The New York herald., 1862-03-25
TRIPLE SHEET.
New York. Tuesday, March a5, 1861.
THE SITUATION.

THE SITUATION.
The Burnside expedition is working out its pur.
poses with great effect, and is carrying out the
plans which General Burnside, in his report from
Newbern, described as those laid down for him by
General Mcclellan before the expedition left Anna
polis. Immediately upon the capture of Newbern
General Burnside started an expedition to Beau
fort N. c.. but upon his troops arriving there they
found the city evacuated by the rebels, Fort Ma
con blown up by the retreatng enemy, and
the rebel steamer Nashville burned to pre-.
vent her falling into hands. Such is the end Of
this troublesome vessel which for so long occupied
che attention of both continents during her sojourn
in English ports. We had information several days
ago that the British vessels Alliance and two others
were at Beaufort, awaiting an opportunity to run
the blockade. It will be interesting to know what
has become Of them-whether the rebels have de-
stroyed them together, with the Nashville, or
whether they have fallen into the hands of General
Burnside.
The expedition to Beaufort left Newbern on
Thursday last in steamers, and went partially
down the river and on landing struck the railroad,
and took up the march for Beaufort with hand
baggage. A few days before the gunboat Stars
and Stripes went outside and assisted the
blockade, lest the Nashville might try to
escape to sea when the troops come inland.
In this the gunboat was successful as the result
proved. General Burnside then sent force with
several gunboats to Washington. No opposition
was made to landing. Our troops occupied the
town, and the Union flag is flying on the Court
House.
Our pickets extend about eight miles from New
bern towards Goldsborough. The inhabitants o.
Newbern are gradually returning to the town and
taking the oath of allegiance.
Washington is the capital of Beaufort county, and
lies on the left bank of the Tar river about 40 mile
from Pamlico Sound, and 127 miles southeast from
Raleigh, the capital of North Carolina 1t has a
population of two thousand. Vessels drawing
eight feet of water can readily ascend the river to
Washington. Quite considerable export trade in
turpentine and tar was done from this town pre-
vious to the outbreak of the rebellion.
On another page will be found an excellent map
of the whole scene of Burnside's operations on the
North Carolina coast. The House of Representa-
tives very properly passed a unanimous vote OF
thanks yesterday to General Burnside and Com
Al. H. mad
BY them at Newbern. Such acts deserve public
commentator.
Later dispatches from Winchester relative TO
the battle and victory of General Shields states
that the rebels were driven back to strasburg
s'like frightened sheep" But little fighting was
done in the vicinity yesterday. BY the surgeons
Mort we lost from seventy five to hundred killed
and two hundred and sixty wounded in the action
of Sunday. The rebel loss is not accurately known
but our surgeons say that they found two hundred
and TWENTY-FIVE of them dead on the field. The
list Of. our killed and wounded has not yet been
obtained Among the killed, however, are said to
be one colonel and fourteen captains and lieuten.
ants, and among the wounded ten are onfers Of
different grades. The scene Of the battlednd it,
neighborhood is illustrated in our map to-day.
Ourlatest news from Island No. 10, up to Sunday
night, reports that the firing still continued from
our boats, but that many Of the rebel batteries
were mysteriously silent. The upper bat.
tery on the Island was completely falling
10 pieces under our continuous fire. The
camps on shore were evidently being
thnnen out by the constant movement Of
the rebel transports indicated that the tt00ps were