The national Republican., 1862-04-15

tribution has not been made also, what mum.
Der Of agents are employed. Adopted.
OPINIONS or ATTORNEY GENERAL
Mr.. RIDDLE, Of Ohio, offered resolution
requesting the President 10 communicate to
Tho HouAs at the beginning Of the next session
Of Congress- opinions Of The Attorney General
on certain laws. Adopted.
Al halfpase three, the HOUSE adjourned 70
Tuesday. h's.N n
YuRrHlh rA1TICuLARs OF THE CAPTURE
fr. OF nLAND no. 10.
A correspondent Of the Chicago Times gives
the following additional particulars Of the cop.
ture Of the rebel army:
The gunbosts Plttsburg and Conestoga took
position immediately below this point, TO pre-
vent transports from coming up, and General
Paine seized the corduroy road. They had no
alternative but TO surrender or fight, and they
had no dispositiop Tor battle They came in
by squads during the night, whole companies
st time, and laid down their arms without a
word They were broken up and divided
during the retreat, and were 90 closely followed
that they had no opportunity to unite for resis.
lance, II they desired 10 do 90, which seemed
not TO be the case. About two thousand came
10 In this manner. and at O'Clock In the morn.
ing an unconditional surrender was sent In,
giving up the remainder Of the troops. AT
daybreak they were all marched In, and threw
down their arms. TiPtonville presented
strange appearance, filed with the motley
crowd Of buttsrnut oolored secesh, loungine
about with sullen looks and down.cast faces,
their arms stacked or strewed about In the
mud, and their equipments destroyed or thrown
away on ihe retreat. The line OF the rout was
Q scene Of confusion seldom witnessed. The
ground was strewed with guns, knapsacks,
clothing, wagons, cannon trucks, and every
imaginable article Of military use Small par
yes OF soldiers fingered everywhere, hidden In
the woods, aud 10 drive them ont q line of
soldiers was formed by Gen. Pope, extending
across the neck Of land, which was four or Ave
miles wide from the river 10 the lake or swamps,
This line advanced steadily up towards the Ia.
land, and hunted out all Of the miserable
wrstches Into daylight, where they were cap.
tured..
They were FIVE thousand in number, including
officers, among whom there were four generals,
viz: Gen, Mackall, Gen. CAN'T, Gen. Walker,
and Gen. Schsumm.
Thus essilv and harmlessly was this army of
soldiers captured and imprisoned. No. lie
was lost, not wound was inflicted, but with
10 small sacrifice AZ the labor of forced
march Of few hours, the whole BODY was
trapped and Gagged. They showed no disposi-
tion 10 fight, but came In and threw down their
armn sullenly and despondlngly. They might
have made desperate resistance in the woods,
but they were so closely followed that they had
no means OF forming into bodies Of any cousid-
powerless.
They were we'll clothed, and, In the main,
well armed. Some were equipped with shot
guns and rifles, but the majority had GOOD
arms. There were many fine Enfield rifles In
their possession. Their artillery was all of
good quality, and much Of II Of the largest size.
This they brought away from the Notifications
at No. 10, In the hope to save IT, Every piece
OF cannon 10 their possession was captured.
Some Of them had been spiked, but none Of thom
are permanently disabled. They gave up All
hope without delnur, and indeed seemed glad to
be rid Of the weighty responsibility which rest
cd upon them. They were disbeartened and
discouraged. They had been taken by surprise,
for they rested In confident security that we
never could get boats TO General Pope 10
enable hilu 10 Gross They knew of our efforts
70 do 30, but they laughed at them and termed
the scheme a Yankee folly. When they saw
Madrid, they awoke 70 sense of their position
and took TO their heels.
THE BoxBARDNENr.
The hombardment, which continued with
greater or less vigor during four weeks, NAV
best be judged by It's effects. A letter found
on the floating battery, stated that eleven men
were wounded during the first day q bombard.
ment, all Of whom werI 10 the upper battery,
against which our entire force was directed.
Nobody was killed. During the remaining
bombardment Of four weeks, with two mortars
all the time, and four portion Of tho time,
and with the occasional assistance of the gun.
boats, nobody was killed, nobody was wounded,
nobody was hit There were some narrow es.
capes. Once, on the island, party Of officers
were at dinner, when a shell descended and
passed through the table into the ground,
They turned back summersaults, and got out
Of the way, and when the shell exploded, their
recent place was occupied by hole some
twenty five feet deep. Another shell struck
the muzzle OF cannon, and Clipped of q
piece so neatly that Il was effbotuslly silenoed,
Another shell descended Ia the night upon
spot Of ground between three tents Ii bur.
rowed into the ground about ten feet and ex-
ploded, lifting the tents and their contents Into
! the air, and throwing them considerable dis
tance each way, much to the disturbance Of
their slumbars but nothing 10 their personal
detrimcnt The island was extensively cut up:
trees were uprooted, and II general upturnlng
| Of things prevailed wherever there happened
to be nobody TO be hurt This was the result
| ct a four weeks mortar bombardment On
our side the same result prevailed, both here
and with Gen. Pope
REBEL FINANCES ANDpROsPECTs.
There was great disaAection among the rebel
troops, and their oliceis stated openly that
| they cou not have been depended upon In the
event Of battle. The generals said that the
men had received no pay for months, and that,
under the discOuragement Of recent reverses,
they are not so anxious for war as In times
gone by. One or two regiments we're dis.
banded and sent home before the investment.
The officers are destitute and 10 want of neces.
saries. One colonel, writing home, tells bis
friend that he, worth 10 ordinary times hun-
dred thousand dollars, has had no pay In six
months, and Is obliged to borrow money to
buy the postage stamp on his letter. Another,
writing to . lady with whom be seems to be on
intimate terms, requests the loan of five dollars
TO pay Incidental expenses with. The burden
Of the soldiers letters Is want of money, dis.
coursgement at the Confederate prospects, and
spirit Of rebellion against the hardships and
prlvstions they are obliged to endure. None
Of them are sanguine for the future Even the
high officers despond, a. well they may, for
/ they are between two fires. They are sent
with small force and dissffscted men to defend
strategic points, and, when overpowered and
driven out, they are arrested and court mar
| tailed for not fighting.