| Show WAR WAE NEWS an expedition under gen neley captured the town of acab ima on the lath aa of may driving as aa reported the confederate doces stationed there across the tennes tennessen sed see river no arms arps ammunition or military stores were taken the enemy having fles fled on hearing bearing of the approach of a federal foice f 01 ce taking their baggage and stores with th the to m A recent of the battle of williams burg turg arg states that in one of tho tha regiments belonging 0 to gen sickles Sicil ies les brigade there were two tso field officers cars and twenty one company of ais ceis cols killed ahil abel four hundred men killed ard and aid wounded of the eight hundred engaged in G the action the toti tota tot I F federal loss is sat set down at two thousand five hundred killed klied wounded and misling mi saing the e secretary of war on the ordered orde red the release of col baldwin of virginia a prisoner of war who was to be exchanged for col corcoran of new york taken pris om wr er by the confederates at the battle of cf bull run eight hundred ard ald eighty five prisoners r leased from richmond on parole are reported to have arrived at fort port monroe bl onroe and left on the alth ou on their way home and it was stat stats elk ell d that some of the confederate prisoners who were to be returned to richmond refused to go ani took the oath of allegiance the president having nominated gen weal to a full lagnor for gallant and meritorious n conduct in the capture of norfolk the senate on the lath of may cor COL 1 formed firmed the appointment by acclamation the railroads in those parts of virginia ginia recovered from the confederates have to be strictly guarded so says report for such is atts th hatred or of many of the people in the country occupied by bf the federal armies to the government they will destroy the roads by burnh burning g the bridges a and tearing 0 up the tracks svery very opportunity which presents not ilot with standing the inc casin union f feeling beelin b there so often armo aimo there is much sickness reported amon among the troops stati stationer onel at caho ca ana TC couly there were two hundred of one of the he reg regiments melts in the li L op ital itai it is stated that at latest dates there was not much public demonstration of union f feeling eel fiig iu in new nely Orlea orleans lis owin owing to the unc vt of the ibe f as alleged but business was reviving xijiu under the firm course of gen butler cc to report the confederates evacuated pensacola acola on or about the lith of mayana the city aras taken possession of anthe on the ah and occue ed cd by the federal forces un cli eli r gen arnold the first statement made wu AVAS that the federal bat elles elies on santa rosa aud and also the fleet bombarded forts forta mcrae and dira CirA acas previous pi evious to their evacuation by gen jolee sho iho tho n when he evacuated that aaro atro up everything excepting the barracks foundry and navy yard tile the confederates venlon venion of the affair states that on the he night dight of the tho jtb the forts and navy were bet set ou fie and destri after all ail the tile movable property had been them theland and pensacola Pen jacolA ani and that the federals pode Fode rals rais on oa discovering what wab was w aa going on opened ji fi e upon them and kept up a heavy bombard p tent during the conflagration doing no injury according 0 to their report everything iii ju ari arl ani aru abana a pens Peng acia acla was burned except 1 ii g tue tub custom house which was not com bus bud tibt and the rall rali railroad road track was waa torn up f far ar a distance ft aiom oin the city lam iam dapont in an official dispatch states that on the naming mAr ning of may way the caare p pi ot of tile the confederate armed steamer planter in the absence of her officers wa the aid ald of some blome contrabands contra bands parag marag managed cd to g t hr away from tha wharf iu in cha chi lestol gap vor kov rup ruf ha b out pt the foris forts with 11 th the cont Conf confederate flag flying and surrendered her hear to th the blockading fleet A report was put in circulation that on the of or may a boat from the federal fleet reconnoitered reconnoiter ed fort Wright prid nd returned with the intelli intelligence ence that neither troops nor gun boats were to be seen which in induced laced the belief lief that the confederates had llad abandoned the place and retired to fort randolph twelve m milea les iee below that evening a the enemy sent up a boat with a flag of truce but gave no explanations on the one of the fe federal jerai leral boats which was reconnoiter reconnoitering ing ipg in the vicinity I 1 of the fort was fired into unexpectedly and on the next day two mortar boats went down and renewed the bombardment but grew drew off or ceased clr cir fining firing 1119 ilig at night it was reported by that the confederate fleet had been reinforced by thee thel their arrival rival of a ne neu nen ram called the general price and the ironclad gunboat arkansas the fleet was at fultn two miles below fort wright on the 23 as was ascertained by an attack was reported to have hav been made by gen sherman on rusel husack house point near corinth oil on the or of al M y in irl which he drove the enemy th gefrom with a loss to the attacking attacking palts of forty four killed and a considerable number wounded and to the enemy of forty hilled aid one hundred wounded the confederates confederate 3 had occupied the place some time to the great annoyance of the federal troops other conflicts along along the line were vere reported and said to have bee been n severe but no details were given of either PM missouri had a hetto tetto fket tet to toj with the enemy within three hurl huri hundred yards yaras or of their works and some fine rifles taken from them su superior perlor to any in use in the federal army guerrilla warfare from reports rif rip seems to have been very generady gene gerie raly binau inaugurated th the mountain region of virginia the valey of the she shenandoah nan loah loab and the western parts ot of the state also in some parts qt tennessee and kentucky and in sou southern thern missouri and many depredations have bennof been of late committed to towns burned trains captured and ana other predatory acts performed by banda ol of those outlaws out laws and desperadoes in aa s 1 l of those sates often in the immediate vicinity of the garrisons and camps of the federal armies la in virginia it is believed by federal officers that as mal mai y as two thousand of the confederate cavalry kave kate been disbanded and forme i 1 themselves into ma band bands and from their knowledge of the country commit depredations with impunity and greatly a noy nov the federal troops troop and the unionists where ever found it was announced that gen cox stationed at princeton Prin ceton celon va witha iretha federal force was attacked by a confederate det cament under mars maxs ma raam ov oi khe kne ifft ot of may and that gen cox had to retire leaving the en my in possession of the place it was subsequently reported that gen cox repulsed the enemy and gretok the place on the following day the president ert issued orders about may edth calling upon the several states for volunteers to fill up their respect respective ivo regiments regiment some of which have been lessened by the operations of the war it was estimated that it would ake t kar about fifty thousand to fill up he be thinned ranks some new regiments 11 about fifty were also called for asa reserve rescue corps to fill future may occur gen mcclellan in making a I 1 irith with his steral cumberland came quite unexpectedly in con act with a confederate force and acl escaped capture by dint of fast riding it la Is sal sai tall tali that le lc returned with a force arid arld soo boo soon n made the enemy retire there have no accounts hofgen mcclelland ellana operations in fronton front if richmond nato the h of ma may y been received buit is understood that he continued to move onward slowly and cautiously and that every inch lich of ground was contest contested cd by the confederates the tha Confide confederate rate tate force at and in the vicinity i of Richmond was said to be nearly two hundred th thousand osand A A d dispatch from gen banks announced that ile le some elx bix thousand s st on attacked and ada krove drove rove the pe fa elal elai army under co cos kentry floi front font front lloya noyal lon ion on the with considerable loss tit yit was bubser subsequently uen ly mado made 0 to o appear that tle tie repulse sasa wasa iasa most disastrous I 1 affair and was fallowes fallowed fall owed up by the enemy by a series or of attacks apon gul GUI biski d I 1 till hla hia eutia e aray ara arar was drisco oat or of the shenandoah Val vai valley vailey leyan and d fortado forcel forced to cross the potomac ino inlo maryland the tle particulars of gen banks banksy defeat and and ana of the losses loses sustained by the army under his hib comman command 4 have not bern bera made public they are arc supposed to have been of a serious nature from tha tho th disconnected contradictory and uncertain accounts that were permitted to be sent forab forth more reliable and definite information relative to the unfortunate and sanguinary repulse may be expected in the course or of a few day days a at latest dates from the seat of war important events were impending |
