The New York herald., 1862-02-11

THE SITUATION.
The attack of the Burnside feet on Roanoke
Island seems, from news received at Fortress Mon
roe, to have continued all day Saturday without
any definite result as far as can be cleaned from
the rebel accounts. Il is significant and pro-
phet'c OF our success. however, that the
rebel authorities admit the loss of at
least one or more Of their gunboats The
intelligence brought to Fortress Monroe in the
first instance. by thelady who conveyed it from the
rebel General Huger's Office in Norfolk, appears
TO have been misapprehended. She stated that !.
was the rebels and not Oer. forces who were twice
repuised" This would, of course, change the
whole aspect of asairs, and strengthens the con-
viction that General Burnside is now, or soon will
be- in possession of Roanoke Island.
We give additional particulars to-day of the late
brilliant victory at Fort Henry, Tennessee. A
despatch. received in St. Louis on Sunday states
that the rebels were encamped at a point not far
from the fort. The services of General Halleck
and General Grant in this affair have been properly
acknowledged By the Secretary of War and the
Commander-in-C Chief, General Mcclellan The lat
ter has sent the following brief and pithy despatch
10 General Halleck:-"Tbank General Grant. Flag
Ofaesr Foote. and their commands. FOR me-"
Commodore Foote has sent to Chicago for two
hundred men for the gunbosts, and says il they
are furnished speedily he will attack Columbus
take il. and sweep the Tennessee river.
Brigadier General Stone was arrested in Wash.
ington on Sunday morning at two O'Clock BY
posse OF the Provost Marshals force, and sent
to Fort Lafayette, where he arrived yes
terday afternoon. The charges against Gene
raj Stone appear to be Of very serious character.
They are embodied in the following summary
First for msbehavior at the battle OF Balls Bufi
second. for holding correspondence with the
esemy before and since the battle OF
Bats Bluff and receiving visits from
rebe, ofRcers in his camp; third for
treaohcrousIy suffering tho enemy to build
Blun. under his guns without moestation Fourth
For tescherous design to expose his force 10
capture and destruction by the enemy, under pre-.
teoce OF orders for s.movement frem the Command
Jag General which had not been given. 1. il said
that Court Martial will be called 10 try these
charges against the General.
The extracts from the Southern papers which we
publish to-day will be found highly interest
ing. both Is regards their speculstions upon
the projects and probable success Of the
Burnside expedition, and other matters OF
grave inportsnce to the future Of the Southern
coafedesacy. The Richmond correspondence
Of the Charleston Mercury describes the article in
between the eyes, entirely unlocked for This "a.
gacious writer, however, endeavors tn fnterpret
the tone OF the Times in spirit entirely friendly
TO the rebel States by species Of logic not yery
clear nor substantial.
According to the New Orleans Dei,o the rebel
steamship Calhoun, which was attacked by our
squadron while running the blockade on her trip
from Havana to New Orleans aud was abandoned
and set on fire by her crew, was not burned as re
ported. but fell into the hands OF the Union v.sse
entirely unhurt, and with cargo valued At 5000.
600 on board, including forty tons Of gunpo~der
Q large quantity of rifles and munitions OF war.
How imminent the condition Of the rebels 9
Columbus Is considered may be gathered from th
following statement In the Charleston Courier
The authorities st Columbus have information
from source upon which dependence is placed
that the federals are now making such disposition
Of their forces in Kentucky and Missouri As vii
enable them to bring overwhelming number
against Columbus, and at the same time march
powerful colsmp down the ives, bspk Of tho N;sui.
Gppi. The great rise in the Ohio, Cumberland an,
Tennessee rivers will facilitate their moy.m.,,. :,
hsntocky The attack is appointed TO take p,,o,
within fertsish, SO impressed has General p0,,