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"jrePKT STATKa OK ankhica. WfLKISGTOX.' K." C, MONDAY, MARCH J, WJ. Lwk I'pwanla sms) forward t ' Am the dip3.presioo of tbe last two weeks or mora, car people inrgin to. look thiirg fully and Minarety ta tLe face. Tbey see that, painful a our reverses fcave been. tbey present no rroands for fear, and afford no excuse for despondency. ;- v-'r.--t '- Va. bare neither tbe right to despond, dot tie need tatLtpcod not can we aflord to despond. To, Bain deed, doubt would be traitor. Oar saftty our future hope our national honor, all depend oa looking and marchinj right forward, and in being and eoaliiipipgjoj be, a a peop'e united, aod " ten-iWynarrst.'r7 No doubt error late "beep committed. No doobt too much liquor his been killed. No doubt the right Baa bat not always been ia tbe right place. No doubt we bare been over-confident, aod do doubt, as a people, we needed eoojethirg to make ua more LumUe. Well, we admit many of tbess things and their discovery oagbt tfrshow us bow to do belter, and stimulate eg o do e; aot to bang our beads lu gloom or waste our ener gies In bickering and recrituioation. We bare bad fasting, humiliation and prajrr. Hat was all right and proper. Bat we must also work aod strive, ai well as last aod prey. ; W must be bumble before God, but not thiak of being cast down before man. We must trust in Providence and invoke ita blessing, but never forget that Providence helps those who help themselves. And we can help ourselves, and tnu.it do it, if we would avojd a long snd waaiing strug gle. - We must tse all tbe means lo oaf powef to dc fend our kirbori and seports,i aod they are perfectly defensible against any naval expeditions that the enemy can send. We fed confident that the water approaches to Wilmington, Newbern, Washington and other of our' ports; ' eau", fully be guutded agaitst ant class I veeela to which they are sccessibk'. Tort Roy al does not Qar4 any parallel, from the great width ot its entrance, be creat facility it sflird d fur mauirivriiig a vast fleet of beavy vess; and from the further faot that tbe guns there were hastily and bd!y mouatcd, and,, however bravely served, were not skillfully served bat the very reverse.' The only other instance, in this straggle, of any marked success of vers'ils agnlriH btUe rice are those of fleltrrusand FortUcnrv. At list teras a vast fleet chose its own time, and own d s tance, and Its own position at sea, to shell a little ma fort op a send spit. Furt Henry was ttlreadyso nearly submerged by tbe high Water lo tbe liunrswe K v as to Diuke il virtually untenable, lint at Fort Doner- loo tbe gunboats were driven back sbatti red. ' A Roanoke Island, with all their heavy metal they neve passed our first battery, nor could their forces a fleet a landing within range of our gars, nor could they have landed at all bad any of our butteries been so arranged as to have swept the lower landings. At lloaooke and Fort Donelson the Federal sucees was gained by land ing an overwhelming land force, and Ruauoke wase aeries of mistakes oncur part from first to last. Gun-boats are not Irresistible, and hardly formidable, "whenjpHi get nsed to them. All English ami French experience in the Crimean War w&t toebow the great superiority of land batteries over ships. A little dear- bought experience w!U enable o to profit by the same knowledge.' ; ' ', ,,'tv " "'. ' Oar harbors, then, can be defended against naval aU tacks. This bugbear removed!, why not also agaitst. , land attacks? We tbhik thty can be." Wethiukitis felt that they caa be, and it a stand must be rowle, wlij ' should not a stand be made at this place, at Newbern, or elsewhere, on our coast, should sny of these pistes bi ' attacked. We do not mesn a stand with tbo loirgunc conclusion that it cannot and will not le maintained, bnt a stand to the bitter end. Bucb a stand as uwTto be talked about. Tlist the mrunsfor such exi.-t am) can be obtained we believe, and will ecdeavor hereafter - to point ont, so far at least as rur id' as ol whet is j ru dent and tight may permit us to go. We do not sop pose that oor views difler from those ol the military au thorities, nor would wo wish to bring thera forward in opposition. , - , Tbe moral effect of a stubborn, determined, successful repulse of the enemy at any one point nguinst which he might aim a blow by means ol a combiucd naval and military expedition, would be immense It muld be tht firtt of a mm, Jt would eitablish an epoch it would constitute a turning point, at d that such a thing should be done is fast becoming a qccesslly , il we would retahi id our own bands the great, though not imme diately available advantage, that the jwat anion of pro ducts wbicb the rest of tbe world wsnts and must have, ".confers upon ns. Other nations y may be reluctant to yield to tbe pressure which the neid of cotton and other products imposes, but this relactance would have to give way in time, if the pressure were kept up.- In or ' der that this pressare should be iept op, we must - tkat our leading porfS remain To Our own j o;sfion. What nse woold it be for us to talk about ruining the blockade of Jhis, that, any or ail of our ports if th y no longer remained in car possession t Tbe retention ol our leading ports, especially of our leading cotton ports, is of vast importance. Suppose Savannah in the pos session of the- Federals, of what interest would the blockade or the .non blockade of that port be to us. ,A11 that eoald come in would bave to come through and to tbe enemy as much as though it came to Boston. AU ear ports in the bands of tbe Federals, we would bave no naval blockade to be raised, we weuld indeed be shorn of many of onr advantages, deprived of nearly au our cnances lor contact wilb tLe outer world. , Even if we cannot bave a force to cefend all our as sailable point, may we not bave a force centrally placed, aay at Ooldsboro', ready to be instantly directed . to any point against which tbe enemy may have devel - oped bis attack- r we have only to come right ap to tbe mark and neither wavec nor despond, nor become . apatneuo oor indinerent. - ' Ftai. An alarm of fire was given here at about balf-past three o'clock on Sunday morning the 2d inst. Tbe fire broke out in a wooden building on tbe North west corner of Fifth and Red Cross streets, ' ownedly tbe estate of E. V. Kelly. Esq., dee'd. and occupied by Mr. Ellis, a ship carpenter, we believe. Almost as soon as tbe alarm was raised the house was in a Tgbt blaze, and by a quarter to four, when we reached there, only tbe frame was e'andinir. Fortu- catc'y the boose stood apart from ether buildings, and after the first fere outbreak the only, danger to tbe neighborhood was from tbe fiaker-of burning wpod car ried by the wind oa to the shingle roofs of stores and dwellings within a square or two of tbe fine. Tbe fire most bave started near to that part of the boaae occupkdaakpiog apartments, since Mr. Ellis, an wn ana lamily barei, m,de tbeir escape, without being able to save even tbeir clothes. About half tbe nrniiort wticn was in other paru of tbe house was saved. The loss under the cLrcamsUuce ia a very dis irtr.bg one to MrEUis, wbo has a largflamily thus Wjol cot know lha amount of Lit low. bui it is of tboae aitl- titl mych a iartivt to rrpUr-e, and yet which niul be j replaced. ' ' j r , - J f We have not Ward Use precise les In real estate, bot It eoa'd earJIy uceed ene tboumod dfiliars, if it conns up to that. We have not bevd whether there wu any insurance or cot. There is always some talk of ioccu- diuriktn, but we think that ibis was ocrtaicity an acci dental fire. We could aot nod bow it caught, but neither cou'd we fed any reaeoo why aoyhwly should have set it on ire. A coRBMroKDSKT who day not give bis cam al though it is so universal rule that nothing shall be pub- sbed vithout a tetmninbtiame, arstt tbe buildini of gun boats here and tbe casting of cannon and manufac ture ol small arms. lie thinks that we miitht tet to gether materials for several efficient gnu-boats, and tbat we could fiud a good maay old steaai' engines around about the country tbat coul.j be ud Ur tbeir propaWon. lie thh.ks the old Henrietta might be raised ; cut down flush on deck and a four inch white oak sheeting over her present 'timbers, with a few more timbers to s'.n;ngthen her would make a serviceable boat lu short order. He thinks the machinery of the old Rowan and other boats could be had cheap, lo fine lie suggests the spending of $140,000 oa gun-boats, wbicb bethinks, would, if the boats wire commanded by the right kind ol men make Wilmington perkctly safe. He thinks that the Arsenal at FaveUevllle will da nothing under five years, which shows that be is not awar j that thousands of musket have tlten altered ai d re-fnudat that establishment already, and that their large steam engines beiug tow about op and ready for woik tbey can and will equtiuence vigorous operatwis this month in the mtiking of new arms, of wbicb some have already beeo turned out. Our correopondent aho suggests, the mounting ol all our guns on the coast, up as large, as 32 pounders, on fl id cairitigcs, so that they oan be curried til if nee. wary, lfe think that plenlv of large heels could be found throughout the coeutrv sufficiently strong to etuud lbiTrH"il of very heavy tuns.. We don't 'want much' snd puper. lie tbinltr that action actioarnd that speedily, ought to be the motto and the practice, and tlmt any debts contracted will be af 'lined at some future time by the Confederate Uovernro-et. . --MAJoaJjiJiEaAL-i'jiXQw'a Jleport-jjfthe Batik or Battles of Fort Iloneleon, wliieji we publish to-duy will be read with much interest. - The news aboat the Nasliville is evidently mistaken so fur a the date of eurh arrival is concerned. All the n ports bete; wid cvideLtJy correct reports, place heir ai rival on f itJny morning. As tnmj wus kept ti Sunday we have little doubt but that it get so in the dispatch by accident. We have tieurd before that (Jeneral Ilraxton Bragg find tieen ordered te Tennessee, The AshevHt ti. C. Ariel of the 27ih ult., euya distinctly and unieervcdiy thut "this dintir euiidicd militury cbh ftain has bn nuf s gticd to the command e f the deyartmv nt. ef Ktst Ten neesce, with his head quarters at Knoxville." Buncombe Riflcmeu, a fine comjiany forniir'y .belong! ging to tbe first, or Bethel Regiment, has bu n re- organised for the w ar, I t will lo seen that President ))avis is striking at things iu Richmond with a high bund. - Perhaps it is necessary that he should do so. , Wm. II. I'aiTCOARO, Efe., of RRhmom', Telegraph- ,io News Agent, sends us a copy of a circular addrer- od to the Publishers ol Daily Newspajeis in .Virgin-. North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Ala baiim. TI.i8 circular is itsnsd by Mr, Pritvhaid, as le states,' " in view of'"-tbtTfuct ' tfcadisaatisfucUon exwts among a portion of the publishers of daily newspapers who receive telegraphic news from binior from sgi nts appoint d by him." Of this portion we do not form a port. We do not suy that Mr. Pritchard's arrangcmeuls are perfect, but we do think that he claims nnniue than is due to him, when le asserts that at all times 1 e hus deme his vet y best, 'i- Only those who understand tho diCficultks attendit g the collecticB and transniission ol news in the preset. t diaterbed state of the couutry, with the theatres of in terest coitstuutly changing, and with tho lines of com- hnuuication constantiy liable to bo interrupted, can op- preciate the difficulties under which Mr. Pritehard la bors. And those who compluin of the crroos-which ep pe ar in the tcl graphic columns of the tewspnpers hkve only to look back for some minths past, to be cenvinetd how much more correct these telegraphic columns bave been than any merely private rumors or even dispatches. This has been noticed here over and over again. Mr. Pritehard is not the Agent of any Associated Press. He bad been acting as a leading Southern Agent of the M Associated Press," which had its head quarters in New T oik. But wbvn State alter State Scejedid, "that; 'arranged no longer be kept up at the South. To supply, to the beet of his ability, the want created by the failure of ti e former arrangement, Mr. Pritcbaid sttpped forward es a teltgrnj Lio news egtnt, niude tbe bet arrangements in bis power, end cfiered his services to the Press of tLe South. Upon the wlole.i.e has done remarkably well and has been lltf mear.s ol tfitctirg nincb more liberal arrangements with the telegraphic lines than bad ever existed before. . - We do not think that in tbe present precarious pot-i- tioo cf lie newspaper bntdntrs, an " Associated Press could be organized with the proper elements of strength and permanency neeeisary lor its success, so that really individual effort, with cordial co-operation, appears to us to be the best plan to be pursued for tbe present ' XlsiiKMBEa that to-night there will be a performance at the 1 he at re, the proteeds to go to the support of (As tavft. Let as all go 1 It won't hurt us to be amused it wou't help us to look always at the dark side of U e picture. t Let us here appeal to all in behalf ol order. No doabt all violations of order at places of public amuse ment arise from mere want of reflection. Sorely if all men and boys will bear in micd the presence of ladies, on and cH the stage, tbeir instincts as gentlemen will be sufficient to repress eny action or sound unbecoming sncb presence, and it will add to this impression if they further bear in mind that the ladies and gentlemen on tbe stage seek no ether reward for their exertions than the service they may do tbe cause. , ft? Ws think that nearly enough bas been said about tie affair at Roanoke, and while, like in tbe orders to the " five hundred " at Balaklava it is too evident tbat "somebody blundered" mcst grievously, and that the whole should be strictly examined, and tbe unsound ness, if any, sternly probed, " so that -our causes of weakness and failure may be discovered and removed it is surely proper tbat, in i tbe meantime, we should bave a "suspension of judgment, and a subsidence of that honest, bot somewhat heated denunciation, which in the excited effort to remedy some evil is very apt to do a about ow evil than that wiucb it aims to remove,. Now we don't tllnk thai CV. Shaw displayed all tLe military knowledge, r energy of Napoltoa or . Wtliugtoo, but fjr all that be it cot amenable to De-tenth of the cea- aare with which be is visited. lie had ben on the is land for .months, but simply as Uolowl of the Eighth Regiment, lit wss seldom iu commend for sny leegtb of time, and then only' incidentally- Col. Wright, of Ga, was ia command at first ( then (itneral Hill, ttxa Oeaeral Branch, thoo General Wise,' then, why cven,at fe time of the fight (Jea. Wiwe seat orders. Tlnn, again, there wcra Engineer officers appointed to project works, etc., eta : , 7 be fnq'itot tbano V commamJcrt, tlie waot of a permanent responsible head, and a continuous system, xm to have been most ia -fault. Nobody appcurs to bave stsyeJ lof:g enough, to da any gaod. Oen. Wise bad no time to have organised any i-j 'tem, even con cjding him miliUry skill and abiiisy. The talk Ut attributes the removal of Oncrul Hill and other rr al ters and things of that kind to the operation of State party j olit ics or t'otifedi rate rty politics, strikes u as b-'ing all wrong; as wrong as the attempt of some Vir ginia papers to lay bread claims for distinction in ft- vjur of particular Virginians, while tbe country bows n mortification.' It is like pumping blood out of a tar nip.. Tbe men o ,ltonoke wt re good and true, but unfortunately circtiaisUnc!. Better luck next time. Magio aho JJviTwir. Ten uutiua; in advertiaing column efthe sxhinftJen flf Magic, S&ight .of Hand, etc., etc., at the lleatreoa Totfsday, Wednesday tnd tluraJay nights. '. - . : - ; Some cojimuuieations intended lor lo-duy'a pa per are unavoiubly omitted, be-in crowded out, as also some cditoriul no.t'ees. Tbey will appeu'r to-tnorrow. Krora tti Memshis" Appate). ' TUB BAT71Ka T WST IM tr.l tttN i0.i. PiL , . , , WW' UK POUT I '',-: Meupdis, February 25, lrC2. KoiTsrs ArrcAL : There is so much anxiety fult by tha country, so much miaappiebeuHion in the public mine! as to tbe results of tba battN fought at Fort Done lfOn, end so much excitenieut among the friend and relatives' of those surrenoVrtd, that I deem it proper to lay oelore the public my offioial repirt of" the several coiitlicts. This I am aware is irregular, and in viola tion of (he usages of tbe gove-mm' ot, bat feel that the extraordinary circumstances of the cuae justify a de parture Irom uflaue so far as topubl eh the report, not doubting but that the government will approve of the motive which induces its publication. tiiBIPiixow, Urigadkr-OeBC-ral. Colcubu, Tkmn., Frury 18, lStill Capt. naranciParrtca, Asuintaot AdjuUiit-ejuncral ' ln tlx btb inii. tie a. A. H. JnlinntoH m!ired ni to pro eend t p f'oi t l)une) n and tak coniruand of thai pouf. Ob the fHk lnt. I arrl'td at that place. lo dUliin ti e opei ion of llisforeea under mr commatid ai Fort lonfl- una, it ia proper toataletbs eouui'iuu ef tbat work, and ot la luicei couU'uuiik in parnaoo. Wbea 1 arrived I I ooiid tli work on the river batter? uiifinilied and wlid'y too weHk to reiltt tbe fires ot heary artillery. 1 found a len-iacb e lumblad and tbirtjr-twa peuud rilla gun, bad not been mounted. leu gloom wa haiiKlua; ovar the com mn I, and the troopa wie sreallv depieuad and durtoi I zed byte circumataucca aiteuding the u. roiuler of Kurt Hmy ai d tbe manner ef retiring ijomtbat pluee. M.v firat aUeKinn waa ivea to the fcectiixity ol ett engtliening tile woik. and mouaiirg tbe twa keavy gnna, and to the c hliuctioii ot drlunime W'rk to pmtect tbe rear of the river hatteiy." I iinirifd to the work, all the energy wbicb It waa ihle t do, laboring 'day and nigbt wiiu tbe wbole eomuund. IbebstUry ws wnUout a cuuipeteiit Duouber ol ar 11 lei it. t, end tb( i tbat were there, were not well in struct i In tbe ue of tbeir ua. To provide for tliia went t placid tba artillery oompanira uuder Sotivt couiaa of in uiinciiou in tbe uae of tbeir gune. I detailed I'ept. l(oi witb bin company of artilleriata to tbe cuunuaLd t one of Ibe river batteries. Tbee beavy guns being mounted and pruviui'T) made tvr working tbeui, and a proper inpply of amruunitlcio baving been procured by my oidura from N'aeh ville, I felt- myself prepared to Uat ibe f Sect of tbe Ura if tbe beavy metal againat tbe eoeBiy'a gunboats, though tbe work waa in oeitd of ruuie beavy pieces. The armament of the) batteries sonsJMed ef eight 32- ni.i.mUM , t. r SLfltntin ...rlin.. -,n& lfl.lni.lk i-i.li.m Kl ad, and cue riga guo uf SS-pouud calll.er. 1 he setvettoS oTT. tlie elte fr tbe work waa au unfortunate one. While iu eomntisd t.t tbe river was tavorable, tbe site waa com manded by lbs beiabts above and below en the river,, and by a continuous range of bills all around, tie work to its rear. .'','' A field-work of very contracted dimeneiuris had beea eonaUuiited for the garrison to protect tbs battery, but this field-work was eommanded by trie nula already referred to, and lay open te a lire of artillery from every dlrectiou ex cept fioru iba hills below. To gnaid agairjit the tiltcta ol Hie or ailiuery irom vnrae aeignis a una oi aeieme woiks ouDsistifia of rifle pits and abettis tor infantry, detached on our right, but continuous on our If ft, with deleave for our . . i.u . p . i . i .in i- . . ilKUt artillery, were iaiu ou cy amj. ui.inrr engineer oi Gen. A. H. Johnston's St a IT, bat oa duty wi'h we at the iiont around tba rear of tbe battery aud on the height fn a which artillery oould rearbonr battery acd inner field work. enveloping tbe inner work aud the town of Dover, 'where our principal supplies of quarter and comniittary stores wera in deposit. These works, nusnea wnn ice nwaosi corsinia enersv. were not quits completed, nor iny troopa all in poeitiuu, tkotmb nearly se whea Brig. Uea. t'loyd, my senior ciTicer, reached that ststion. The works weie laid oil with Judg ment and ok ill by Hit. bi.mer, were well executed, aud de signed for tba defe nse of the rear of tba work, the only ol j' Ctlon being to the length ot the liue,.whii h, however, from the surrounaiugs, vies uuavoiaao;e. job lengio oi me line, and tbe inadi (j'Tacy of tbe foree for Its doftne, was a luiuice or e mnarraxumt nt iiirnuKUout tnesiiUKKie which snbaequently endued in thedt fetite of the position. I had p acta ring. oen. nucaner in commana oi tnerignt winv. and Briff Gen. Jolmson In command of the left. Ht extraoidinary tfltirla we had barely got the works in a de fensible cor ditlon w uea tno tatn y made an advance In fo'ce arouni and againat the emheli: e of outer works. TBS SATTLB OF TUS TaUKCnit. ' The first avsault was commenced by the enemy's artillery against tbs centre of our b it wieg, which waa promptly re sponded to by Cept. (ire en's battery cf Held artillery, af ter several hours of firing between the ait llery of the tuo armies, the enemy's iufautry aivauced to the conflict all slung ibe linej whlub waa kep: up and inoreaaed in volurrs from one end of the 1iu te the other fur several hours, when at Uat the enemy mad a vigorous aasault against the right af nnr left wu s. the nesiuea akaauitea ceina a nigni com manded by Col. Heiman, and defended by bie brigade, con muting of the lOih Tennessee, uuder command ef Lieut. Col. nceiavoca, Mi. vouimna jei ueraao, ink nugnra iul.ma. end Co!, ilead a Jenneaie rsEimenu oi volun teere, and Capt. Maney 'a field batter. Ihia assault was vigorously made, and th position aa vigorously defended, and resulted in tbe repulre of tho ene nia hr and everywhere aronnd the line. The result of tba day's wor pretty well tested the strength of oufdc lenaive line, and establiahed, beyond question, the gallantry of tbe entire command, all of whom lo ight welt at viy portion of tbe line. Tho loss eastaioed by oor forcea is tbia engagement waa aot large, oar men being most! nn- der the sneiter or me rino pui u, w,,ciuni i nnita a Dumber killed and wounded, bat owing to tbe con tinued fighting which followed, it wss impossible to get any unlctfcl le'BBft 01 tn saauauwiii inuja day our battery ca th river was cogaged with et nhnata. which oceaaloned nutta a lively one of tbe cannon ad lug lor more than an Hour, in w men me gaiiaui eapu n Dixon, of tho Ksgineer eorna, wii imm ""; " battery, nia onicr aaa oeea on o-y tvr muuvu. , the post, and had showd great energy ana prressMraei skiU f and, tsy his gallant bearing obi that oetiston, wbile directina tb toeraUooa of tb day under my orders, had justly earned tor himself high distinction Hta death was a serious loss to ins aervice, ana wm suutvi . m... barraaament In oor after operatloaa. - , On the IStb we had qn et, bnt we saw the smoke or a large number of gunboats and eteamboata at a abort diatanc below. W also received reliabl tnformatiob of the arrival or large Bonber of freah Uoops, greatly tncreasing the strength of the eneoy'o torces," already aaid to be from M.C00 to 30,000 strong. - J- TBI BlTTLB WITH TBS OWBOAT. . , Oa tbe 13th these rainforcemeaia wore seea advancing to tbeir position in the line cf investment ; and, while th e was being done, sis of th amy's iron-caed gunboats were seen advancing ap th river, five of which were arr.t aod In hoe of pUle, and the aixth acme datane to the rear. When the gunbeata arrived within a mil and a half of th fort, they opeaed fire on th batUrie. My orders to the offleera, Capta. bhaater-wnd Staokovitch, who commaBdd th lower battery, of eight gone, and Capt. hoes, the upper battery, of four gone, were to hold their fir until Us Demy's gunboat shonld com withia point blank range. Thia they did, thoagh tb ordeal of holding their fir wbue tb enemy' shot etdsLellfeU thick ar.nud their posiUoo, was a atver restraint upon tbir patrino trapu ses. Bat, .....ili.l..i nnr , 1 1 . , angaria 150000 till tEC CUB- ant m ithin nn,i ot tbeir cua. Onr entire line ot baturiea tbea opeaed fir. The gun of boOi partie ere wll served. Tbe anmy oona anlly advsacing. de iver.ng Airft fir .t nnr kattrA from t 1D Oi DV gOB- hoae ; whiie theaixib boat, moving op iatbe rear, kept the air filled with shells, which feil thick an ske a'l area d th poeitifn of oor batten. The ogbt aoBtiDOfd, Uisnemy irtilv sdveneioe alavlr ia the riveT, B4 th shot nd sheU from fifteen heavy, riflfd guns, tearing up car parapets T.lnrT ,. lnt thm arlh BrODnd Bd OVCT OBT batteries lor nearly two hour, and uttil b hoata bad rwavuea aiuua ue uiauaoe ot van r wrong to ggjpjgft party, and perhspa bring ourbt1rla. lisving feme In such cloe conflict, 1 eonld WtsTlnTtre'ertirem?II bf aar ahor"opTris TieiJ-cSsia buata. Vi had gives two or thn wot: directed tbote Iron bf heavy guue to ene of hi boats, i.ea sit ionlaot ly aUruak feack sad drilled belpUw beiow 'b tirre Several shot airock aaoU ee boat, tearing hr troo ca- and makir-c ber tinbers crack, and sphiierii g theni ta l.y a st'ote ef iigbtuing, when th two fall baca. Tbeu ja t ird received reTaibocka.nr,akioghermetl rlna and i t-r crack, when tb whole line gave way and fell rapMi h-k frcra our fye until trey d out of rsbg. Tl.u. tr dad th firat sVvere and close e.nfl ct f oar heavy gnu ml the enemy's gunbotsttesting their etrergth aud li P t of beavy gu is to reeiiit -lew. tit shotfrvm nr ll-fauoi guns pioduced but lil'le effect ; ih'y rot-k end rebtrand-t-d, apparently doirg but llt le irage: bat I am safaflrd from close observation that the tire bets of the franework did not, and could not, withstand the shock Irom th 10 inch columUad or3i-puud rill d goua. 'i't,eeuLb i.U never renewed the attack. I learn from clt zena living oa th river below that one of t."e Injured boa'e was sunk, and that others had to l e towed to Cairo. This iurrnittion may or may not bat ue, but 'it is cerUia tl st at! of tb boat wet repulred sed driven back fte-r a nwst vlferons and determined stuck, ar d that two of tbe boatewete bad ly damsRed, and that third was mo-e or let rjted. tt ia dilli ji'lt to estimate the gal'ant bearing arid berofc eondoet of lb cBJcen and nvu of oat battrrlva, wbaao well and so persiaten'Jv foitot oir tuts until tt e enemv's determined advaar brongbl bis boats and gana Into am h clou anl detiperate corfln-t. Where all did their duty so wl, it Is almost iinpoiini to disr-rimiihHe. Tbe captains aliendy named, aod thiir lieuienants, (whos r una for want or cmi'lal reports I cannot give) all deterve tbe falgh et commendatjou. ... Limt.O. B. Martin, (-vboee company i now at Ccliim buit, Ky., bat who wai orderr-d t ) tl.at post by Major-Oen-erat l'olit.) eomeianded one of the (rui.a, and paiticulartv aitrsctad inv atleution by bi encriry and tb judgment with wjiii'U ne nanuiea n a gnq, mi weeding having given out, be potted tB his mat and ran mrd it down as wsddlng, and thus kept np tbe fire till the enemy were finally repulsed. tin the evrnii g of this day w received toformstion of tbe arrival of addition! reinforcement tif ii.fantry, cavalry and liifht aniilery, by eirsrobuat, all of which wtre Uisem biked a short olctanc below our potilion. -,-..,., x.-m,f tBg BiTTUiOf Bursa. On tbeUtb int. tb cnnrtv w-re Uv throwing his for ces of every arm atouud ns, extending bi Uri of investment entirety around onr poxiMor, and eompieteit enveloping us. On the evening of tb arwe ai"rt uined that tb enemy bad rfctived additional reiuf iracmenta by etemnboat. We wet now m round 3d by an inun'ie force, said by prison ers to amount ti titty-two regimen's, and every road and pe a bie avei ne'or drpartur were cut eft, with the certain ly tlint our suuices of supply by the river wou'd hiou be cut off' by tbe enemy 'a batteries placed npon the river above oa " ... - At a oout cil of tie general offlcera, eatled by Gen. Floyd, it waa nuanimoualy tteieriuiued to give the enemy btt!e nut day at daylight, to as to cot open a route of exit for our troops to the iuiorior nf the couutry, and ihns save our army. We bad know'edge that the principal portion of th enemv's force a were ni.ed in encdmi meut In front of eur extreme k-ft, ommanubig the two rada leading into tba interior, one of which we n u t take lu leading our position. We kuew'tlmt be bod massed in ecrempni'eiit atio'lnr large force on tbe Unlou Kerry ,ral, oipositette enter of wttr U lt wing, and another in tront of the I' ft if ourribt wing Mia fresh artival of tronps being encamped on the bsnk'of tlie river, two ant a ball miles below ua, from wMuh latter euoampment a stream of freah troors wii eootluaally pour ing .c uud us on bis line of invtsiment, and ta'at'a'trbcgtb eun g Ins general encampment on the extreme right, Ai nch of h a eucamimants, and on,each road be bud in posi ttdH a battery of U.itd artflery , and twemyfotir- pound tl og guns on siege cairiages. Between these encampments on tlie roads, waa a thick undergrowth of broeh and black jack, n aklng it iiupoasllil to advaucs or matooavrc any cnaidtraUIr body of troops. Tbe plan of at:ack atreed npon and dirce'ed by (ieneral Floyd, to be executed was, tbat with the main body of the forcea of our li ft wing, I suon'd attack th rlgbt wing ol the enemy, occupying aod resting upon the heights reaching to the bank of the river, accompanied by Col. Forrest's brigade of cavalry : that Brigadier (ium rut L'uikner, with tbe force under bis conimaud, and defending tbe right of our l:ce, should atrlke tbs enemy's encampment and lurca on tlie Winn's Feiry toad; tbat tbe forces uudttr C'ol. Del wan, aliould bold bis pouitioo, and that each' command khoukl leave in the trenuha troops to bold them. lo this outer of battle it wa easy to be earn that if my attack waa sqi ceMdal, and the enemy, routed, that his re treat would b along hia line of ipvestninut toward the Wiun'e Ferry road, tbeioe tcwa'd bis reserve St the g'H,boa's below. In otiter wod my suceesa would roll the ei emy'e force in tetra it over upon yon; Buckner, -whan by hi a tack in fl.ink and rear, we oould cut np the enemy and put him completely to rout, Accordingly diapotdtiobs re re made to at tank the ene my. At five o clock A. M., of the l.'iUi, 1 moved out of my position to engage liirn. . In leas than one half hour cur lorcea were engaged, tie was or, pared to meet me in advance of bis encampment, nd h did meet me Lelorc 1 bad aa-unied line ol batile and while 1 was moving against bitn without any formation for the en gagement. For the firxt half buur of the eng.igement I waa much embari seed iu getting the command iu position prop erly to meet the foe. Having extricated myself from tlie position and fairly engaged blm, vre fought hiin for nearly two tours before I made any decided advance upon him lis conUktc d tbia Beid mimt alul bornlv. Tlie loss of both ain.lea at thia porlioa of the field was heavy. The n eniy 's partirutariy, as t aiacnverea ny ritiing over th tie U alter the battle with Gen, Floyd. Th eyemy having been forced to yield this portico of the field, retired slowly toward the Wiun's Ferry road, Bnckner'a point of attack, Ua did nul retreat but tell back fighting ns, contesting every inch of gronnd. Tho ItxhC waa hotly and stubbornly contoltsd oh both sides, and It conr-unied the day till twelve o'clock to drive bim back as fur as lb center where Gen. Uuckuer's com mand was to Hank him. While my command was advauo ing and slowly driving bim, I was anxieaaly expecth g to bear tien. Hm kder'e cuuimand open fire in his rear, which rot takil g plate I feared some misapprehension of orders, and eame from tbe field of battle within lb works to learn what waa ti e matter. I there found the command of tien. Buckner mused behind tbe ridge within tbe work Ukiog shelter from tbo enemy's artillery on the Winu'a rosd, tt having been forced to retire before the battery, as I learn ed from bfm. Sly force wsa still slowly advancing, driving the enemy towarda tbe battery. 1 directed tnerul Buck ner immediately to move his command round to the rear of ti e battery, turning Ha left, keeping in the hollow, and at tack and carry it. - Before the inovea eut wta executed, my firce forming the attacking party on tb right with Forrest's regiment (cr.valrt)-, gallantly charged the battery, supported by a body of Infantry, driving It and forcing the batte y to retire, taking ix pieces of artillery, four brass and twenty four iron guns, la pursuiog the enemy fulling back fn in Ibis position, Gn. liuckuei's forces became united with mine and engaged tba ra-myln hot c utcat of nearly an b"ur with lare forces of fre h troops that had now met ns. This position of the enemy being carried by our joint forces, I called tit farther pursuit after seven and a half hour of eobtiuocm and bloody conflict. After tbe troops were called tfl ordera were immediately given to tbs d fTerent commands to form and retire to tbeir original positiviM la the entrenchments. Tb operations of the day bad forced the entire command of the enemy arruad to cur right wing, and in front of Gen. Buckner's position in the iutrenchmeuta, and when bi com mand reached his position he found the enemy rapidly ad vancing to take possession Of tbls portion of his Work.' He bad a stubborn conflict huting one and a ball hours to re gain it, and the enemy actually got pesaeaaiia of the ex tieme right of bis position, aud held it so firmly that h. could not dislodge bim. The position thus gained by the enemy was a moat commanding on, bning immediately Sa the rear or our river Dsttery aua neia wore lor its protec tion. Frcm it be could readily torn the Intrenched woik occanied by (Jen. Buckner, and attack aim ia reverne or advaaee under ccver of an intervening ridge directly upon - 1- - .. 1 1 L- Tl' I. . 1 V V . I . . L : : . uur mmAwry kbu uciu wuii. ituiiv. uo uciu iuib poa . iiuu i we mariifeetWre eonld not bold tb main woik or battery. Such was (he condition of tl e aunie at nigbt (all after nine boars of cor.flict. on the 15lu inst., 1a which our loss waa severe, and leaving not leev than 6000 pf tbe enemy dead and wonndeat on th field. Ws left upon tb field nearly all his wcuoded, be a uae wa could aot remove them. W lei t bic dead unbnried because we could not bury them. Such conflict and oenrag has perhaea never before occurred opoa uit continent, we tooa about sV prisoners and Iki ils number oi arms." We had fenight to ocea th war lav oor army and relieve a from an investment, which weald Beoecnarily redace a and tb position by famine. Ws had. occupied the whole day to aecompiun our onjecl, ana be for we eold prepare to leave, alter taking ia th wound ed and, the dead, the enemy bid throw atoned na agaia lo th mailt sa iraoutns fore ef freah-troapa, and reeupi4 bis original position in tbe lise of investment, thns again cutting off car retreat. We had only about 1 2,000 troops all told. Of these a large proportion w had lost In the three battlea. Tbe command bad been in tb trenches Bight and day for fiv dsys, exposed to tbe snow, mud aud ice water without shelter, ana without covering and with out sleep- -- lo tbia condition the general otS'ers held a. consultation to determine what we should do. Gen. Buckner gave it aa bis decided opinioa tbat he eonld not bold bi position on half an bour asaiost an assault of th enemy, and said the enemy would attack bim next morning at daylight; Th proposition then waa mjde by th nndcraigned to again tight throrgh the enemy's line and cnt our way out. Gene ral Buckner said bis command was so worn out and cat to Diece and demoralized, that he "tould wot make another fight; that it would cost the command tbree-qnarters of ita present numbers, to cot ita way tbroogb, and it waa wrong to sacrifice tbree-qnartera of a command to sars one-quarter; that co t ffleer had a right to eaosc sncb a sacrifice Gen. Flojd and Mij. Gilmer I ecdeiatood to concur in tbia opinion, f - - - . " 1 then expressed tb opinion that wc conld bold oat anoth er day, and in that time w cculd get stramboata and set the cemmar-d ever the river, and probably aavw-atarg portion ot -i o tin oea. tu-oer replied that the enemy would certainly attack him at daylight, and that he could not bold hi pes'Uoa ball aa boar. The alternative of th propo-itions was a surrender of tbeir position and command Gen. Floydaid teat be would neither enrrender tbe com ra ird, nor woold be surrender himself a prisoner. 1 bed taken the same position. -iieW. Buckner ai4 be was satis fied nothing tlt conld he done, and that, therefor, be wtuid aanenaer, u placed in command. Irea. rioyd ssid tbat te wouid turn i v ef th command to bim if b conld be allowed to withdraw bis command ; to thia Geo. Buckner cemented. Thsrenpoa Gea, Flotd turned the command over to me, I passing it instantly to Geo. ackoer, saying I wec'rl Bcilter surrender thejemrsajj mncciig i,ui. rmrciio cut bis way oot. Under thes eircurarUtces Gen. Bockntr accepted the command: aod sect a tig of true to tbe enemy for an araiiatira -J - heartorgotitjorlerIU, ct cspitnlation . Befcr thia flag sod 01-a.Diuakation wa eleliveicd 1 retired Irom the gamaoa. . . ' , Balor ckw'ng my report of th cpeetlens of tb rrev at Doneiaoo, 1 nmat, in justice to tbe officers nd. forces on dermy immediate comuisnd, aay that border Srbrtaar r mor eaiUnt conduct ia tflicers and men 1 have never wit nessed la the absence of t ffloial reports of brisds and regmwatal eommnder, (ef h;chl am deprived by th eiieunnteocea detaded in thia report,) I may got be able to do j istKC to tt ditTureut corps. 1 will say boweeer that the force Undw my immediate command bo iberaMlve most gallantly throuKbitut the long and bloody conflict. 1 rpeak witf special ebmer endtien ol ih brigade com, maaoed by Cut's Ca dwin, Wbartou, atcfausiand, himoutcn and Drake, and Captains iUney aud Greene, who fuucht -tbeir gnua nnder tbe cor,t int snl annoying fire of tb ene my's abarp-sboptera, and' ttie concentrated fir frcuihis field baiteriea frm which both commands suffered aevereljk ( apt. Mny biuiaelf waa wounded ai d bad aeveral lieate nots and mtny of hia company killed anl woanded; so did Cap' s. 1'oiter and lijave If lehbuld hereafter receive the rsports of regimental and Jigade commandara giving me detaibtfiiifoiniaUon of the conduct and bearing of offlcera nd men 1 will make a aupplcm nt il report. The abwncc . of r flicial report deprive me of the means of givirjg Hats : of the killed and wounded t the different commands. .Ism -tufid tbat in eucb a sei ies of conflicts onr bias wsa beavy. I know what tb enemy's was, frora pa-ing ever tba buttle fiekl with tien. Floyti in rha evening immediately af er tho battle. 111 lose in killed and wounded waa terrible, ex ceeding anything I bav ever ceen on a battlefield. Oar fore in lb field did not exceed ten thousand men, while from what law of the enemy'a force and from Information derived from priaoneie, ws are auie be bad from thirty to forty thousand on tt,e tlel 1. I must acknowledge my obli gations to Uajru- Gilmee, engineer, for tie especixj and val-' uable services rendered me in laying ft tb woika, aad the energy die payed by blm in directing their construction, . and fur bis counsel and advice. 1 like: wis acknowledge my obligatiora to Col. Johp V. Boreh, my aid de camp, to Csptaia (Jus. A. Benry, Msjor Field, Lieut. Nicholson, , Lieutenant tba. F. Martin, and Col. JFirandon, my vol- . uuleer aida-de-camp, to U.ijo Haya, my aasiaunt com-' misary, Major Jonea, my aaiataut quartermaster, fur the prompt manner in which they executed my or der under trying circumstances throughout the 1 jog and .' Continued eauflicu, and to Major Giinwr, who accompanied . me throughout tbe entire day. ' Also to Capt. : Parker, of " my sUfl; whom 1 assigned to tb command of Capt. Boca's field batlnry with new recruit a an gunners, and who fought aud served them well. Oot.. Brandon waaseverely woun.d ' early iu thesctinn. Colonel Bald win's command conatftoteet tb front of the attacking force, sustained immediately by Co. Wharton's. These two rigades deserve especial com mendation tor tbe manner fn which tbey sustained the brat shock of batile, and under circumstance of great embar rassment tore thomaeivca Into position and followed up the couflict throaghout the duy. ! t Being mostly with tbese two brigades, I can speak from jxrsonul knowledge of tbeingullont bearing. I must also acknowledge my obligations to Brig. Geuerul Jolinston, who asowted me iu command oi the forces witb . which I attacked the enemy, and who bore himself gal lantly tbroagboutlfto conOict, but having received no ollidal reports from bim I cannot give dotailed opera tions of his coinmaod. I have pleasure in bein able to siylTiat: Col. Forrest wbxe command greatly distin guislied its commander as a bold and gallant leader, and ' refl't'ted tlutibgrijsiT CooorapoD itself passed saely" through the enemy's line of iuvistaieot,and trist it will . yot win other honors in deience of our rights anil the just cause of onr country. " ,.' Ulii-lJ. PILLOW, Brig. Uea. 0, S. A, . Curry it this Baitlb or Licksbubo. The Southern Monthly bus tbe fullowing : ' . . A negro who accompanied hia master to Virginia, was giviog bis " experience" at the battle of Locsburg, oa hia return to Memphigj to a fellow servant, as fol- , lows: "Folks may bilk us much as dey pleasa bont not twin' skeered em de battle field ; dis cliile kin toll '" different tale from dat. When dera 'ninny balls 'gin to. whistle and de cuuuoa to roar, and de bosses to pitch . and rar, I tell you f do kink cuui'd out o dis nigger's wool. I said, 'Massa, leg me end yon git back o dcra trees, end we can shoot widcut bein' shot at,' Young ; muasa turn he eye at me till I feel hke gittin' into iiuer b!e. . Den I say, 'Mat-Bit, you don't keer nuffiu lor jour lire, pieaso ear give ni your commission to git out ob de way o' dese bullets, ear." lie kinder smile at me and say 'you hab my commission.' I tell you, I runn'd like skeered dog. Putty quick I cumra'd to biggest kind o' holler log, and just as I stooped, down to git in, I heurs somebody cry out like dey bad pain -in iluir stommick. 'O doy is setting deir Blavesoipon us V and true as l's here to day, dat are log was cbuck full 0' di m Yankewal Yah t yah t yabl""- - NEW AD VERTISM ENTS. rz THAlJA3FHALLr. lti;AT ATTBtA-CTlOJt i K V MAOO DEL MAGE. : THK" . . , GREAT SOUTHERN WIZARD AND MAGICIAN! ' Will exhibit et lb above llnll lor a few night only, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, Match alb, 6th and6Ui. 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Found at WILSON'S Oil, Leather, Saddlery, Irunk and Barnesa Eitabliabment, No. i Market Street. March Sd, 1S2. ' 1 H8-dw HUMOVAL. , - oi 0 UB CFf ICE ia temoved to th New Brick BaUding oa tbe tteamehip What f. . n riaivcniff a- tn Msth Sd, 18CS. ' " ' 14S gt TIED TICKING, by th piece, at Feb. . BALDWIN'S, LAID LlSDSEYd, by tb piece, at BALDWTJT8"."' eb. is- g-i KNT'fs HALF EOSB, at IX Beb. J2.- BALLWU &
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