Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-03-14
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~ From WaomtNItOms
IS Knw YoRK, March l2.-@A special 10 1
\. Tribune says the Naval committee ofthe Sena
Q agreed to-day to recommend an appgopriati
/ Of $050,OO0 for the construction of furnac
!. for the manufactureo Of twe1ty-inch Dahlgr
. The Washington Star of this evening Ga
, we have positive information that the rebe
/. have Fetreated as for as Gordonsville. o
) scOuts have probably penetrated the country
q an early hour this morning, % far as Culpepp
. Court House, thirty five miles in the rear
: Manaesas. ta
flr The official report Of the naval engagement
} sent to Richmond, states that on the MerrimG
two were killed and eight wounded. The mu
zles of two guns were knocked of, the pro-
twisted, the armor damaged, the anchor an
, flag staff shot away, and smoke-stack and steam
pipe riddled. Capt. Buchanan was seriousl
! wounded in the thigh. Capt, Lager has sine
died Of his wounds Trustworthy informatio
to-day states that the prov was shot away.
4 A special to the Times says the statemeu
published that council Of war In Washingto
decided--six 10 four--that the army Of the Pa
tomao could not be moved against the enemy q
present, is entirely untrue. The Generals Wer
Unanimous that an advance Was possible an
proper; the only difference was % TO the plan o
II the proposed attack
i A correspondent of the Times who accompa
MED the advance upon Centefville and Manaa
sas, has just come in. II was only last Frida,
that the retreat Of the rebels from Centeryilll
commenced. Gen. Johnston left Friday morn
ing, Gen. Smith lefs Saturday afternoon ani
Col Stuart last Monday, the day our ARM
left camp on the Potomac. The retreat was con
Quoted very orderly att frat, and nothing Wal
left at Centerville that could be useful to us
The forts were well pianned and very formida
Die. They commanded the roads, and the fri
4 Of not less than one hundred guns could be con
verged upon any approach to the defenses, bu
the guns were never brought from Manassas Il
mount the Centerville forts. A railroad tracl
extended from Manassas to Centeryllle, ant
also telegraph line. 1oisl sg-t-f go '''
/ The rebel Generals had their headquarters al
Centefyille, all together, and more convenient
and complete military establishment could no,
be found in Washington than they had through
Manassas. -, ,..5s Z, -.
| The enemy continued their retreat az quickI,
40 itbegan. They carried off all their heavy
guns from Manassas, forty to sixty In number,
part OF their army marching BY turnpike 70
Warrenton, aud part to aGordohsvllle5 where il
Is said they would make stand 's''' ''i t''
Ii was on Monday evening that the frat sign
OF panic was noticed at Manassas. A part OF
Stuarts rear column was preparing O train 10
move s0uthward by railroad, when they learned
that some excited rebels had set are to the
bridges ahead Of them. They Immediately
began to burn and destroy and run awsy 10
general confusion.
Five hundred barrels Of -four, piled up In
ranks, had their heads stove In barrels OF
molasses suffered in the same way One hun
dred and sixty barrels or kegs of powder were
left, which they did not know how to destroy in
safety to themselves. .'sss ~. -g 4. - T
IL seems 10 be confirmed that the enemy had
some two weeks since between fifty and sixty
thousand troops at CenterVille and Manassas,
and that they only began their retreat last Fri
day. Why they evacuated is mystery, as that
number Of men in their fortifcations would
have been eqdal to three times the force assail-
Ing them. They mnet have feared to trust
their men, whose enlistinents were expiring, or
their powder, which many accounts agree is of
very inferior quality.
The stfangest news brought by the Times
correspondent is that Gen. Jackson and one-half
his army, whom Gen, Banks yesterday supposed
be was closely watching in Winchester, went
down the railroad to Manassas one week ago,
and quietly marched off southward. The other
half are said to be marching southwark in the
valley Of the Shenandoah,
WASHINGTON; March l3--The Tug Leslie
went to Quantico yesterday, towing q large scoW
with shears and machinery for removing the
cannon from the abandoned rebel batteries. A
large number Of shells have been found in the
rebel magazines. They were neatly packed in
fine searweed, which is said to be an excellent
plan to keep the powder dry and prevent pre-.
mature explosion '7iia nH
The steamer AragO and Fulton, which for
some months past have been used as Govern
ment transports, will resume their trips, carrying
the mails between New York., Southampton
and HAyre. The resumption of service will
begin on the 29th inst! gsfs
company of about twent FIVE contrAbands
from the region of eoutry recently evacuated by
the rebela, arrived here to-day. They report
that the resident sympathizers with the rebels
are hurrying their negroes South. -,r.r /
The only confirmation by the Senate to day
was that Of Daniel Tyler, Of Connecticut, as
Brigadier General of volunteers.
The report made from the committee on
Roads and Canals today, accompanying the
bill for increased railroad facilities between
New York and Washington, sets forth that the
exigencies OF the Government require addi-
tlonsl and more speedy communication; that
the line should be inland, and safe from the
dangers Of foreign invasion to which the shore
line is everywhere exposed. This want, they
say can be supplied by finishing the Reading
& Columbia Railroad; and the committee ac-
cordingly recommended that the Secretary of
the Treasury be authorized to endorse on the \
frat mortgages. II bonds the guarantee Of the
payment of the principal and interest TO the
extent Of four hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars to
be paid on the completion Of half the road, and
the remainder on lis completion. ~
Col. Kerrigans Who was recently involunta-
rily released from his military command, took
bis seatin The House to-day for the FIRST time
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