The New York herald., 1862-03-11


at the Rappahannock but the prevailing opinion s that
tho evacuation OF Manassas only preliminary to the
evacuation Of Virginia.
IMPORTANT FROM THE POTOMAC.
THE FALLING BACK OF The REBELS.
Evacuation of Centreville and
Winchester.
Abandonment of the Batteries at
Cockpit Point, Shipping Point. &c.
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The Raising Of the Potomac
Blockade.
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The Rumored Retreat of the Rebels
from Manassas
&c. &C., &c.
THE EVACUATION OF WINCHESTER.
CHARLssrowN, Va, March 10, 1907
II s currently rumored ana believed that Winchester
was fully evacuated yesterday
reconnaissance out this morning to ascertain the
facts.
The intelligence from other quarters greatly encour
ages all friends Of tho Union, as indicating speedy
termination Of hostilities
THE EVACUATION OF CENTREvILLE.
WASHINGTON, March 10, 1852.
Thore is no longer any doubt that the rebels have
evacuated Centrevlc Winchester and other important
points, indicating general falling back OF their forces
CHARIssrowN, Va, March 10, 1852.
It is aseertainsd beyond doubt that Winchester
has evacuated by the rebels The prominent places
THE RUMORED RETREAT FROM MANASSAS.
WASHINGTON, March 10, 1862.
is rumored believed here that tho army is
rstreatng from Centreville and Manassas.
THE RAISING OF THE POTOMAC BLOCKADE.
WASHINGTON, March 10, 1892
Lieut.. Wyman, commanding the Potomac hotilla, in
his official report the Navy Department, confirms the
rumor Of tho abandonment OF tho Cock
pitt Shipping and other points along the Potomac and
also the burning of the Page and other rebel
craft.
Annexed is Lisuthnant wyman's DESPATCH
PoroMAC FLorILLA, March 94PM.
To SECRETARY WELEs-
SR-Ths information which forwarded to you by tele-
graph is consider confirmed. The Cockpit and Ship
ping Point batteries have abandoned They have
oJad hon thout havo
everything Shipping Point. and frequent
plosons give evidence of the destruction Of the annual
The fires and explosions extend some distance back
between Cockpit and Shipping Point The Page believe
to have been FIRE to and blown up.
Lieutenant r. Fl. WYMAN,
Commanding Potomac Flotlla
ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS.
WASH GroS March 10, 1862
On Thursday night boat, n,aining two contrabands
tho Virginia side, and returned with four
others-one man and three nearly white
the chatte OF Quartermaster of the Stase
troops She says she heard her master say that twenty
horses killed, and large number Of wagons de-
stroyed by the fire of the Island Belle and Satellite
Wednesday She heard nothing said of any person being
killed or wounded.
All Saturday night and Sunday morning pickcts
stationed the river reported the constant Of
cars on the railroad the Virginia side of the river
ment of some kind the part OF the rebels The disap
poarance OF the rebel pckes that time led to the belief
that they abandoning their fotihcatons the
river and falling back towards Richmond
AT about three o'clock the Anacos,ia out and
mcnccd sheng the rebel battery Opossum Nose She
had shelling nearly hour when dense smoke
issuing from the rebel works at Shipping Point
tending rapidly to the south few minutes after, and
was thought the steamer George Page firing up TO
tha IN thaip
was discovered issuing from her just forward of the
warehouses, which spread with great rapidy and soon
the whole vessel wrapped in flames. Meantime the
fire had spread Shipping Point, and had been also
applied to the winter quarters OF the soldiers on the
main land and the whole vicinity wrapped in smoke
and flame
During this tho Anaeosta continued to shell the
upper battery and the adjacent woods Finding
sponss and sssng one moving, she landed boats
crew under oovcr of her guns In few minutes thoy
were seen emerging from the woods and appearing
the ramparts Of the rebel battery They immediately
attached their boat flag TO the hayar and at quarter
mast four the Stars and Stripes ,oared hs sacred soil
of vtroinia the trf mitch has long Ms
sar,ed and barred rag IF the rebels
Sunday being day Of rest, large number OF the
members Of the First brigade gathered the bluffs
on tho Maryland side, directly opposite, and when the
American 1as run up nine cheers were given, hear
lily enough probably to be heard by the rersatng se
ceshers,
The fire at Shipping Point still continued to burn Tho
smoke stack Of the Page had fallen throwing up clouds
of dense smoke but still IL burned The fortifcattn
At Shipping Point we're still also wrapped in smoke, and
at half.psst four a magazine exploded About twenty
minutes after there another explosion in the
woods on the main land, which was followed b.,
second explosion Shipping Point neither Of which
Indicated large amount Of powder left behind.
nave hegl px OgiO ms golSh hip
ping Point, from which II is presumed the rebels had
ssveral small magazines at that point.
Six O'CLOCK p. M
since Ave there has been heavy oannonading heard
IN westerly direction probably eight to ten miles in
,.,a TIE whole division is state of excitement and