New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-03-27
Expedition 10 Henufort-Tbe Dcferses OF
Ncwtern.


From Our Own Correspondent
NgwBsRy ". C.. March 10. 1884
The wearisome march of our division through 10
miles Of mud the biyonac in the rsin-storn, and the
battle Of three hours duration, under such disadvsn-
tuges Of numbers aud position, were enough to eA-
haunt and discourage the men aganrtany very SPEEDY
advance Bat r.freshmen, OF mind and body bas
cone after four DAYS OF rest aud he Third Brigade
receives ia order, 20 march on Beaufort tomorrow
morning with great Satisfaction. The preliminary
r,counoiss nee was made today by Capt Williamson
Lieut. Flaglera and Capt. Gar nsr, and Sn''"eie poi
selected for he landing Of troops and the rleee-'rah
up soeums Creek.
Tho distance from Newhern 10 Beauior; IS about
thirty i've miles Communication can be had Ia OF
dn.ry rmes. by water. the railroad, and the county
road. bat Fort Macons guns bar the trst route 'he
wsut OF rollinC-sicc. tie second, and as COME
quebec s, sre lett Tie alternative Of gong By the
county, rold or pot going ~ ell AT thia seas OF ~
wear RE North Carolina rusds through swampy dr.
;.-t, are not Che most oeierisbe tliugs 10 tra''i
over. AID lo-.es. of men, ind insecure ioothod on
ile corduroy tpupkes. II IL no country 10 mai'A
Dbl army ,1r0u4h even when uDeGcumhered ny
Le,vy ordnance and 20 shorten Tie route By onehai,
f. 20 ed GOOD de- more th.n 90 per cent 20 The
efficiency % AZ armed force. II was to determine
whether f.s could not be done in THE instance that
the reconnaissance ysar made to-day. Gen. Burnside
aeon. MED Cant. williamson himself, snd tDo-
Conpan. anl If the 2ith M-sslclusetts az q
pre-. rfora~g measure sClins, a surprise. Socl'ns
Creek folks 70 point three or -four miles from NJ
mouth. O.ch branch becoming naT0we a. tley are
a.cended. Jn.i above the FORK a spot WIS selectch
on the gght brarch, where the bank presented al
easy ACTIVITY, and the county toward the railroad
was iy, and Cen. Parke, Brigade, with Lieut.
FHs.er heavy mortar be'teiies. VIII lie moved TO-
10 rUw Eco tte lighiesi drai' seamcn to i.is point,
and delarked. 4 saying is iLas made Of about one
bali ~ thc di, .ncc Beaufort.
W ave trustworthy inior rfiou that the steamer
Nashville IS now tying under The guns Of Fort
Macon au@ une.s burnt, sunk, or blown up, enr
viii. Ia sood tiUe, ili into oug nsnds. We haF" =
report its she is entirely uuarmed, Der lwc brass
gur, ha.ng been landed 20 place in battery.
re- lie very large quantities of tuTeuine aud
orler naval stores tikeu with Newbcfn, tle General
Is every lny ieauing Of lots buried on plantations b.
tho prr3retor Orc lot Of bundled bates Of cot
ION VS. discovered on Monday, aud taken in charge
by Gen. Reno Tie 5lst PennsJ wanna arc now out
10 tint direction On The banks OF the Trent, miles
from the BRIDGE but viii probably return to camp in
fev days.
Tie railroad bridge, il seems, after ALL was burnt
by the Rebels themselves. The day Of the battle il
was currently believed among us tha, It bad taken
fire from scow-osd o! combusi bles-turpeniine and
ros (which had been ignted by u shell from one Of
orr gunbott- but Il hss since been pacestained that
The SOW bad been prepared a. a fire-ship TO drill
among the fleet. The ret Of Tue wind happened 10
b. in such a direction to Illustrate this nice lule
PLAN and destroy bridge which cost more than
million DOLLAR to bdd. An attempt to burn The pas
seuger bridge furtler up the Trent River failed but
enough mischief done TO interrupt all trains until
yesterday, when Capt. Brown Of the 9TH Rhode
Island repaired tho bridge, aud made it once
passablo for vehicles
The 1ag-of-iruce nuisance hes been practced upon
US ss usual Yesterday morning party OF Rebel
Cavalry, twenty-five in number, e8cOrting Col
Crosson Of the Rebel army, came from the direction
OF Godsborough through our lines uncballenged and
rode into the very heart Of the city in search OF Gen.
Burnside. Tier ostensible object Was TO arrange
tor the burial Of their dead and tho care OF their
wounded, but il 10 probable that no men SUFFERING
from cataract or alnauross were included ia tie de-
tail, and that botb eyes and ears were sepl open.
The purity were aimed until this morning when
they suffered 10 depart.
We learn tbst after the battle the enemy roireated
along he Godsboro road as far ae Tustarors, sr..l-
road station ten miles from town, whore they took
cars next morning for Goldsboro. II people aloug
tie roni say that the flying forces look more lhan 81
hour To Pa,s given point. and thar the road war ui
NON feuce 20 fence. Tia may give YOU n rougl
idea u the number eugueed in the oarle. Pcrhans
b better estimate can be- made from tire number ".
colonels commanding Rebel regiments. have in
my notebook the following names. which have been
Obtained from prilone,s: Col Sonue, 9Th Reg
hent N. C.: Col. Avery, sd n. c. Col. Crosson.
l0h Regiment ,lrtilleryl Col. Clas G. Lee, sSih
y. C.; Col. Vance. 9olh ~ C., Col Spioull, cayal.
- regiment COT. Barber, Hth n. c.. and Col.
Campbell, 18th \. e. Here we haye Fix regiments
Of infantry, AMI one each Of artillery and cavalry,
behind, line Vi brcasworf aud other Qualifications Vi