The 17. e Leis crossed the river and di sper.rd is - the — iirarnp, only taking off their UJilies them, leaving stores, ammunition, - General riamilton nas• in complicit at New Madrid. Oeneral+•Fupe is of the fm. 'pression, from the ere4uent passage of trans ports, that Island' No. 10 is also evacuated. A ieconnoissanee to-rttorrow will, however, • evcertain the fact: • • j'he forced 4: - .4,&:,e;114g00t Neu, Madrid—No FccLel Figif Llft in Missouri—The Enemy ..:i)tiititon all their Artillery, Field Bilteries, 'rails, IVagons, Etc Sr. Lot is, March I.3.—Thz. 'tUlowing; is a copy of an cir.cial deepotoh sent to the See rc:a-,-.7 cf Phir: s 4• < • 1 < l ' - 'l44ft&^t - several Crays skirmishing, anti' a number of attempt's by the enemy's gnnboats ' to dislod,ge.General• Pore's battery at Point 'Pleasant, the:encmy has evacuated his forts i . .nnd entrane,lviptrat New Madrid, lea \ :ng all 1 - ..:r.:•4llltery, field batteries, tents, wttg,ons, letlit's,'S:c., and an immense quantity of mil • litany store.. • .• "Brigadier General liareilton has occupied the place. This was the last, to.rcnghold of 'the enemy in this ::trite. l'lmi:c 'I; no Rebel 'llog, now flyingiirr:slis.onri. •- • -, • (5 1 .'32.4) i ' • "11/W. ll.tr..i.tcK, •'_:' :".lajor Ger.erul Commit:lLl:mg." THE WAIL UN TAE MISSISSIPPI A treat 'Battle' Progress at [anal lib 10 THE REBELS IN LARGE FORCE PLANK MOVEMENTS OF GENER- , U FOR D AND POPE. I'4tOGRESS OF THE BOMBARDMENT. THE MORTAR 'MEET AT WORK ';l.l;rogciti of C.,»:.»:iirl - jrj Foote'silcetOn itla7ra No. 10 CAIRO, March 16-10 P. M.—A messen ger left the flotilla at 3 o'clock on Saturday , The fleet was then in line of battle, drop ping slowly down, and within two miles of the enemy at Island N. 10. Two mortar boats were in position, anl four shots had hoc:lA:rod by-thcm. ' The t o .m.l .l oabi - seuti!M 'firorn 'few f.helli to rt - Ae -range: "No reply was made by the . The Rebel gunboats were in sight. Large bodies of troops appeared encamped on the 'main land, close to the head of the Island. The Commodore (Foote) is in fine spirits, :rtt•the messenger did not expect the Gght Fto come off before Sunday. .1 Fierce Bombardment in Progress—Large Farce -R.bels at i s Lbamt. CAIRC, al:arth 15, P. 1%!..-Tlie reporter of the 4.sgooilited Press sends the following,: ON TIDARD FLAG &lir, Two MILES AItuVE ISLAND N. 10, March.ls, 1862. The flotilla 174 unecr tray at 5-30 Allis dro.ppeA down the river slowly till alznt seven o'clock, when the flag,-ship, being about twenty miles ahead of the flotilla 'and six miles above the Island, discovered etcrn-wheel steamer which ran out from •the. 14lielter of a point on the Kentucky side of the river and steamed down the river to ward:: .Izlaac: .1%0. 10. Four shells were thro+wa` eftt.l h'er, but the distance was too great for the shots to take effect. • . At nine o'clock the fleet 'ounce to about three miles nbove the Island, when the Cum inozezo •orderc,l three of the mortar boats At this hour, 2 P. M., we are within range but as yet hare heard nothing from the en emy. There appears to be a large force on the li.e . ntactcy chore, where vre ,eun count thirteen guns in positton on t 4. bluff. A large fleet.of transports can be seen across a low point on trio Missouri shore, busily en gaged around the Island, but what they are doing we cannot determirc. Our mortars .me momentarily expected to open fire. We can discern the much talked of. float ing:. battery at thc Tic L'neoly in Lariie Ptirce— allilJlCllCell:Cni Of " • Cdtrzo, soutlay evening, Alareh 16.-1 have just rc•urned from Commodore l'oote'r flag ,rittip Beaton. at Island No. 10. The cuemy has u very heavy force on the Kevin':ky and Tennessee bhure and un Island Nu. 10.-- Commodore Foote emtuted forty-sh: guns, att•l ti:' nesitiou is much more formidable Allan Columbus. I eounted from the decks of the Benton :on corampluentb mid lour forts. His force is from ten thousand (L 0,000) to twenty thJta , and (20,0i.rJ). Ifuis fureuue , l the lynnbrirdineut of the upper lurt, just un the I...entely line, commit. ed. It'Adtitains six :1:1-puunderkati1 one rifled GI pounder. The twu rifled guns of the Benton and eight mortals were to day hrutiAlit to Lear un this fort. The firing WAS ese•dllent, and the enemy was Seel] to letve idle fort Eevernl times, but returned. The range x•:0 ever t‘^o Vial a half.-- The enemy only returned three•shots. ilciteral Pope has full possession of Lett Madrid. Thus y,u, will see that the enemy is on island No. 10 and un the Ketituck3 side of the Mississippi bi.tween the d fure:,; of litiford and those of Pope. • There has been Leavy firing at interval 'New Madrid all day, and it is supposed t ;ha the Poobelgutibdats have been trying to effect a passage down the river ur shell our frees - Our trJop3 flue and eun I.: , :cnt. of bucee,s. 1 hole to Com. ro,te the tlitres,lng iutel- Jigcnce of the death of a helot C't 411 d favor ite LOD, thirteen yeas ull. The brace sailor and Christian gentleman wat tleeply a ffet , :ed. Ills sad bereatentent under the c ireuni ,nces will awaken a profound and general througbout the country. l'evarcss •tf for Bombardment—Gen. .11 , pc o,lfillent l'ir. , ...enting Me Retreat of /Lc Beet Mc Bic‘r—Suldserinent Gcn. l'rpt's Batteries, de. Catuo, March 16.—TheTebeiq at Island Ito. LO arc in a very strong po.itinn, forty six guns have been counted. Eight of our mortars 'belled the battery above the Island .The Rebels left it treveral•tinrea but returned again. They only fired -with two I,4nns. There is no difficulty whatever in our shells ilachit% the Island. Ocaeral PtsVa seat a despatch to Commo dore Foote sny"►o;, that his heavy ppn. emu mind N , e ri; er, so that neither steamer nnr gunbbat trice enemy could pass. Firing has been heard in tho direetien of New Madrid all day, and it is mippostAl the Rebel gunboats are trying to forco;typtssage. Seven transports near Islard' 'No. 10 aro hemmed in. The oncaaWrienits 'Of the ene my are suppose&Mligjarge enough for from , fifteen to twenty-fire tllpusand rueq. ; ; LATER. FROM ISLAND NO, TEN PROGRESS OF TIIE BOMBARDMENT THE ENENS THOUGHT . TO BE RETREATING, CAI no, March 17.—There is nothing later from Island No. 10. The accuracy of - the, firing of the mortars yesterday was folly equal to previous expectations. Intl threW two hundred and forty shell during the day,' and the gunboat 15entork- forty-one shell. It was expected' that one or more of the enemy's works would be reduced to-day, and the place more eloselyinvested. It is thought by some that the Rebels are marching across the neck of land to Merri weathet's Landing, on the Mississippi, dis tant only five miles over a practicable road, and below the p Ant where General Pope has his batteries at New N!.ttleid—t!.at they had embarktd in I.,ants, td:esr.;,o'ke or which was pluinlyieen at or ne'arMe'rriweather's Land ing from the gunboat Benton. \Ve shall doubtless find this Ilebel nest empty, and the river Clear, and 't he llebels fled to Randolph or Port Pi low. Latest from Iyl and .n.lO O. CIIICAGO, March 13.--i The Times' sp , !cial despatch from Cairo to-day says:" • In the engagement yesierday:the gunboat' iee'eived a shot which is said to hive damaged her machinery. The bursting of the gun on board the St. Louis killed two, mortally wounded two, and severely wounded ten persons. No body was Wirt on the flag-ship, and no damage was done to any of the other vessels of the fleet. Nothing has yet been heard of the land forces at New Madrid. LATER FROM NEW MADRID Repulse of the Rebel Ga.thoat Fleet lig Cea eral Pope's. L'ind Batteries— ade Sauk, °titers Damaged, NOTHING LATER yET FROM ISLAND NO. 10. W.VSI(INGTON, March 19.—A despatch re ceivol from Cairo, dated nine o'clock to-night says m:thing• has been received yet from Island N-1. I-0 to-day: • • General Pepe repulsed the Rebel gunboat fleet at New Madrid, sinking one and dam aging the others more or less. Not a man was lust on our side. • - • •• • CAIII(1, March 10. P. M.—The labtst in-. telligenee received•frdm below is Cant:tined• in a despatch from Gen. Pope, dated 7 A.. M. this morning. and stating that up to a before that time the firing had been heard heavy and continuous; at 7 o'clock it bad materiall7. slackened. The latest accounts from Columbus are to 11 o'clock yesterday morning, at which time heavy cannonading was distinctly heard in the direction of Island No. 10. Information from Columbus received last evening states that a small body of Rebels had reappeared on the banks of the river six miles below Columbus. No trouble was anticipated from them. IMPORTANT FROA THE TENNESSEE RIVER A Rebel Troop Train Out 01T froin Hemphis by General Wallace's Division. Sr. Loins, march I.6.—The expedition up the Tennessee river when last heard from was at Savannah, and about going further Gen. \Vali:ice's Di% iiion bare burnt the brig Ae in 31entry county, between Tenne-s3e, nr.,l Corinth, \li..is sippi, thu.r cuttin;, , oil' t . Irebel , tritin or soid:ers vho a:rlvel while the iiridAe eras burning. [McNary county is the mist southernly county in Tennessee, immediately west of of the Ten n cs,ec river. ST. Lieu, March, 17.—A Savannah, Tenn , despatch to the Democrat says the expedition up the Tennessee river has nearly all arrived, and the flout is now on the point of proceeding . further up. The expedition is commanded by Gen. C. P. Slatith with Gen.:. Sherman, illeClernand, llui 'hurt and 11 . allaoe as Division Comman ders. The force is large and fully able to con quer any army the Rebels cua bring against Gen. Grant is in command at Fort Henry. The enemy's force in this section is variously estimated of frout.:10,000 to 100, 00.). FROM MISSOURI. :I*,:e Loss of the licLels in 114 Lain, 0,7: Tea J:ldge Mount4tin Rm.t.A, March IG.—The remain 9 of Ilendi iehs, of the Twenty-ninth Indiana Regiment who tray killed at Pea Ridge have arriled here. The Rebel surgeons captured acknowledge their loss to have boon one thousand killed and from twenty- Eve hundred to three 'thousand wounded.— Thirteen Lebt. - 1 guns were captured and 1,11')0 prisoner. 41nong• the Jebel officers `.idled %cal 4:en. 1. 7 :05t of.C,tuip Jackson no -o,riety. The defe'at cf the . Rebels was most I eLuoriotc,-Price flying in one direction and Val Darn in anather. - ' - 'Laplanders —Ladles wbc. get into an occ x crowded omnlbus on a rainy nay. Ct7A good story is told concerning the , writing of a certain rail rota manager. fle had written to a man on the• route, notifying, him that he must remove a barn, which in som e manner incommoded the road, under penalty c( prosecution. The threatened individual was unable to read any part of his letter but the signature, but took it to be a free pass on the road, and used it for a couple of years as such none of the cocductors being able to dispute his interpretatijn. gpt i . COLTJP.633IA. N 4. SATURDAY.NARCH:W.,, 1862. Era ian'Erit.—Dr. Jones of New York, who treats diseasei of the Eye it Ear so nue ,cessfulty continze at the City..notel, Lancaster City, until April thell.sf. Dr. Jones straightenscrassed eyes in cote minute in all persons old or young. 'lle inserts ar tificial Eyes and Ear drums, •and cures all curable diseases of the Eye and E;ii - and other old standing diicaes, 'nerd — performs all delicate olieratiOns:in Sugery. Dr. Jones . is a- grduate of the Old and New School Medical . Colleges and of an Eye and Ear College. Ills Diplomas from the same hang 'in his office. ItSt,The Rev. Air. Mek.aren will preach in the Presbyterian Church, Sakbikh . ntorn ing and Evening, at the usual hour. 129,—The Rev. A. Cookman will preach in the Methodist Church to-morrow, (Sabbath) morning and evening, at the usual hours. rIItST or APRIL CUANCES.—Those or our subscribers who contemplate changing their residenixs on the first of April, will please notify nn , carrier, that they may be regularly served with the at their new abiding places. TnE lltvna.—The river is full, and has been for some days. We hear of 'lumber and timber , rn the way; 'but ns yet (Friday) none has read led this point. was let into the Peniisylv6mbi: Can - al darly this Week, but business has VIOL yet - fairly ` - opeia"cil. We look fur a heavy trade over our canals this season. Et.certos.—The election of to-day, (Fri day) goes oh' very quietly. There is little excitement and the vote will be small. Even the contest fur Justice of the Peace for the North Ware.. although bringitig out he fess than for candidateil, rails to draiv voters. We shall hot be able to get the Lvoto fur this week's paper, but will give it ria full next Saturd:!y. , TIIE RESEEVES.—Many rumors of the movement of the Penna. Reserte Division are current. The only thing certain is that they have been morel from ].bunter's Molls, whither it would nut become us to say even did we know. We may be sure they have not been sent away to keep them cul of dan ger. Wherever they go we may lbbk•'out fur some hard fighting. 'rue Ilercnteso•s.—Tho uutchiusons —a shadow of the original company—gave a concert here last Tuesday evening, which was tolerably successful. Tho voices ore sweet, and some of the sung good, but the troupe is too largely juvenile to give entire satisfitct:on. John W. Ilutchinson. one of the original biothers, is as good as ever, but the remaining singers do not adequately re place the original voices. The music was will received ; however. • GUDEY'S LAEFT'S Maur,.—Godey for April is 0 bDill:ane spring' number, smiling with everything . that is fresh, and sweet and beau tiful. Godey is always up to the mark in every department. The war dues not seem to depress it; an the contrary, furnishes it material fur add;tional attractions. Godey never fails to be interesting aWd entertaining; and the household that is without P,c, famil iar visits is blind to its own well be hrgl By the way, the publisher complains that we have neglected to notice it the present year. We noticed the January number in December, and the February number Jan. 25th. Fort Donelson, Fort Usury and It )- anoke Island interfered with the March number, we admit; but we claim credit fur February. Death of Capt. E. Y. Rumba On Wedemlay our town was lined with gloom by the unexpected announcement, by .tclegra ph to M:. A.M. Rambo, that the body of Capt. E. Y. Rambo had arrived in New York, in charge of Lieut. reedier. The news spread rapidly, and a defeat of our army could not have produced a more profound depression than this sudden announcement of the 10-s of ono our bravest soldiers. The telegram merely announced the-arrival of the body, with nothing in addition upon which even to b sae conjecture as to the time, place cr manner of death. The (Lags ufhthe town which were generally flying in honor of the rictOryr at New Madrid, were loweted to half-mast, and each citizen sought of attacher some, particulars of . thetnid event. On Wednesday afternoon Mr.. Rambo loft town for his mother's residence 'at Cicites rifle, and Messrs. M. M. Strickler and IL Wilson volunteered their services to proceed to Philadelphia to receive the body and convey it to the native place of C 'pt. Run ha. They met Lieut. Pessler at Philadel• phis, and on Thursday morning brought the retnains to Coatesville, where a general con enirs2 of citizens awaited them. The hit. me:lse crowd was formed is procession by Mr. Miller, and the corpse borne in honor tothe residence of the mother of the deceased. The stores and places of business were gen erally closed, and the flags at half•ntast.— The feelings of sorrr7 and sympathy in Coatesville was intewe. Meantime all was doubt here as to the particulars of Capt. Ilambu's death. We thought the simple sorrowful fact that the gallant soldier was dead could scarcely be aggravated by the attending circumstances, and hoped that there might even to found consolation in the manner of his fall. Alas! the tale when told has only added horror to horror. Capt. Rambo, while at the head of his Company, on a service of danger, was shot down by comrades of his own regiment, through some terrible and fatal error. With him died one of his Corporals, Samuel A. fleighard, and several others fell wouoJed— two dangerously, possibly mortally. The particulars are but imperfectly known. The following, which we are permitted to ex tract from a letter from Cul. Welsh to his I family, will hest explain the unhappy affair: Our Camp is filled with sadness—ray he roic comrade, Capt, B. X. IlamLo, is dead; so too is his Corporal, Sazn' J...l'lleicltrd. Th.:. captain was shot •diiectly through the l'imrt,-and died without a htruggle. • Angus- Xirtigner and Wm. IL Reitthird are very darierously, (I fear mortally)' woanded.— 'Howard Vachiis slightly wounded (shuck- shot in tbe.leg); be is able to walk hkttrcit.— Sergeant Apes McCann his a Petard wound in the head—l think not dangerouS:, Richard Smith is slightly wounded in the arm; James A. Stonecypher Asa buckshot in the leg—not ditngepaus. George Rhoads is slightly Woiinded4n.thii'aitn. -t: I do nut know the particulars of this cas ualty except that-it-mimed this morning before daylight, on Are mainland, about fif teen miles from herein- an attempt to cap ture a body of rebels:' 'Company 41 of my. regiment mistaking Company K for the 1 rebels fired—and the above is the sad' re sult. Cul. Beaver was with the expedition'," which had been planned several days pre. , vious to my arrival here: he was with Com pany K, but is not injured. I feel sad. Captain Rambo was a most valuable officer and my devoted friend. Ilia wife, his mother, his brother will be greatly distressed: their grief cannot he greater than mine. ' .The death of -so gallant a sol dier is'avh,caviy loss to his country,ll,e.regi meat and his Company, by-y,:bonviia was beloved. Ile died nobly, in the fulPjincnt of his duty, and at the head of his Com: p ony. Corpora! lleighard was an excellent young man—a brave soldier, and la (leer, lamented by his comrades. I have not yet assumed command of the post or regiment. I had proposed visiting the other part of my regiment before report ing for duty. I think, however, I shall at once take command here, and investigate this 1am,e049 blunder. I cannot yet de termine who is to lA:line—or if any of my officers Ilad n17,13'00E - boys been killed or wounded by the enemy, i couldtear it easier, but the thought that they were shot down by their own comrades is terrible. The wounded are well cared for, and I ealnestly hope for their speedy recovery. Lieut. Fessler of Company K, goes home in charge of the bodies. If he succeeds in reaching Port Royal with them in time for the Atlantic it will be well; if not, I pre sume thcy will have to be buried at Purt Rovra. , , the wounded hear their pain with the greatest fortitutle.• Howard is not at all in danger, lie is very The shot dropped out of his kg—it L'id'imt strike the bone.— Sergeant 31:Ceann's wound is in the head a buckshot, slightly fracturing the 'skull. Ills cap was shot to pieces. Ile is able to walk. Poor Wagner and Wm. 11. Reichard arc both shot through the body—thi.ongh or , near the- dungs. Wagner's eye 'is•'very bright, and. I think- he- will live; but the dictor thinks his caso-tioubtful. I hare nnosied nit who were - hurt. Friends of the othess, need. not .lieforizia•-y. None of my new recruits 'Were in tho expedition,— Exeept the wounded, the boys of Company 11, - ; are all t. a 1!. Of the above nam,ed, c.rpotal and private Rhoads are from .Igewberry, Ly-. 1 coming county, Pa.; Sergeant McCann, and privates Wagner and Vache, of Columbia; and privates Reichard and Stunecypher o; Cogan Station, Lycoming co., Pa. Captain Ezekiel Y. Rambo was born at Coatesville,. Gar. 16th, 1532. He received a superior education, and at an early age en gaged in mercantile - business in Philadel phis. His bent tenaras military and naval life early developed itseU, r-nd the - dut;es of a large city shipping-house, p;oved irk'home to one loving excitement find tniven tare. He accordingly enlisted in the United Stetes Marine service, and on the 4th of Lpril, 1835, was shipped on hoard the U. S. gate St. Lawrette, 50 guns, Comm. French Forrest, Capt. J. B. Hull, which sailed for Rio de Janeiro, the Gth of the same month, as the flag ship of the Brazilian Silo admin. Afie.7 upwards of two years service at this station the St. L twrence was ordere Ito join the Para:gutty expedition, and in this move ment C,ipt. 'Rambo took an active part. At Montit'ideo he ras transferred to ono of the advance boats, and on her he ascended the Paraguay river some ;00 nailed. After the adjustment of the difficulty he resumed his duty on board the St. Liwrence, which ves sel sailed for Biston, where she rrrived, af ter a tifry-two days' voyage, oft Sunday, May Bth, 1839. Ho was then ordered to Washington where lie received an honora- . Lae discharge. During his service Ito ccived three promotions as a recognition'of his gentlemanly conduct and fine military bearing. Shortly after his discharge he came to reside in Columbia, and we all know him as an unassuming gentleman . Ile was engaged in the store of It s. brother up to the time of the breaking out'of the re bellion. only awaiting another favorable op portunity fur again entering the service of his country. This arrived with the first gun fired at Sumter. Ile said "This is my opportunity. I will defend the glorious flag I have so long sailed under, and will not stand idly by when it is trampled upon!" We all know that be was among the first to volunteer, impatieulty enduring the few days' delay between enlisting and marching. 11:.• left Columbia as First Lieutenant of the Shawnee Guards, C.tpt. Welsh—the first company from our county that reached Har risburg in answer to Governer Curtiti's call for Volunteers. On tide:A:cement of Capt. Wersh to the Licit. Culoneley of the Second Regiment, Limit. Rambo was chosen Cap tain, and scived with distinction in that ca pacity through the thrie months' campaign. During the 'term his fellow-citize n s united in recommending him 'to the Secretary of NVar for a Captaincy in one of the new regi ments of the regular army. 'the applica tion, however, unfortunately failed. Capt. Rambo would have proved a minable requi sition to cur army. The native thht hm ear ried through the three Months' service was that of a cool, decided, able officer, a bravo and fearless man, and a perfect gentleman: On the return of his company ho immedi ately set about the recruiting of :loather front this place, and his native town, to join Col. Welsh's command. In this he suc ceeded, being joined by a number of re cruits from the centre counties of the State. The Regiment was formed, and numbered the Fdrty-fifth4ept. Rambo's company was lettered K, tinijjtolds the left, one of the posts of honor of the iegicient. Through the skill and assiduous atte'n'tien of the Cap tain, the company attained a iroficiency of drill and a degree of soldierly bearing which entitles it to the claim or the crack company or the Forty-fifth. The regiment - proceeded to Washington from Harrisburg. served in protecting the Union citizens of Maryland at the Fall election, and afterwards was sent furward to Port Royal to re-inforce Gen. Sherman. The regiment was ordered to take possession orOtter Island, and here the estimation ,in which Capt. Rambo was held was abonm . :l#l:A detachment to a separate command at Anwick Island. Ile for some time acted as hisijUtot It:e regiment during the absence on recrtXting service of Major Kilbourne. In all capaeltiertei ! rocd bins- IV the thorough soldier.- .Equal to every emergency, retaining tiirenilh, every daleier entireifillsencepf mind, he . gaye an example to hhsmien of coolness and daring which has had the effect of making them soldiers. -Re saw considerabledanAe9ns scouting service od the iildridkand'untinlancrs - of South Caro lina, and 'we all boned ',vim/id - succeed in striking some blow against the enetny'which should- milie for himself and our boys a glorious'name. Alas! his promising career has been disastrously terminated. ,But he none the less died for his country and in the line of his duty, that he fell by the , hands 1 of friends instead of enemies. The people of Columbia knew Captain Rambo in his private capacity but slightly. lie Was 'of retiring disposition; but those who Wore adMiCted to his intimacy found in. him the siliblar and the gentleman.. Ws foreign adventure gave him a fluid of.'infor matinn which he could make highly inter esting to his friends. Our citizens truly sympathize with his afflicted family, and deeply feel the loss of so bravo and gallant a servant of his country. The funeral will take place from the resi dence of Mrs. Rambo, at Coatesville, this (Saturday) morning%at eleven o'clock.— Many of our citizens will doubtless attend. for the Okra Instead ct; Coffee. Mn. WRICIIT:—Md.NLIIIOr, in his escellent work on gardening say's, :`that ti-e green capsules or pods of Okra is mot only an ad mirable ingredient in soups, but that 'its ripe seeds if burned and ground like coffee can scarcely be distinguished therefrom. Numbers cultivate it fur that purpose, and even say it is much superior to foreign cof fee, particularly as it dues not utfect the nervous system like the latter." The proper time fur sowing the seed is about the middle or latter end of April. Draw drills about an inch deep and four feet asunder into which drop the seeds at the distance of eight inches from uric another, or rather drop two or three in each place, lest the one should not grow, and cover them near en iitch deep. As they advance in growth, earth them up two or three times as yoti PCas, end they will produce abun dantly.. P.,ume plant or sow them beach thinner in the rotes, but by the above meth yon will have more in quantity and as good in quality. - Tho see'd 'Can be oLtaint . l k the stores. And - new "that fOreigti colfee -rs'ic high in price, it werf!l titteati'on of .all LC, plant or sow Critra. 4 W. Our drmA cavespondence Nr:An. FAznrax., V.A., March 13, ISG2 DEAR SI . Y:-I obse'rve tltat'hhhnugh you have a number of corre:pondents in the va rious Infantry regiments'wherein Columbia is represented, the Cavalry arm is'withotit a mouth-pitted. • I offer myeetra.s an occasional caterer of Army news Ltr'llte7 readezo of the old Srv. You are supposed vibe in - lint:lt:L.ly posted in all concerning our forces previous to the late general forw:tra movement; so I will commence with our advance.' ' ' On Monday morning about three o'clock, we—the Eighth Cavalry—left Arlington heights, bound Disiettara. Our ride until daylight was n dark and unpleasant bee, through heavy mud and over corduroy, roads of the roughest. After that time nor pids pects were brighter, until about eight o'clock when it commenced raining, continueing. well into the :Afternoon. Many of us were soaked—and dried again in our saddles.— As we got into the enemy's country an ad vance guard was thrown out, with side scouts in nil direction.. We met with noth ing of interest. until we approached Fairfax. We found tho place in possession of Mijor Ilattietd who had entered it in the morning with a battalion of Infantry, without oppo sition (although this was expected) from the Itebels. Our greeting on entering the village was a'sweil of cheering which told us that our friend's were in possossion.— Many of the inhabitants, male and female, who remained in possession of their homes welcomed us warmly. Leaving Fairfax we passe I on the road regiment after regiment of Infantry, wading wearily through the mud; mhriy of the men utterly exhausted sitting or lying by the way side. The Artillery, too, was on the move, dragging its slow length towards Centreville. About noon we came in sight of, this rebel stronghold—a long line of earthworks stretch ing around the crown of the hill. We halted whilst the advance guard trotted warily for ward to reconnoitre. We watched them as they approached nearer and nearer to the rebel works, expecting every moment to see them greeted by a sweeping fire from the grinning bulldogs of the enemy. At length we are relieved by the sight of a single horseman riding to and fro, and the order is given to march. In a fed minutes we enter the descrted lines of the rebels. The dan gerous leaking guns are "Quakers"—pine logs painted black, smoke-stacks of locomo tive engines and similar ingenious devices. Centreville has a splendid locality. It is elevated, overlooking the surrounding coun try fur miles. The Blue Ridge forms a magnificent outline in the west, while to the north, east and south, ;be landscape is rich in broad of woodtand, ' The cet;ntry is I mainly poor, barren and thinly settled. Col. Averill, senior Colonel of our Brigade sent the message to General McClellan.— "Reached Centreville, Rebels not here.' l — answer was:— ••Then find them." So forward again, whither nonc linen: but the leaders, to find a camping place foitho'bight. On we go over such roads as 1 hare hover before traveled. Mud,- cordurdit:''wOodi, stumps, holes, ditches! Through a hucldred camps recently vacated by the rebels, 4itli ` snug quarters or logs with hearth and ney at one end. Officers' uniforms, arms, cooking utensils, found in the huts gavo ev idence of the hurry isa which the Into tenants had "moved." • • Tho nOzt point of interest is Bull Run bridge, in ruins, torn t],p and smoking. vie must cross, so look about for_ a ford. hi' went the advance and 'obi nion!the opposite. shore. After two or thiiio ceihianielPef the Third had climbed the steep 6`ail, the mud. below became so deep as to reach nearly Eo the horses' bellies, and then to make the as cent required : a terrible effort on the part of the poor boasts. Horse after horse as he es sayed to make the leap= necessary to land him on solid ground would stand for a mo ment erect in air, when, if the rider, encum bered with carbine and other arms, overcoat, haversack, &c., failed to throw himself off, back would come' Wait' steed and bold dragoon,'swicsliing into the turbidwaters of Bull Run, Many loss arms and • iiecoutre meats in the roll, but none were seriously injured. In this manner the Third passed. over. your eiirresboadent's plate is at the head of the Eighth, and now hia tarn was come. I did not fancy an iayoluntary,bath in the creek, and moreover.it has been my habit to give a thought the-beast under me; so I called the attention of Major R. on my left, to a spot some fifty yards below, which promised easy exit from the stream. lie fearet,j. the depi:h.oi the water would pre vent fording, but we pushed in, and found the bottom solid. The water reached the bridle bits, but by carrying our legs at a re. spectable elevation we crossed dry-shod.— Our regiment got over without accident. It was now dark, and we were surrounded by dense forest: Oar position might or might not be one of great danger, according to the prox imity of the enemy. We had every reason to suppose that they were not far off; and the way was open for them to cut us off if we advanced. Bull run was behind us, which we could only cross in single filel— They would have had us at a terrible disad vantage, but would have fought for us be fore tii6y got us. Manassas was but a few Miles in advance, and there we surely thought to find the rc.bels. Many a lip and face was pale but not with fear. Not a man but woult3. have' fought to the death. More than ono officer cut away the unnecessary trappings from his horse gear. We went steadily forward—at one time so rapidly that we suppa.4ed a charge had been ordered in front. Lights in front at length—either camp fires, 'or'4,l:: : nashas is burping. As we came near fares were seen moving between us and the fire. halt was ordered an r, a,n advance guard sent out. An hour of sus pense, with scarcely a: word spoken. I sat leaning forward with - my 'bend on my horse's mane, wearied with the long day's march, when Col. Averill with others rode ap, in quiring for Col. Gregg. "The piaceiS' tnksn Col. Gregg," said Col. A., "but it was too hot to bold, so we dropped it." The rebels were gone—Manassas was a smouldering, heap of ruins. This satisfied me. We hal marched that day from opposite. Washington to Manassas —the Third Cavalry, Co]. Averill, and part of the Eighth, Cul. Gregg—and if we diu no fighting it was because no enemy crossed our rad,. We crossed Bull !tun and pushed btroight upon the enemy's stronghold, and had we been attacked small chance fur es cape was left us. Our forces by tens of thousands have since reached the famous rebel hold, but I must be proud that the for tunes of isnr permitted me to be among the first to tnerch'upin Manassas. Well! wo were at Manassas; now what was to be done next? r Encamp,on the spot or return to Centreville,' where we should find comfortable quarters! Cul. Averill de cided on a return; so• we retraced our steps to Centreville,' where we rested that . night. Next morning, through lack of provisiOns and forage, 'we, fell bear: to Fairfax. The day was one of Spring beauty, and our ride, compared isith* th4,trying one of the 11'4 before was as a holiday jaunt. The road was almost continuously bordered by regi• merits of Cavalry, Infantry rail Artillery, encamped:benet.th the VtiaCs eo4celfars. I have foyer beheld so varied ansdpicturesque a scene. We are now enearnFod about Caro° am_ Bred yards from the village of Fairfik., and. look directly into the place, the town lying on the slope of the hill which falls gradually towards us. Around us are a hundred camps, and the roll of the &our, the calls of trumpets and bugles, or the strains of the different regimental bands fill the air with thrilling sound. There is every influence to enchant the soldier with the life 110 has chosen. Several companies of the Third and Eighth have gone on the scout this afternoon. Regi ments of Infantry and Artillery move for ward every hour. Our turn may come with tolle coming morning, and when we shall get tho route I believe all will be glud. Fairfax is, I believe, to be a receiving post, for the present, as it is the nearest point to railroad communication with Alex andria. The station is three miles distant. When we shall again push forward is un certain, but soon, I hope. I will endeavor to keep you informed of the great events which are doubtless impending. [We Ihipe to hear regularly from our cor respondent. He will observe that we have taken the liberty of abbreviating his com munication somewhat. Our room this week is rather limited.—En.] A:v ADDITIONAL PRATER..—Tho following additional prayer has been issued by Um Pt. Rev. Bishop Potter, of Pennsylvania, to be read by the cicro of the Diocese, when there may be occasion: "0 Eternal God, the shield of our help, beneath who,e sovereign defence thy people dwell in safety, we bless and praise, we laud and magnify thy glorious name, for all thy goodness to. the people of this land, and especially fur the success with which, of late, thou host crowned our efforts to maintain the authority of law, and to restore once more the blessings of union and peace. Inspire our souls with grateful lure; lift up our volcaain songs of thankfulness; make us humtderrtiall watchful in our prosperity, and prepare tie for whatever MOMS thou shalt see, Umt sr* need. • cilrB wisdom and grace to our rulers. our constancy and courage, and charity, towArds all men, into the hearts of our people. '.Brew tortards us those who are now alienated-from.bs in appearanceor in heart, and hasten, 0, Lord of Hosts, the blessed day, when as one people -we may once more give thaoka 'unto thee in thy Hely Church, and by oar daily livei show (ante thy praise, through Jesus elitist our most blessed Lord and fissions. Amen." ANOTHER Gkumuspoyoßy,, Newbern, )1. C., Captured by Cen.ljurzside, A BARD FOUGHT BATTLE. V_Pla ySS-90 ELM AND 400 WOUNDML A Large Numb e r r tar ofedf _lteb"l puns Cap , t • CAPTURE OF NEWBERN, N. C Cen. Burnside victorious—a hard fortyy Battle—at rebels defeated, and loie Oeir Artillery—Our loss is 90 Killed, and 40i) Wounded—Rebel Loss very hairy BALTIMORE, March . 18.--The stems Commodore arrived here this morning direct from general Burnside's expedition. She liiinga the announcement of the cap ture of ,;feWlitn:n,; North Carolina, and the. defeat of the rebels tliete, with the capture. of a large number of.nrtiitery ' ajer4lbtird :"..k fought battle:: Our loss at Newbera was about 90 and 400 wounded. Our men displayed' great bravery. Newbern is a town of about 4.500 inhabit- hl ••• ants, situated at the confluence of thoNedse and Trent rivers: It lied, before the we; broke out, alitige trade in lumber,. turpen tine, tn . ., naval stores, 4:7e. ttli' the county seat of Craven county." A railroad runs from Newborn to Golds borough, fifty-nine''milei distant, intersect . -- ing there .. 99 main railroad uniting Weldoi and Wilmangton, N. C. • - • Gen. giiirnside, having moved in this di: rection, is not in any danger of attack from the rebel army tharbais'be4r..' concentrating at Suffolk, Va. The capture el - Newborn makes it certain that the town of Beaufort, N. C., can easily be taken, together with Fort Macon,. the strong work constructed for its defence by the Federal Government. There is a rail road from Newbern to Moorehead City,op posite 'Beaufort, the distance between the two places being thirty-six miles. BALTIMORE, March 18.—An officer, bear log despatches from Gen. Burnside, landed lie're on the arrival of the steamer Commo dore and proceeded immediately to Wash- ington It is reported that aoo rebel prisoners were eaptuieC Some of the reports make our loss from 50 to GO killed, and 250 to 30G wounded. The fight took place on Friday last. There are rumors here that one of our Brigadier Generals was killed, but this is not thought to be reliable. ANOTHER ACCOUNT BALTIMORE, 11Tiirch B.—Serge:int Major D. 11. Johnson, of. the Twenty-third Mit' p a : - chusetts Regiment, came passenger by tb? steamer Commodore, in charge of the bodies of Lieutenant Colonel Merritt, of the Twen ty-third MassseiviisMts ;.egitacrit, and Ad jutant Stearns of ttio TiralAktrst MaSsa chusetts Regiment, who trir2el3; fell while leading on their regiments in an attar] oc . the enemy's batteries at Newbern. Prom Majiir Johnson, who was in the fight, we gather the folloWing interesting particulars of the battle: Our troops, under General Ilu- : ;nolde, landed, on Thursday evening, near - t:ie mouth of Swann Creek, on the west sidef l of the Rouse river, fifteen miles below N'etirl born. Owing to the dense fog, the naval vessels did not participate in the fight. Early on Friday morning the fight corn : menced. Our troops advanced along the county road running parallel with the Nene& river, but n mile or two in the rear. The road was skirted on the west side by the railroad and a dense swamp. ' 411 along the river side were a series of batter ies, which were taken by our troops, one after another, after some bloody hand-to hand contests. Our troops were divided into three brigades, under the command of Gen erals nen°, Foster and Parks. Vie advanced gradually., the enemy desert- . ingtheir guns, until we reached line of earth-rnrks extending across the road from the river to swamps on the west, a distance . of some two miles. These earth' ivorks were eery strong.— They were located two miles south of New bern, and between there and the city ran the Trent ricer. The countzy road and the railroad both . passed through the'sev..o.7lts,and crossed into the city by bridges. in front of these works the rebels had felled a large number of trees, furmin4 atc almost impenetrable nbattis. Here the flying rebels were ralliet - r, avy* made for a while a desperate stand. Our brace fellows fought until all their ammuni tion was spent, when an order to charge bayonets was given, and the works were finally taken at the point of the bayonet. the enemy flying like frightened sheep, leaving every thing behind them. In their retreat they burnt the bridges communicating with the town, over both the country road and the railroad. CArALTuor As they had trains dears in their rear just ne:oss the bridges, they were of course, able to carry off their wounded and dead. STILL ANOTHER ACCOUNT. A correspondent of the Inquirer telegraphs as follows. "The enemy's work, six miles below New bern, ivere attacked on Friday morning last- They were defended by a force about ten thousand strong, and having twenty-one guns posted behind formidable batteries over two miles 'f i ring. "The fight was one of the most desperate of the war. Our troops beim% ed with the steadiness and courage of veterans, end after nearly four hours hard fighting drove the rebels out of all their positions, captured three light batteries afield artillery, forty six heavy eiege•guns, large stores of fixed ammunition, three thousand small arms and two hundred prisoners, including one Colo nel, three Captains and four Lieutenants.— The enemy left a large number of dead on the field. "They escaped by the cars to Goldsbo rofigh, burning the bridges over the Treat and Claremont, and Bring the city of New born. No extensive damage was done to the place. - - We lost about four hundred wounded, most-
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