The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1862-03-21
Large Number of Prisoners Taken
The Rebels Set Fire to the Town---The
Flames distinguished.

perate of the war. Our troops behaved
with great steadiness and courage. and
after nearly four hours hard fighting,
drove the rebels from all their positions,
capturing three light batteries of field
artillery, forty-six heavy siege guns, large
stores of fixed ammunition, 5000 stand
of small arms, and 200 prisoners, includ-
ing one Colonel, three Captains and four
Licutenants.
The enemy left a large number of dead
OR the field. They escaped by Gals to
Goldsboro', burning the bridges over the
Trent and Claremont, and firing the city
of New bern. No extensive damage was
done to the place.
We lost about 100 killed and 400
wounded, mostly of the New England
| regiments. Rev o. NJ. Benton was
among the killed, and Major Legendre, OF
the 8 st New York Volunteers, mortally
wounded. Lieut.. Col. Merritt, of the 23J
Massachusetts,, and Adjt. +. A. Stearns,
of the 2lst Massachusetts, of Amherst,
were also killed
From Missouri
New MADRID, Mo, March ii, via
CAIRo, March Is.
| New Madrid is taken. The rebels evac-
uated both forts last night, crossing the
river by means Of transports during Il
heavy storm.
They left fourteen heavy guns, a large
quantity of ammunition, tents, camp
equipage, several flags, about three hun
dred horses and mules, besides wagons,
stores, officers baggage, &c.
The rebels had also nine gunboats here
during the fight, which probably passed
down the river under cover of the storm.
The principal fight commenced yester-
| day morning at daylight. and continued
without intermission till dark. Two Of
the rebel gunboats were disabled by our
guns, aud three of the guns in the lower
| fort dismounted.
The rebels spiked all tie guns which
they were unable to remove, and threw Il
number into the river. One of their
transports was sunk in the river two
miles above.
| The rebel loss is not known our own
was exceedingly small-probably less
| than one hundred.
The regiments chiefly engaged were the
Twenty seventh, Thirty ninth, Forty third
and Sixty third Ohio, and the Tenth and
Sixteenth Illinois, with the First Regular
infantry, and Colonel Bissell's Engineer
Regiment.
The victory was won entirely by the
land forces under General Pope.
The gunboats did not arrive
1t is reported that island No. 10 is also
evacuated.
From Washington.
WAsHINGToN, March I6- Evidence
from various data, establishes that the to-
tai rebel army at Centreville and Manas-
sas was never over one hundred thousand
Within the last month they were under
forty thousand. The evacuation com
menced a month ago, when the arms were
sent to the men mustered to assist Burn
side. Some say the proof from the ap-
that two siege guns We're mounted in each
of the four forts at Centreyille, until
within two or three weeks, when their
places were supplied with backened logs
| Negroes and farmers were helping them
selves to the property abandoned by the
rebels, at Manassas. The rebels had car
ried off freight from supply train that
| ran off the track several miles from Ma
nassas, our cavalry not molesting them.
The country people profess to be greatly
outraged at the ravages of the retreating
rebels. Forage is not to be had for love
| or money.
Colonel Cameron's body has been iden-
| titled and brought here.
| 1t is said by contraband there are no
| Notifications at Gordonsvile. The rebels
still occupy the Acqula Creek batteries,
which fire upon our passing vessels
Railroad trains there are carrying off stores
to Fredericksburg, SO that they can have
an easy retreat. III case of an attack on this
outpost. Blackencd logs were found in
position in the batteries on the river
The members of the Sanitary Commits
sion, and others, who visited Manassas,
assert positively that the evidence is such
as to force the belief that the Mississippi
soldiers were in the habit of pigging up
the bodies of National soldiers buried at
Bull Run, boiling off the flesh. and ma
king the bones into trophies. Skulls were
a frequent ornament. From the big
bones rings were made, aud from the jaw
bones spurs were constructed.
Furher Particulars of the Pea Ridge Bat
| tie.
RoLLA, Mo-, March 16.-The remains
of Colonel Hendricks, of the Twenty
ninth Indiana, killed at the battle of Pea
Ridge, Ark, arrived here yesterday, ac-
companied by his brother and two or
three other gentlemen. who left the battle
ground on the Monday following the bat
tie. They represent the contest as ter
rible one. The rebels fought desperately,
using stones in their cannons when their
shot gave out. Their force is stated at
10000, including 1890 Indians under
Albert Pike AS near as could be ascer-
tanned, our loss was 600 killed and 500 to
| 1000 wounded.
Dicoveries and Report of Cavalry Re-
| connoisance.
WASHINGTON, March ia cavalry
reconnaissance, under Gen. Stoner, made
a thorough examination of the country
for distance of twenty-five miles in a
straight line. No armed rebels were seen
1t was proved that the rebel retreat was a
perfect rout. Our troops are engaged in
securing valuable property left by the