The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1862-01-30
Further Particulars of the Burn,
side Expedition.

In addition 90 ths account OF tho Burnside
expedition published yesterday, wo make room
for tho following particular, by correspond.
ent, 't tho principal occurrence connected with
tho movements Of tao expedition thus far
When tho barometer indicated a churre on
Wodno S'ay, We Hoped that il would ba for the
better, and that tie violence Of tho gale lad
ahatod. But during the Ms ht tho wind Ia
creased 40 much thai It obliged all the vessels TO
lot 20 their anchors. The exertions 10 rot the
Admiral, General Blrnsidoa vessel, over The
bsr, having failed, another effort was made 20
set hpr over the bar NJ the nlht tide but WITH
no litter SUCCESS. The .kimiral by this time.
was out OF fresh wafer, her coal was exhausted,
and she was unable to communicate with yes
sci within . few hunarOi ards OF hor with a
portion OF the Massdchuaetts a IA on board, and
which had her colOrs set Union down, as a siR.
nal OF distress. 4 boa from the Cossack now
approaches, and an officer hsnds General
Burnside letter, which he reads with moiston-
ed eyes. twas request for water; 500 Pern-
sylNania troops aro without water, but no aid
can be afforded them.
II G cloCk, and no signs Of the gale abating
on the contrary, exercise. As far a. tho eve
can discern through the drifting mist the bay
"a on broad sheet OF white fam rsseml ling a
plain OF new ~ fallen snow. Dark clouds sweep
down from tho Iorih, and, with thor murky
ed ea seem slnoet to touch tina vessels m1sts
as they 20 csreening by, castir8 their gloomy
shadows over the fleet, which sways and stag
gers under ths mighty storm. A single person
here and thefe appears on some vessel deck,
holding on By the rsil or sigging and few
scattering groups are seen pacing the beach, a.
IL in search Of shelter from the fury of the blast
The tents Of the Twenty Surth Massachusetts,
which were, yesterday, pitc1ed upon the beach,
have all been swept aw ", aud the poo sohlers
must have spent fearful night exposed to the
NJ he nj M hnr l.
worse night before them Beyond, whore
their struggling forms are seen strollng on tho
beach, tho pillows Of Old Ocean break along the
shore, tossing the spray from their SNOWY crests
high into tho air. II is "a spectacle truly grand.
Camps Wool and Winfield, as we'll as the Rhode
Island Battery, whore untheteTed horsss and
men were only yesterday put down on the
beach, must have Ell Tered ieufully.
Gen. BuTnside, who thus far has main aimed
bis accustomed cboafiulness and resolution un
der all this .Oad Of responsibility, watches the
careering storm from tho deck OF tho Admfrdi,
and seems weighed down with these aceumuld-
ting mistOi times. His whole concern - for the
srIpy. Occasionally be IL heard 10 exclaim. in
suppressed tones, This is terrible when
will the storm n sto?" "Tha poor men, wha'
" III they dO?' No one will wonder that such
a nan is beloved by his men. hut ho is not
the Almighty, TO say 10 the winds, " Be still"
NOT Moses, with power to smlte tbs rock and
BID the waters gush forth 10 supply their
wants. They rust wait on Prov idonce, whose
way are past hrdiag out, ard who "doeth ali
tlirCs we'll" The General says be rests IN the
ASSURANCE that some ViEe purpose will DO 81
compliShed by those strange a.veisites W"
are, he saws, as 80 many grams If .aud in -
haI d. of The Almighty. Tue condition of Ma
pOleon bcior, Mn,cow, or tie old NJ sact usetts
Governor az the siege 81 Low'shuph seom Only
4 ing psTpll,ls 10 ; e si'ugiior. Yet ha soars
as giIOng hear ed as on The t.y on which he
s't sail from Annapolis NIrn such Leader,
Let no one rtspaiT Cl the result. Toe heavens
ale 90 ~ Uvetcas'-'ne sun ha' nf gone out.
After a crsary night, ths Storm ssatsd on
Jhuttdsy ti,.hf, ari or Ncay morning several
e he vessels bad thoir oGsi',- 90 onion down.
cine CftheIn are II tbs ma 10 ~ h0Bling sig
y,l Of CisiTes an tho sliph'ost Occasion. Oto
vessel wss ysIred which hs. thus dols, emblem
in her rigging, SId, ugon Iroviry, tue cepta;u
TCpC ed that hs had a comp any from BvoIly
On hOaro, and that thny ve'o II - beAnS'
Others bad co sugar - pu' in tNoir ts''
TIIK DFAIH on col. ALLEN
On Wednesday, jan. 10th, ca. hdSn, WI
III, Lieutenant Co'onol, Suge.a ,A9f, ant
rins others ircl.ting Capt. Mon 'naL' OF Nh le
Ann T.. Thompson, LETT that s'e-no1 Ia oDa OF
the ships ausrta. boats, tog ;he pnuc's,s' thSF
said, Of reporting to the CommArdlng y eAHsl,
AMI 20 solicit a e,eam, tug 20 low them IN A,''r
ealing on Cor, Rene they spout soma Nrl