Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-03-21
DrLafuare Hazrfft.
THE NEWS

The work Of crushing the rebellion still pro-
gresses- The enemy continues to retreat and
eracuate positions claimel to be impreguable,
and wherever oar men have succeeded in COM
ing up 10 them the result : been a e. ght and
victory 10 our arms
Though not on - large scale as some of
the preceding contests. the battle Oh the Nease
river, North CAROLINA, fought last Friday, was
one of .he most desperately contested Of the
war. The resaIt was spIe.did victory on our
side and the capture of Newbern, one Of the
most important MARTINI. cities Of the STATE,
AMI the possession OF which places Beaufort,
another important town, at oar mercy leaving
Wilmington defended by a strong government
fort the only important point On the North
Carolina coast still in pos session Of the rebels.
The rebels have also evacu ,tel San Angus
tine and Jacksonville, Florida and our troops
have taken possession. Th Grst named PLACE
was Offended by For, M-ri NJ, Government
work, bit il was abandoned with ali its guns
on the approach orouriorces. With the points
we now hold in that State it IS completely in
our power, anI tie rebels may be considered as
having virtually abandoned it.
New Madrid, strong point on the Missis-
sippi, below Columbus. after Ia wing beea COM
pletely surrouaIed BY orr troops, was abaa-
doned by the ltbe's last T.slrsday night, Leak
ing their arms of all kinds, camp cqnipage,
ammunition &c, behind them, They escaped
TO the Tennessee shore and dispersed through
the swamps in q disorgla,z,I ami d.in )r4Iiz ed
condition.
1t was announced that island No. % hal al
so been evacuated, and all the rebel equip
nnents, g.. at that point had fallen into our
hands This announcement was premature
The enemy are in strong force at that point
and evidently resolved TO make deterlnin-
ed stand there to check. if possible, our al
vance upln Memphis by the river. At last
advices our entire feet Of gun an m)rtar h)lts
had gone down, and were engaged in shelling g
the Island Some of oar boats had been
slightly injured and a few lives lost Thoug h
nothing decisive hal yet resulted it was con-
fiIea'ly believed by our commanders that the
place wo1ld s)ol b in orr ppss2ssioa.
a recent enylgensat in Texas 'unty. NJ J.,
resulted in routing a nest Of rebels who hal
collected at tnt point Their loss was about
100 killed ana among the prisoners We captur-
ed were three C1Ionels.
! The aPprehensions that were felt for the sac
y Of 'iea. Barnsid., on the North Carolina
coast and Gen. Curtis in Missouri, are re-
moved. R.c>nt Intelligence SHOWS both of
! them TO be in a condition where they are able
! to take care of themselves AMI vAnqlisa any
/ rebel force that can b. brought against them.
Nm imposing exp.li!io1 which went up the
Tennessee river last wa-k and landed al Sa-
vanaal, Tenn, is nranillsily nical.I for in
portaHt demonstrations in t'irt region II IN
prises so;n@ 69,003 MN, an tits generally sup
poscl its destination IS N,n2h.s. rAe rebels
a~e reported to be c51cca:ratitg G il i SC tie e1
forces at Decatur, Ala. aud Cornth, Miss
but it is not likely they will be able to
make very formidable stand Bcaurcgar,l
is now in command Of the rebci forces IN that
region.
There IS nothing important from Nashville
Our troops are in sIrotg force in that reg
but besides mere marauding parties there docs
not appear to be any rcbe! troops in that part
of the State.
Nothing fur'hefr m regard to operations in
the vicinity of Savannah, Ga.-or of The
movements of Porter's Mortar fleet, Will i,
understood to be dcsig ned forprerating against
New Orleans
Our Whole army On the Potomac is in mo-
ton, but nothing important has transpircd as
to its doings OF desigrs. Gen. Mcclellan is
understood to be following up The rctreating
enemy toward Richmond, and the division o
Gen Banks is moving soulhward also. Last
accounts say tie division Of Gen. Shields lin
cluding h. Ohio had advanced as far as
Strausburg =
Gen. Fremont, it is understood. will at once
assume command Of his Department. Iii;
; head quarters arc at Wheeling,