Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-03-12


FORTRESS MONROE, March IL All the pa.
pers OF the frigate Cumberland having gone
down with her, it is impossible to obtain a list
of the killed and missing. The latest and
most correct account is 116 and il will proba
bly, be reduced to 100. The names can only
be ascertained at the navy department bv COM
parisOn of pay rolls. Master NJ. S. Stuyve.
SAINT was wounded also John Grady and Geo.
w. Butt The following are at the general
hospital John Bates, l.. L. Livingston, john
Devin, Joseph Russell, John Gardiner, Ed
ward Cobb, John Blunt, James Benson. John
McGrim, Alexander McFadden, John V. Cav
anagh.
On board the Congress WIS one company
of the Union Coast Guard ninety ninth New
York, Captain Mcintyre. The following are
killed, wounded, and missing :-KiAed-ser-
geant james Lapey, corporal Chas. Il. Himon,
privates james Tracey, John Gault, WIN. Les.
ley, Vim. Bell, Richard Thomas; Woundfd-
Francis Needham, w. r. Radcliffe Thomas
Bennett. Alexander Keyes, Samuel James,
Charles Gill, Stephen Bremen or Brown Jas.
Golden Joseph Galloway, Lawrence Seur
long: MiSsing--James Goodwin, Willard Del
ano, Dennis Faye, Francis Kinney, Terence
McKenna, Archibald Mclean, John Peterson,
Edward Logan, VIM Hayes. The following
at the general hospital are from the Congress
Thomas Cannon, David Ferguson, George S.
Dean, James McFadden, VIM. Chapman, Pat.
rick Clancy. John Fitzpatrick of the White
hall is also at the general hospital
Early yesterday morning small sailbOat
arrived at the Newport News wharf, contain
ing two men and a woman, who represented
that they suppose the place to be in the pos
session of the confederate forces, and wanted
to sell some produce and establish a store.
They were soon informed of their mistake,
much to their chagriu, aud were conveyed to
the headquarters Of Gen. Mansfield. They
were brought here by the Express this after
noon and taken before Gen. Wool After the
party had discovered their mistake they rep
resented that they were Unionists, who had for
some time past been endeavoring to escape.
but their first story is of course more probable,
Lieut. Seltridge Of tue Cumberland has been
ordered to the command OF the Monitor
A flag OF truce was sent ID Cianey Island,
to-day, with dispatches. The officers OF the
rebel boat represented that the Merrimac, or,
as il is called by them, the Virginia, had re-
ceived damage but nothing that was serious.
They admit the loss OF four killed and several
wounded on board Of her. Capt. Buchanan,
who commanded her, was seriously wounded
on Saturday, and the command devolved upon
his lieutenant. The officers say little or
nothing about the Sunday Is fight. The York
The Norfolk Day Book OF ycsterdy gives a
| glowing accout Of the opening of the James
| river blockade and the destruction OF the Con
| gress and Cumberland. 1t is stated that the
| Virginia's flag officer, Buchanan commanding
| with the steam tugs Beaufort, lieutenant
commanding, and Raleigh, lieutenant com
manding Alexander, left the navy yard at II
O'Clock The commander of the Cumberland
is spoken Ofas lighting his ship with ga!lantry
worthy better cause. The total rebel loss IL
said 10 be nine killed aud twelve wounded
| Twenty. three prisoners arrived at Norfolk
SATURDAY night from the Congress. One died
! on the passage.
The Ericsson, is said by the rebels to have
been seriously injured by the Virginia. Sumo
| of our gunbOats are said to have been sunk
! both of which statements are of course entire
> ly incorrect. Our loss il said to have been
| between six and twelve hundred. The Day
| Book says "llaving completely rddled the
| Minnesota, and disabled the ST. Lawrence and
| Monitor besides, as stated above, ami destroy
/ ed several of our gunbuals,- in a word hav.
ing accomplished all that they designed, and
| having no more material to work upon, our
| noble vessels lett the scene OF their trumphs
and returned to the yard, where they await
| another opportunity OF displaying their PROV
| ess."
In the rebel congress, yesterday the opera
! tons of Gen. A S. Johnston in Tennessee
were discussed Mr.. Atkins said nearly ev
cry member of the Tennessee legislature had
signed petition for his removal IRON that de
| partment
The Beaufort correspondent of the Day
Book says that the Nashville is now lying a
Morehead City. One hundred vessels are re
| ported at latteras, supposed to contain rein
forcements for Gen. Burnside. Ocracoke In
let is said TO be blocked up with stone vessels
| Virginia has been called upon for 10000 ad
| ditOnal troops.