Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-03-14
Spirit or the nierrins Press.
OUR MILITARY BUDGET.
PROM OLD POINT.


PROM OLD POINT.
Particulars efths Lats Contest by IN Eys WiiHs',
The steamer King Philip, Capt Cooke, left Old
Point at o'clock yesterday afternoon, and arrived
At the Washington Navy Yard at half past seven
O'Clock this morning. This beat left the Navy
Yard with the steamer Baltimore on last Friday
evening. The King Philip srivcd there on Satur
day afternoon. In tine 10 witness the burning Of
the Congress
TWAS stated by naval officers that the com
msndcr fthe Cumberland. after that vessel was
injured, w7s called on by those on hoard the Mer-
Yimsc to surrender He refused. and said he
might sink, but would never surrender. II was
stated further, that the last guns were fred from
the frigats when the sunners wee over their
knees In water
Captain Cooke wa on heard The Roanoke neat
day, and witnessed the CONTEXT between the Mer-
rimsc and Monitor. He say, the vessels In Hsmp-
Ton Roads and the ramparts Of Fortress Monroe
were crowded with excited spectators Of the
aght, who could not restrain their feelings but At
every shot hred from either vessel would eagerly
shout their comments TO it. effects on the other
The captain Of French man of war In the Roads
~ss one Of the most interested lccker.-cn and
was heard 10 say that he had witnessed the con
tese In the Crmea and tock part In the siege Of
sebasiopol, but bad never seen SO desperate a
light before. The vessels were most of the time
near enough 70 each other To los. biscuit from
one 10 the ether
Two steam tugs were disabled In trying to get
The Minnesota of, and that vessel was finally
moved rom her position by the steamers King
Philip and Baltimore and the tug Atlantic
While she was laying aground helpless, the
specie was taken from her by the King PHILIP and
put on board the tug Rescue
The steamer Baltimore has lowed TO the city o,
Baltimore the disabled tugs Mystic, Zouave and
Dragon, one Of which was damaged In the fight
The United States steamer san Jacinto I. hourly
expected at Old Point
The MONITOR
Erroneous Impressions a. to the circumstances
OF the construction Of this ship extensively pre
van. She Is not the creation Of " private enter
prise, as Is 50 generally stated
sne was contracted for last fall by the Navy
department, In pursuance OF a recommendation
naval board upon iron-clad steamers, con-
nsing OF Cemmodores Joe Smith and Hiram
fsuioing ana Capt c. II. Davis, which approved
hef model and those Of two Others, NOW being
rapidly pushed to completion,) rejecting the
models OF the host Of others offered She has
been paid for from time to time, a. the work on
Aef progressed until there remains To be approved
Dur The account for the Is per cent balance, fof
hef tonl cost OF s275 ,O0O,) reserved as per the
contract, as a guarantee that she should perform
ssfepfesenfsd That balance Is now ready to be
paid we take IL, on the application Of those to
whom Il Ii due.
FORTRESS MONROE
ed here per telegram from For
Ress Monroe In the twenty-fou hours ending at
noon to-day. As messages to that Dol Mt have
gone through from Washington this morning,
the telegraph between the points is certainly In
working order. 1t 10 therefore taken for granted
that no change In the situation Of affairs there
worth mentioning has occurred. Yesterday Gen.
Wool sent Gag Of truce up to Craney Island. IL
IL not vet known here what news came back 70
the Fortress by II.
THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC.
In answer to numerous inc uirics concerning the
movements Of the army Of the Potomac since its
advance reached Manassas, we feel at liberty to
say only, that II 10 carrying out 10 the letter the
programme marked out for Its operations ere
marching from Its winter quarters I'm this imme-
diste vicinity. II must be a week or two yet, be-
fore the plan Is SO developed that the public at
large viii comprehend IL in all its bearings.
COMMODORE FoorE.
Commodore Foote's squadron doubtless steaned
this morning from Cairo down the river, to
y" 1ulnf' one OF Ms peculiar appointments ~
We shall not be surprised therefore, to hear that
he breaches Tomorrow evening at Island No. 10.
That's a way he has
BRIsIpIER GENERAL wAD.woRrH
This distinguished oficeT, we learn, will TO.
morrow enter upon the discharge Of the du,ics
Of Military Governor Of this city, to which he
has been assigned by the President
GIN. HALLEcx's DEPARTMENT
Feter'oHs Attook KpoH Rebel ForfifeHttors at
Paris, Tsss.-A Brigadisr General Captured IN
Missotsi.
Gen. Hsllec1 has te legraphed the following
% the War Department:
ST. LOTS, March I3-Hon. T.. ST. Stanton
Secretary Of War: Our artillery and cavalry YES,
tefday attacked the enemy's works one half mile
wrst Of Paris, Tenn. The enemy was driven out
with loss Of 100 killed, wounded and In prison.
eu. Our loss Is Capt. Bull, of the artillery and
q killed and 4 wounded.
A cavalry force sent out from Lebanon, No,
attached one Of Prices guerilla parties, killing
ID and wounding 5, and capturing over twenty
prisoners, among whom 10 Brig. Gen Campbell,
The commander.