New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-04-08
THE OCCUPATION OF WASHINGTON, y. e.
OFFICIAL REPORT BY COM ROWAN.

wAsgINesoS Monday Aprl5 los9.
The following communication her been forwarded
TO The Navy Department by Commander Rowan:
UsIrsD sr,rrs STEAMER LogiEASA.
W,sHIsGTos. y. G., March % iff2
SIR: In obedience 10 your orders OF the 2oth Inst.
proceeded 10 thin place suiying II tie 0bttruc-
.iors about Ave miles below Oh he morning Of tho
Plat The naval column consisted Of this veF,e the
Delaware, Leut.-CorD. Quackenbu,h, AID the Con.
Perry, Lieut.. Commanding Fl1sser We were nc
compsnied To the DISTINCTIONS by the steaiaer At-
miral army Transport, with eight companies Of Tho
24h Reg1ept Mas acbusetts Vol nt@ers, Col. SIC
venom, and Email tug-boat We met with 40 fe-
distance, the batteries having been abandoned aud
tneir armament removed by blasting and other pro-
oesses. We soon forced channel through The piles,
though they bad been driven very deep in Triple
rows and cut of three feet below the surface.
Az II O'Clock lsst night We arrived OF the tO@n,
the Delaware bringing up from me transports lie
field officers, two companies, and the regfnenia
band. The Authorities, with man. o. tho QUEENS
me- NJ or the wharf where 1 briefly explncd TO
thor the object Of our witt. The military formed
ard We proceeded 70 The Court Hous,, where with
81 the ceremonies, We bVifted the "tlng Vi TIE
Union" The troops returned 70 the Delaware with
unbrokep ranks. found on further consultation
With The Authorities, on whom ] made nay demand
for fne restoration OF tho Halterss light property
that underlying apparent scqulstoence OF The
PEOPLE Of the town and rsighbortood in permitting
the bu lding 81 guuboats AID tho conslruoiion OF
batere, 10 rorel the approach OF the Union forces
gas a deep rooted affection for the old Union and
rot little hnimosity for s euemies tho latter ele
inent not beng dininvhed by the importation oil
trOops from distant State.
The result Of this state Of afsrs was, az could DO
anticipated, tho abandonment 81 is de.nkes BY the
troops, followed by the destruction Of whe, re-
manned Of Confederate property by the people. Inc
launched gunboat lad been towsd several miles up
the river loaded with urpentinc and fired the night
Of our arrival. A few hundred bushels Of meal and
corn lett IN the commisEry Store, distributed 10
,be poor by my orders The most valuable part u
IIs,terss light property, tho lenses have been taken
TO Marlborough, but bave hoJ es Of their recovery
through the fundamentally Of the people Of Wash
iDgton. The rest Of the property is secured with
channel buoys and nioorings.
IL addition TO the batteries on either side VI the
distinctions, the enemy has thrown up brssStworks
east Of the town, joining and extending half mle
They also had fortified thsir camp which comm and-
ed the high road. A skeich OF tho river, from the
obstruclions to the bridge above the town, lie in
clog.d II includes ell the forifcations. The woods
and swalnps in thr apd Hyde County srs repre-
sented az being alive with refugees from tho draft
Many Of them encouraged by our presence, came
H. They are deep and bitter in their denut cia,ions
Of the Secession heresy, aud pronis regiment il
called 10 aid In the restoration Of the nag.
am very repeatedly, your obtdient servant,
A MURRAY, Lieut.. COMMANDING Column.
T. Conn,uder e. ROWAN sndiug Nsva Forces Al
SeHGls saa fSSslyco SENDS EsaA C1sl.as,