The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1862-02-08
Further Particulars Of the Burn
side Expedition.

In Addition to the account Of the butnhde
expedition published yesterday we make room
for the following particulars, by a correspond.
emit, Of the principal occurrences connected With
the movements Of the expedition thus far -
When the barometer indicated q change or
| Wednesday, we hoped that il would be for the
| better and that the violence Of the gale had
| abated. But during the night the wind in.
creased 40 much that it obliged all the vessels TO
let no their anchors. The exertions to get the
L Admiral General Burnsides vessel over the
bar, having failed, another effort was made to
| get her over the bar at the night tide, but with
i ne better success The Admiral by this time
| was out Of fresh water, her coal was exhausted,
| and she was unable 10 communicate with yes
| sci within a few hundred yards OF her, with a
portion of the Massachusetts, oath on board, and
| which bad her colors set Union down. a. sig
| nal of distress. A boa, from the Cossack now
approaches and an officer hands General
/ Burr side a letter, which he reads with moisten-
| cd eyes. II was a request for water 800 Penn
| sylvania troops are without water, but no aid
car be afforded them.
| l. o'clock, and no signs Of tho gale abating
| or the contrary, s,bcy7riSe. As far as tho eve
can discern through the drifting mist, the bay
| is one broad sheet Of white fam resembling q
| plain Of newly. fallen snow. Dark clouds sweep
down fIom the Forth, and, with their murky
sd, es, seOm almost TO touch tho vessels nlasts
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shadow over the loot, which swAys ard stag
gers urdcr the mighty storm. single person
| herr and thore appears on ecm' vessel 'eCh
| holding on 10y the rsil or RIGGING, ami Tow
| scattering groups arc seen pacing the beach, as
II In search of shelter from The uty o, tue blast.
| Tho tents Ct the TSen,y fourth Massachusetts,
| which wore yesterday, pitched upon the beach,
| have all boon swept away, and the poor soldiers
| must have spont fearful night, exposed 20 thu
pclting Of the pitiless storm and yet there i
a wurso light before them B,vond, who're
| th r stral,.lr. forms are sccn l'rOlling on the
beach, the pillows Of " O,ctu break alorG III,
shore, tossing the spray f,om their snowy crest.
| high into the air. II is spectacle truly grand
T. ,ur. Wool and Winfield As we'll ~ tho Rho3'
I'll lad battery, whose untheltoroi horses an
men weTo only yesterday put down OF tn
| bni,h must hsvo suffered clriuIly.
ON. Bafusido, who thus far has nain'ain
| his sect iun,d cl csiulaess and resolution an
| Icr All thi, 'oad OF responsibilities, watches tn
| csreor'n storm from tho deck Of the AdWrI
, | and seem weighed down with those accumul
| ting pistn'tunc'. His whole concern = Tor IN
| army. q l-iOnsl'y no IA heard 10 eXcllim, i
= fur;ts IS. 4 tones, "Thi. is terrible" Who
MI tho storm aSatc 20 "The poor men, whu
| will thoy doy' No one will wonder that sue
man :, beloved by hio mon. but be il nc
the Almighty, 20 say 20 the winds, he stu.
Nor a NUsc,with power 60 smi'e the rock, an
| bid tic waters l,u8h forth 10 supply tho
wants. Thov nus, wait on Pro. ijence, who's
1 W, q ,re psst urtne out and who " doOth A
r | thu .-vcll." The GrLord avs ha rNot' in IA
. | assuia.,, that romo sise purpose will bs =
| corpishtd nv those stiang" a!vor5ltirs. W
are, he says, a. 50 man Grains OF sand Ia IN
1 hard. Oi the Ntru.h Irp condition Ct "
polcor botor. Nos,Ow ~ the Old Ma Naohus5ti
Governor at the sis q Of Luwiabsgh, scom oul
| fitting plrnl, 20 hi, .iiu1iiun. Yet, lao 'c'r
ss stion hearted "a on to d1v On which =
sot san from Arnspola With such a l,aio
let no one rosrair ci the result. Tho h .aroI
do unl, nverca,t-'ho sun ht.npt gore oat.
At,i \ trcnty night the storm aA'tt'
| Thursday ish', aud on Friday morning ,y' 10
Of ,hc vcs.sls had their onsyns got union dor
| $. me Of them are il tho habit o BOOSTING 81
mel If dis'ro.s on tho r'i,h'cst occa.ion. Ol
r vc eel w6s Vi itod which bal this do'eful cmble
ia her rieciu,, and upon inquiry, thu capita
10 reported that he had n company FROM BoNel
q. on beard, aud ihnt they wo'a out Of ooaa
u,heI' hao RIO sugar to put in thcir tea
1uE pEATu " col, ALLAN.
Or Wednesday. Ian. 18Th, col Nlcn, wi
hi Lieutenant Colonel SIfrcon Weller, ~
i- rino ,thgs, irCiudirg Capt. Norman, Of &
Ann +, thompson, lef that steamer in ono
W. tho ship quarter boais for the purIo7s as th'
, "a q. Of De, Ortia, {, Tho C0mmardn, Gsners
20 AMI io tohDi; -,o,m- to-, "a TOW them in. At
. csllirr au G,n. Reno, thoy spent some 'il
Wandering on tNu Ltagh oil c.Iuv sh,lll sui
|N
Cd ~ H. .hIp, bu' iu ai'emItrgfo ptss th-oul
40 tho lr,aktr. with choir heavily l,',n cock
r' he'll oi q boat uca. thu co stole Of ths iulo
u tho boat vas nllod bT a rylur, and C,pilo
he Icing q long DIST ,uce from any vessel, the
p-rilou4 -itua'lpn vas not noticed, aud th'
were over half an hour in tho water, ,ltngii
bv turns 10 tho boat and struggling ur'u
At ported ~ the BROKERS. A. louFth, tho Zig
re lande- came up, from which Two boats were I
er stantiy lowered, one manned by the second OF
ID | cor, AIR. Higgins, and the other 10y Tho Office
OF tho Twenty third Massachusetts who wa
50 IN b'aIt. Nine parsons were rescued alive ~
" l'elost b-dies-tso7a Of Colonel Allen and 81
q, Wdlcf--woro taken into the oi'ieors ho'
d E SoJ o,,, second mao, had lux to the b
b, tom. The bodies ~ the untoriupA. . "l'C'
y were carefully li0ed on tho qG...' teriech o,
i. | Highlander where DR.. George Derby, tho ab
surgeon q the Mas .cAusatti Twenty. third. a
O sisted by twenty w.llins hands, endoavorod (,
ton hours to res ore them TO life by an artiiiyi
- respiration and other means. But in vain. f
y they had boon in tho water OYER halt an hou
!. On Friday, the 18th, the officers were butie
e the only economics observed baing the loweru
60 of the ilag at half mast on the brig Dragon
Is and a dirge played by the band. Tho bod,
!, were tightly sewed in canvas, and covered vii
a coating of tar 10 exclude the air. Thov wo
' | thnn deposited In strong boxes and conveyed
), d boat 10 tho high sand ridge two milos east
| the fort, whore they were buried, and the sp
n marked 10y woOden slab containing the
names. lorsons who may ba sont 20 recov
their remains can have the spot pointed out |
inquiiuE Ot Capt. Cluk, Commi-sary or
Capt Moui5, Comu andant Of the post.
The Kentucky Victory.