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Guerrilla Fighting in the West.
--We copy the following from the Tazewell Democrat, of May 8d:
A force of 150 Lincoln cavalry in Logan county, Virginia, met a defeat, a few days since, at the hands of Captain Dick Stratton and his men, numbering about 90.
The Lincolnites marched on Brittain with the design of cutting him off. Anticipating their design, be suddenly fell upon their rear, dispersed them and killed fifty of their number.
The enemy approaching Mobile. le, May 8.
--Com. Porter's fleet is advancing.
Seven vessels are off Fort Morgan, and ten more are off Horn Island, moving eastward.
They are firing occasionally, apparently feeling for masked batteries.
The forces at the forts are confident, and say they will be able to hold the enemy in check.
The Daily Dispatch: may 9, 1862., [Electronic resource], A Coon Avenger. (search)
Later from Savannah. Augusta, May 8
--The Savannah Republican says that the Yankees were reconnoitering the river and coast batteries all this morning with their gunboats.
A balloon came up nearly to the mouth of Augustine creek and then returned.