Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1862-02-21

they laid dowu their arms.
Gen. Wise was at Nag's Head aud sue
decided in escaping to Norfolk.
O. Jennings Wise was shot twice Wills
endeavoring to ssca?s in a boat.
Gel. Russell, of the Tenth Connections,
vas killed at tbe head Of his regiment =
Lisus. Gel. d NIenteile, Of the D'Espinuel
IN. VI hauaves, whose services were vol
untary. was killed
No ether officers were killed Our fetal
loss in killed and wounded is less than 200
a"d the number CT killed is less than 80.
On Sunday afternoon a feet Of fifteen
gunboats started for Elizabeth CITY. The
place was shelled, aud, having been evac-
uated and partly burned by the rebeltroops
was occupied.
The Sea Bird, which was the flag ship of
Com. Lynch, was boarded; her gallant
commander escaped by swimming to the
shore
The news from Elizabeth City was re-
ceived at Roanoke Island on Monday eve
ming
The rebela made no fight after being
driven from their intrenchments, which
was done by the Hawkins Zouavos and
Seventy-frst Massachusetts.
Elizabeth City was about half burned by
the rebel soldiers. The people sent eff a
depusatien to Com. Goldsboro, asking him
to send force to assist in exiinguishing
the flames
RdeRton was taken possession of on
Wednesday, BY Com Goldsboro, no ep-
position being offered.
Norfolk and Richmond papers attribute
the loss of Roanoke Island to the blunder-
ing inefhcieney of the navy They still
persist In asserting that one thousand fed
erals were killed, They also charge some
Roanoke Island farmer with deserting and
plotting the Yankees to the only point where
they could effect landing being fanked
on all sides by the extensive marsh.
Gov. Leteher has issued an order for the
formation of Home Guards for Norfolk,
Petersburg and Richmond
Bishop Ames and Hon. Hamilton Fish
have returned to Baltimore, the rebels re-
fusing to receive them
Dispatches from Memphis to Norfolk
admit that the federal flag was cbeered on
the Tennessee river. and assert that the
federals neither seized nor destroyed any
private property-not even cetton.
The Richmond Dispatch says: Our
Tennessee exchanges give us gloomy pros
poets for the future in that part Of the con-
federacy. Several leading journals intimate
plainly that there is reallya threatening
state of affairs in East Tennessee growing
cut of the idolatrous love Of many Of those
people to the cid Unlen r.
Armed bands Of Johnson's and Maynard's
followers are prowling about in all direc-
tons through the mountains. In tie re-
mote counties many have been shot at
night in their own houses, who adhered to
the fortunes OF the South.
Fortress Monroe, February 14.-The
following is from to-day's Norfolk Day
Book s ..
A rumor reached this city yesterday by
passengers from Suffolk that the enemy
had taken possession of Edenton, and also
Plymouth. Later in the day it was ru-
mored that a couple of the enemy's YES
sells had proceeded on reconnaissance as
far as Colerain
The Norfolk Day Book also gives
sketch of the new flag adopted by the
Committee of Congress on the subject. It
is a blue union on red field, four stars in
the form Of square in the union
The Richmond Dispatch ef Friday has
the following
General Wise is near Currituck Court
House, and sent down flag Of truce to
Roanoke Island on Thursday.
A Norfolk telegram says: 1t is believed
the mertar fleet is intended fer this place.
Petersburg, Va, Feb. 13,-The editor
Of the Express has received a letter from
Suffolk, dated Thursday, which says that
Edenton and Hartford have both been
captured. Five gunboats moved slowly to
the wharf at Edenton yesterday at nine
o'clock and landed their troops soon after.
Fifteen more gunboats arrived. The citi-
zens raised the white flag. Between s.
900 and 1000 troops landed at Edenton.
The population of Rdenton is about 1000
and it is distant fr@n Suffolk about fifty
miles.
In the afternoon the gunboats went up
Chowan river towards Winston, and sever
al others towards the mouth of the Roam
oke, Hartford, the capital of Perquimans
county, was taken by the Federals yester-
day.
DIPTHER1A.-As the newspaper are full
Of remedies for this dangerous affection of