St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1862-03-13

demoralized. The edect-of this evac4a=-
ton is elasanely disastraap to the rebdlsr
Gen. Mcclellan hast sfeqlup his quar-:
ters at Fair4x court1Hq1 g
ST; LOUIS, March Il.
GekJcurfs9 repdhA a&a.freat BATTLE ~,
Arkauaas has been received. On Thurs:
day the 9Th the rebel army consisting Of
tie comBiRed forces Of Van Dorm. McCul-
,lackr:and--Rrice madean attack upon the.
right Of our army under Gen. Curtiss at
felridse, io,tleI 9ia'k|M9untaidl' HAr-
kansas. The fighting continued three
days. ending in tbs complete 1eat ef The
rebel, ye9 gstlFeq f ggsa3t f9Pf gp
Our loss is ver11 beeYy about 900, and
that OF the enemy still greater. Gen. Sig
II Il pursuing the enemy With eavalry'7
"@' '='" ''@'':Nt Nv, W oonaks: 'M aissah r.
,eyAn Elizabeth City,. North Carolina, let-
ter of March 4th, to the 7r1b,y,e, says
Gen GBfseg withahis' forces, numbering
1000 has arrived at Norfolk yesterday,
from Pensacola, which place hs evacuated,
after; destroying tho ferti6cations gym, gyms, &c.
10 It is also said shat the,rebel scaling
all their spare forces into Norfolk, that
they may be ready for any ]. emaef6geehScy. .
Therefore the. last gra. q battle Of: the
campaign may be fnoght in this. struggle:
to- saveaaNorfolk should ythatocity beat.
tackled, u
This evepipg ~ the ptiincips1 forts in
the harbor If NeY York viii be eg;a4rrisooped
by order Of Gems Morga,,o medina ID, RI
:" y y LOUISVILLE, March 10. :,
- Al IN intelligent gentleman from Mem
phisjJ on SWodke.day, feportssamt 1ae citi.r
zens are greatly alarmed, and are relying
on Fort Pillow, neatt fort khnaelph, tor
their. defense , Very; few troops are at
Memphis: The Aegislathre 1scattesqd, Al:
ter several Intellectual osttepptsstoatr5hs.
act Business ~ s,.9sa ~? >.>ssi,'o .:a!!sa :
10: Govo Harris liz greatly excited, and is
flying about from Que south ern point, to
another With little prospett:of scedeedmg
in, bis efforts: to rally Tie people e lis aid:
s -. :: sswAsn u ,5ie,.;MS
'I l., The Natiopal znteu;gs,te's publishes
this morning three Of the Presidept's Gen
etal war Orders The frss'is dated JAM
9th, and i! an i, order for . grand move
ment oftbe army op, the 22dd Of # FlFebFra1ary'
The second is dated March 9Th and ldi-
vides the advance ARMY Of the Potomac in
to four; army corps with as many generals
The third, dated llarch: Ithis' as follows {:
i,.nMporrG General, Mcclellan, :, hayiAg per-
sonally taken the,6eld lat. the head Of t he
army of the: Potomac, ?; until o therwiza o.
'd,er9ed, be IS Relieved I'D from Tie command Of
the Other military r. r. fetaia;
ing the command of the Potomac. :. Order
ga further, that'the two departmonts2pow
under 'thte; II respective comnanls'of Gener-
ais .Halleok, aga Hunter, together With 50
much of that Of: Ger, Ri. Buell. ;X l' lies
west; Of a north and south |ljpe Indefinitely
drawn :ttthroug hs Knoxville, Tennessee, be
conso1i dated and designated the Depart
:ment of he Mississippi, and nd That Until
otherwise ordered Major General H!aplleck
is to have command Of; said department.
Ordered also, that the country. westof the
Department. y; Of The Potomac: and east Of
the Department Of, the Mississippi, 70 a
military department, and that the same be
commanded by Major General Fremont,
THAT All commaqders of'depsrtments;; after
Tie reee;pt qftthl ,i 9rdsr Respectively e!
port, sevaraly and directly 1J t0 TIE Ser Sc eta,
fy of War, andethatIpnompt and frequent
reports 'willbe expected tof4alhisl 3,s II
/ qIsighed,] s't's'7 ABRAHAM LING IN. p ~~
E17 on gu zj2' ttI"tuaro7o4 ie1atlan Cd.
|'>t"i O Iiro.I1u,W ttAs'4AH1sqreN March e z
+: The naval oontnittee of the n'Sepatcthis
mBrping agreed toircport'a bill atonee for
ths 1aq ff55pffatid1 of SIS, 100000 for iron
claa ylessslA E 70 1a,,,', 'lg
y Senator Gr'mas has just receiYffSd!I| dig
Epaseh from Assistant War, Secretary Fox,
IT Fdft Monroe; declaring his confident be-
yth,dr9H[sSa;pp;f .r2;;ish Sr tak 4: iASno,oo.