New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-03-19

By command Of Brig. Gen. A. T. Burnside.
LEWIS RICHMOND, Asst Aajt Gen.
Official. CHAs T. GARDNER, A. A O., Sd Brigade.
The departure of the mail prevented our cor
respondent from finishing this letter. He mercy
states that the feet sailed up Neuse River in the ap
pointed order by brgades, and at night anchored OIL
Slocums Creek. The advance up the river was sg'
naed to the enemy by smoke fires kinded on the
banks after the Indian fashion. The gunboats were
drawn up in line the river and along the west
ern Shore and sharp lookout was kept for boats or
Internal machines. At various points up the river
the country people were seen sitting on fences ana
ree-logs, but no hostile demonstrations were made'
THE BATTLE OF NEWBERN. .,
kgwBKks n. G., March IS 1857
Opr arms have again been crowned with victory.
The City of Newbern with it's entire line OF defense.
has been captured, and the routed enemy have lee
to Goldsborough, leaving their cannon, camps, I'M
mense quantities of ammunition, equipige, horses
provisions aud stores Of all kinds in our hands, Inc
battle has been more severe than that at Roanoke,
the victory more important.
The field of operations vas so extensive that, VITA
every desire to be fir and in giving acomprehensive
sketch Of the whole to do justice to each OF the brave
regiments engaged, it is simply impossible to avoid
errors. Every man Of the Divisions sdedand worn
out by the long march and the desprate battle, and
we are to be allowed barely few honts OF rest be-
fore our forward march lie to be resumed.
Burnside fights like no ,luggard, and now that be
has tried the meite of his troops in two such battles
as Roanoke and Newbern bis blows are likely to be
struck as quickly prudence dictates and oiTeum'
stances permit.
/ resume my narrative from the tire of landing.
At daylight Oh Thursday morning the ran "as ILL.,
ing heavily, and it seemed as if We wer. to have
every disadvantage Of weather added to the obsia-
cles which lay in the path Of cur advance on the
city. by g o'clock however, patches Of blue sky
were TO be seen here and there and in little tine
the rain ceased. The signal to prepare for landing
hoised on each Of the brigade lag-boais was greeted
with cheers ihroug houi tie feet, and 1t was not long
before the different regiments were in the launches,
resdy Tor the signal to land.
AZ o'clock the Patuxeni, laden with troops
headed for the mouth of Socuni's Creek, followed
by the Alert with fourteen boats in tow, tie Unon
with tie Fourth Rhode Island Aboard the Pilot Boy
with twelve launches, Levy with thirteen, and tie
Alice Price, Gen. Burusides hag-boa,. The Pr.ce,
steamine past the others, led tie advance, and run
ming 70 within few yards Of the shore, stopped and
sigualed the PHO. Boy to follow in her wake From
tie transport leet TO shore the boats sailed IN long
graceful sweep, with Aags flying, bands playing, and
5 600 bayonets flashing in tho sunshine, which now
streamed over the feet. The picture was really
beautiful. arsiically speaking while the solemn ns-
ure Of the business before MS lent TO the pageant an
air Of grandeur peculiar TO itself
II WAS almost 10 O'Clock when the Alice Price
stopped near tie shore. Her paddles had hardly
ceased their revolutions when small boat, contain
ing Sergeant Poppe and three men Of Captain
Wfcbt's c ,-npany Of the jlst Ncw-York, put OIL
from her side and carried the S,4rs AND Stripes 90
land. When tie Color-Sergeant planted hi, colors
and the Gear flag was gwen to the bfscze one long,
loud shout went up from the foti.la and lloet. Tie
E.nal 90 cast OH tsws was now SVEN, and tle
swarm O.. boats made the bes. Of their way ~ iLe
beach; but lie water shoaied ~ gradually 10 The
westward Of tine creek that they grounded While yet
.ixty yards away. ia q mome,' the fifies w,rg
over the euuwa'es. AID the bltog was sssllir.
with ihom, 81 they wat-d to land cauyng t.c.r
pieces aud Ammunition under ;hor arms Co kser
them dry The crowd wis 70 great thai some ioais
containing portion. d the sih Connecticut aud ole oi
TIE Maasachuseta regiments headed iof DE oqposI,e
bank Of the creek, ard the were an ashore be-
Cr, lie error wss feeu and an order conld Pee scff
them 10 land with the o.h,rs. Back 60 tAcir bon's
they hsd 10 wade, AMI thus before they r5o.uca
their regiment they lai bad 70 go three times
further in water than II tLe foolish mriako bad no
been made. IN view Of the long, muddy march of
sixteen miles. nom SlOcum's Greek 20 Ncwbem, 30
seemed great pity that way bad not been, pro-
yiied 10 lard the troops cry.fhod Here, Il any
where. 70 would seem as ii Fields loniingbfidse
could have been easily aud prohiably employed and
AZ i was on schooner in the fleet, the failure 70 nse
Il waf an oversight
IN the boat loila there were Sis navy barees
with mountain howi'zers, ihe whole battery being
under command Of Lieut.. McCook Of tbe Sar' aud
Stripes and the runs respectively Of d. D.. iam-
mont. Acting Master. Of the lletlel, T.. q. Gahau-
iau Commodore Rowans clerk Of the Delaware
Lieut. Ti.loison Union Coast-Guardl, OF the Perry;
Lieut.. T. ". b. Hughes Union Cos .i-Guaril OF the
g.. Lawrence; =. II. Daniels Of tie Decatur, and
Alr. l.. j. Meeker Commodore Golisboroughs scc-
re.ary) OF the Ohio. Each gun was drawn by T.
silors assisted ~ occasioned required, by soldiers
who stepped from the ranks and lent a hand with
cheerful aacrity. Beside this battery Of navy us
Two Wizard ried i2-pounders were landed from the
trausro-is-one from the COssack, under command Of
Capt j. w. Bennett and the other from the schooner
Highlander, under Capt. L. &. Dayton. The CO.
rack gun was worked, in action. by Mr. Stroud, the
second officer Of the slip, with great gaan'ry and
precision.
Along the river, by The mouth Of the Creek the
ground IL uarshy, and while not so much 70 as the
landing-place al Roanoke Island, was siil. miry
enough 10 make the labor Of dragging the ield-reoes
very heavy. Our path led Tor little distance through
# fringe of woods in which tho Spanish moss wa
hanging from almost every tree-a sad-colored drtp-