April 27.—A party of National cavalry, belonging to the division of General Granger, and under the command of Colonel Watkins, left their camp at Murfreesboro last night, and this morning at daybreak, succeeded in capturing the Texan Legion of rebel troops, posted at a point eight miles from Franklin, Tenn., between the Columbia and Carter’s Creek turnpikes. In the skirmish, several rebels were killed and wounded.—Cincinnati Gazette.
—The army of the Potomac, under Major-General Hooker, commenced the forward movement on Fredericksburgh, Va. This morning at five o’clock, the Eleventh, Major-General Howard’s corps, the Twelfth, Major-General Slocum’s, and the Fifth, Major-General Meade’s corps, struck their tents and marched westward from Falmouth on the several roads leading to Kelly’s Ford, distant from the line of Acquia Creek and Fredericksburgh Railroad about twenty-five miles; the Eleventh corps being in the advance.
