The New York Herald Newspaper, February 24, 1862, Page 9

OPERATIONS IN NORTH CAROLINA. ADDITIONAL DETAILS. ‘THE REBEL FORTIFICATIONS AT ROANOKE AFFAIRS ON ROANOKE ISLAND. WWCIDENTS OF THE WAR: The Imbabitanis Taking the Oath of Allegiance. Interview with the Rebel Prisoners.: LAST MOMENTS OF 0. JENNINGS WISE, key Rees kee @UR ROANOKE ISLAND CORRESPONDENCE, Roavows Is.anp, N, C., Feb. 15,1862. by One Thousend Union Troops—The Gunboats En Route to Adack Plymowth—Affairson the Island—The Inhabit fants Faking the Oath of Allegiance—The Bodies of th, Rebels Wise, Cole and Sdden Taken to Norfolk by t Flag of Pruce Steainer—AJairs ak Matteres—The Kile. end Wounded, de., de. ‘The smoke of battle has cleared o% leaving us to a calm contemplation of the magnificess results of the vic- tery. Roanoke Island, in the possession of the national forces, constitutes a point d’ appui from which operations May now be directed against the very-heart of the rebel. Yon, It closes up water communication between V ‘and tho extreme Southern States, from which the great rebe! army on the Potomac and at Richmend baye drawn ‘weir supplies. ut these matters have 320; doabt, beon fully canvassed by your readers already. Geuera) Burnside does not intead remataiag idle. He Willfollow up his success at this point with a telling Blow at another, where the rebels least expect it, As an evidence of his promptuess, the troops have nearly alj Deen re-embarked, and the island is now in charge ef the Fifty-frst Pennsylvania and Fifth Rhode Island regi« menis. The forts have been put in good order, the guns repaired, and the island is capable of defence against any force that the needy rebels could bring. ‘The last rites of Durial bave been paid to the dead b; , the wounded a: ander the best of treatment, while the health generally ‘ef the troops has beem improved by their litte sojourn Tm terrajirma. It 9 thought thatof the wounded ten or bwelve will not survive their injuries. Privates Erastus Wergueon, Company F,and Peter Sinive, Company 1, ‘Tenth Connecticut regiment, have dicd since the battle ©f their wounde. Captain Hubbard, of the same regi- ment, died on Sunday Jast, of typhoid fever, on board ‘the transport New Brunswick, where his iMaess detaine” him from participating in the fight. i ‘The troops of the fourth brigade of this division, under Command of General Williams at Hatieras, where the Highty-ninth New York, Fieveuth Counecticnt, Sixth New Hampshire and Rhode Island battery are still on- amped, have received orders to hold themselves in veadiness for embarkation at a moment’s notice. Three days’ rations are beitig prepared for the men, aud it is evident that a speedy more ie in contemplation. ‘The rebel steamor, which came in here on Monday Bvening under flag of truce from Norfolk, went away Wednesday shorning with the bodies of Captain Wise, Captain Cole and Lieutenant Selden. While she tay at anchor here she displayed the rebel flag at her stem, with a white flag at her fore, and was the cecasion of no Mttle curiosity. There is a general impression that her ‘Visit was with @ two-fold object—to recomnoitre onr ‘Beet and ascertain ite strength, us well av to take back tbe bodies. « mmg and inspecting the harbor defences of New York and Boston, at least for some time. On Tuesday after. moon the officers te the number of about one handred ead fifty were tramsferred (rom (he island to the steamer 8. R. Spaniding, where the field and sia are located in the cabin and staterooms, They are guarded by Captain Pardee’s company, of the Tenth Connecticut, and woll eared for in every respect. The transports Guide, Kast- ‘een Queen, and two or (hece others, will receive the rank and file in a day or so. A reconnoiseance to the main jand on Thursday in the Vicinity of the blown up battery at Robb’s Fishery, dis- eovered no sign of the rebels. “Traces of ahasty fight here found, and it is evident that iis part roliua is completely rid of them. Ktizabeth City is now ocoupied by one thousand of our troops, while several gunboats are anchored abreast of the town. ‘The rest of the flotilia bas sailed for Plymouth, Dut no news has been received here as yet of any demon- bration or attack having been made. General Burnside has established his headquarters ia a house on the shore, pear Fort Bartow, where the oath of aliegiance is daily administered to the inhabitants of tb faland. Some sixty bave come in already and taken it Applications to set nets for shad fishing, the season for which bas just set in, are being made hourly, and per- mission {s given in all cases where the oath is sub- aeribed to. We expect to vary the monotony of camp fare in a few days with @ little fresh shad. Colonel Kingsbury, of the Connecticut Eleventh, and Adeutenant Colonel Betts, of the New York Nimh, have resigned and gone North—the former ou account of eon- ‘tinued i | health, the latter to accept a position in the ic. Our Joss in the en; of Saturday is not yet pori tively known. ‘The ies member Sty te, acowrding to the official report, and the wounded about two handret, of whom near!y one-fourth are suffering from mere feat wounds, scratches or bruises, not*requiring surgical aid. ‘The hiet of woonded already bent you embraces preity fully the serious cares. Roanons Iananu, Feb. 15, 1962 An Interview with the Rebet Privoners—Perionncl of the Oficeri—Lientenant Coloneh Prante Anderion—O. Jen: ings Wise—Phe Rebel Barracks on the Island—Som® _ Specimens of Rebel Latter Writing, de. Among the officers captured are quite s mumber of gra duates of West Point, who have served in the Mexic: ‘war, and were known personally to Generals Burnsido, Festor, Reno and Parke. Major Hill, who commanded the garrison of Fort Bartow, is one of them. Mavy of them fave graduates of Northern colleges, and were recognized Dy elasemates among our officers. Vive of them have Been filibusters. 1 got into couversation with one of tm latter, who bears his captore with the worst possible hu- mor. Pointinggto the American fig, be said it was the Wird time be Rad been made a prisoner under “that damned old rag.” and, on questioning him, I ascertained that on the two previous occasions be had been taken gtubile engaged in mosrauding expeditions at Mivas aud at ‘he Southwest Pass. At the latter piace be wae captured ‘Dy Captain Ricketis. ‘Their uniforms are of the most miscellaneous eharac fer, and wary in color from a dark bie, through ail shades, to a dingy gray, like an Irishman’s frie: dark pepper and alt color, however, is the most preva Jent one. The designation of rank is effected with every @odification of style, from a fall dress gold sleeve braid down to # home-made tivselled shoulder strap, while the Stripes on their pants are of broad and narrow gold Fringe, blue velvet and bleck cloth. A gaudy display is Quite marked. The caps are of every pattern, from regu- Sation through all the degree» of sou'wosters, slouches, @ugar loaves, Ke., with © sprinkling of othore like those worn by the historic Misviesippi gemblor and Texan ranger. The regiment of each i» indicated by brane letters and figures on the caps, thus—wW. 1,” (Wise Legion), 46," 09," “8, N.0. 8.4," Miss.” “Ga.,” &o. Ann general thing they are very Ymtelligent and gentlemanly men, particularly those of the Wise Legion and North Carolina troope. While referring to the officers, it may be interesting to Pelate the particulars of an interview which took piace Between 0. Jennings Wise and Major Kimball, of the Niath New York Volunteers, who, it will ve rewem dered, #0 gallantly led the charge of that regiment in the taking of the rebel battery. The former, after his cay- ture in the boat, was conveyed to the hospital near the shore, where Major Kimball was introdoced to him vy Dr. Coles, of the Wise Legion. “1 am gorry to see you under these circum. @ances,” seid Major Kimball, as the wounded man furned towards him, bis face betraying the intense agony Be entared, ‘| hope your injuries ere not fats!, and tuat Jou will recever.”” " ‘Wise shook his head with am expression that showed ‘Bis botief that bis days were numbered. “1 hope, Captain"Wiee,” gaid Major Kimball, eontinu: 6, ‘*that the time will come when we ehall be reunited ‘ender that fag—tho Union colors.”’ ‘Wise shook his head again, and in @ firm, bold tone qeculated, “‘Nevor! never! We will sever live _ ander ihés fing ognin, Sy] man, Womap 004 ghilg Ip NEW YORK the South is ready and willing to pour out the last drop of Iife's blood before it shall, You may possibly annibilate us, but can mever reduce us to the condition of ‘@ conquered provines.”” “Well, Captain Wise,”’ responded Major Kimball, ‘you cannot be ignorant that the North is determined to ¢D- force the awa and the constitution, and have the South- ern States acknowledge the supremacy of that flag. Our people are ag sirm as yours in the matter. But there is Be se in discussing these affaire now. The war, | ho will continue to be condacted on both sides in accordance with the principles of civilized nations.” Wise replied he was giad it had so far, and also heped it would continue so, Major Kimball then offered the wounded man any as- sistance in his power, for which Wise ret bis thanks very warmly, The surgeons in attendance now lnterdicted any further conversation, owing to the weak condition Siew, patient, whe lingered on until the next morning, when he died, ‘The Dr, Coles alluded to ig well known in New York. ‘He wae resident physician at Bellevue ital for some time, and a contributor to one of the to Richmond, and medical director of the Wise Legion, He is @ cousin of Ca ‘sin Coles, of the Richmond Blues, slain in the battle. ‘Yhe rank aod file of the prisoners present a still more diversified appearance. For the most part they are low sized, stunted, sandy compiexioned, hardy fellows, at- tired in coarse but comfortable uniforms of gray jean cloth, The Virginians, however, form ap é: 3 ‘They preserve a; \y effem: not dieguined Dy of camp life, and affect @ better style of uniform and dress. ‘The accoutrements were of the most primitive patteru and quality. The haversacks were made of coarse canvass or tent cloth, with large bone whide, kip and gran lather, while new horn Southern industry was evidenced in a number of ronghly east leaden buttons. In blankets they were weil provided, but a want ef ity in size, color and texture betrayed that they were not of €,3. A. furnishing, but bad been brought from home by the men themselves. ‘The arms of both oificers and men require a particular Paragraph to themselves, It will be remembered that General Wise, tn one of his speeches, a short time since, exhorted the people of the Soath to burnigh up their rusty shot guns and fowling pieces, X they had no muskets, d give them to the soldiars; msnufactare swords out 1-tires and knives out of reaping hooks, and make ‘a! search of al! rebeldom for weapons to beat bck tho invaders, His injunctions seem to have been li e- rally obeyed, if the arms capiared hers are aay indica- tion, for & miore incongruons collection could Hardly bo ether. Some of the swords are of the United States regulation make; but the rest are cutlasses, lou; bawies, yatagbans,seimetars and cavalry sabres ad 8% to the belt in a most awkward manner, The men were armed with every kind of a shooting iron, from an ounee bail Mississippi rifle to adelicately mado |.ttio Peringer. ‘The collection embraced double barreled shot guns, some of them quite valuable; Harper's Ferry, Springfied and Vermont maskets, smooth bore and riled; flintiock and percussion ducking guna, fowling pieces, Swits rifles, Enfield rifles, Minie rites, Sharp’s rifles, breech loaders, revolvers, and a general assortment of pistols, A breast- plate of armor was among the trophies. The cartridges, of which a large quantity fell into our hands, were very well made, afd contained Minie ballets, round bullets and buck aod bal). ‘The rebel barracks are situated on the upper part of the island, only @ short distance inland from Fort Huger, on Weir's Point, and consist of some Bundred buildings, capable of comfortably quartering four theusand men. They wore built about aix months ago by the Georgia Fourth regiment, which occupied the island until De- cember last, The main buildings ape laid out on streets about fifty feet wide and running parallel with the road in the centre. ‘These were occupied wy the privates, and are divided into rooma by partitions which separoted platoons of each company. The walis are ee together very strongly, with the interstices filled in with acamentof ¢lay. A large open replace in each apart- ment affords a means of keeping it warm. In the rear are the officers’ quarters—snng little log cabins about ‘eight foot square, furnished with plank bedsteads, desks apd mantel pieces, and lighted up by windows cut in the sides, ‘The commissariat department was proviaed with ‘stores for a three months’ siege, for it was expecte. that such was our plan for the capture of the island. Hospi- P plenty, abd an abundance of quinine r aud agne was prevalent among the troops. ‘The provisions were of an excellent quality, and included a large quantity of meal, which was served np iw tlapjacks, no mean luxury in camp. Good water was | abyays obtained from the wells sunk on Lhe outline of the encampment. ‘A number of letters were found in the rebel quarters, written to the soldiers from home and generally relating te domestic matters only, One of thesed deem amusing enough to send you Jasvany 1, 1602. ° Duan Hemiaxn—i have taken my pen in my haud to write you a few lines to let you know how Jam, my dear. Ido not get any better, my dear, 1 received your letter on the 28th December, my dear. I was sorry to hear you had the yellow jaundice, butt hope thees few lines will find you well, my dear. Iam much obliged to you for that moncy, ny dear. ‘Tho baby is well; he grows very fast, my dear, That sow was gone; sbe was up twice; she looks like; she nurses two pigs; she is very poor, my doar. Please write to me us soun'a# you can, ‘The corn is all gathered, pt the new a. We have got no salt yet, my dear. Our cow bas yot a calf, iy dear. That sow had ten pigs; they are all dead, ex- copt ive, my dear. Them heifers have never heen up sigve you were home, but I know very well that they have got calves; but nobody har ever been to look for them, I remain, yours only. LOUISA. The folowing letter was wrliten on the island, wut had not been ma: The author despairs of ever having @ Gght, then berates the rebel postal department and bie friends’ tardiness in communicating with hin, ask# o friend to come over to breakfast and see the fan of wh); g the Yankees, gives some advice to another, who is trimenialty inched, and with his company of soldiers, ax a reintorcen orntrox County, N. C., Jan, 27, 1862. Dean Farmer axp Movie, Beoniek ax Sisren—it is with pleasure that I now seat myself for the purpose ui ping you a few lines, to inforia you that Tum well at ime, hoping that whe» these few lines may come to hand they mey tind you and ‘amily well, We are all well in heart but a few. tT howth of the soi- dieg 38 immproying some, We have bad uo fight here as yet. Rome think that we will have t fight bere soMe time shortly; but 1 do think we will be obliged to Aght very soon. If they come we shall give them a lively time of it J would like to kaow why I can get no letters. ‘The rest boys recess —all but me, T have written i sguin, jreu but one letter #t contiunalty write a jk ecoive no auswers from yous T have Tiest home; sa 4 getpo anewer, I had better ki write down the relief of the goad. RD. L. ‘A few lines to W. H. 3. With ploasore Wr 0 that I embrace this privilege of dropping Fou a few lines, to inform you that we are all well, hoping that these may reach and tind you enjoying the same blessing. Nearly all tho boys are mending. “There are some still sick, but pot cangerousty, 1 hope. They say the Yankees are voni- ing here to-morrow, sv you had better come and tako browkfast wiih me and see the spree; for, if they como, we will give them some of old maa Rogers’ blue flees. i don't cai they do come, for’ we chapee bo goanynbere. The order from the Colone! is now that nobody shall yo out of hearing of the drums; lod knows I don't want to hear them, tor there bing else to be beard here but them, and tifes aud ii Waa. D. not to marry til) we get back, for wo ticularly in for aspree; 0 just have patieves will be pa: till the fal}, and not be as the fellow was by having Poil and you. Viawe tell the old lady to prepare » quilting for Aeprec; we are determined to have it. Twieh you would tell R. T. 5. to make haste and get up his company and come over and help us ont of a difliculty. We would like to have him bere ia about two months, for this place Jooks us if ibapight be anation of mosquitoes. ‘The reason we waut him Bere is, that he will lay iu the awamp ani perhaps would keep that bated Southern “coast aard” from our camp. Please 8@ those few hoes. oem more at present. We remain yours, truly, ib. RD. L. acoompany img th letters are of the je qualily, being made generally of coarse ag paper, with the rebel tleg on bt THE REBEL FORTIFICATIUNS AT ROAN renee FORT een HUGER, MUATON—SO0 GANDY SOIL ry imperceptible except-within a short distanoe. A denso cypress swamp—which commences at a point above where the landing wae effected, and almost-traverses the island—flanks it on the sides, and the read in front jead® over a causeway of loge, across which the enemy though® our troops would be compelled to mareh, and to more ef: foetually bring them within range of the guns, the trees oneach side of this road had been felled for a space of about two acres. The battery is pierced with three em- Drasuires, and altogether formidable for a work of its kind. Light artillery would be useless against it, and had it beon fauked with wings similar ¢o itself in con- straction, its capture wonld bave involved a much more worious fogs of life to the attacking party. ‘fhe rebels boast now thatif it had deen 20 strengthened our forces ‘wonld nevor have taken.dt; but they relied entirely upon thy swamp to prevent a tank movement. ‘Thin work iz heptagouaily shaped, with te of th armed, and is situated on a jutting poit id, catled Pork Point. It mounts eight thirty-two pounders, stnvoth bore, and one rifled sixty-eight pounder gun, which were all found spiked when it fell i#to our hands. Ju fact, the yuns of all the forts were found in this con dition, but as the spiking 1a all cases save one had been clumsily effected with cut nails, Lientenant Flagler, the ordnance Officer of Gen. Burnside’s slaff, was able to re- move them without much difficulty, and they are now in perfect working order, The exception is a rat-tail file, which will necessitate the drilling of another toughbole. Of the bine guns, the three lower ones, those which 1 gage: the fleet, are ce Carbet/e, with pivot carriage and cironlar tracks. mounted on ship carriages. ‘The barbelte gaps are pro- vided with mahozany side sighis, some of them broken dy the enemy when they evacuated, while the tras enerally waa hewed and cut with axes. The magazine aud of sugar toaf shape. When our forces took possession they found the surgeon's table in- side spread with instruments ready for work. Ip ta rear and outside are the remaining buildings of the ret quarters, around which are many evidenc rilic bombardment. The buildin, forated tt is strewn with yawning, grave-like pits, excavated whe; the shells bursi, and the trees in the vicinity are bark and broken. One that Law had the upper part enti shot down, the ball having struck at a height of adout ten feet from the ground. — Among the ruins of the burnt building were found the metal remnants of a quantity of firearms. The rebels, to prevent their falling into our — when they saw defeat inevitable, hed consumed them. PORT BLANCHARD. j e beach, aud sitnated on | or indentation in the | ike the others iw oon | struction, but much smal unting only four smooth | hirty-two pounders, en barbetfe, A couple of shots | wore fired from this furt during the bombardment, YOKT BUGKR. About.a mile further, snd situated on the lower side of | rs Pomt, is the most formidable work in this | vicinity—Fort Huger—named after Major Generat Benja- | min Huger, of the rebel army. ft was upon tbis the rebels relied inainty for the dufence of the chaunel. tis | most skilfally constructed, and does the greatest eredit wo the engineerivg talents of ‘ite projector, who is said to be | Colonel Wright, of the Third Georgia regiment, Monnting | uns, two rifled sixty-eight ponders, en bartetle, | e thirty-two pounders brasure vean foe Major nt, has gueveyed ii ant n the al an Reno, after the gallant ork regimet PORT FORMERE. On the easiern shore of the isiend is a small four gonned sand battery, named Fort Forrest, whiel was rected to prevent # landing from smal} bests on the Ronoke Sound side. ‘This fatter cbannct is not navigable for vessels exceeding four or five feo. in draught. The forts were ail well provided with Ammunition ‘They witt receive new names shortly. RowW’s VISHPRY wATERRY Op the other side of Croatan Sound, upon the main laud, and nearly opposite Fort Reo, are the rennains of Robb's Fishery battery, wh a blown up by the enemy on the night after the that the pored of some old hulk# imbedded in the shore, but I have as- vertained nothing in regard to ite armament. TROPITES FROM ROANOKE ISLAND. Accompany ing the body of Colonel Russell, which ar- rived in this city last week, were Captain Bevjamin Jep- ron, af Company K (wounded); Surgeon A. 'T. Donglas and Mr. Hi. D. Hawley, all of the Tenth regiment of Cou nectient Volunteers, lately commanded by Colonel Rus sell. rebels, which flags were the same night shown tous in or office. They consisted, first, of the Confederate fay ‘The others are in embrasure and | ifty-tirst New | ade a beantiful | ‘They brought with them two flags taken from the | TL VIA Wea d WASHINGTON’S BIRTHDAY. Speéch of Mayor Weod at Scranton, Pa, A large meeting to celebrate the anniversary of the Birthday of the Father of his Country was held at Seran- ton, Pa., on Saturday last, February 22. #x-Mayor Wood, of this city, dehvered the address. Having reviewed the personal history of Washington? and sketched the initiation and progress of the revoln tion of 1776, Mr. Woed adverted to the pre- gent civil war and the designs of the Ruro” pean governments upon this continent. tn cor, clusion he said:—Then am J not right in saying that the Pending confiet is pregnant with stupendous conse- quences? It is 80 indeed. It is life or death to human liberty—tife or death to the cause of self government throughout the worid—tife or death to human progress and civilivation under a free system—and life or death to all thatjs dear to American freemen and their boasted anperiority over the down trodden vassals of European Dondage. ‘ben, my friends, les us stand firm. Those who are placed in the offices of administration may err: the military Jeaders may err, and Congress may err. Bat what of that? Who has not erred? Theao positions filled by men like ourselves, subject. to the same passions, prejudices and weaknesses. Mankind must be werned by human agents, and therefore perfection mot be found, tik the cause we ere to uphold, and in upholding that, we must of course sustain those, whoever they may be, who for the timedeing, have been placed under the forms of the constituiion, in places of @xecntive and legislative trust. If they are unequal to the duty, the same instrument provides for the retire- ment aud for the election of their successors. ‘The pco- | ple will chris im good time resume the sovereign power. | Teare not who is President or Commanding Geweral. Jet us rally tothe support of the vested authority, and with & combived effort for Its maintenance. It ix not the re: publican party we contend for. It ie not for Abrabam Lincoln or General McClellan, but for the perpetuation of the Ameriean Union—the continuanve of this blessed re- the preservation of the American flag, and the xecution of American laws. It i# epdants the same biessiugs we have d, avd to show mankind that our revolutionary au- ters did nob shed their blood in vain, and that the American people ave capable of self-government. The Celebration at the Jewish Syn Kogae. . The auniversary of the birthday of Washingion was duly observed in the Jewish synagogne in Clinton street with prayers suitable for the occasion, and by the read’ ing of Washingion’s Farewell Address to a crowded au ence. Celebration of Washington's Birthday at Bellevue Hospital, pinissioners, Faculty and studente celebrated the one huodred and Uhirtieth anniversary of Washing- t0n’s birth, at this institution, on Saturday afternoon , in | the lecture room of the college attached to this extab- yisbment. The exercises of the day were opener by the raising of the Stars and Stripes and firing a ealute of remonies terminated with a ous oration by Dr. George T. | Ritiott, the professor of obstetrics, and the reading of Washington's Farewell Address, ‘The Professor was en enthusiastically applauded in many passages of the Ad. The C | Very patriotic ext arene. The Accidents of the Day. TRE DENT IN WASBINGTON SQUARE. Mr. Swmuet Curtis, Iv., of the Twelfth New York Siate Militia, Company J, who was so badly jujured on Satur- day by the premature discharge of the gun during the firing of the salute, was fortunately not billed, bat hopes are now entertained of his recovery, although bis | lines may be & protracted oue, The left hand was shot off near the wrist, the right asin Stoken, forming a and f° ‘and his head and ace much injured u " was at first thought the eyesight was | entively destroyed, but, fortunately, the suflerer was onabied Lo see and reoogniseghis friends yeeterday morn- ing. He still Nes ai the City Hospital in great sufiering, and as bis residence is in South Sixth street, Williams: | barg, & is doubtful whether bo will be ft to be moved | there for some time. . | One oF THe Varwnans oF 1812 Ixyenen.—Sumnel Ether, | one of the Veterans of the War of 1812, was severely in | gg on Saturday last, by standing too near one of the -Munders with which the salute was being fired on the HERALD, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1862. THE LATE LIEUT. MARCY, U. 8. Wi. Obsequies of the Deceased—Sketch of His Career tm the Service of His Country— Impesing Funcral Demonstration—In- Renreatins Cpremnsestne 00 CHP S mr anne: ‘The mavy and the country have again to deplore a deep loss im the person of Lieutenant Samuel Marcy» im command of the United States ehip Vin- connes—the former having to regret the logs of an ficient and gallant officer, and the latter that of a eter and upright patriot. It is painful when we reflect upon the many true and noble hearts whose pulsations have been stopped forever by the unholy uprising of one section of our free Union against the other, but more painful is it still when those victims to the fanaticism of the hour are persons whore talents and character have earned for them the respect and vyene- ration of a whole people, as well as the warm hope that they would one day add one more glorious Ddeam to the galaxy of national herce: whom future gene” rations might point at with pride. ‘The circumstances under which Lieutenant Marcy lost his life are briefly and feelingly related in a letter written by Mr. William Wilson, Acting Gunner of the Vincennes’ to Captain Craven, of the United States steamer Brook- lyn. This letter aleo demonstrates what a high regard the men under Lieutenant Marcy’s command had for him personally, and the sorrow which they feel for his sudden death. The following is the communication in queetion:— Unirep States Suir Vincenwes, Jan. 31, 1862. ding United States steamer Capt, ™ f. Onaven, comma 1rooklyn:— Knowing your friendship for our late lamented com- mander, Lieutenant Marcy, your intimacy with him, have taken the libertyof acquainting you with the particn- lars of the accident which he was injured, aud from whieh he haslos: his life. An intelligent gentleman, a gallant officer and thorough seaman, we me feel his loss, and know that you, and officers of the United States Navy wit whom he has heretofore sailed, will pat our misfortune, At aboat four o'clock on Friday morning Jant, Jan, 23, the lookout reported a light, whieh soon proved to be a vensel on fire, apparently in the Southeast Pass of the Mississippi river, we then lying off the Northeast Pass. Atter daylight Capt. Marey ordered out and armed the 8 T went in the iaunch, Capt, Marey in the gig, We found the vessel to be # barkantine, loaded with cotton, ‘h appeared to have grounded on the Southeast Passe while attempting to ron the blockade, amd the erew, not being able ip er off, had fired and abandoned her, t. Mare: eted me to fire the howitzer imto her at the water line, to sink her and pnt out the tire, Thad fired onee and was ready for the second shot, when Captain Marey ordered me to waituntil he came on board, le took the lock, and times, on the last of which the bolt, which se rn, being insufliclently i puain’s thigh between it ai ‘ool, weemed aware he was badly injured, and rections to be taken on board in his gig. Tive leg fully set and dressed, and he seemed to be doing well. On Saturday he was comfortable, and fell asleep about eleven ‘clock that night, from which’ sleep or stupor he was never ghiy aroured. He was more or less insensible until Jock on Wennesday night, Jan ly will be seus home by the T am, sir, your obedient servant, WILLIAM WILSON, Acting Gunner United Biates steamer Vincednes, It will thus be scen that Lintenant Marcy lost his life in the discharge of bis duty, and although it was not mid the carnage of battle or in storming an ambush of the enemies of his fing, yet the accident by which he lost his life occurred while in active naval service, and the glory of his work or the fame generated by his patriotism will not in the least be detracted from when the name of Samuel} Marey comes to be chronicled among thé records of the present rebellion. ‘The body of deceased arrived at the Brooklyn Navy Yard on board of the Connecticut on Friday, and was conveyed, enclosed in a coffin, to the chapel of the yard: Wreathed in the American colors and surrounded by the insignia of his'profession, the body lay there until yester. day morning, when the obsequies took place. Mili- tary and naval funerals are always imposing, but the peculiar circumstances which surrounded the death of Jjetepant Marcy made the demonstration yesterday more imposii AU of those who took part in the proces- sion more or Jess iutimately acquainted with the deceased , and each one testified vy che solemnity of his mien the strong sorrow whic in bis bosom for the unlucky stroke which deprived him at the same in- stant of a friend and brother. Previous to the forming of the procession, the officers, one by owe, paid a visit to the chapel where reposed the remains, and, standing ‘over the coffin, gazed down, cap in hand, upon the nar- row resting place which esicloscd the body of the dead Marey. Tho lid was vot remoyed ; but still they kaew who lay there, and they pictured to themselves in me- Jancholy thought the pulseless, inanimate body, on whose countenance most ef them had gazed with the deep warmth of friendship when imbued with life and animation, At baif-past eleven o'clock, all being in readiuess for moving, the coffin was borne from the chapel on the shoulders of eight sturdy seamen to the hearse which was waiting for it, the niarines, who were drawn up in front, presenting arms, and the band pealing 29, when amer Con- out the mournful 'straing of a funeral dirge. The coffin being adjusted in its place, the procession inoved slowiy from the yard, in the following order:— Senior Otlicers. Junior Ofticers, Sailors. Officers, Cadwalader Ringgold. Captain R. W. Mea Commander 8. P. 1 6 Paymaster A. A. Belknap. Pau. Bearnns. Qeecececccececesseees: Poay. a pecoeccrrecsessseereed) Sailors. Band. Faeort United States Marines. On emerging from the yard the procession marched to Sands street, and thence to Pulton street, down to the ferry, whore’ it was transported to New York. ‘The ap- pearance of the procession, av it defiled slowly through the streets, wax very impressive. It being Sunday, crowds were. ¢ rom the different churches, who xaved upon the solemn cortege with much feeling.’ ‘the last jor r ead through this mortal sphere by many friends aud the paraphernalia of p paration, inust allvet deeply the hearts of those of ns who stillean boast of vitality, Mingled with those emotions were the feelings of patriotism and veneration for the memory of ous who had died ic wpbolding our country’s honor, and the untarnished sublimity of freedom. Broadway—np which the processién weaded its way on coming from the Fulton ferry—was also crowded with spectators, and the sidewalks were lined aad the wi dows filled with sympathising counce & word was heard throughout great thorenghfare on this day be melaveholy strains of the id playing a dead march, or the «brill fife aa it sent out t funeral wotes, which are 0 touching ning from that instrument. ‘Then there was the solitary slow tramp of the marines and pall bearers, the low rumbling of the hearse of death, the sombre countenances of the entire provession, al! making up a scene of svlem gran- duer which mast be seen to be felt and appreciated. The cortege moved up Broadway to Fourth avenue, amt thence to the corner of Twenty-first street, where i+ situ: ated Calvary church, Rev. Dr. Hawkes, pastor, where @ halt was made, After some Jittle delay the coffin waa re- moved frem the hearse aud carried inside the chorch, where it was placed upom vbsirs under the palpit, THE SCENE AND SERVICKS TN THE CHURCH. Religious rites jor the dead ave always solemn and most (Miching (0 the sensitive heart. ‘The escort of ina- rines, consisting of two full companies, ther with the seamen, baivg marchod into the cburch, the former grounding arms, the eeaviees were procosded with, A numerous concourse of laties and others were iu the church at the tine, whose tender @ounienances expressed the nature of their thonghts a8 the body of the dead offleer Op the words, in German text—' Confed: | (stars and bara), with the Union, The | 2 Hi eye! to the City lay siumberiog ainong them. The organ pealed ms merica.”” Undernesth i the fotiowing | fag was made of moderately good material, but not of | eA? a can oy aucun ‘gascag 4 2 le funeral cheat, which was sung in beantital style wi Ge, wa to ahabiohanan, Ain Veedbibd are seadty bunting, the usoal stuff of winich army slags are formed. | had his face severely burned with gunpowder by the | PY the choir of the church the touching strains | omet, sabre and spear ‘The other was x regimental flog, of very rich silk, with | Frapklin gon, with which a party of men were making a | Teververating in dules\ echows Untoigh the classic domes Drive them back to the desolate land they are lea handwome bive and gold cord and tassels. ‘The following | circuit of the city and firing salutes at the principal | [ite Giilue- Uae & Vunetnen Yat tee | So, treating im God, you have nothing to fenr.”? diagram shows (ho manner the colors were represented | places. EN fealy feat baad va onere: nove the solemnity, ripe 4 , Drone ee te er = Gale Cotciention, Masewhede | being, aud the end to which we ware all 1 oome,one kong the tropbien mre late containing the reve! RES Bie aed . | day or the other, At the conclusion of the chant the countertigne. he — = _ copy i= ToL ae | otigiating minister read an appropeiate passege from the Reanentiacans, tev, Bh, oe } ‘i Berfptures, when the singiug of & hyinn coucluded the last bas o * per aia lecoration of the Galt House with multitudes of | g’sin for the Brooklyn Navy Yard ad re |. M. SHAW, Colone! 8th Infantry. . national flags. . . ‘A ‘e Aaiia it Gilson BES ah rly hy hs ed of Fom Barlow i White bccn ~~ Feb, 93, 196: ' snceoaiee inslie ¢ Susch Cornig an 4 ents ou eale we Is Was not @ most, \ lanreor®, Feb, 93,1862. | ~ “ . Brioua locality. the follow ing is an loscripticn, on ove | , The 22d was celebrated in thie clty by a salute and | ‘en to Albany sibasgstintt ss A een oN of the tombstones, which, though dated 1865, was evi- | IPRS ARREST ringing of bells at noon, and by & great display of fags. | | SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF MIBUTENANE MARCY. deutly erected since the outbreak of the war, ax ‘There was also an immense citizens’ meeting in the ove- jentenaat Samo) Ma vas born in New York, in sion in it 0 ‘rebils” would indicate ning at Allyn Hall, where patriotic wadtenee were | the year 1820, and was, consequently about forty-two Qeeereerneverstccessesverce-ceresnrpensnen sire neecee pean hale by Judge ‘lisworth, Prof. Fllat aad “others nA eRe m._fle gradanter fst memory of : 1 five foot th by th Yashington's Farewe! reas was > emg, ; brey le wea the vive ond waite ‘aivieions Sere Berd “ .. sit States on the 16\h oF March, 183. He was ; who departed three feet six inches long by eighteen inches broad, and ting in svothe bd wt pe thenece dl rp 8 a a rear sone this life March the red war three feet deep by eighteen inches across. roncey pri “| in the capact athe jew! rietor at we Navi : 9th 1665 aged In the centre of the red ‘division, on one side, was alone their eall about rating our | Academy at Aunapolis. Wiiow the present war com- ; ry 1 mon ntar,#ix pointed, with the words 20, 1775,” above, | tute victories, The object of the mesting was to make | od Lieutenant Muroy, whose ardent and patriotic 3 Se Ts 3 ae May 20, 1861, *heneath tne me. +o the reverse | party capital, but in that respect it was a failure. | pan sao py gpd a N t y bosom this division were the words ‘Eighth Regiment North = a | ser y jos ppoin faithful tomo Carolina State Troops,” all the lettering being in blaek " iment as executive officer om board of the steamer Paw- 3 ine thie mew or ideerelle, The stall was colored red. and surmonsted | yan anay¢ semen ri cht OE ee eee ee eee oe oe 3 ensure to thy y a spear head. Asa flag it was very handsome, bot m JONTCTION. Long Island and Brookivm | blockade of Charleston, and was within hearing of the N t the men from whom it was captured will have doubtless | Central aud Jamaica Railroad Companies have yielded to | dastard guns which caused the aurreuder of Fort Sumter, 3 and give these thought this time it hed better ha lic, and have agroed to operate | At that tine Se veenerees mace te : f-vg — i socrembor ie (he <= their respective roads in harmony, 40 a8 to accommodate | gy well'an imbued with an earnest desire te devote his o. dack. ¢ South ferry, Brooklyn, and frem James | next position he . 1 ondack r road stations on the island will be the {| Potomac, from which post he was removed to the com- Roamonn Iuanp, N.O.,Fed. 15, 1862. ercomnighoepesghesha art Was launched at the | Same, aud at either station passengers can purchase | ‘on board ef which y Go POD. 16, . Broekiyn Navy Yard on Saturday last. he wens of the | through tickets aud obtain through checks for their bag: Dew ription of the Rébed Portifications at Roanoke laland, de} waye'in fine style, amid the cheers of an immense con- | eag*. new arrangement is entered upon to-day, | have made a tour of the entire island, and inspected | yourse of spectators. The Adirondack is a first clase | 9% Will give great matistaction. Sh particular interest the fortifestions erected by the | yioop.of war, ant was modelled in Washington, Her | T™® Usto Searin@ Poxn, Winutawsnrne.—An interest. | Serena copra tions A brief description of them, with | qimensions are ae follows:—Length over all, 297 feet 2 | (98 ceremony took place on the Union Skating Pond, | With the merite of a gallant and faithful naval oftcer form an attractive letter of veel. | inches; breadth of beam, 88 feet; depth of hold, 1g | Williamsburg, om the anniversary of Washington's birth. | Lieutenant Marey som! yey Srelaed sad honor: To commence. then, with feet 11% inches; draught of water when laden, 14 | “#¥: It consisted in the presentation to Mr. William H, | Sle, geatlemen, © goad Cuelstien suds fram friend, FORT DEHAKER, feat, tonnage, 1 400) eng pad a Cammeyer, President of the Union Skating Association, | makes ent tae, while ‘hie mild demeanor and. strict. ‘The pame given by she rebels to the masked battery | shy site hwnd sloops-of-war | of a splendid silver pitehor and salver, by the members | ness in the smallest professional rules, endeared him to the ewotre of the inland, the road throngh whieh ite, | reared UY the lat Congrets. ‘The names of the others | inereof, The members of the Assocation organized on Ho taurtied the daughter of a ee sores Fre. fonded (inetfeotually, though) against the advance of ou, | Twrearora and Junietts, built at Philadelphia, the pond. Jobn A. Bross was chosen Chairman, Aldor: | dent of St. John’s Oollege, at Abmapolis, ey hed troops. It i# an ordinary earthwork, about seven feet in | Wachusett end Housatonic, built at Charlestown, man $, Taylor subsequently rosde the tation | two children, who are now left to mourn the loss of @ height and sixty foot in lepgth, curving slightly at each Onippa, alt at Fertamoath ‘The service - fe a 7 ecitifl one, fond a Se husband. Lieutesant Qneida, Brooklyn. Black a end, with & steep slope on the face, terminating in a Her armament will consist of two eleven-ineb columb). Con the fees fering bach raloed By ou crip among fone |e be remeltreane ce of bis devotion trench or ditch about six feet wide and four feet deep, | ®48, both on pivots; rix guns, and rifled Par. | the members of njon Aseeciation. salver is ‘Union, and his steadfastness to the cause of hie na- ‘This face wae covered with boughs, whieh, with the rott gun on the forecastie. motive power will be | engraved a very accurate vitw of the Union pond on one | tion’s henor will have the effect of nerving the arm and 0 ' commaengurate with ber aize,and wili be powersa) exongh | of ry W whe orowded | elevating the goule of those in his profession who say Gem w90d8 behind, revderd phy sxiprenee of the batter | to give her grent peed. wi ; berensiar atrike » blew fer Additional Accounts by tne ' Atlantic, OPERATIONS ON THE COAST &e., ke, ko. Uur Hilton Head Correspondence, ‘Hhcron Flea, Feb. 19, 1862. Union Batleries Spring Up Like Magic on the Banks of the Savannah River—Interesting and Exciting Duty at the Works—Engagement with the Rebel Gunboais—News of the Burnside Triumph—Feeling Towards the Union—Good Fortune for Our Soldiers, dc., de. ‘The work of building the batteries upon the Savannab. ‘river has been done in some instances with an astonish- ing rapidity. For one of the batteries a number of heavy guns were dragged over a marsh, for a distance of” nearly a mile, by placing plank one after the other. “This was done in @ single night, and early morning found alarge and powerful battery in condition to give “ye. Secosh” a pill. During the reconnoissance for the different positions» many hairbreadth escapes were experienced by some ot our men, and on one or two occasions they wore $0 near * tome stile 1s Haas the conversation of those on board: 18. The eee + between one of our batteries end thros of the rebel boats was quite # spirited affair, the rebel boats having to put back, towing the Savannah (the flag boat), which is ed to have ‘doen much damaged by the well directed from our gone. ‘The men are quite jolly over the good news from the» itary eg pity captare of Fort Henry ang the success of the Burnside expedition. Some of the darkies that come in gay that the, “Crackers” (that is the poor whites) say “dey ain’ gwine to light de Yankees (or nothing.”” Arather singu'ar and provide: tial circumstance oe- carred while one of the batterivs was in process of erec- tion, A large raft of squared timber, which had been» moored off Fort Jackson, was by some means trey 4 from its anchorage, aud drifted down to within a few yards of the place where our boys were guessing wi the timber was tocome from. ‘This fine raft is suppowed to have been cut adrift by Union men Hurry Heap, Feb. 18, 1862. The Ketel Attempts to Blow Up Our Gunboats—A Torpedo Explosion in Wright's River. A number of torpedoes, or infernal machines, were dis* covered in the Wright river, just as it joins the Savannak. One of these exploded, doing n® damage; the others were removed by our boats. Tho machines were arranged upon a strong wire, in such a manner that a ganboat. fouling one of them, or the wire attached, it would bring’ the entire number on either side of the veasel, where might on its explosion do considerable damage. Itsex- plosiou was to be effected by means of a friction tube, Maton Heap, Feb. 18, 1862, Sea Island Coton—Its Care and Collection dy the Uninw Opficers—The Rebels Burning the Staple in Consequenow Information from the Spies in Washington—Saving the Residue and Work: of the Contrabands—Music from the Bowels of the Earth—Attempt of Rebel Guaboats to Rum to Savannah from Fort Puiaski—Cuiting Off treix Com- munication, &e., &e. ‘the Sea Island or long staple cotton is just now # -ub- ject of an exceoiingly interesting character to many « the ITkRAcp readers, £0 it’s story from our coming may be readable. Here it is: When we occupied the place, in the early part of No- vember, there seemed to be a doubt among the powers that be whether the cotton should be taken posgeesion of or uot, s0 instructions were sent for from Washingtom« Until this time uone of the houses had been burned, but the moment instructions were sent from Washington, and before they could reach Port Royal, the spies of the rebels had sent intelligence sevth of the Potomac, and from thence it wat telegraphed to Charleston and Savannah, The result of this was that, before we had received, the instructions» for several days the borizon to the northwest from us had been clouded by a dim smoke from the burning eot- ton which we could but see and regret. During the latter part of November Colonel of Rhode [slaud, was appointed by Secretary Chase the agent of the government to take charge of the cotton and other plantation produets, xs well as the There the Colonc! at ouce made into gangs, and set them at work to pick and bring in all of the cotton that still remained upon the bushes after the first and second pickings, al) of the coiton not being picked ata time but only as it de. yelopes, consequently @ fieid 13 often gone over a oi times, As the cotton was brought into the different places of deposit the light dranght steamers, including the Mayilower, were sent for it. Meantime, gins were started at the ‘cotton houses of the Drayton plantation, whore the cotton was brought as fast as it was collected. ‘Then it wos laken into one of the buildings where @ num- ber of thi ng’r portion of the genus contraband were set to. work to clean it and remove all of the decayed cotton, This they did by first, and placing it in a sort of a chura where it was the- ; from this it was teken upon a ch is made of small round slats; reat bie there are assembled a number of young dark- bom is “Sam,” Gen, Drayton's old not been changed in’ the least by its late owner for the as dark a8 can be, ther i than what comes in "at the open door, and the cloud of dust arising from the shaken cotton almost blinds one as he looke in, From thia place it i he gin house, where @ mumber of tle mac motion, driven by a steams euging sitnated in one corner of the building. Bach gin has nt darkey, who is constantly buay feeding the wiih the lately lcaved “cotton, ‘which le it was. purpe its atte: brought to him in «@ bag. The seed still remain- ing ms the fibre is entirely removed upon be ing sei throagh the rapidly rolling eylinders upon which are fixed litte brushes arré like a serew, which cards,as it were, tho cotton free from all but the cotton fibre, an sends it as pure aud white as anything can be. From this place it is taken to the story above, where there isa circular opening cut in the floor ‘bout three fect diameter, Under this oponingthere i bag, seven or eight feet long, which hangs down into the gin- Toon. Tuto this bag a darkey lowers himeelf,and those above © in the cotton, which he at once tram dowa »* fast as he can, and ss hard as*may be possible. Amore amusing sight one -cldomn sees than thie jetty black, with the White fakes of cotton showering upon ‘him, bis wool powdered with it, He einorges #3 the bay is liled. After as much a ie possibile has been gotven in, the bag is taken down, moro cotton crammed in,and then it is sored up with strong cord. ‘The bags weigh, usually, about three handred an@ fifty pounds. They are then conveyed to the waighodcnl marked. wits. sant aepigustiog tea weighed and marked witha mai " tation from which it came, and an acenrate in kept. From this place it is taken at orfeo on-board the sigutner which is to @onyey it to New York. Since Colonel Reynolds has been down here be baw collected more than a miliionof doliers’ worth of the finest “Sea Island staple,” and bas now at work three or four thousand hands collecting the different ucts of the pMintation. #ach island i+, soon as it is taken posses- sion of, carefally searehed nd al! that is valuable taken 38100 0 Colonel Reynolds bas also taken charge of the furniture found in Beaufort, a# well as the different Mbvaries an other property. The books are to be shipped to New York ant tho furniture auetioned here as soon as @ com~ plete inventory can be sade, I am rather dubious. though with regard to the anction business, for the fure nitare left is hardly wont mueb looking after. * aking of {uruitare, # fine pianoforte was dug up ape Bay Pojot. It had been arefull wrapped in clothes aud carpet, then boxed buried. ‘The way of discovery was rather fanny, too. Some of our men were amusing themselves jump- jug, when one of them landed upon a spot that sounded. rather stray Au investigation was at once gone Into,, and the articles discovered. ‘30, didn’t do it that time,” #aid one of mered away at the lid to take Itoff, @ Yesterday the Ida, a rebol gunboat that had been. down we Fort for a few days past, att run pp to Savannah, and two or three of the fleet came down to help her, Our batteries opened vpon them, aud, after ® short canggnede, the rebele turned tail aud mad fn beat of {ue Fm, off—the Se- annul, formerly the Evorglate, 50 Heticd “that ake was. towed off, and tho 146 van Seeke undor the gune of Fort Pulaski. ‘The communication between the fort and the city hae. been cut off, we think, pretty eilectually, Captain Sears, of the Fuginesrs, having fished up # submarine cable and cut off s few hound yards which wilh, find it dificult to repsir just now, and the heavy bat- tories will prevent any steamer from running up ands dowa very ofte Another C mnect ut Regiment Coming. ‘Tho Twelfth Connecticut regiment, Col. Henry C. De ming, will leave their eamp in Hartford this sfterncon, veed to New Haven by railroad, and embark thenoe os Board ateainers for Wen arriving in a this city early on Toesday morning. by ia ot to Astor Horse at half-past nine of Connecticut. Gov. Sens ‘present: ‘Niokets foe the breakfast ae wenee ‘and can be obtained of J. H. Almy ou dolar, and ean be obtpine wireet; Chas, Gould, Net. janover utreet.