The sun., 1862-03-05

Washington March o.
Gen. sherman, wil0 L'euten,ut commanding
Phelps, not kun wing that they were at evening
scuIel ~ 1000 of the "a Illinois cavalry uu a
.HoGung pnttJ sent hy ten. Sherman ffon P,du.
,h, male = bold datn u the shore under the bat
'.rie~, hoistng the American flag on the b.uGs. It
AS greeted the hearty chters uf our brave tlrs
ID soldiers. Ths force consisted o' siy gun
'ais from mortar boats, AMI three Transports,
wing on board two regiments and two butlli ms
'Iu'snr y, under command of Cll. BunJri, ism.
1ym and Gen. Sherman being In Command 90
20 troops The former leaving sick bed ~ go
shore, discoye'ed Whist was evidently magazine
tite at 10Th cNtrenuies, and Immediately order
~ tue train - be cut and thus saved the lives the
sriison. WLile cannot eN press too strongly my
,imiraton ~ lhe galantIy and vice cJuu els Of
tie Distinguished aid ali engineer Of General
. ,mmanders Dove, Walker and stemble, and
i.eutenan's commanding PAulding, Thompson,
Sink AND Phelps, the latter being In
on,mand = the mortar division assisted by l..
lutord, n the Or. nance Corps of the United States
Army, nOby perinm'd their duty. have my leg
bard the Gin 'iuuati, com nanded By the gallant
I,mm,ndor Senble. Con Sherman remains tenn
'rari.y iu nlmm'nl at CJumbnS.
tSighedl .sA1 A. II FuorE'
Flag O0icer.
OFFICIAL RHroRr % GEs. CuLLUN.
The following wa received at usAd-Q iarters OF
,he'Army tonigh,i
5R CoLUNnus, March I, via CMRo
ITO NJ r. Gen. Nj tLELL,S columbus, the
Gibraltar Of thA Wet, IL ours, and Kentucky IL
ee, thanh to ths brilliant strategy Of the cam
pAign by which the enemy'a centre was pierced at
forts Henry Al Il nelson, hia wings isolated fro n
",Ch other and turned, compelling thus the eyacu-
lou Of his stronghold # Bowling Green first, aud
now Columbus. The nItla under Flag ot ,er
'oote.
On arriving al Columbus, it was difficult 10 say
huher the i-itihi Atiuns were occupied by our own
Nslry, or a scout irpm Paducah, OF by the enemy.
very preparation WAS ale for opening hre aud
~ ding the Infantry, when Gen. Sherm All and Capt.
Phelps, with 80 soldiers, made a dashing reconnoi-
uce with tug, steaming directly under the water
arteries Suishtd that our trOs rs had possession,
MY landed, ascended to the summit OF the bluff,
I'd together planted the Stars and Stripes, among
me hearties cheers of brave tsrs and sol iiers.
Though rising frum 81 TX bel n go upon the eN-
cctior, r1u'd not resist landing W examine the
works, which are OF immense strength, consisting
ftiurs upon tiers of batteries on the river front,
nd a strong pNrapet and ditch cr'ssed by = thick
,pnVis On the land side The iprtih atoms appear
have been evFcua'ed hastily, considering tht
quantities ~ ordnance and ordnoIgo s''ro' and
pvmNer Of anchors, and TIE remnant o.
tuc chain which wa once stret hei oyei
he river, and large supply W. tl~peluet r' main
ug. DssnlNi n wts g.H 4. nyHrrw. eta nu' sten'-
mains, IA ,u,A the ~ va wts sprei. discover 81
What appeared lpge MAGAZINE snokuE from
9th VHtremitts. IOdcrei the tran h. 10 i'm ne
iistely cut. garrison was Ir't in the W. o
lcaTly 600 in'antrI AMI 400 cavalry, which will
trengih'u lmmet ldcl!.
tsigneI CSC W, CrLIrN
Big. Gen, Chief %, S.aH,
GES uALLEcK's RETnRr.
81 Louis March 4.-Tle following ID a Telegram
rom Gtn. Halle * ~ q en-. Mcclellan.
Major General N, Cellan, Sir;--
TIE caval from z ,du an marched into C1lun
Il rus yesterday, at p. NJ, driving bof re them th
| men y's rear guTd TuO ilP ylttc union is ~
ug over the boasted G Dr ,lgNr Of the West. End
ing himself completely turned on hoth SIDES OF IN
Mississippi, ihe enemy was Oh issd 10 eyAcuate %
urrerder. LNrGe quantities Of arullery and $50 .
gere captured. -
/ tSigned9 II. W, HAlLECh'