Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1862-01-24
WAR NEWS.
AsHTvGroN, 18th

An order has Just been issued from the
army headquarters which contains the fol-
lowing
q The exiEcnci OF til, service demand
that every officer and spdier u tho army
able to do duty to beat his post The Com
handing General therefore deems it necessary
to direct that, unl,s5 by reason Of sickness
upon n medical certificate, To leaves Of alb
sencc or furluughs shall he granted at the
present time, except in urgent and except
ional cases, where the necessity Tor the i'll
dulLeuce must be clearly SIT forth ia the APP
plicatian Ii is proper to remark that many
ut the reas lns FIR which leaves Of absence
have heretofore been granted, cannot now be
allowed y
Paymastcr Andrews Of New York broke
his leg near the thigh, last nj 5ht, by falling
while stepping on the slippery pavement
from his carriage.
Mrs. Greenhuw, who for the last FIVE
months has bccn uhd.r surveillance in her
own house, was, together with Mrs. Baxter.
who recently arrived from Richmond with ii
military commission for DR.. Brown of Bal
ti.nure, to-day removed to the old Capitol
buildings. Miss Poole who has been their
companion, yetefd4y took her parole, and
will probably soon be sent to Richmond I'M
der flag Of truce.
Lieut.. TI,nchard, commaniing the steam-
,rRbode Island. lust from the South. reports
70 the Navy DEPARTMENT that early of the
18th inst. an expedition under command Of
Commander Smith, with the steamers New
London, Water " Itch, ana the eaf.ufed
steamer Lewis, with detachmcnt et sea.
men, left Ship Island fer the Mississippi
Sound, with view OF cutting out some
schooners anchored oil Biloxi. As ohe Oh
the steamers was SEN WITH Two or tiifec
sch3eHers in tow when the tho-e Island was
leaving, the impression ON board Was that
the expedition had b'c7 successful.
Richmond papers Of THURSDAY eantain
dispatch from Nashville, dated the ith INST.
Swing it has been distInetyaSeertained that
considerable quantities OF cotton ami sugar
have recently been sent in wagons through
Kentucky to the ohio river, for the North
They were supposed to have been sent from
Clarksyille.
Two of the Yankee prisoners confined IN
Richmond escaped on Monday. One OF them
was captured again.
An Official report IRON MAJOR General tiai-
leck' oil VI s'sS lii5' o W .ei
On the lotA INST, tt'"tAea S09 mt" ~ ,9ii'ei
1ree&, III rio""ia an" NV IN
Inc loss OIL tle enemy was ~ hi'ltu am W
wouhdeo. oar Us was h''eu "nd -
wounded, oaf iorce aiso eant"ftd l"p
horses, Oh Wagons iou teil5s' oo heSss Vi
'"aef' wv guns ana : prisoners
WASHINGTON, 18th.
The President has Just received a private
dispatch confirming the report that tie re5-
els have abb ndoned Roanoke Island, in NJ
benarie Sound, and evacuated the city Of
Yorktown. The report that Ten. VI DOL no
tilted Gen. Huger 10 remove the women and
children from Norfolk is also confirmed.
The rebels have dispatched IS legion to
Norfolk, to assist in the defense OF that
place against AN apprchcaded attack from
the Federal forces. 1t is evident that the
grand eoncentrie movement upon the enemy
has commenced IN earnest, and startling
news may be expected a any moment.
he Dill (as>et ~ tn2 House u h i,
tatises u ao2ii>a Tue lFd9Atlg tiNi" = us
not interfere VIII t'e ne eAsa'ii5'o. NEWS
papers tlro"7I .4s nl"lis. :, ".
liie WEI "fa9Hes H"9 NiA1s 'ie a.'i''
ROADS imla>s32.e'
NV loEE, Iott.
Tie Commerce.! says private lis!atea
states that the pirate sumter had been sunk
by Federal snnooat near 1a4z:
Special dispatches from Washington STATE
that member gf Congress has letter from
an officer high IN rank in tae army, II a
younger officer then in California, advising
him to 20 South, and it Is said that the
young oihcer l. now On betafcSara stan
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