The Sun.
London, England, 1862-03-29 00:00:00

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crossed the river in force, with a batterftf Eji2L
Pieces under Captain M'Crea, of the cavalry-, but
detailed to the command of the battery. Colonel
Canby 41co took with him a small battery of two
howitzers. The enemy Was supposed to have bad
eight field piece:. The battle was colunmaced by
our artillery and bkinnisliers, and soon it became
general. Towards evening the guns cf the enemy
were silenced. They, however, made a desparate
charge on our howitzer battery, but were repulsed
with great loss. Capt.M'Crea's battery was defended
by Capt. Plimpton's company United States infantry,
and a portion of Colonel Peno's regiment of New
Mexican Volunteers. The Texans now chirged
desperately and furiously, with picked men, about
600 strong, on M'Crea's battery. They were aimed
with carbines, revolvers, and long seven-pound
bowie knives. After discharging their carbines at
close quarters they drew their revolvers and reached
the battery amid a storm of grape and canister.
The New Mexicans of Colonel PCllO'3 regiment be-
came panic stricken and ingloriously.fied. Captain
Plimpton, with the United States Infantry, stood
his ground and fought nobly until more than cue-
half were numbered with the dead. With his
artillerymen cut down and with his support re-
ported killed, wounded, or flying from the field,
Captain M'Crea sat down calmly and quietly on one
of his guns, and, with revolver in hand, refusing to
fly or desert his post, ho'fought to the last and
gloriously died like a hero, the last man at his
guns. The Texan suffered terribly in this despe-
rate charge.

We have to lament the loss of Lieutenants
Michler and Stone, who, like Captain M'Crea, nobly
and bravely maintained the honour of our flag to
the last, and died as patriots. Many other of our
officers are wounded.

" Our loss is about 200 killed and 'grounded. The
loss of the enemy is believed to be much greater.
The greatest confidence is reposed in Colonel Canby,
and if the volunteers will do their duty the Texans
will be ignominiously driven from the country."

We find the following in the Southern papers:—

"In the House of Representatives, on Monday,
a resolution was passed advising the planters to
withdraw from the cultivation of cotton and tobacco,
and devote their energies to raising provisions and
cattle, hogs and sheep. On Tuesday a vote of
thanks was passed to Captain Buchanan, his officers
and crew, for their gallantry in the late action in
Hampton Roads. The Senate has passed a bill to
organise a Supreme Court.

" The President sent a Message to Congress yester-
day stating that he had suspended Generals Floyd
and Pillow from their commands until they could
give more satisfactory accounts of the action at Fort
Donnelson. The President is dissatisfied with their
reports. The Message states that neither of them
say that reinforcements were asked for, nor do they
show that their position could not ha.ve been evacu-
ated and a whole army saved as well as a part of it.
It is also not shown by what authority two senior
generals abandoned their responsibility by trans-
ferring the command to a junior officer.
" Petersburg and the surrounding ten miles have
been placed under martial law as well as Richmond
and Norfolk.

" It is reported that the nomination of General
Lee, as the commanding general of the army, was
sent to the Senate on Monday."

GREAT INUNDATIONS.

NOTTINGHAM, FRIDAY, 4 30 P.M.
In consequence of the almost continued rains dur-
ing the week the river Trent and its tributary
streams have overflowed their banks, and thousands
of acres of land adjoining the Trent are now under
water, presenting the appearance of a vast lake.
Where the spring;crops are sown there will be great
damage; indeed, all descriptions of grain in these
parts will have to be resown. The flood is still
rising rapidly, endangering the lives of cattle,
sheep, &c., as also the destruction of property.
Many of the houses in the low parts of the town
have been flooded, and the Eastcroft and the mea-
dows (adjoining the town) are under water. A great
number of houses have been built within the past
.few years in the meadows, and the lower storeys
of these are full of water. The rains have not been
known so heavy in Leicestershire for many years
past, and from Loughborough to Nottingham the
meadows near the line of railway arc eompletely
inundated. The rains have been less heavy in
Derbyshire, but sufficient to cause floods. In the
neighbourhood of Newark a vast body of water is ont,
and considerable damage is anticipated at this place
as well as in the district of Grantham. The flood at
the present time (4.30 p.m.) is hardly so high as
that of 1857, and more than a foot lower than the
great flood of 1852, when so great an amount of
damage was done to live and dead stock. Last night
the rain was continued, and there is no doubt that
the flood will rise considerably higher.