The national Republican., 1862-05-14

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6asAs u rssSra y 5GcrsA sn1 holy from
III secular sMployMsab iad a.Issnens had
arrived. Bat war-eruel, relentless, blood
tAisssy war; -WAick ests d deaaaee eli rule,
Il lAw, ~ sll hunsaity, toe, a. sometimes
lAosl.ed 10 think sssns 70 paS llttle regard %
| ~ dlctetss -oe halkAeaty - fsligeeos o.
tAs vhask q IA hoAel. u iks NJ, sloag tAs
ssfeets, I ses aetklsg, 1eer nothing, 70 rs.Ia4
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Lesy, - " i1in1 : MOVING ,vssy stfsns,
Jsaasne ths duse 10 hy h cloUss ~ ,,.,.to,
The twspty.fouf A6un that have passed elace
| I wroes yea ysstsedAy, Aays besa marked By
sens i9poetant evsats. Nogfblk. another Of
tAe rsbsi sssosgholds, bas been evacuated, saa
has fullsn peacefuily iato our haada On Fri.
day sight 8 large iorce ot isiantsy, with some
cavalry asd 6dd artillery, was ssnt over aad
lended quietly b the penlnsula, about eight
nllSe bslow SsWelps Point Ttese proceeded
Asfssa i0r Ne purpose Of asselling Norfolk "
The rear; but tbe rebels, IN al shsir nsdn, ..
had discretion enough 70 avoid the contest,
| our hands yesterday evening, 70 fsr - oan
ASCERTAIN, without 6fing gun. -Frnj
Lass night eons Of our Waf vessels went up
beysnd ths Polnssts watch the issue Of the
contest, there should be one, and take carr
Of The Aerrimac, 20 q 70 prevent The monster
IRON becoming troublesone. have seen .
geutlemen--Ono who was on board the Pow
haitian, which hove 70 aad rensined stationary
ab at two ni.ss from The rebel Iron eteamef,
that 0rs broke out on board the Merrimac
about two O'Clock. II continued 70 increase
and burn slowly, making but little smoke antil
sb.us halfpast four, when the monster ex.
plodsd viii Z terrific crash. Ths rebelr, 6nd
| ing they could no longer keep and use thi,
formidable vessel against us determined that
ws should notuse her asainst them and adopted
this method Of destroying her. This re nj,
surprises nobody. for oil expected that tht
rebels would blow mp Tie Asrrimac before
they would let her fall into our hands. Whether
they succeeded In, or even attempted The re,
movsl Of her armament, have not been able
70 learn nor have been able 10 obtain any
interesting particulars Of the capture or con-
dltion Of Norfolk. ra. ..
This morning about nine O'Clock, President
Lincoln, accompanied By Secretary R,suton,
L VVus VVOas SOhu UVhNeuJAOp shtu tOutc uS0ctpi
lst the wharf In fine and fast steamer, as IL
Il supposed, for visit 10 Norfolk. Dy Ii.
way, The President has won golden opinion,
amorg the people and the soldiery here, since
be came down. AL unite In according the
praise Of our recent energetic movements and
brilliant succsrsrs directly ~ him. The gen.
erai opinion u that but 70, his visit, The Msrri
ina W mld set have been "a H,, aud Norfolk
still under the r.b-l h,g.
LNge numbers VI the v uuu d Of The late
fight al Williamsburg have been brought here
Sothe Of them are badly-even fatally wounded
m my others are maimsd tor lite. bG. their livei
are in no. danger. Most Of them, am happy
to ssJ. are but slightly wounded, and will soon
u,,der,tand, doins "a we'll "a could b.. expec ed
Tue iortitude ard hero!sm di.plAyed by thu
severely wounded is highly commsndable.-
They maintain y spirit 0i ! veis cheerfulnrss
i even under the most cruel sufferingx TheiI
accommodations here. am sorry 70 say, Or,
very limited. lI TACT. ID, acc mmodations i0I
svsa we'll men arc mi.ersbly mean and poor
The h"tel-f there u bot one IL very p ol
.ir . d badly mausgrd, while the charge,
ar -xorbitant. To pay n bali dollar p, { nigh
Tor good room and good brd may b. all righ
aaouGn. but when hes me nmeunt is cxp-nd.
for u place 10 lay down on dirty n or, IL re
qtr, q . lively Imagination to conv,nc a maj
that he IL getting the worth or his money.
Ts INCIDENTAL.
FORTRESS AoxRoR, Va, My L. 1862.
thave not vsfy much 1, wr' to-day /, In
shape Of rxciting news, for everything Is yer,
quiet here just now. The President and hi
party returnsd to Washington yes,erdAy, con.
n qasn,ly We do not expect anything very i'm
rtaut to happen for srv, raj ,hys 70 come.
i A boat with h.g Of ,hace came In thi
morning. bringing thu iesn ,ec.~h surgeons,
Inquire Into the ccndi ion OF and look afte
their wouad d, who bavs been taken rison
ets Thy are hsrd looking eel of fellowl
Their uniiorms-if ruch they may be called
IAN dirty gray jams, OF n very cheap quality
The clothing aud accOutremcnts Of their oi
Hvers are not worth ~ much, not do hey loo
~. we'll, a. th0ss OF our common sJldieri
: Some OF them ore very gentlemanly and Int
''g.nt men, but the striking contrsst betwee
lh-ir appearance and that oi our officers an
, s,ldier', wu' be very humilisting 70 their !
r. v. pride. ,..., ~. g.. as - ~ .0 },
A. r.oid you In my last, We have won
bioodless victory at Norfolk, and are In quis
, and psacrabls possession Of The place. Gu
attack was slfnt st cofnplets surprise 10 III
rebel iorcss thsre. They had but little NOR
han time to make good their retreat before
was taken possession Of by our victoriou
troOps. They spiked, but did not remove 40
Of their artillery. Ths spiking was done var
o, ficisntly, and the spikes were ~ lily remOvet
am informed, too, that thy took none Of th
= guns Of munitions IL war from the Merrima'
!. b fore blow Ing her up
+ Toe citisans Of ,rfrlk were somewhs
frightened when our troops ntered the city
bui they NV secm ~ b. glad OF the chang
IT masters. They were 10 n very destitui
condition. and Ssy there would soon have bee
+ rrbrlli, among thrmselves, u relief had nj
come from some quarter. have seen ma
from there who rays be has not seen piece I
silver coin for nearly six month, the only Gu
rpncy being Confederate notes and shlnplastsr
J. rh- boots ne wore cost him, he said, $50, an
he paid s. SO per ,bush. Tor his seed oats; |
IN . farmer.
A The rebels destroyed noue Of the buildinl
10 Norfolk, exospt The navy yard aud its q
n puTtenances INCIDENTAL
BUNlONS,
~ CAiLOsiTiES CLUB AND
.r. INVERTED NAIL
AND ALL oTnKs pIsRAsIs
OF THE HUMAN FEET,
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