The New York herald., 1862-03-12
FORTRESS MONROE, March IL, 1862

fOhIREss noShoEb hs'cn ~, AoV%
All s quiet here up to noon.
The British sloop-ofwar Rnado sailed this forenoon
flag of truce has just been sent to Craney Island
All the papers Of tho frgate Cumberland having gone
down with her IL is impossible obtain list Of the
killed and missing The latest and most correct account
is 116, and it will probably be reduced to 100. The
names can only bs ascertaned at the Navy Department
by comparison Of pay rolls Master NJ. s Stuyvesans
wounded, also John Grady and George w. Butt The
following at the general hosptal,-JoLn Bates, L.
Livingston John Dsvin, Joseph Russell, John Gardpsr
Edward Cobb. John Bunt James Benson, John McGuin,
Alexander McFaddsn, John v. Cavanagh.
On board the Congress one company Of the Union
Coast Guard. Ninety ninth New York. Capt. Mcintyre.
Tho following are killed, wounded and missing
KIlHD.-Ssrgeant James Lapcy Corporal Charles
Tymsn privaes James Tracey, John Gaul. Wm Lesley,
VIM. Bell Richard Thomas.
WorNDEp.-Francis Needham, ". r. Radcliffe, Thomas
Bennett Alexander Keyes, Samuel James, Charles Gil,
Stephen Bremen (or Brown) james Golden, Joseph Cal
loway, Lawrence Seurlory.
MssNa.-James Goodwin, Millard Deano, Dennis Fay,
Francis Kinney Terrence McKenna, Archibald Mclean,
John Peterson. Edward Logan, VIM. Hayos
The following. at the general hospital are from the
Congress- Thomas Cannon, David Ferguson, George L.
Dean, James McFadden, wm Chapman, Patrick Cancey.
John Fitzpatrick of the Whitehall also at the general
hospital.
Early yesterday morning small sail boat arrived as
Nowports News wharf, containing two men and .
woman who represented tha; they supposed the place
to be in tho OF tho Confederate forces and
wanted to sell produce and establish store They
were soon informed Of their mistake, much TO their
chagrn and conveyed to the headquarters Of Gen.
Mansfield. They brought herc by the express this
afternoon and taken before Gen. Wool. After the party
had discovered their MISTAKE they represented that they
I,olf
vorng escape but their first story is Of
probable.
Lieutenant seridge of the Cumberland, hes been Or
dered to the command OF the Monitor.
flag OF truce was Craney Island to-day with
dispatches.
l. The officers Of the rebel boat represented that tho Mer
rn,ac or as IL Is called by them, tho "Virgiria" had
received damage, but nothing that serious They
admit the loss Of four killed and several wounded on
board Captain Buchanan who commands her, was So
riousy wounded Saturday, and the command deSolved
upon his Lieutenant. The officers say tjc nothing
about the Sundays fight. The Yorktown is havo
| shot in her boiler.
The Norfolk Doy Book of yesterday gives glowing
count OF opening of the James blockade and
| destruction OF the Congress and Cumberland.
is stated that the Virginia. Flag Oniceri BuehrDan
commanding with the stcaiitugs Bcai.ort, Lieutenant
Commanding Parker and Raleigh, Lieutenant Comman..
ing Alexander, left tho Navy Yard quarter past
eleven o'clock. Tho Commander of the Cumberland il
spoken OF as fighting his ship with gallanuy worthy
bettcr cause Tho total rebel loss is said 10 30 nao
killed and twelve wounded Twenty three prisoners ar
rived a. Norfolk Saturday night from the Congress
died the passage. The Ericsson is said 10 have been
seriously injured by the Virginia some or g,nb2l;s
are said have been sunk both Of which slnemcnis
Of course. entirely incorrect. Our loss s nsii t"lay
! been between six and twelve hundred. Tie nag q @.
says.--flavng completely ri ,ded The Minnesota, and IS
abled the ~ Lawrence and Monitor besides sisted
above, aud destroyed al OF the ca,ny gnboa.s
in word, having accomplished All thai they dee ilrah
and having mere material wo uinn, orr na'.'e
vessc's left tho cf 'hci, trim.s ,a roiaie 20
the yard whore they awai, another eprrtnuii,
playing their prososs.
In the rebel Congress yesterday The oea "s ~ Cen
A. s. Johnston in lern,sscr were discussed.
Mr. Adkins said that nearly every mc.nncs uf th N,n
ncssee Legislature had sguch nc'i'ica ror Es royei
! from that department
The Beaufort corrcsronden, or the Dcy bod rn,s Cat
! tie Nashville Is cow lying ~ sorchcad City,
OEe hundred vcssc!s reported .; Eas 'r,s, srp
posed contain reiaof cosion,s for q. D. fsons"e.
Ocrrcoke Inlet said TO be olsckei NJ wil. Stone
| vessels.
Virginia has beer called upon for forty thousand add
| tonal troops