The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1862-03-21
still another Evacua-
ton.
RETREAT 0F TWE REBELS
TROM NEW MADRID.
The, Leave u CIR Artillery and store
Behind.

CLiRo. March l4.--'rhc rebels eysoda-
ted N,w Madrid lust night, leaving a
quantity OF guns aud stores, which they
were unable to carry away.
Some fighting took place yesterday be-
tween their runboats aud our siege bat
teries, IN which we lost twenty killed and
wounded. A shot from Que OF their guns
dismantlcd one oi our - Founders, killing
four or five.
Captain Carr OF the 10th Illinois was
iillod on Wednesday night while placing
pickcts.
1uo loss Of tho enemy is not known, as
they carried on their dead ard wounded.
They were eupposcd TO number G,ooo.
Island No. 10 is also reported eyacua-
ted.
Colonel Johu a. Logan arrived here to-
day from Fort Donelson. He Ia recover
ius.
The steamer G. w. Graham returned
this afternoon from Nashville.
Large numbers of st. Louis merchants
who went up on her with goods for sa,o,
returned; somo having sold their goods
at u sacrifice; others returned in order 10
Effect sales at better prices.
NlAa VI WV ~ Va RNAANF hNh olt~
cic are scarce. Every shopkeepcr is get
ting treasury notes daily, which are ca
gcrly sought for. Southern Bank bills
especially those Of Tennessee, are quite
abundant. The people of Nashville,
however, arc rapidly beng convinced Of
their worthlsssncss, Anxious inquiries
are made for cotton, turpentine and rosin,
but although specie is offered, nothing OF
,h, kind could be had, except two hun
drcd bales of cotton shipped by resi-
dent of Nashville on his own account.
OPTICAL CONFIRMATION OF ulg EyAouA.
Tior or NEW MADRID.
Sr. Luuis, March Ia.
The following Is copy OF an official
dispatch 10 the Secretary OF War:
"Aiter several days' skirmishinr and q
number OF attempts by the oncmy's gum
boats TO dislodge Cen. Popo 8 batteries
nt Point Pleasant the enemy has cvac-
unied his fort and intrcnohments at New
Madrid, leaving all his artillery. field bat
reries, tents, wagons, &c, Nnd immense
quantity OF military stores.
-Br g.-Gen. HAMILTON"
This was tho last stronghold OF the enc
my in this Sihse. No rebel flag is now
nying in MisSoaIi.
ST. LOUIS, March 10.
Brighten. Pope, In dispatch 10 Gen.
Hslleck, says our success at New Madrid
has been even greater than was reported.
IS pieces Of heavy urtilh ry, Of % and
fitlcd % poanders, two batteries of field
artillery, an immonse quantity Of fixed
ammunition, several thousand small arms
hundreds Of boxes of muskcts cartridges
500 mules and horses, tents for an army
Of l2, 900 men, and an immense quantity
Of other property OF not less value thar
el,O00,C0O has fallen Into our hands,
Their mcn only escaped.
The cnemy's whole force Is dcmoral
lied aud aud dispersed in the swamps OF
the opposite side Of the river. The enc
my abandoned thei; works su lnrriedly al
70 leave all the baggage Of their officer
aud the knapsaeks Of their men, thei
dead unburicd, their su2rers on the table
aud csndlcs burning ia their tents. !
4 furious tluudcr storm which ragged al
night enabled the enemy to get ucross IN
river without b0lng discovered. Ou
heavy Lat; ~ was erected during the nigh
of the 18th within 500 yards Of the ens
mey's works and opened at daylight o
the 18th, just 81 hours aftcr the guns wer
delivered 10 us at Cairo. During III
whole day yesterday cur lines weredraw
closer around their works under furiou
fire OF sixty pieces Of artillery. The fes
d OF an asssult on their works at dpyligi
induced them to fee precipitately durin
the night. Many prisoners have bee
taken; also the coloTs Vi several ArkaI
sss regiments. Our loss j. sbOut fiji
killed and wounded. Hollins was in con
mad OF tho fleet, and Gems. McConi
Stuart and Gnatt ia command OF the Ian
ipfces. The gunboats went down Il
river.
Gen. Pope has e6 heavy guns plant'
in the enemy's works, which commai
every part Of tho river.
4 WAsulxGrON, March l8.