, 1862-03-10
MAT7ERs AT eaIR0-MILI-
TARy AFFAIRS,
Latest frsn DsK1 The River.
THE SITUATION At NEW
MADRID,
THE REBEL RIVER FLOTILLA.

AL quiet In Cairo, a4& nothing new from |
the Tennessee. Boa1a1 leaving daily for
Forts Henry and Done1A08, but nothing Of in-
terest received from these.
a large amount Of storage and stores for |
the Wisconsin 6th, passed through here to-
day, presided over BY the Chippewa Eagle, |
who creotea s1,ch se:ee::cessss K; Chicago wien
this regiment passed through. Lieut.. z. e. |
Jones, Of the 18th Wisconsin Regiment, yes
terday received papers mastering him out Of
tie service by the civil ofthat State.
he denies the charges uadq against him, aud
intends preparing defenA@
The eunboat Benton haa been ont on trial
trip this morning. She h very slow against
the current.
The ct. Louis, Capt. ns.1ding, arrived to-
nlSht nt;h1 from Columbus Aosrep0Fts everything
The gallant Llcut. deel Ransom, Of the
nfh Illinois, left to rejoln his command, al
though he l,adto be carried upon litter.
Reports from Island No: 10 state that the
rebels have been relnforce1 and arc still forti-
fying the Island. -.
The latest advices fnomEsex Madrid, which
I Ihage from an authentic sunrce, ire that Gen.
rope, at Lne oe7a ol us 4ofees, strTlfed IN the
vicinity Of New Madrid On Monday night, and
located an encampn1ent sabout mile and
half from the town.
On Tuesday, owing to the continual annoy
ance from the rebel gun-boats, he removed
his camp to spot some two miles o. moro
distant, where he las since remained
Our troops barass the enemy continually,
firfnp them hnt LITTLE .3cara
On Thursday smart :skirmish occurred
between the pickets, which resulted in drif-
-
ing Inc teoels n. onf sac lost t"o men DC
longing to an Indiana regiment, and hsd two
or three wounded, The rebels lost about an
esu+. Auet -. -. .e's -..': '1ooa' wv"
They Lave six wooden grnboats, including
the G,annns ,,,a an iro,.tsea hoat
JET. Thompson and his hundred bush
W1ackers are in the place, having been driven
in and forced to seek n4+,tect;on from fhe
oa.;,ft1 oe onr eoant;no ,,.r.;es r,ho ,,,soo
ae'ntey VI ous eeoutns N's1feo' tne plne
is as thoroughly fortified as izpossib1e in that
low country, but cannot stand an attack Of
~, Tooto'. ,r,;,ho,ts
eoin. eooIe suaooats: 4
xxrEnEsTtW1. SoUT4rRr NUue
~ = sA> 41>' = "A'N ~ : -1Al'
Alarm Mt NorfnIk r. Rnrpssda An.
Droac1aing In tic cRaMr-41Tauce f,f
&em, Buell to mQfIoe3boro--NeyF
frcm RicGno1d.
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FORT MONROE, March IA flag Of truce
from Norfolk brought doF.n the commandant
Of the French steamer. He represents that
there was great e2clte1nent at Norfolk. The
hotels were 6Warming with officers from the
Gulf States The Virginia troops have been
sent away. The people ead the destruction
Of the city in case Of II attack. a strong
force is concentrating ct Suffolk to check Gen.
Burnside, who was reported to have reached
Winton in force, and Tas moving on Suffolk.
The reason given by tho rebels for not re-
turning Col. Corcoran is that maps and draw
ings have been found concealed upon his per
son. NO further conmnD icntion has been re-
ceiyed as to the release Of Federal prisoners
at Richmond. ~
Richmond papers Of Fr7day contain no mill