The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1862-03-01

!
! people, brought several pic'ol Of coin from their
packets, and a. 'hc lookoiat the "hard currency
| With gladiei ed eyes she remarked that IL was
/ The o 81 silver 7hc had seen in lODg time. |
/ b'lsve that General Barn. .ide has p-ami,o4 rS.
| para zen to thO-e whj remained in thsir houses
/ aha suffered los at the hands ui oar troops
! I hc irophies most il demt,i wsre gun pts.
| toe, the long a"d hltbuuus look n, hi ~"
/ krivc-, cIttiod by many # the rebels, and n,
''shintl s;"ts which seemed to hive been ~
only cw'e,cy auorg the p,ople OF tns ,sl'ri
! some Ui ihsse ptpsr pf0mis a wer, - d.b.1I
nations ne lyw as i've cents | eaS se .cr,. oi
this KIND, issued by tho IIrp,ra iOi o. u Poe
beth city. Tho buttons Woru eat frOm t1,
coats Of dead rebels, ard l'tt.rs ibun on ,hcir
persons, or p cSed up m the rcb.l f, Is ,nl .-
sn>mcnts, wcro icld ss 1t ,iey we're ~ pre-.
c,ous as til most costly gems.
The tel owing well deserved tribu,o was pro.
scented TO Capt Lscomb 10y the oaic,r, " tho
,O'h CoDnacticut Volunteers, b,for, Ian its
from itc Now Brurswi,k
StrANuE NrV BWuSsut,N. urID
RoANuks l-LNNp. \. G. To, b. iSi1h
IA' o. u"i.i. i.,ned eli sra 4 the tU.n E,ti-
went 10 Cuuu. vi luto-rj dasro tn rN
| pto,s th'it pprcoisIun Of tha orud e. ,i tha
o0,ycts Of tho s.oauer Now B-ur,vi.s. durir,
| tro pa as" itom ANu,.o =, MI, to x ,a-o<c
! leland, y. 4 as part e tho naval eNpsd,.
tor un1 tr con mand Of Con. u Ifu,id-. st
| oul, have ts'y a. g'utl mon won our esteem,
| tut their yisilrCs bv Night aS well a. by
| cay heir uniltlng patience, and their arlit,
as sc amen, relieved us from anxiety and 50.
! cur,d our safety while lying in 49, insecure and
CruN y u anchorage, thruu.h cover diys of
Vi lent storm. We n urn them our voluntary
and cheerful thanks for hiving conttibu'cd 81
| much 20 ,ut cnio, m'nt during a ttdiou, aud
uncN p'cicd cor hucwcnt ON shtpbo.rI
tuNs. !. RUssBit, Cl. tuth R,rl. G.. v.
\. W. lRAHR Lieut. Cot
= w. PTTIUoNE. Major.
j H. 1IOMr,oS, u IL. Surg. I $ \
And al the san aud Comm's .ionoi Oiicors Of
tho 10th Regiment.
III. ruIsoNFRs sKNr orr.
koANOkE l-LNND, lop. ~. lsi2
The rebel prisorers wefo scn, on tolay. but
the totn' on which th,y are to re exchanged
will not be fully settled until their arrival a,
Elizatoth City. All have signed a parole OF
honor no, 10 serve against thu UGitod Ststos
nl,aiu, u less exchanged f,r federal prisoners.
Tbs piis ners number about 2, 80, and among
ihem are tWo c, iontl-, Several liou' cntnt colo
nels, aId over eiAtsan commissioned uilirsrs.
They were taken up by tho stsamos \. Il
SIauldirg, CossSck Gu do AID New York In
convoy Of several gunOoats. l. is stated Inst
IN NJ me oi the com pauior, not ono in ton Of tho
ptivstos could sign HE name On the lSth |
saw about two regiments of them marched
down from tho barracks to the beach, tor am
| hNka'iur, between files Of the 2Jih and Path
Massachusetts, Regiments. Thoy had a most
miserable and squald appearance, aud present
ed a sinking contrast 20 our we'll uniformed
and gay locking soldiers. Few oi
them wore anything that bad the
sentlArcc q inform their coats and
pants were OF various textures, and their hats
al Caps Of "A many shapes as tho mlo head
x AZ ismaGc. Sime Of them had what thoy
would call knapsacks, others old carpst bags,
NAltcs, trunks OF bags 10 which they Carriei
~ cir traps. Here and there in the long line
YOU could SEQ ilankot rolled up and strappsd
On the stoulls!s but pieces Of cdrpst, a. IT
taken from floors and cut up in pieces, quilts
and bod blankots, were tn common snD4titutes
fer our army blankets There appeared to se
fewer mere boys among them than among
our troops. but in phvsiquo and manlinoss Of
Leaving, tboy aio inferior. But as ! must close
this N haste for the mall, ! will reserve .
a lre of tclegrsph nss boon eroctoa from uou.
Burnsido's htatquartnrs to tho camps in tho
uppor end Of the Ian IA distance Ot thtoo TO
four miles. Ths limo N working tolay, and
l. an interesting II not very rece5'ary, oAper-
imcn',
FROM ANOTHER CORRESPONDENT.
Ia addition to tho foregoing, letters from
other correspondents on tho Roanoke ENpsdi.
ton, which missed the first mails after ths IA.
king ul Roanoke l,lsud and Eiztpcth City,
have uoen uc,ivsd. Though tha netrs they
contained has been anticip itod, thoy abound IA
these ia 'ho following
Sur,Lrv leo. lGh-Wcnt ashore this morn
| ing for air and eNetui o uId 10 rolieve IN part
! tho intulufablo eHnui Of utter .dloness Found
the soldiers cooking three days ratons where
| upon | experienced much rot tshment-rot
! from the fool, but from tho prospect OF an
| carly move SOm'irbeTe
l7h-Moto cnnui In'riguos for appointments
and coma sionH. WSfthloas fell vs. ia commapd
uf wo, thess boats. All kind Of talk going ON,
! but no cidor-no move.
Ish On board the More Qormerly Marion)
AZ Il OF for no matter we'fo-we'ro moving.
19h.-S canning slowly up Chowan River.
| CammoiOre's (Rowdn a;,ing) boat and ono
| other lsiding i a bOut two mles ahoNd, tue
rtst s'ripging along bshind. Tbs size OF the
river Surprises me. For tle hrst twenty miles
IL Ia tbroe quarto's OF mile ~inS
banks gonera,ly low and marshy; occasionally
a plantation, out, eXcept fcs negroes Mt sin-
gle one, not living soll in sight. A. J.. NJ:
we hear the report Oi a gun, qlickly followed
by half dozen moro. Tho action has COM
menccd wo are II alive nov. Our men are
beat to quarters and tho guns celrod Tor ac' non.
The firing ceases. We gralullly appro Ich a
bond in the river Whicl wall urcoyer the scene,
when out comes our t1O tenders s'eaninS la *
their very best. The sight IL a l'ughible one
snl many arc the jokes we have At their eN'
psnse. II looks as 'houfh thoy hal II al enough
and want TO got away ps soon Ri IONiJlp. BAT
this is not tho fac. As they pass by We tis,oy
er the MARKS OF muskstry on tho vessels whlcb
sufficiently indiea 8 warm wOTk. On ths ID ia
ware there was hardly slure foot upj1 on'
side which did TO, display bullet, or its mark
but no ono was hurt The bOtts then anchor q
for tho night. Ia tho lrniog AL was IriJareC
for a GSht. HammOchs AMI mat.rls-e' wer
got up from below, and placed around the plo
house TO p oteCt the m,n a. the wh3ol, and IN
boats advanced to the shore, whsn thcy cap
turod WintOn, "A pretty little town Of Al iI' on
thousand inhabitants Afor this oNpedi ion tn
boa,a returned 20 Roanoke Island, where W
row are.
An InIeTs sting Statement ABOUT Vnn Hen
Ihny s~n, tho ship Island COTrtsp Sndent o
the Suu-IIOw HEd Where his Conneeu u
with Jtn Davis omonced and Ceased
III. sac riIcsa and MlsfOrtunes In the cnua
of Ley aIIy-His Father "a well known an
IL IHuoDIlaI Abraham
For The SuR-Ar, Editor VIII you permi
: a correction, as well IA some confirmation, q
7 your deien,e Of +. T.. Van Bssthuysen Su'psc'e
. of trenchsTy End desertiOn. ! have been lam ]
! lar with him from Childhood, AMI hive enjoye
! the ho pitaliiy Of his 'aihor5 house in AlIsn
D many Iears Sgo, uhere have satisfactory rea
= ions for believing he was born and therefor
' not "originally from the South" a. you are ur
> der the impression. Hts father subsequent
= removed TO New York, AMI was for SONS yeal
\ ElitOr OF an evening paper Che AMEiIIAN
y ,hinD published in William street, near Wal
. | I. T. was there employed atter leaving scdoJ