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gee get ek: ? - = i Spent" éte ee: 34 ° o> wiv Nett wD {00% enced the dis kw fur-omiaynear the chancel, di pat fre or six of his a0 pert Pits wt) sion subversive of good order, might interpose. » & great scarcity ef hospital accommodations. Bat the fact that they promptly repudiated the ee ae courte of their subordinate, shows that they Se erat een elon rae calee | considered the reverend gentleman could safely | to 340, and 400 have been placed there, pac | be left to abide the decision of his bishop, and | in, and then another hospital has been van | the silent growth of that healthy public opin- | taking for that purpose the Charch of San am | fon which sooner or later correcta and punishes | cisco, Many of these oases are interm| roa al) acts of insubordination, whether ecclesiasti: | fever, but of a very bad type, something cal or otherwise, the Chagres fever, arising from the peor hn Tho abuse of power, when entrusted to im- | roundings and from the villainous bee proper persona, is tho peculiar curse of times | were provided—of Russia instead thong At like the present. The best agents are not al- | they are not rain-tight, nor even nod wavs at band. The worst, unfortunately, are | There ia also a large proportion of yellow fever always near, We must take care, however, | among the cases above referred to. The French | hw when it unfortunately becomes necessary | have some 70 cases, and good doctors say the | ; ‘y to employ them, that they do not sully « | different proportion Saat Lettieri tine | Just and holy cause by violence and wrong. | ing in every reepect cleanar and better, and they We believe that the Government is actuated by | are principally confined to the troops from Mar- kett, Burgess Ban Francisco GSHIF—David Croc! (08 days, with wool to Lawrence, Giles & Go. e arian) Keli BARK—Bargomaster Kelston, os ahr Ww 18 days, with Hott, Jack, from Tong of the cargo of achr Bin Decks bovine art Matar fas, recently ashore. was entirely deserted, and the greatest panic ima | Evacuation of Springteld, Ife, ginable prevailed: Our boats were to scour the Sound for what boate might be hid away: Our killed did not exceed forty im all, and about two hundred wounded. THIRD DISPATCH. Washington, Feb. 4A private letter tritten on board of the gunboat Stars and Stripes, Feb, 134 a batteries Beidny ‘on Friday ‘evening, at Aahby's Harbor, about 23¢ miles below rebel Fort Barton, of nine 92-pounders,, ‘The land! og was effected under cover of the guns two of our gunt the Delaware and Morse, which with the 8h |, drove away and dispers- two rebel regiments that were stationed shere three field pieces, to oppose their landing, Our men wer their middie in mud and water ia ing. on mhore, thay fuund the three re i amon; moran, By 9 o'clock P.M. that bot ard © i. D, in pla; ‘There was but little, if any sicknoss, | bel pieces e : Saran, Merry Ferlcnd Gay with beating | ay toneet purgone to restore the Union, without | finigue thd Coyeane, | Dymentery, ta paring | | There was bat Hite, if any wcknees, the | nies Gea, Burge bed tale i chad mene ba Ay = with coal for Narton. | imposing undue vexationa on persons not in ee. COPE working party wore busily employed Ia landing | tr) ste of ove thoueand par hour, moves Sortine Knight, Hall, Lubec, with fishy bound | vtitsey opposition to it. If ite subordinate | The Newspaper, Corteapenere Rmonte at uns, store &c., and building wharver, &., | Mere dion the enemy's batteries Was commenced = posi j Siaipbt, Bale: 10 days with &c. There has been one building erected ap.n » Siaibt, imore ye wil ‘Bridgetown 2 days, with corn to Jingly, agents cannot perceive this and act accord ly, they are cloarly unfit for the position they oc- cupy. In suppressing tse rebellion we must, By letters from Port Royal, It appears that for some weeks, reconnoisances and openings of 4 new channel to the Savannah river, and the | of the Massachusetts, | provisions, & the storage of navi corn t the late, BN For & (>, 8 W Pondor, Atkics, Milton, Del, 2 days, with if we wish to mucceed, avoid the commission of vebovil of duvabiicas Gh Ga telus bad Mp. Jobe Guysek co + eae or linda, + hen performed by governments | North Belleville, Esssex Co, N. J. 40 Lal food enliehioned, than oar own, were censured | Planted, enxaged the attention of « Portion oi | years, went to the Bouse of nelghior wemed Bark Hollaud, White Weet Indies. dayn by the public opinion of the civilized world, Srrenman's forces, and were being conduc tae ‘Kingsland, on Wednesday . ead the Brig Orison Adams, Chesapeake Bay 8 dayn, ’ ir cs ~ with great socrecy. base wore made public by | next tat as conn of bm he wa Pound wal 'D. arbor ne of the reporters, reached the North, and | toring in a gland’ Feb, 1m anesmipe Paste for Ka’ | ‘The reception of another letter from our | ‘hortly thereafter twcame known to the rebels, | nichtiul axe wound” ectending. from "the Wont, The Bourke, Lovint Point Puls S RMS" | pravana correspondent, undet date of 6th | who took such mea+uros for defence as would not Jory, teealed ondary : Midnicht Led i k, and a third on the left arm. Mr. Laalie, Philadelphia, Kilt Ale pry ago inst., gives us further dotails of the Moxican | otherwise have boon taken, a ms 7 a Be oa iets (rome Bulslan;. Avistiden | ews published yesterday, but of an un-impor- Lator from Ship Inland. morning, ‘and bofore he died charged his mur- : Lemuel, Bbielasy Arist tant character. The sickness among the troop 8 The U. 8. gunboat Massachusetts, Comman- ron Kingland, who is a carpenter, and « Zee at or Bowton: and ADI | at Vern Cruz ia described as large, and thorei der Melancton Smith, arrived at this port last man of violent passiors when intoxica ree, for in Qoarantine, there tod. ke. The U. 8. steam frigate Richmond mMeamed from her anchorage in the North River yesterday morn. and bas probably gone to sea with the wind NE and thiok weather, ‘The Br, steamship 8t George, Capt. Wiley, from u pol, arrived yesterday morning, has on freight 1908 bales American and 45 do, Kast India cotton, Hattrax Feb, 13 —The bg Msiroe, from wen ‘ork to Begged Island and alifax, t« ashora P Latour—cargo sent to Ragged Inand, (By telegraph.) Sr, Gronar’ Mayhew, trad ving met wil y has Deen ebandaned tad ABOUT FORT DONELSON. Hist E COUNTRY Rermuda, Feb, 1—The brig T. M ork and th hor inne v has advertised for tale the benefit of al! concerne Asrinwatt, Feb. 6.—Arrived Jan. 26th, Rr.sckr Beary Osmond, Faulkner, St Thomas, 97a, B sche New Oreyhour 1 feom Bowe dal Por BOLL, bark Xanith an, New York Bi brig Dunirennan, Corning Liverpool. Sint, Merican Liverpool. 10days L Jang, Lorain, from bark Harmon Buckley, heres pike Bigginsy Carthagens Br N meams! ts Lewla do, Balled, Jan %, sclire R chel M Leod. for Jenai- ea: Convencion G inzalen, Carthagena, 26th, orige Orinoes, Nasb, Havana. 1th, brig Mary Kelly, Lowerton » brig Anettias ee at! 1, Puknor, Greytown, Peb 1, schra Henry On nonnd, orn Ballo, 2d, chr Ab . | ing the day, forty o comer ve 0 ie ‘@Croster Svund early on Friday morn. Be eerceme Mott, Cuba.” bd, bark: Bebvlian, LATEST NEWS ly. ‘The Teh Hlin " 11, goicer Goldsborough’s fleet in Pow net Arrived, ship Stapha Glover, | 4¥ TELEGRAPH TO THE NEW YORK SUN, eae to Fea lthvelg age + 7 Mi e von seas wikies tee ron, Feb 14 Arrived, abip Btap! lover, ming te ha Wore ne ne Calcutta, with over 7,000 bags saitpetre. Iilinoia, and Col, Morrison, of t 2p , Rosnoke Island, a 10-inch gun minded, Bergen! Bharpahootora have done god ttey 4+ ‘Thoy kept several of the enemy's guna silent by pick- | ing off the cannonoorn aa fast aa they appeared at the gu | Capt. nk, ompany of iT it HARD FIGHTING) | csstwuia rc cre uncon, cow the feet, ance by the Underwriter showed that the enemy had obstructed the passage by #ink ing voaela and driving piles the entire width of Croaton Borind ; that above this barrscade were elghit unt and that in addition to the battery on Pork Point, mare. Fort Bartow, were Porta FORT DONELSON | ATTACKED. ‘THE NEW YORK 5UN. SATURDAY MORNING, FEB, 6, 1862, Amperty for Pelltical Prisacre. The Secretary of War bas issue an order snd reporta that the gunboat Carondelet received ® | Blanchard, four guns, and Fort Huyer on Welr's i it lo to 1G inch ball throngh her casemate, which wounded | point gins and Fort Berea, eightgamg, on sotting forth the attempts that wes ma vn : otro: jov Jfoction not eight men, but did not injure the boat materially, | Red Bong on the West aide of the Bound, opposite pre Ser ct Wa slap tat eay, but oven THE FORT TO BK STORMED, Capt, Walker, of the Carondelet ays he haw dit | Wair's Point, all of witich lore ro wa to play,om our mounted three ef the rebel's river guns, The other boats had not arrived up to 6 P.M. The rebels’ rifle ahota and grape have been flying Vhick and fast here all day, Some shots #truck around Gen, Grant and staff this afternoon, while riding along the lines, One bullet Lit one of the horses of the body juard near by, ‘The fort will be mormed in two days, if not sur rendered befors that time, Our men have driven back the enemy in every instances Pillow, Floyd, Johnson and Buckner a of the judiciary and cabinet officere and calmi- : rating in tho affection of — whole states. Foreign aid was also invoked to aid in the ruin of the country, ‘n these cir- cumstances, which could not have son fore- eon, and for which no provisin yas made, the Prosidont availed himself of ‘he oxtraordi- nary powers vested in him and tempo- rarily comfined in priton thos persons of 8 the robellion has calminate: and its power broken, the necessity for the aprisonment of those persons £0 loog- exists, ad the Prosident orders their rolease on tucir gimg thoir parole not te give active to the sbellion, and a full amnesty will bo granted or all past of- fences. The right is recerved, owever, to ox- cept those who have beon omplred as spies. fleet, should i8 attempt to pase the barricade. The feet immediafely advanced in three columns to attack Pork Potnt battery and the rebel gun: boats, ALLIS the enyavenment be general, wil In lew than an hour the rebel float retired, the Curlew being ao much disabled that she run aground under Fort Forrest, Oar fleet now cou: contrated its fire on Fort Bartow, at a range from three-quarters t which wag av near ax the water wt shot away, the quarters net on fire and the work plowed up by our shella, About? P.M. Gon, Bua landing at Ashby's Harbor, Pork Point, QUR MEN AT THE CANNON'S MOUTH. Burnside’s Viotory. 30 GUNS CAPTURED, Reanoke Inland Battle, FIRST DISPAT Fortress Monroe, Feb, 18, via Baltimore, Feb, Mith.—The gunboat Stars and Btripes arrived this noon from Gin, Burnaide's expedition, with bearer of dispatches to the Government. They report the route of the rebela as completes ‘Three thousand prisoners were captured, and all their gunboats burned oF captured, except two, which escaped inthe eanal, The Federal lons in killed was 42, wounled about 140, The rebel killed were about 30, and their wounded [ens than 100, ‘The advance from Hatteras took place on Wed- hemlay morning,the expedition consisting of about 60 vessel, The fleet anchored off Stumpy Point on that night and the next day proceeded to the en- trance of Croton Bound, After @ reconnolssance the attack waa commenced on Friday, the Underwriter leading the column, ‘The rebel fleet was attacked and dispersed in half an hour by the navy, while the remainder attacked the land batteries, ‘The fight continued until dark. "6 forces commenced yout two miles below Arebde! force of tw thousand with Shree piecos, were stationed in the woods to oppose thera, Our yunboate shelled the w «is and scat. tered the revels in al! directions, Our men were taken in small stearers and launc hea as near the whe i powmible, and lad to wade, sinking tothe middle at every step, for upwards of a quarter of a mile, Between three and fur « ck the rebel fleet ro. turned to the attack vigorously, and an engage. ment ensued between it and several of our jun boats, while the remainder kept up the freon Fort Bartow, Inan hour the rebel gunboats fretired the recond time several of them disubled. Fort Bartow fired but sald: At oix o'clock Flag our fleet eo withdr Small Loss of Life on Either Side. Bravery of Hawkins’ Zouavos, The Good News of b-day: We have today Federal accouts of the choer- ing victories at Roanoke Islut, and the cap. tare of Elizabeth city. The umber rebel Prisoners is increased, the nuwer of killed and wounded, on boih sides, greay lessened, and the enthusiastic bravery ot ou troops, nnder a galling fire, confirmed, The Feral forces have captured Edenton, at the enrance ef Chowan river, which places Weldon, > C » within our grasp. Keports from the expdition, however, mention an intention to reira to Pamlico - sound for further operations, ad possibly for a Our Troops in Elizabeth City, CAPTURE OF EDENTON, THRILLING INCIDENTS. OFFICIAL REPORTS, THE FORCES ENGAGED. n no! sborough signaled Mer an action of seven or eight hours. Many of our gunboats were struck but none of them seriourly damaged, The casual- tes were three killed and eight or ten wounded, Meanwhile the land forces contin a mi the debar- deseat upon the coast in thoswaters. During the night ten thousand men were landed, | kation, and by midnight had a force nearly 11, . ree P and on Saturday morning seven thousand more, €00 men on Roanokelaland, The enemy were in, = _ Teo Da A masked battery of three guna was soon discov. | trenched on the centre of the Island, four or five 1) | ‘The seeming disposition of a portion of the | ANOther Victory in Missourt, | oro:ty ne skirmishers and was attacked in .ront | miles distant, : Press to censure the soveriment for disapprov- n ing tho unauthcrized arnst, by order of a do- rms. ti tective agent, of an Epscopalian clergyman, the Rev, Mr. SrewAanr,in a church ia Aloxan- iy (ria, on Sunday last renders it necossary for us “tt 40 place the facta before tie public, in order that petty acts like these may receive the condem- Jpiion they deserve, Tie following account of autho affair is signed by 4 number of gentlemen 2% “who wore prosont, and may be taken aa substan — h “bially correct ; : Bus othe sting inininter (Rev. K, J. Stewart) had Bh the Momuny Prayer of the Episco i, as far an the Meany, the prayer for the and on both flanks, The 2iet, 28th and 27th Mas rachuaotta, the 9th aud Siet New York, and the 10th Connecticut were particularly engaged, At an early hour on Saturday morning, General Foster commenced a forward movemest, followed by the cutire force under Gen, Reno and Gen, ‘The 2th Massachusetts and the 10th Connecticut ‘arks, At about balf past 6 o'clock, Gen, Foster muftered most severely, came up with the eucmy, defended by a 3-gun ‘The fight lasted only two or three hours, when earthwork, flanked on both sides by what was the battery was abandoned. med an unsupportable morass, the only ap Our troops pursued and surrounding the rebel | proach to which was a narrow causew. yy on which camps, took nearly the whole command prisoners, their guns bore, In the buttery and viclalty were O. Jennings Wise was wounded, and was shot | from two to three thousand men, twice while endeavoring to escape in a boat, Col, Russell, of the 10th Connecticut, was killed at the head of hia regim Lieut, Col. Vigier de Montell, of the D'Epineuil GEN. PRICE ON THE RUN. CAPTURE OF SPRINGFIELD, News from the “South, ” Our artillery, which consisted of six pieces from the naval launcher, was placed in front by General Foster, who had the immediate command, Genera! OUR COMMISSIONERS RETURNED, Burnside being at the place of landing, Zoninves, whowe norvi . : Meeei eat Veing omitted Unt without anything ia 100 Federal ‘Pris Released Te ee, MET) OF MND eng Utctaee and giullies ohacaa na beats) aides wadlWeen ab Interruptier ens 4 Wet te ee a Mi Cderal ‘Hrisoners Released. No other officers were killed above the rank of | “it! Yisor, Our reinforcements as they arrived Pera amblch tte law dorigntice ae Sure aees i Lieutenant, Que total loas in killed and wounded | "Se Placed with the view of penetrating the mo- aw. lou rveetios of noine ang tamu iy owas pe in loss 200, and the number of kided is leas than | 7! °% oth sides so as to flamk the enemy, Tale “poms, who had come tothe church with thet : i ‘ Gowallion of interrupting thesertios seenld’ thee Union Feeling In Tennessee, Our men steadily advanced, closing around the foruet@etbeed according HAboir wishes, ‘These para ine bance ws soon ax they found prayer for the President omitted. 0 Farnsworth, of the 8th Illinois ce enemy under a lid fre from all sides, and suffered severely, altogether, over 8.000 prisoners, who being went t New York in the 8, RB. Bpeulding and other steamers, Atong them are about twelve or fifteen Colonels, Lieutenant Colon- IMPORTANT FROM PORT ROYAL ut eleven o'slock, the New Work Nluth, eived the order to charge, |) dreesed in untform, h some diers near him, undertook to te i af H fe oa ela and Majors, and, under the fire of the enemy, charged up the ciate in yy 1 cen be valles “i a se qu Prasee tt ha ] fey Ty A DEMONSTRATION ON CHARLESTON, On Bunday afternoon a fieet of fifteen gunboats | °MUseway, a dimance of upwards of a half « mile, ie #. How fare wont init does not appear, in rell- Bhaconfasion, bot offerer of prayer Mee Beowart was wore Dieny. and ordere jaa drecyed fr yelling themselves and cheered in the wildest man- ner by the entire force, The enemy became pantie stricken, and asthe Zouavey eutered the works they went out, fleeimy precipitately, leaving every- started for Elizabeth City, The place was shelled, and, having been evacuated and partly burat by the rebel troops, was occupied, All the rebel floet was sunk or burnt, except tw. son quiring his position as the se ndvanced to the altar, where + still continuing the arrest, = M. &o,, &o, lh ag ee nee. Ti — @ Roanoke and Bewufort, which eavaped up the | Wing behind them, iuetly avo tthe omtulen ar he Fort Donelnom Attacke:l, canal, ‘The Bea Bird, which was the flagship of | Assoonas possible, General Reno took up the pewopadyer for the President of the United Staion Chicas FL ‘ Com. Lynch, was rundown end boarded, and the | pursuit, followed by General Foster, who kept up MARES thie avowal, be raul Lares gouty tie Prciisey taped ley ie Silering 48 peclal | gallant Commodore escaped by amimming to the | the pursuit of the main force of the enemy, while d 1," respondes' Mr, Stewart, wis by isd advanced to thé chancel raila. ts “summon you to answer at the shore, Gaur On THR FELD wads Post Dowscaon, The news from Elizabeth City was received at General Reno wert toward Fort Huger, where Feb, 13, 12:30, } body of rebels had fled, i . Roanoke Island on Monday evening, and the Stars | At the same time, Clone) Hawkins was sent ‘a iad seas of ug of Kin, # and Lord of Lords Fort Donelson is invested by our troops, Our | aig Stripes lefs on Tuesday morning, She stuck | with his Regiment, to the right, in the direction of rertont th: wi mubas- | tines are formed fro nt to ‘om not frag Presenting the petitions | Lne* are formed from right to lef, and from north [on tise bar at Hatteras on Tuesday night, but start- Sballowbag Bay, people at His altar.” ‘The wlemuity ef this meyepen) apparently caused the partios to fall baci = sad pause, bus goon the soldiers were orderet to © “etire Mr. Btowart, which two of them did with ASS, Violence, forcing the prayer book from bin we Bats, one of them drawing a revolver, Auothor eo%¢ revolver was presented to an old and venerated 44 ‘Tlttgen within the chancel, when the officer ordered 242 Ow eoldier not to fire. Very soon, a considerable ~ be armed soldiers appeared in the church, AMER Btewart, refusing to yield voluntarily, was Jowdreeged by force from the wtar, ait, through the “e@bsl6, out ofthe church. He was in the surplice, ©) @hieb he wore through the streets, and at Colonel ‘4 efneworth's quarters, where he was taken, Itis proper to state that these proceedings wore « we the knowledge of Gen, Montgomery, the +" Biiiftary Governor of the city, and were strongly eoydenmed by him when they came to his know- al He Melerraphed to Washington for instruc: bows frou the Governmen which, when received, pe of much a nature pad . bd Feige, er low bourw'dovemion, Mz" Beware -~ clergyman in question, in ommitting th prayer for the President, was cer- Bot accountable to the “agent,” who Ssprofeased, faluely, as the result shows, to have ected under orders from Washington, He was to south, nearly surrounding the fort, A heavy cannonading and skirmishing have been going on since 74 o'cleck this morning, but, owing t the extent of our line of ‘action, little can be learned of the result: I hear, however, that the Captain of Company J, Seventh Iliuots regiment hay been killod General McClernand's Division ts the right wing, an ed again in the morning and arrived here about Boon today, Bhe brings bearers of dispatches from Gen, Burnside and Commander Goldaborough She will take in cargo of ammunition and wil! return immediately, General Wise was at Nags Head and succeeded in escaping to Norfolk, ‘The rebels made no fight after being driven from their intrenchments, which was done by the Haws kins Zouaves and the 21st Massachusetts, Elizabeth City was about half burnt bythe rebel toldiers, The people sent off a deputation to Com, Goldaborough, asking him to eend a force to assist in extinguishing the flames, Edenton was taken possession of on Wednesday by Com, Goldstwrough, no opposition being offered, Norfolk and Richmond papers attribute the los of Roanoke Island to the blundering ineficlency of their navy, ‘They still persist in asserting that one thousand federals were killed, They also charge some Roanoke Island farmers with deserting and piloting the Yankees to the only point where they could effect a landing, the taland being flanked oa guns, equipments and everything that they could throw away, The panic and route were complete, When close on their heels, and near the upper part cf the island, Gen, Foster was met by a flag of truce from Col, Shaw, demanding terms of capitulation, Gen, Porter replied that thefsurrender must be un- couditional aud immediate, The terms were ao cepted, and about 1,600 laid down their arms, Meanwhile Gen, Reno came up with « body of abcut 80 under Col. Jordan who surrendered un- conditionally, Col, Hawkins found the battery at Shallowbag bay deserted, but took several prisoners, Capt O. Jennings Wise was attempting to make his escape in « boat when he was shot in three places, and died the next morning, ‘The forts were all occupied by our forces that night, ‘The rebels the same evening blew up Fort Forrest, The obstructions having been removed, our fleet entered Albermarle Sound, On Bunday, Flag-officer Goldsborough dispatched thirteen gunboats, under Capt, Rowan, to Eliza perating on General Smith on the lef. We have had but oue gun boat to play upom the Fort until just within the last half hour, since when the other gun bonts have been firing on the Fort, The force estlinated to be within the breast, works, from the best information, is about,16,0000, No reinforcements can arrive, a# all communication is cut off, Is ts now thought that their lef redoubt lias fallen into our hands, All the officers are act+ ing with great valor, exhibiting @ fearlessness highly creditable to our western army, General Grant and staff have been riding along the lines all the morning, regardless of the grapeshot thas is being showered in all directions, Glid#ly smenable only to his ecclesiastical supe. 8 P.M , 18th,—The cannonading and skirmishing al) sides by an extensive marsh, beth City; where the rebel fleet had fled: On Mon- hes continued bi all day, but bas been lately — day floss attacked them, and destroy. eiFias,dor violating » plain rubrie of his church, Alecontinued, tele 90) San eh ba have been SECOND DISPATCH. bghers ped " wrwilatch epjoins the usual services, Failing this @d the rebel gunboats, running them down and wounded on both sides, ‘The 2th Ladians, which Fortress Monroe, Feb, 14.—The expedition boarding then in the mest gallant manner, alten Sathoritiont they deemed the omis " rushed Wuidly up to the entrenchments, hed, dus Ve Hamterne ou Wednonday mioraingy the Oi Lanq — Ejaabetd Gity was fred by the rebele, TYE tity © A0d of the army bon toisty, wee ae Ca ani aoe the Island, uader the ore eee an oa engine Bat shoulder te the lung, another on the back | right b o deaired and discipline, pila, and will the hydra of rebellion, Hon, Ginnon Weiies, Secretary of the Navy : terday, rebel steamers that escaped from here had gone to Bizsbeth City, and thereup ordered Commander Rowan to t Portant rervios, viz.; tiver of # link of the Albemarle and Chesapeake canal toH proceed to Washington ‘The enemy in thelr flight strewed the road with paleo ond met the enemy cif this place this morning, at 9 val on Cobb's Point, lis Capt considering two or three killed, and some wounded Master Chase of this ship, who I hope you will con- firm in the command, to command is wortby of all p severely injured, Amistant Secretary of the Navy Fox has also re ceived private letter, in which it is stated that ‘he number of killed in our navy ls abous twenty, ly Satarday morning, the five meanwhile en- grging and ailoncing a shore battery oppuaite It forces advancing in the direction of the bat- ofthe Island, the rebsls wore tery in the oan soon driven behind their entrenchments, when remiated y gbt mortars were landed from the fort ur army's felt artilery. Avent mite 6 Hawkins Zouaves and the 10th Connecti- cut regiment, under Gen. F aver, made 9 dashing bayonet charge upon the battery commanded by young Wise, wading kuse deep through and water to get at the Fort, and yellirg like #9 many Todiana. Meanwhile a detour was made on the Gen, Reins, and on tha let by Gun, Bow ter, Thin attack from three sides decided the fate ofthe day. Therebela fled from their intrench- menta before the array of cold ateal brought to bear sins them, The HMawki front defences bayonet in band, young Wine waa hot wounded here aa kaid it, Dut recsived bis wounds in on feay ri eacape from the Isl-nd in ® boat from Shallow Bay. The beat was fired on and he receive four Wounds. | He wax made prisoner, and died on Sun- day morning of his wounds, Kner ¢ reduction of the in the centre of the Island, Gens. Reno and Parks took « force of men and went down to Fort Barton, Col. Hill in command, and took undisputed possesion of it, Tt had been the principal point of two days bom- ardment by our navy. At 4:45 of Saturday, the Americen fing was displayed from the battery. Gen, Porter then pursurd the rebels t the north end of the islsud, where waa also in camp, or és Z viavew lanped the Aa the rebels fled, bee w drawn up, & Virginiaregimont thet bad been towed down in #ix yobs oners from the mainland on Stur- day morning. Ge. Porter approached and bad an ii terview with the rekel commander, Col. Shaw, of North Carolina, who would exact, Gen “an tincondl+ tional aurrender,” and consented to give him time return to his camp to decide or not to acv0eed to tae demand. The rebel officer had hardly reached his men, | when the Masachunetta 9ith, burolag with impa- tence, sprang forward in the direction of the ene my, when Col, Shaw immediately raised a white handkerchief as a signal shat the rebels had oon- cluded a surrender, ‘The rebelabad proposed to cut off our passage up Croaton Sound by a cheraur de frist of stickmy extending from the mainland entirely acrom to the head of Roanoke Ialand ; but our gunboats forced their way throtigh, anil commences the im- petuous pursnit of the enemy's fleet, which hed Been draws up behind this barrier, OFVICIAL BEPORTS, HeAc-Quantans Daraxtaoar or Nontit Canoumay Roanown Iatanp, Pobrusry 10th, 1962: To Major-General Geo. B. MeClellan, Commanding fy © honor to report that a eu attack on this inland was commenced mornin, the Tth by the naval and mili- tary forces of thia Expedition, which haw remulted An the capture of 6 forts, 49 guns over 2,000 prin- oners, aud upwards of 3,100 small arma, Among the priamers are Col. Shaw, Commander of the Island, and O. Jennings Wise, Commander of the Wise Legion. ‘The latter was mortally wounded, and has since died. The whole work was finished tn the afternogn ofthe 4h inst, ater a oard da; fighting by a brilliant charge in the centre of the Island, and ® rapid purmitel the enemy to the north end of the Island, resulting in the capture of the prisorers mentioned above. We have bal i) time t count them, but the num- Ler is estimated at near three thousand, Our men fongnt bravely, and have endured moat mat fully the bardahips incident to Sghting through swamps ond dense thickets. It in ene that the officers and men of both arma vice have fought gallantly, and the plans ng carried out, “ I will be ex used for maying, in reference to the Action, that 1 owe everytuing to Generale Porter, Reno and Parker, as more full details will show. iniem probshiymacalle “RALG sbeue phiety he em probebiy mortally, “Xmong the killed are A, Ritawell of the 10sh Connections regiment, and Lieut -Col vcr De Montell, of the D'Eapened Zmuaver. Both of them fought most gallantly, Thave the houor to be Generale oe aBey Y-ur obedient servant, mn before leaving Matteras wore A. B. Bursar, Brig -Gen, Commanding Department of North Carolina.” Washington, Feb. 14.— A special memenzor errived this morning bringing the following dia- patches: U. 8, Piao Sreawen Part DELPHI, are Ke ISLAND, Feb, 9, Roanoke Island. ae urd, The military authorities esterday struck for ny. T fence were truly formidable, used with ® determination worthy They cousisted of two elaborately constructed works, mounting together twenty-two heavy guus, three of them being 100-pounders rie F other batteries, motinting together 20 gina, Proportion of them being also of large calic and some of them rifled ; 3 steamers mounting and each baving ® rifled gun with » 2-pounder, a prolonged obstruction nken veewels and nile tv thwart our advance, and altogether a body of men numbering go, roel lows thaw 5.00, of whom 3,000 are now our pric scners ‘Tao Signting commenced on the morning of the Tth inat., about 11 ofclock, and was continued till di The following morning it was rewumed at an early bour,and lasted until well in the afternoon, when by a bold charge by our army the rebel flag waa made to succumb, and our own Was hoiat- ed everywhere on the jaland in ite place No attack could have been more completely exes cuted, and it was carried out precisely in adsorde ance with the arrangements made before the expe- dition lef Cape inl I bey to submit herewith copy of a general or- der to be read on the quarter deck of each vessel belonging to that branch of the expedition, Tam very respectfully, Your obedient servant, L. M. Gotnanonovon, Flag Officer, Com. North Atlantic Blockading 8quadron, To Hon, Ginko Weiirs, Secretary of the Navy. ‘Tre general order is as follow 7 of yesterday and the day before, alike worthy of yourselves 4 our glorious flag upholds, hem and congratulate you upom the results wchieved«. No sommander-in-chlet could have been more ,allautly sustained, or coud have more gratifyivg display of coolness, sleil! ‘We have yt mere work of the kind to accom. on deliver another blow to crush From what I uave already Witnessed, Tam sure you will do it well. (Bigued) LM. Gotvenonoveu, U, 8, Sreawme Preani Orr Roanonn, PHtAy 10, 1862, Sik t—* Juat an I clowed my dispatch to you yea I received reliable information that the 1 {mmediately thirteen of our in pursuit of 80 if practicable te execute an #her im. the destruction up the North 4@, Will inform you, T have decided to send the Stars and Stripes off ton Roads tomorrow to briug me ammuuni- 2 there without delay, will go In bi ver to you my two of the rebel flags we have taken, eapectfully, your ob't servant, M, GoLDsnouovent, Flag Officer, &o, U. 8, Sreamen Det awan Off Elizabeth City, Feb, 10, 1562, have the happiness to report that I have and afer a very @aarp engagement have omeded in destroying or capturing his entire nae ree, and silencing and destroying his battery The only vemel saved from destruetion is the J.M_ Cook, who is wounded and utr on board this ship, I have other prisoners Tam happy to say that our camaltios are fow, the warmth of the enemy's firm asf I send the Elis to you under command of Acting ‘The conduct of the gallant men I have the honor T am happy to say that none of our vessels are Tahal! leave bere a small force and visit the ca and take @ look into the other places before I the hanee to be m i your obed't serv't, if Sr Rowas, U.B.N, camp equipage of the troops that left Fort Henry, ably attack Fort Donelson tomorro ancl reached this city that the artillery lef Port Henry for Fort Donelson between 8 and 4 o'clock on the morning of the 12th, with six regiments of infantr bis late residence, 303 Weet 40th st, By order af, o'clock the same day, ‘The rear guard left st? P, | EDWD. McLAUGHLIN, Pres’, PATE, CAME, M. The whole force was 40,000 men, with 27 pieces | BELI4 Sey. 16a of light arti At 4 o'clock on the morning of |" Hurrah for the“ War”—New layour eapi the same day, eleven regiments lef Paducah, under | chance to go to the neat of war and gain convoy of the gun! River, making the whole force over iy thousand men, The gunboats expected to reach Fort Donel- afernoon, Ban Fri rent Press to the Associated Proes of 8 un Franciseo, which was ai lished hours ahead of ti suspended specie payments today, 7 the Ro- bel. St, Louis, Feb. 14.—A especial dispatch to the St, Louis Democrat, dated Bpringfield, Mo. 19th, vis Bear Crock todey, says Our troops took pomession of Bpringficld today ‘without firing a gun, General Price evacuated the place yesterday afternoon, marching out on the | to the same Fayetteville Road, leaving a large amount of stores ‘Mr. and equipage, which was captured by General Car. | tion Chichasaws and . Doolitti So ne Se i he congener nud cultivation of certain: OFFICIAL REroaT, lands on the Southern coast, Referred. ny Br. Louis, Feb, Lthy 1562, Mr, Chandler. (Match free the, Coma - To Major-General MeCleUian:—The dag of the | Comsimes, on tien yrte to take he Union floats over the Court Howse in Springfield. | allegiance ‘On motion of Mr. Grimes, (lows the billi,, vides Warden for ibe Juin the istrict ov, bin was taken up f) ‘The enemy retreated after » short engagement, Jeaving « large amount of stores and equipments, ) m which were captured by General Curtis, Our cav- | Mr. Grimes paid that aman, Duval jexterday this man Lamon, ay ae Ines area te | Carel tit world oct do the tedaang of W. Hi, Hatincn, Major-General. | 454 bis man Phillips and the negro thief W > ae se South ‘The bill was passed. i, News from the South. ‘A communication was recetved from thf Fortress Monroe, Feb. 13.—Dispatches fron | dent, transmitting ® copy of the Treaty ‘e Memphis to Norfolk admit that the Federal fag was | King of Hancver. | yo of the Nevis cheered on the Tennomor River by the people, and | ateey inveyard to te Secretary of the Ny asnort that the Federals neither saved nor destroyed | taken up. Avi he Harris moved to lay the wut on th any private property, not even cotton, to take up the case of the Senses, Governor Letcher has tewied an order for the for. | 2 order ° { Agreed to—yeas, 81; my mation of Home Guards for the defence of Nor- ¢ avnot tacks was wo folk, Petersburg and Richmond, ‘The bill in to the pay and emoluag, | army, was then ‘axen tention ‘on a motion to recom mit thet 1¢ Committer, which was diaagresd to. ry Mr. Wilson offered an amendment to th Pay bill, to reduce the number of the Payma: ¥ he army from 149 to 195, Adopted, 4h He also Introduced an amendments bounty allowed to soldiers, & soldier a shall to the widow or children, or the or mother of the soldier, Ho also introduced an tracts and orders for supplies f Bishop Ames and Hon. Hamilten Fish return to Baltimore, the rebels refusing to receive then. Four hundred released Federal prisoners will reach Old Point on Friday or Saturday, ‘The Richmond Despatch nays:—Our Tennessee exchanges give ts gloomy prospects of the future in that part of the Confederacy, Several leading journals intimate plainly that there is really a threatening state of affairs in Kast Tennesseo grow. { ing out of the idolatrous love of many of these poo- Hon IT res the bill offered on the “ ple for the old Union, The correspondent of the | Dre gt Momy his Avalanche writes that the condition of the | be rized and requested todivaharge fro, | interior counties is not faproved by the lapse of ie Le tiene mean aan wan Mt ry tame, tervice, or that the service be benefitted they The people apprehended arwmmediate advancing Adopted. r of the Northmen, and traitors to the South evince | Mr. Sherman (Ohi) fered an amendment their joy in every villege and neighborhood, Ti joal the md parsed In Jalyy authorizing nc It Unioniats are making demonstrations ia many of erals to app int aida, and after mone dise's he withdrew it, but Mr G imes renewed it, y the Northern counties, and even at Memphis there v were exhibitions of joy ou the arrival of the news wan dincuumed at Kome length The Senate went into Executive seaalon, a: from Beech Grove, Armed bands of Johnson's and at im all di. fenently edjourued till Mouday, House of Representatives. remote The Senate's amendinert t» the U.S. Tre! Seige note bill waa received and referred to the Gud) tee on Ways and Means, * ‘The House remimed the consideration of tha val Appropriation bill, Mr. Sedgwick (N. ¥.) offered an amendmer propristing fifteen millions of dollars for buli tional gunbonte. Mr. 8:dgwic¥ eaid that the Navy would take: fortified place on the souliort Gowst withiar months, if yor will only furnith the meaus ginboata alvendy built bad proved a perfect m Mr. Kelly (Penn..) said that Engiand was b Maynard's followers are prowling al rections yrough the mountains, many have been shot at night in thelr own houses who adhered to the fortunes of the South, Port Royal, Feb. 10.—Advices have boon re- ceived at this place, from the fleet now en route to attack Bavawnah, Tuese advices are up to Sunday afternoon at one o'clock, P. M. Not only have the vessels micceeded, a1 hereto- fore known, in cutting off all commtinication be. tween Fort Pulaski and Savannah, but the forces have destroyed the water pipes leading to the city, OE Eien inde Wana aac % and supplying it with water, tmy by thousands, to see that 'ittle Ce. ‘The gunboats, eleven in number, and transports | Nutt, ard al the other attractions of th Ke Powora, » fthree), under command of General Wright, ex- ‘Lromy Mase: peotyd to land eight thousand troops this (Monday) | qe original and genuine article, will exterav morning. Roaches, Ants, and all vertain. Free ‘rom pals? ‘The obstacles encountered by — bouts were ave ati dno hs ea ee Da ty at 2 of the mowt trying obaracter, The piles driven werywhere. D. 8. BARNES, Propriese? into the Savannah r were of heavy timber, and Broadway, ‘ Lad been placed with the greatest cara, It was a “- work of no #mall labor to cut them off ata depth ’ of sixteen fect below the water, This was done, - however, B Among the reviments on the Expedition are the 9Tth Pennsylvania, the Oth Connecticut and 4th New Hampshire, Twelve regiments of troops were, on Saturday, under marching orders to leave on Monday morn- ing for an expedition inland to the railromd and Ahence to Charleston. Three regiments of cavalry were to join them. Twe simultaneous movements were to be made, oneto the railrowl direct and the cther from the vicinity of Edisto I,land, Within the last month « large number of ree giments have been arriving at Port Royal, and much of the heaviest ordnance [n use inthe ar- my, Several regiments of artillery were to ac- company the expedition. tt SPECIAL NOTIC ' ching Gas. : NeFIT OF THE FIVE POL | JOUBE OF INDUSTRY. ‘ JOLTON will repeat Lis exhibition of d strange effecu proauced by imiab’ LAUGHING GAB, for te benefit of this Charitio Instivution, AT THE COOPER MONDAY EVENT BIXTY GALLONS of 6 TWELVE GENTLEMEN bave voll hale it to commerce the entertainment, will ccour to offend the moat fastidious lady, ‘The effect of the Gas is to develope the most minent traits of character, Dr, COLTON has great pleamure in announ that, in order to #well receipts for the House of . dustry, BIX LADIES have consented to inhale the Gax To add to the attractions, the first balf hour », Bi devotid to A CONCERT by 190 PUPILS of ue iia) Pilate House of ad Bg be mit will sing @ variety of | telosi sind ‘ail atherh th \ the Pica Pointe seer kg Songs. They will show w Come and enjoy « rich ‘one el 'y*tich entertainment, and Tickets, 25 cents, Open at, Commence at ofcloek, fol5 2°11 FOR THE From Washington. vy 400, Lt.—E ram official dianatche es to the Navy Department, it is ascertained that on the evening of the 19th of January the U, 8, steam gunboat Itasca captured the schooner Liazle Weaton, of Appalachicols, loaded with 293 bales of cotton, oF 182,500 pounds, bound for Jamaica or « market, She was sent in charge of a prize crew to Philadelphia, A dispatch from Ship Island, Sanuary 16th, ways that on the 98th of December the U. 8, steamer | {iM eryRipelan, New London captured the tchooner Gypsey, She | blode mrenerit cosnplainhe aecnenaee waa discovered inaide of Horn Island Pass ond was | Kidneys, roa eee gonumunptlon, dicy are mowt chased and overtaken near Pascagoula, when the IYATIOG Pere erent purifier, bi crew deserted her and wet fire to her, ‘The fire, | of coon ae Ge and miliaris mine however, waa extinguilahod before she bad sustained | mowt certainly cure any case which eet Inset | much injury, She lsofabout 50 tons burthen,— | VY medicine, if taken in accordance with the dire Her cargo consisted of cotton of superior quality, tions HYATT’S LIFE BALSAM o whieh will be shipped on board the storeship Sup- kay of Ladasna p'y. Grove stand 211 Clinton uae ale) rheumatism and gout, afee been cripp} Dispatches from Port R ryal dated Feb, Ot that the Keystone State captured the Britiah for yearn { HYATT’S LIFE RALSAM cured Mr BB, Hos! dock master, 171 Madison st, of a terrific ulcer sctooner Mart, off Fernandina, laden with aalt, Hor | Le bad been in the Broadway Hospital charter party suiliciently indicated her intention to | yt ntioudht to be incurable, run the blockade, A small eum of money was found on board, among which were bank bills and cer- tiflcates of deposit in the South Carina and Goor- Hyaws Life Balsam, Rheumatian tn tty mont painful forma, ula erynipelag ault rhein pimplen toeies + may a HYATT'S LIFE BALSAM cured Mra, Gore, ave and Sls atvof serofulayor king's evil, The uloe had destroyed the flesh” from “the neck until windpipe waa exposed, It cured Mra Gore alse Aymepain, U iu gia Banks. She has been sent to New York, YATTS LIFE BALSAM cured Ex-Aldernut! ‘There seems to le a war among the advocaten of | J+ ks 7 relseeni Wes, See District different systems of me icine, The Homaopathiste | modied treatnent team After he had been und: have sent ® petition algned by over twenty-five | Principal det 246 Grate aa Peres OF mote yt 246 Grand at, ott thousand names, asking for the employment of 5 Homowpathie Surgeons in the army, The “Old School" practice are opposing this attempted inno- vation, ‘The President, today, on the recommendation of 1 cents per else ll ® Boller Makers Attemtion.—An adjourne' meeting of the New York, Brooklyn, and Jerse! City meam boiler makers, will be held on Saturda evening, Feb, 15th, at 8 o'clock, at 18T Bowery, : ; complete the organization, All’ boiler makers ar the Secretary of War, nominated to the Benate rerpectfully invited to attend. By order of WM Col, Thomas A, Davies, of the Mow York Volun- | HUTTON, Chairman ; GECRGE G. OL MeaNee 30 Neers, a8 Brigadier-Goneral, tor his gallant conduct | 8 cretary. at the battle of Bull Ran The War in Teancesace. Chicago, Feb. 14.—A special dispatch to the Jounwat, from Fort Henry, 12th, aays that the ex. Pedition under command of Col, Reggin returned te Fort Henry today, from up the Tennessee river, heaving captnred $75,000 worth of contraband yoods at Paris, Tenn, They also found the tents and ‘ost Office Netice—The Mails for Great! jain and the continent of Burope, per the U. 8 steamer HANSA, and for Ireland via Queenstown! per the CITY OF BALTIMORE, will close at this ry") on Saturday, the 15th Feb,, at 1036 o'clocl, ; 128 WM B.TAYLOK P.M, Rev. DW. Cahill, D. D+ will lectnre on THE GREAT PROCKESSIVE GENIUS OF Cl WIOLIC GAURUH, by A SUNDAY EVENING, FEB, 16, at 5 O'CLOCK, 1 at the COOPER INSTITUTE, House ot Mercy, and other Charities of the Biaters of Mercy, 116 Admission, 59 Cente, The Members of Ilibernia Benevolence Bocioty me requested to meet at their meeting! room, in full regalia, in 17th et, on Sunday, Lisl funeral ou 8 The troops hav ed from here, 4 will prob Capt, Willard, of left Fort Henry day b e Chicago Light Artillery, ve yesterday ut 1034 o'clock, today, From him we leary inet, at one o'clock P.M, to attend the deceased brother nber HENRY SCULEN, fron Gen, Grant and staff and body guard le at 10 for yourselves and faruilies, A few more able y meh wanted to bring the gallant 8ésh Regiment, Be? N.V., under coramand of Col. CHAS, H. INNES, te! the maximum standard required by the U, &, Gov." ernment. Pay, clothing and transportation fur 7 nished, and relief given to the Wives of soldiers from * the Aid Committee, after being mustered into the service, $100 bounty paid at the expiration of the pats, to go up the Cumberland i war, or on bonorably being discharged, Por further From Gen, Halleck’s Division, information apply to Lieut, JAMES GRANT, Ree St, Lowis, Feb, 14 —Gon, Halleck bas as | cruiting officer, 89 Contre at" fos 158TuT ution signed Gen, Grant to the command of the District He! For the Seat ef War!!! | of West Tennessee and Gen, Suerman t the Dis | RECRUITS WANTED FOR THE JAGKBO™ thet of Calro. : ARTILLERY, P Tel, Ragimens scahoriaed by His, Racal ‘Tho Pacific Telegraph, wernor Morgans ani “ Chicago, Fed, 18 —The telegraph line hence to | RYCIMENT HMAVY AB’ TL, i awa Hoo is beginning to work through with regularity ard promptness, eport from the New, York Asso 100 ABLE BODIED RECRUITS, 18 to 4 years, and not loss than 5 fee @ Wine vate ic wosreare’ othe UGG] Rate he Regiment 1° RACKS ban New Yorke and the best of rations arg A splendid uniferm and » liberal sopply of lothing furnished immediately ; the pies] ties r= relief to the families of recruits, ‘The REGIMENT {ntended for garrison and offers the sdvantages to recruits of no marches, and bo exposure to storms, ete Lncideed oda} mu ated atched at half-past one, our thing, was pub- ia Ban Francisco at lalf-past eloven—two Suspension of Specie Payment by the Detrett Banks. Detroit, Feb. 14.—All the banks in this city e — to field duty. 3 Congressional Proceedings. Hoauarer 36 Grand or Bry V8! y XXXVIIth CONGRESS—Senate. ¥. PARREL. Adjutant Mat ene Firet Season, Canmeurs—Hen, Wasi Feb, 14M, Morrill (Mi proven tive favorite regio cee cetied mew ted s petition from from W. ©. Jeweth of Colorado, feabingvon” Peceapes a gon, Pay, Increane tho orume. Khe man will receive Gio canes sien oad s Shis regiment can have families in New Yorks nd 6th ot, lout, Ds fold 13°

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