New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-03-29

should be given tie people 10 prepare for the cor.
tinuaDeo OF lengthy war; and that produce Di"''
iased for our snb5isteuoe. oa M,
Mr.. Wigfail Acknowledged that COTTON wac ~,
king but merely the badge OF royalty - hi'n
possessed H. This was the reason England ,s
from raising orr blockade. she "ls1,eu ~ ia he
DESTROYED az cotton producers 90 wa. tno ,1aud
come raiser &c well as epinucf' ana ~, IJies 10
the world She abandoned her own W Go. 10
b,;;n =; oraer 10 foster cottOn-raising III lhula
III rasot;on was finally put to vote on LIB "uop-
| ton, aud lost, as iolio"S' H.. ,,,.obsl
yy..-Me.r,. Cay CLARK, Davis Dorch' henry
sgSuo~ se. Bsrpwel Baker Homer I'm Hunter
s.sn S,Isasn,. Phson Peyton, Preston "is'ai'-H'
A REBEL NAVY.
In the Rebsl House, on March u, MI '9nrau'
from the Committee Naval Affairs, reported BACK
hin te appropriate 500 600 600 for creatnga navy
bn;lJine ginboats, aud the purchase of arms. laid
ON the table and the Committee discharged from
further consideration.
MORE IRON WANTED.
The RichmoHd IRqHirtr has q leading article
urging an ncrease in The production OF iron, ar ore
Of the prime necessities OF the South.
PREPARATIONS TO run.
Another leading article advises citizens " 10 re-
move II oossfbie before the advance Of Tie enemy
everything which Will condnce 30 the Ell ieucy OF
bis military operations, and 10 destroy what cannot
be removed
LEGISLATIVE MELANCHOLY sPECTsClEs.
In third leader The EngVrcr Gays the' Con
gress and the Virginia House Of Delegates, o'.eh
wlthou, n quorum, often sacrificing ine, whiel
sboui be iyen 10 the country, in debute affecting
personal interests, are melancholy spectacies
calls attention 70 the contrast IN titles between
Rebel and Union oiicers-bngades oi the is'tti ioi
example at Bull Run, being commanded by colonies,
while u the south ga lew mouths campaigning,
without an exploit perhaps without sight OF the
enemy, puts every horseback officer on The stretch
for large promotion. Brigadier and malor-gensral,
terms that ought 10 sound almost awful IN the camp
are made cheap by the cagerness, and IN some ciseS
doubtless the ndelicacy with winch they are
sought" III the editor Of 1Ac Eaqa1rer were III
Washington, be might learn that Richmond Wat mol
SO much worse in this respect than the national cap
ital The article goes TO complain OF the strange
leibargy which is sill upon the people OF the SOUTH
UNioNIsTs CAPTURED.
A late Richmond Eram,aer contains the following
kilograms: 10000.
Lieut.. Col. Bennett OF the DIST Penufy lyana Req
ment. Lieut. Riley of the I7th New-iork, and = IL.
Wills, Union Government agent and cotton broker,
were captured by our pockets on Ejlsto Island on
Sunday and brought here to-dsy &c prisoners Of war
They were riding III ii buggy when captured.
TIE BATTLE OF NEwBfRN.
WusiNeroy. " C.. Mach l.. l8',
Further details OF the battle OF Newbera have
been received. The reports vary very materially ~
10 The particulars of the affair. Apparently those
most reliable assert that forces engaged consisted
of five skeleton regiments of infantry. few compa'
mics OF artillery, aud q battalion which came upon
tho scene Of action in time 10 help TO cover our re-
treat Tie enemy ., 900 strong, provided with
fo-mi liable eunboats on the flank. and formidable
field batteries on the 'front.' With heavy reservc.
Our entire force il probable over estimated al J,uuO,
vet they held heir ground in the face Of tie great
ODDS for full i've hours The uiliii. gave way hIsl
and retres,ed. Our loss in killed and wounded Is
estiIna,ed 10 be between one hundred and ooe hun
bred and fifty.
The Union loss i. vsriously stated 81 from i've
| hundred to one thousand
| The only troops engaged on our side were North
Caronians. Col Avefsy and Major Coke were
botn killed. Col. Hayward wac not killed ~ nj
fire; reported.
| LOYAL AND DIsLOlAL CITIZENS.
We learn that nine o. the men employed az the
city gas works utterly refused 20 take the oath Of
allegiance, saying that they bad sworn 20 support
tho Constitution Of tue United States, and wOnld
not Teriure tbemfelyes Richmond viii, no doubt,
be made too hot 20 hold these Yankee sympaihiLen.
They had nc, been rejected mp TO late hour Last
evening. Richmond Enquirer.