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T" "P.TKtSS 'SROE. Jiarcn v.
1 rebel steamer Aierrt-
dc hr appearance, ami
with the assistance of
I came out with her from
Lr.iostown ami York town,
a from the James river,
, n Newport News and
.v.-', at that place. The
:-r-n fern the ramparts
. -;j her way to Newport
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During the evening the Congress was set on I ccs in this quarter on Thursday last, when J been souudly whipped, then these invici
fire. and made a brilliant spectacle. At I tl ev pi obaly commenced falling back from ble ill cwsrm out of their defences and
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o ni.,l gtn.boats followed her. They all
1. ;t ; the Confederate flag at the stern.
'e'mn bods had a French flag at the ma-t
J,'., and the Merrimac ha 1 a Hag at her
t w hich w as descrded by some as a
J -!..: ro's blue flag. She appeared to be
i l :n the water, her si Vs. bows and
jt.r'., v.rr? covers! with sVping iron plates,
js'.-ii V.r. j two f. et W.ow the w ater liue and
t -: 'h vo hkf tho r.;cf t.f a h. use. At
f0.3 m HIS waici mn-, nvic
T. ..,-.!, -lie oVmiit liit rr
Tin iVoi apart. Her rurpbfr of gun is
i a twe've, but the might not have had
!...i:,v. At her lows two guns were seen
.. ;-ti:'2 fr.m brr eHptx -1 port holes.
r;.'n of ths enemy di.. not become
'.itil between one and two o'clock.
that time the Minnesota had got tins
f r the ki-i'pc of action. The Tlom
having been d:.-ai w I y ire
. r l.aft s,,me tin.e s1:.-.t-. wa
: t,uv I y t'le ts Ivats D-Jii
M.,.rii-n At alioTJt th Siting time
'Mm f the F.rtrs wis tln.-d, .md
.V ':.rris-.n ruriifd out inid'T firms.
J Ti.e T-uih New York was br'i-fy ad.lr---Idlv
Cl. IV-udlx. and ail testified iht g-c.-.t-delight
at tie pro'-p.t c aa a.-ti u.
j..uer ir v.n-h.r orders f.r s.i.c tin.e, the
evr'sa w,4 u!smissd ur.til they f'i-.tuhl be
jwanteil. Tre rcle' boat-! s.evli'y iurn.d
i":a.? ! ''T ti!rncl tne point was ii.-t to
i !"--.m the Fortress. Tie f.rst s".:ot was
1 fr-! tie fii-nt O-mbril.ii.d a;, a lirt'e
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. T! ' Sc w.-T.- F. li t brittery
1 U;"o;i th M'.ine.-iota, which was
the Sav.-vcr 'Z'.n at the Iiips
;-'. with a t'tw slivts at SewcV
t:.:. ': .-!.. Ue soi.-n M-m to
Xi-wv.rt N-ws Poiiit, indientinz
tr.it t'-.e b it f
Life .u well as t;e Cum-
i'Cr'.inl aid C' .?icr. ?s were con'-pred. Pe
t ill- of a tioii ,v r.ld r..t be seen fum t! e
c.i: w- re in .-!l-h.dt:.e
f:rt, la', a Lvvr-iphic di-patch was r reive.'
ar.ncur.cir th the Citnib-erland and. M rri-
e.n.irt.rs, a the la'tirap
..r ri.ir:.: she did lu t fvy
j (y ?.t:er ;i. n i . t:.- C -nprrss. but after fi-
r.:.; tv.i pui.s r!r;uk iie (the Cumberland )
'th i:r .--1 aip lu.ws, making a jagged h'le
' 5 idf. at the water line, teven feet in
! ext-n;. Tin' Ciinif t riand imtnediatelv cm
midnight she was blown up with a tremen
dous explosion. During the evening the
Monittur arrived very opportunely, and at
once proceeded up the river, although not
prepared for action. During the night only
an occasional gun was fired. Reinforcements
of men and Ammunition were sent to Xew
port Xews early :u the siternoon. T.ut lit
tle serious damage was done there, and no
ona was killed. This morning the conflict
was renewed until the presence of the Mor.i
teur was known to the Merrimac. The lat
ter was engaged with the Minnesota, and
but for the fcrtutale arrival of the Monitour
the Minnesota might have been lost.
The two iron chid vessels engeged each
other for two or three hours at long and at
s,ho: t range. Xo perceptible effect was pro
duced upon either. They went alongside
once or twice, and seemed alrncst to run
each other down, but they soon reappeared.
Tle Krricsson battery succeeded finally in
forcing a large hole in the port side of the
Merrimac, and wi'h the whole Confederate
fleet she retired to Norfolk at about one
o'clock. The United States gunboat Ore
gon was struck by the Merrimac in her boil
er, and was blown ur this morning. The
gunboat Zouave was a'sr seriously damaged
and was obliged to return.
The principal logs of life was on ba:d
the Cumberland, where :t is thought as ma-
nr a. 1C0 int have been killed or drown
ed. 1 5 ut ix lives were lot on the Minnes
ota, according to vine of her officers.
A rel el gui.b-.at was cut in two yesterday
:ifu r-TM.n bv the Ciimberl'id.
Tha orev. .f the Minnesota were brought
n shore thi:-, afternoon, and with the assist.
:r,ce of the Spaulding she has ben got 'ft
a;d is now on h"r wv licr. S'ie received
ntTr; r i'S shots, but ni serious d image.
The Cmr'ress is snptiosed t have lost
over ICO m-n. inclndine but one officer
The escaped of the crews uf the Congress and
Cumbeihmd have arrived l ire.
The M .iiiteur has come up to the expec
tations that were entertained of her, and has
proved herself impregnable to the heaviest
h"t t close quarters. She behaved remar
kably weli on her passage from New York,
and although the sea cvercd her decks com
pletilv at times, her speed did not seem to
le at ail diminished. To her presence here
may 1 attributed the safly ff ti.e Minnes
ota and oth.r ves-:. in port, r.n 1 the final
''i-Hhding i f the Merrimac. which bad pre
vi."ilv 1-cen pro4 ngain everytiiing.
Cut t. Wi-iden. of the Monitcur, was woun
.bd in t!.-j head while looking out f f the
wheel house. X'.i other accident of anj kind
occirre-l to the battery or crew. We have
not yet any list of the killed and wotmdel.
Naval men here are generally of the opinion
that considering everj tbing, the relels had
the worst time of it. Without the Moniteur
the damage might have been much more
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a v:-Tt di-tiee run into her a Mconl tirn.-.
-.ir-r tt ri;lle hole which admitted
?.t a f.:ri. .u r.ite. She crrtinuel fi
'.r.t'l th-2 Witter l egm to enter her port
. a-i 1 srwTi after si e careerel over slor
a ti-.'.'ly -u-di at alien t three o'ehxk.
o NVwpi-rr X ' v battery .-.nd the gtir.s cf
("...-,-v,.,! , . l 4- i rk-.tnir'llT. nnnn the
M -r n r.c, but ro .ppirer.t ' fT-ct was pro-
The Mi:-r!ota uiforniite'y got
ria! o: the wav t:o and could offer Vut
i.-.t:ince.
S'u rt'y before three o'chwrk the Jarr.rs
1 nn an! York; w.: anlved from up the
Jats river.
serious.
OUR SITlMTIflX W i rillMUE
ni:iti:L. lixcs.
piobaly commencol falling
Winchester and Lecsburg : the latter having
ong been untcnably by them, unless thsy
were willing to ris-k a decisive battle there.
They made co contest at Leesburgh with
the two or three companies of our troops
that came down, from Loveta gap on the day
before vestcrday". In retiring from there
they doubtless struck direct "for their 'Ma
nassas works.
We find many incredulous relative to the
fact that they are abandoning them also.
That, however is a military necessity, fcince
they have abandoned their defences on both
the right and left flank. The fact that tuey
are doing so is confirmed by tea or fifteen
refugees and contrabands who, availing
themselves of the withdrawcl of the Ilebel
picket guards, have come within our lines
lately.
The cannc t have spiked their guns and
fled from their Totomac batteries ai.d their
caraps and batteries from the mouth of the
Ocvoquan up to Wolfrun Shoals burning
and destroying everything they could not
carry off in a hurry, as they certainly have
done without thus leaving their right flank
wholly at our mercy, as well as their Win
chester defences their left fl-nk with any
intention of remaining a moment longer at
Manassas than may be i;tcts.-ary to enable
them to run their main force away from
that position.
A portion .f the refugees and contrabands
from whom the information received comes,
believe that they intend to make a staud at
the Ibippahann.xk river, twenty four miles
in the r-ar f Maua.--.cs.
That is simply impossible, because the
line of that river fr ten miles Xcrth and
S -uth of the Orauge and Alexandria Ilail
rad is uitc.ly untenable, even with prop
erly constructed earthworks which the
are without there.
The fir.-t tiu2o ef country whuh tbcv
might make temporarily defensible, is at
and around CuM pepper Court IIoue,tho;i:J'
its frequent eminences afferd quite as grMKl
attieking as defending petitions, and there
are p!e-:ty of them bo. So, we lo n-t 1
beve tin y will st p running until within
sight -f sho smoke from the chimneys in
Richmond.
We deem it prudent to say whatever of
the movements f our army that has thus
fairly elbowed them out of their only de
fensible position this side ef their nomin.il
capital, further than that its operation have
brought about their anticipated effort to
se:d away from Matiasses. The country
may rely upon it that it is nobly carrying
eut its glorious work thus so admirably com
menced.
The President and the Secretary ef War
and the General-in-Chief of course re as
busy as bees, with the matter in hand, as
well at -?Very officer and man iu the army
of the Potomac.
We have further to add, that wc do not
believe that the Rebel army nill attempt to
hold Richmond f r a week longer, judging
their purpose to be to get back into the cot-
march triumphant threugh the "land from
farthest South to extremest North, cuffiing
right and left all the cities, towns and vil
lages that have dared to furnish aid and
comfort, to the invaders of the sunny South.
George Thompson asserted that the efforts ! fur inches wide, jutting over the 1ct l ull
to create in England a Loslility to the North j three feet and seven inches on each si-'e.
had total'y fi!c 1. The sides ol th'a upper section are a little
Consul Morse dtTounced the curse of ala
very as the sole cause of the treuble.
Cyrus Field proposed a toa- to England
and America, and spoke strongly in fav.r of
There were, at the last accounts which ! the maintenance of friendly relations. lie
we had from the bureau e-f statistics cf the explained away many irritating s;.V;-ts.
Rebel States, about three hundred and thir- j and asserted that it was the cust earnest
ty thousand men in all enlistcil in their ar- ! .Wire of the Wa-hir.gteo Government t.
over ihrea feet in thickness. Firrt, there i
an inner guard e f iJx inch jlate inn, and
upon this a ter-tion f whitu k tirnWr, thir
ty iacht-s thick, and c;vcrtd with an armor
six in ,he thick, farmed of six ore luih i.on
plates, lappe.1 and firmly rircte.! together.
Tie tleckortq) cf tie battery Is even
with the t p of the hull, nd : overe! with
did it j two thicknesses of inch p'ate in n. fastened
moment. J to eight Inch ok plank and ten iacb k
maintain aUiicai-- relations. lie
llieve that England could, for a moment.
recogn.e the S .uti ern Confederacy the tli.lr. bet twenty tix inches apart. There
tt. ne of which is slavery.
correr
Parliamentary j rxxfceiir.gs had been enli
vened by a challenge frera the O'D r.oghue
to Sir Robert Peel, for the expr-s.-i..ns of
the latter, which the former considered per
sonally offensive.
Lord Palmerston got scent of the afT.dr
and warned Sir Robert Teel against making
himself a party to a breach of privilege, and
brought the affair t the notice of the House
The O'Donoghue apologized to the House. I r:ng the guns in any de-sird range, and to
but maild some sarcastic remarks relative to j niova tb.c p.rts fr-ra the enemy's guns whil
Sir IVbirt Peel. loa-iir.g.
The Navy etinrites ha 1 l-een introduced! To suj.p..rt. prctectan.l give efH. ten ry to
and sum' important v. tes agreol to. ! this tr.m t ia the whofc f.bj.t of the bittcry.
Mr. IIorse-fr.il gwe notice that he w".l although its immense weight and power
on the 11th "f March, move that the pre. ! rr.nll V;.k -my vel with which it should
contact.
is no railing .r other obstruction on the top
of the battery ixept a round tower cr tcr
ret, twenty feet ia diameter acd nine fet
Ligh, and eight inches thick, made of plate
irou.
The turiet has two pr.rt holes, each two
feet in diameter, for two eleventh inch celum
biads. and is also pierced for tuvskefy. Tht
turn t is of immense weight, but made to re
volve ly mrchinery frm Kl.'w. vy i to
my. Of these i we re safe to say that thir
ty thous:ind have died or been disabled by
the casualties and exposure cf the war.
Xot lvs than eighteen thousand have been
made prisoners, and are now in our hands.
The army of Humphrey Marshall, and that
of Crittenden, in .Kentucky, have both been
destrojed. makipg a loss of twelve thousand
more. The last tidings fiom General Al
bert S. Johnston informs us tint not more
than one half of his original force is now
with him at Mumfretshoro. It was esti
mated by the Rebels themselves as not less
than eightv thousand. This mrst be coun
ted, then, as a loss of foity thousand w The
sum total-ef thee leisses ia one hundred
thousand men. We have no means of
computing the losses e f the army of Bishop
Polk, or ot the arms- at ManassiS- But the
figurc-s cani'ot be by any means encouraging
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s'ne tve-n Jefferson Dav.s e'eems ;t l-ctter 1 ent stat" of nitunal maritime law, as it con- t c- me l
not to give them to hi- people. We serious j cerns K-P.:ggerc-u.s and neutral:-, isundefir.f-1 ( Tic bat t cry is stc-rc-l f ,n ti.e fr- ut. the
ly doubt whether t" day ti c RvU-'s have J and unsatisfactory and e.uls for the early r.t- ; whee'l.ous" tan i'ng Kfr? the t :-ret. Tr e
two hundred thousand men in the field. j teuf.on of the Government. j whctlVuse is strongly built of ir n. a.d can
Xow the policy of conceritiation may K' The Army estimates show a t tal . f Cf- ( be l..werd int- the hold ah.de e f dry
verv wi.-c, but it is a problem which will be te u an 1 a quarter i..i'.iioiis sterlinu .-.'ight- j g-ds. When lowered, the t p. wl. -.h ia
found too hard f or even Davisor I'eaure'gird. ly in ex cess of list y.ar. j bomb rrji.f, is level with an.i fr-rms a r-l
ti solve, how to concentrate two hundred The I'.ci.' h ? n:;te c rtinm-.! the dcbite ; -.f the deck. The j..ints are water tigLt.
th-usand, e r any number that they can ps- on the a ld c-s t i the Emperor. Prince Xa- The- l.eve is pierces! or sharpshooters,
sibly ra's". so as to resist the heavy pressure poon's strorg remarks attraote l o n-idera- ; The rnls of the v.pjer v-r.sf! j r j:-rt oer
of five hundred thousand men, e.-re-cially j ble attention. S me mcmWrs give u-ter- the proptlh-r, rudder and anchor. T t.to
when that large force can be no readiiy J an.-e t. strong .-r.ti-Er.glish sentiments, 1 ; j il r :s. f c urse. at the sttrn. anJ the
thrown t- a;iv p.-irst which the Rebels may ; were nbukcvl by the Monsters. , tqui;s i-e ru 'dtr Khiod that. a:-d t ey are
choose for eitiie-r defensive er tdTensivc oper- j It is repotted that the; Greet, insumetts at j so prowtv.! i y the upjr Viss.i that ti rw
. ' 'iii.;ia ha 1 o!i' reii U caiituiit.' :ui 1 thus ' e vtt W struck bv a ball. The anchor's
In less than 3 week the whole of our ar- end the r. v. It. ir. front, and is short but very 1 cavy. It la
my of the Potomac could be transferred to 'Hie India and Cb:na mails w-rc re- e:ve.. n-i tr . by a cuin runnin? int the hold,
the banks of the Mississippi. H -w lor.g : aud f -r warde-d per th" Uamrioi dv.. . np into a jdace tte.i f r it. outside cf the
j-.wer ht:d, Lut w;i.ia the impregnjl.e
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IL-w lor.r' a' id f-tardesl per th" Uat.irioT;dv..
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would it take the Rebels to form a junction j Jacob Rush A Co.. Ai.ur.c.-n c..tnmi
. .1.. ,;. tt.. f.-t n.; W. t 3 1 mwl,n,ts at Ind.n. had sus;rii.:el. w:.l:.s f the upper hn.. Tae entrance to
HIT! l.". H .'i. o v. v.- .....w ... ...... . . . , - -
The Paris Monieut's Jjoii. on corre-jou j the mil is by sma.1 hatchways, which.
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ence savs. th:.t the session of the Erglish j when clo-:l. form a pirtif the reel
Parliament will o:..s'' slov.t t.'e 1st I dune. : are et:'.iai v secnre-1.
fit er.
o latter was tlisabie.1 early
eon by the Cum!e-i la r.d, and
te f.r r. iirs. After sinking the
C ti'-e-rl .rd. tie Mtrrimac turuel her at-
? I te-,r. f . ti .. n l : i.. .1
. l iic .. -.'i ess . iiiu iu ic man ttu
j f. :r a hit.- rl eg was hoistetl on b-iard the
j litter. The Confederate gun boat, imrnedU
j t h- .Aer t ot :( jier the eiftlcers and
j Cat;r.rs being t iken rris'tieis. The seamen
i ere a'V.wed to escape to the shore,
j The United States frigate St. Lawrence
i lroe l eie during the afternev n . and wth-
ca; ilrcp.ing anchor proceeded up the river
iwe.i ine exam?)ie et trie unnesota
Many circustances have recently transpi
red to make their works in our front too hot J ton States as soon as possble: Richmond
to bold the Reikis.
The victories in Kentucky, Tennesse,
Xonh Carolina, and the demonsrations of
the exjedition of Major General Butler
were the prelim rary constrictions ef the
anaconda that first ci nvinced them of the
wisdom of escaping its folds iu this region,
if possible.
Tiiy soon comprehended that their flanks
had been turned at tho.;e distant points;
that it w;ts simply a question of very short
time when th'se operations elsewhere would
surely cut the Rebel army in Virginia off
from any possible succor from other States
in insurrection
A striking effect of the successes of .the
Union arms of late, is the fact that on Fri
day last Confederate money, had fallen in
Xew Orleans to fifty ceuts'on the dollar ,and
to-day, probably to twenty five cents en the
dollar ; or, in other words, that thftir cause
is financially ruined. They thus find them
selves without the means to buy supplies
&c, and know that campaigns can no more
And where will they find a point at which
they can make a permanent or successful
stand ? Our forces have evidently bivn ar
ranod in view of such a contingency ; and
whatever point they mav . ccupy. they will J T yl TTh
C 1 V A Va v. rrEciv f. !" .'11 4 1 . 11 Will ! .
nun uiai i:.e .v. - . Mass., in lbo-i, was one oi
c.me sooner or liter, even as at mvnv.z f. . 5r . t!)e p-.i.i St (V-s Xavv. thinv-
Green and Columbus. two pHr,rtli tvUS l.r.rdvn, an 1 carryin.
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L4TEII FROM EI RPOE: J ,a - - " . , , ' a,
. . O a i.-. n.Ttu'Ir bnri.ttl :-.:d slink at the
v-, M.r.h 10. Tlie steamer; -- i
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Tin: jmitnuiir. !
tinac was l m l at .i.ar.e-iown, ;
f the finest steam
City of Washington has arrive-1 with I.iver- i
tui.e i-l the destruotWi of the Gespirt Xivy 1
pool advices of the 20th tilt.
! Yard. The RcUls having succeeded in r..:s j
i . 1 . .1... n l -.w 1 ... ..-t.'.tn
... - . . . 1 . r .1 . hit i ne vessel .iu .i- i 1 -
Advices Irom oit.rai rer 10 ine ii , . . , . , .,
... ... .-111 .i three feet t f her bg:.t w;ifer mark. line. Lm.t
that the reW-1 pirate Sr.udcr stdl lay tlxie u'-:c ' 1 '
.. . r, . a b..mb pro. f h-use of wrought :nn plates,
t... 1 tici . f !eT:irtnre. : ' -
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The interior ef the batt.ry presents a
novel a:.' interesting f :u :y. In th Low
are the cable an! ;.cl.or ch .:id-r-; next tl
! cabin ar.d quarters if the of i -e:s and men.
, and aa.idd.il: the o 'k r. " r.: . :i:id v(r1e:id
u;r ;
, the small ug:t e wh'uh is to fu-.'-h vtnti"-
n and work the turret. Ju.-t abaft are
the furnaces, and in the tteni ti e cngira
working the j-ropeller. Ti;e bunkers for
w M1. coal an! Mnmi:nitlo'",i a;.d the wittr
tanks cccupy every concei . a! h va.-ancy.
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Tne IT. S. steamer Tnscarora remained u mree ;n. i.es m u, ".', '" "'v- , 1
...... 1 Siie is ;r..n piat.V.. and i:er bow anc stern D ;.
Soanish wators e ll Ai getnis. 1 ..... . . , ,. , l J --v.e
, r , t.,; ,1 a or.u stoe-1 c ad, wttli a projvtirg angte oi iron :t 1 p , f,Wc
A teleTam fr..m Madrid, dateu tlie Jotn 1 J .... 1 I i' ! lorees
. . r .i , , ' the ii;rrM'se ff piercing a vessel. Nue b.as ; . t
states that tne Captaiu of the bumter baa . v"- . f ... . . ! and that heavy
Wntd at Tangier at the instance of j a:' 1 thcrv s n-AUing to oe seen j -u d5rcclion.
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over l.er 21111 e;cvi. i!..i mc
the Amerisan consuls by the Commander f ;
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TIIK WAR IX Till: WEST,
St. I ns, March 0. A special de-spatcl.
from Ca:.r. siys that Gea
have rcacbel New Madrid,
cannor.ahng I as heard
The rele's arc there ia
txceptioa jrtnillj f,.icei anj t.ar pii.-v -11 soon
lei..g a less defensible position than Manas
sas was three days ago.
At Richmond, if ihev dare fight there.
thev must fight under the influence ef ir.
tnse panic occasioned by their pe-11 me-11 re- j
treat from their liue of the Potomac, and
without such sturdy works in their front as
those they are so precipitately abandoning.
Wc sincerely Wlieve that they will have
ent' ret v evacuated Virginia a f-rtnight hence
Washington Eceninj Star March IQth.
It had been reported that the
! Her armament ensi.-ts of f ur ll-i;.eh
1 uiove down to assist Geu. P it's attack en
purperau. 11 n.iu wtu hj-.i ..... -
Sumter appeared off Hyeres, south of France j
on the 16th of February, which of course
must have beet, incorrect.
Ti.e Am'-ricnns at London celebrated
"Washington's i ll.day by a public break
fast. Dr. M.llvaiue, Bishop cf Ohio, 1 resi
ded. Minister Adams, Consul M rse, the
the rsbel str
ihold. The reikis have h-een
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n ivy guns cu cacli stde, an 1 two io.r.un.. en !:,3V0r:n . t drive tiie tj. S. troo; . 1 a:k
cr A?" terD- j by tl rowing shells among them from their
guneoati. i ce loeai nuraocr loricu-
The Jamestown is furnished with a heavy
clumsy and ridiculous lo. king iron plow- in 1
front, the point of which barely projects j
above the water.
two Secretaries if legation. Cyrus W. Held j
Dr. MacGowan and others were present.
I To all appcirat:ee the ship is .jot
found In the river and on its banks has teeti
f ur hundred. Fxciting news fum New
Madrid and its vicinity may I expected irn- s
1 ; me-Jialc'v. Large cargs 01 negr.-ts cave
all. iron plated tr pictcel f..r bro.id-i.Vj
I beeti st t to work on the rebxl fjrts Ran"! .'5
Ti.e forniT mounts one h-
j anil Roanoke, in firing upon Sewell's Toitil. h? foUght without mevu-y than without arms
w. .... "
lul f-he od.er shot fell short. The gun
koat llvst.c was aiso towed up ia the after
nonn.At sundown the R lane.kc, St. Law-'-n.e
and Mj.stic all returneil. After four
0 nt the Merrimac continued to throw
ne:l into the corip utNewtort News, while
tte Jarr.c8town and the other Confederate
PmboaU cerriCier.ced firing upon the Min
Lscta. The latter replied as vigorously as
Pwihle, and the crn3ict was continued
".tr.out any apparent effect until dark.
They were well aware that, especially un
der such circumstances as we detail above
they were at the mercy of the Government's
military preparations here, the moment it
might be detet mined to set the coils of this
pension of the anaconda in motiem.
The advance of tne division of the army
under Gea. Banks, was, therefore more than
ihey dared risk standing up against.
We b3lieve that they only came to the
conclusion to abandon. -he-'r elaboraU defen
COXCGXTU ITIOX OF THE IlEB
el roaidis.
From (lit Phil'i'Ielfhia Inquirer.
The last hope cf the the Rel tela now seems
to be in the concentration of their hitherto
scattered forces. They have had impressed
upon them a salutary elred of the gun boats,
and now propose to leave the banks of riv
ers and to find some high, rotky, inaccessi
ble mountain region, which they can fortify
with such eif their big guns as a re left, and
there wait until our land forces assail them.
They have an idea that our navy is to cur
army what the locks of Samson were to the
strong man. If they can'only get our army
to attack them wheu shorn of their locks,
then our overthrow is certain.
The feeble forces of Curtis, Grant, Buell,
Thomas, Burnside, M'Clellan and Sherman
m
will succumb at once to the Philistines of
Sefferson Davis. After our Generals ba-fe
all waged up to their impregnable fortifica
tiods, like a string of naughty schoolboy? to
'Mrt-.s. Ile-r latteries yecm-d to consist of a ! . '
Mr. Adams, in a patriotic speech to the j 30.,..,,. r.ficj gtln. fre and aft. They j
memory of Washington, fail that it was ; sjmi1aT the i-rr),t gua. Tl equesti-n j THE TFAXt 1" TtlXXUSSEE.
f..r Americ:ii. to think of his course. '. 1. . j r 1... i-..v,l ..o:. 1 ! ... ....
"v . , ... was once asjMti 01 ....tt... Ikitiiie. MarcL IU. A .1 vnt-
At th.s t.me the country was in tne mnist c , rant ,7" to which a .gnt;vs an- ; nlvlla fro MtniJ.i ;,ft
.. :. 1 rw f.-trnann fllro.l btlt 1'V III) ! ....
v o .vwi, .. .v. , ,.Wtir was jc... j 'We.lnes.lay, reports tlte cil x :.s there
iiaung asu,ng.u.. w ... ........... jaIUlt,l. bui are reiving on Fort
WOUld Cnqner ami SUiouie me muu - ; ine liC'i m .am uit-j4 . i j
th ro.tram of their pedagogue, and have i prove tqual to the U-ik
er which has Sought to rule or ruin. The . v used o the New York and irginia wne
struggle is (eaiful, but there is no lterna- of steamers. She is a side w heel steamer of
tive. The assault upm the Government of uoO tons burden, was built in New York in
the United States carries with it an aggress" l59, and her size is as follow: Length,
ive principle, which, if not defeated, must 5I fe-t; breadth. 34 feet; depth, 18 feet,
in the end be fatal to freedom. It involves j She has len completely fittel out at Nor
the acknowledgment of the prescriptive j folk, her sides haviDg letn plated with iron,
right ef some men to rule over their fellows.
and the Government must therefore fully re.
establish its fundamental doctrine at every
hazard. He concluded by again calling for
that patience and perseverance shown by
Washington, as the sure road to success.
The health of the Queen and President
Lincoln were drank with enthusiasm.
Dr. MacGowan. in speaking to the latter,
eulogised President Lincoln's Administration
and expressed f.dl confidence that he - dd
and other means taken to strengthen her
and to render her fermidab!e.
TUE MONITOR, OR. EXICSSOX BATTERY.
U-gent
c-i
gr,-st-
l'diow
Fort Randolph for d-fen?a. There are
very few tiO'ps at Memphis. The I.eg .-'s-ture
has bcattered, afur s'.veral inelTectual
attempts to transact tusines. Goverr
Ilirrui is greatly excite.!, and is flying about
from one Southe-n oiot t; anothej, with
little prospect of nucceeding in his efibrta .-
ri-'ly the people to fcia aid.
A de6 perate and terrible battle t k
place at Valverde. ten miles south of F. rt
Craig, on the 21st cf Pcbmary. Tie fight
!2I. Pt1:
Tiiia vessel ts Sharp tt bota ends, ana wa? p.ijably renewed ou the
consists of a lower and upir Lull, the sides , ?j iiC3 cm ite victory.
of the forme' inclining to an angle ef fifty-j A regiment of New Mexicans cora.aa
one elegreee. and coining to a point at each i by Coonci Taxton raa away, the fih
end a' an angle ff eighty degrees. The low j Uo ff,r tnem.
er hull is ho i plateJ. The upper section is j
five feet high, with pcrrwn.bcular side aad j The Rebe? ia retrctticg f r ra M-a:r
th raij frh-irr ! f Tty. or. f'-.t -s lc3.Toyed .wTjth:r g rrtr wty.