The New York Herald Newspaper, March 17, 1862, Page 1

—— WHOLE NO. 9319, RK HERALD. NEW YORK, MONDAY, MARCH 17, 1862. ‘OUR ARMY AT MANASSAS. Destructio: of Property by the Retreating Rebels. Discovery of Large Quantities of Abandoned Munitions. WIGFALL AGAIN TURNED UP. ‘ME REBELS FORTIFYING FREDERICKSBURG. OPERATIONS ON THE LOWER POTOMAC, Seer, &e., See NEWS FROM GEN, MiCLELLAN'S DEPARTMENT. Wasu1xaton, March 16, 1862. Anstead of a number of dwollings being burned by Bome of our soldiers on Thursday evening, in the neigh- Dorhood of Centreville, as reported, it now appears that the destruction by them was‘confined to a portion of Febel barracks. Not one dwelling, itis ascertained, was Injured by our troops. * Manassas, on the road to Richmond, was partially Durnt, together with the storehouse, containing a large amount of flour, by the retreating rebels. +, At Thoroughfare station, twelve miles from Manassas, b has road to Winchester, were found fifty-two froight ‘s loaded with commissary stores, valued at $20,000. ‘The fire the enemy kindled failed to consume them. Tho Warrenton station, fourteen miles from Manassas, on the Richmond road, was burned, together with the {hotel and the five or six dwellings. + Cedar Run bridge, two miles this side of Warrenton ‘Station, was also burned by the rebels. «+ At Manassas the secret agents of the government suc- ceeded in securing, at the late headquarters of Generais Beauregard and Johnston, a large number of documentg in reference to the numorical force and condition of the rebel army. » Yesterday a reconnoitering party started from the Qorth side of Quantico creek and occupied Dumfries. From the river to the village the road was strewn with Gead horses. Some were in harness and attached t0 ‘wagons. The rebel force in and around Dumfries was composed of Texans, Alabamians and South Carolinians, ‘ander the command of Wigfall, of Texas. * The farmers state that there is still a body of about 700 cavalry some four miles from Dumfrios, on the Aquia creek road. ++ About thirty cartridge and cap boxes, some blankets, Gour, &c., were found in the house used as Wigfall’s uarters. A large quantity of shells and cartridges Wore also stowed away in a barn, and seventy-five boxes of ammunition were found near the creék. From contrabands who havo acted as teamsters for tho rebels, it was ascertained that the main body of the rebels have crossed the Rappahannock, and are making a ptand at Fredericksburg, in conjunction with the army at Gordonevilie, The Occupation of Manassas. 70 THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. Camp Kearny, March 13, 1662, Allow mé to correct @ statement in the Henan of the 22th ist. in relation to the occapation of Manassas on Tuesday evening. You state that Manassea was occupied = rey large body of Colonel Averill’s cavalry. Such is case. Manassas was occupied on Tuesday morn- Ipg by two companies of the Third New Jorsey infantry, lander Colone} Taylor, and they were relieved that even- log by a squadron of the Lincoln cavalry, under Captain Broarbs, who’ held that place until five o'clock on Wodnesday evening, NEWS FROM THE FIFTH ARMY CORPS, ae Woredieermn, March 16, 1862. ‘The membore of an Indiana regiment publish a daily Mboot Bere called the Army Bulletin. There is a large well edited paper published by a rogiment at Loeeburg, taliod the Advance Guard. ‘The churches opened here today were well attended by citizens, officers and soldiers. It is worthy of romark, that not # single invasion of private rights or intrurfon bas boon seen or hoard of since our arrival in town, This tourse ia highly appreciated by the secess'onists, and ends greatly to disabuse the Southern tnind of the im- ‘pression that wo are al} barbarians. Joseph Seaton’s theatrical corpe, which has for weeks followed the division, opons here to-morrow night. » Butiore freely dispense the nocessary groceries to citi- vens, taking, in some instances, corporation shin plasters Wa paymont. OPERATIONS ON THE LOWER POTOMAC. - the enare, and he counteracted it by sending oh board the Anacostia for a pair of shears, with which to cut the accursed strings, as he thought that the jarring of even aknife might have had the effect that the rebels contem” plated. Perhaps they relied 6n the uncalculating im” potnosity of seamen. If go, they reckoned this time without their host. While those things wore going on at Cockpit Point, fires were seen in Quantico creek, and all along the line of batteries to ChapawAmsic creek. The rebols were evideutly destroying atl they could not carry away, in- cluding the burning of the steamer George Page, and other vessels in Quantico creek. Accordingly, the Ane costia soon got under weigh, and stood down the river to Shipping Point. Arrived there, a landing was about to be effected, fer shelling the batterios, when a canal out was seen putting off from Rudd’s Ferry, loaded with accompany Of ono of the Massachusotts regiments, that, without eriers from the General, were willing to do a little ting “on their own hook.’ Captain Badger towed thom to Shinging Point, and on the way lent the gallaat boys a fez belonging to one of his boats. On nearing the shore, howover, the tars were determined to be shea of thesogers’’—not a hard matter with sea- men, in their peculiar element. Intluenecod by this sen- timent, they made a on shore, and son Mr. Williams camo up to the flagstaff, which, like that #t Cockpit Point, was still standing, and hoisted the unant, a8 a substitute for the Stars and Stripes that bad boon lent to the soldiers. The military, too, soon Janded, when the America ensign was hoisted amidst tho most deafening choers from the vesse!s, and from both banks of the river. Here, as at Cockpit Point, great caution was observed, to avoid falling into snares and to stcer cloar of the probable explosion of mines, But, by the exercise of that pradenco which is always allied to true bravery, under the protection of Providence, whatever of danger there was did not roach our bravo Our Naval Correspondence. ‘UNrixb States STEAMER STEPPING STONES, Martawomay Cruz, Potomag River, March 11,1902,” Evacuation of the Rebel Batteries—The Anacostia Shells Cockp® Point—The Landing—Hoisting the Siars and Stripa—Precipitate Plight of the Rebels—Dangerous Drap—Burning of the George Page and other Rebel Pro- porty—What the Solliers Did—Prudent Precautions— Description of the Revel Fortifications—Military Recon- oissance—What was Found in the Rebel Batteries, &c. ‘On Sunday at noon Lieut. Commanding Badger, of the Anacostia, Observing the absence of tho usual sentries at Cockpit Pott, and the familiar sights incident thereto, concluded that the rebels had evacuated. Acting on this supposition, Captain Badger ran alongside the Yankee ‘and inquired of Commodore Wyman what ho should do. The Commodore told Lim to take the Piedmontesa and feconmoitre. Ho did so, and the result was he was satis- Bed tht tho rebols had roally loft. Captain Badger then | boys. As at Cockpit Voint, too, the gun carringes had went ‘back to the Yankeo and reported to this effect, | Dou sot on firo, and fascines, and whatever could burn, * | were placed underneath, rendering it both difficult and ‘snd asked permission t¢ tost the matter by | dangerous to approach to ascertain whether avy of the Shelling tho battery, when the Commodore gave | guna had been left unspiked. The guns lad been loaded him permission (0 do 60 at long range—not | Hewly to their muzzles, into which bags of sand had beon rammed to cause the guns to burst. Three of them did explode; but, happily, nove of our men were near by atthe time. Late in the evening the increased heat caused two guns to be discharged. Ono of the shots passed between the Yankeo and the Anacostia, which wore lying close together. The rebel fortifications aré perfect gems of ongi- noering skill, and had they been constructed to repel a foreign enemy great credit would be due to the genius who planned and superintended their construction. But, designed, as thoy were, to aid an unholy rebollion against a beneficent government, they partake of the nature of those fabled contrivances which Milton, in his lofty language, ascribes to Satan and his revolted legions of ‘fallen angela when they “ mado impious war in Heaven.’ Your correspondent thus expresses himself because he never has been one of those who could admire ingenuity and skill, however great, when they were onlisted jn a bad cause. At Cockpit Point there are four heavy guns, one of which, a Parrott, was found to bein fragments. Tho magazines aro most ingeniously coutrived. On entering one of them you descend an inclined planc, and after ad- vancing about four feot you find yourgell in a passage barely wide eagugh to admit aman, You turn within to the right or the vt, still going underground, to the dis: tance of from fiteen to twenty fect, when you come to the magazine iten!f, which is filed with shelves of cedar plank, on which shot aud sholl and other ammunition aro stowed. The passage way is lined with cedar planks to prevent the earth from caving in, Back of the guns are a number of excavations, running under ground, into which the rebel soldiers could run whenover they saw the flash from the Union guns, either on the river or on the Maryland shore. Of course, these ratholes’’ are bombproof, and, provided a man can ot into one in time, ho is safe from hostile shot or ehell, Like the entrances tothe magaziné®, these ‘“ ratholes” are lined with codar planks. Still further back, and at divergent anglos, are a number of rifle pits, where, in the event of t! ‘annon being taken, tho rebel soldiery could keep the Union troops at bay; and about half a mile fur- thor in the rear alarge steel gun is, or rather was, mount- od. This was surrounded by other rifle pite, by means of which it was hoped that,feven though tho introneh- ments in part might be carried, the rebols might make their last stand, and either repel the Unionists, or, if the worst came to the worst, secure their own final retreat, witheut reason—apprehending some divbolicat trick. This was done. Sholl after shell was thrown into the Point. Soldiers of General Hooker's division, who were at Stump Neck, where thoy could soe everything, de- clare that it was the prettiest thing in the way of firing that they had over seon. Shot after shot went right into the battery; but, as it turned out, the encmy had ““vamosed the rancho,’ to use a Californian phraso. Finding that tho shots were not returned, Capt. Badger ‘went in closer and closer, and yet no response elictt, 24 from the enemy. He now determined on landing, and &@ boat’s crow, under the command of Acting Master John Williams, was sent on shore. Swiftly they climbed tho hill, and quickly thoy arrived in the battery. But here a danger presented itself. The carringes of the redo! guns had been set on fire, and alot of fascines were piled under each gun, rendering them nearly red het. The heat was too intense to approach them for a time; but it was at longth discovered that tho guns had bec spiked, in the rapid retreat of the rebels. A quan- tity of clothing, and even rations of fresh beof for the day, were found hanging on the troos, showing that the evacuation had been effected with considerable precipi- Ration. Among the first of the dutios devolving on the gallant tare who had taken possession was the running up of the Blorious Stars and Stripes, This was a matter of the most ordinary convenience; for the rebels, in their haste, bad actually left the flagstaff, with its halyards, standing, wand the Star Spangled Banner was run up by Acting Muster Williams—“Old Jack,” of Mathias Point—who has fch leved a reputation for devotion to the American flag, On} further examining the fortifications at Cockpit Point, it was found that some dangerous traps were attached to tho three magazines. By an ingenious contrivance, a flap on\hingos, at tho entrance of each magazine, was made lescend on the caps of conical shelis of large : ‘The batteries extending from Chapawamsic calibro—t! flap having iron plates fitting down on tho | Quantico creek, embracing Shipping Point roth gh mtg capstewhild heavy shells on tho flap would give an im. | Port, are provided Withs defences in the rear somewhat Similar to those at Cockpit Point. Shipping Point may be considered as an island; for the only way to make the mainlant! from that place is by means of a narrow wooden bridge, thrown across a deep and dangerous swamp. It was ehrowdly calculated that this marrow passage wouft be a point of xtrongth to themselves in case of a retroa ith the Unionists in pursuit; for poth petue to the blow. Outside of the ontrares concealed strings wore #0 contrived that, on touching one with the foof the trap would fall, involving ail noar by in destruction. Tho sagacity of Mr, Williams, howover, pnabled him to discover Up in the Rebel ing would be casier than to burn or otherwize destro tho bridge. "And yet, though not pursued, t,9 fos noid t to destroy the bridge, showing that 807,46 ung.ccounta- Je panic must have seized on them. After the crew from the Anacostia ‘afd I¢indod at Ships ping Point, the gunboat arrived o',gosj¥ the Point and Sent a boat on shore with some Ypibs: but it docs not appear that many of them we 6 hoor weary. On Monday morning ae Podore, at the requost of General Hooker, towed G¢6tome canal boats, contain. ing two regiments, 009 Frora New Jorsey and the other from Massachusetts. “Thy landed at Cockpit 'oint and Shipping Point, when skirmishors were thrown out, penetrating séveral y.iies into the country. In the rear of the fortificatior’s at Cockpit Point they fonnd an in- trenched cathy, % great deal of the materials of which were bus partially dostroyed, affording @/ditional evi- dence of fhe hurried flight of the rebols; but of the rebels thomsélves not a trace remaised. Lannex the following memoranda of arms and muni- tions found at Shipping Point:— Agun, weighing 9,068 pounds, marked ““W. A long 32-pounder, weighing 6,200 pounds, c: mounted on @ pivot carriage, which was destroyed. A six-inch ritled pivot gun, mounted on a pivot car riage: carriage destroyed. Fragments of a six-inch rifled gun, cast at the Troto. gar Iron Works, Richmond, Va., mounted on a pivot car- race: carriage burned and dostroyed. Six long 42-pouners, on pivot carriages; carriages all destroyed. A seven and a half inch rifled gun, cist at Low Moor, England, weighing 10,759 pounds; east in 1861. This gun is in good order; it was mounted on a pivot carriage, which was cut with axes in order to weaken it. One hundred and sixty-niue pine.inch shells, with five scomd fuses. quantity of thirty-two pound shot and ca. nister. ‘Thirty-five rix-inch rif_o cholls, in good order. ‘Two furnaces for heating thirty-two pound shot, Some shot were in the grate, with fire under them, ready for heating. Three passing boxes, To which may be added three “dummies,” or wooden ung, placed in positim to make the battery look more formidable than the reality. They wore playfully spiked. ‘Tho shot and she!l have beon removed. ‘Tho guns at Cockpit Point had their trunions broken off, after which they were precipitated over the bluff into the river. Some of those at Shipping Point and other places remain Among military and naval officors the evacuation of tho batteries on the Lower Potomac Is considered ag a military necessity, after tho fall of Roanoke Island, the capture of Forts Henry and Donelson and the oeenpation of Nashville, taken in connection with the advance of the grand army of the Potomac; but the precipitation with which they left their batteries hard beset, and the panic with which they wore evidently filled eary of solution. Perhaps they were appreho if they lingered their retreat would be cut off by Hointzelman’s division, stationed at Pohick Cl Perhaps, too, the throwing up of several rockets from tho Yankee, on Saturday night, was taken for signals, indicating an early co-operation’ with tho military, At all ovents, it seems to bo a fact that the rebels intended to manage thoir retreat as secretly as possible, and to take away all they could with them: but they were cir cumvented by the vigilance of the flotilla, Hence their rapid flight from Cockpit Point, and their simultaneous firing of their combustible goods and chattols from Quan- tico creek to below Aquia creek. No doubt, when they found that Cockpit Point was in possession of the Union troops, they feared a simultaneous movement from across tho river and from Pohick Church, aud thought it pra dent to evacuate as quickly as possible, to save several thousands of their troops from capture. Ustrep States Steamer Srerrinc Stoxes, Quastico Caen«, Va., March 12, 1862 The Stepping Stones Enters Quantico Creek—Reminiscences of the Burning of the Echo—What We Saw and Did in the Creck—The Batteries at the Entrance—Recollections af the Schooner Puirfac—Her FiteRun Down to the Preeborn and Back—Transit to the Quantico Creek Bat tery—Supposed Capture of Two Mastachuselts Soldiers, After breakfast this morning Lieutonant Commanding Eastman came on board, with his gig’s crew, when we weighed and stood down to Quantico creek. Passing the now harmless batteries at Cogkpit Point, and at the en- tranco to the creek, we are now as safely at anchor as if we wero in tho bay of New York. Who would have thought it, only three short days ago? But such aro the fortunes of war. On entering the creck, the thought that was uppermost ja my mind was the almost miraculous escape of Liout Jiarre| and three under bis command, whon they set fire PRICE TWO CENTS. AKKK RRARAR AAKANA tothe schooner Echo in October last, fircd on as they were from both banks of the narrow creck, their boats being visible by the light of the Durning schooner for @ considerable distance. The creck is tortuous in its windings, and difficult to entor, from its ehallow wator and intricate channel. ‘The entranco, during the few months of the rebel occupa- tion, was protected by formidable batteries on oither side, while atew hundred yards up the crock itself a Dattory was situated on a high hill to the left as you en- tor. The batteries still exist; but they are powerloss for harm, having been dismantled. On both banks of the creck are tolerably high hilis, clothed with lofty trees, which must present a beautiful appearance when they are clothed ia their summer fo- Vinge. About three or four miles above where we Is the village of Dumfries, the white houses of which plainly visible to the naked eye. We aroatanchor close to,the remains of the rebol steamer George Page, which present an almost indistin- guishable mass of iron—very little wood being seen. Tho smoke stack is bent in an almost horizontal position, aud the boiler is fally exposed to viow. Sic transit gloria, Goorge Page. Sooth to say, however, she never had any glory to boast of from tha ‘ti rebeis from her lawfal owners; and I must pro © stolen by the the assertions so freely made that she w: he never had the s! ter place; for if sb have boen capt to the flotilla. ‘To persist in nan Bry implies a grave cons sof the upper flotilla—a censure and Oc or vossels belongin, rt that they do not de We have in getting up from the Page an anchor and chaio, ‘They turn out to be well worth the trouble. ‘The Fairfax, ihe habitual readers of | remember, is the schooner that was cay rebels, while being towed up by the Resolute, in cousequence of the hawser being parted, probably from a chance shot. The Fairfai ine, hadon board a cargo of hay aud urn liamsbarg rather unde: at the tin oqueut conversation jard’s, I found Uaat bis lors was much more serious than ho had at first suppowed. But what was worse (han tho more money value was the deprivation of some interest rticles of intrinsic worth, such as several volumes of ook, which some mon dolight tolay by as a vit of their more youthful days ‘The fragmonts of the Fairfax lie a few yards from those of the Page. tern isout of water, and all along to somewhere astern of her amidships can be seen, fore and thore, afow lumps of charred timbor. She has not wholly disappeared, because she lies in very shallow A little astern of her is the hulk of another y sel, apparently a schooner, that lies nearer shore has not been burnt, because, as she is nearly dry, that was probably deemed unnec 7 ‘9 are now running out of Quantico creck. Now wo havo passed and are alongside the Yankeo, which is lying off the bauisty at the lower point of the eutrauce to Quantico creek. ‘We ha rived at Wade's Bay, nearly opposite Aquia creek, where the Freoborn is at anchor, Our stay is a emiing of to return up the river. gard the Freeborn that Aquin creek is je the depot or any of the buildia The robsla, howover, aro eatd to be leaving by detail, spite of their recent reinforcemeuts. We aro now steaming up to the flagehip. is roached, and, in obedience to orders, wo go on shore at Quantico creek, to tako on board a Iargo quantity of shot and shell, round and eion- ated, taken from the Evansport battery. Captain ‘andeventer, in command of the st pping Stones, is accompanied by Chief Engineer Your jot Lomax and myself. We visit the fortifications ingenuity of their construction, especially as regards tl ‘‘ratholes,”’ ag far as admiration js allowable, The pla is garrisoned by the First Massachusotts rogiment, com- manded by Colonel Cowdin; but, as the Colonel is an act- ing brigadier, the command is virtually in the Lieutenant Colonel Welles. We seo two hoa the river—having been pitched by our se the embrasures. Another gun—a rifle—is broken right across in the middle, and the piece towards the breach is again split longitudinally. While at this 7 i was informea that two mon belonging to the Massachusetts First, who went out with & scouting party, nearly a8 far as Richmond, aro miss ing. They were supposed to have been cut off and taken prisoners by @ body of cavalry, brief, and we are) T have learned on b THE REBEL BATTERIES ON THE LOWER POTOMAC. Fac Simile of a Plan of the Batteries and Encampments on the Lower Potomac Picked Camp by Our Troops. aro at present quartered in the Park Barracks, the injured soldiers being sent to the City Hos- pital, where they will be carefully attended to, until perfectly recovered. The accident which resulted £0 fatally is said to have occurred from the breaking of one of the rails of the track, and it is fortunate that no further loss of life has to bo chronicled, The following isa list of the officers of the Ninety- fourth regiment , now quartered in our city:— Ke Field and Staff Officers. Colone!..*,.....H..K. Viele, Chaplain..Rey. Mr. > . Lieut Col..J. M. Sigourney, Sore ene ee T. H. Chittenden. Quartermas’r.D. C. De Wolf. J. F. Ernst evade ane Officers. a ‘aplain. Liewenant. — %d Lieutenant. Aanford.J. Beele. 8. Moffat. mt Jacob Gates. —— Rumden. C—J. Emerson. —_ B. D- Serls, B. Parsons. D—D. C.Tomlingon.J. D. Moore. C. H. Servell. E—S. Place. ©. Timmerman, —— . Hun, J.T. Lacy. — Myo. G—J. E. Briggs. ——Carpenter. G.MeCoinber, H—-H. Bibbins. — Nichols, —— White. I——— Nutting. —— Numns. K—C, Littlefield. F. Crony. ‘W: J.N. Woodward: THE GREAT BATTLE AT PEA RIDGE ey) Desperate Fighting of the Rebels. Their Force Acknowledged to be 35,000 Strong. Twenty-two Hundred Indians in the Rebel Ranks. ~ Bodies of the Union Soldiers Scalped and Mangled. The Complete Rout and Dispersion of the Rebel Forces. Their Loss One Thousand Killed and Three Thousand Wounded. One Thousand Six Hundred Re- bel Prisoners Captured, &e., &e. &. Rous, Mo., March 16, 1862. Tho remains of Col. Hendricks, of the Twenty-ninth Indiana regiment, killed at the battle of Pea Ridge, Arkansas, arrived here yesterday, accompanied by his brother and two or three other gentlemen. They left the j | battJe ground on the Monday following tho fight. They ACCIDENT ON THE HUDSON RIVER RAILROAD. Five Members of the Nincty-fourth Regi- mont New York State Volunteers Killed and Several Injured—Arrival of the Troops in New York—Their Officers— Names of the Killed and Wounded, &. A very serious accident, resulting in the loss of five lives, with some ton injured, occurred on the Hudson River Railroad on Saturday afternoon last. When it is taken into consideration that the sufferers by this melan- choly accident were some of our noble volunteers, it will have a more saddening effect upon the public mind; for such they were. The Ninety-fourth regiment New York State Volunteera have been raised principally in Jefferson county,and have boon quartered at Sackett’s Harbor for some time, undergoing the most rigid discipline. On the morning of the 14th inst., at half-past nine o'clock, they marchod from Sackett's Harbor to Newtown, whence thoy took tho cars for New York, en route to the seat of war. They left Watertown on the same afternoon, in the best of health and spirits, not expecting to mect with any accident which should cast a cloud over the event of their journeying to cneounter the enemios of their country. The train consisted of twenty-two cars, and all went smoothly on until one o'clock P. M. on Satur- day, the 15th. The train was, at this timo, about one mile from Tivol, and on the pile bridge, when one of tho Tails broke, and six of tho cars wore precipitated from the track into the river, One of tho baggage cars fell bottom side up on the left of track; another war car. ried over it, and lay on its side nearly submurged in the water, Thd three passenger cars ay lengthwise of the tack, one half covered with water, aul the others a littlo Above it, but ail a complete wreck and asad sight, On the other side ef the track lay the other ears, com: pletely demolished; and how any person got out alive is really a miracle, Two of the baggnge cars were filied with baggage, and ons with the horses of the officers, all of which were saved. The next car to the baggage coutained the members of the band. Their car was completely demolished, and they found a mode of escape from a watery grave by tho car opening at the top, through which they found thoir way out. y ‘ail completely sonked with water, bat none seriously injured. ‘The person who fared the worst in the ear was George Brainard, He had not been mustered into the service, but expected to be as soon as thoy arrived at their destination. His injurtes are such that he will not goon with the regiment. All the band ‘wer tore of less injurod, but none seriously ‘The next car had the members paca oe A G. This weil as being nearly covered with water. The sole that were killed wero in this car, and their appearance indicated that they were drowned, as there were no marks about their that would ehow death from any other cause. There was, as a matter of course, great confusion and a panic the moment that the accident took place; but had it not boen for the energetic action of the soldiers in the cars that re- juained on tho track « large number must have been drowned. As it is, thereappear to be but five soldiers and one boy killed, and ten injared—none of the lator seriously. The members of the band, consisting of six. teon pieces, were all submerged, and their instruments destroyed from coming in contact with the water. A large amount of clothing and quartermasters) stores, be- longing to the regiment, was also rained; but @ number of coate and pants wore taken from the wreck. A boy from Fast Albany, name not ascertained, who was @ passenger upon tho cars at the time of the accident, is reported as beving been drowned. Five doad bod woro taken from tho wreck, together with ten injured, They are ail mombers of Company G. Their names are as follows: KILLED, Nelson Forton, Capo Vineont. Martin Driscoll, Greenbush, Johu Sherman, Albany. Samuel Glazier, and his son Barton Glazier, Adams village, Jefferson county. bd . INJURED, car was a porfect wreck, Private Bushnell. Quartermaster Sergeant Gates, Allen MeNeil. . Alexander MoNoil (brothers). Goorge Brainerd, - Phillips Clark, J. Howard, BuFtée and Loughlin, band, T. Litchfield. When the dead wero taken from the water they wore immediately gent back; but the injured were brenght n with the regiment to Now York, which arrived here on Sunday morning. Thoy represent the contest as terrible. ‘The rebels fought desperately, using stone in their cannon when their shot gave out. ‘Their force is stated at thirty-five thousand, including two thousand two hundred Indians, under Albert Pike. As near as could be ascertained, our loss was six hun- dred killed, and from eight hundred to ono thousand wounded. The rebel surgeons who came to dress the wounds fof their fallen ledgo a loss Of one thousand one hundred killed, and from twenty-five hundred to three thousand wounded. We took sixteen hundred prisoners and thirteen pieces of cannon, ten of which were captured by General Sigel’, command and three by Colonel Paterson's brigade. Two of our cannon, bolonging to Davidson’s battery’ were taken by tho rebels, but were recaptured by ou” troops. The rebels were completely defeated; one division, under General Price, flying in one direction, and th othor, under Van Dorn, taking another. Major Horbert, of one of the Louisiana regiments, who was takon prisoner, says that General Frost, of Camp Jackson notoriety , was killed. ‘The following copy of correspondence has been sent from the commander of the army in Arkansas to the com- mander of the department at St. Louis, and by him pub- lished:— Heapqvarrers TRaNS-Mississt'rt Disrwcr, March 9, 1862. To Tne Commaxnina Ornicer ov tus Ussrep States ON SUGAR CREEK, ARKANSAS:— Si—In accordance with the usuges of war, I have the honor to request that you will permit the burial party whom I send from this army, with a flag of truce, to attend to the duty of collecting and interring the bodies of the officers aud men who fell during the engagement of the 7th and 8th instant. Very respectfully, your obe- dient servant, EARL VAN DORN, ‘Major General Commanding Army. Heanquarrens ARMY or tim Sovruwnsr, Pea Raver, March 9, 1862. Ean. Van Dory, Commaxpixe Coxrebrrats FORCEs:— Sir—The General Commanding is in receipt of yours of the 9th, saying that im accordance with the usages of war, you senda hag to collect and bury the dead. I aim directed to say. all possible facilities will be given for burying the dead, many of which have already been interred. Quite a number of your surgeons have fallen into our hands, and nd a mene | to set under heed end under a General Order frow Mejor General Halleck further liberty will be allowed them, ifsuch accoramoaa- tions be reciprocated by you. The General regrets that we find on the batile field, contrary w civilized warfare, many af the federal dead who were tomahawked, scalped, and their bodies shamefully mangled, and expressed a that this taportant struggle may ao! degenerate to @ savage warfare. By order of 8. R. CURTIS, Brigadier General. ‘T. J. McKiwwey, Acting Assistant Acjutant General, Celebration of St. Patrick’s Day. MILITARY PROCESSIONS, DINNERS, BALLS, ETC, This being the auviversary of the great St. Patrick, the patron of tho Emerald isle, the occasion will be com- memorated with as much spirit and perhaps as large @ procession as in previous years, notwithstanding tho great number of Irishmen who havo gone to the wars to fight for their adopted country. The programme of the societies to turn out and the route of the march, pab- lished in yesterday's issue, shows no falling off in enthu- \stie veneration for the memory of the or in the arrangements for the proper cole! day. Th Apostle, tion of the gallant old Sixty-ninth—a number which bas ‘an immortal fame in Amorican history—is to march in the front of the jon, under the command of Major James Bagley, who will act as Brigadier Gene- ralfor the oceasion. Quite © number of independent military associations are likewise to parade, which, with the civic societies, with their regalia and beautiful flags and banners, will make an Leyton 3 display. ‘The line will form on East Broadway, right resting on Grand street, at oine o’clock A. M. precisely. Tho pro- cossion will moye about ton o'clock, when the divisions will countormarch down East Broadway to Chatham street, entering the Park by the east gate; pass in review before his Honor the Mayor and Common Couneil, aud then proceed Broadway to Union equare, and around the Washington Monument, through Fourteenth street to Second avenue; thence through Twenty-third street to First avenwe, and up Eighth street to Fourth avenue, when they will be dismissed. Mr. B. C. Carey will bo the Grand Marshal of the day, aavisted by Movers. James White, Daniel Grimnon, P. Halpin, Thomas Monahan and J. McCluskey. In the evening there will be quite a number of 9 and balls, The most interesting of these will be of the Friendly Sons at the Metropolitan Hotel, and a re- Unton of the non-commissioned officers of the Sixty-ninth at their armory , over Essex market. ‘Tho St, Patrink's Society of Brookiyn will lik rine give fagraud dinner this evening at Montaguo Hall, at halt- past sevon o'clock. City Intellig Lecrons BY Rican O'GoRmAN.—In @ lato edition we aunounced that Mr. Richard O'Gorman would lecture for the benofit of tho Catholic Library Association, on the evening of St. Patrick's antiiversary, Weare requested to state that Mr. OG, will not be able to fulfil that on- agomont this cvening, previous arrangements interfe: foe, ‘but that ho will lectare on Monday, the 24th inst., at Irving Hall, on the ‘Life of Oliver jmoith.”? Davip Sart, D.D., died bs day, the, Tun inst., at the adv: years. He gradtint eee Conn., on Fri ved a of ninety-five i at Yale Colloge in 1795, and was ordained in Durham in 1709, Members of the family, have ocoupied the pulpit of this church for riod of one hundred and twenty years, y the long pe-