Zitil *raid. CARLISLE, PA. Friday,IIIIRC,II 215 1062. APRIL SETTLEMENTS.—•As this gener al payday is approaching. and brings with it uncomfortable visions of obligations long delayed, we would make an earnest appeal to those of our friends in arrears, to liqui date. We ask for nothing but thai to whioh we, are fairly entitled, and, which•in too many eases, has been long withheld. We are exceedingly averse to dunning, and seldom resort to it ; but now we are sorely pressed, and nt itst have 'Toney. Don't fail to pay us your little bill hapre April Ist._ re,„ Several articles which we i d prepared for this week, are crowded out, to make room for the important war news. If they don't Bradt before next week, ,thy shall appear. MARYLAND I. S. SENAYCR.-i ; i10 Maryland Legislature, on joint ballot., has elected lion. Reverdy Johnson United States Senator for the Western District of Maryland, to servo six years from March 4th, 1863, at which time the term of llonAlntliony Kennedy ex pires. Toe CASE or GEN. STONE.—Gen. Stone's friends are urging Gen. McClellan 'to bring that officer forthwith to a Court-Martial. As the Joint War Committee has not yet termi nated its investigation into the crime or the bhinder at Ball's Bluff, this Court will not be ordered at present. It mill be convened soon enough, judging from the damaging testi mony the returned Ball's Bluff captives are now giving. A MR tusnunocn PROMOTED.—First Lien tenant Henry Porter, U. S. Army, has now the exclusive charge of the "Pass Depart pont" of the Provost Mars office at Washington City. Lieutenant Porter is a son of ex Governor Porter, of this state, and a gentleman in every way ,qualified for the re sponsiblepositiendo which he has boon appoin ted. A younger brother of Lieutenant Por ter, is also a,Lieutenant in the regular army, and connected with the Ordinance Dpoart mont of the army now operating on the coast of South Carolina. Dar The Richmond L'raminrr thus descri bes the new line of defence taken up by the Rebel army that retreated from Manassas. It is "a line streching from the Rappa hannock by a grand circle to Cumberland Gap, in the extreme southwestern corner of the State, embracing the Central and the Virginia and Tennessee Railroads, the chief cities of Virginia and the valley of the James, with its canals and railroads, within its circumfer ence." Tho Examiner farther confesses that this is "purely a line of defence alsunpul moo as a necessity in view of the great force" which has boon csollected on the Potomac. loa -- Th — o - entiiiiiiTlise - NafarAlrairs have reported a bill appropriating $1,000,000 for tho construction of an enormous iran•nlad vessel to bo used as a steamram, $13,000,000 for the construct ion of iron clad gunboats,s7Bo, 000 for the completion of Stevens' Iron Battery, and $5 . 00,000 for the extension of the the works at the Washington Navy Yard so that they may forge and roll plates for the armor ed ships. The Legislature of Massachusetts also pro pose to have built two of Ericsson's Bttteries foram protection of Boston harbor. Under the impetus given, by the recent demonstra Lion of the power of armored ships we shall prolyaly in a year be javaluerable_to attack by the navy of any power. ME HOMESTEAD BILI, passed the lower House of Congress last Friday by a b ou t, ono hundred majority. The bill provid .s that on and after the Ist of next January, any per son twenty.ono years of age, who is a citizen or who has declared his intention to be such. and who shall enter upon the land and cultivate it for five years, shall be entitled to 160 acres, upon the payment of the Land. Office fees and $lO to cover the expenses of survey. The same privilege is accorded to all men who have been in the military or naval service of the Government during the present war. •rt ; SLAVERS IN rue CAPlTAL.—The ' Commit. tees of the two Houses on the District of Columbia have substantially agreed upon a bill differing but slightly from that already reported to the Senate by Mr. Morrill, which, after being amended in conformity with the suggestions of the House Committee, will be passed and sent down to the lower Hansa, where also it is sure of a majority. The bill is, the special order for Wednesday in the Senate. It is now hoped that the nation al capital will be purged of slavery before April. It is not creditable to the Republi' Can majority that they have let it pollute the capital this long. ANOTRER PROPIIECT.—In its iseuo of the 13th of February, the London Times devotes a long editorial to an argument intended to show that Burnside's expedition into North Carolina must prove a failure, and remarks : • "' We de not assort that the federals can- Aot send and support an army sufficient to break through the southern forces which will now muster In North Carolina, but we cannot doubt that it wilLbe ono of tho most difficult and hazardous enterprises known in military history, and that to begin the campaign with any chances of success, preparations must bo made which will defer the long expected move ment, until far into the present'spring." 'rerhaps the Tim, will decide that tbo bat tle of Roanoke, the occupation of Elizabeth City, Edenton and other Carolina towns are negro delusions of the federal newspaper wri £o7s. Mas Poutt...—A letter from Nashville, Tenn,. $u speaking of tho visit of Gen. Grant and somo:ofhie 'staff to _the widow of President I , o_llc,Aesoribos thO appearance of the man. sion, .and say a "In ono corner, surrounded by emblomatio evergreens, is a tasteful, natty tomb, beneath which sleeps the remains of Er , President Polk. Mrs. Polk is a well preserved lady of perhaps 50 years of ago. She received her .visitors courteously; but with a polished cold ness.thatt indicated. sufficiently in which , way ,her :sympathies ran---sho was simply polite. And lady like in no case patriotic. ' While ishti'disereetly foreboro to give utterance to. any expyossidn of nympatity—for_the__South, Atli as rigidly avoided saying anything that might be , conetrued into.a wish for the suo- Oass eftlio Government. She beim& she - said, 31int - 114.e,tomb of her.hueband would protect her he - m:Mold pro'perty' from pillage clurther than-this che•expected nothing from the 'Uni ted states, and desired nothing," .. BAI!..110.91, 4p011.)th7y8,7,41y, 1110 . 141100, of the * (4 .'Onl 0 .14 !.. 1 ) ,4 ::P4a09r, of tieidoUn billed amid: iejtired 'O4 'Rie:rnidieLid.; - c yf the: qtat 'd aura? last year - :- urns: .Paseongeroi `6 Med ; 111' eEn pi oye eel/ 84 - 4iijnied ehiFs, 58 . kill ad? 4 0 4 ; i.0141i, 118 &ills l 88 injured. • MaI2RSEIOS Has Fallen. The great stronghold , of robeldoM -which has been regarded as thei main protootion of ,Richmond—the Martasses_Juninion—has bpen `evacuated by tlie - rebelswithoul a battle, and the Stara and Stripes aro now tloating.ovor it... Like a •snail, the groat insurrection• is drawing in its horns; and tacitly . confessing that it has not power to defend the extend ed frontier, which it has so long claimed as its boundary. How far their army will re treat before it makes another stand cannot yet bo ascertained ; but inasmuch as the rail roads which connected the upper part of the Shenandoah Valley and Alexandria with Rich - mond, have boon abandoned, and.will soon be in possession of the Federal troops, it is most probable that they design to retreat to such distance as to cause the Government troops considerable delay in moving their supplies_ and munitions. in the immediate vicinity of Riohmontl, extensive fortifications have boon erected, and it is not unlikely that the next great battle will be fought at that place. In the,meentime the Confederate Congress will_ emigrate to a more Southern latitude; and for a time they will live in the hope that the war may be so protracted that the warm weather, unhealthy to .Northern troops, will come to their aid. Every day is now pre cious; and if our army bo pushed forward with sufficent vigor before the end of May, nothing will be left to them but the rico swamps and everglades in which to - elabOrate their magnificent schemes of cotton empire. McClellan's Plans We make the following extract from Gen. Burnside's official report of the taking of Newborn. It is a flattering tribute to 'the masterly strategy of McClellan, and fairly vindicates him from the aspersions of those persons, who 'scouted with scorn and con tempt pretentious display of strategy.'? I beg to say to the General 'Commanding the army that I have endeavored to carry out the very minute instructions given me by him before leaving Annapolis, and thus far events have been singularly coincident with his an. tieipations. I only hope that we may in fuiure be able to carry out in detail the re maining plans of the campaign ; the only thing I have to regret is the delay caused by the elements. „ _ Democracy in ifs Present Aspect. The Providence Post, a Douglas paper dur. ing the last Presidential election, - now - give , s vent to the following treasonable sentiments , Slavery existed in twelve of the thirteen States when the Government was established, and did 'not at all interfere with our politi cal harmony. We agreed to let it alone. If we had kept our agreement, there would have been no trouble. But we of the North set out to legislate for the South, and the South resisted. Imagining that we meant to go farther than we had gone or really intended to go, she organized rebellion— just as we should have done, probably, if shiihad in like manner interfered with and threltened any of our peculiar institutions. It was interference, arid threatened interfer. once, or apprehended interference with State Rights, which caused the rebellion. And we frankly admit that it we cannot consent to stop IlTs — Triterce, and all show or suspicion of it, this particular Federal Go, eminent which we are now htrugglinkr, to maintain, must-have an end ;. and we must hive two or three separate governments— all Republican it may lie—in its stead. . Treason more rank; remarks the Philadel phia P;•es,g, falsehood more brazen, has never appeared in the Charleston Mercury or Richmond Enquirer. The victories of our army and navy, the bravery of Burnside, and the self sacrificing-patriotism of Sprague, have not served to moilerate these incarnate traitors, who, under the name of Democracy, still insult the loyal people of the loyal States, and clamor for a division of the Union, While our iiolliers are fightiki; to maintain it. It is nnnecessary to unmask malignants like•these. They glory in their shame, and court the condemnation of their countrymen. Let us not be deceived by entrusting to them the reins of government. The success of our armies seems to have so anvered these secret sympathizers with secession that they aro unable to hide their feelings, and they unmask themselves in many different ways, without intending it. We hope they will soon stand out in all their hideousness, that wo may know them. Tho Campaign—What It Has Done• The following is ciphered up as tho result of tho campaign which began last April— when we of the North had but about GOO men in the field, and little or nothing in arsenals, etc Square Mite 3. The summer secured to us Maryland 9,000 Western Virginia 15,000 The winter has given us Kentucky 37,700 Half of Tennessee(soon to be the whole Missouri, of which we held at one time only St. Louis, Fort Leaven worth and a camp or two One tenth, perhaps, of North Carolina is now ours. The compiler of these figures says ; Here, then, is a result for a winter cam paign ; the first campaign, after the creation of the army. Battles enough to illustrate the pages of its history, and a territory of 156,000 square miles redeemed front an enemy who had at least an equal hold with ourselves on every inch of it, and entire possession of a great part. This territory is inhabited by 3,000,000 people. Is this nothing ? , Louis Napoleon and Austria - i Pent a sea son in preparation, set their hosts in array, 300,000 strong on each side, fought,two pitched battles—Magenta and Solforino— and some 8,000 square miles of Northern Italy changed handy. In two years of the Crimean war, 400,000 men took half of one town. I tron't think we have done badly; and the remainder, I think, vill follow in duo time and rapid course. Missouri Methodist Conference. The Missouri Methodist Episcopal Confer eoce commenced its session in St. Louis on the 26th ultimo, Bishop Simpson presiding. On the first day of its Session it passed a resolution inviting the provost Marshal to come to the ConfVence and administer the oath of allegiance to the entire Conference. Gen. Farrar', the Provost Marshal com plied and made a touching address to the body. Addresses ,were also made by the Rev. A. Poe, the venerable Dr. Elliott, Rev. U. Cox, and Bishop Simpgon. Tho oath of allegianCe was theplalcon by every member of the Conference. • _ ANDY dnimsqslPtiovistownt, Govmmon OP TENNYSSEIL—Andy Johnson aneepttt tho ap- Ointment of Brigadier Qeneral- and Provi atonal Governor-of-'Tennessee,-orpt-will-repair at onco to NI:10mill° to organize a Slat() (3ov orntnent and arm and protect the, loyal zone of that . Slate. ILO will be furnitoltod by the GovormininiWith _Orty thousand/stand' of arms for that" purpose. air A rash for Manes - sag by an..eagev rutdcurious crowd of visitors ift in preparatiep. The railroad Will bo Constantly employed in ,this service. If, it is not in order for the Wheledistaitee, it soon, will 10 so' unties Federal • pioteotion, - The telegraph will be in operation ra far as •Ilanassasin few days, and wilt be. ex• tended as fast aitho Federal army May advance:•- ~WAR NEWS . . -Despatches from the upper Potomac give some paitienlars of the.occnpation of Win chester_by the National forces. The Rebels retired from the town on Tuesday as the advance.•of. our forces reached. it It was stated that they would make a stand,at Strasburg, bat it is believed as they are cut off from Afanassas that they will retreat up the Shenandoah Valley to the Virginia Central Railroad and thence to Gordonsville. A special despatch states that our advance encountered and routed a force of the Rebels near Bunker Hill, capturing two of their guns, and killing and wounding thirty. -The !ilia- Maryland Regiment, Colonel Keay, took part in the fight, and had four killed and fifteen wounded. The reception of the National troops at Winchester is described as enthusiastic. There seems to. be no doubt that the Merrimac was seriously injured in her recent engagement in Hampton Roads.. The Rebel official report states that one of the prongs of her bow was bent. the smoke stack riddled, and her .ai mor weakened. A large , force was engaged in repairing her. General Lialleck telegraphs to the Sure. tart' of War that a detachment of our forces have taken the Rebels works near Paris, Tennessee. The Rebels were driven out with a loss of one hundred in killed, woun. tied, and prisoners. A guerilla bend in Missouri has been dispersed and thirty prisoners captured, among whom is Briga- dier General Campbell. From Son. Halleck's Department. TICTOIII011:4 ATTACK UPON REBEL FORTIFICA TIOSS AT PARIS, TESN A Brigadier General Captured in Missouri WASHINGTON, March. 13.—General Hal leek has telegraphed the following to the War Department: ST. LOUIS, MARC!! 13 Hon. E. M. Stanton, Secretary of War : Our artillery and cavalry yesterday at tacked the enemy's works, one halt mild west of Paris, Tennessee. The enemy was driven out with a loss of one hundred wounded and prisoneri. Our loss is Captain Bull, of the artillery, and four men killed and fonr wounded. - A cavalry force sent out from Lebanon, Missouri, attacked one of Price's guerilla parties, killing thirteen, wounding live and capturing over twenty prisoners, among whom is Brigadier General Campbell the Commander. The Battle of Ped_Ridgd, n30.54a8 Sr. Torts, March 13 —Further parlicu lars of the great battle at Pea Ridge Arkansas, have been received. The Rebel °dicers killed and woundei were: General Ben McCullough. killed Brigadier General Slack, dangerous:y woun ded ; Colonel Herbert, of Louisiana, killed and General Sterling Price slightly wean ded. Thirteen pieces of artillery were captured from the enemy. Our loss is estimated nt from eight hundred to one thousand killed and wounded. The loss of the Rebels in killed and wounded is estimated at from two to three thousand. About fifteen hundred prisoners were to ken. Two thousand Indians were engaged by the Rebels. They scalped` eighieen of our killed. Price retreated northward, followed by Gen. Jeff. C. Davis in pursuit. While General Sigel on the first day was engaged in protec , ing artny,trains he was three times surroumred by the enemy but cut his way through each time. The principal fighting on Thursday was done by General Sigel's command. On Friday the battle became general. The most exposed position was occupied by Colonel Carr's division. The greatest loss was suffered by them. The losses of the Fourth and Ninth lowa, ThirtY 7 All4 Illinois and Twenty fifth Missouri, were from a hundred and tifty to two hundred'. in each regiment killed and wounded. Only 300 of the Twenty-fourth Missouri Regiment were present, but they lost 291 k - illerl_and - a large number wounded. The Twelfth' and Seventeenth Missouri, and Third lowa Cavalry and Eighth Indiana lost about 40 men each. FROM FORT CRAIG Bloody Fight Between Texan Rebels on the Rio Grande and a Portion of the Federal Troops Under Col. Roberts—The Mex ican Volunteers Become Panic Stricken and the Rebels Gain the Day. ST. Loris, March 13.--.. The Republican has advices from Albuquerque, NeW Mexico, to Fel)ruary 23d, giving details of a recent battle at Fort Craig. The fight commenced on the morning of the 21st, between a por tion of our troops under Colonel 'Roberts and the enemy, across the Rio Grande, with varied scccess until two o'clock. Colonel Canby then crossed the river in force with a battery of six pieces under Captain McCray of the cavalry, but detailed in command of the r ,battery. lie bad also a small, battery of two howitzers The enemy are supposed to have had eight pieceS The battle was commenced by the artillery and skirmishers, and soon became general. Toward evening most of the enemy's guns were silenced. They, however, made a desperate charge on the howitzer battery, but were repulsed with great lose. Captain Mr. Cray's battery was defended by Captain Plimpton's company of 'United States Infan• try and a portion of Colonel Pinos' regiment of Mexican Volunteers. The Tetan Rebels charged desperately and furiously with their Wicked men, about six hundred strong. hey were armed With Carbines, revolvers and long seven-Found bowie-knives. After discharging their carbines at close distance, they drew their revolvers, and reached the battery amid a storm of grape and canister. The Mexicans of Pinos' regiment now became panic stricken, and ingloriously fled. Captain — Plimpton and his infantry bravely stood their ground and fought well, till more than ono.hatf of the company were numbered with the dead. 22,500 67,380 4,000 With his artillerymen cut down and his supports reported killed, wounded or flying from the field, Captain MeCray sat down calmly and quietly on one of his guns, and, with revolver in hand, refused to fly or desert his flag. thus fought_ to the last and gloriously died like a hero, the last man by his guns. The Texans suffered terribly in this charge. Many of our officers distin guished themselves. Major Donaldson, who was the chief Vile of Colonel Canby, acted bravely, and was conspicuous in every part of the field. His horde was. wounded, but the. Major. was not injured. Kit Carson, in command of a regiment of volunteers . de ployed as skirmishers, did good service during the action and behaved Well. We have to name the less of Lieutenants Minhier and Stone, who, like . Captain-MeCray,- nobly and bravely maintained the honor of our flag to the last. Many other-officers.were wounded. Our logs is about two hundred killetrand wounded: That of the curdy is 'believed to be much greater. 'The greatest confldence•is reposod'in Colonel Canby, and if the,volunteers will do their .duty• the Tex: nos will yet be ignominiously driven from New MMiico. FROM BURNSIDE'S COLUMN. ANOTHER BRILLIANT VICTORY. Newbeirt, N.'l)., Otiptilfed" Large Quantity ox'Artillery. TIARA ; FoIiGHT lf,ti . TitionE; March 18; • The, stomper Coniniodore - rrivwl :this morning direct 'frets tho BETTlleide expedition, and,roports tho, capotre of Newbern,N; 0.,' and:the defeat of the enemy there * and the eapture of ii , lfirge 'amber of artillery.' .It, was 4100 fonsht battle. Our logs at Newbern,wits aboutninety killed and four hundred, wouncied..- Our men displayed great bravery.. . r , • [swum" ntsr,tacrq • , _Awofficer-baring_despatches_friam Gen. _Burnside landed here on the' arrival of the steamer, Oommaure, and ,brocceded • i Mute ,dinte!yrtit.,WWashington rePorted that 800 rebel- Prisoners were captured. Some of the reports make our loss from 50 - to 60 killed, and 250 to 300 wounded. The fight took place on Friday last. There are rumors here that one of our Brigadier Generals was killed, but is not thought to be reliable., LATER BAiTI3!ORE, March 18.:--:Sergennt Major D. H. Johnson, of the 23d Massachusetts regiment, came a passenger by the steamer Commodore, in charge of the bodies of Lieut. Col. Merritt, of the 28d Massachusetts regiment ,:rtiid Adjt. Stearns of the 2lst Massachusetts- remment ._who_.bravely fell while leading on their regiments, in an attack owthe enemy's batteries at Newbern. From Major Johnson, who was in the fight, we gather the following interesting particulars of the battle : Our troops, under General Burnside, landed on Thursday evening near the mouth of Swan Creek, on the west side of the Nouse river, fifteen miles below-Newbern. Owing to the dense fogs, the naval vessels did not participate in the fight. Early. on Friday morning the fight commenced. Our troops advanced along the country rand running parallel with the Neuse river; but a mile or two in the rear. The road was skirted on the west side by a' railroad and a dense swamp. All along the river side were a series of batteries, which were taken by our troops, one after another, after some bloody hand to hand contests. Our troops were divided into three brig ndes, under-the command of Generals Ren no, Foster and Parks. • %%e advanced gradually, the enemy desert. ing their guns, until we reached a line of earth works extending across the road from the river to a swamp on the west, a distance of some two miles. These earthworks were very strong. They were located about two miles south of Newbern, and between there and the city ran the Trent river. The country road and the railroad passed through these works, and crossed into the city by bridges. In front of these works the rebels had felled a large number of trees, forming an almost imptimetrable abattis. Efere the flying rebels were rallied, and made for a while a desperate stand. Our brave fellows fought until all their ammunition was spent, when an order to charge bayonets was given, and the well's were finally taken at the point of the bayonet. The enemy fled like frightened sheep !ear ing everything behind them. In their retreat they burned the badges communicating with the iown, over both the county road and the railroad. As they had trains of cars in their rear, just-across the bridges, they were of course able to carry off their wounded and dead. [AN ' OTI7gR ACCOUNT., The Inquirer's special says .the enemy's works six miles below Newberm were attacked on Friday morning last. They were defend ed by a-toree about. ten thousand strong, and having twenty-one guns posted behind for midable batteries over two miles long. The fight was the most desperate of the war. Our troops behaved with the steadiness and cour age of veterans, and after_ nearly _four hours hard fighting drove the rebels out of all their losigens,_ captured three fight batteries of field artillery, forty-six heavy siege guns, large stores of fixed ammunition, three thou sand small arms and two hundred prisoners, including one Colonel, three Captains and four Lieutenants. The enemy left a largo number of dead on the field. They escaped by cars to Goldsborough,• burning bridges over the Trent and Clamont, and 4, ing.the,...cityof Newborn. No exten sive damn i ,Kl. o \i , ^,7'' , "4f-- - to the plaoo. We lost p about tiik% s. ?,N oh o illed and four hundred wounded; ,e ° • aging to New England 11 ,.., regiments:\OV l ~ 01. Benton killed ; Major legendree ,1 ',.!...->' - ' -first-New York, mortal ly,.; wound6d; ,i*, ,Colonel Merritt, of the lt`kronty-flrjt.i..2 •• - )nietts, and Adjutant F. A. gtearns, - otthe, Flity first Massachusetts, of Amherst, were al killed, and their bodies are on their way home. The loss of the enemy is not certainly known, but must have been pretty severe.— Before our troops reached this last work they encountered another, which was deserted be fore they came up. It was in front of this last fortification that the greatest 10.. s was sustained. Our entire lose is estimated 1 -, y Major John son at 90 killed and 900 wounded and miss ing. The foroe of the rebels is supposed to have been about 8,000. We captured a number of prisoners, inclu ding Col. Avory, who cursed his soldiers as cowards. Just as the battle terminated, the fog lifted and enabled our gunboats, which had been impatiently wailing for an. opportu- , nity to participate in the fight, to some up the river, and our ,troops were furnished with menus of transportation across the Trent riv er to Newborn. The rebels attempted to fire the town on their retreat, but were preven ted by the citizens, who extinguished the flames as fast as they wore started by the sol diers. None of our Oenerals, nor any of the staff offioers, were-either killed or wounded. We captured from.(hirty to fifty cionnon.— The officers of tfie rebels left their private traps behind in their final retreat, and the men threw away everything. The fight ter minated at 8 o'clock, P. M., on Aridity, when our troops remained masters of the position. OF TII6 POTOMAC, nEAD F QLA I R F T kx ER o If . HOUSE. VIROINIA, h , March 14, 1862. Soldiers of the 4,)f the Potomac: t iotiave kept you inactive, rpose. You were to be nd instructed. The for (ti disciplined, ti a nwo l : it 7 7,,5a now have had to be cres ted. Other art were to move and accom - gle e the death blow to the re owl certa i n &s. I have held you back that you mi 'distracted our once happy valence you have shown and bellion that. your toroyz; fi 0. 111 your General aro worth a dozen - 600 -' T • • nary results are new acoom- plishhs e e e d. ;..7el that the labors of many m it myin tsonst fhst9,l9dueed their fruit. The ar• ao is now a real army, mag excellently equipped and A erial, admirablo in discipline ST. Louis March 15.—General Pope in his t a l i n fi d oco irt t t li o ' n, commanders are all that I could dispatch to General tlalleck, says: wish •P m uf a m i, I can trust in you to save t for' action . hasarrived, " Our success at Now Madrid was even armed,:ii greater than first reported: Twenty-five pines of heavy artillery-24-pounders and rifled arid T:1 1 ynr yry... As I ride through your ranks . 32 pounders ;.batteries of field artillery; im- 1 soirl iur taus the sure presage of' vide mouse quantities of fixed, ammunition ; sever , - that you will do whatever I ask al thousand small arms; hundreds of boxes rl..ii • i. - of musket cartridges'; 800 nfules and horses ; ' oft : iler'od of inaction has passed I will tents sufficient for an army of 12,000 men, . pi; ' . -0 now taco to face with the Rebels, and an immense quantity of other property lem pray that God may defend the right. of not less value than one million of dollars alaf ,: fintever direction you may move, i how have fallen luta our hands'. The men only . ,451;araarngt(ti mend d thactionsat my Exec s a lisp linked earo withyo escaped, and the enemy's whole force 'aro de moralized and dkapersed in tho swamp on the :Fr . ' , ~, and that all I do is to bring you where opposite side of tbe river. Flw you wish to be, on the decisive WV*, The -enemy: abandoned their works so huri ' It is our business to place . you there. riedly as to leave all the baggage of .the offi.-), m to watch over over you as a parent over core and knapsacks of the men and their dead, ibildren, and you li know that your General unburied. Their supplies were found on they,os you from the depths of his heart. It tables, and candles burning in their tents. f' be Pay dore, as it has ever been, to gain = • A furrious thin:icier storm whieli ragedall nig , to' oess with the least possible loss, but I enabled them to,got across the - river with i...ar , t hat if it la necessary you will willingly being discoverrid. . • • • fttilltiw me to our graves for our righteous Our heavy; battery was established d I Iti -BUM 00 night of the 12th within 800 yards o , God smiles upon us, victory attends us, yet enemy's works and opened at I would not have you think that our • aim is t lath init., thlrl dayl i ght li y-four hours otter the l .; to be attained without a manly struggle. I were delivered to us at Cairo. ,IC.: wilt notdisguiao it from you -that -you have -- During - Vie - whole, day or - yesterdt , brave fops to encounter—foeman well worthy -lines Ivor° drawn oloser around. their • of the steel you" wi li use so well: under a farloini fire of sixty pieces ofit ,t : I shall demand - of you' great and heroic ex. Fear elan assault on their works at aliens, rapid .and long marches, desperate induced ,theth to floe precipitately dit I ° combats and privations. Perliapa—we will night. , .._ - ' Vf '' ' •all these - ,1„, Mare together, and . when this sad Many prisoners have been. takeik.l ''' oar is over we will all. return our homes and colors of several Arkansas Digimicteir, feel that we can ask go.higher 'honor thati the less Is about fifty ,killed and wounfiii/. prdud conselemsness that bpi belonged to Abe __Captain Dollies was in commas e V 4l Army of the' Potomac. '• ' ' 1 • ,'" el fleet, and .Generals -lilPOotin " atid, Geoliat It; McCLELLAN. Goati of thq land:forces. '. - ',.k. et' . . .p.,..„ C o n , . - ~ - Major General Commanding, The gunlMate retired down tniiitlf . ' .Pope has now. twenty:lWe ..h O O l .l with two defensive . works of' the hers' which, command.everyim .-4 int.of the , • ---. --_ - The'. irmet wetion of New, meeZ Alio of. . lelp.ri'd Na. 10—The' 04440oilLat• , 7 THE CAPTURE OF NEW MADRID. GENERAL POPE'S REPORT. TILE PA4IC AMONG TILE ENEMY An Immense Quantity of Spoils Captuked. The following dospatOh reached WS Nan' DePartinent4F loft vmuo; ri ar - o t i 14. FtaiA4l ‘ l l , , and e .horo ixi o, o t r to-days .do v • I ebr a . : 'was last bshrd wlietizitis a a M leash Colunibus. •-•-• 4 , despatob. has., _oon,f:tio . oro, Gin: 'gape, saying that .14ffirrtil was,ovan.- ustodl niarf • 5 1 • - The Rebels crossed the river and ditiorsed in the swamp, onTy, !rating off their 'bodies with them, leaving 'stores, ammunition, Sto., General Hamilton was in command at New Madrid. General Lope is. of_the impression, from the frequent passage of transports, that Island No. 10 is also evacuated. 4,reeonpois sane° to-morrow will, however, ascertain the fact. The Forced Evnenatton of New Madrid —No Rebel Flag I.4ft In Illissouri— The Enemy Abandon ail Their Artillery, Field Batteries, Tents, Wagons. Etc. ST. Lotus, March 15.—The following is a copy of an official despatch sent to the Sec retary- of War: ~. • "After several daysskirmishing and a num her of attempts by the enemy's .gunboate to dislodge General Pope's battery at Point Pleasant, the enemy has evacuated his forts and entrenchments at New Madrid, leaving all his artillery, field batteries, tents, wag One, mules, &0., and an immense quantity of military stores." " - Brigadier GenerallTainilion has occupied the place. This ivailliki" lost stronghold of the enemy in this State. There is no Rebel Hag no flying Missouri. Signed H. W. HALLECtit. Major General Commanding." FROM ARKANSAS ANOTHER. UNION VICTORY A SUPERIOR FORCE OF REBELS ROUTED 100 Rebels Killed, and a Large Number of Prisoners Taken, including 3 Colonels. • A short time since, anticipating the rebel movements in Texas county, Mo., Gen. Hal leek ordered five companies of troops and two light steel six pounders, mounted on two wheels, under Col. Wood,,to repair to that vi cinity. Finding no enenry there Col, Wood pushed on to Salem, Fulton courtly, Ark., where he enoounted. a largely superior force. of rebels, and after a sharp fight routed them, killing about one hu.pdred and taking many prisoners. Among the latter aro three Colo • nets. Our loss was about fifty. The prisoners taken by General Curtis at Pea Ridge are now en route for St. Louis un der a propergurad. The reports that Gen. Cur tis is in a dangerous position are false. For age for cavalry is scarce, but in other respects the situation of our troops is cheering. The demoralized and crippled forces of Pt•ice and Van Dorn are moving South. Capture of Fort Marion, Fla.. St. Augustine Surrendered Without a Fight, The (Wizens Raise the..Stard and Stripes.i4er (be ilall. Another old Government Fort Taken by Commodore Dupont. WASHINGTON, March 19 The town of St. Augustine .was surrendered without a fight,. The town authorities receiv ing commander Rodgers in the town hull, and after being assured that he would protect the loyal citizens, they raised the [trig with their own hands. The rebebtroops evacuated the night be fore the appearance of the gunboats. This is the second of the old government forts that has been taken by Corn. Dupont. ming year, Byts recent act of the legisla• Rumored Capture of Yancy. f 4rure, we have two new officers to elect—At PHILADELPHIA, 'Horeb ID. ; of tax, eo]lecter for each ward. Wo give A gentleman who arrived hero this ratteiiil noon from Baltimore, says thatire heard frof below the nominations of the Republican an officer there this morning that William % par t y , I t i s a I.lveal ticket—coMposed or Yancey, one of the_ re.bel . conalasionersi r e . itizens of knwn O' probitY and integrity, in Europe, had been captured. The rumor 1 that the vessel on board of which he was, whose_Lbsr_Liaroug.h.airairs-wili-reeer-ve beiiiilaken by one of our blockading ves adequate and intelligent attention. Doti't We have heard nothing of the affair from -fail to turn out to a man, and elect this other source. The capture of Yaney is ' firmed by -telegraph. i .ficket. Chief Hurg , rxx—Tohn R Parker. Assistant Burgess-. Goo W. Shoaffer. if.wetter—Joh n McGinnis. ' Auditor —James Mullin. EAST Nv AUDI Council.—Joseph D. Halbert, Daniel Keller, Jacob Shrom, Andrew Katz. School Director—John Irvine. Tax Collector.—Henry Harkness, Jtvige—Chas. 'Fleager. Insp6tor—John Elution. Constable—Jdsbun Fagan. WEST WART). Important From The Blisaisat;l: ISLAND NO. 10-IS OURS. ALL THE RED.E.LS' AMMUNITION AND, A " - PORTS CAPTURED. ST LOUIS, March 17 —ln rep t to a n serenade to-night, General Halle° oun ced ficto the balcony of\ the Plpn House that Island No 10 is oursi with