Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1862-03-13


mac, having picked crew for that purpose.
That tie Cumberlands consisted OF Eve huqdred
hs'f OF whom persisted, Is fully confirmed
Gen. Wool dispatched regiments New ports News
by land Saturday. and six companies of cavalry and
mounted rifles
The balls glanced on the Merrinac like pebbles.
The Herald says that the Nerrmac aud Monitor fought
TOUCHING each other eight until twelve o'clock.
Great fears expressed in Washington that the Aer
will go up the Potomac wipe out the Potomac fots,
and set fire to Washington 1t believed that she is uvu
nerable
by the intelligence that the rebels bad burned the Steamer
Page at Acquia Greek.
The telegraph line to Fortress Monroe is completed
WASHINGTON March 9.-The stars and stripes ever
Cockpit Point. The rebel tents and other property were
fred The steamer Page and other vessels burned
Our gunbosts opened fire Cockpit Point on Suugay af
ternoon and rsu up the old flag.
Gen. Hooker reports that all the enemy's batteries in
the Of his line have abandoned and the guns
spiked.
TIE blockade Of the Potomac i, virtually opened.
| Things brisk at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
PooLEvILLE March 8.-Leesburg entirely evacuated
yesterday by the rebels taking their baggage to dde
burg 1t is reported that Garey's advance Ia there
NEW YORK, March 9-The specie aversge:n the banks is
thirty millions of dollars Foreign exchange ll2a gold15
The market steady, with fair demand The Cot
market excited and prices higher sales of GOO
bales at % cents for middling uplands
/ The British sloopof-war Rinado came into Hampton
! The FeGersi frigate Vermont is lost
2 COLUMBUS Memphis Appeal of the 5th inst. says
The evacuation Of Columbus certainly of the
best yet made in the West. It completely
successful in aspect not being LETT behind or
Of the guard OF army captured during its
progress We regard fresh evidence OF Geo Beau
superior generahp and it will be marked in his
tory similar in its conception and the necessity which
dictated it to the evacuation of Harpers Ferry by Gen
I0hr laStI me
Muster roI Co. & IloplI" Ltg,.t Infantry. I'd
n. &. 9ronps, Col. NEe"res' Regiment.
E S D Thruston, Captain
}. r. Brown lst Lieutenant
sc. GiIles7ie, Is: Sergeant.
V John ]. Whaey 81
e Jacob Williams, 4tl :
i y H. Hawe, lst Corporal
Thos. 6. Jones, Sd
J. o. Brown and j. NJ shaw Musicians,
PR1yiTgs :-Aexander AIphin VIM Aruett ssm'I L Bos
tic, BtiDson, Bradshaw: Jonathan Brinsoa lsaa
7 bishop, Brantley Baisden Hill Crimson, John Ball
fSo~s ss Ga hsnbss Csrro Cole
!, VIM Davis Dsil Drew, WV Deal Hezeki Ill Deb oh
Daoie' Grifn, Grady. Eeeahan Grady Jno l. Holland
I'd Houston j n Roward, nj f Jchneon, G A Johnson /
- Jon8s, & Lanie Lewis Lanisr, " Laner, J sathi
y X hashlurne, NV Mitchell, Mercer, Mathi
f. Isaac Middle ton Mareddy Lotn Eethercut Gu
+, law, Jonathan Pa ker, PICKETT Robt Parke Mi
o. Rogers, Lewis Register, Rivenbark stslrpgs, J'
shaw Cooper sontherland, Il Sullivan. Asa sa NJ
he Kott Sumner. Calvin Sanderson, Martin Sumner 81 ha
m sholer, Strickland. shaw, siuart, ELIAS suite
% ., Daniel Smith. tteJ hen mtb: Thigpen, Byhe IN
rhiepen, Lewis Wiley. Isaae wilkins, WiIilail
90 Frank Wor!ey, Worley, Whitfield, y Viii field.
90 *Died in Petersburg, Va Aug 4, 6 typhoid ever
ar Camp Howe, Va. Dec. Il. Isl, of typhoid pne
,noDia.
,r : at Cam Howe Va. Nov. ., 6l. OF infammati
of brain.
Al Camp Howe, Va, Dec. 10. 81, OF Typhoid pne
yE monia.
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