Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1862-03-14

" ARLINGTON. Apt1-
TIE Navy Depar.n Ut has rec.irei the
f9.loVias
Baltimore, l0,A.
To Hon Gideon Wells, Sae'y Of Nary
Sir arrived this morning. aoi viii eo1e
on IN the next O'Clock tram. The eoenY
has abandoned his heavy fsrtiicaiioa. at -
Simon and Brunswick. Ga, ami FRI Ciinea
Fersandina and s.; Mars. Pa ara ours.
ISignedl {. Il. DAVIS. Capt. l. 5. A
WASHINGTON, l0th.
Th@re Is 10 lonser any doub; TIA, the
rebels have evacuated Centrryilie, and Win
chester, and other important points. indica-
ting general falling back .. Their forces.
Gen. NcCleLlGz,s headquarters a Fafrfar
Court House EiAere lAe Res raa1 1l.1Ss
Saad-Rgaore4 Erars7.isa af Peso
o1ia--44 Troops N Ngrfl Carolina Or
dersf 70 NorfeE-imsa-taat Or9ers =
II, PresideEf- Goa. FrzgsaEi Asagzs9 T.
c Dsgsnfasezf.
NES Y5Ek, 18th
Tt AraTs Washington despatch saw
that G@n Met7i@ll4n has taken up his had
quarters at Fairfax Court Hause.
Beiore DARK Ia; ni-hi 81 Averil with a
large beay q cavalry entered the r-s--l works
3, Manassas JunctI5a and biy5aAckel for TIE
nigh, aai4z; the ruins II tie Tr5=i strong
hold
The Only poin; which t;ssy c4s With auv
s3rt Of esa denee attempt u MIKE sEa-1i /
near the junction Of the Fre5crick and P
tomac with The Central Virginia Rallr.a1 in
which neigbborhood the Nsrtb Aaaa al
South Anna rivers Unite and firm tae Pam
snAeT riTer, abeut ~ mi}cS north e Rich
o3a3. A; this paint the country Is nacs
bro tsa AL admirably fste,. - seieaes,
Il is rep r:ed that 4 ;hsir Fet.ees tl'
rebels DESTROYED the rai.roai badge scr1ss
the North Fork Of tie RappahAna5rk
In their haste they LEI, behind struggling
parties q soldiers, who sen - bs veFy glad
10 be taken prisoners.
Lag butts ample - scc3no33s.e 80 600
troops remain. Heaps Of dead b9rs=s cove-
the falls In the vicinity. Log hats are
s;rewn all along between Cegtreville AMI
Manassas. Tae railroad track i un5isigrh.,i
except the brid-e-
The stone brid.e across Ball gan On the
Harrenton tGrnpike IS blown up, a. also the
briggs acrJss Cog Run, between Ceu.s eyille
and Manass4s
Everything 81 Ma1zs.a. indicates pre-
eipitate flight Of the reb-l.. All tic 10.
huts are standing. and al imDenss nGnbe.
Of canvass teats Some e4iss1fss we're f,4ni
bat no guns. Pies q ballels sb3 cartridge.
were lesi n the tsn;s, and immense qa4aiI-
ties Of eG4rtern2..er stores.
In one place were discovered sboa, 30 coo
bushels Of corn, which had beea 81 ar- II
and was still suoal3e-in-.
TIE Troops found a5an14ni r~bl trophies.
pack sA3dles. aruy orders. uuskets, rey5.-
yers, bowie kniye>. l~TterS, e. Over Cd
thousand pack saddies were found, al nsE,
and marked c. 5 A
The people ii the vicini:y .tsts TIA,
prior to the evaea,iisn there wee loo .ls'u
rebei troops =; Manassas an CeotrcYili-.
BALTls9EE, l2,b.
The Old Point boat has srriye-i
Lsat. HayEAri SAYS toe N5rfJls DIV
Book eJataius highly o1lJre1 aoeosui Of
Saturdays f-hi, an1 paTs grea, e2mp.i-
meat ~ the bravery II the ereW Of the Csaa-
berlan5, and admits tia; s5Eas OF the s5g;
from her entered the Merri1ac. One shell
killed l. men and wo0n3-a Capt. Beeh2asa
who subsequently, disi.
The Monitor i admitted 70 b f5r9ilabls.
I, .ays she apparel Ike bis black Yankee
chee-e-5ox On . r2ft.
TIE MerTimze On SGn3Ay vas andsr the
eanmani Of Catesby J0De=, aud says the
MerrinAe viii re9lirs soma nsa-ss4ry Re
Iairs. Tie reason she did n9g s-s; attack
the Congress w4s Buchanan had brother
On board . P4ya4s;e-.
NEw YoKK, I2sh.
The Tri5gss Publishes ie,ter from z ia
beth City dated 4th inst giving the rum1r
tina, Gen. Bragg with al bis foreeS nGEab=r.
Ing 200 arrived Yesterday from Pensaesla
which place be evacuated ate. DESTROYING
/ fyriihc4Iions, guns, &c.
4 IL i said that all The tsfces AZ Nswbur-
and other points 10 North Carolina. nam
b-erin. from ~ go 10 90 ,D1Q have been or
aered 70 N0rfolk.
HElDQCAETERs AExT ~ SGT TBwEs7
Pea Ridge, Ark. March 9Th.
General On Thurslay. 6ta inst, tie
enemy commenced al attack on NV right
wing. sssailing and folIgEins the rear guard
OF a detachment under GeI. Slgel, - fav
main on Sugar Greek Hollow, but eez.ed
firing when be met my reinf5roela@nts ab5as
iP.x. During ths night beeane c7n
f vinee3 that h had moved On - a. e attack
ny right or rear. Therefore early on the
( tia | ordered change OF frat - the night.
NV right. which thus became EaF left, still
( resting On Sugar Creek H5llyw. This br0aght
my line across Pea Ridge. witt my Ber right
resting on the head Of Cross Timber E5ll3lE
wsseh IS the head Of Big Sugar Greek.
alsv ordered an immediate advance Of -
cavalry a0a hght artillery BRder Col. 0s;eT-
F.. haus with orders % attack a0d break what
supposed woaid he the new foresd line Of The
eneiny. This movement was IN progress when