The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1862-02-12
THINGS H. WORRYING.


Trepraphcd to the Roc, Island Argus.
New YoRk, Feb. t. The lribune's Wash.
ington correspondence of the llth, says.
Mr. Arnold, from the committee on lake
and river detenccs, will report tomorrow.
The committee recommends the immediate
repair Of the Notifications nj Machinaw, st
CrOIX river, Buffalo and Oswego, the eStab-
lishmcnt OF u national foundry AZ Chicago for
thr casting Of heavy ordnance, drpots for
naval stores On Lakes Michigan, Erie and
Outaria, aud the enlargement Of the Illinois
and Michigan canal.
The report embraces i large amount If
statistic. relatyctpthe commerce Of hclakcs.
II says there Is 40 present danger Of rupture
with hrca; Britain, but that power ha. an
advantage over ~ in the st. Lawrence and
W'IIaut canal, capable OF admitting gun.
boats tom the Atlantic, which we ought to
counterbala0te, in order 10 be prepared for
! all possible emergencies,
| The naval committee Of the house will re
commend an appropriation Of fifteen millions
! Of dollars To build gunbOats.
Adylces from llatteras state that loyal
! blacks from North Carolina helped TO man the
/ feet Of Flag Officer Goldsborough, and TO
serve the guns which have sunk the rebel
I guuboats and compelled the surrender Of
/ Roanoke Island.
! Gen. G. p. smith, lately II paIueah. has,
/ not been rejected by the senate. Objection
/ wa. made to him by Kentucky senators The
! nomination has been laid over fort the nre,ent
/ The secretary Of war calls for proposals
! from shippers shp-owucrs and express lines,
T 10y telegraph mail or personal application, Tor
.stabH,htnga regular dmlv c,mmuniration
between Fort Monroe and Port ROYAL. Hat.
terra, and Roanoke Island No prono,ition
Of speculative nature will y, entertained,
nor viii The contract be gwen to any person
not in the line Of business proposed
rnpr N,y,,y Fab II r.. -, G,.,,c ,r,,.,o
today we Ia,rn tb .'n,rY,.s snr.c2y r. ,Io
burnside exnrlition nt R,an,kn Island "Io
;.lud was toker rns.os.;nn If anI r.,,n
l,nrb,s fleet ron,nIctclv do.,rovod
ETIohntb Citv wa. ottartai n, S,,dor
and eyonrotei Ey the inhah;tont. 'Tba c;t,.
wa. rrnyi,ps,v Lnrnnj },rt ,yL.tb.r he. ,',tyn
,1nIs ny the iyhaI,ito.,ts l.. mar ,.,r,ai,,
Tin. FIRST news ur the J..l,.ot .,,,.;yod ., Nan
fol-, ON Sunday affrrnorn and c,n.ad iron,
.vcifa,urnt the nreyinrs nn,vs wns vo,y .ot.
/ i,fn,t,ry. STATING that rho Yonl,n,s hol boon
allowed t. advance for the purnosc Of draw
| ing them into q tram.
The reba, force ON the Island !. s,,nuosaa
10 have been little over , 900 f,btiu,, man
Gen Wise was IN nt N,rs Had ,nl y,s
nor present dnrinr tho en%ace,nnn, WhSr
the situation become dungerou. he was re-
moved to Norfolk.
All the gun boats but one were taken. and
that escaped up a creek and was probably de-
suoved.
one report say, that only ~, and another
that only - Of the cDnfrderates eyruuel from
the island
Gen. IIugpr tclegraphed to Richmond that
| only 80 on the Island escaped.
There appears to be no bright side Of the
story for the rebels
ihG hlchtHoHu Examiner TINS morning III
"Ihe loss OF our entire army on Roanoke
Island is certainly the most painful event of
the war The Intelligence Of yesterday by
/ telegraph is fully confirmed. $500 brave
/ troops On an island in the sea were exposed
! call tue force OF the burnside fleet. They
resisted with the most determined courage,
/ but when 5000 federal troops were landed
against them, retreat being cut off by the sur.
rounding elements, they were forced to sur.
Ic,'Her' ms rePet.tIoh OF lHe hatteraS
Tho fn,I,win7g isnatnhosc ~, .l,o sr,,;oot .u,
taken from The Richmn,d n sr1 rS Jr +Lie
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that Can't @ Jrnnings W;.n SON W Gmrornay,
WISE wos shat thrnngh rho hi, nnJ d;sahlaJ
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