Show WAR NEWS ITEMS it is re reported ported on the th of january y that i the schooner J IV wilder of new kwas taken after a severe engagement with mus bets and small arms armi bythe by the gunboat cuyler buleri Cu lerl leri ca capt t francis Wi arid detachments of men from other gunboats gun boats five men were I 1 wounded in the capture the cargo captured consisted of coffee soap lead liquor olives I 1 codfish and of other her miscellaneous articles the british consul at mobile claimed the captured vesel hespel as the british schooner andrieta from havana to matamoras but she was not g given iv up the confederate steamer calhoun had been captured near the southwest pass from ila ha vana with a cargo of four dundr hundred ed and line olne tyrone ty one cases of powder poder two hundred and ax bix six ty seven bags coffee and a large amount ot of steel iron medicines ana ani some small arms the british steamer leluan was wag taken in the mouth of the rio grand grande partially loaded with cotton having landed blankets and ordnance stores at Matamoras and would be sent north for adjudication about the last lashof of january the sloop stoop of war vincennes capt samuel camuel farcy of the S routh south I 1 pass saw a large bark run ashore i capt marcy iven went t out with a boat boal having a howitzer on a pivot in the bow in firing the gun the pivot divot bolt boit broke and in the recoil 1 the tbt gun struck capt marcy marry injuring him fatally ile he lingered C a few days and died ile he was a son of governor marcy narcy of new york the result of the tha v bictory at roanoke is thus bummel summed ur up the possession of the island and ald of all the waters of north carolina and the southern approaches to norfolk the capture of six forts and batteries and th the destruction of another the capture of thirty four heavy cannon three thousand five hundred stand of arms seventy five tons of ammunition ammunitions a large quantity of commissary stores and of two thousand five hundred and twenty seven pris boners also the entire destruction of the confederate fleet in those waters f the actual number or of prisoners taken laken at I 1 fort donelson is reported at thirteen thousand three hun bun bundled hundred died I 1 general halleak nal nai leek leck anthe on the of feb fely tele saph to gen abat gen curti burtia 0 bata bd taken ta clarks s bille cadalso had also been taken with supplies edin clent chent to sustain u ain aln the army twenty days com corm mae or e F fiote boote telegraphed telegraph tele grap hd t to 0 the secretary ry 0 of f the navy that he had possession of clarks bille I 1 iliana and two thousand tho asand of the alarmed citizens bad fled the confederate troop ri rt treated to nashville and against the remonstrance oi of the citizens set gir fir gire fire e to the railroad bridges across the cumberland the federal forces ascended chowan river a second tim time e on the with several gun boats to winton the confederates fired on them when abey landed and burnt the town town on the fhe gen john johh E wool with col 01 ol cannon and major jones of his staff went with the steamer rancocas Ran RaD cocas under a algot fl g of truce to meet by appointment gen howell cobb off craney island for the purpose ot opening 0 negotiations 0 for a general exchange of prisoners the rancocas Ran cocas was disabled after proceeding some distance distarce dis taace and having 0 to put back to baltimore the adelaide was taken as aa a substitute the adelaide was in met et by the william selden and general coq having stepped on board the latter a consultation of I 1 about an hour in len ien length ath took place between bet wean the thep two generals the jesuit of th the interview had not transpired I 1 on oa the of february general Il li alleck issued an order to be read rail to all the troops I 1 under his command df fining the he policy to be pursued ed by the forces as they advanced j private property to ie be strictly respected and all ali non noa combatants are to be regarded as neutrals in t the e existing war those who give aia ala all aid to the secessionists are to be r regarded e added as I 1 belligerents and treated as such regarding egrel the slavery question as a matter in the I 1 c ivil civil and not the military authorities have hate JU jurisdiction ris diction he be prohibited the admission ot of fu fugitive g deiv elv e slaves wit within hin bin the lines of the army except by special order of the general commanding man diek gen grant on the declared martial law over oyer ov erWest tennessee with the understand a nd in ing that when a sufficient number cf 0 citizens of the state shall return to their heir alle alie allegiance glence and show a desire to maintain law and order avei over the territory all military restrictions shall be withdrawn on the 0 february february y an expedition composed of tour four our ironclad ironclad gim boats and two I 1 mortar boats with the illinois and a battalion of the ath wisconsin regiment made a down the river from cairo and discovered that the rebels had bent benn seized belzel edal all ail I 1 the flatboats and aa as ag far up tid as they dared to comb come also that there had be been a movement among the troops troop at columbus whether reinforcements llad wad was not cot learned the gun gyn and asid mortar boats were ivere gating into I 1 pos tion con on the missouri side of or th the e river nhsn a confederate steamer with a white its appearance some officers calrk came tn n board the cincinnati and a consultation took place lasting over two hours I 1 with abat result was not made known when the expedition returned according to published statements nashville wad was was occupied by ten thousand federal troops under gen buell on the of Fe febry fevry yonly lorly the con confederate army retreated to boro without making any resistance floyd was in command gleyna with the gunboat tyler was sent up the cumberland I 1 I 1 1 it is reported that gen lane of kansas kansa sils tyis is about to return to his seat in it the senate their being little or no necessity for fon his expedition even had he met with success in raising it |