciiva, Adoot (en o'clock on Tuesday the gunboat Commotore Hui! commenced shelling the woods y the bavk# below the town, but with what efect i unknown. The rebels replied only at intervals, and then oaly-from rbiftirg bac terie:, Some time tu tho afternoon the rebels g ta guo in position at {odman’s Point, on the partially Gnished works from whieb Capt, Lyon's company bad boon drive fo (be morning; but as they did not open fire from i it was uot known but that the men who were at work thore were Capt. Lyon # company, At daylight thin morping the battery opened fre from four guns on (he Commodore Hull, whieh was lying in the Btream sbout seven hundred yards distant, tue Hail fought them for about ao hour with ber stero quns, wh her oflleers found that (ho high wid was fart lo the water in the river, and iM would be neoer# ry & & powtion In deeper water, Accor about a mule nearer the and as the water was st move her, Sha wax within easy range of the enemy batteview, and remained eo untt) after endow n this alte noon, and ws a tine target for over tweive hears A right heartily id the rebel artiilertsue ply th upon her. Over seventy ehots struck her. Her upp works are comptctely demolished, three of her guns ha @ been divobled by hots but, strange to ray, eho kiled during D per ect ordor ably be dut«f About sundown the fort back of We xd on the War bing: oP quiet to-day, though the rebels @ ad on pial rigtt cll ~ acne a : Rivhs Mies Bey ow Fyut’s Poner, Pamnaco Hiv, Tia peep able } ‘At daylight this merping we were onder way ogun, bended up the river, preceded by the gunboats Lack wood aud Allison, and tWo sailing vorsels, which bad on board six «mall piecos of artillery. ‘The guuboate prooreded the vicinity of the fort At Hill's Point, and opened ope thé Works at short range, They were roptied ty sharon y for a while from eight gupe, two at least of which : twelve pounder Whitworths. ‘The Lockwood was: tuck twice, but was pot much injure. —ane of the shotm wtrike ing her amokestack aud the other biting her spar ‘and glancing off, No one was hurt ov ride, A gre of an hour and a half the gupb: ‘came tack and te ported that it would be impossible to silence 1 atery, bs the guns wore so high upon the bluil bark as to he nearly out of range of ov UK. "About daylight ‘this morning Lieutenant Cole returned from Washington jn aavcty , having passed the throo b terics twice during the night, @ fort of which he my proudly boast to his succeeding generations when 4 event shall have into his country's hint ry, am whe he shall bave been biersed with endants to Donat to, He brings cheering news from (6: er) | ree | gairieo: Dut mets OF IEWoul) bes At ten 0 morning Lieutenant William, of General Spinoln’s stall, not to. be outdone by I Cole, volunteered to make a perilous rec UbOImn. south shore below the Hill's Powt battery. " company with 2 boat's crew of plokod inen, aud to de the landing at the mouth of Blount’s creek, three iniies below ben he was fired upon by « on rebos ard vo the fact that his father wes an imi Centic politician ot Western New York: #ohe his visit and retired out of range of the when he coolly adjusted his eld glas and took a survey of the preminos to his boart'so» teat. Hy, wo, « ill have something to brag of, Lieatenant Wi laine reports ‘bal the woods back of the sbore and fort are ayy witb gae vairy and in’amtry—a rtory which 1s corroverated by the unseriiona of coutrabands who have come off to us in | "dagoute.!” “ye General Princo hax afriyed here, bt brings no add) tonal men Or Tess. Ob Tor Few mete gunboaie and « iments of the jufactry and a tow a annyorta h have been gouged out of this tb) mu ul the blunder whupiduy 1 ingen seat perinay ik Weahtnsionand Netbors fon ow we ins: the War Dev. and the Genera: ip Chiet General Hunter for it, and no one eee. Our Newhern Correspondence. Newnens, spril 3—10 P.M. 1 loft the scene of action last night, end shall return to~ night, The gunboate bad arrived at the mouth of Tar river when we came down, Glory to the navy, if they whl only demotiah those bettertes, The Commodore ‘Hail haa got off and g ne wo the dock at Washi 7 Tomitted to mention that yerterday Mr. Gilbert, a aut Jer, volunteered to take « supply of ammunition, in a #mal) schooner, from our fleet to the gunboats at Wash ington , and started to do so just aa | left the fleet. 1 learn from Gapt. Agnew, of the steanot Faron, wh) has just arrived, that he succeeded jn running the rebel batteries under & heavy fire, aud delivered his ebarge in safety. Hin veesel was hit by the shot from the batterics no lean thin four times in the hull; but the damage was trifing ‘The night was by no means a dark one, and it ebelis « Abouraud wonders that the rchooner was not rank Gen. Pringe arrived at the scene of action yesterday Morning and retarned here to night, Tam not at liberty Imer (who commands bere ‘bsence ) dving, bot lmay ed from ‘what i# being done, that my fears (or the nafety of Wah ington and the garrivon there are much relieved. My in- for mation is ap to eleven o'clock Ww day. Information has been received bere that the rebole have a force of five thousand men intrenehed at Switt creek, about half way between Newbern and Warhington, on the road. This is probably preveut us (rom send tug reinforcements overiand Reinforcement eof the Rei Armies im North Caroll Wanminavom, Aprii #, 1863 An officer who arrived here today from the North” Carolina coast, raya it wee believed among our forees — the information coming from what was believed a retia. ble ource that Gen Longntrert some time ago made ap plication to Jefferson Davin for 60 400 trvopa for the puryone of clearing Aibernarie Sound, and be was informed that be could have thirty thousand frum the Army of the Raype hannock, but must obtalo the balance from Governor Vance, of North Carolina. It is further reported that one of the Hille ie in command. When this information, potat. Us! was sent NEWS FROM TENNESSEE. Capture of Prisoners and Horses. Namurnse, Aprit®, 1945 A email expedition, seat by General Mitchell, eneswn tered & party of rebele at Ashland, Tena., captured four inen and twelve horaca, All te quiet between Nashyile and Clarkevitle. ‘Telegrams to the Kichmond Pap Custiancows, April 4, UN. ‘There ia nothing s44itional from the (root this evening Skirmishes with the eoemy's pickets are of daily ceo ur reves, bate al engagement ja het Considered imme | dinte Savatoma, April 4 Richardern's guerilian fought a regiinert of + at Bomervilie, Killing aod wounding eirtty It The Destruction of Hicks’ Band of G Fillas—OMicial Despatch from Gene Curtis, &e., &e. Waseamorom, April #, 1868. The following haa been received at the headquarters of the army here— , how, Mo. April 1, 1863. General H. W. General Chet, Wanting General unt telegraps from Laven worth aa fot own Ransom of the Sixth Kanaan, informs me that be baw Hicks’ band of gueriliae in Jackeon county, Me. wit seventeen and hangion (#0 engarel in (he robbery of the Baan Gaty. He also recovered werne of the contr and eaphared twenty one bent whe: were’ apd seven guerilla cximye, wth alt Uoete a ‘Theatrical. After an sbeencs of some years from the stage, Mine Hone Fytings made ber reniree at Laces Keene's thenire laet evening at Nelle O'Denebos, in “Bantry Bay,” Mine Keene having ret 4 the part On eecount of inew. Mise Ryttoge i young aod benteome,@ed mate « very pieatiog inptemrie epon the audiemes, The part ie not peed coe gh) & how any netreme Wo do more A benebt to the Metropolitan Medical Inetitate will be The New Idea," Brosdway, on the round Bera! (omnanding, given at ork