The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-04-19
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sATURpA Y MOKIs' O.. ....APiaAL 10, 1899.
TH e WAR.
A YANKEE VIEW OF AFFAIRS.
We contiaas our extracts from late North
ern nswspapsrs received At this once. The
account of the operations Of Barnsids's exrs-
d3tion In North Caroline will be psfussd with
much interest, snd the reader will Judge for
htmse1f a. to Aow much confidence may be
placed In the sta,emeu.s:
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BRAuSoaT. N H., March sl.-Ths chief In
t.rest OF the burnside expedition In at pres.
ent mainly caEtrtd In tne proposed invest.
nsnt OF Fort Macon, which, ~ stated In my
st letter, la situa ated about eq nj distant from
Beaufort aud Moorhead U.ty, ncroes Bogue
nann nl .ne ne asanss % from % these Places to the
small fOrtlncation, but very strong gly built
and ia glrrlsoned bJ about six hundrsd men,
Under the command OF Col. White, (not
smith, as before rsported.) formerly an officer
CT the United States army, and a graduate Of
West Point
i1rHaasprIox or nAII.
Major Allen, of the Fourth Rhode Island
regiment who IL In command at Beaufort
few days since IN Intercepted a large mail from
the fort, from which IN uch valuable In fOrma-
ton was obtained in re. ard to the condition
o. the troops. the supply Of provisions. &c
supPLIEs AT The FORT.
ThS fort is Supplied with safn cieut OF Ger
tain Kinda OF provisions to last several
months. bus Of others the Ste elk is very short.
Col. White who appears to be- q nisa n 20 70.
PIC, suileI and unhsalLhy style CT man,
threatened TO shell Rsautort if lis fresh pro-
visions wsse stopped. they bays beea sop.
Ped, snt Is many OF bis trcsps belong 10. and
have relatives &ad friends 10 that city, he has
robabiy thought Letter of IL, has threat not
having been executed He compensat.s him.
self for this, however, by firing W IN every
nshtE & smack or Otrer or LIT, no wever sm ii !,
which attempts Is p.ss between Beaufort
and M0orhead City, botn OF which places are
occupied by UIion troops. The rea0ction OF
the fort Is on. question OF time and labor,
forces to all the trouble possible, there SEEM
Ing to be NO other reason 1or his refusal 10
surrender at discretion what he In ast soon bs
tor ced TO give up.
Your Correspondent left Nswbsru Thurs.
day, p. NJ, III thes steam transport Union,
Calt Chambers, who took cargo O! ord.
nance stores and army wrgons and horses,
under charge Of Lieut. Flasler, OF General
Burnstde's stah, TO HevelCcK station, near
the head OF Gloc um's creek, from whence they
are to be sent to the scene OF operations.
ATLAHTIc AND NORTH CAROLINA RAILxOAD.
After the rout Of the rebels at Newberp,
| they took away with them all tho locomo-
tives and cars Of the Atlantic aud North "a
rOlina railroad except s. f-w platform aud
| nand-cars) to KiAston and Colds borough and
burned one 1riGge between NsWbern and
Kin SION, besides the long bridge a. Newbern.
In addition to the rolling stcc LETT by them,
| there are alec some han d. cars, brought from
| the North by Gen. Burnside, all of which are
| found very useful in transporting army stores
| ana material. A locomotive and addition Il
| rolling stock Will also soon be ere from The
tnHrr ntv
usefulness to the army Of this road II is oc-
Gu pied and guarded between Newbern and
| Moorhead Uiiy by the Rhode Island 9TH
Havelcck Station Is In charge OF Uapt Ar.
nold's company, and Il present is of con-
siderable impoV sahcs.
The bridge over the river al Newport City
| was burned by detachment from Sort Ma
con on I ues sday, the ls.n-tour t,s.ys after the
battle at Newtern-aId ailncs: entirely de-
| stroyed The bridge was lso feet long, and
very substantial and we'll b;t.lt~
REBUILDING OF BslDss.
Ns jor Wright, Of the Fifth Il aods Island
l who is an excellent civil pginees and prac.
| tical bridge builder, a. we'll as {. most Valu.
| TO inspect the ruins OF the bridge and report
| In regard to its reconstruc son. He was sub
| seQuentiy ordered to occupy Newport with his
l battalion, where they arrived On SUNDAY, the
| 2sd Inst. They took possession of Camp ;sra
ham, an excellent enc am prs ent Of substaatia
leg houses, Sufficient for the accom- q. ida lion
| of a large foroe, which I'd been buiit by the
! rebels aud abandoned by them after the iats
| fight.
| The houses wera left In very good condi.
| tion, and only one or TWO of them had been
! burned. Captain III. ID. Field, with a party
| Of mechanics, had also b,en detailed to assist
l in the recons,rucsion Of the bridge. Werl
/ was Immediately commenced, and, assisted
l by q few contrahaads picked up In the neigh.
borhood, has besn pushed vigorously ahead
and Q great amount OF labor performed In 9
| very brief time. Under ordinary crcumstan.
ces, the reconsEruction Of the bridge would
/ have required at least five or six weeks. Carl
the 30 III inst, and 1t was c. m plsted In a snb.
stantial and durable manner on. the 18th -
| There II nothing now to prevent the rapid
transmission Of material required to reduce
l the fort, and operations for that purpose will
| be at once commenced and vigorously carried
1 on.
In the reconstruction of The bridge, a TEN
porary fortification erected by the rebels (
command the county road at Newport, wa
/ takeE down and the lumber transported to
i ard used in the reconstruction of the bridge.
The Rhode Island Fifth. In addition to thi
duty and the charge OF the railroad, hay'
Of two miles-nearly every man OF Major
| Wrights battalion being constantly engaged
In these various duties.
! PuHFIEa pEs1AuciIos BY DErA0HxRxFs Psol
i FORT NAooH.
The detachment from Fort macon, In addi
II en to the destruction OF this bridge, burns'
large rebel eDcampMent at Caroline City
| which had also been abandoned by them afte
| the Newbern fight,
| RHdLlsH vEEsRLs DETAINED.
The sShips Alliance, Captain DsForrest
l from St John, N. B., and Condor, OF Liver
pool, Captain 9oodwiE. are lying at the docl
at Moorh sad City The Alliance Is loadet
| with q cargo of rosin and turpentine; ans
has, also, four bales Of cotton On board Sn,
1 was originally from Livery 0ol, and arrive.