, 1862-02-17
THE LATEST NEWS
BY TELEGRAPH.
THE REBELS EvkCUATiNG
MANASSAS.
TIE ROAEOKE FIGHT---A Thrill
LING ACT OF BRAVERY.
Later from Fort Royal---Dixia in
Chronic Excitement.
THE BANKRUPT ACT---40,00
PETITIONERS.
LATEST from BURNSIDE.

they having been, as is supposed, largely with
drawn to meet Burnside, Buell. and Halleck-
Gen. McClernand Las changed the name Of
Fort Henry to Fort Footc, in honor Of the
flag officer. In Il letter to lin, announcing
the fact, he says:
Please pardon the liberty have taken. without
first securing your concurrence, as indeed an
hardly disposed to d. considering the liberty
which you took i'll capturing the fort yesterday.
without MY cooperation
Commodore Foote corrects lis telegram so as
20 state that there were no NJ ortars in Fort Hen
RI, and there was accommodation for only six
thousand troops.
All applications for passes must be hence
forth bic ,i1ade to Gcn Dix, stnd Ill prisoners 20
bc exchanged must report to him-
Arassenger from Roanoke says tnat 4 shell
hursted Oh our gurboat Hetzel, and fired the
magazine.
Lieut.. Franklin sprang down aud cxtin-
euishcd the flames moment before they
reached the powder. 1 similar occurrence
took place on the Ceres, in consequence Of a
bursting gun.
Col. Russell, Of the 10th Connecticut, fell
dead from Ills horse at the head of lis rcg[
| mcnt- No scratch was found on his body. It
is supposed he was killed by the wind Of 4
| cannon ball The rebels behaved most cow
a1dly, fleeing at tho approach Of single regt-
| ment.
A letter from Port Royal says our vessels
! move about much in thelarge sounds on the
coast Of Georgia and South Carolina. Five Of
| these arc permanently occupied, and others
arc frequently visited, US well as all the rivers
which empty in these sounds, keeping the
sacred soil in state Of chronic excitement.
Another Of Lannon's subordinates has re-
signed, hut he Q.amon) cannot be saved. An
amendment to the Warden bill will be moved
III the House, abo]ishing the Marshals Office
after certain date, with the design Of re-
creating it by another law previous to that
| date.
Forty thousand names Of petitioners have
been handed in for the Bankrupt Law. The
bill introduced by Roscoe Conkling is careful
ly framed after study Of the reports Of the
English Bankruptcy Commissioners, and En-
elish statutes, than which it is less technical
and cumbrous. 1t has not yet been consider.
ed in committee. Some bankrupt bill will
probably pass Congress
We have continually good news from Gen.
. Burnside, coming through rebel sources
! | Accounts from Richmond via Fortress Monroe
up to yesterday, represent that the greatest
alar,n has seized upon the people Of the Hppel
North Carolina coast, as far in the interior q:
: Weldon, and even to Suffolk, Va The citi
. zens OF Weldon were leaving in great haste
carrying OF what was available and destroyin:
: tic rest. Burnside had landed at Edenton, ii
the entrance Of Chowan river into Albenar1,
Sound, about fifteen miles west Of Elizabeth
;; City, and it was expected he would proceet
= up the river and cut of the railroad betweel
Norfolk and Weldon. In this fear the rebel
were strewing along in Chowan river number
less RATS Of pitch pine, saturated with turpcu
tine, to be fired on the approach Of Ills notilla
They have also placed similar RATS in Black
water river, which cmpties into Albemarle be
tween Elizabeth City and Edenton.
: The Chowan river is nayigable for such yes
= scls as Burnside's for fifty miles, and thi
/ places tile railroad before mentioned in hi
: powc= Suffolk lays between the river an
s Norfolk, On the Inc Of the railroad, and th
= rebels expect Burnside will take this cours
0 for an attack On Norfolk from behind. Stron
t rcinfo.ccments have been sent to Suffolk frol
. Petersburg, with which 1t is connected b
= railroad. Gen. Albert G. Blanchard Of Il
). late in command of one Of Huser's brigade
il ut Norfolk, has assumed command at Suffoll
The rebel conclave at Richmond was Watcl
e ing Burnside's movements with a degree
p apprehension only cquallcd by tho pendin
= dangers on the Cumberland river. As til
d news IS from Richmond yesterday, it n,ny /
I. taken as quite likely to be true. It is Il
e, latest VIC have heard from Burnside.
Y WASHINGTON, Feb. 15-Mr Senator Chan,
% lcr has received letter from Col. Wilcox, vt
+ says that himself and Other prisoners
D. Columbia, South Carolina, are In good healt
d and that their condition has been rcndert
o- comfortable by the clothing received from Il
r United States authorities.
J. VIA NEW YORK.
Of New York, Feb, l5.-TLc New York z,
q 1uuc Washington correspondent says the Coz
IL ! 1nittee on the Conduct Of the War, in cxa!ni
N ing to-day the case Of Gen. Stone, discover,
y new facts which divide The responsibility
ID The MuDder at Balls Bluffs between Gcne1
c, Stone and another General.
p, Previous to the discharge of Wykoff the Coz
es mittee on the Judiciary examined Gen. Sickle
whose frequent visits TO the fncarcezatcd n
o1 koff and the journeys from his cell to the re
=, dence Of Ex-Lieut. Watt, at the other end
ue the avenue, had excited suspicion. Sick1
Ps claimed to be Wykofl's counsel, and to ha
'e, acted throughout in that capacity. The Co
N mittee put some homo questions to him.
sE- replied sharply, and for q few minutes u
rs Of words ragged. While his examination v
I ite pending, the Sergeant-at-Arms appeared vi
nc Watt. &c testified that he saw the Mcssa
J.. in the library, and, being Of literary turn
hc hc mind, peruEcd it that, however, he did 4
he make copy, but having tenacious ncmo
lse carried portions Of it in Ills mind, and the NJ
ms d:y repeated them word for word to Wyk<
ce, That pe.Fonage had previously testified ii
the passage transmitted to the Herald =
given him by Watt orally.
10. The New York Times correspondence s:
ap- | Hamilton Fish and Bishop Ames returned
lie Washington today, and made report to
vas Government of their mission to relieve I'm
8al. | ,,rsrns,ora In fhn 2oI,fh Tho,- rarn;.a.t