NEW t;* £MT BATTLE AT FORT,OBAIGI! %Ale Los on Both Bids = Desperate Inoonnter--Bravery of Oapt. Malay. ute ft•l4l4,73,Xarch 12.—The Repub lican has advices from Albuquerque lirtilexiao, i dated February 23rd, WSW ststie: the Texas have made various significant movements in the ;Malty Of Fort Craig. On the 18th they sdvaneed g column of infantry, one thousand strong, in line of battle ferktnt of the Fort. They a: moved, a column of eighteen Mind, cavalry to the west of the defenc& They advanced within a mile and half of the works, and halted with s rebel lag floating in the breeze. Whey remained some time, w' ilwy commenced a retrogade mo neut.. During the time of the adva Col. Canby prudently concealed greater part ofhis forces in the re; of the fort. When the enemy coi meneed retreating the infantry wl separated from the cavalry. Colon Chtby ordered Major Duncan charge on the cavalry of the ene/ with a squad of dragoons and moth ed men, which they did in a gallal ,rityle, the enemy retreating befog them until they arrived at Deep vine. The Texan infantry in the mew time advanced to the relief the ea' airy, and a skirmish took place the ravine. Major Duncan, late the evening, was recalled, and ti Texans continued to fall back. It is reported that the Texans h. eight pieces of artillery placed in battery masked in the ravine but short distance below where the ski misk took place. • •_ _ _ On the 19th and 20th the Texans crossed to the east bank of the Rio Grande, in order, it is supposed to take possession of the heights op posite Fort Craig. Col. Canby cross ed and pursued them, in force, when the Texans, on the heights, fired some fifty cannon shots without dam age to our forces. Col. Canby fired but, two shots, deeming it imprudent to waste ammunition. On the morning of the 21st two hundred Texan mules were captured, With their wagon-masters. The Tex ans are on high lands, destitute of water. Col. Canby has the pass to tile water guarded by a battery, and 2,8@8 infantry, and all the other out lets-guarded in force. The Texans limet either fight desperately for 'atter, or surrender. When the Express closed, on the morning of the 21st, the booming - cannon was heard in the direction iralverede, announcing that a battle had begun LATER The military express has just arri ved from Fort Craig, with the news of serious conflicts between our awes and the Texans„which lasted from nine o'clock a. m. of the 21st, weal sundown of said day. The .fight commenced in the morning between a portion of our troops, tin der Col. Roberts, and the enemy across the Rio Grande, with varied pewees, until one or two o'clock that day.--Canby then, crossed the river in force, with a battery of six pieces, under Capt. McCray, of the cavalry, but detailed in command of the bat terf;- also a small battery of two howitzers. The enemy are supposed to have bad seven or eight pieces: The battle commenced by the ar tillery and skirmishers and soon be came general. Towards evening, most of the enemy's guns were si lenced. They, however, made a des perate charge on the howitzer bat tery, but were repulsed with great lass. Capt. Mcßay's battery was de fended. by Capt. Plympton's company pf U. S. Infantry, and a portion of Colonel Pino's regiment of New Mexican volunteers. The Texans oheirged desperately and furiously, with picked men, about 600 strong. They were armed with carbines, re volvers and long, seven pound bowie knives. After discharging their carbines, at close distance, .phey drew their revolvers, and reach ed the battery in a storm, of grape and canister. The Mexicans of Pino's regiment were panic struck, and in gloriously fled. Capt. Plympton and the infantry stood their ground and fought nobly, till more than one half were numbered with the dead. With his artillerymen cut down, his support killed, wounded or flying from the field, Capt. Mcßay sat down, calmly and quietly, on one of his ens, and with revolver in hand, refusing to fly or desert his post, he !Ought to the last, and gloriously died • a hero, the last man by his gum. The Texans suffered terribly in their charge. Many officers distinguished them selves on this day. Major Donald son, who was Chief Aid of Col. Can by, acted bravely, and was conspi eitoug on every part of the field. His arkple was wounded in several places, but the Major was not injured. Kit Carson, in command of a regi ment Of 'volunteers, who were deploy bd as skirmishers, did good service during the action, and behaved well. have, however, to name the low i:pf 'lieutenants Michler and Stone, ,Y 144 ljke 14.cillty, nobly and Pra.yely inaintaoe4 the honor of the flag to ifielast, and gloriously died the death of paxictts. Many other officers were Wounded. Our loss is about 200 killed and Wounded; that Ofthe - enemy is be lieved to be much greater. The gr este4eopiden43o is reposed in Col. Canby:#*o if, the vpluuteerti will d o their ftitx,..tlie - Textuts will be igno lisinieueven from the country. mesenta- The Ea. e P• ! ion was. Fifteen ildrty aw . • *AP mei frilellt r imttrition z t e cottou And tobaiwo, pd to 4volo vek. Ogles tcVgling proyisiebs and tat, tie, hogiand sheep. On Tuesday a vote of thanks was pasosd to Capt. Buchanan and his of ficers and crew, for their gallantry in the late action in - Hampton Roads. The Senate has passed a bill to or ganize the Supreme Court. The President sent a message to Congress, yesterday, stating that he had suspended Gen. Floyd and Gen. Pillow from their commands until they could give more satisfactory ac counts of their action at Fort Donel- SOn. : are three Colo was about fifty.— ..aken by Gen. Curtis Age are now en route for :nder a proper guard. .port that Gen. Curtis is in :roux position, are false. For )r cavalry is scarce, but in oth respects the situation of our :oops is cheering. The demoralized and crippled forces of Generals Price and Van Dorn are moving South. Desertions from the Rebel Army. A late letter from Nashville says : A number of deserters from two companies of Nashville Home Guards (Capt. Catel and Capt. Hawkins) came in yesterday and to-day, and report that while they were in th.e neighborhood of Shelbyville, Bedford county, proceeding toward Decatur and the Tennessee river, the deser tions were so numerous that the or ganization of the companies would doubtless be broken up. Some of the deserters arriving here state that they had supposed Nashville would be destroyed by our army as soon as it could be got into our possession ; that such was the published and well understood design of General Buell; and that as soon as they heard the city was not burned they began to suspect that they had been deceived in all other particulars, and left the rebel army the first opportunity. From Winchester, Va. WINCHESTER, March 15.—General Hamilton was yesterday afternoon waited upon by nearly all the officers of the division, to congratulate him on his advancement, and also to ex press their profound regret at the necessity for his departure. A Penn sylvania regimental band gave him a serenade, and his staff accompanied him as far as Perrysville. This morning Ashby's rebel cav alry, with two guns, were driven three miles beyond Newton, .by a force of United States artillery, in fantry and cavalry. Many shells were thrown on both sides, but as far as is known there were no lives lost. Killed and Wounded at Newbern. PHILADELPHIA, March 19.—T he list of killed and wounded at New bern is estimated at 91 killed and 466 wounded. The Philadelphia In quirer and New York papers publish the names of the killed and wounded. A blunder is made in the Inquirer with regard to the Fifty-first Penn sylvania, the only regiment of that State in the battle. The Inqurier makes the loss thirty-five killed and one hundred and eighty-six wounded, which is the entire loss of the second brigade. The other lists give only ten wounded as the loss of that regi ment. Bowery of Col. Oamerou's Body. I; WASHINGTON, March 15. The grave of Col. Cameron having, it is said, been found at Bull Run, the body has been brought to George- town tiad Is awa;ting the order of his brother, Oen. Paperon, IE3 INOLIMAMIIRS In a Missouri Democrat are two letter of date 9thr giving 'accounts of the battle at Pea Ridge, from which we quote as follows : During the past three days we have had some terrible fighting against fearful odds. On Wednesday, Gen. Curtis, Commander-in-Chief, whose head quarters were at Camp Halleck, re-. ceived reliable information that the rebels, under Van Dorn, Mclntosh, McCulloch, Price and Pike, were marching on us with a large force of Confederate Rebels and Confederate Indians. All prisoners taken give the rebel force at from 35,000 to 40,000. Gem Curtis then ordered Carr's division to move from Cross Hollows to Sugar Creek to take a stronger position, which he had pre viously selected in case of attack.— Col. Carr marched in the night and :ned Gen. Davis, who had previous ' taken position, before break of Lay, in good order. General Sigel, at Bentonville, was lso ordered to rejoin Gen. Curtis at le same point. Sigel's rear cut their way through the enemy at the latter place, and kept up the fight for six miles. The rebels on Friday morning having made a de tour from Bentonville, got a heavy force directly on our rear and right, occupying the heights and brush on both sides of the Fayetteville road. Col. Carr's division was sent to dis lodge them. The battle commenced at half-past 10, A. M., and raged for eight hours, until darkness put an end to the con test. They played on us from mask batteries. At night we occupied position nearer our camp. The ,rnage was dreadful on both sides. ultaneously with the action on right, fighting took place oppo se our front near Leetown, between Davis and another large body the enemy. The latter were forced )m the field, and hastened to form junction with the rebels on our "The numerous instances of gallant ry and heroic devotion which occur red, cannot be mentioned in this communication. The movement of the enemy caused a change of our line. The battle was resumed next morning (Saturday,) about half-past six o'clock our guns opened on the enemy. Gen. Carr formed in the centre, with Davis on the right and Sigel on the left. The line of battle, which extended over two miles, was a magnificient sight. The enemy occupied an open wood, directly in front, a perfect hive of them. They also covered a high bluff, more to the left, where a bat tery was planted. They had another battery playing on us from a more central position, and also a battery of twelve rifled pieces on the Fay ettsville road. We opened upon them with five batteries planted at different points along our whole line, the cross-fire producing such tremen dous effect as caused the enemy to fal ter in dismay. Soon after 10 a, m., Gen. Curtis gave the order to advance, and the infantry becoming engaged, poured in such a murderous fire of musket ry, that the enemy fled from the field in all directions. The victory was decisive. Under the eye of Gen. Curtis, Commander-in-Chief, Gen. Sigel followed the flying enemy sev eral miles. Col. Bussy, with a caval ry force, is in pursuit toward Boston Mountains, after the main body. We captured five cannon. It is impossible to give our loss at this time, or any reliable estimate of the enemy's loss. We have taken prisoners, Acting Brigadier General Herbert, the commander at Cross Hollows; also Col. Mitchel, Adjutant Gen. Stone, Col. Stone, and Majors and Captains in abundance. The loss of valuable officers on our side is deeply deplored. We have four gen eral hospitals established for the re lief of the wounded. Price was wounded in the hand.— Van Dorn got away safe. Col. Reeves of the Rebel second Missouri, is mor tally wounded. Albert Pike com mands the Indians. Many of our wounded have been tomahawked and scalped by the Indians, with sav age ferocity, unbecoming civilized warfare. ded Ark., ely su after a Jin, killing taking many I give a list of our casualties of killed and wounded: Col. Hendricks, Twenty-Second Indiana, was killed by the Indians, Lieutenant Colonel Herron was wounded in the heel, and taken prisoner. The rebels numbered about 40,000. Our forces, under General Curtis, numbered but 15.000. Our killed and wounded are about 1,000 or 1,500; , the majority are wounded—the kill ed are comparatively few. The reb el loss in killed and wounded must be at least 3,000, principally killed, although they had every advantage in numbers and in position. The battle commenced on Thursday morning, on the rear guard of Sigel's division, between 6,000 to 12,000 rebel cavalry and infantry. Sigel's force did not exceed 800. He was entirely surrounded, and cut his way through three times, and then kept the reels at bay. On Friday morn ing the fight was renewed along our entire line, and continued from 7 o'clock A. M. until 6 o'clock P. M.- The result was doubtful for several hours, and no real advance was made by either army. On Saturday the firing commenced before 7 o'clock, A. M. Sigel, with his division, with a small portion of Carr's and Davis' command, com menced cannonading and skirmish ing, gradually gaining upon the ene my, and driving them before him un til about twelve o'clock, when the enemy ceased firing and began a hasty retreat. Sigel followed up close ly until five o'clock P. sc., and camped until 3 o'clock, this morning, when he INIMMI FROM ANOTHER ACCOUNT advanced to reatsville, but found no enemy on the road. The e rebel forces are dispersed and tered sc ti5 r 112.111747 :41 e takenUidiet ohs ouifind . p Tiers, and continue their capture every hour. Among the dead is McCulloch. Among the prisoners are Acting Brigadier Gen&als Herbert and Mitchell, and a large number of offi cers. All fought bravely.. Important from Island No. 10--Com. Foote Shelling the Rebels--They Attempt to Esoape--Gen. rope Opens Fire From shore. CAIRO,- March .16.—A report of the Associated Press, on board the flag ship, two miles above Island No. 10, sends the following: The flotilla got under way at 5:30 this morning—dropped down slowly till about 7 o'clock, when the flag ship being about twenty miles ahead, and six miles above the Island, dis covered a stern wheel steamer run out from shelter, of a point on the Kentucky shore, •and steamed down the river. Four shells were thrown after her. The distance, howev er, was too great for the shots to take effect. At 9 o'clock the fleet rounded to about three miles above the Island. The Commodore ordered three mor tar boats into position. At this hour (2 p. m.) we are with in range, but as yet heard nothing from the enemy, who appears in large force on the Kentucky shore. We count thirteen guns in position on the bluff. A large number of transports can be seen across the low point on the Missouri shore; busily engaged around the Island. What they are doing we cannot determine. The mortars are momentarily ex pected to open fire. We discern the much talked of floating battery at the Island. CAIRo, March 16.—The rebels at Island No. 10 have a very strong po sition. Forty-six:guns have been counted. Eight mortar boats shelled the battery above the Island to-day. The rebels left it several times, but returned. They only fired with two guns. There was no difficulty, what ever, with our shells reaching the Island. Gen. Pope sent dispatches to Com. Foote, saying his heavy guns command the river, sO that neither the steamers nor gunboats of the ene my could pass. Firing was heard in the direction of New Madrid all day, supposed to be the rebel gunboats, trying to force a passage. Seven transports, near Island No. 10, are hemmed in. The encampments are supposed large enough to hold from 15,000 to 25,000 men. Commodore Foote is shelling the rebels at Island No. 10; Gen. Pope's batteries prevent their escape down the river. The rebels are said to be from 15,000 to 20,000 strong. The rebel gunboats are understood to be engaging Gen. Pope's batteries. The Capture of New Madrid--Precipitate Flight ofthe Rebels--$8,000,000 Worth of Property Seized--Rebel Army Totally Demoralized--Our Killed and Wounded. ST. Louis, March 14.—The follow ing is a copy of an official dispatch sent to the Secretary of War After several days' skirmishing and a number of attempts by the enemy's gunboats to dislodge Gen. Pope's batteries at Point Pleasant, the enemy has evacuated his fort and intrenchments at New Madrid, leaving all his artillery; field batteries, tents, wagons, mules, &c., and an im mense quantity of military stores.— Brigadier-General Hamilton has oc cupied the place. This was the last stronghold of the enemy in this State. No rebel flag is now flying in Missouri. ST. Louis. March 15.—Gen. Pope, in a dispatch to Gen. llalleck says : Our success at New Madrid has been even greater than reported. Twenty five pieces of heavy artillery, twenty four pounders and rifled thirty-two, batteries, field artillery, and an im mense quantity of fixed ammunition; several thousand small arms ; hun dred s of boxes of musket cartridges; three hundred mules and horses; tents for an army of 12,000 men and an immense quantity of oth€ property, of not less value than a mil lion dollars, have fallen into our hands. The men only escaped. The enemy's whole force was de-' moralized, and dispersed in a swamp on the opposite side of the river aban doning their works so riedly as to leave all the baggage o e offi cers, the knapsacks of the me , their dead unburied, their suppers on the tables, and candles burning in their tents. A furious thunder storm, which raged all night, enabled them to get across the river without being discovered. Our heavy battery was established during the night of the 12th within eight hundred yards of the enemy's works, and opened at daylight on the 13th, 24 hours after the guns were delivered to us at Cairo. During the whole day yesterday, our lines were drawn closer around their works, under a furious fire sixty pieces of artilery. The fear an assault on their works at dayligl induced them to flee precipitatel during the night. Many prisoner have been taken, and the colors several Arkansas regiments. Our loss is about fifty killed 111 wounded. Commodore Rollins was in col mand of the fleet, and Gens. lac Conk. Stewart and Gnatt of the land forces. Their gunboats went down the river Gen. Pope has twenty-five he; guns, with two works of the enemy, which command every point of the river. ifir - We have a thousand recipes to live long, for one to live well; and hence the use of the present, which we have, is thrown away in idle whews or alaeing that future we may never have, The B e at Sugar Cheek , Arbutus— Farther Particulars. SPRINGFIELD, MO. rx Mirk % 11,. vi . Riga, ietrfti to the Reptibhalt says A Messenger arrived at 10 o'clock lastnight, bring ing additional news of the engage ment that took place on Little Sugar Creek, five miles this side of the stream of the same name where a skirmish took place on Marsh Down. In anticipation of an attack on the South, Gen. Curtis ordered the trains down upon the North side, but., unex pectedly the attack was commenced on the rear, North of our army, by 1,500 or 2,000 rebel cavalry. Gen. Sigel, with 890 men protected the train for several hours, alternately retreating and stopping to hold the rebels in check, while the teams pushed backward to the main body of the army, while thus engaged, Sigel was three times surrounded, but cut his way through each time. The principal fighting on Thursday was done by Sigel in this way. On Friday the engagement became general, and continued so through out, the officers behaving with much gallantry. The most exposed posi tion was occupied by Col. Carr'. di vision, and the greatest loss was suf fered by them. Col. Dodge's brigade, of this division, consisted of the 4th lowa, Ist lowa battery, 35th Illinois, Col. Phelp's regiment and the 24th Missouri. The 2d brigade, under Col. Van Devere, of' the 9th lowa, consisted of his own regiment, the Dubuque battery and Col. Carr's reg iment of cavalry. A letter from Col. Carr says that the losses in the 4th and 9th lowa, 35th Illinois, and 25th Missouri are from a hundred and fifty to two hun dred in each regiment killed and wounded. Only 300 of the 24th Missouri were present, but they lost 29 killed and a large number wound ed. The 12th and 17th Missouri, 3d lowa cavalry and Bth Indiana lost about 40 each. The Ist and 2d lowa batteries lost about 20 each. Among the wounded are Gen. Asboth, in the arm ; Col. Carr, also in the arm Lieut. Col. Falligan, Lieut. Col. Her ron, and Maj. Coyle, Of the 9th lowa. Besides being wounded, Col. Herron was taken prisoner. Col. Dodge, had three horses shot under him.— Lieut. Smith, of the Second Ohio bat tery, was taken prisoner. He jump ed from the wagon to make his es cape and was killed. Rebel Officers Killed and Wounded : Brigadier General McCulloch, killed; Brigadier General Stack, dangerously wounded; Col. Mclntosh, killed ; Col. B. H. Rives, dangerously wound- . ed, Col. Hubert, of the Third Louisi ana, killed or dangerously wounded; Major Gen. Sterling Price, slightly wounded. Thirteen pieces of artillery were captured by our men, among them one lost by Sigel at Wilson's Creek. Our loss is estimated at 800 or 1,000 killed and wounded. The rebel loss is not known, but supposed to be from 2,000 to 3,000. A large number of rebel prisoners were taken, proba bly 1,500 or more ; they were con stantly being brought in. Two thou sand Indians were engaged in the battle ; 18 of our killed were scalped by them. Gen. Price, with about 10,- 000 men, retreated Northward, and then took an easterly direction.— Gen. Jeff. C. Davis is after him. Address from General McClellan to His Soldiers. HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, / Fairfax C. H., Va., March 14, 1802. Soldiers.' of. the Army of the Potomac : For a long time I have kept you in active, but not without a purpose.— You were to be disciplined, armed and instructed. The formidable ar tillery you now have, had to be cre ated. Other armies were to move and accomplish certain results. I held you back that you might give the death blow to the rebellion that has disturbed our once happy coun try. The patience you have shown, and your confidence in your Gener al, are worth a dozen victories.— These preliminary results are now accomplished. I feel that the patient labors for many months have produ - their fruits homes and feel that we can ask no higher honor than the proud con sciousness that we belonged to the army of the Potonian. Bigoted, Guk-B. Itaikauwor_ Major-General einessi Important from the Sonth--Sinking of the RelOftiverPtinoe, and Seventy-five BeIA Drawled, &o. In the dicinnati Commercial of Friday we find a letter from Cairo full of interesting news. A young river man by the name of Mcßride had just reached there from Hick man, and brings important intelli gence. He says : The Prince, built in Cincinnati, by Captain B. J. But ler, of Vicksburg, and recently sold to the Confederate Government for $26,000, was one of the fleet of steam ers used by the rebels in the evacua tion of Columbus. They was com manded by Capt. Dick Love, an own er of one of the wharf boats at Mem phis. The Prince left Columbus last Friday week, and while on her way to New Madrid, crowded with rebel soldiery, was snagged and sunk in the chute, four miles above Hickman. She went down suddenly, the water being over her hurricane deck. Sev enty-five soldiers are known to have perished. She had also on board one hundred and ninety-six kegs of pow der, and considerable flour and otherprovisions, which was also lost. Two immense water tanks, used for supplying water for the troops on the Columbus Bluffs, were on her hurri cane deck. Many of her passengers succeeded in getting into the tanks as she went down, and were thus res cued from drowning. Eph. Banks was at the wheel ofthe Prince when she sunk. Nothing was saved from the wreck. The safe, containing a large amount of Confederate money— sl2s of which belonged to Mcßride— was lost. The Rebel Gunboats Engaged in Shelling our troops at New Madrid, on Tues day week, were five in number, class ified as follows: Lady Polk, (formerly Ed. Howard,) bearing four guns, three at the bow and one astorn. The Polk is cased with railroad iron forward, Dick Fowler, Captain, and Shep. Buckner, (late of Covington, Ky.,) pilot. Mcßea, (formerly screw propeller "Marquis De La Habana"—a Spanish war vessel—captured by our navy in the Gulf of Mexico previous to the rebellion, and towed to Algiers.)— She carries eight guns—four on each side. She is a very staunch vessel, but is not iron clad. Livingston, (formerly Lizzie Sim mons,) carrying three guns—two at the bow and one astern. Her only protection is heavy timbers to protect her boilers. W. 11. Ivy, (New Orleans tow boat,) mounting two guns—one at the bow and one astern. Her boilers are on the deck, without protection. The rebel army, in their retreat from Columbus, on arriving at Hick man, took possession of the wharf boat, heavily laden With sugar, mo lasses, salt and provisions belonging to the citizens of the place. The upper part of the boat was used as a hotel, and kept by a man named Hall, who was dangerously ill.— They gave him one hour to " git." He succeeded in getting ashore with a portion of his hotel furniture. All of the bedding was retained for hos pital purposes. The Grampus and Yazoo towed it to New Madrid, where it now lies. Parson Brownlow at Nashville. LoufsvrnnE, March 15.—A dispatch from _Nashville says that Parson Brownlow and son arrived there to day. He says he was imprisoned in the common jail at Knoxville, De cember 6th, and, in violation of agree ment with the rebel Government, confined in a small damp room, where he was attacked by typhoid fever.— He was then removed to his resi dence, where he laid up eight weeks under a strict Bard. Having partly recovered, he got a pass from the rebel Government, left Knoxville two weeks ago, and was detained by order of General Hardee, at Shelby ville, ten days, and reached the Fed eral lines this morning. Mr. Brownlow declines starting a paper here, on account of ill health.— He proceeds North to publish the story of his martyrdom. He is not affected by consumption, as report ed. Gen. McCall's Division. There will be no pause, writes the Washington correspondent of the N. Y. Post, in the advance of our armies upon Richmond, and within month it is hoped that the rebel 4pital will be in our hands. As the Washington chronicle notices the it can do no harm to say that 'cry many of our regiments were ,vidently preparing for a grand move ment somewhere—whether to push on against the enemy down upon Gordonsville, or to some other point is not known. General M'Call's di ision has been very busy opening he Hampshire and London Railroad ;o Leesburg. But is expected that le trains will be running by the end this week. As the track has been bid across Long Bridge, cars can an from Baltimore to Manassas or 'esburg. Now that the Potomac open, supplies for the army will Ime up the river to Alexandria, and ere be transported to Manassas or _desburg. General McClellan's ad dress to his Potomac army excites considerable attention here, and is considered to indicate purpose to push on against the enemy with the least possible delay. It is said that the General is confident of a speedy battle, or the immediate evacuation of Virginia by the rebel troops. Siors's DISCIPLINE.—Gen. Sigel is a strict disciplinarian. During the advance into Arkansas he halted his command at Beatsville, and made a short energetic speech to them— first in German, then in English.— _ urged his officers to compel their to treat all private proptzty with respect, to allow no buildings to be fired, or any wonton waste com mitted; telling them it was his terative order not to allow these hings ; that he would take the re sponsibility involved in this eonsisand. Taloing_ of Newborn, N. C., and Defeat of the Rebels Gen Burnside's Official Report. WASHINGTON, March Gen. Burnside, in his official report, says : I must defer, for want of time, a de tailed account of the action. It is enough to say that after an engage ment of four hours, we succeeded in carrying a continuous line of field works of over a mile in length; prt: tected on the river flank by a battery of thirteen heavy guns, and On the opposite flank by a line of redoubts, of over a half a mile in length, for riflemen and field pieces, in the midst of swamps and dense forests, which line of works was defended•by eight regiments, of infantry, five hundred cavalry and three batteries of field artillery, of six guns each. The position was finally carried by a most gallant charge of our men, which was done by the rapid advance of the entire force up the main road and railroad. The naval fleet was pushing its way up the river, throwing their shot into the forts in front of us, the enemy retreating in great confusion, throwing away blankets, knapsacks, arms, &c., across the railroad bridge and country road bridge. They burned the former and de stroyed the draw of the latter, thus preventing further pursuit and caus ing a detention in occupying the town by our military force, but the na val force had arrived at the wharves and command it by their guns. I at once advanced Gen. Foster's bri gade to take possession of the town by means of the naval vessels, which Commodore Rowan had kindly volun teered for the purpose. The city was set on fire by the re treating rebels in many places, but owing to the exertions of the naval officers, the remaining citizens were induced to aid in extinguishing the flames,so that but little harm was done. Many of the citizens are now re turning, and we are in quiet posses sion of the city. We have captured the printing press, and shall at once issue a daily sheen. By this victory our combined forces have captured eight batteries containing forty-six heavy guns, three batteries of light artillery, of six guns each, making in all sixty four guns, two steamboats and a number of sailing vessels, horses, a large quantity of ammunition, com missary and quartermasters' stores forage, and the entire camp equipage of the rebel troops, a large quantity of rosin, turpentine, cotton, &c., and over two hundred prisoners. Our loss thus far- ascertained will amount to ninety-one killed and four hundred and sixty-six wounded, many of them mortally. Latest from Island No. 10 1 How Pope Sunk a Steamer!: THE REST CAUGHT IN A TRAP II The following is a copy of the latest telegram sent by Gen. Halleck, to the Secretary of War : The ene my's flotilla, hemmed in between Commodore Foote and Gen. Pope, made another attempt to escape down the river. The gunboats can ncnaded Pope's batteries on the 18th, Tuesday, for half an hour, but were driven back with severe loss. One gunboat was sunk, and several badly damaged. They are completely hemmed in, and can escape only by fighting their way out. Capture of Yancey ! Commissioner Yancey was captur ed a few days since on board a schoon er which was trying to run the block ade. Ile was dressed in sailor's clothes, and was recognized by one of the newspaper correspondents. Another Old 11. S. Fort Taken. WASHINGTON, March 19. Dis patches have been received at the Navy Department from Flag Officer Depont, announcing that the flag of the United States floats over Fort Marion, at St. Augustine, Fla. The town was surrendered without a fight. This is the second of the old U. S. forts taken. Jacksonville, Fla., was also sur rendered. The Governor of Florida has re commended the entire evacuation of East Florida. The town of St. Augustine was surrendered without a fight, the town authorities receiving Command ed Rodgers in the town Hall, and after being assured that he would protect the loyal citizens, they raised the flag with their own hands. The rebel troops evacuated the night be fore the appearance of the gunboats. This is the second of the old Govern ment forts that has been taken by Commodore Dupont. The Battle at island No. 10 --- Fine Bile Practice and Great Execution of the Mor tar Shell. WASHINGTON, March 20.—An offi cial dispatch from Commodore Foote, received at 12 o'clock, midnight, yes terday, at Cairo, and telegraphed hither to-day, says :—lsland No. 10 . is harder to conquer than Columbus, and the Island shores are lined with forts, each fort commanding the one above it. He was gradually ap proaching it, but still did not hope fbr much until the occurrence of certain events which promise suc cess. We are firing day and night on the rebels, and we gain on them. We are having some of the most beauti ful rifle practice ever witnessed:— The mortar shells have done line ex ecution. One shell was fairly land ed on their floating battery, and cleared the concern in short metre. iiir"Children, when I am dead sing a song ofintaise. to God." Such were the dying wardswitika mother of John and Charles Wanly% =
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