Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1862-03-20

,onal supervision. He expressed kis regret
1t the violation of the order and promised
10 guard carefully against a reoccufrence of
q similar publication, whersupon &C the re- b
quest Of the Military Governor he being sat-
is6ed that the offence would MOI DO repeat
ed the execution Of the order was suspend
cd. .
ProsI.-ation q GER. Mccisiisn to his
H..Dqu.nTsrs Assr q Mr Poro.Ac
soLpskss on IHs Aipu oy rfr PoroxAc,
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The formidable artillery you now have, had
to be created. Ohef armies were 10 move and accom-
certain results. ! held You back that you might
aud your coaa6dsnee j. yoar General, are worth = DOZEN
plished. ] feel mai the patient isbors q many MONTH.
have produced their fruits. The Army Of the Potomac
in discipline and h~isuecton, excellently equipped and
armed. Your commanders are all that you could wish,
trus, in you tosave our country. AZ Irds through your
mnks see N your faces the sure prestige Of Victory
The period Of inaction has passed. / will bring YOU
face TO face with the rebels, and only pray that God may
s semrS. me s, ngsn mn nv w .s,;on. m direction you may move,
bear in mind ths. my fate Is linked with yours, and that
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you iheIe. am to witch over you as spsrsnt does over
6 U.s. children I'D sn !, and y q. , ss.s that yoqr General love. YOU
has ever been, to gain success with the least possible
loss; but I know tina, II ii becomes necessary, You will
God smiles upon US. Victory Intends US Ye, I would
not have you ihimh our aim is to be STAINED without a
have brave foes 10 eneoouer-foemen wen worthy Of
the steel that you will use 20 well. I shall demand Of
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these together, and when this sad war is over we will all
| return 10 our homes, ana feel that we can ask no higher
| honor than the proud consciousness that VIZ belonued t,
lSignedl - f B. MCCLELLAN.
l.. .4l MsjorGeneral Commanding.
GOOD News from BurnsideLCapture
Stores and Artillery--lO,OOO Rebels
Routedl Gallant Conduct of our
Troops.
BALTIMORE, March 1S.-Ths steamer
Commodore arrived this morning direct from
the Burnside expedition, reports the capture
OF Newburn, N. e., and defeat ofthe enemy
there, and capture Of . large number of ar
tillery. 1t was a hard fought battle. Our
loss there was about 30 killed, and 400
wounded. Our men displayed great.
bravery. ..t'"I a
SECOND DISPATCH.
The officer bearing dispatches from Gen.
Burnside, landed here on the arrival Of the
steamer Commodore and proceeded this
evening TO Washington. 1t Is reported that
300 rebel prisoners were captured, some OF
the reports make our loss from SO to 60 kill
ed, and 250to 300 wounded. The fight took
) place on Friday last. There are rumors
here that one of our B~rigadier Generals was
killed, but this is not Thought to be re-
liable. GIN fL@NA
\ I DISPATCH. -
. Sergt. Major d. HI. johnson, of the $50
Massachusetts, regiment, anne passenger b.
the steamnr Commodore, in charge Of the
~ bodies of Lieut.. Col. Merritt, of the go
q Massachusetts, regiment, and Adjt. Stearns
I of the 2lst Massachusetts, regiment, who
bravely fell while leading on their regiments
in an attack on the enemy's batteries a
T" Newborn. '
!. From Maj. johnson who was in the fight
|. We gain the following interesting particular
!. Of the battle:
Our troops, under Gen. Burnside, lande,
on Thursday evening near the mouth Of
- Swami creek, on the west side of the Neus
river and fifteen miles below Newbern.-
Owing to the dence fogs the naval vessel
did not participate in the fight. w
OIL Early on Friday morning the fight com
10 menead. Our troops advanced along tn
o. country road running parallel with the Neus
" river, but o mile or two in rear. The roa,
was skirted on tho west side BY the railroa
and o dense swamp. All along the rive
le side were q series of batteries, which wer
~ taken by our troops one after another, afte
some bloody hand to hand contests.
q Our troops were divided into three divil
1T ions, under the command of Generals Rene
ed Foster and Parke. We advanced gradually
on the enemy deserving their guns, until "
lis reached . line of earthworks, extsndin
across the river to the swamp. Onthe ives
er q distance of some two miles, these eartl
DIS works were very strong.
n. Our brave fellows fought until all thei
ammunition was spent, when an order I
charge bayonets was given, and tho worl
were finally taken at the point of the ba!
onent, the enemy flying like frigthene
sheep, leaving eberythipg behind them j
:, their retreat. They burnt the bridges con
10 municating with the town., over both IL
Oh country rond and the railroad. As the
ny, had trains of cars in their rear, just aero
rec the bridges, they were of course able
md carry off their wounded and dead.
icy The Inquirer special says: The enemy
e6- works, six miles below Newbern, were 4
cir tackled on Friday morning last. They we,
rec defended by a force Of about 10000. stror
ans and had twenty-one. guns posted behir
formidable batteries over two miles long.
oo The hight was the most desperate OF u
cd. war. Our troops behaved with the stead
the ness and courage Of veterans, and aft
Of nearly four hours bard fighting, drov6tl
nd rebels out Of all their positions. captnr,
ces three light batteries of fled artillery, fol
by six heavy siege guns, large stores Of fix
ter ammunition, 5000 email arms and 200 pr
ng- oners, including one Colonel, three Capital
the and four L~ieutenants. The enemy LEFT
large number Of dead on the field. TIL
one escaped by cars to Galdsbofough, burnt,
d. the bridges over Trent and Cloremont rive
ing and firing the city of Ncwbern, No exte
the sive damage was done to the place.
ON W. lost about 100 killed and 400 wound
son mostly belonging to New England regimen
r Rev. o. N. Benton, killed Maj. Legend
No. 5lst N.sY, MORALLY wounded ; Lieut.. G.
ave Merritt, Of Esd Mass, Adj't X. A. Steam
led 2ist Mass, Of Amherst, also killed n
The their bodies are on their way homo. =
- Their loss il therefore not certainly kno,
| no but must have been pretty severe. : Beft
the cur troops reached this last work they
countersd another which was deserted |
The fore they came up. Il was in front Of Il
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