Show WAR NEWS A dispatch from gen heintzelman dated at fort lyon on the as h uit directed to assistant adjutant general wll wit williams iama lama stated that on the night previous a force of fifty men of the thirty seventh new york regiment under lieutenant cornei colnel burke sent out by col hayman II ayman surprised ed thirty texan rangers at the house of mrs lee at the head of belmont on 0 cojuan day who foug fought bt till a all ali I 1 I 1 but on one e was killed whom col burke took prisoner federal lossone loss toss one killed and to r wounded ile he thought 0 that none escaped as the house was surrounded news received from fort pickens to the middle of january represented that the firing between fort pickens and the confederates in forts mcrae and Bara ricas eicas had not been renewed after the bombardment on the fi fist at colonel brown notwithstanding his alleged ill i health remained in active command and peri directed operations the same as before there was no understanding at fort pickens that he be would retire and such a result would ouid be an occasion of much regret among the entire federal force there it wab was anderst od that the confederates had hai withdrawn a portion of their troops from the defenses opposite pickens and transferred them to mobile which they considered in preat great danger and that the force opposed to col brown was not more than six thousand exalus ve of that at live ok O 0 k plantation a rosi position tion which the confederates bad had fortified and where they had placed a considerable force estimated at frum one to three llou busana tiou 1 sand sanA that oa a t the he of january as report reported the federal steamer connecticut spoke a small steamer off juniper In leton the florida coast which promptly displayed a suspicious y new british ensign she had no name naine on her stern but proved to be the emma or as som some 0 of f the ere A call her ber the onward that being the name they shipped under that ran the blockade at apalachicola Apala chicola in november last she had been to havana and taken a cargo 0 cotton scotton oc otton and other stores the connecticut took possession of tier iier as a prize as rome bome correspondence was found on board sufficient to condemn her it was reported report od that at ship island two federal vessels the and cittadine Kitt adine had fired into each other but whether vili ether any damage was done was not known on thursday night jan there was a severe gale on the carolina coast in which three of the of the second stone fleet parted cable and went to sea but returned after the gale subsided they were sinking the vessels in the channels in the vicinity of charleston as fast as ag they hey could be got into position before and after the blow A dispatch from sandy hook md on the uit announced that after the confederates left bodvar the weather was too figr foggy gy to observe their movements A par y of secessionists under J C morgan of lexington is report reported id to have haxe captured five telegraph t operators with all their im implements p I 1 cements and wagons and burned a church near camp belleville ky on the instant on the ath of february general JJ Il alleck issued a general order requiring C the president professors curates ccrates and other officers of the U diversity iver sity of missouri to take and subscribe be the oah oali of allegiance prescribed by tle state ordinance of oct loth 1801 isol and to file the same in tle the office of the provost marshal in st louis those fallin failing 0 1 to comply with the 0 der within thirty days are to he be cons connilee ilee a as having resit resigned ned their respective offices and ano anc if any who fail to take subscribe and filth file the tho oth o th as aa required shall after thirty days attempt to obtain pay or perform the functions of such buch office they will ill lii be tried and punished for military offe one se the institution having been endowed by the government general genera Il alleck halleck expressed his determination that it its funds should not be used to teach treason nor to instruct traitors the president and directors of all railroads in that state gate are by the order require required 1 to take lake tak the he prescribed oath within thirty days under the same penalties as prescribed in relation to the officers of the university and also required to file bonds in such sums as may be designated by the provost marshai marshal general that they will employ no conductors 9 virgi engineers station masterson master sor ol 01 dofher hei her officers agents or employees who h have a ve no not taken tiie tile the ath oath of allegiance and who tho 16 fro not doyil to the united states ila ha leok ieok in his bis order recommended that all clergymen professors prof essers and teachers and an ari officers of public and private institutions for education benevolence business and trade who ho are in favor of the p perpetuation ot of the union voluntarily subscribe and file the oath of allegiance prescribed by the state ordinance in order that their patriotism may be known and recognized and that they may b be distinguished from those who ho may wish tv to encourage rebellion and prevent the government from restoring peace and prosperity erity to st louis and the S tate state commissioner dole had an interview at leavenworth or on be the first dinst as ag reported with var oui indian chite chife chi fe including the oj hjal ojal at creeks creek and seminoles Semi noles the commissioner promised to aid all loyal indians against th be enemy and the chiefs agreed to take the field with their warriors twelve boats loaded with troops troop seft eft cairo on the morning of the ad for a point down the tb river where it was reported that they wound be joined by another force and proceed on n expedition the federal forces in missouri were collet colles dively moving towards springfield the girt firt of the month general curtis curtla was reported to be at lebanon with his division on the ad and general davis at versailles a few days previous his march had bad been impeded bj 03 floods and bad roads general seigel left rola on the ad wih a part of bis his division and the remainder would soon follow P ice with his army ivaa was at springier Sp aprin sprin hea fie d walting waiting 0 for the approach of the federal army and showed no signs of falling fabing back advices advises from the west received at st louis on oa the fth stated that the kanew seventh col Stevens nn was en route for le levington and would hod the place till spring the S in that place and vicinity bad not been very thoroughly conquered and ald the day after the kansas first fiust left they cut down the federal flag and a few days arter apter shelby sheiby with a band of freebooters took possession of the place all the troops along abo line of the railroad west of jefferson city weye weva under marching arching in orders the inspector general cf the army recently condemned furnishes twenty thousand uniforms furnished by swindling contractors there were thirty large mortars says the pittsburg gazelle to be shipped on a spec al train fro from the fort pitt works in that ciak on the of cf january for cairo to b be placed on the mortar boas construct d fo fort their use and d designed for the reduction of ho h confederates strong hold hoid at Ci lumbis columbus the tha smallest of them is said to weigh seventeen ee elteen enteen thousand pounds important army movements were the last of oe january in western virginia and general Roser crans was concentrating a iare larie force at graft n the tennessee river expedition from calpo cafro landed troops four mailes mailea from fot forit henry on the evenin evening of february jtb ath and an the gunboats gun boats in making a waro fired upon by the garrison the attack on abo fort was made on the afternoon of the he eth by commodore foote with the federal gunboats gun boats the fig fight last lasta d an hour and twenty minutes fc when i vh en the th e confederates hau haded ed down their flag bakle bakie as aa reported and surrendered the baile was wag rought fought by the he fleet without aid frola fron the jand land forces which did not arrive till 3 me ma two hours at af er the surrender the fot mounted seventeen gune guim 32 1 2 and 24 all of which together b with larga lar numbers of muskets and a large amount of ammunition tents and camp equipage fell into the hands bands of the victors during tb me action it is said thirty one shots struck the tb cincinnati seven struck the st louis fourteen een the essex and three struck other boats that took part in the action they were yere with in three hundred yards of the fortifications at the time of the surrender the esex waa was disabled by a rou d shot passing through her en eward ard ara part into the boiler she sae reported six killed wounded and missing ms sing the prisoners wee vee we v e brig gns agns lloyd lioyd and tilghman tilchman capt cap jones capt maliu lin jin 0 quartermaster capt hayden II ayden chief chiet eng neer macir mcconico McCo mico assistant adjutant general capt taylor commanding the gai rison three lieutenants and sixty privates priva the confederate infantry to the number of our or five thousand encamped outs outside 6 th fortifications mortifications fled immediately on thereon he com cement odthe of the fight leaving onzill only roni ar coln coin any to defend the fort t e 4 the value of property captured at fort ilen llen henry ry was estimated at over A special dispatch from kentucky state stated that general thomas division had made a forward movement and would invade east tennessee at three didd diff different erent points simultaneously neou sly gen carter would go through 1 cumberland gap general by way of the central route and general thomas thom as with two b bigades via mill springs they would advance imm diat ly on knoxville where they P 11 would W uld take possession of the railroad cutting off supplies a and communication with the con federate fe government aber the surrender render of For fortberry tHerry the gun boats lexington and conestoga cone Conc were sent up the river to florence alabama mabama 0 e gunboat 1 was captured six steamers were burned by the confederates rates to prevent their being taken by the federals on anthe the return Te of the boats they reported report cd that all al ng ji I 1 the river the people came out with white m hite bite flags and when I 1 assured that no harm was intended them they I 1 were vociferous in cheering at every landing farmers came to the boats shouting with joy as if they were sure their deliverance was at band Get gendral isral burnsides expedition comme ced an attack on the confederate fortifications fortification on roanoke island edaly in the morning of february jtb and the fighting continued during that day and the bih bib as reported and the place p ace was captured on the ath the victory was comp ete the confederate fleet were all ali a 11 captured excepting one gunboat and two five hundred prisoners were taken the richmond papers in their first report of the battle stated that the confederate loss ioas was three hundred ki led alid one thousand wounded and that the federal loss was abou tle the same A A later report stated that one ohe on thousand of the federal troops were killed elizabeth city or its cite was occupied b burnsides troops on sunday the ath the confederates had ged red after settin setting fi bie bhe fie e to and burning the city 0 jennings Jen ninga 0 wise son of gov wige wise was reformed killed ki 1 led in the action gov goy wise was ill at nags head and when that location was threatened and the situation was wag considered dang eang dangerous erous ha bt was conveyed to norfolk one repert report of the fight states that only 70 ef cf the confederate army asca escaped ed and others that the e were but 25 gen huger tele graphed to that only 50 escaped the richmond r sta stated jn a lea lg i g editorial that the loss of the confederate army at roanoke ix atas as the most moat painful event of the war and added that 25 0 brave troops were expos espos d to the entire force of the burnside fleet they replied with determined determiner co courar courage urae 0 but retreat being cut cutoff off by surrounding id elements element they were comp compelled com ellel to surrender edenton was also taken p of 0 and apa occupied by the federal forces from fort henry report reported sed ted at cairo en cn ih we e lith that general grant had surround I 1 ed fort donelson on the cumberland and that tat it if the place did not surrender shortly V it I 1 be shel shei ed special dispatches received at L ula uis on that day stated that the enemy was nas being rapidly reinforced and the officers in comma d were conf confident ident that they hey could hold lold the place against agai agal any force gen grant could bri breg against it the appearances were that there would mould be a acost most desperate conflict |