Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1862-03-19
Capture of NeWbern.

BALTIMORE, March lS.-The steamer
Commodore arrived here this morning Ii
rect from General Burnside's expedition.
She brings the announcement Of the cap
ture Of Newbern, North Carolina, and the
defeat of the rebels there, with the capture
Of large number of artillery, after hard
fought battle
1t is reported that 800 rebel prisoners were
captured. Some of the reports make our less
from 80 to 60 killed, and $50 to 500 woun-
-ded
A correspondent of the Inquirer tele-
graphs as follows:
"The cnemys works, six miles below
Newbern, were attacked on Friday morn
ing last. They were defended by a fore
about ten thousand strong, and having
twenty one guns posted behind formidable
batteries, over two miles long
"The fight was one of the most desper
ate of the war. Our troops behaved with
the stcadincss and courage ofveterans, and
! after nearly four hours hard fighting drove
| the rebels out of all their positions, captur-
ed three light batteries Of field artillery,
forty-six heavy siege guns, large stores of
fixed ammunition, three thousand small
arms and two hundred prisoners, including
one Colonel, three Captains and four l4ieuts.
The enemy lie ia large number Of dead on
the field.
"They escaped By the cars to Goldsbor-
ough, burning the bridges over the Trent
and Claremont, and firing the city ofNcw-
bern. No extensive damage was done 10
the place We lost about one hundred
killed and four hundred wounded, mostly
belonging to New England regiments.
Rev. Q. y. Benton was killed, and
Major Legendre, Of the Fifty first New
York, was mortally wounded. Lieutenant
| Colonel Marrilt, Of the Twenty third Mas
sachusetts, and Adjutant +. \. Stearns, of
the Twenty first Massachusetts, Regiment,
Of Amherst, were also killed, and their
bodies are on the way home"
| The loss Of the enemy Is not certainly
! known, but must have been pretty severe.
Before our troops reached this last work
! they encountered another, which was de3-
ertcd before they came up. twas in front
of this last fertilization that the greatest
| loss was sustained
Our entire loss is estimated BY Major John
son at So killed and 400 wounded and mis-
sing. The force of the rebels is supposed
to have been about 5000
We captured number of prisoners, in
Guiding Col. Avory, who cursed his sol
ders as towards. Just as the battle ter
minated the fo- lifted and enabled our
gunboats, which had been impatiently wait
ing for an opportunity to participate in
the fight, to come up the river, and our
troops were furnished with means Of trans
portation across the Trent river to New
bern. The rebels attempted to fire the
town on their retreat, but were prevented
by the citizens, who extinguished the
flames as fast as they were started by the
soldiers.
Gen. Halleck telegraphs to the secretary
of war that a detachment Of our forces
have taken the rebel works near Paris,
Tennessee. The rebels were driven out
with loss of one hundred in killed, wound
ed and prisoners. \ guerilla band in Mis-
souri, has been dispersed and thirty prison.
ers captured, among whom is Brigadier
General Campbell.
From the west we have some additional
particulars of the recent battle in New
Mexico, The fight was a severe one but
finally went against our forces on account
of the cowardice of a New Mexican regi-
ment.
Additional particulars of the Pea Ridge
battle, in Arkansas, confirm the death of
rebel Gen. McCulloch. Gen. Price also
was wounded. Our forces captured fifteen
hundred prisoners and eleven pieces of
cannon
The Rebels are reaping retribution in Ar
kansas. In the battle of Sugar Greek, recent
ly fought IN that state, the rebels were assis
ted by seven thousand savages, who had been
employed and trained by, and were in com.
mand of Albert Pike of Arkansas. These
savages were gathered from the wild tribes of
the plains, and were thirsting for the white
mans blood. In their frenzy they attack
friend and foe alike, disemboweling and scalp
ing many of the rebels, who, in their fury,
they mistook for loyal troops, This was
fearful retribution, and will probably satisfy
the rebels with the employment Of savages to
butcher and scalp their fellow countrymen.
CHICAGO, March 18.-The Times mes
senger just from Island No. 10, says that
our boats kept up an incessant fire all day
yesterday. The rebels have six distinct
batteries on the Tennessee shore. One
shot struck the Benton, killing cne and
wounding seven men. One rifle gun on
the St Louis burst, wounding several
The st. Louis was struck several times
The enemy are very strongly fortified, and
have large number of troops on the main
land. Shells from our mortars fall in the
enemy's entrenchments every time. All
the mortars are to leave immediately.
Gone soldierinp-.Tauas A Eu;o4.