The Goodhue volunteer. [volume] (Red Wing, Goodhue County, Minn.) 1861-1864, 1862-02-19
FIGHT LASTED THREE DAYS.
$4,000 Prisoners Taken
1nclud ny 8 Generals.
FLOYD TOOK LEG BAIL.
BOWLING GREEN EVACUATED, and
Gen. Buel Following the Enemy.
SPRINGFIELD RETAKEN
PRICE IN FULL RETREAT.
loo Provision Wagons Taken at
Springfield, and More Prisoners
than ace Enoao What to do
With.
WAsnINGToN, Feb. II.

WAsnINGroS, Feb IL.
Tribvnc's special. THE bill of which
Senator Wilson gave notice to-day, will pro-
vide for the establishment of a national foun-
dry on the Hudson river, not far south of
West Point, and of mandatory Of iron
suitable for cannon in Pennsylvania, proba-
bly, at Bloomfield.
General Sigel's nomination as Major Gen
eral will be sent into the Senate to morrow
General Stone was arrested yesterday
morning for the following charges 1st, for
misbehavior at Balls Bluff; 2,d, for hold
ing correspondence with the enemy before
and since Balls Bluff. and receiving visits
from rebel officers in his camp: Ord, treach,
erously suffering the enemy to bnilh tort
since the battle Of Balls Bluff under his
guns, unmolested 4th, Of design to expose
his force to capture by the enemy under pre-
text OF orders for movement from COM
handing officers.
, Fort MONROE, Feb. H.
BY flag Of truce to-day we learn the
complete success Of the Burnside cxpcdi-
ton at Roanoke Island.
The island was taken possession Of, and
Commodore Lynch's fleet completely des.
troycd. Elizabeth city was destroyed on
Sunday, and evacuated by the inhabitants.
The city was previously burned. but whether
by our shells or the inhabitants ~ certain.
The first news Of the defeat arrived ut
Norfolk on Sunday P. NJ, and caused great
excitement
The previous news was very satisfactory,
stating that the Yankees had been allowed
to advance for the purpose Of drawing them
into 4 trap. .i i =
The rebel force on tho island is supposed
to have been little over three thousand
fighting men. . ..,'r 5....,: .~~4.'.,..
q. General Wise was i'll at Nag's Head and
was not present during the engagement
When the situation became dangerous. he
was removed to Norfolk.
All the gunboats but one were taken and
that escaped up creek and was probably
destroyed. - .s.> 1901 -@'st-s'*s. ls.tH
Another report says only seventy, and
another that only twenty. five Of the confed-
crate, escaped from the island. -: :. .4H'H
/. General Huger te'egraphed to Richmond
that only fifty on the island escaped. .f. ~
There appears to be no bright side Of the
story for the rebels. cs.as aE5a
NC h'CtifUOHu xfLHWaNcF tntS morning
in 2 leading editorial, says the, loss Of, an en-
tire army on Roanoke Island is certainly the
most painful event Of the war. The intel
ligence Of yesterday by telegraph is fully
confirmed; twenty .fise hundred brave troops
on an island in the sea were exposed to all
the force Of the Burnside fleet They res
pended with the most determined courage.
but when fifteen thousand federal troops
were landed. against them, and their retreat
being cut off By the surrounding elements,
they were forced to surrender. This is
repetition Of tie Hatteras affair on large
scale y szssf @SS@
*.5.*s s4S NcRroLk, Feb. 10.
The latest advicas say that Capt O. Jen.
nings Wise, son Of Gov. Wise, was shot
through the hip snd disabled, though the
wound Is not mortal. Najor Dawson AMI
Lieut.. Miller were mortalIY wounded !;
about three hundred Confeierates were Kill
ed the wounded number over l 900 the
number Of Yankees wounded IS about the
same
4 late arrival this evening says that
Elizabeth City had bern sheIIed and burned
By the Yankees. and that the enemy were
pushing on 20 EdeDtos
81 WASHINGTON, Feb IL.
[ 7ri1aHes correspondent Mr.. Arnold,
from committee on laks and river defences
viii repsrt To- usorSov. To counistes re-
csamsnfiS extensive repairs of The fosti6ea-
tons q Harkinae, Saint Clair river, Bu6slo
and OsEego, the establishment AZ NatsonaI
foundrJ q Chicago, fos ths esssing 81 Ivy
osslznce depo4s 81 nsyal sssse o Lie