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i prayer to Him iu whose presence they! were shortly to appear. This solemn ceremony having been finished, the prisoners knelt on their coffins, the white bandage was adjusted to their eyes, the , detachment of the 6th Conn, compris-. ing twen ty-four men was drawn up ten [ paces to the front, and as the Provost, Marshal gave silent orders with hisj sword, the soldiers with their pieces j made ready, aimed, fired, and all was' over. Stark fell on his face pierced with ( eight bullets. He was also struck square | in the breast with a heavy wad?the only contents together with powder of one of the guns. Shumacher fell over on his back hit with eight bullets. After the firing the band struck up a dirge, while the soldiers, and the throng ! of citizens who had assembled passed around the bodies to view them as they j lay. In a short time thereafter the bod- j ies were removed for interment and the field was clear. I -Aji Eraeute in Hutlei-'x Row. A few days since the colored patrol performing duty on Sutlers' Bow were considerably annoyed by a few white soldiers who had come temporarily to Hilton Head. The soldiers had obtained liquor from some source, which was the cause of their insulting the patrol. At night while the same patrol, commanded by this white officer, were passing down their beat, they were again beset upon by the same party of white soldieis. The officer commanding the patrol gave the order to his men to fire upon the crowd, which resulted in the! wounding of two men of the 100th N. Y. ?-??A THo mmmnnr ti-ov nf ' xtegimeuu ?j ,.-j ? ing with the rioters had the effect to ' quickly disperse them and doubtless "^saSF^^SrSrrc^^Rue that They frill be likely to remember. .A.flairs at Morris Island. Mckbis Island, April 15, 1864. , For some time previous to the 13th j inst., there had been very little of inter-! est going on in this District On the day j mentioned, however, the rebels thought j they would get up a little excitement on i their own account by firing a few shells from the old worn-out Fort Sumter, j rri>? was the anniversary dav on O.UO ? ? which- the rebels captured the Fort, by bombarding it from Cumming's Point I an 1 several other places. They had but j a mere handful of men to resist them, and what brave and chivalrous act they thas desired to celebrate is certainly a gr.?at mystery. But we suppose they did it for want of some better achievement, j On the 13th they fired thirteen mortar shells at Fort Gregg and Fort Chatfield. i Not one (f the shells did a particle of damage. Our men immediately opened from Fort Gregg and jn a very r' rt: ?m ice of time the enemy was completely; ~? silenced. The fact that the enemy has guns in Fort Sumter is not doubted, but we are ?i^fiffclent he will never be able to make my practicable use of them. i The 30-pounder Parrott gun which did / suih admirable execution in shelling ! / Charleston, and which exploded on the j 4,615th round, has been replaced by a : gun equally as effective. Shells are nowtossed into the city at points the rebels i smposed we would not be able to reach. Tae inhabitants who supposed themselves comparatively ?afe in the middle of the city, have been compelled to take another journey toward the nerthern limits. For the past few days the tides have been unprecedented high so that the 1 banks along the beach have been leveled for a distance of several yards inland. At Fort Wagner, near the sally-port two 1 3 ? ^ A Anf ean/3 lorpeuues were wwuicu uu? ui mv. ?iuu by the water. One of the topedoes contained powder in a dry state, the powder in the other was moist and unexplosive* Several bodies have also been exhumed by the tide near the Fort. In one place seventeen and in another eight bodies were exposed to view. They were reinterred farther inland Deserters and contrabands come in every little while from Charleston and i vicinity. The intelligence they bring confirms that which we already know concerning the force and position of the enemy 8 troops. Beauregard is traveling continually between Charleston and Savannah, and manifests considerable uneasiness at our supposed intention to strike a blow in the neighborhood 01 one or the other place. There is nothing new to report of the fleet -A. Worthy Act. Rev. William Howell Taylo* of the Christian Commission, and who volunteered his services as Chaplain to the 115th New York Regiment, daring the Florida campaign, has been presented by the non-commissioned officers and privates of that regiment with a purse of $200, in token of their high appreciation of his unremitting attentions. He has also been presented with an elegant Gold Pea and case from Company B, and now long since he was made the recipient of a costly Meerschaum Pipe, by the memhers of the lloth. The following communication accompanied the purse :? Hiltox Head, a C, April 17,186*. Rev. TTm. IIowll Taylor, Deas Sin .?This draft Is presented to you by the non-commissioned officers and privates of the 115th Regiment N. Y. Vols., as a token of their kind regards and high esteem which you won from them by the many acts of kindness dating the late campaign in Florida. Co. A, 115th Regiment N. Y, S. Vols., $34,00 .. B> .. .. .. 17>00 " c, " " " 12,00 ? D ? ? 17,00 ? E, " " " 43,00 ? y .? < .. 15 00 " G. " " " J. IO II, " " " 11,75 " I, " " " 14,35 K, " " " 23,00 $196,85 Tours, truly. Soldiers of the IIjth N. Y. Vols. The following admirable letter has been received by Mr. Taylob from Brig.Gen. Seymour: Headquarters Dist. of Florida, ) JackaonvUle, Fla., Mar. 8th, 1S64. J Mv Dear Sib I should do injustice to my own sentiments and to those of iny command, were 1 to fail to communicate to you our strong i ?r>ni-f>HsUinii of the excellent and highly honor-) able part borue by you iu the late movement into j Florida. You exertions for, and constant attentions to ' the wounded and suffering wi 1 not only bo remembered by them, but will be affectionately and i gratefully cherished by many who did not require j that care. On behalf of all I heartily thank you for your j christian courtesy and zeal, and none will moro sincerely pray that he to whom you look for your j reward may bestow it, iu this world and the next, 1 than yours, very resj e :tl'ully and sincerely, T. .VEYHOUR, Brig.-Goa. Commanding. Rev. Wm. II. Taylob, Christian Commission. Mr. ^Taylob is in hopes that the congregation of which he is Pastor will ex* * * .--u. r 1 1. ^.ncl tend ins six mouuis mnuugu, ?uitu ( now expired, in order to admit of his | acting as Chaplain to the 48th New York Regiment for a certain length of time. J Mr. Taylor has received commendatory I letters from all the commanding officers ' in the Brigade. 4 I 4 NORTHERN NEWS. Order Relating to Newspaper CorrespondentsLieut. Gen. Grant's Staff?The Damaged Railroads Repaired, etc. * Headqcabtebs, Abmy or the Potomac, ) April 12, 1864. J The following is the order promulgated in relation to correspondents to Northern newspapers :? CIBCTJIAB. Headquarter*, Army of Ike Polo mac, \ Office Proved Marshal General, April 9, 1864. / I.?All newspaper correspondents now with the army, or who shall join the army previous to April 16, 1864, will report to this office for renewal of their registry endpapers. IL?When any of the above named class of persons shall change their place of living from one command to that of another, notice of such change will be sent to the Provost Marshal General as soon as made. IIL?Any correspondent leaving the lines, to be absent for mors than twenty-four hours, will report at this office by letter or in person the time of his return. The following is a complete list of ? ? ^ ?nl>A awa 4a /\r? n nff uiubv umucra wuu mc wu nci ? ? vu uig ?v?u of Lieutenant General U. S. Grant:? gkxebal obdees, so. 155. April 6,1664. The General-in-Chief anoonces the following named officers as comprising his Staff in the field:? Brigadier General John A. Rawlins, Chief o Stall. Lieutenant Colontl C. B. Coma took, Senior Aidde-Camp. Lieutenant Colonel O. E. Boca Babcock, Aidde-Camp. Lieutenant Colonel F. T. Dent, Aid-de-Camp. Lieutenant Colonel Koracs Porter, Aid-deCamp. . Lieutenant Colonel W. L. Dupp, Assistant Inspector General. Lieuteuant Colonel IF. R. Rowley, Secretary. Lieutenant Colonel Adam Badeu, Secretary. Chptam E, S. Parker, Assistant Adjutant General. Chptain George K. Leet, Assistant Adjutant General, in charge of office at Washington. Captain P. T. Hudron, Aid-de-Camp. Captain H. IF. Jones, Assistant Quartermaster, on duty at headquarters. First Lieutenant Win. Dunn, Jr., Eighty-third Indiana Volunteers. Acting Aid-de-Ctmp. By command of Lieutenant General Gbaxt. if tv tn?moan/1 a coiutanf lrlinfjttitgpnprtl The breaks on the road are all repaired, and the trains are running as usual. * Cairo, April 11, 1864. Memphis papers of the 9th contain nothing important from below. A woman, named Mary Simpson, was recently arrested near Fort Pillow for smuggling goods through the lines. An order was found on her the rebel Colonel Hicks for contraband articles, consisting of ammunition, cavalry boots, etc. Important facts have been obtained from her, which will probably lead to the arrest of several prominent traitors in the vicinity of Fort Pillow. The government steamer Key West sank in Arkansas river, ten miles below T!ul- 1of in of Tl>n lmaf JUHUe UUV'IV, UU WC JkOI. uuu uv uv?. was valued at ten thousand dollars. The Memphis cotton market was unchanged. Little offering. Receipts, one hundred and eighty bales. Shipments, four hundred bales. Caibo, April 12, 1864. Forrest, with a large force, was reported advancing on Paducah again last night, from the direction of Mayfield. Reinforcements have been sent out from here to meet him. A prisoner who escaped from Forrest at Jacksoutown, and had arrived at Memphis, reports that at Forrest's headquarters he heard the determination expreased of holding West Tennessee and driving out all Union men. About twenty Unionists were taken prisoners in the recent fight at Augusta. Gen. Dixon, with a large rebel toroe, has succeeded in crossing the Arkansas river. Last night guerillas burned two houses and stole several horses on the opposite side of the river from Cairo. A squad is reported to have been seen to-day on the Kentucky shore, between here and Columbus, not more than ten miles from Cairo. Since Forrest's late operations a larger number of refugees are flocking into Memphis, awaiting transportation North, than at any previous period daring the war. Memphis, April 9, 18G4. Grierson's cavalry still hang aronnd ! Forrest, but are too weak to effect much. Yesterday evening they made a sally upon the bridge over Wolf river, which Forrest had just completed, and sueceed, ed in capturing and destroying the bridge with the loss of eighf killed and wounded, capturing two prisoners. This mor' ning they had another fight, in which Capi Harrington was badly wounded. HryrsvTT.T.g, Ala., April 11,1864. A caisson of Crosswell's Illinois battery exploded this noon on the railroad cros8incr in front of the depot, killing instantly privates Jacob Englehart, John Glsin, Wm. Humphrey, David Roach, Wm. Mattison and Horace Allen, and wounding George Barnes and Wm. Began. Some of the bodies of the killed were blown to atoms, and portions were found five hundred feet distant. The I horses attached to the caison were killed. The railroad depot was badly shattered. One citizen had his thigh broken, and several others were slightly injured, The news from Hampton Roads is important. The rebels made a desperate attempt to blow up Admiral Lee's flagship Minnesota, off Newport News, on Saturday night, with a torpedo. It did not succeed, however, although the crew and j officers received a terrible and untxpect' ed shock, being knocked out of their berths and tumbled promiscuously about ; the decks. It appears that the rebels approached the Minnesota in a small boat? with a torpedo attached, which, when they reached tha frigate, exploded with a report equal to twenty pieces of artillery. An attempt was made to pursue the dar. ing perpetrators ; but as the despatch | tug of the Admiral had no steam up they escaped unharmed, after running through : all our picket boats. The vessel sustain1 ed very little damage. St. Louis, April 11, 1864. Little Rock advices say the only newt from General Steele is that he was at Arkadtlphia on the 28th. He had constant skirmishing with the enemy on the route; bat the progress of the expedition was at no time impeded. [From the N. T, Herald of the ltt*.] Fort Pillow has been captured by the rebels, and upon Wktaf peWWhKm of the ftn, which had only a garrison of six hundred, tbf guerillas . commenced an indiscriminate butchery, not on- * ly of the soldiers?black and white?bet of the women and children, killing in all some fonr hundred persons, mutilating the dead, cruelly bayoneting Ihe wounded on the field, and shoottng E&ome of them in ths hospitals. This story ! maybe, and we trust it is, cxagerated. The ne1 groes became utterly demoralized, and fled to the rear. Six guns were captured by the rebels and carried off, including two ten-pounder Parrotts and two twelve-pounder howitzers. A large amount of stores was destroyed or carried away. It was supposed that the intention of the rebels was to evacuate the place, and move on or J luwArua iu^ui[/xu*? MARINE INTELLIGENCEPORT OF PORT ROYAL. ARKIVLD. ' April 14, steamship H K Spaukling, Atkina; atr. ! Virgiuia, Snyder, Washington; atr. Arago, Gadsden, New York; Apr. 15, str. Victar, fpieer, do; | str. Northern LighL Terry, do; ship L. L. Stur! ges, Willlama, do; sir. Blacksfooe, Berry, Alexandria; April 16, atr. Cossack, Downing, JacksonI ville; brig Mary Cobb, Duncan, New York; schr. Quickstep, Avery, New London; April 17, schrs* ' \Vnnl^s_ Pli iki A. H. Manchester. Nickersou, do; Mrry Haley, Haley, do; steamer Patapsco, Neff, New York; brig C. V. Williams, i Thompson, Phila; brig Joseph P. Elliott, Devereux, Jo; schr. Restless, Vansant, do; schr. April ! 18, John M. Broomall, Douglass, do; steamer Thames, Avery, New York; April 19, schr. Edwin I U. Bennott, Inring, do; steamer Varuna, Pennington, New York. CLKAHtP, April 14, brig Mystic, Berry, N Y; steamer i Louisa Moore, I rioters, do., schr Richard 1C i Denieli, Hendrickson, Phila; April 15, steamer j A' K ipaulding, Atkins, Fortress Monroe; brig Aired, Hafuagle, Phila; schr Edwin T Allen, Alj leu, do; April t>, brigs Mountain Eagle, Jarvis.do; I'D Wagner, Bergman, NY; Delment Locke, ! IPiswell, Phila; stmr City of Bath, Lincoln, For| tress Monroe; schr Adelia Kelly, Chase, Phila; brig John P U'itherell, Thompson, do; bark ExI nruwa Hahrn. V Y: stmrs KLackstone. Berry. Fortress Monroe; .valvo, chiceater, do; Arago, ' Gsddsden, do ; Lllie Knight, Graham, do; Virginia, Shyder, do; Northern Light, Terry, do; April 18, Nchr J ESimmons, >"mith, Jacksonville; April 18, brig Forrester, Ma rv, Baltimore, atmr j Victor, Spicer, Fortress Monroe, stmr Baltimore, I Lewis, do, City of Richmond, Kelly, do, sloop i Una, Gardner Jacksonville. REFRIGERATORS. JCST RECEIVED Per Mart Cora, SIX REFRIGERATORS, largo and small sizes. 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