The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-03-26
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Nortassn papsrs 70 the 72d Of March, far.
nish the following: i
50 N. TAycRY.
Tns osp.uresf VIM l.. Yancey ia asserted.
Fs'f,ny refore yesterday" says a letter from
on board the gunboat X, Cuylsr, at Key
Wsss the i9th instant, the. sssmer Water
100 - Eu.i Lhs~ blockade AmoGx iAaSe ~
bonrd was VIM. Il Iaucey, disguised In saiI-
or's clothes He wns recognixsd and handed
over 70 the for, -" This = further confirmed
the Watar Witch, This IL rendered DO ubtfui
10 the Feds. by ,onthern accounts, which
announces rancey's ARRIVAL 1T New Orleans.
ras CAPTURE or nEwBxau %
The day before yesterday (March lsth) we
landed ell our troops about nine thousAudl
fifteen mtlss below Nswbsn, and, a. they
marched Up. we satied up. and shellec the
across a stubborn tort, when We would have
70 stop ana give them q few extra ''pilis.''
The ngAt did not commence in renl earnest
until yesterday mordinE about day light :,
The erny had one Thousand three hundred
In the field 1t has oeen the hardest night we
have had. Our troops have suffered severely,
and We b ave Lost some OF our best cfacsrs.
ers, over nifty pieces Of cannon, and large
a usnttues OF arms and ANN unftion.
A large part Of orr troops are At Nswbern.
bin good quarters. The rebels, upon leaving
/ the towA. set IRE 70 the splendid raiiroaa
then set ass 70 NE city in three different
places aud retired This all took place
bsfore we reached the town. 81
| The neg ro<s extinguished two Of the fires,
but. thsy were unabls % suppress the third.
I rsstaurants. ~
Is true that the people. on leaving the
| town, set jugs of poisoned rnm and whiskey
out on their counters. 80 that our troops
xrnuld ret hold OF the LIQUOR.
| Fortunately some Of our cfbeers Waited
the ci ~ early in the afternoon, and discover.
ed the attempt, bu. nosunt til two OF them had
partaken OF the mixture. Ore OF them died
last night In fits, and the othtr IL not e.
pected TO live. The troops emptied the jugs
Into the cutters. 49, - ...-. - B. =.
frhis poisoning story IL allie. Neverths-
less, while it would have served them right,
It is an ingenious Yankee trick to cover up
the drunkenness Of their soldisrs.l
The city now contains one hundred people,
male and female, OF the old population.
stores are opsn. Newbsrn originally con-
tanned twelve hundred people, and contains
many excellent houses. churches, &c.
We have captured two nice little light.
draugat steamboats, and several schooners,
and the crew OF the Chasseur have also seized
a regular White Hall Dost sails and all
The barracks Of the Secessionists present
a sorrowful sight. ANY quantity of clio thing,
sils were thrown around. At the time OF
the capture they were cooking dinner and the
tables were set out. The barracks consis ted
of one hundred clapboard buildings. Among
tbs articles found on the premises was lady's
gold watch.
The rebel blockade was two miles below
the city, and consisted Of a ltne Of briggs and
schooners. We found channel, however. at
the east end Of the blockade, and quietly
passed all CT the obstructions.
YAsKsH DEDUCTIONS PROM TIE NAVAL BArrIE.
Baltimore fettsr to Northern paper
says:
learn upon good authority that franklin
Buchanan. commander of the rebel steamer
Merrimac, has since died OF his wounds.
believe he died last Sunday, and has been
buried, or embalmed, to bs kept and sent
home 10 his relatives In Maryland for inter-
old Maryland families. His friends at Nor
folk are anxious he should be buried under
the Confederate fiag-a thing OF likely to he
permitted In Maryland At present under the
operations Of the new treason law.
The telegraph cable Is d. ain being re-laid.
an d 1t Is expected will be in operating order
in q day or two.
The steamer Merrimsc has not yet appear
ed, nor is it likely that she will aguia at
tom DIT 70 encounter the Monitor, known and
conceded on all hands to be more than her
match. 1t is now certainly known that she
was quite seriously Injured, three balls hav-
ing passed through her. one OF which killed
seventeen persons and wounded many others.
learn, through the frieads OF Capt Wor.
den, that he is steadily recovering from his
INJURIES Une eye is but little injured The
otner may also bs saved.
TRoA The wEar.
Sr. I.ours March q The Repablicsa has re-
celvsd special dispatch. dated Island No.
TO- yesterday, which says:
'Ths cannonading and mortar boats was
continued aii day on Wednesday. ALI the
gu ns but one In the upper battery on the Ten.
nessee shore, have been silenced, and one gun
on the Island dismounted.
"The shells from the mortars constantly
II III In the rebel camp and batteries, and
n umbeTs OF the killed and wounded can be
seen being carried away on litters.
"A large number OF loaded Wagons are
leaving the Tennessee shore, from which it
is believed that preparations are being made
for the evacuation Of the works by the enemy.
"1he EoatiGg battery OF the rebels has
been moored nearer TO the head OF the
Island.
eden Pope aiiuwsd q rebel gunboat to ap-
proaeh within fifty yards Of a marked bate.
~ on Tuesday, and then sunk her, killing
fifteen OF those on board. He had previously
allowed I've rebel steamers to pas ON towards
New Madrid, and they are now between his
batteries unable TO escape.
"Oyer q dCzan vessels. together with the
floating battery and battertng ram, are now
above General Pope's batteries, and will be
either sunk or captured
Mem phis. arrived last night. He reports that
but three rebel regiments are now between
Rev Madrid and Memphis. and they are sta
toned ut Fort Pillow. ~
sThe Rebel Cover o N ent are manu- fac curing
pixies at Memphis for the new recruits, but
less than one hundred men have responded
70 the last cali Of the Governor.
1.-THE railroads. terminating at Memphis are
being connec ted, 50 that all the rolling STOCK
can be sent down the New Orleans road, when
necessary"
CuIoAao. March IA special dispatch
from Oairo to the Journal says that q mode
rate tire was kept mp by the feet at Island
No. 10 during Tuesday, Wednesday, and yes
tsrday. The gunboat Minnsso "a disSnounted
l2s. pound gun, placed on the enemy's up
On Tuesday. Com. Foote directed the fuses
to be wet, with a view 70 destroy the WORK,
aud dismount the guns. The result was sat-
isfactory.
As vet, but one man has been killed by the
enemy. - H
some OF the rebel eunhoats tried 70 force
their way up yesterday morning. but had to
retire. +-
asn. Pope has twenty two xuns mount ted u.
aiount Pleasant, and has erected u nsw bat.
terry four miles below.
MISCELLANEOUS.
A joint resolution is before the Federal
Congress u tnxn the Roanoke into an iron.
clad steamer. p $50
The Rev. Mr. Mcyeigh. of Loudoun county,
Va, tor some time confined In the Capitol
prison, has been paroled for an exchange. or
70 deliver himself up In ninety days. sS
Tbs Monitor occupies her usual position
above the fleet. Shs has receive some al.
terat ions and additions that will ma RALLY
add 70 her impregnabiiity.
The telegraph line has been partially un der
run, but the bad weather has put stop 10
further operations.
Old be visited Alexandria o few days ago,
but we have no aecount Of his sen sations
when on cold Nlrginia's' soil.